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2025 Central Region 3 Private Practice Prosthodontist Award
The American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) honored Dr. Alex Chan with the Private Practice Prosthodontist Award for the Central Region 3 of the ACP at the 2025 Annual Awards & President’s Dinner held at the 55th Annual Session of the ACP on Oct. 24 in New Orleans. This award recognizes private practice prosthodontists who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the specialty of prosthodontics, through prosthodontic practice, enhancing the public’s understanding of the role of a private practice prosthodontist in comprehensive oral health care as well as exemplifying collegiality and cross discipline outreach, or exemplary community service.
Dr. Alexander Chan received his DDS with honors from the University of Illinois in 1978. Upon graduation, he was inducted into the national dental honor society, Omicron Kappa Upsilon. He completed his postgraduate certificate in fixed prosthodontics at the University of Illinois in 1980. Dr. Chan has been practicing all aspects of restorative, esthetic, and implant dentistry, including complex full mouth rehabilitation in downtown Chicago for 47 years.
In addition to private practice, Dr. Chan has maintained an academic appointment as a clinical associate professor within the Department of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry. He has taught in both predoctoral and advanced prosthodontics program for 39 years. He was the director of the predoctoral fixed prosthodontics course for 20 years and clinical faculty in the advance prosthodontics program for 33 years. Dr. Chan has received numerous prestigious awards for his work in academia. He has taken active leadership roles in several esteemed dental organizations. He has lectured and presented numerous cases in prosthodontics at several professional dental meetings.
Learn more about the 2025 Awards of Distinction Recipients here.
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