Rate My Professor Paul Major

Dr. Paul Major, DDS, MSc, FRCD(C), is Professor and Chair of the Mike Petryk School of Dentistry and Senior Associate Dean (Dental Affairs) in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta. An alumnus of the University of Alberta, he completed his Bachelor of Science in 1978, Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in 1980—graduating first in his class with a gold medal for outstanding academic achievement—orthodontic specialty training in 1986, and Master of Science (MSc) degree in 1988. He joined the University of Alberta dental faculty in 1989, serving as Director of the postgraduate Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)/Orofacial Pain Program from 1991 to 2001 and Director of the Orthodontic Graduate Program from 2001 to 2010. In January 2010, he assumed the role of Chair of the School of Dentistry, a position he continues to hold alongside ongoing clinical teaching and graduate student research supervision.