Professor Haim Tal is the Head of the Department of Periodontology, former Dean of Tel Aviv University School of Dental Medicine and the incumbent of the Gerald A Niznick Chair of Implant Dentistry.
Prof. Tal graduated from Hadassah School of Dental Medicine at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He took specialty training in Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he also received the degrees M.Dent. and PhD. in Physical Anthropology.
He is the recepient of the 1984 annual honorary fellowship of the American Academy of Oral Medicine and Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Bukarest.
Prof. Tal published over 200 articles and abstracts and lectured worldwide in the fields of Periodontal Wound Healing, Oral Cryosurgery and Implant Dentistry.