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Dr. Maria Therese Galang-Boquiren,

Dr. Maria Therese Galang-Boquiren graduated with a DMD from the University of the Philippines in Manila in 2000, and was ranked tenth of almost 800 who passed the licensure examination given that year. After a year of private general practice in her home country, she went to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), finishing a Master of Science in Oral Sciences. She went on to obtain a Certificate in Orthodontics and an Advanced Standing DDS degree at the same institution in 2007 and 2009, respectively. She also holds an MBA degree with concentrations in Management and Business Analytics from UIC, and in 2022 became a Fellow of the highly competitive Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program.

DDS, MS

A Renowned Orthodontist - Blending Academics, Research, & Patient Care

Dr. Galang-Boquiren is a Professor and Director of Predoctoral Orthodontics at the Department of Orthodontics, University of Illinois Chicago. Her experience in academia is complemented with private clinical practice and hospital appointments at both UI Health and the John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. She holds the distinction of being a dual-diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine..

Dr. Therese is active in the orthodontic community, serving in leadership roles as well as giving lectures both locally and abroad. She is an active member of many professional organizations. She has received numerous awards from both Philippine- and American-based institutions. Among these awards was a Certificate of Distinction from the Philippine Professional Regulation Commission and Teaching Recognition Awards from the UIC’s Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Her research has been funded by the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation, and UIC. She has mentored over 70 dental students and orthodontic residents and has helped them with numerous research projects which were eventually presented in scientific meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals, a number of which won awards.

Because of her successful collaboration with the UIC Colleges of Nursing and Medicine in the field of dental sleep medicine, she was appointed as one of the directors of the Illinois Sleep Society, and faculty member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.

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