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.