Educational and Professional Background
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (B.D.S., D.D.S), 1980, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, EGYPT
Master of Medical Sciences (MMSc), 1985, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Certificate in Oral Pathology, 1985, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Doctorate of Medical Sciences in Oral Biology (DMSc), 1987, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Messadi's Doctorate thesis won the HSDM James Shaw Award for the most outstanding thesis in the biomedical sciences submitted that year. She returned to Egypt from 1997-1990 and was appointed Assistant Professor of Oral Pathology at the Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University. She is currently an Associate Preofessor In Residence and Chairperson, Section of Oral Medicine in the Division of Oral Biology and Medicine. She is also the Co-Director of the Student Oral Medicine Clinic and Co-Director of the Fresh-Breath Halitosis/Oral Medicine Faculty Group Practice.
Research/Creative Activities
Dr. Messadi has written over 40 research articles, review papers, and textbook chapters, as well as 55 abstracts. She is also the recipient of several NIH grants and private Foundation grants to study the effect of growth factors in wound healing, role of apoptosis in keloid formation, new diagnostic tools for detection of malignant oral lesions and clinical trials on oral cancer and chemoprevention. She also mentors several undergraduate, predental and postdental students for their research projects.
Patient Care Activities
Dr. Messadi’s clinical interest include oral diagnosis, oral medicine, and halitosis. She is the co-director of the predoctoral Oral Medicine Clinic and co-director of the UCLA Fresh Breath-Halitosis Clinic, and also the Oral Medicine Faculty Group practice. Oral medicine involves the diagnosis and management of patients with a wide variety of diseases such oral cancer, autoimmune diseases, viral and fungal infections, oral manifestations of HIV infections, and oral postradiation complications such as xerostomia and mucositis.
Courses taught
Chair: DS401c Clinical Eval III
Instructor: CJT 401b Clinical Eval II
Co-Chair CJT 401a Clinical Eval I
Co-Chair DS 300.4 Postgraduate Seminars in Oral Pathology
Instructor: CL 403.5 Oral Diagnosis Clinic
Instructor: CL 404.5 Oral Medicine Clinic
Professional memberships and activities:
Since September 2001, Dr. Messadi has served as the Chair of the Section of Oral Medicine. She also serves on both the Research Advisory Committee, Student Awards Committee and Student Interview admissions. She also serves regularly as a reviewer for School of Dentistry faculty and student intramural grants. She has served as chairman of several International Association of Dental Research (IADR) Sessions. In addition, she has also serves as referee for a number of science journals including Journal of Dental Research (JDR), Journal of the National Medical Association and Wound Healing and Regeneration.
Dr. Messadi is a Fellow of the Salzburg Seminar Session # 266 “Aids Confronting an Epidemic." Dr. Messadi holds memberships in the American Academy of Oral Medicine, the Western, California and American Dental Associations, the International and American Associations of Dental Research, the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, International Association of Oral Pathology, Southern California Academy of Oral Pathology and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Recent Publications
- Messadi DV, Le A Jewett A, Berg S, Zhuang W, Kelly P and Bertolami CN. Expression of Apoptosis Associated Genes by Human dermal Scar Fibroblasts. Wound Healing and Regeneration 7:511-517, 1999
- Sayah D, Soo C, Shaw W, Watson J, Messadi DV, Longaker MT, Zhang X, Ting K. Downregulation of Apoptosis-Related Genes in Keloid Tissues. J Surg Res 87: 209-216, 1999
- Younai F and Messadi DV. E-Mail Based Oral Medicine Consultation. CDA J 28: 144-151, 2000
- Ebihara A, Liaw L-H, Krasieva TB, Messadi DV, Ossan KE and Wilder-Smith P. Detection and Diagnosis of Oral Cancer by Light-Induced Fluorescence. Lasers in Surg & Med 32: 17-24, 2003
- Messadi DV and Fariba Younai. Halitosis. Dermatologic Clinics of North America. Vol 21 (1): 147-156, 2003
- Messadi DV, Waibal Jill S and Mirowski GW . White Lesions of the Oral Cavity. Dermatologic Clinics of North America. Vol 21(1): 63-78, 2003.
- T.L Tuan, H. Wu, S.N. Chong, J. Nolta, W Laug, P. Kelly, D.V. Messadi, A.D. Le. The increased level of PAI-1 may account for elevated Collagen Accumulation of Keloid Fibroblasts in Fibrin Gel Cultures. Am J Pathology 162: 1579-1589, 2003
- Qunzhou Zhang, Yidi Wu, David K. Ann, Diana V. Messadi, Tai Lan Tuan, A. Paul Kelly, Charles N. Bertolami and Anh D. Le. Mechanisms of Hypoxic Regulation of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Gene Expression in Keloid Fibroblasts. J Invest Derm In Press
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"Teaching is a way of sharing one's knowledge with students, whether they are predoctoral students, postdoctoral students or practicing dentists. Teaching and research keeps faculty active and aware of the most recent findings and challenges us to discover new avenues for diagnosis and treatment of diseases. UCLA School of Dentistry gives me the opportunity to teach one of the best student pools in the country and gives me the resources to do research in the best scientific environment." |
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