Dr. George Mandelaris is a 1996 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. He completed a three-year postgraduate residency program in periodontology at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry in 1999 and obtained a Master of Science degree in oral biology. Dr. Mandelaris is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and an examiner for Part II of the American Board of Periodontology certification process. He is the current president of the Illinois Society of Periodontists and is in private practice at Periodontal Medicine & Surgical Specialists, LTD, in Park Ridge and Oakbrook Terrace, IL. He limits his practice to periodontology and dental implant surgery.