Meet Our Doctor

Dr. Jae Hyun Park is an Associate Dean for Global Relations and a tenured professor and chair of the Postgraduate Orthodontic Program at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health. He is also an adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) and serves as an ABO examiner and consultant. He is the past president of the ABO and has also served as chair of the ABO written exam committee and the ABO policy committee. Dr. Park has received several awards for scientific and clinical excellence, including the Charley Schultz Award (1st Place in the Scientific Category of the Orthodontic Resident Scholars Program) and the Joseph E. Johnson Award (1st Place in the Table Clinic Competition) from the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO). He recently received a grant from the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation (AAOF) and a Biomedical Research Award.

He also served on the editorial boards of several international, peer-reviewed orthodontic and dental journals, including The Angle Orthodontist and Seminars in Orthodontics. He was an associate editor of Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research, Journal of World Federation of Orthodontists, Korean Journal of Orthodontics, Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, and Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry. He was recently appointed editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO) and the new clinical journal, AJO-DO Clinical Companion. Since 2008, as a full-time faculty member, he has published over 500 scientific and clinical articles in peer-reviewed orthodontic and dental journals, including six cover pages in the AJO-DO, three books, and more than 50 book chapters. Dr. Park has also published over 50 editorials. One of his Case of the Month articles in the AJO-DO was recently selected for the 2021 College of Diplomates of the American Board of Orthodontics (CDABO) Case Report of the Year Award at the AAO Annual Session. He has also delivered more than 190 invited CE lectures nationally and internationally, including a three-hour 2018 American Dental Association Annual Session lecture representing the AAO.

Dr. Park is editor-in-chief emeritus of the Journal of the PCSO (PCSO Bulletin) and past president of the Arizona State Orthodontic Association. Recently, he received the 2021 Award of Merit from the PCSO and the 2023 AAOF Louise Ada Jarabak Memorial International Teachers and Research Award at the 2023 AAO annual session. He also received the 2025 Arthur A. Dugoni Lifetime Achievement Award from the PCSO. The 2027 ABO Educators Symposium will honor Dr. Park, and the symposium will be titled “AI in Orthodontics.” Dr. Park will also give the AAO 2027 John Valentine Mershon Memorial Lecture in Vancouver, Canada, during the 2027 AAO Annual Session.

He also serves on the INBDE Ortho-Pediatric Dentistry/ADAT Test Construction Committee and is a CODA site visitor. He was appointed the Scientific Program Chair for 2021 and 2023 (Raymond Thurow Honorary Lecture Honoree) at the CDABO annual meeting. Dr. Park currently serves as Central Body Director, National E. H. Angle Society of Orthodontists (EHASO), representing the Northern California Angle Society, and as Chair of the ANGLE-net (EHASO and Angle Society of Europe) (10,000 registrations from 159 countries).