The University of Sydney
Perth Periodontal Specialists

Periodontist

Prof. Lisa Heitz-Mayfield is Adjunct Professor at the International Research Collaborative, The University of Western Australia and The University of Notre Dame, Western Australia, Associate Professor at The University of Sydney, and The University of Hong Kong, among others. As a specialist in periodontology, she maintains a private practice limited to periodontology and implant surgery with an emphasis on regeneration, prevention and comprehensive treatment planning.

An Adelaide graduate, Prof. Heitz-Mayfield obtained a Master’s in periodontology (1996) and PhD (1998) from Lund University, Sweden. Her PhD focused on periodontal and peri-implant regeneration. She received a scholarship to the Brånemark Osseointegration Centre, Sweden, and an ITI Scholarship to the University of Bern, Switzerland where she was Head of the Oral Microbiology Research Laboratory from 1999 to 2003.

She was awarded the André Schroeder Research Prize in Implant Dentistry in 2002. She was Chair of the ITI Research Committee, and a member of the ITI Board of Directors as well as a Board Member of the Osteology Foundation. Professor Heitz-Mayfield is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Oral Implants Research. She has written and contributed to scientific publications in the fields of periodontal regeneration and management of peri-implant diseases, including chapters in the Lindhe textbook “Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry”.