Biosketch
Dr. Renato Silva received his DDS from the University Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1994. He received his endodontic certificate from University Gama Filho (Brazil) and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US). Dr. Silva received his MS in Endodontics in 2002 and PhD in Oral Sciences in 2006 from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Human Molecular Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Silva worked as an assistant professor at University of Pittsburgh from 2007 to 2011 and associate professor and Professor/Chair at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry from 2011 to 2022. Dr. Silva returned to Pitt Dental Medicine where he worked as a Professor/Senior Associate Dean, and Chair of the Department of Endodontics.
Dr. Silva has published several peer-reviewed articles in the field of Endodontics and human genetics. He is a board-certified endodontist and maintains a faculty practice limited to endodontics.
Education
PGCRT, Endodontics | University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston | 2015
MSD, Endodontics | University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston | 2015
PhD, Oral Sciences | University of Sao Paulo, Brazil | 2006
MS, Endodontics | University of Sao Paulo, Brazil | 2002
DDS | University Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1994