Meet Our Doctor

Dr. Jae Hyun Park is the professor and chair of the postgraduate orthodontic program at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO), where he serves as an examiner and director of their Board, representing the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists (PCSO). He currently is the ABO president. 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 also received the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation (AAOF) Grant and a Biomedical Research Award.

He is also an editorial board member of several international, peer-reviewed orthodontic and dental journals, including The Angle Orthodontist and Seminars in Orthodontics. He is also associate editor of the 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 as deputy 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, while working as a full-time faculty member, he has published more than 400 scientific and clinical articles in peer-reviewed orthodontic and dental journals, including six cover pages in the AJO-DO, three books and 23 book chapters. One of his Case of the Month articles in the AJO-DO was recently selected to receive the 2021 College of Diplomates of the American Board of Orthodontics (CDABO) Case Report of the Year Award during the AAO Annual Session. He lectures nationally and internationally and represented the AAO at the 2018 American Dental Association®, where he presented a three-hour lecture.

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 serves on the INBDE Ortho-Pediatric Dentistry/ADAT Test Construction Committee and is a CODA site visitor. He was appointed to be the 2021 and 2023 Scientific Program Chair (Raymond Thurow Honorary Lecture Honoree) at the CDABO annual meeting. Recently, Dr. Park was elected to replace the immediate past president of the National E.H. Angle Society of Orthodontists, Dr. Ronald Champion. Lastly, he has been appointed to be a founding member of the AAO Committee on Conferences & Meetings. He is currently serving on the AAO Annual Session Doctor’s Scientific Program Committee in this capacity.