About us

Our mission

The Evolution of Learning

When looking at the evolution of learning in a professional context – especially in academic education – it is evident: written information as well as the spoken word have been the dominant way to transfer knowledge and insight. Even though we went from books and scrolls to computer screens and smartphones, from speeches in lecture halls to zoom calls and virtual meetings, the issue remains the same. Most of the time, we are only reading how something is supposed to be done, we are only told which steps we need to take. But something is missing: visualization.

This is where Ghanaati-Education comes into the equation. We believe that there is an urgent need for a new way of learning, one that does not leave room for misinterpretations or misunderstandings. And society as a whole already shows where we are heading. From home improvement tutorials on YouTube to make-up artists sharing their skills on Instagram this new way of learning has long since become an integral part of people's everyday lives.

  • Our Vision

    With these observations in mind, Ghanaati-Education combines the benefits of traditional academic teaching with those of new digital learning methods. The result is a scientifically accurate, profound way of learning that actually shows how it is done. Our vivid step-by-step instructions will make even the most complex procedures comprehensible. In addition, Ghanaati-Educations on demand approach not only allows for a flexible learning schedule, it also functions as a valuable tool in quality management.

    Based on the extensive expertise of internationally renowned specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Prof. Shahram Ghanaati, MD, DMD, PhD, Ghanaati-Education provides dentists and dental teams all over the world with learning content according to the state of the art in science and technology. In this way Ghanaati-Education lays the groundwork for a new era of both learning and dental surgery.

  • About The Founder

    Professor Shahram Ghanaati, MD, DDS, PhD, is a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery with German and European Board Certification and an additional designation in plastic surgery. He is currently deputy director and senior chief consultant in the Department of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Plastic Facial Surgery of Frankfurt University Medical Center, Frankfurt, Germany; director of the Head and Neck Cancer Center of the University's Center for Tumor Diseases (UCT); and scientific director of the university's Wound Center. Professor Ghanaati graduated from the renowned Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
    From the start, his professional career has focused on excellence in clinical work, research, and teaching. Upon joining the University Clinic of Goethe University in Frankfurt in 2009, he established research labs for biomaterial research and tissue engineering in Mainz (Repair-Lab in vivo) and Frankfurt (FORM-Lab), where he performed research and supervised and mentored early and late-stage researchers, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers in biomaterial research and tissue engineering. Professor Ghanaati also established a study unit in his department for the implementation, performance, and coordination of mono and multi-center prospective clinical studies of indication-based therapies and biomaterial-based tissue regeneration (bone and soft tissue) as well as therapeutic observational and retrospective studies. Thus, he was able to create one of the world’s leading research centers focused on clinically oriented biomaterial research and tissue engineering, which focuses on the translation of basic research into clinical practice.
    In both daily clinical routine and clinical research, he excels in two major fields: reconstruction with regeneration and biomaterial and blood concentrates for tissue reconstruction of the entire body. As a leading physician of the oncological and reconstructive Head and Neck Cancer Surgery unit at Frankfurt University, he is continually seeking innovative treatment options for large bony and soft tissue defects, which are often created by the cancer resection surgery itself. Understanding the regeneration processes and (atrophic) jaw pathologies is essential to improving patients’ treatment and recovery. An important aspect of Dr. Ghanaati's research has therefore been to devise novel surgical methods, such as guided open-wound healing for biomaterial-based tissue augmentation.
    His interest in blood concentrate research dates to 2010, when, with Dr. Joseph Choukroun, he began developing advanced preparation protocols for autologous blood concentrates. The development of the so-called LSCC (Low-Speed Centrifugation Concept), which permitted a highly bioactive autologous drug delivery system, was a milestone in this research, leading to the establishment of an AWMF S3-guideline for use of PRF (platelet-rich fibrin) in oral dentistry.
    To promote this research, in 2020, Professor. Ghanaati founded the Academy for Biological Innovations in Surgery (ABIS), formerly known as the Society for Blood Concentrate and Biomaterials. ABIS promotes and funds basic science and clinical research, in addition to running its own MDR-related clinical research projects funded by international medical-device industry partners. Further, ABIS provides national and international courses and hands-on training in innovative surgical concepts involving the application of biologics and biomaterials in dental implantology and other areas of medicine.
    His years of experience in research and as a clinician have led him to develop new ways of teaching physicians, dentists, and those in related disciplines. Professor Ghanaati’s lectures always include the latest findings of science and clinical and pre-clinical practice, and he has begun using 3D visualizing technologies for better communication and knowledge transfer. To this end, in 2024, he founded Visiogenics, with its learning platform ghanaati-education.com.
    Professor Ghanaati has presented more than 180 lectures at national and international congresses and has given more than 250 courses and workshops on blood concentrates, biomaterials, guided open wound healing, implantology with simultaneous augmentation, as well as ridge augmentations with and without 3D-shaped placeholders. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, with a respective H-Index of 41 and a cumulative impact factor exceeding 640. He is a reviewer for many scientific journals in the fields of regenerative medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and head and neck cancer surgery. In addition, he is a guest and section editor for selected journals in regenerative medicine oral and maxillofacial surgery and is senior associate editor of the Journal of Oral Implantology (JOI) and editor-in-chief of the newly founded Journal of the Academy for Biological Innovations in Surgery (JABIS).
    Professor Ghanaati has received multiple national and international awards for his achievements and innovations and has taught as a guest lecturer and adjunct faculty at a number of universities. Since 2024, he has been adjunct instructor at Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences, Jacksonville University, in Jacksonville, Florida, where he teaches biological concepts for facial treatment and aesthetics by means of biologics. At the prestigious Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, in Boston, Massachusetts, he created the maxi-residency teaching program for biologic dentistry and biologic surgery. Participants in this program move through a series of modules--theory, hands-on experience, case presentations, and online material; for the final module, students travel to Frankfurt, Germany, where they observe live surgery.