Nabil Kochaji
Nabil Kochaji (born April 19, 1975) is a Syrian author, novelist, medical researcher and academic. His extensive work in research and subsequent interest in literature was aided by his multilingual skills as he is well versed in English, Arabic, Flemish, Spanish and German. Education and career. Dr. Nabil started his career as a dentist after graduating in 1997 from the faculty of dentistry in the University of Damascus. Following that he pursued a masters in medical and pharmaceutical research from the Vrije Universitaite Brussels (VUB), Faculteit van de Geneeskude en Farmacie before finally achieving a PhD in Dental  Sciences at the same University in 2005. He is currently a full professor at the faculty of Dentistry in the University of Damascus. This academic year (2016-2017) he was assigned to the position of: Founding Dean, faculty of dentistry at Al-Sham Private University. He was awarded Senior Robert-Frank award from the International Association for Dental research (IADR), 2005, Title of abstract: the Possible role of Myoepithelial Cells in Salivary Glands Pathogenesis and has since supervised eight master students and one doctorate in the same research line. In September 2017, he was the first ever to describe the  Peri-Implant Cyst in his article: Inflammatory odontogenic cyst on an osseointegrated implant: A peri-implant cyst? New entity proposed, published in Dental and Medical Problems 54(3):303-306. Medical publications. In the medical research field Dr. Kochaji has several titles to his name: Literary works. His first novel "A Journey to Mars" (Arabic Rehla ela al Mareekh رحلة الى المريخ ) was his first publication (five editions) and is available in dual language. his second novel, this time a thrill "I Know Who Killed Me " (Arabic Ana A`rifo Man Katalani أنا أعرف من قتلني) was published early 2016 (four editions)., in  2019 he published his third novel "Silicon Valley " (Arabic wadi al-silicon وادي السيلكون) Translations. Aside from his medical research, Dr. Kochaji has enriched the library of the Arab medical researcher by translating some key references. Notably, Ten Car's Oral Histology, Forensic Dental Evidence, second edition (Bilingual Book, English- Arabic),Cawson's Essentials of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Forensic Dental Evidence all in co-publishing program with ELSEVIER publishers.