Nabil Kochaji

Nabil Kochaji (born April 19, 1975) is a Syrian author, novelist, medical researcher and academic.

Education and career
Nabil started his career as a dentist after graduating in 1997 from the faculty of dentistry in the Damascus University. After graduation, he pursued a masters in medical and pharmaceutical research from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (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 Damascus University. In the academic year of 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.

In September 2017, he was the first 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 works

 * Clinical Oral Pathology, Kochaji`s Guide to Oral Lesions and Biopsies (2014) Springer publishers

Literary works

 * A Journey to Mars (2014) (Arabic Rehla ela al Mareekh رحلة الى المريخ ) Available in dual language
 * I Know Who Killed Me (2016) (Arabic Ana A`rifo Man Katalani أنا أعرف من قتلني)
 * Silicon Valley  (2019) (Arabic wadi al-silicon وادي السيلكون)

Translations
Aside from his medical research, Kochaji has translated some medical texts through ELSEVIER publishers, including:
 * 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