Dr. Markus Haapasalo (DDS, PhD, Fellow of RCDC (endodontics)) received his dental degree from the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Helsinki, Finland in 1978. From 1995 to 2004 he was a Professor of Endodontics in Oslo, Norway and from 2004 professor and chair of the Division of Endodontics at UBC, Vancouver, Canada. He is also the head of the Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences.

Dr. Haapasalo has authored or co-authored ca 120 scientific peer reviewed articles. He is the editor-in-chief of "Endodontic Topics", a former associate editor of "Journal of Endodontics", Editorial Board member of "International Endodontic Journal", and editor of "Visual Endodontics 2011" multimedia. In clinical endodontics his areas of special interest include instrumentation, irrigation, persistent infections, and resorptions. Dr. Haapasalo has received several teaching awards including the Louis I. Grossman International Award by the French Endodontic Society in 2007. He is actively lecturing about endodontics world-wide.