BDSc, LDS, MDSc, DDSc (Melb), FRACDS, FRACDS (Orth), DOrthRCS(Eng), CertOrth(Oklahoma), Diplomate, American Board of Orthodontics, Specialist Orthodontist
Dr Michael G Woods is a male Specialist Orthodontist.
Professor Michael Woods has practised specialist orthodontics for children and adults in Malvern/Armadale for 25 years continuously. He spent his school years locally at Scotch College, before moving on to the University of Melbourne and Ormond College. He is married to Dr Nevenka Tadic, also an orthodontist. He has three daughters - Brett, Shannon and Annabelle and two sons, Peter and James. Brett and Shannon went to Korowa Anglican Girls' School in Glen Iris.
Michael received his formal orthodontic education in Australia and the United States. He has Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Melbourne. He also has a Diploma in Orthodontics from The Royal College of Surgeons of England, a Certificate of Specialty from the University of Oklahoma and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. He has been elected to full membership in the prestigious Edward H Angle Society and to Fellowship in the International College of Dentists. He has received the Australian Society of Orthodontists' Distinguished Service Award (2008), the ASO's PR Begg Research Award (2014) and the Australian Dental Association (Victorian Branch) Distinguished Service Award (2019).
Michael has combined an academic career with specialist private practice. He is presently the Professor of Dentistry and Oral Health and Academic Lead in Orthodontics at Latrobe University. Prior to that, he held the inaugural Chair in Orthodontics at the University of Melbourne. For 28 years, has also been the Consultant Orthodontist to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is involved in a wide range of academic, research and clinical pursuits. He has examined widely in Australia and abroad. He has presented more than 150 invited lectures world-wide and has made more than a 100 contributions to the clinical and scientific peer-reviewed literature. He has especially introduced new concepts in late mixed-dentition treatment, orthognathic surgery and the clinical implications of different underlying vertical facial patterns. Having reviewed for all the major peer-reviewed journals in the field, he has previously been a member of the formal Editorial Boards of the Australian Dental Journal and the Australasian Orthodontic Journal. He is at present a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the World Federation of Orthodontists and the Japanese Journal of Orthodontics.
