Chairman – Emeritus University of Geneve, Switzerland.
Graduated at the Dental Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Postgraduate specialty training in Reconstructive Dental Medicine (board certified specialist) at the University of Zurich. Assistant Professor and then, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Dental Materials of the University of Zurich (Chairman: Prof. Dr. Peter Schaerer, M.S.), from 1976 to 1980. Visiting Assistant Professor (1980-1982) at the Departments of Oral Biology (Chairman: Prof. Dr. A.G. Hannam) and Clinical Dental Sciences (Chairman: Prof. Dr. W. A. Richter), Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia (Canada). 1983-2012: Professor and Chairman of the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion at the University of Geneva School of Dental Medicine. President of the Swiss Association of Prosthetic Dentistry from 1984 to 1988. 2002: Recipient of the Scientific Research Award of the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics. President of the European Association of Prosthodontics (EPA) from 2002 to 2003. 2006 Visiting Professor, Harvard University, School of Dental Medicine (Boston, USA), Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences (Prof. Dr. H. P. Weber). 2005-2009: President of the School of Dental Medicine, University of Geneva. Since November 2012: Guest Professor, Department of Oral Surgery an Stomatology (Prof. Dr. D. Buser), and Department of Fixed Prosthodontics (Prof. Dr. U. Braegger), School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern. April 2013: Honorary Fellow of the ITI. 2013-2017 Editor-in-Chief of the Forum Implantologicum of the ITI. November 2014: Honorary Membership and Lecturer of the Year Award, American College of Prosthodontists (ACP). February 2018: Morton Amsterdam Interdisciplinary Teaching Award (together with Prof. Danny Buser). November 2021: Publication of “Biomimetic Restorative Dentistry” (Pascal Magne & Urs Belser; 2nd ed.; Quintessence Publ.). Research activities in the fields of implant dentistry, with special emphasis on esthetics and latest developments in the field of CAD/CAM technology and high- performance dental ceramics, as well as on adhesive reconstructive dental medicine.
