Overview of the Faculty
Degrees and Certificates Offered by the Faculty
Faculty Governance and Administration
Instructors in Dentistry 2017-18
A. Bruce Hord Master Teacher Awardees
The Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Toronto was founded as the School of Dentistry by the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario in 1875. Seven years earlier, in 1868, the College had been given the dual responsibilities of licensing and dental education when the Province of Ontario, in one of its first legislative actions, passed the "Act Respecting Dentistry."
The School began its affiliation with the University of Toronto in 1888 when it established the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.). It was not until 1925, however, that the Royal College of Dental Surgeons formally relinquished its teaching function in order to permit the School to become a Faculty of the University of Toronto. At that time the College agreed that the University should conduct all examinations and forward to the College annually the list of those candidates for the Ontario Licence who had met the conditions prescribed for the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery.
The Faculty is now the largest dental school in Canada. It graduates approximately 120 qualified dentists each year. It also educates specialists in Dental Anaesthesia, Dental Public Health, Endodontics, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontology and Prosthodontics, and provides future teachers of dentistry to universities across Canada through its M.Sc. and Ph.D programs.
The training of dental auxiliaries was for many years an important aspect of the Faculty's activities. A program in Dental Nursing existed from the 1920s until 1960, and a diploma in Dental Hygiene was awarded from 1952 until 1977, when it was transferred to the community colleges. Beginning in 1976/77 the Faculty offered a special degree program, the B.Sc.D. (Dental Hygiene), for a limited number of dental hygienists who wished to prepare themselves for academic positions or administrative responsibilities in the community colleges. This program was suspended in 2003.
In addition to its teaching function, the Faculty of Dentistry has a major commitment to dental research. The Faculty has a long tradition of research and is now not only the foremost dental research centre in Canada but also has established a well-earned international reputation.
Areas of research strength and future growth in the Faculty include multidisciplinary approaches in the fields of biomaterials, connective and mineralized tissue biology, dental public health, education research, microbiology, oral pathology and cancer, pain and neuroscience, and wound healing. Each year, with the support of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, a limited number of research scholarships are available to enable students to work through the summer months in the research laboratories. Students awarded such scholarships report the results of their work at research seminars.
The Dentistry Library (Room 267) is located on the second floor occupying about 700 square meters. The library has a group study room, a large Reading Room with 95 seats and 12 study carrels provided for the graduate students. It is formally known as The Dentistry Library of the University of Toronto and the Harry R. Abbott Memorial Library. The Harry R. Abbott Memorial Library was established in 1925 as the result of a bequest in memory of a graduate, the late Dr. Harry R. Abbott.
Books from both the University of Toronto and the Harry R. Abbott collections are interfiled on the shelves and listed together in the catalogue. The combined collection contains about 30,000 books and bound journals and DVDs. About fifty percent of the dentistry journals are also available online via the Library’s web page. Although it is primarily a dental collection, the library also has books in medicine and the basic sciences. In addition the library offers a wide range of electronic databases such as Ovid Medline, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Proquest Dissertations and Theses, and Web of Science, etc. There is on-site Information Commons consisting of 9-networked PC’s and two laser printers, contained in two rooms within the Library. The library has two photocopiers.
University of Toronto students and staff members may borrow from the library. Borrowing privileges are extended under certain conditions to graduates of the Faculty and other extramural readers.
Degrees and Certificates Offered by the Faculty
The degree offered by the Faculty is:
Doctor of Dental Surgery – D.D.S.
Graduate degrees offered in collaboration with the School of Graduate Studies are:
Doctor of Philosophy – Ph.D.
Master of Science – M.Sc.
both the Ph.D. and M.Sc. degree programs offer:
1) Research training – offered to graduates of any program relevant to dental research
2) Research training combined with advanced dental specialty training – limited to graduates with a DDS or equivalent degree
The PhD. Program that offers research training only, may be full-time or flexible-time.
Dental graduates enrolled in 2) will be eligible for Specialty Fellowship or Board Certification in the following programs:
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral Pathology & Oral Medicine
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Detailed information concerning all the specialty programs is to be found in this Calendar in the Graduate Programs section.
A number of short intensive courses of instruction for dental graduates are provided each academic session to update knowledge of particular fields of dentistry, and to acquaint graduates with newer methods and procedures in various clinical areas. For further information, contact the Assistant Dean, Continuing Dental Education, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, 481 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2H4. Phone – (416) 864-8100.
Website: https://www.cde-utoronto.ca
Faculty Governance and Administration
Faculty of Dentistry policies are established by Faculty Council after prior consideration by one or more of the appropriate eight standing committees.
Representatives from the undergraduate and graduate students are designated by the students to serve on the Faculty Council, along with academic staff members, representatives of the part-time Instructors in the Faculty of Dentistry, representatives of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, and representatives of the administrative staff.
In addition to Faculty Council, students are represented on most of the standing committees.
The administration of the Faculty is the responsibility of the Dean, assisted by the Vice Dean Education, Vice Dean Research, Associate Dean Undergraduate Education, the Associate Dean Graduate Education, the Assistant Dean, Director of Clinics and the Assistant Dean Administration and Chief Administrative Officer.
Officers of the University 2017-18
A list of officials of the University of Toronto can be found on the Governing Council website.
Officers of the Faculty of Dentistry 2017-2018
Dean and Arthur Zwingenberger Decanal Chair
Daniel Haas
Vice Dean, Education
Jim Lai
Vice Dean, Research
Bernhard Ganss
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education
Grace Bradley
Associate Dean, Graduate Education
Ernest Lam
Assistant Dean Administration and Chief Administrative Officer
Mary Choi
Assistant Dean, Continuing Dental Education and Professional Relations
Robert Carroll
Assistant Dean, Director of Clinics
James Posluns
Faculty Registrar and Faculty Secretary
Samantha Freeman-Atwood
Faculty Librarian
Helen He
Director of Advancement
Selina Esteves
Director of Student Life
Richard Rayman
Endowed Chairs 2017-2018
Dempster, L., Kamienski Professorship in Dental Education Research
Finer, Y., George Zarb/Nobel Bio Chair in Prosthodontics
Haas, D.A., Arthur Zwigenberger Decanal Chair
Lam, E., Dr. Lloyd and Mrs. Kay Chapman Chair in Clinical Sciences
Decanus Emeriti
Mock, D.
Nikiforuk, G.
Professors Emeriti
Anderson, D.L.
Anderson, J.D.
Bennick, A.
Dao, T.
Davey, K.W.
Ellen, R.P.
Fenton, A.H.
Fisk, R.O.
Freeman, E.
Heersche, J.N.M.
Leake, J.L.
Lewis, D.W.
Liebgott, B.
Limeback, H.
Main, J.H.P.
Mayhall, J.T.
McComb, D.
Melcher, A.H.
Pedler, J.A.
Pharoah, M.
Pilliar, R.M.
Ross, R.B.
Sandham, H.J.
Speck, J.E.
Symington, J.M.
Wood, R.E.
Titley, K.
Torneck, C.D.
Turnbull, R.S.
Watson, P.A.
Weinberg, S.
Zarb, G.A.
Associate Professor Emeriti
Altuna, G.
Kilmartin, C.
McComb, R.J.
Professors
Bradley, G.
Cvitkovitch, D.G.
Davies, J.E.
Deporter, D.
El-Mowafy, O.
Friedman, S.
Ganss, B.
Glogauer, M.
Haas, D.A.
Hinz, B.
Kishen, A.
Lam, E.
Manolson, M.
Salter, M.W.
Santerre, J.P.
Seltzer, Z.
Sessle, B.J.
Sigal, M.
Tam, L.E.
Tenenbaum, H.C.
Associate Professors
Azarpazhooh, A.
Basrani, B.
Birek, P.
Daskalogiannakis, I.J.
Dempster, L.J.
El-Badrawy, W.
Finer, Y.
Goldberg, M.B.
Gong, S-G.
Kulkarni, G.V.
Lawrence, H.P.
Leong, I.T.
Lévesque, C.
Metaxas, A.
Moriarty, T.J.
Nainar, S.M.H.
Prakki, A.
Quiñonez, C.R.
Simmons, C.A.
Sone, E.D.
Suri, S.
Wilson, W.L.
Assistant Professors
Andrews, P.
Arat, F.E.
Avivi-Arber, L.
Barlow, W.R.
Blanas, N.
Burgess, K.
Caminiti, M.
Canton, E.
Carneiro, K.
Cash, M.
Cherkas, P.
Chugh, D.
Chvartszaid, D.
Cioffi, I.
Cornell, D.S.
Cuddy, K.
Daniel, I.
De Souza, G.M.
Diwan, R.R.
Garisto, G.
Ghilzon, R.
Husain, I.S.
Katsikeris, N.
Kestenberg, S.H.
Laing, L.
Lança, J.
MacMillan, R.
Magalhaes, M.A.
Malkhassian, G.
Mendes, V.C.
Moayedi, M.
Nkansah, P.
Ouanounou, A.
Perschbacher, S.
Rayman, R.
Rukavina, J.
Sectakof, P.
Senadheera, D.B.
Sharma, K.
Shokati, B.
Shrestha, A.
Tenn-Lyn, N.
Voronov, I.
Wong, M.
Yarascavitch, C.
Assistant Professors, Teaching Stream
Lai, J.Y.
Somogyi-Ganss, E.
Senior Tutors
Hennyey, D.
Lecturers
Anderson, G.S.
Black, R.
Clarke, M.
Jones, R.M.
Perschbacher, K.
Plazas-Garzon, A.
Rosenbloom, J.
Professors, Status Only
Kenny, D.J.; LeBlanc, V.; Stevens, B.
Associate Professors, Status Only
Casas, M.J.; Judd, P.L.; Lee, L.; Sutherland, S.E.; Wood, R.E.
Assistant Professors, Status Only
Baghdady, M.; Barrett, E.J.; Brymer, P.A.; Carmichael, R.; Cooney, P.V.; Cowan, D.; Dagys, A.; Fefergrad, I.; Jenkins, J.; Lam, D.; Maxymiw, W.G.; Peel, S.A.F.; Singhal, S.
Adjunct Professors, Status Only
Aslanyan, G.; Vujicic, M.
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Instructors in Dentistry 2017-18
P. Abbey; G. Abbodi; M. Abdallah; M. Abu Ruja; I. Abualreesh; S. Abuklam; J. Adam; A. Adams; J. Adinata; F. Afonso; M. Aharon; M. Ahmed; K. Aiken; A. Alamri; ~H. Albaghdadi; V. Aldana; C. Alexander; A. Alhussain; A. Ali; G. Alizadeh; P. Alkumru; ~M. Al Mardini; G. Altuna; S. Amaro; ~J. Andrea; S. Andrews; N. Applebaum; E. Aras; ~L. Arenson; K. Arora; Y. Arudchelvan; K. Ashoo; R. Assai; R. Baaj; P. Bahrami; ~M. Baig; L. Bajcer; A. Baker; E. Baker; N. Baldan; G. Barrie; I. Barzilay; M. Bayliss; S. Bazos; V. Behzadian; C. Bellamy; P. Bellingham; H. Berenstein; F. Berger; D. Bernhard; P. Bevilacqua; A. Bhalla; V. Bhide; D. Bikey; S. Bilko; S. Bilko; D. Biner; C. Binert-Miller; J. Blackmore; N. Blanas; B. Bohluli; B. Borins; A. Bottner; V. Boyden; J. Bozek; P. Branco; H. Branicky; ~P. Brooks; J. Brown; S. Brown; V. Browne; P. Brymer; G. Bucciarelli; K. Calzonetti; J. Campbell; P. Carnevale; ~M.C. Caro; A. Carvalho; ~M. Cascone; G. Ceci; ~J. Chadwick; T. Chahal; E. Chan; I. Chang; J. Chang; R. Chang; B. Chapnick; L. Chapnick; P. Chapnick; S. Chemmanam; ~L. Chan; ~A. Chen; Y.-S. Chiu; J. Cho; L. Chohan; Y.-S. Choi; M.-Y. Chou; J. Chow; S. Chow; A. Chung; K. Chung; S. Chung; ~S. Chung; D. Clark; A. Coburn; M. Cohen; S. Cohen; ~M. Colaiacovo; C. Consky; P. Copp; S. Corber; P. Countryman; D. Cowan; J. Cruz-Clow; R. Cunang; I. Cumandra; M. Dabuleanu; M. Daemi; A. Dagys; X. Dai; S. Daneshdoost; K. Danielak; K. Dann; M. Darvishan; K. Dave; L. David; J. Davis; J. Decoste; M. Deemar; A. DeFilippo; R. Del Zotto; A. Delcore; H. Deman; F. Der; G. Deshpande; G. Dimitrijevic; S. Dimitry; E. Dimovski; V. Dirlis; T. D’Onofrio; N. D'Souza; G. Duviner; S. Dwosh; ~E. Ebrahimi; J. Ebrahimi; A. Ebrahimpour; D. Eickmeier; A. El Hadary; A. El Haddad; S. Emam; L. Emami; R. Eng; S. Eslambolchi; I. Ezergailes; J. Farber; ~D. Farkouh; N. Farsi; A. Fatemi; J. Fava; C. Favot; R. Fayad; B. Feldman; A. Fenton; E. Filice; E. Fishbein; J. Fitzgerald; M. Florence; J. Foster; ~R. Fratkin; B. Freeman; ~M. Freidman; ~M. Freilich; J. Friedlich; K. Fung; C. Galler; S. Gangbar; ~J. Garbedian; R. Garcha; E. Garofalo; E. Geisler; J. Geller; T. Gheorge; A. Ghindea; M. Ghotbi; D. Gibbs; ~M. Gilbert; J. Gillanders; R. Gilles; B. Girard; B. Gitnick; G. Glassman; J. Glick; ~M. Goodman; J. Gordon; L. Grant; D. Greenberg; ~E. Grodecki; H. Grubisa; C. Gruson; R. Gutierrez; M. Haas; E. Habsha; ~A. Haddad; S. Hacherian; J. Halkiotis; ~E. Haltrecht; N. Hanna; V. Hardy; M. Hausmanis; M. Hemsworth; K. Hershenfield; S. Hershenfield; J. Hickman; L. Hill; R. Hillis; A. Hiltz; S. Ho; H. Hoang; ~H. Holmes; P. Hong; S. Honnabovi; B. Hood; A. Hsu; ~M.C. Hsu; D. Humphrey; K. Ing; P. Ioannidis; L. Iorio; G. Ip; B. Isaac; L. Isaac; D. Isakow; A. Jack; L. Jacob; M. Jacob; G. Jacobson; F. Jaffer; S. Jaffer; C. Jakubowski; T. Jasim; J. Jenkins; D. Jeong; N. Jeyapalan; M. Joseph; S. Joshi; F. Kalamut; D. Kalossikos; A. Kaplan; A. Katchky; A. Katchky; C. Kay; S. Kay; J. Kellerstein; N. Kemp; ~S. Kemp; J. Kermalli; ~T. Kertesz; ~A. Khadivi; V. Khadivi; S. Kherani; S. Khoshnevis-Rad; C. Kilmartin; B. Kim; N. Kim; P. Kimos; E. Kiss; ~H. Kleib; S.P. Klimitz; J. Knoll; C. Ko-Adams; I. Kodsi; D. Kojic; T. Kokosis; M. Kolivaris; R. Kreher; R. Krishan; G. Krishnamoorthy; D. Krmec; S. Lalani; C. Laliberte; ~J. Lam; K. Lamptey; B. Lands; ~M. Lashuk; R. Lawson; P. Le; I. Leb; K. Lederman; D. Lee; D. Lee; E. Lee; G. Lee; J. Lee; ~K. Lee; ~K. Lee; K. Lee; K. Lee; B. Leung; D. Leung; R. Leung; H. Levant; D. Levin; J. Levitt; R. Lewis; P. Lichtblau; B. Liebgott; K. Lim; B. Lin; ~D. Lin; M. Lin; S. Linardi; S. Lipton; E. Lissia; R. Listrom; L. Lo; J. Lok; ~J. Macdonald; L. MacDonald; J. Madras; M. Maggisano; H. Mahdi; A. Mair; J. Malowany; J. Manchanda; Z. Manji; A. Mansouri; J. Mantzoris; M. Marashdeh; ~N. Marchese; R. Marcus; S. Markic; S. Markin; J. Marko; C. Martine; I. Martino; R. Martins; ~S. Masse; A. Massoud; G. Mayer; M. Mazariegos; A. McDow; L.J. McTague; ~T. Meisami; C. Meneses; ~J. Metcalfe; V. Milich; M. Milligan; F. Mirmohammadali; L. Missulawin; S. Mitri; ~V. Mittal; P. Model; M. Mohsen; A. Moncarz; V. Moncarz; I. Montes Hussey; F. Montis; ~A. Moosani; I. Moriera; R. Motakef; A. Mousavifar; H. Munroe; S. Murray; K. Nagai; H. Nagani; A. Najafi; Z. Najirad; N. Nargaski; N. Nasiri Khajeh; P. Nasirzadeh; ~S. Naslenas; R. Nasser; N. Naurato; E. Nemeth; S. Newman; C. Ng; T. Nguyen; V. Nguyen; D. Nilforoushan; ~I. Nish; D. Nixon; ~J. Noble; J. Ong; C. Oprescu-Havriliuc; G. Organ; J. Oxner; E. Paomees; M. Park; S. Park; P. Patel; S. Patel; S. Patodia; M. Patrician; ~M. Pavone; D. Paz; G. Pearson; M. Pellos; J. Perlus; A. Persadmehr; N. Pershad; M. Pharoah; ~J.H. Phillips; P. Piccininni; K. Pius; A. Plaitis; A. Podorieszach; F. Pomposo; C. Pop; D. Powell; B. Price; ~D. Pstuka; ~W. Pulver; M. Pus; B. Pynn; G. Quan; E. Raimondo; M. Raina; ~L. Raley; N. Ramiz; P. Rashnoo; ~E. Reinish; S. Richmond; J. Rifkind; B. Rittenberg; M. Rizk; A. Romain; P.A. Romano; H. Rosenberg; M. Ross; M. Rotella; K. Roth; L. Rucels; L. Sadeghinejad; M. Safa; H. Sakarya; A. Salsberg; N. Sanci; S. Sanei; G. Sas; K. Schafer; T. Schipper; ~R. Schlosser; A. Schmitt; R. Schure; M. Schwartz; L. Schwartzben; ~D. Segal; P. Sekhon; S. Sekhon; E. Selnes; B. Sener; K. Serota; A. Seth; ~N. Shapera; S. Shariat; R. Sharif; B. Sharma; K. Shaw; M. Shelegey; A. Shelemay; E. Shem-Tov; J. Shieh; W. Shim; S. Shnier; A. Shojaei; ~P. Sikorski; S. Silverman; R. Simon; F. Simone; S. Singh; S. Singhal; G. Siu; L.A. Smart; H. Smith; A. So; A. Soetikno; A. Sokolowski; M. Soliman; O. Soliman; G. Solomon; ~P. Son; M. Sood; T. Sosath; B. Stanley; V.F. Stavro; H. Steiman; ~K. Stevens; A.J. Stokl; S. Strauss; P. Stulginski; V. Sugarman; M. Sultan; ~S. Sutherland; I. Suwwan; S. Syed; O. Symington; K. Szainwald; ~P. Ta; M. Tang; M. Taskov; J. Tawil; E. Tehrani; W. Teo; R. Termei; H. Thang; T. Thang; H. Tile; M. Tirgari; L. Tobis; J.L. Tomkins; B. Tompson; J. Train; C. Tremblay; A. Tsui; W. Turner; O. Usman; S. Vallipuram; V. Varathan; A. Varghese; R. Varshney; M. Varshosaz; R. Varughese; S. Vasilakos; V. Vassandracoumara; R. Vasudeva; ~B. Vendittelli; M. Venditti; E. Venerus; J. Versloot; E. Vlassova; V. Vora; J. Voudouris; T. Voutsas; S. Waese; R. Walker; S. Walsh; B. Waters; ~E. Watson; B. Waxman; M. Weerasinghe; S. Weinberg; M. Weinstein; A. Weisblatt; F. Weizenberg; L. West; J. Wiles; P. Williams; K. Wolch; ~Y. Woloszczuk; A. Wong; E. Wong; G. Wong; I. Xu; M. Yakub; L. Yang; L. Yanover; S. Yeh; S. Yeh; ~W. Yili; A. Yu; M. Zaitoon; M. Zakeri; Q.H.M.S. Zaman; M. Zanjir; J. Zarb; S. Zarrabian; ~K. Zettle; M. Ziedenberg; N. Zinman; V. Zogala; P. Zung.
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
A. Bruce Hord Master Teacher Awards
1985-86
Dr. B. Leibgott
Dr. M. Gelfand
1986-87
Dr. D.G. Woodside
Dr. L. Koutsaris
1987-88
Dr. J. Krupanszky
1988-89
Dr. E.R. Young
Dr. S. Golden
1989-90
Dr. A. Metaxas
Dr. N. Katsikeris
1990-91
Dr. D. A. Haas
1991-92
Not awarded
1992-93
Dr. G.A. Zarb
Ms. D. Hennyey
1993-94
Not awarded
1994-95
Dr. P. Birek
Dr. R. Sutherland
1995-96
Not awarded
1996-97
Dr. J. Brown
1997-1999
Not awarded
1999-2000
Dr. D. A. Haas
Dr. A. Dale
2000-2001
Dr. R. S. Turnbull
Dr. I. Barzilay
2001-2002
Dr. Ghassan Yared
Ms. Linda McKay
2002-2003
Dr. D. Locker
Dr. A. Mazzulli
2003-2004
Dr. M. Pharoah
Dr. L. Chapnick
2004-2005
Dr. L. Tam
Dr. T. Dinh
2005-2006
Dr. C. Kilmartin
Dr. J.L. Tomkins
2006-2007
Dr. K. Titley
Ms. D. Hennyey
2007-2008
Dr. M. Sigal
Dr. J. Rukavina
2008-2011
Not awarded
2011-2012
Dr. C. Quiñonez
Dr. S. Bazos
Dr. W. Wilson
2012-2013
Dr. A. Prakki
Dr. G. Anderson
2013-2014
Dr. A. Azarpazhooh
Dr. J. Rosenbloom
2014-2015
Dr. R. Diwan
Dr. A. Ouanounou
2015-2016
Dr. R. M. Jones
Dr. G. Malkhassian
2016-2017
Dr. Vanessa Mendes
Dr. Peter Model