Professional Activities
Experience:
- Associate Professor, (1999 - present)
Assistant Professor, (1991-1999)
Department of Restorative Dentistry
CaseWestern ReserveUniversity
School of Dental Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
- Private Practice, (92 - present)
10568 Ravenna road, suite #5
Twinsburg, OH 44087
- Fellow, Dental Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, (90-91)
Department of Dental Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
University of Texas
MD AndersonCancerCenter
Houston, Texas
- Lecturer and Lab Instructor, Dental Ceramics, Graduate Seminar Series
One semester each year (89 and 90)
Department of Prosthodontics
Faculty of DentistryUniversity of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
- Research Associate (1/89 - 6/90)
TMJ Research Clinic
Department of Prosthodontics
Faculty of DentistryUniversity of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
- Clinical Instructor (7/88-7/90)
(3rd and 4th year fixed and removable prosthodontics.
Courses and 3rd year complete denture course)
Department of Prosthodontics
Faculty of DentistryUniversity of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
- Laboratory Instructor (9/88-5/89)
Department of Biomaterials
Faculty of DentistryUniversity of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
- Prosthodontist, Private Practice (7/88-7/90)
4287 Village Center Court
Mississauga, Ontario
- Clinical Instructor (9/87-5/88)
Department of Prosthodontics
IndianaUniversitySchool of Dentistry
Indianapolis, Indiana
- Laboratory Instructor
Dental Anatomy@ course (8/87-12/87)
Occlusion@ course (1/88-5/88)
Department of Prosthodontics
IndianaUniversitySchool of Dentistry
Indianapolis, Indiana
- General Dentist (6/85-6/86)
RosedaleMedicalCenter
Toronto, Ontario
Teaching:
- Implant Dentistry DEND 360 (Course Director), fall semester (1996-2004)
- Fixed Prosthodontics DEND 374 (Course Director), fall and spring semesters (1992-present)
- Dental Materials DEND 271 (Course Director), 2004-2006
- BPRD Course Co-director: DEND 272 and DENC 272, 2 Semesters (1992-1994)
- Clinical instructor, undergraduate clinic, CWRU, (1992-)
- Director, post-doctoral prosthodontic fellowship program (1994-1995)
- Mentoring Students on Research: over 20 dental students (for last five years: Christian Nguyen, Michael Chien, dentistry, engineering student: Yuan Kao ,Civil Engineering PhD candidate, Ronny Shalev, Biomedical Engineering, PhD candidate, John Stockmann, Biomedical Engineering, Laura Smith. Biomedical Engineering.
Memberships and Awards:
- Fellow, American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, (1998-)
- Member, American Prosthodontic Society (1996-1999)
- Member, American College of Prosthodontists (1988-2004)
- Member, Association of Prosthodontists of Canada (1988-1991)
- Member, Association of Prosthodontists of Ontario (1988-1991)
- Member, John F. Johnson Advanced Fixed and Removable Prosthodontic Society (1986 - present)
- Medical Research Council of Canada Scholarship (1980 - 1981)
- Prosthodontic Award, Ontario Dental Association (1984)
- Clinical fellowship, American Cancer Society (1990 - 1992)
- Best Research Paper, annual Prosthodontic Research Award AmericanAcademy of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, (1991)
- Finalist, Arthus Frechett Prosthodontic Research Award, American Association of Dental Research (1995)
Positions and Honors:
Positions and Employment
- 1985-1986 Private practice, Toronto, Canada.
- 1986-1988 Instructor, part-time, Department of Prosthodontics, Indiana University School of Dentistry.
- 1988-1990 Instructor, (graduate and undergraduate prosthodontics) University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry.
- 1990-1992 Fellow, Department of Maxillofacial Prosthetics and Dental Oncology, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
- 1995-1997 Director, Post Graduate Prosthodontics Fellowship Program Case School of Dental Medicine.
- 1992-1999 Assistant Professor, Head, Section of Fixed Prosthodontics, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry.
- 1999-present Associate Professor, Department of comprehensive Care, Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine.
- 1999-Present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Material Sciences of Engineering, CWRU.
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, CWRU School of Medicine.
Committees and Consultants and Professional services:
- Chair, Implantology Oral session, AADR/IADR annual meeting, Boston, 2015.
- Guest Reviewer,European Journal of Oral Sciences, J. of Dentistry, J of Biomedical MaterialsResearch, J of Prosthetic dentistry. Guest reviewer, Biomaterials.
- Guest Reviewer, Journal of Prosthodontics,
- Chair, oral session, prosthetic session, AADR/IADR annual meeting, Tampa, FL, 2012
- Reviewer, Journal of Prosthodontics, 1996-1999
- Guest Reviewer, Journal of American Dental Association, 1998-2000
- Guest editorial Reviewer, Journal of Laser in Surgery and Medicine, 2001-present
- Guest editorial Reviewer, Journal of Dental Research, 2002-2003, 2008
- Secretary, American Association of Dental Research, Cleveland Section, 1993-2000
- Medical Adversary Committee, American Cancer Society, ClevelandSection, 1994-1999
- Subcommittee on magnets, ADA Council on Dental Materials, Instruments and equipment, 1994-1996
- Head and Neck Tumor Board, IrelandCancerCenter, University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1993-2004
- Admission Committee for DDS Program CWRU School of Dentistry, 2003-2005
- Executive Committee, CWRU School of Dentistry, 1994-1995
- Accreditation Subcommittee on Research, CWRU School of Dentistry, 1993-1995
- Student Standing and Promotion Committee, CWRUSchool of Dentistry, 1994-1997
- Search Committee for Director of Research, Case Western ReserveUniversitySchool of Dentistry, 1993
- Instrument Committee, CaseWestern ReserveUniversity School of Dentistry, 1992 – 1998.
- Search Committee, Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, CWRU, 2012