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