Update in Dentistry

Friday October 24, 2025 - The Old Mill Toronto

Faculty

Conference Chair

Michael Goldberg

Michael Goldberg BSc, MSc, DDS, Dip Perio
Dentist-in-Chief, Department of Dentistry
Mount Sinai Hospital
Co-Director, Facial Pain Unit, Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital
Clinical Director, Centre for Advanced Dental Research and Care, Sinai Health System/University of Toronto
Associate Professor

Conference Co-Directors

Iona Leong

Iona Leong BSc, BDS, MSc, FRCDC
Division Head, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital
Oral Pathologist, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital
Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry and Department of Pathobiology and Laboratory Medicine

Maria Colaiacovo

Maria Colaiacovo BSc, DDS
Deputy Dentist-in-Chief, Co-Director Hospital Dental Residency Program
Staff Dentist, Department of Dentistry
Mount Sinai Hospital
Instructor in Dentistry

Moderator

Bruce Freeman DDS, Dip Ortho, MSc
Co-Director Hospital Dental Residency, Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital
Co-Director Facial Pain Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital
Facial Pain Consultant, Department of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital and The Wasser Pain Management Centre, Mt. Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor

Faculty

Vinay Bhide B ArtsSc (Hons), DDS, MSc (Perio), FRCDC
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
Head, Division of Periodontics, Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital

Karl Cuddy BSc, DDS, MD, MSc, FRCDC
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Mt. Sinai Hospital, The Princess Margaret, and Humber River Hospital
Assistant Professor and Director of Education and Maxillofacial Trauma
Graduate Training Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Ivan Boras DDS
Diplomate, American Dental Board of Anesthesiology
Division Head, Dental Anesthesiology, Department of Dentistry

Rachale Cohen DDS, FRCDC
Pediatric Dentist, Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital

Andrew Moncarz BSc, DDS, Dip An, MSc (Endo), FRCDC
Co-Director, Endodontics, Department of Dentistry, Mt. Sinai Hospital
Associate in Dentistry

Deepika Chugh BSc, DDS, MSc, FRCDC
Oral Pathologist, Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor

Nadia Marchese DMD, MSc, FRCDC
Oral Pathologist
Mount Sinai Hospital
Adjunct Professor

Mary-Ellen Cascone BSc, DDS
Co-Director Hospital Dental Residency program and
Staff Dentist, Department of Dentistry
Mount Sinai Hospital
Hospital based dentist at Toronto Rehab (UHN)

David Chvartzsaid DDS, MSc (Prostho), MSc (Perio), FRCDC
Prosthodontist and Periodontist
Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dentist-in-Chief, Department of Dentistry
Alpha Omega Dental Centre, Baycrest Hospital
Assistant Professor

Maria Franco Echevarria MD, DMD, MSc, FRCDC
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor & Undergraduate Program Director Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Trevor Thang DDS, MSc, Dip ABOMR, FRCDC
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream)

Gevik Malkhassian MSc Endo, DDS, FRCDC
Endodontist, Department of Dentistry
Mount Sinai Hospital
Associate Professor

Michael Park DDS, MSc, FRCDC
Pediatric Dentist, Department of Dentistry
Mount Sinai Hospital

Annie Shrestha BDS, MSc (Endo), PhD, FRCDC
Endodontist, Department of Dentistry
Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor


Faculty Disclosure

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Accreditation: This conference has been approved for 6 points by the Quality Assurance Committee of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario as a Category 1 Course.