Update in Dentistry

Friday October 23, 2026 - Chestnut Conference Center

Faculty

Co-Chairs

Maria  Colaiacovo

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

Iona Leong

Iona Leong BSc, BDS, MSC, FRCDC
Associate Professor
Division Head, Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine
Department of Dentistry, MSH
Oral Pathologist, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Dentist-in-Chief

Michael  Goldberg

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

Moderator(s)

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

Faculty

Amir Azarpazhooh DDS MSc FRCDC (DPH) Cert Endo PhD FRCDC
Professor
Endodontist and Head
Divisions of Endodontics and Research, MSH

Bobby Baig BDS FRCDC
Instructor
Clinical Instructor of Prosthodontics
Department of Dentistry, MSH
Associate Professor
Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester

Izchak Barzilay DDS Cert. Prostho MS FRCDC
Prosthodontist
Head - Div Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry
MSH

Elahe Behrooz DDS MBA MSc (Prosthodontics) FRCDC
Instructor
Clinical Associate
Department of Dentistry, MSH

Ivan Boras
Clinical Instructor
Diplomate, American Dental Board of Anesthesiology
Division Head, Dental Anesthesiology
Department of Dentistry, MSH


Karen Burgess DDS MSc FRCDC
Associate in Dentistry
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist, MSH

Deepika Chugh BSc DDS MSc FRCDC
Assistant Professor
Oral Pathologist,
Department of Dentistry, MSH

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

Karl Cuddy BSc DDS MD MSc FRCD(C)
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
Assistant Professor
Director of Education and Maxillofacial Trauma
MSH, The Princess Margaret, and Humber River Hospital
Graduate Training Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Maria Franco Echevarria MD DMD MSc FRCDC
Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Program Director Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, MSH

Benjamin Lin DDS FRCDC Dipl ABOMS
Associate in Dentistry
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, MSH

Brian Rittenberg DDS MSc FRCDC
Assistant Professor (status only)
Dentist-in-Chief and Division Head,
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dentistry, MSH

Majid Zakeri DDS, M.Sc., FRCDC
Assistant Professor
Prosthodontist
Clinical Associate
Department of Dentistry, MSH

MSH – Mount Sinai Hospital

* Unless otherwise indicated, all academic appointments are with the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto.