Faculty Profile - Dr. Ernest W.N. Lam

Dr. Ernest W.N. Lam

Ernest W.N. Lam Associate Professor and Head Discipline of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology / Biological and Diagnostic Sciences Faculty of Dentistry 124 Edward Street Toronto , ON M5G 1G6 Phone: 416.979.4932 ext.4385 Fax: 416.979.4936 ernest.lam@dentistry.utoronto.ca

Current academic / hospital appointments

• Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, the University of Toronto
• Associate Staff, Department of Dentistry, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto
• Associate Staff, Department of Dentistry, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Education

• 1985 – B.Sc. (Hons.), the University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• 1989 – D.M.D., the University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• 1991 – M.Sc., the University of British Columbia, Vancouver
• 1994 – Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, the University of Iowa, Iowa City
• 1994 - Diplomate, the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
• 1997 – F.R.C.D.(C), Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, the Royal College of Dentists of Canada
• 1998 – Ph.D., the University of Iowa, Iowa City

Courses

Undergraduate: Oral Radiology 371Y1, 459Y1 and 141H1

Graduate / Postgraduate: Oral Radiology DEN1007F; Temporomandibular Disorders DEN1017S

Research interests

Clinical research topics in oral and maxillofacial radiology

Recent publications

Alsufyani NA, Lam EW. Cemento-osseous dysplasia of the jaw bones: Key radiographic features. Dentomaxillofac. Radiol. 40:141-146; 2011.

Chadwick JW, Alsufyani NA, Lam EW. Clinical and radiographic features of solitary and cemento-osseus dysplasia-associated simple bone cysts. Dentomaxillofac. Radiol. 40:230-235; 2011.

Alsufyani NA, Lam EW. Cemento-osseous dysplasia of the jaws: Clinical and radiographic analysis. J.C.D.A. 77:b70; 2011.

Jadu FM, Hill ML, Yaffe MY, Lam EW. Optimization of exposure parameters for cone beam CT sialography. Dentomaxillofac. Radiol. 40:362-368; 2011.

Nurbakhsh B, Friedman S, Kulkarni GV, Basrani B, Lam EW. Resolution of maxillary sinus mucositis after endodontic treatment of maxillary teeth with apical periodontitis. A cone-beam computerized tomography pilot study. J. Endod. 37:1504-1511; 2011.

Khalifa H, Grubisa HS, Lee L, Lam EW. Enlarged follicles and temporomandibular joint abnormalities in mucolipidosis III. Dentomaxillofac. Radiol.; 2011 (in press).

Awards and Honours

• 2001 - 2005 Clinical Investigator Award, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
• 2003 W.W. Wood Award, Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry

Current Editorships

• Editorial Consultant, the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Students

• Fatima Jadu, B.D.S., M.Sc. (Toronto): Development and application of a technique for three-dimensional sialography (Ph.D.).
• Mariam Baghdady, B.D.S., M.Sc. (Toronto): Visual Diagnosis: From perception to cognition, co-supervised with Dr. N. Woods (Ph.D.).
• Trish Lukat, D.D.S. (Alberta): Dosimetry and diagnostic efficacy of small field cone beam CT imaging of the temporomandibular joints.
• Niloufar Amintavakoli (Tehran): Small field cone beam CT imaging of tooth fracture detection.