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Faculty Profile - Dr. Michael B. Goldberg

Dr. Michael B. Goldberg
Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics

Faculty of Dentistry
Room 350A
124 Edward Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5G 1G6

Phone: 416-979- 4928 ext.4502
m.goldberg@utoronto.ca

Current academic / hospital appointments

  • 1994-pres. Associate in Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1999-pres. Associate, Wasser Pain Management Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
  • 1998-pres. Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto
  • 1998-pres. Director, Severe and Refractory Periodontal Disease Research and Treatment Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto
  • 2002-pres. Member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto

Education

1986 - BSc., University of Toronto

1987 - MSc., Pharmacology, University of Toronto

1991 - D.D.S., University of Toronto

1992 - Resident, Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Dentistry

1994 - Diploma in Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto

1994 - Member, Royal College of Dentists of Canada

Courses

Co-ordinator of the post-graduate literature review course at the Faculty of Dentistry. Also teaching periodontics and oral medicine, and facial pain diagnosis and management to dental interns, periodontics residents and undergraduate dental students at the Mount Sinai Hospital Dept of Dentistry, and University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry clinic.

Research interests

My two major areas of research interest are associated with refractory periodontal disease and chronic pain.

Recent publications

Weissman-Fogel, I., Moayedi, M., Tenenbaum, H.C., Goldberg, M.B., Davis, K.D.Abnormal cortical response to emotional and cognitive interference tasks in patients with temporomandibular disorder. Human Brain Mapping, San Francisco, California, June 2009.

Goldberg, M.B., Golub, L.M., Lee, H-M., Tenenbaum, H.C. Assessing the effects subantimicrobial-dose doxycycline/flurbiprofen on refractory periodontal disease. IADR General Session, Barcelona, Spain. July 14-17, 2010 Abstract #136038

Stearns JC, Lynch MDJ, Senadheera DB, Tenenbaum HC, Goldberg MB, Cvitkovitch DG, Croitoru K, Moreno-Hagelsieb G, Neufeld JD. Investigating the baseline of a healthy human digestive tract. CSM meeting, June 15, 2010 Abstract #1136.

Stearns JC, Lynch MDJ, Senadheera DB, Tenenbaum HC, Goldberg MB, Cvitkovitch DG, Croitoru K, Moreno-Hagelsieb G, Neufeld JD. A baseline microbiome for the human digestive tract. American Society of Microbiology, New Orleans LA, May 20-24, 2011.

Moayedi, M., Weissman-Fogel, I., Tenenbaum, H.C., Goldberg, M.B. Davis, K.D. Abnormal Gray Matter Aging in patients with Temporomandibular Disorders. Organization of Human Brain Mapping, June 2011, San Francisco, CA.

Awards and Honours

  • 1986 Upjohn Award, Outstanding Presentation, Frontiers in Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Toronto
  • 2003 Honourary member, Rho Pi Phi, University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, Honours Society
  • 2006 Fellowship - Pierre Fauchard Society
  • 2006 Fellowship – American College of Dentists
  • 2008 Educator Award for Outstanding Teaching and

Current Editorships

2010 Journal of Periodontology

2008 Submission review for the British Dental Joural

2004-present Submission review for Canadian Dental Association Journal

2002 Submission review for journal Pain

Students

2006-present Committee member, Masters Thesis, Graduate Periodontology Student, “Development and Validation of a Shortened Questionnaire to Assess Stress and Social Support in Adult Patients with Periodontal Disease” Student Jill Levine (with Dr. Michael Glogauer)

2007-present Committee member, Masters Thesis, Graduate Anesthesiology Student, “A Study of Melatonin for Premedication Prior to Anaesthesia” Student Daniel Lee (with Dr. Dan Haas)

Current research grants

2006 University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry Research Grant, “Assessing the effects of a combination of low dose doxycycline and flurbiprofen on a refractory periodontal disease population” (Collaboration with Dr. Howard Tenenbaum, Dr. Larry Golub) $2000

Ondine Biopharma     2006-2007       “A randomized, blinded study of two treatments of photoactivated disinfection with scaling and root planing against one treatment of photoactivated disinfection with scaling and root planing against scaling and root planing alone in the treatment of chronic periodontitis" (with Dr. Jim Lai) $176,400 total amount—Study suspended

2002-2004 Innova Corp "Studies of resveratrol on periodontal disease in smokers; and oral cancer in an animal model Treated with Aryl hydrocarbons" (with Drs. H. Tenenbaum, R. Casper) $769, 266 total amount

2001-2002 Innova Corp "Studies of resveratrol on periodontal disease in smokers; and oral cancer in an animal model Treated with Aryl hydrocarbons"(with Drs. H. Tenenbaum, R. Casper) $200,000

1998 American Academy of Periodontics Foundation Award, Partners in Practice, “Periodontal Disease Treatment and its Effects on Diabetic Control” (Collaboration with Drs H. Tenenbaum, R. Ellen, B. Zinman) $12,000 U.S. "Study initiated and designed by me in order to generate increased collaboration between the medical and dental communities".

1997 University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry Research Grant (Collaboration with Dr. T. Dao, Dr. D. Haas, Mrs. H. Grad) “Effects of Flexeril on musculoligamentous pain in temporomandibular disorders” $5,000

1992 Alpha Omega Foundation Grant, “Neuropsychological deficits and clinical features in post-traumatic, temporomandibular disorder” (Collaboration with Drs H. Tenenbaum, D. Mock, A. Gordon) $5,000

1992 University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry Research Grant, “Neuropsychological Deficits and Clinical Features in Post-Traumatic Temporomandibular
Disorders”. (Collaboration with Drs H. Tenenbaum, D. Mock, A. Gordon) $5,000

 


Last updated: June 8, 2011