Dr. Barry Sessle Professor Faculty of Dentistry 124 Edward Street Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G6 Phone: 4416-979-4910 ext. 4336 Fax: 416-979-4937 barry.sessle@utoronto.ca

Current academic / hospital appointments

Canada Research Chair (Tier I), 2001 - Member, Graduate Faculty, Faculty of Dentistry and Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1971 - Member, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, 1971 - Consultant, Pain Clinic, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1995 - Former Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto (1990-2001)

Education

1963 - B.D.S. (University of Sydney) 1965 - M.D.S. (University of Sydney) 1965 - B.Sc. (University of Sydney) 1969 - Ph.D. (University of New South Wales) 2000 - D.Sc. (Honorary) (McGill) 2008 - D.Sc. (Honorary) (Aalborg University,Denmark)

Courses

Undergraduate: Oral Physiology (In ‘Biological basis of oral health and disease’ - DEN 121H1) Graduate / Postgraduate: "Oral Physiology: Sensory and Neuromuscular Function" (DEN 1060F) " Somatosensory Physiology and Pain" (PSY 1047, in Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine)

Research interests

Neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of the trigeminal system; neural mechanisms and clinical correlates of sensory dysfunction and chronic orofacial pain and its control; electromyographic and neurophysiological aspects of orofacial motor function and their clinical implications in mastication, swallowing, and related reflex activities.

Recent publications

Orofacial Pain: From Basic Science to Clinical Management. 2nd Edition. Sessle, B.J, Lavigne, G., Lund, J.P. and R. Dubner, Quintessence Publishing Co., USA, 2008, 250 pp. Sleep and Pain. Lavigne, G., Sessle, B. J., M. Choiniere and P. Soja, IASP Press, Seattle, 2007, 473 pp. Boudreau, S., Romaniello, A., Wang, K., Svensson, P., Sessle, B.J. and Arendt-Nielsen, L. The effects of intra-oral pain on motor cortex neuroplasticity associated with short-term novel tongue-protrusion training in humans. Pain 132: 169-178, 2007. Chiang, C.Y., Wang, J., Xie, Y.F., Zhang, S., Hu, J.W., Dostrovsky, J.O. and Sessle, B.J. Astroglial glutamate-glutamine shuttle is involved in central sensitization of nociceptive neurons in rat medullary dorsal horn. J. Neuroscience 27: 9068-9076, 2007. Avivi-Arber, L., Lee, J.-C. and Sessle, B.J. Face sensorimotor cortex neuroplasticity associated with intraoral alterations. Prog. Brain Res. 188: 135-150, 2011.

Awards and Honours

1976 - Oral Sciences Award of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) 1977 - Canadian Fund for Dental Education Teacher Award 1977 - 78 President, Canadian Division of the International Association for Dental Research 1980 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship for Research 1980 - M.R.C. Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia 1985 - M.R.C. Visiting Professor, University of Alberta 1986 - M.R.C. Visiting Professor, Laval University 1986 - M.R.C. Visiting Professor, Universite de Montreal 1988 - Canada/France Science and Technology Cooperation Program Awardee 1994 - The IADR J.J. Pindborg International Prize in Oral Biology 1994 - 95 President, International Association for Dental Research 1996 - Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada and Member, The Canadian Academy of Science 1997 - Visiting Professor (Nov. 1997-Feb. 1998), University of New South Wales, Australia 1998 - Visiting Professor (Dec. 1997-Feb. 1998), University of Queensland, Australia 1999 - 1999 Distinguished Career Award, Canadian Pain Society 1999 - 2002 President, International Association for the Study of Pain 2000 - 2000 McGill University, D.Sc.(honoris causa) 2001 - 2001 Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Government of Canada 2004 - American Academy of Orofacial Pain Award (to recognize outstanding contribution to the field). 2005 - CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Quality of Life Research Award 2005 - Honorary Member, International Association for the Study of Pain 2005 - Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences 2007 - Honorary Member, American Academy of Orofacial Pain 2007 - 2009 President, Canadian Pain Society 2008 - Aalborg University (Denmark), D.Sc. (honoris causa) 2009 - Honorary Member, Academy of Dentistry

Editorships

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Orofacial Pain, 1997 - Member, Editorial Board, Archives of Oral Biology, 1988 - Associate Editor, Dysphagia Journal, 1990 - Member, Editorial Board, Pain Research & Management), 1995 - Member, Editorial Academy, International Journal of Oral Biology, 1996 - Member, Editorial Board, Encyclopedic Reference of Pain, 2002 - 2008 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Dental Research, 2003 - 2005 Member, Editorial Board, Oral Biosciences & Medicine, 2003 - 2005 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2003 - 2010 Member, Editorial Board, Pain Management, 2011 –

Students

M . Sood DDS India, PhD research project: ‘Cortical plasticity related to altered oral sensory-motor function’. P.Cherkas DDS, PhD, Hebrew University; MSc research project

Current research grants

Grant MOP-4918 : 2009-14 ‘NEURAL MECHANISMS OF OROFACIAL FUNCTION’ ; Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Principal Investigator). Grant 2R01 DE04786-30 : 2006-11 ‘ DENTAL AND OROFACIAL PAIN : BRAINSTEM MECHANISMS’ ; National Institutes of Health, U.S.A (Principal Investigator). Grant MOP82831 : 2007-11 ‘GLIAL-NEURONAL INTERACTIONS IN DENTAL NOCICEPTIVE MECHANISMS’ Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Co-Applicant) Pfizer Canada, 2009-11 “PREGABALIN EFFECTS ON CRANIOFACIAL NOCICEPTIVE PROCESSES” (Co-Principal Investigator). Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2009-10, “A KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIS FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH REFRACTORY ANGINA” PI: Dr. M. McGillion, (Co-Investigator).