Dr. Bob Wood	Dr. Bob Wood Associate Professor and Head Department of Dental Oncology, Ocular and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, UHN/Princess Margaret Hospital, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry 124 Edward Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1G6 Phone: 416-979-4908 ext. 4363 Fax: 416-979-4936 bob.wood@uhn.on.ca
Current academic / hospital appointments
Head, Department of Dental Oncology, Ocular and Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto Chief Forensic Odontologist, Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, Toronto, Ontario Manager, Province of Ontario Dental Identification Team (PODIT) Chief examiner, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Royal College of Dentists of Canada
Education
1982 DDS, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 1986, Dip. Oral Radiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 1986, MSc, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 1993, FRCD(C ) Royal College of Dentists of Canada, Toronto, Canada 1996 PhD, Universiteit von Stellenbosch, Cape Town South Africa 2004 Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Odontology
Courses
Undergraduate: 2nd and 3rd year Oral Radiology course lecturer Graduate/Post-Graduate: Postgraduate lecturer in Malignancy Oral Radiology Continuing Education: Annual Coroner’s course, Office of the Chief Coroner Gate-keeping, bite mark evidence and research: Out of adversity comes opportunity. American Academy of Forensic Sciences 62nd annual general meeting scientific sessions. Seattle, February 2010. Dental Identification workshop lecturer and preceptor (2 day course) under the aegis of the American Board of Forensic Odontology / AAFS, Seattle Washington, February 2010. The Cancer Patient: issues in safe dental management. Continuing Education Symposium, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto continuing education March 26, 2010. Forensic Odontology, Forensic Death investigation, University of Toronto Centre for Forensic Sciences and Medicine. May 14, 2010, Toronto, Canada. Dental Identification techniques in multiple fatality incidents. Canadian Association of Pathologists Annual General Meeting, Montreal QC, July 13, 2010. Dental Radiology considerations in disaster victim identification (DVI) incidents: a review. I.O.F.O.S. scientific meeting, Leuven Belgium September 2nd, 2010. Error rates in bite mark analysis in an in-vivo animal model. I.O.F.O.S. scientific meeting, September 3rd, 2010.
Research interests
Clinical outcomes for patient receiving cancer treatment Development of a novel system for evaluation oral mucositis Database systems for dental oncology patient management Human remains identification, age determination and dermal bite mark analysis in Forensic Odontology
Recent publications
Wood, R.E. Point of Care: A patient treated for lymphoma with chemotherapy is now interested in a dental implant. JCDA 2010;76a:91. Avon SL Wood RE. Error rates in bitemark analysis in an in vivo animal model. For Sci Int. 201:45-55, 2010. Wood RE, Kogon Dental radiology considerations in (DVI) incidents: a review. For Sci Int. 201:27-32, 2010. Devos N, Willems G, Wood R. Objective Human Tooth Colour Measurements as ameans of determining chronologic age in vivo and ex vivo. J Forensic Odontostomatology. 27(2):2-8, 2009. Kogon S, Arnold, J. Wood R., Merner, L. Integrating dental data in missing persons and unidentified remains investigations: The RESOLVE INITIATIVE. Forensic Science International 197:1-3, April 2010. Irish, J, Sandhu, N, Simpson C, Wood RE et al. Quality of Life in Patients with maxillectomy prostheses. Head and Neck, 31(6):813-821, 2009. Yu T, Wood RE, Tenenbaum HC. Delays in diagnosis of head and neck cancers. J Can Dent Assoc. Feb;74(1):61, 2008.
Awards and Honours
Ontario Amethyst Award – Ontario Public Service Harry Crossley Research fund (twice) University of Stellenbosch
Current Editorships
Editorial board, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology Ad hoc reviewer Canadian Dental Association Journal Ad hoc reviewer – Journal of Forensic Sciences Ad hoc reviewer – Forensic Science International
Students
Dr. Anne Gussgard, MSc Candidate Department of Periodontology, University of Toronto. * Presently not accepting students for supervision.