Michael Goldberg
MSc, DDS, Dip Perio
Dr. Michael Goldberg is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Periodontics at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Dentistry. He is the head of the division of Periodontology as well as an associate in the Wasser Pain Management Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Goldberg’s focus is on the management of temporomandibular disorders and orofacial pain, particularly those that have come about as a result of a motor vehicle accident. In addition to studying and treating patients suffering from neuropathic pain, Dr. Goldberg is currently collaborating with the team headed by Dr. Karen Davis investigating brain activity in patients suffering from TMD. Dr. Goldberg is a partner in private specialty practice, limited to periodontics and implant surgery, in downtown Toronto.
University:University of Toronto
Principal Faculty:Faculty of Dentistry
Principal Department/Program:Periodontology
Principal Hospital Appointment(s):Mount Sinai Hospital, Wasser Pain Management Centre
Telephone:416-979-4900 #4501
E-mail Address:m.goldberg@dentistry.utoronto.ca
Key Publications:
(1) Salomons, T., Moayedi, M., Weissman-Fogel, I., Goldberg, M., Freeman, B., Tenenbaum, H. C., & Davis, K. (2012). Perceived Helplessness is Associated with Individual Differences in the Central Motor Output System. European Journal of Neuroscience. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22564074
(2) Moayedi, M., Weissman-Fogel, I., Crawley, A., Goldberg, M. B., Freeman, B., Tenenbaum, H. C., & Davis, K. D. (2011). Contribution of chronic pain and neuroticism to abnormal forebrain gray matter in patients with temporomandibular disorder. NeruroImaging; 55, 277-286. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21156210
(3) Weissman-Fogel, I., Moayedi, M., Tenenbaum, H. C., Goldberg, M. B., Freeman, B. V., & Davis, K. D. et al. (2011). Abnormal cortical activity in patients with temporomandibular disorder evoked by cognitive and emotional tasks. Pain, 152, 384-396. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21167644