Opening the Door to Radiologic Diagnosis: Finding the Keys

Presented by: Dr. Ernest Lam

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Dr. Ernest Lam B.Sc. (Hons.), D.M.D. and M.Sc.

Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Toronto

Professor Ernest Lam is the Dr. Lloyd & Mrs. Kay Chapman Chair in Clinical Sciences and the Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Toronto. As well, Professor Lam is the Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Graduate Program. Dr. Lam completed his B.Sc. (Hons.), D.M.D. and M.Sc. degrees at the University of British Columbia, and spent 2 years in general practice dentistry in Vancouver before attending the University of Iowa, where he completed the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology specialty program and a Ph.D. in Radiation Biology. Dr. Lam is a fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. Dr. Lam is also currently a member of the University of Toronto’s Governing Council, and has held leadership roles in professional organizations of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in both Canada and the United States.

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