Study Clubs

RADIOLOGY ONLINE STUDY CLUB with Dr. Ernest Lam

October 2025 - May 2026  |  LIVE WEBINAR

Limited Enrolment ~ NEW! Registration is open and new members are welcome!

This study club will guide general dentists and dental specialists in the development of a systematic and biologically-based approach to radiologic image interpretation. Together, we will examine radiologic images that have been made in dental clinical settings, including intraoral, panoramic and cone beam CT images, review the scope and adequacy of the imaging examination, identify important imaging features of abnormalities, and develop a differential or definitive diagnosis for the abnormalities we have identified. Participants in the course will be encouraged to bring examples from their own private practices and all cases reviewed will have been initially identified in a general dental practice.

ERNEST LAM, DMD, MSc, PhD, FRCD(C), Professor, University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry, is an oral and maxillofacial radiologist. He has served as the Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Graduate Program (2009 to 2022) and as Associate Dean, Graduate Education (2016 to 2023). Dr. Lam received his DMD and MSc degrees from UBC, and a Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and a PhD in Radiation Biology from the University of Iowa. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. During his career, Dr. Lam has been involved in undergraduate and graduate education and research, university governance, academic leadership coaching, and high-stakes testing at both the undergraduate and specialty levels in Canada and the United States.

STUDY CLUB: Clinically Applicable Oral Pathology with Dr. Charles Shuler

October 2025 - June 2026  |  LIVE WEBINAR

Limited Enrolment ~ On-going study club, registration for this event is open and new members are welcome!

This study club will guide dental professionals to develop an approach to recognize and manage oral soft tissue changes that can be incorporated into their daily clinical practice. The group will examine case studies of oral soft and hard tissue lesions that have been seen in dental clinical settings. Each case will be reviewed with respect to the process of recognizing the tissue change and establishing the process for moving to a final diagnosis. Participants in the course will be encouraged to bring examples from their own private practices and all cases reviewed will have been initially identified in a general dental practice.

CHARLES SHULER, BSc, DMD, PhD, Professor, UBC, was the Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of British Columbia for ten years, finishing his second five-year term June 30, 2017. He is now a professor of oral pathology in the Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences at UBC Dentistry and teaching oral pathology/medicine. Prior to being appointed at UBC he was a faculty member at the University of Southern California for 18 years. At USC he served as the Director of the University of Southern California Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology holding an endowed chair position as the George and Mary Lou Boone Chair Professor of Craniofacial Molecular Biology. He also served as the Director of the Graduate Program in Craniofacial Biology and the Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs at the USC School of Dentistry. Dr. Shuler received his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin, his D.M.D. from Harvard School of Dental Medicine, his Ph.D. in Pathology from the University of Chicago and his Oral Pathology education at the University of Minnesota and the Royal Dental College Copenhagen Denmark. He has been active in assessing and managing clinical oral pathology patients with soft and hard tissue lesions. He has had an active research program funded by national granting agencies that focused on evaluating the molecular regulation of the soft and hard tissues of the secondary palate to better understand the etiology of craniofacial birth defects and pathologic changes of the tissues.

Advanced Orthodontics for the General Practitioner
with Dr. Benjamin Pliska and Dr. Siddharth (Sid) Vora

September 2024 - August 2025

Limited Enrolment