Howard C. Tenenbaum DDS, PhD, FRCD(C)

Dr. Tenenbaum received his D.D.S. from the University of Toronto in 1978 and then completed his specialty in Periodontology as well as a Ph.D. in bone cell biology by 1982. This was followed by a 2-year post-doctoral MRC fellowship in Bethesda at the National Institutes of Health. In addition to his degrees, Dr. Tenenbaum has a Fellowship from the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, as well as the International College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International.

Dr. Tenenbaum is a Professor of Periodontology, and was Head of that Discipline for 8 years (1997-2005), at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. He was also is also Associate Dean for Biological and Diagnostic Sciences for 6 years. He is a cross-appointed as a Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and was the Head of the Division of Research in the Department of Dentistry at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Tenenbaum also served as an FDA panel member for Dental Devices and Drugs (USA) and served as Vice-Chair of the Federal Dental Care Advisory Committee (Canada). He is also currently Dentist-in Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital/Sinai Health System. He is also an adjunct professor of Periodontology at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Dr. Tenenbaum has had cumulative peer-reviewed research funding since 1987 exceeding $2.0 million and has lectured internationally on several topics including orofacial pain, cellular biology of bone, and management of refractory periodontal diseases. He has had one set of experiments carried out aboard the US Space Shuttle by Astronaut/Senator John Glenn relating to the effects of microgravity of bone cell metabolism and bone formation in culture. Dr. Tenenbaum has published over 200 peer review and abstracted papers.