Rafael Benoliel BDS, LDS, RCS

Dr Benoliel is the current Director at the Center for Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. He also serves as the Associate Dean for Research.

Dr Benoliel completed his dental training with honors and distinction at the University of London, in the United Kingdom. Following 2 years of training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery he moved to Israel, to the Dental Faculty at Hadassah- the Hebrew University. He completed formal, state recognized, Oral Medicine training and subsequently concentrated on orofacial pain. His training in orofacial pain was under the mentorship of Dr Yair Sharav. In 1997-1998 he served as Research Associate at the Unit of Neuronal Gene Expression at the NIDCR, NIH, Bethesda under the tutorship of Dr Michael Iadarola. During 2003-2010 Dr. Benoliel served as Chair of the Department of Oral Medicine, in the Dental Faculty at Hadassah-Hebrew University. He joined the Dental School at Rutgers in June 2013.