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Cyril Meyerowitz, D.D.S., M.S.

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Appointment: (585) 341-7177

Office: (585) 275-4935

Fax: (585) 273-1237

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Biography

Professional Background

Dr. Cyril Meyerowitz is currently Director for the Northeast Region of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He received his dental degree from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in 1973 and completed a 2-year Postdoctoral General Dentistry Program and an MS in Oral Biology in 1979 at the University of Rochester. He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists. He has served as a Commissioner on the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) of the American Dental Association (ADA) and Chair of the Commission's Postdoctoral General Dentistry Review Committee. He served on the ADA Council for Education and Licensure for 4 years, chairing the council for a year. He has chaired numerous ad hoc task forces for the ADA. He was a member of the American Dental Education Association's Commission for Change and Innovation in Dental Education and chaired the Section on Postdoctoral General Dentistry. He served as chair of the New York State Academic Centers. His clinical and research interests have focused on cariology, salivary dysfunction, hospital dentistry, treatment of medically compromised patients, dental education and, more recently, practice-based research. He has published and lectured extensively in these areas.

Research

Dr. Cyril Meyerowitz is currently the Director of the Northeast Region of the NIH funded, National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN).

He received his dental degree from the University of Witwatersrand School of Dentistry (South Africa) in 1973, and an MS degree in Dental Research from the University of Rochester in 1979. He completed a residency in general dentistry at Eastman Dental Center/The Genesee Hospital/Strong Memorial Hospital and was a Clinical and Research Fellow at Eastman Dental Center/University of Rochester. He was chair of the department of dentistry for over 20 years and was instrumental in the merger of Eastman Dental Center with the University of Rochester in 1998. In 1999 he became director of Eastman. He led the institution through the merger and the establishment of the Eastman Institute for Oral Health in 2009. Throughout his career he has been involved in dental education and research, serving nationally on the Commission on Dental Accreditation, the Commission for Change and Innovation of the American Dental Education Association and as chair of the Council of Dental Education and Licensure of the American Dental Association. He served as chair of the New York State Academic Dental Centers, a collaboration of New York's five (5) academic dental institutions. Dr Meyerowitz' research has been translational in nature focusing on salivary dysfunction and its relationship to dental caries and the relationship of systemic diseases to oral health. More recently he has focused on practice-based research. He has also had an interest in educational research and in training clinical researchers. He has received NIH and commercial funding for his work, and has been the principal investigator on NIH clinical research training grant awards. Currently he is the site PI of the NIDCR funded National Dental Practice-Based Research Network. He has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and contributed numerous chapters to text books. Dr. Meyerowitz has presented to health care, educational and governmental bodies at the local, state, national and international level, and has been honored by internationally recognized professional and academic organizations. As Director of Eastman and then the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, he led an institution for 14 years that consistently maintained a ranking in the top 10 NIDCR funded dental institutions for decades; and was ranked 3rd when he stepped down in 2012. His leadership and vision in the merger of Eastman Dental Center and the establishment the Eastman Institute for Oral Health has been exemplary. This institution, dedicated to the integration of research education and community service, has positioned dentistry at the University of Rochester for the future and is a model for other institutions. His interest and passion for mentoring young dental academics has produced fine young investigators and educators, a lasting hallmark of his substantial contributions to the profession and to research.

Credentials

Education

1973
DDS | University of Witwatersrand (South Africa)

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

07/01/1975 - 06/30/1976
Fellowship in Dentistry, General Practice at University of Rochester Medical Center

07/01/1973 - 06/30/1975
Residency in Dentistry, General Practice at University of Rochester Medical Center

Awards

2012
2012 Health Care Achievement Award Honoree
Sponsor: Rochester Business Journal
Location: Rochester, New York

2012
New York State Dental Foundation Excellence in Research Award
Sponsor: New York State Dental Foundation
Location: New York

2012
New York State 7th District Dental Society Merit Award
Sponsor: New York State Dental Foundation
Location: Rochester, NY

1995
Fellow of the American College of Dentists (FACD)

1994
Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy

1992
Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry (FAGD)

1973
Recipient of the Amalgamated Dental Company Gold Medal for the Most Distinguished Final Year Graduate

1973
Recipient of the Lester Brown Medal for the Most Outstanding Graduate In Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery

1973
Recipient of the Orthodontic Bronze Medal of the Dental Association of South Africa for the Graduate Most Distinguished in Ortho

1973
Recipient of the Middleton Shaw prize for the Best Student Research Paper at the Student Conference of the Odontological Society

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Publications

Journal Articles

9/7/2023
Fredericks-Younger J, Feldman C, Allareddy V, Funkhouser E, McBurnie M, Meyerowitz C, Ragusa P, Chapman-Greene J, Coker M, Fine DH, Gennaro ML, Subramanian G. "Pragmatic Return to Effective Dental Infection Control through Triage and Testing (PREDICT):  A feasibility study to improve dental office safety." Research square.. 2023 Sep 7; Epub 2023 Sep 07.

8/18/2023
Xiao J, Kopycka-Kedzierawski D, Ragusa P, Mendez Chagoya LA, Funkhouser K, Lischka T, Wu TT, Fiscella K, Kar KS, Al Jallad N, Rashwan N, Ren J, Meyerowitz C, . "Acceptance and Usability of an Innovative mDentistry eHygiene Model Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Within the US National Dental Practice-Based Research Network: Mixed Methods Study." JMIR human factors.. 2023 Aug 18; 10:e45418. Epub 2023 Aug 18.

8/6/2022
Fredericks-Younger J, Fine DH, Subramanian G, Coker MO, Meyerowitz C, Ragusa P, Allareddy V, McBurnie MA, Funkhouser E, Gennaro ML, Feldman CA. "The Pragmatic Return to Effective Dental Infection Control through Triage and Testing (PREDICT): Protocol for a Prospective Clinical Study in the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network." JMIR research protocols.. 2022 Aug 6; Epub 2022 Aug 06.

Books & Chapters

2014
Chapter Title: :Late Oral Adverse Effects of Cancer Treatments
Book Title: Adverse Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
Author List: Elad S, Meyerowitz C
Edited By: Rubin, Constine, Marks
Published By: Springer 2014

2005
Chapter Title: Dental Clinics of North America Geriatric Dentistry
Book Title: Dental Caries in Older Adults
Author List: Saunders, R., Meyerowitz, C.
Published By: Saunders 2005

2004
Chapter Title: In Buchsel PC and Henke-Yarbro C eds Oncology Nursing in the Ambulatory Setting: Issues and Models of Care
Book Title: Oral and Dental Management for Cancer Patients
Author List: Elad, S., Epstein, J.B., Meyerowitz, C., Peterson, D.E., Schubert, M.M.
Published By: Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2004 in Sudbury, MA

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