Eli Eliav, D.M.D., Ph.D.

Professional Background

Dr. Eli Eliav joined the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2013, when he was appointed Director of Eastman Institute for Oral Health and Vice Dean for Oral Health within the School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Previously, Dr. Eliav served as Director of the Center for Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain and as Chair, Dept. of Diagnostic Sciences at UMDNJ - New Jersey Dental School. He was also the University's Carmel Endowed Chair in Algesiology since 2004.

Dr. Eliav's current research projects involve orofacial pain, quantitative sensory testing, neuropathic pain, pain modulation and the role of inflammation in neuropathic pain.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Department of Oral Medicine
Faculty of Dental Medicine Hebrew University, Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Instructor
1994

Department of Oral Medicine
Faculty of Dental Medicine Hebrew University, Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Lecturer
1999

Department of Oral Medicine
Faculty of Dental Medicine Hebrew University, Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Senior Lecturer
2003

Department of Diagnostic Sciences
UMDNJ – New Jersey Dental School
Associate Professor
2004

Department of Diagnostic Sciences
UMDNJ – New Jersey Dental School
Professor (with tenure)
2007

University of Rochester
Professor (with tenure)
2013


HOSPITAL / CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS:
Department of Oral Medicine
Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Head Sensory Changes and Orofacial Pain Clinic
1997 – 2004

Department of Oral Medicine
Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Director, Medically Complex Patients Clinic
2001 – 2004


Department of Diagnostic Sciences
UMDNJ – New Jersey Dental School
Director, Division of Orofacial Pain
2005 – 2013


Department of Diagnostic Sciences
UMDNJ – New Jersey Dental School
Carmel Endowed Chair in Algesiology
2004 – 2013

Department of Diagnostic Sciences
UMDNJ – New Jersey Dental School
Chairman Department of Diagnostic Sciences
2009 – 2013t

UMDNJ – New Jersey Dental School
Director, 2011 – 2013