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

Dentistry

Contact Information

Phone Numbers

Appointment: (585) 275-5018

A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group

An Accountable Health Partner

Accepting New Patients

Locations

University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 683
Rochester, NY

Biography

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 Oral Medicine
Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Vice Chair
2002 – 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

Credentials

Faculty Appointments

Vice Dean for Oral Health- Department of Dean's Office M&D - Administration (SMD)
Chair - Department of Dentistry (SMD)
Professor - Department of Dentistry (SMD) - Primary
Director- Department of Eastman Institute for Oral Health (URMC)

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

09/01/1991 - 08/31/1992
Internship in at Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

09/01/1992 - 08/31/1995
Residency in at Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

09/30/1995 - 09/01/1997
Fellowship in at National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center

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Publications

Journal Articles

2015
Khan, J.; Muhammad, A.; Eliav, E.; Heir, G. "Oromandibular Dystonia: DIfferential Diagnosis and Management". JADA. 2015; .

2015
Nasri-Heir, C.; Khan, J.; Benoliel, R.; Feng, C.; Yarnitsky, D.; Kuo, F.: Hirschberg, C.; Hartwell, G.; Huang, C.Y.; Heir, G.; Korczeniewska, O.; Diehl, S.R.; Eliav, E. "Altered Pain Modulation in Patients with Persistent Post-Endodontic Pain". Pain. 2015; .

2015
Khan, J.; Ramadan, K.; Korczniewska, O.; Moin, A.; Benoliel, R.; Eliav, E. "Interleukin-10 levels in rat models of nerve damage and neuropathic pain." Neuroscience LEtters. 2015; : 99-106.

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