CONTACT INFORMATIONBIOGRAPHYCREDENTIALSPUBLICATIONSEli Eliav, D.M.D., Ph.D.Contact InformationPhone NumbersAppointment: (585) 275-5018Administrative: (585) 275-2917Office: (585) 275-5688Fax: (585) 256-3154A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty GroupgroupAn Accountable Health PartnerassignmentAccepting New PatientsResearch LabsVisit Lab WebsiteLocations625 Elmwood Ave1st FloorRochester, NY 14620Faculty AppointmentsProfessor - Department of Dentistry (SMD) Chair - Department of Dentistry (SMD) Director - Department of Eastman Institute for Oral Health (URMC) Vice President for Oral Health - Office of VP for Health Sciences (URMC) Vice Dean for Oral Health - Dean's Office M&D - Administration (SMD) Patient Care SettingDentistryBiographyProfessional BackgroundDr. 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 – 2013CredentialsEducation1991DMD | Hadassah Medical School (Israel)Post-doctoral Training & Residency09/30/1995 - 09/01/1997Fellowship at NIH Surgery Branch-Surgical Oncology Fellowship09/01/1991 - 08/31/1995Residency at Hadassah Hospital-Jerusalem (Israel)PublicationsJournal Articles5/19/2023Eliav E, Levin L. "Researchers who understand the clinic, and clinicians who are familiar with research." Quintessence international.. 2023 May 19; 54(5):356-357. 5/17/2023Alkhars N, Gaca A, Zeng Y, Al-Jallad N, Rustchenko E, Wu TT, Eliav E, Xiao J. "Antifungal Susceptibility of Oral Isolates from Mother-Infant Dyads to Nystatin, Fluconazole, and Caspofungin." Journal of fungi.. 2023 May 17; 9(5)Epub 2023 May 17. 5/5/2023Arany S, Eliav E, Medina-Walpole A, Caprio TV. "Postgraduate dental resident education: A pilot in age-friendly "mentation" training." Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry.. 2023 May 5; Epub 2023 May 05. VIEW ALL PUBLICATIONS