Dr. Amir Azarpazhooh (Azar)

DDS, MSc/FRCD(C) in Dental Public Health, PhD/FRCD(C) in Endodontics

Dr. Amir Azarpazhooh (Azar) is a certified dental specialist in two fields of Root Canal Therapy as well as Dental Public Health. He received his dental degree from Iran in 2001, his specialty training in Canada at the University of Toronto in Dental Public Health (2007) and Endodontics (2010), followed by his PhD (2011).

Dr. Azar has great interest in both academic and clinical research. He is a full-time, tenured Full Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry (click here to read more), and Faculty of Medicine (click here to read more). He is also the Head of Endodontics at the Department of Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital (click here to read more). He has authored and co-authored over 150 papers and abstracts, 6 book chapters, and has presented at over 50 national and international scientific meetings. Click here to perform an automatic PubMed search of his publications.
He serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Endodontics, the official journal of the American Association of Endodontists. Additionally, he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, a distinction held by a select group of endodontists dedicated to professional growth and delivering the highest quality of patient care. A keen practitioner of evidenced-based dentistry, Dr. Azar has a passion for collaborative decision making in teaching and in practice. Hence he approaches patient care with the best interest of the patient in mind.

Despite his heavy load of teaching, research and clinical practice, out of the office, he enjoys life with his wife, in traveling, cycling, photography, and gardening.

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