NS-20 Endodontic Outcomes What Should We Measure?

Dr. Fouad obtained his DDS, Certificate of Endodontics, and MS at the University of Iowa. 

He served on the faculty and in various administrative roles at the University of Connecticut, the University of Maryland, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics, Director, Advanced Endodontics Program, and Interim Director, Health Information and Business Systems (HIBS) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. 

Dr. Fouad has published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 62 editorials and invited manuscripts, 25 textbook chapters, and over 150 abstracts. He edited and co-authored several editions of the textbooks: Endodontic Microbiology and Endodontics: Principles and Practice. He served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics for 15 years and is currently Associate Editor of Dental Traumatology and the Endodontics Section of Frontiers of Dental Medicine. He is a Diplomate and Past President of the American Board of Endodontics. He received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group of the IADR in 2017, the AAE President's Award in 2022, and the International Grossman's Award in 2023.

Shanon Patel GDC 71062 Registered Specialist in Endodontics Professor of Endodontology Consultant Endodontist BDS MSc, MClinDent, MRD, PhD, FDS, FHEA Shanon divides his time between specialist practice and at teaching at King's College London Dental Institute. His main research interests are CBCT, root resorption and treatment outcomes. He has supervised 70+ Masters and PhD students. Shanon's background as a clinical academic has resulted in him publishing over 120 papers. He is recognized internationally as a leading authority on 3D (CBCT) imaging and root resorption and was lead author of 5 European Society of Endodontology position statements (CBCT 2014, 2019 and External Cervical Resorption 2018, Root resorption 2023, Cracked teeth 2025). Shanon has been a keynote speaker at over 150 international meetings spanning 5 continents and has co-authored 6 textbooks which have been translated into 5 different languages. www.shanonpatel.com

Dr. Amir Azarpazhooh (pronounced “Azar pa joo”) earned his DDS (Iran, 2001) and completed graduate training in Dental Public Health (2007), Endodontics (2010), and a PhD (2011) at the University of Toronto. He is a tenured Full Professor of Dentistry at the University of Toronto, specializing in Dental Public Health and Endodontics, and a Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. He is also an investigator with the Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative and leads the Divisions of Endodontics and Research at Mount Sinai Hospital. He has secured $1.5 million in research funding, supervised forty-five MSc and PhD trainees, edited an evidence-based dentistry textbook, authored seven book chapters, and published three hundred papers. His work has been cited over seven thousand times and is reflected in an H-index of forty-four and an I10-index of ninety-nine. He has delivered more than ninety presentations at national and international meetings and has received honours from Cochrane Canada, the Canadian Academy of Endodontics, the American Association of Endodontists, the WW Wood Award for Excellence in Dental Education, and multiple Journal of Endodontics Publication Awards (2020–2024). He also serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Endodontics. He is a Board-Certified Diplomate and Director of the American Board of Endodontics (2025–2028), and a fellow, examiner and a member of Board of Directors of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. He practices part-time in a multi-specialty setting in Toronto and provides endodontic care to medically compromised patients at Mount Sinai Hospital.