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Election 2022

Election to IODA Board of Directors

2022-2023

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Dr. Hamid Paknahad

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Dr. Pouriya Motahari

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Dr. Dorna Mojdami

IODA Board of Directors Candidates 

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Dorna Mojdami

Professional Biography

Dorna Mojdami

  • Ph.D. Dental Specialty in Dental Public Health University of Toronto – Faculty of Dentistry 2012 London, ON

  • DDS, Dentistry University of Western Ontario – Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry 2008 Toronto, ON

  • HBSc., Specialized Honours in Psychology York University RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2020 – Present

  • Cochrane Systematic Review Update Title: Intervention for replacing missing teeth: dental implants in fresh extraction sockets (immediate, immediatedelayed and delayed implants) (Review) Supervisor: Dr. Amir Azarpazhooh, DDS, MSc., PhD, FRCD(C)

  • 2020 – 2022 Data Collection & Entry Title: COVID-19 incidence rates among Canadian dentists and dental hygienists: a cohort study Supervisor: Dr. Michael Glogauer DDS, PhD, Dip. Perio

  • 2020 – 2022 Date Collection & Entry Title: Investigation of Oral Innate Immune System Recovery in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients Supervisor: Dr. Michael Glogauer DDS, PhD, Dip. Perio

  • 2019 - 2022 PhD Thesis Title: The Effect of Ionizing Radiation on the Oral Innate Immune Response, Oral Microbiome and the Quality of Life of Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Head and Neck Tumours Supervisor: Dr. Amir Azarpazhooh, DDS, MSc., PhD, FRCD(C) Co-Supervisor: Dr. Michael Glogauer DDS, PhD, Dip. Perio

  • 2019 – 2021 Modified Delphi Study Title: Development of Consensus Guidelines for Dental Care Prior to Radiation Therapy in Head and Neck Cancer Patients. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Glogauer DDS, PhD, Dip. Perio

  • 2020 – Present Title: Investigating the Role of Oral Inflammation in Cardiovascular Patients. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Glogauer DDS, PhD, Dip. Perio

  • 2007 – 2008 Toronto, ON Research Assistant Interpersonal Psychotherapy Clinic Centre for Addiction & Mental Health

  • 2007 – 2008 Toronto, ON HBSc., Undergraduate Honours Thesis York University Tile: Attitudes of York University Undergraduate students towards seeking professional psychological services Supervisor: Dr. Laura Booth

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Professional Biography

Hamid Paknahad
General Dentist, Toronto, Ontario 2015-Current

Audit Committee, Iranian Ontario Dental Association (IODA) 2019-2020

Election Committee, Iranian Ontario Dental Association (IODA) 2019-2020

Prosthodontist, Tehran, Iran 1994-2014

Prosthodontist, Dental Clinic of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Tehran, Iran 1994-2013 

Executive Board member, Iranian Association of Prosthodontics 1999-2003                          

Honorary faculty member of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adam School of Dentistry 1998-1999    

Assistant instructor of Prosthodontics, and Faculty of Dentistry at Shahid Beheshti University 1990 – 1995

Graduated from Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, as a Prosthodontist 1990 – 1994

Graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, as a D.D.S 1979 – 1986

Hamid Paknahad

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Pouriya Motahari

Professional Biography

Pouriya Motahari

Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Vice president of Iranian Dental Association 2013 - 2015
Board member of Iranian Dental Association 2010 - 2015
Vice president and board member of Iranian Association of Oral Pathologists 2002 - 2006
Scientific committee head of Iranian Dental Association 2010 - 2013
Assistant professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology - Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2000 - 2013

Member of community service committee of ODA 2018

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and POSITIONS

2018-2021 Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario

2018-2021 Ontario Dental Association

1996-2021 Iranian Dental Association

1996-2021 Iranian Medical Council

2000-2021 Iranian Association of Oral Pathology

2012-2021 International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists

2008-2010 Vice president of Iranian association of Oral pathologists

2011-2016 Directing board member of Iranian Dental Association

2011-2014 Head of scientific committee of Iranian Dental Association (IDA)

2014-2016 Vice president of Iranian Dental Association (IDA)

2019-2021 Member of community service committee of Ontario Dental Association (ODA)

2019-2021 Executive member of Iranian Ontario Dental Association (IODA)

Contact Iranian ODA

At IODA, we are dedicated to creating a strong foundation for dental networking and a voice within the Canadian dental community. It is an opportunity for members to learn and contribute to the learning process as well.

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