Ernest Lam completed his B.Sc.(Hons.), D.M.D. and M.Sc. degrees at the University of British Columbia, and a Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, and a Ph.D. in Radiation Biology at the University of Iowa. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.  Dr. Lam holds the rank of Full Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto where he is involved in undergraduate and graduate teaching and graduate supervision and research.  Dr. Lam's research has two broad goals: making imaging safer for patients and improving diagnostic accuracy for clinicians.  He has published and lectured in these areas both nationally and internationally.  Dr. Lam has been on various examining boards in Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in both Canada and the United States.