AADR Strides in Science

Eric Schiffman D.D.S., M.S. is an associate professor and director of the Division of TMD and Orofacial Pain at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. He is also a co-owner of and practices at the Minnesota Head and Neck Pain Clinic, which is a multi-disciplinary pain clinic with four locations in the Twin Cities.

In 1982, he received his dental degree from the University of Iowa School of Dentistry. In 1983 he completed a general practice residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he was trained to do general dentistry on medically-compromised patients and saw patients with orofacial trauma in the emergency room setting. He was then the first resident to complete the two-year TMD and Orofacial Pain Residency Program at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 1985; and concurrently, obtained a Master of Science in Oral Biology in 1986. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain.