Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache

Rafael Benoliel, BDS, is director of the Center for Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders and associate dean for research at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Dr Benoliel served as a faculty member at The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, where he was also appointed chair of the Department of Oral Medicine. He served as research associate at the Unit of Neuronal Gene Expression at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Dr Benoliel has published extensively on the subject of orofacial pain; lectures extensively at national and international meetings; serves on the editorial board of several leading journals; and has served on many scientific committees including the Classification Committees of the International Headache Society and the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders.