Prof. Shimon Friedman acquired his DMD degree from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel in 1975. He spent his entire professional career as an educator in Endodontics which began as an instructor in the department of Periodontics and Endodontics at the Hebrew University. In 1992, he joined the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Toronto, Canada, as an Associate Professor and Head of its Department of Endodontics. He also served as the Director of the MSc Program in Endodontics in the same University from 1993 to 2015. He is a Diplomate of the Israel Board of Endodontics, Former Chairman of the Israel Endodontic Society, Member and Examiner of the Israel Board of Endodontics and sat in the Editorial Board of several international journals. He is a major contributor to textbooks like Pathways of the Pulp, Principles and Practice of Endodontics, Endodontic Radiology, Endodontic Microbiology among many others. After decades of being a seasoned lecturer, mentor, and a prolific researcher in Endodontics, he was awarded as Professor Emeritus in 2019.
Among his many awards are Louis Grossman Award of the French Society of Endodontics (2005), Louis I. Grossman Award of the American Association of Endodontists "The award recognizes an author for cumulative publication of significant research studies that have made an extraordinary contribution to endodontology" (2008), W.W. Wood Award of the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry for excellence in dental education (2013), Award of Distinction of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto (2014), I.B. Bender Lifetime Educator Award of the American Association of Endodontists (2018), Life Membership, Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Fraternity Tau Tau Chapter (2019).
He was a gold medalist – 50m Standard Rifle 3 Positions, Asian Games, Bangkok Thailand (also 2 Team Silver medals) and named one of the Top 10 athletes 1970-1990 by the city of Jerusalem, Israel. He has a rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Israel Defense Forces.