Professor Lam is the Dr. Lloyd & Mrs Kay Chapman Chair in Clinical Sciences in the Faculty of Dentistry, the Director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Graduate Program, and the Associate Dean for Graduate Education. Professor Lam teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Faculty of Dentistry, and has supervised both M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in the Faculty. His research interests are primarily clinical, and include radiation dosimetry, visual diagnosis and the development and validation of novel approaches to imaging diseases and disease processes in and around the jaws. Dr. Lam is also a co-Editor of the 8th edition of Oral Radiology: Principles and Interpretation.

Professor Lam received BSc (Chemistry), DMD, and MSc (Dental Science) degrees from the University of British Columbia, and a Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and PhD (Radiation Biology) from the University of Iowa.