Marie E. McKenzie Tola, DDS

Marie McKenzie-Tola, DDS, MPH, is an attending physician in periodontics at

Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus centers on the diagnosis and treatment

of the support tissues in the oral cavity.

After obtaining her Bachelor of Science in life sciences from Cornell

University in 1984, Dr. McKenzie-Tola earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery at

Columbia University in 1988. She then completed her general practice residency

at Montefiore Einstein in 1989. Following this, Dr. McKenzie-Tola earned her

Master of Public Health at Columbia University in 1992 before completing her

postgraduate certificate in periodontics at the same

institution in 1995.

Building on her clinical focus, Dr. McKenzie-Tola’s research involves

investigating the growth behavior of the epithelial attachment of

periodontally diseased teeth. Her work has been published in the National

Library of Medicine.

Dr. McKenzie-Tola is a member of the Northeast Society of Periodontists.