Education and Scholarship - Graduated from New York University College of Dentistry in 1972 - Completed postgraduate periodontal training from the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York in 1980 - Received a Masters degree from the University of Rochester the following year - Completed an implant fellowship in 2008 from NYU under the tutelage of Drs. Dennis Tarnow and John Cavallaro - Published over 130 articles related to periodontics and implant dentistry

Career - Clinical professor of dental medicine at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine - Maintains a private practice limited to periodontics and implant dentistry in Freehold, New Jersey - Recipient of the William J. Gies Award from the American Academy of Periodontology for contributions to literature in 1997 - Received the Hirschfeld Award in 2000 from Northeast Society of Periodontists - Awarded the Fellowship Award in 2000 from the American Academy of Periodontology

Awards and Recognition - Received the Distinguished Service Award in 2010 from the American Academy of Periodontology - Awarded the Gold Medal in 2018 from the American Academy of Periodontology, the highest award given by the Academy - Recognised with the Capnocytophaga sp. - Honored with the Preston D. Miller Award - Received the Willoughby D. Miller Award

Influential Figures in the Field - Carl E. Misch - John Mankey Riggs - Jay Seibert - Jørgen Slots - Paul Roscoe Stillman

Other Specialties - Endodontology - Orthodontology - Prosthodontology