Board Certified Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 650

Florida

BIOGRAPHY

Expert 650 is a board-certified periodontal and implant surgeon, has a clinical as well as research background and has authored and delivered numerous reports on both clinical and scientific aspects of periodontal regeneration.  Expert 650 received his DDS from Emory University, his surgical training in Maryland with the Navy, his Masters and Diplomate status in 1994 and his PhD in molecular biology from the University of Florida College of Medicine.

A recognized expert and lecturer in the field of periodontology of national and international acclaim, he was the 1998 recipient of the prestigious American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Periodontal Research Award, the Bill Clark Research Fellowship, as well as a recipient of the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Partners in Practice Periodontal Research Award.  As a Clinical Associate Professor of Periodontology at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Expert 650 was previously a Co-Director of the Graduate Periodontology Program and a Clinical Research Investigator with the Periodontal Disease Research Center.  He was a past recipient of a Navy Clinical Excellence Award, was a co-investigator on a large NIDR grant to investigate the inter-relationship of diabetes and periodontal diseases and is a Fellow in the American College of Dentists.

Expert 650 maintains a private practice limited to periodontics, implant and surgical dentistry in St. Augustine, Florida.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1979
BS, Chemistry
Emory University
Atlanta,GA

1983
DDS
Emory University School of Dentistry
Atlanta, GA

1991
Periodontics
Bethesda Naval Hospital
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda, MD

1994
Diplomate
American Board of Periodontology
(Board Certified)

1994
MS
LaSalle University / US Navy

1998
PhD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

CURRENT POSITIONS

Private Practice of Periodontics & Implant Dentistry

Clinical Associate Professor
University of Florida College of Dentistry

Clinical Consultant
Veterans Administration

Dental Outpatient Clinic
Daytona Beach, FL

Expert in Periodontology
State of Florida Board of Dentistry

Consolidated Consultants
Expert, Periodontics & Implants

Med-Mal Experts, Inc.
Englewood, CO

RECENT PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

2007, Board of Trustee, American Association of Periodontology

2007, Executive Council, Florida Association of Periodontists

2006, Executive Council, Southern Academy of Periodontology

2001, Fellow, American College of Dentists

2000, University Scholars Program
University of Florida Faculty Mentor for Melissa Barefoot

1998, American Association for Dental Research
Clinical Periodontal Research Award

1998, American Academy of Periodontology
Partners in Practice Research Award

1998, National Institutes of Health / NIDR Grant
Oral Effects of Diabetes

1998, Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS (√ current member)

√ American Board of Periodontology (ABP)
√ American Academy of Periodontology (AAP)
√ American Dental Association (ADA)
√ Southern Academy of Periodontology (SoAP)
√ Florida Association of Periodontist (FAP)
√ Florida Dental Association (FDA)
√ Northeast District Dental Association (NEDA)
√ St. Augustine Dental Society
International Academy of Periodontology (IAP)
International Association for Dental Research (IADR)
International Congress of Oral Implantology (ICOI)
American Association for Dental Research (AADR)
Florida Chapter of AADR
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS)
American College of Oral Implantologist (ACOI)
American Society of Osseointegration

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