2020 PDA
Recognition Award
Dr. Mark S. Wolff
Dr. Charles Incalcaterra, our immediate
past president, presented the PDA Recognition
Award to Dr. Mark Wolff on March 5
at the Valley Forge Dental Conference.
I am honored to announce that
Dr. Mark S. Wolff is the recipient of the
2020 PDA Recognition Award.
Each year, the Annual Awards Committee
selects a PDA member dentist who has
contributed original research, or whose
significant achievements and high
standards have been of such character as
to have materially aided and advanced
the science and art of dentistry.
Dr. Wolff stands out in so many ways,
because of his extraordinary career as an
educator and researcher, where for the
past 38 years he has completed numerous
international research and oral health
assessment programs and has been a
lifelong advocate and dental provider for
individuals of all ages with physical,
intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Currently a professor in the Department
of Prevention and Restorative Sciences
and Morton Amsterdam Dean of the
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental
Medicine, Dean Wolff has served as the
principal or co-principal investigator on
an array of clinical research projects
involving dental caries, dental erosion,
periodontal disease, dental materials and
dentinal hypersensitivity.
L to R – PDA immediate past president Dr. Charles Incalcaterra, ADA Third District trustee
Dr. Linda Himmelberger, Dr. Mark Wolff, Penn Dental Medicine Morton Amsterdam
Dean, and Dr. Amid Ismail, Dean, Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry.
Prior to coming to Penn, Dr. Wolff’s educating of students and
clinical contributions began at the School of Dental Medicine
at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook
from 1981-2005 and the College of Dentistry at New York
University from 2005-2018. He has been an affiliated faculty
member of Global Health, Global Institute of Public Health at
NYU since 2014.
Dr. Wolff has published over 100 scientific papers and text
chapters and edited multiple textbooks. He lectures worldwide
and has been the principal or co-principal investigator on
nearly $1 million in industrial and National Institutes of Healthfunded
research.
PDA is proud to recognize Dean Wolff’s contributions to the
dental profession that will greatly impact the next generation
of dental leaders.
Congratulations, Dr. Wolff!
Dr. Wolff’s acceptance speech:
It is my great honor to be the recipient of the 2020 Pennsylvania
Dental Association Recognition Award. I have been a lifelong
advocate to bringing improved oral health to those who are
most in need and to looking for answers for how we can
support the smiles of everyone. I would like to thank Dr. Lauri
Passeri, chair of the Second District Awards Committee, for
kindly nominating me, and President Incalcaterra for taking
the time to personally present me with the award this evening.
And of course, thanks to all of you for joining this celebration!
I am a very new member of the PDA, thus it is unexpected and
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