MEET YOUR PDA PRESIDENT
Dr. Ted Rockwell
By Rob Pugliese, Director of Communications
While it pretty much goes without saying that those who become president of the Pennsylvania Dental Association always have an extensive and impressive history of service, Dr. Ted Rockwell’ s remarkable journey has taken him on a much different path, to say the very least.
It’ s an extraordinary story that has landed him in some of the most dangerous environments imaginable, including numerous military deployments to places like Iraq, Kenya and Paraguay as well as additional missions here in the United States.
After earning his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 1986, Dr. Rockwell completed a General Practice Residency at West Virginia University Hospitals. He joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard while in dental school and transferred to the Air National Guard in 2006. He is an Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran, where he served with the Marines as part of an Army Medical Company. He earned numerous military awards, including three Meritorious Service Medals, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary and Service Medals, and the Army Combat Medical Badge. He retired from the Air Force in June 2021.
Dr. Jon Lundquist and Dr. Rockwell in Iraq.
Dr. Rockwell and his girlfriend Julie with Major General Sean Collins of the Space Force.
28 JULY / AUGUST 2025 | PENNSYLVANIA DENTAL JOURNAL