About the Speaker
Elliot V. Hersh DMD, MS, PhD
Currently, Dr. Hersh is a professor of
Pharmacology/Oral Surgery at the
University of Pennsylvania School of
Dental Medicine. He received his DMD degree from
UMDNJ-NJDS in 1981 and his MS and PhD degrees from
UMDNJ – Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in
1983 and 1988 respectively. Since arriving at Penn in
1988, Dr. Hersh has won the Dental School’s Excellence
in the Teaching of Basic Science Award 20 different times
and in 1993 was presented with a University Lindback
Award – the highest teaching honor in the University.
Dr. Hersh has published more than 130 scientific articles,
abstracts and book chapters in the areas of dental
pharmacology, drug interactions, analgesics and local
anesthetics. His scholarly and research contributions
in the areas of local anesthesia and pain control were
recognized by the International Association of Dental
Research in 2007 when he was presented with the
Distinguished Scientist Award in Pharmacology, Therapeutics
and Toxicology. The research Dr. Hersh conducted was
supported by grants from St. Renatus paid to the university.
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