Dr. Sheldon Winkler |
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Dr. Sheldon Winkler is Adjunct Professor, School of Dental Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona. He previously served as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Prosthodontics and Dean of Research, Advanced Education, and Continuing Education at Temple University School of Dentistry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has authored or co-authored six textbooks (including Essentials of Complete Denture Prosthodontics), approximately 175 articles and chapters in professional journals and textbooks, and founded the journal Implant Dentistry, which he edited for six years. Dr. Winkler is currently Senior Editor of the Journal of Oral Implantology. Dr. Winkler serves as educational and prosthodontic consultant to dental schools in Paraguay, Chile, Thailand, Egypt, and Jordan. He is the developer of the pour (fluid resin) technique for denture base processing. In 1992 Dr. Winkler received the International Education Award, the highest honor of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He was awarded a Journalism Award from the International College of Dentists in 1993, and was honored by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, in 1995 with its Academic Devotion Award. Dr. Winkler is an authority on music of the Second World War. He has contributed articles to World War II History magazine and is currently preparing a book on this topic. |
Sheldon Winkler, DDS, Executive Director|
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Officers and Board of Directors
Officers of the Academy are Dr. Sheldon Winkler, Scottsdale, AZ, President; Dr. Harold F. Morris, Canton, MI, President-Elect; Dr. Peter A. Neff,N. Palm Beach FL, Vice President; Dr. Robert Wood, Philadelphia, PA, Secretary; and Dr. James Fagan, III, Atlanta, GA, Treasurer. In addition to the officers, the Board of Directors includes Drs. Clement A.Guarlotti (past president), Mahmoud F. Nasr (past president), Robert L. Perdomo, III, Mike Shulman, and Raul R. Mena. Dr. M. Joe Mehranfar is General Chairperson of the 2010 AAIP meeting.