Presidents

Marc Heft
The Thirty-sixth President of the AADOCR, 2007-08 The Ninety-second President of the IADR, 2015-16

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Born June 10, 1948, Far Rockaway, NY, USA
Died February 8, 2020

In Memoriam
J Dent Res 99(9):995-997, 2020

Inaugural address delivered in New Orleans, LA, USA, March 21, 2007,
"Connectedness"
J Dent Res 86:486, 2007

  • Clinical Associate (then) Post-doctoral Fellow, Neurobiology & Anesthesiology Branch, National Institute of Dental Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA (1975-1982)
  • Senior Staff Fellow, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA (1982-1984)
  • Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences,University of Florida, Gainesville (Associate Chair, 1999-2005; Interim Chair, 2005-2006)
  • Director, Claude D. Pepper Center for Research on Oral Health in Aging, University of Florida, Gainesville (1984-present)
  • Professor and Program Director, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Fla., USA

Education

  • BS, electrical engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1970
  • DMD, University of Pennsylvania, 1974
  • MA, psychology, American University, Washington, DC, 1981
  • PhD, psychology, American University, Washington, DC 1982