Qualifications
Professional
Education
Dr. Fox
received his B.A. degree in 1976 from Clark
University, in Massachusetts, and a D.M.D.
degree from the University of Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine in 1980. He
received awards in dental school for outstanding achievement in endodontics and for being the
best in his class in all phases of clinical dentistry.
This
was followed by a year of advanced training in hospital dentistry and general
practice, as a resident at the world famous Illinois Masonic Medical Center and the University of
Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. (There only 879 hospital residency
positions like this available each year in the United States, and more than 15
dentists apply for each of these coveted slots).
He
returned to the University of Pennsylvania in 1981, where he was awarded a fellowship
for completion of combined post-doctoral specialty training in Periodontics and
Periodontal
Prosthesis (Fixed Prosthodontics), finishing the equivalent of four years of
training in only three years.
In
addition to his formal training, he has continued his education by completing
over 2,000 hours of accredited continuing education courses around the country.
Teaching
Experience
Dr. Fox
was active in dental education for over twenty years at the University of
Pennsylvania's School of Dental Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center in
Philadelphia, and Temple University's School of Dentistry. He has instructed
dental students, taught dental medicine to hospital general practice dental
residents, trained dentists to become specialists in Periodontics and
Periodontal Prosthesis, and conducts continuing education courses for dentists.
He has presented over 320 hours of continuing education to other dentists.
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Elected
to membership in the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics. |
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Elected
to membership in the Joseph E. Ewing Dental Study Group. |
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Graduate
Periodontics Outstanding Teaching Award (Academic Years 1989-1991) School of
Dental Medicine, Division of Advanced Dental Education, University of
Pennsylvania. |
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Fellowship
in the Academy of General Dentistry. |
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Post-doctoral
Fellowship in Periodontics and Periodontal Prosthesis, University of
Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Division of Advanced Dental Education. |
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Louis
I. Grossman Award for the student in the graduating dental school class with
the highest scholastic standing and greatest clinical ability in
Endodontics. |
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Henry
B. Robinson Award for the outstanding student in the graduating dental
school class with highest proficiency in all phases of clinical dentistry. |
Licensure
Dr.
Fox is a licensed dentist in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and
Illinois.
He
also holds a special Pennsylvania
license
in conscious and intravenous sedation
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