Michael Charles Alfano

Background

Alfano, Michael Charles was born on August 8, 1947 in Newark. Son of Michael Ferdinand and Anne Marie (Barrington) Alfano.

Education

Student, Rutgers University, 1965-1967; Doctor of Medical Dentistry, U. Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1971; postgraduate in periodontics, Harvard University, 1971-1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975.

Career

Assistant professor dentistry, Fairleigh Dickinson U., Hackensack, New Jersey, 1974-1977; associate professor, Fairleigh Dickinson U., Hackensack, New Jersey, 1977-1980; professor with tenure, Fairleigh Dickinson U., Hackensack, New Jersey, 1980-1982; director Oral Health Research Center, Fairleigh Dickinson U., Hackensack, New Jersey, 1977-1982; assistant dean graduate affairs and research, Fairleigh Dickinson U., Hackensack, New Jersey, 1981-1982; vice president dental research, Block Drug Company, Inc., Jersey City, 1982-1984; senior vice president Research and Development, Block Drug Company, Inc., Jersey City, 1987-1998; board directors, Block Drug Company, Inc., Jersey City, 1988-1998; president dental products division, Block Drug Company, Inc., Jersey City, 1985-1988; consultant office of chief executive, Block Drug Company, Inc., Jersey City, 1990-1998; dean College Dentistry, New York University, since 1998; professor basic science & periodontology College Dentistry, New York University, since 1998. Consultant National Institute Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland., 1976-1982. Appointed national advisory dental research county National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1994-1998.

Appointed visiting professor National Dairy Council, Chicago, 1981. Visiting senior scientist Fairleigh Dickinson U., 1982-1988. Adjunct Professor U. Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, since 1985;member science advisory county Office of Governor, State of New Jersey, 1981-1984.

Achievements

• Michael Charles Alfano has been listed as a noteworthy Dental school dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Foundation of U. Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1988-1998. Advisory board Columbia University School Dental and Oral Surgery, 1990-1998. Member program committee American Fund for Dental Health, 1991-1993.

Board overseers Forsyth Dental Center, Boston, since 1992, University of Pennsylvania College Dental Medicine, since 1992. Trustee Santa Fe Group, since 1998. Founding director Friends of National Institute of Dental Research.

Fellow American College Dentists, American College of Prosthodontists (honorary fellow). Member American Dental Association (consultant, National Achievement award 1978), International Association for Dental Research, American Association for Dental Research (president New Jersey chapter 1985), Am.Inst. Nutrition.

Connections

Married JoAnn Mary Coletta, March 30, 1969. Children: Michael Anthony, Kristin Lynn.

Father:

Michael Ferdinand Alfano

Mother:

Anne Marie (Barrington) Alfano

Spouse:

JoAnn Mary Coletta

child:

Michael Anthony Alfano

child:

Kristin Lynn Alfano