Background
Winkler, Sheldon was born on January 25, 1932 in New York City. Son of Ben and Lillian (Barsh) Winkler.
Winkler, Sheldon was born on January 25, 1932 in New York City. Son of Ben and Lillian (Barsh) Winkler.
Bachelor, Washington Square College, 1953; Doctor of Dental Surgery, New York University, 1956.
Assistant professor denture prosthesis New York University College Dentistry, New York City, 1958-1961, 66-68, research assistant professor, 1962-1963. Director materials research Consolidated Metal Products Industries Inc., Albany, 1963-1965, consultant materials research, 1966-1968. Assistant professor removable prosthodontics school dentistry State University of New York, Buffalo, 1968-1970, associate professor, 1970-1979.
Professor, chairman department prosthodontics Temple University School Dentistry, Philadelphia, 1979-1986, 94-96, assistant dean for advanced studies, continuing education/research, 1987-1989, acting assistant dean, 1993-1995, professor restorative dentistry, 1996—2006. Professor dentistry Arizona School Dentistry and Oral Health, Mesa, 2006—2007, Midwestern University College Dental Medicine, Glendale, since 2007. Assistant director dental department New York University Medical Center Goldwater Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1966—1968, visiting dentist dental department, 1966—1968.
Attending in prosthodontics E.J. Meyer Memorial Hospital, Buffalo, 1975—1979. Postgrad instructor First District Dental Society New York, New York City, 1963—2005. Consultant Coe Laboratories, Chicago, 1967—1987, Harkness Center, Buffalo, Rosa Coplon Home & Infirmary, Buffalo, 1970—1979, Erie Community College, Buffalo, since 1979, Lever Brothers Company, New York City, 1981—2005, Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, 1989—2005, Ivoclar N. American, Amherst, New York, since 2000.
Lecturer department dental hygiene New York City Community College, 1967—1968. Honorary professor Pierre Fauchard School Dentistry, Asuncion, Paraguay, since 1999.
Served as captain Army of the United States, 1956-1958, 61-62. Fellow American College Dentists, Greater New York Academy Prosthodontics. Member American Dental Association, International Association Dental Research, American Association Dental Schools, American Academy Implant Prosthodontics (executive director, since 1998, Outstanding Personality Implant Prosthodontics award, 2002), Science Research Society of America, Academy Plastics Research, American Prosthodontic Society, American Society Geriatric Dentistry, International Congress of Oral Implantologists, Sigma Xi, Sigma Epsilon Delta, Omicron Kappa Upsilon.
Married Sandra M. Cohen, August 13, 1961. Children: Mitchell, Lori.