Thomas Sollecito, professor and chair of the department of oral medicine in Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, was recently honored by the Pennsylvania Dental Association (PDA) with the 2018 PDA Recognition Award, which recognizes his clinical care, research and teaching in the areas of oral mucosal diseases, head and neck tumors/cancer TMD and HIV dental treatment. The award will be presented at a ceremony on April 13.

An educator for more than 25 years, Dr. Sollecito joined the Penn Dental Medicine faculty after completing his oral medicine residency here in 1991. He has the led the Department of Oral Medicine since 2009.