Myron S. Aisenberg
President, 1954-1955
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Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology. Used with permission.
Photo: circa 1955
Born in New Britain, Connecticut, on October 30, 1899, Myron Aisenberg received his DDS from the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (University of Maryland Dental School) in 1922, and became Assistant in the science laboratory and Clinical Demonstrator. Later named Professor of Pathology, he served as Dean from 1954 until his retirement in 1963. He was the first to pass the examination for Board of Oral Pathology, which he later served as President.
Myron has been Supreme Chancellor of Alpha Omega Fraternity and President of the Maryland Dental Association. He was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and of the New Jersey and Rhode Island Alumni groups. He was also recipient of the Fones Award, and the Alpha Omega Award, the Sword of Hope of the Pennsylvania Division of the American Cancer Society and the Merit Award of the Waterbury Dental Society. He was consultant to the NIH and AFIP.
His publications included Histology and pathology of supporting structures, J Amer Dent Assoc, 1952; Adamantinohemangioma, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1950; Histopathology of ameloblastoma, Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 1953; and Malignant epithelial tumor in the mandible of a child, Amer J Ortho Oral Surg, 1942.
Dr. Aisenberg expired in 1987.
These notes and photos are from: Robinson HBG. History of the American Academy of Oral Pathology 1946-1987. The American Academy of Oral Pathology, Chicago, 1988, pp. 1-100. Used with permission.