Richard J. Plotkin DMD graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1964 and the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 1968. His honors included the International College of Dentists Academic Award and the C.V. Mosby Scholarship Award. Dr. Plotkin underwent graduate training in general anesthesia at the same institution. Following the completion of the program, he served as a Captain in the US Army Dental Corp, including a tour in Vietnam. In 1974, Dr. Plotkin completed an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Hahnemann University Hospital, where he was chief resident 1973-1974. He was then appointed as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Hahnemann in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.