BENJAMIN F. HAMMOND BENJAMIN F. HAMMOND
DDS, Ph.D.
benjamin.hammond@temple.edu
 
Clinical Professor (Periodontal Microbiology) (Adjunct), Director Emeritus, Oral Microbiology Testing Service Laboratory,
Periodontology
(215) 707-5857
 
Education/Credentials:

BA, University of Kansas (1954)

DDS, Meharry Medical College (1958)

Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania (1962)

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oak Ridge (TN) Institute of Nuclear Studies (1963)

Lindback Award for distinguished teaching, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (1969)

Member, National Advistory Dental Research Council, National Institutes of Health (NIH) (1975-1978)

President, American Association for Dental Research (1978)

Professor (1970-1991) and Chairman (1972-1985), Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Director, Periodontal Microbiology Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (1980-1991)

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (1984-1991)

Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine (1991-present)

Professor of Medicine/Dental Medicine (1991-1997), and Director, Oral Microbiology Testing Service (1991-1994), Medical College of Pennsylvania/MCP-Hahnemann University College of Medicine

Director Emeritus, Oral Microbiology Testing Service Laboratory, Temple University School of Dentistry (1996-present)



Research Interests/Special Expertise:

microbiology of periodontal diseases

virulence factors and antimicrobial susceptibility of putative periodontal pathogens

clinical periodontal diagnostic microbiology