Alan A. Winter graduated with honors from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, with a major in history. Though nominated for a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Winter pursed his first career choice and earned his dental degree from NYU. He completed his advanced training at Albert Einstein School of Medicine and his periodontal certificate from Columbia School of Dental Medicine where he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2008. A Diplomate in the American Board Of Periodontology, Winter founded and edited an award winning dental journal and published more than twenty scientific articles. Winter