Dr. Roger P. Levin
2025 Gold Medal Award Recipient
Dr. Roger P. Levin is a third-generation dentist and the Chairman and CEO of Levin Group, Inc., the largest practice management consulting firm in the U.S. Since 1985, Dr. Levin and Levin Group have embraced one single mission—To Improve the Lives of Dentists.
As a leading authority on improving dental practice efficiency, he has developed scientific systems-based consulting methods that increase practice production, profitability and sustainability. He has authored many books and articles and has presented thousands of live seminars and webinars, many as a keynote speaker for major dental conferences.
Dr. Levin has sat on the editorial boards of five prominent dental publications and is a regular contributor to those and many others. Amongst other honors, he is a recipient of an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, has served as Chairman of the Board of the National Museum of Dentistry, on the Board of Advisors of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, and as adjunct faculty of several other dental schools.
Fauchard Gold Medal Award
The Pierre Fauchard Academy awards the Fauchard Gold Medal annually to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the progress and standing of the dental profession. The recipient is nominated by the Committee of Past Recipients which includes all living past recipients of the medal and must be approved by the Board of Trustees. The award is presented at the PFA Gala. The recipient must have a dental degree or it’s equivalent and reside in the United States of America.
Past Recipients
Dr. Charles S. Greene
(2024)
Dr. Ted Sherwin
(2023)
Theresa Gonzales
(2022)
Kathryn Kell
(2021)
Jeffrey Okeson
(2020)
Patricia Blanton
(2019)
Michael Cohen
(2018)
John C. Kois
(2017)
Carol G. Summerhays
(2016)
Henry A. Gremillion
(2015)
Connie M. Verhagen
(2014)
Peter E. Dawson
(2013)
Terry T. Tanaka
(2012)
Jed J. Jacobson
(2011)
Jeanne C. Sinkford
(2010)
Eugene Sekiguchi
(2009)
Marjorie K. Jeffcoat
(2008)
Richard E. Bradley
(2007)
Rex Ingraham
(2006)
Dushanka V. Kleinman
(2005)
Linda Niessen
(2004)
Harald Loe
(2003)
Minoru Horiuchi
(2002)
Richard G. Shaffer
(2001)
Harold C. Slavkin
(2000)
James P. Vernetti
(1999)
James B. Edwards
(1998)
E. Bud Tarrson
(1997)
John L. Bomba
(1997)
Arthur A. Dugoni
(1996)
Norman H. Olsen
(1995)
George J. Higue
(1994)
Lewis S. Earle
(1993)
Gordon J. Christensen
(1992)
L. M. Kennedy
(1991)
Clifford F. Loader
(1990)
John Dibiaggio
(1989)
Joseph A. Devine
(1988)
Howard A. Hartman
(1987)
F. Harold Wirth
(1986)
J. Murray Gavel
(1985)
Ralph R. Lopez
(1984)
John M. Coady
(1983)
Charles A. Mccallum
(1982)
Harold C. Hodge
(1981)
Clifton O. Dummett
(1980)
Ralph W. Phillips
(1979)
Basil G. Bibby
(1978)
Donald J. Galagan
(1977)
Wallace D. Armstrong
(1976)
Paul E. Boyle
(1975)
Joseph F. Volker
(1974)
Alvin L. Morris
(1973)
Phillip E. Blackerby
(1972)
Seymour J. Kreshover
(1971)
Dorothy G. Hard
(1970)
Robert B. Shira
(1969)
Maynard K. Hine
(1968)
George C. Paffenbarger
(1967)
Harold Hillenbrand
(1966)
Donald A. Kerr
(1965)
Lester R. Cahn
(1964)
Oren A. Oliver
(1963)
George M. Hollenback
(1962)
Joseph L. Bernier
(1961)
Frederick C. Elliot
(1960)
Percy T. Phillips
(1959)
Hermann Becks
(1958)
Philip Jay
(1957)
Louis H. Renfrow
(1956)
Lester W. Burket
(1955)
Elmer S. Best
(1954 Posthumously)
Percy C. Lowery
(1953)
Dentists In The Armed Forces
(1952)
Lester C. Hunt
(1951)
Kurt H. Thoma
(1950)
Hamilton B. G. Robinson
(1949)
M. Don Clawson
(1944)
C. Raymond Wells
(1943)
L. Pierce Anthony
(1942)
Harvey J. Burkhart
(1941)
Alfred Walker
(1939)
Arthur D. Black
(1935)
Alfred Fones
(1933)
Arthur H. Merritt
(1932)
Percy R. Howe
(1931)
Russell W. Bunting
(1930)
George Eastman
(1929)
Thaddeaus P. Hyatt
(1928)
