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Richard Eslie Walton

Richard Eslie Walton DMD, MS

Emergency Medicine, Endodontics
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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Dr. Walton is a native of the Pacific Northwest. He earned his D.M.D. degree from the University of Oregon in 1965, and Masters in Histology and Certificate in Endodontics at the University of Illinois in 1970. As a long-time educator and researcher, he has taught at the University of Connecticut and Medical College of Georgia. He currently serves as professor emeritus of endodontics at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and was chair of the department for 13 years.

Dr. Walton has published extensively in clinical and basic science literature. He co-authored the textbook Principles and Practice of Endodontics with Dr. Mahmoud Torabinejad, which is now in its fourth edition. He has also received numerous teaching and research awards from the University of Iowa and is the 2001 recipient of the AAE Louis I. Grossman Award. He recently had an endowed professorship established in his name at the University of Iowa.

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