Dr. Joel Weaver Receives Ohio
State's Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Joel Weaver
II, a graduate of the College of Dentistry’s class of 1972 was
honored at The Ohio State University’s recent commencement ceremony
as he was presented with the university’s
Distinguished Service
Award that recognizes outstanding contributions to society and
academics, and dedication to the university.
An emeritus professor at Ohio State’s College of Dentistry, Weaver
began his academic career when he earned his Bachelor of Pharmacy
degree at Ohio Northern University in 1968. He continued his
education by completing two advanced degrees from Ohio State--a
D.D.S. degree in 1972, and a Ph.D. in pharmacology in 1976.
He joined the university’s faculty in 1976 as assistant professor,
maintaining dual appointments in the College of Dentistry and in the
Department of Anesthesiology in the College of Medicine. He
practiced as a dentist anesthesiologist in the dental clinic and in
the hospital operating rooms for more than 30 years before his
retirement in 2007.
Throughout his distinguished career at Ohio State, Weaver
founded the first master's degree residency in anesthesiology for
dentists in the U.S., and he became a leader in the field of dental
anesthesiology. He was the first recipient of the Department of
Anesthesiology’s senior resident teaching award in 1987, and in 2006
he received the College of Dentistry’s highest honor, the Postle
Teaching Award.
Dr. Weaver is the national media spokesperson of the
American Dental Association on the
subject of anesthesia. He is also a past president of three major
organizations in his field: the
American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists, the
American Dental Board of
Anesthesiology, and the
American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. He has published more
than 180 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, book chapters,
monographs, and editorials, and since 1996 has been the editor of
the peer-reviewed scientific journal,
Anesthesia Progress.
The recipient of an array of prestigious awards, Dr. Weaver has been
honored with the Monheim Award from the American Society of
Dentist Anesthesiologists, the Heidbrink Award from the
American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, and the Horace Wells
Award from the International Federation of Dental Anesthesiology
Societies.
A lifelong health care provider and educator, Weaver says, “To have
made a difference is ultimately the highest reward anyone can
receive.”
[June 2011]
