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Awards & Honors

Dr. Larry M. Wolford, known as a caring and compassionate doctor, surgeon, researcher, lecturer, inventor, is renowned globally as a leading innovator in orthognathic “corrective jaw” surgery and related craniofacial anomalies. He has received recognition from his esteemed colleagues in the form of numerous awards, honors, Who’s Who in the World and voted one of The Best Dentists in America in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

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Dr. Larry Wolford was honored with William J. Gies Foundation Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Award (The Gies Awards), one of the highest awards in oral and maxillofacial surgery, for his major contributions to oral and maxillofacial Surgery in 1990.

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Larry M. Wolford, DMD
Professional Honors

The American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons College has honored Dr. Larry Wolford with the prestigious W. Harry Archer Award for his excellence in education and promotion of the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

  • W. Harry Archer Award, American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Las Vegas, NV, April 30, 2014
  • Honorary Member, South American Society of TMJ Surgeons, August 2013
  • Certificate of Honor and Merit, University of São Paulo, Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Araraquara, Brazil, 2011
  • Certificate of “Friend of Centrinho-USP’s Family”, University of São Paulo, Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Bauru, presented August 17, 2010, Brasilia, Brazil.
  • The Journal of CRANIO Mandibular Practice. Featured cover photograph, Oral Surgery Issue, July 2010, Volume28
  • Henry Spenadel Award, New York County Dental Society, New York City, NY, November 2, 2009
  • The International College of Dentists, 2008
  • The Best Dentists in America, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Section, 2003
  • Best Dentists in Dallas, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Section, D Magazine, Dec., 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • Who’s Who in the World, 2009, 2010 Editions
  • Who’s Who in America, 2003, 2009, 2011 Editions
  • Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, 2009 Editions
  • Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2006, 2008, 2011 Editions
  • Certificate of Honor, University of São Paulo, Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, September 3, 2002
  • Diploma of Honorary Merit, University of São Paulo, Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, 1995
  • William J. Gies Foundation Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Award for Major Contributions to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1990 (one of the highest awards in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)
  • American College of Dentists, 1987
  • 1st Annual William F. Harrigan Award for Major Contributions to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1982
  • American Roentgen Ray Society, Gold Medal, exhibit on “Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Temporomandibular Joint,” Harms S, Wilk R, Wolford LM, Chiles D, Milam S, 1986
  • Golden Eagle Award, 1976, “The Surgical Correction of Craniofacial Synostosis: Middle Third Face Osteotomies”
  • American Society of Oral Surgeons, 1975 Audio-Visual Award, 1st Place, “The Island Flap Method for Repair of Cleft Palate”
  • American Society of Oral Surgeons, 1975 Audio-Visual Award, 1st Place, “The Surgical Correction of Craniofacial Synostosis: Middle Third Face Osteotomies”
  • The Pennsylvania Society – The Society is a non-profit, charitable organization with over two thousand global members.
  • Temple University Medical School Rugby Football Club, 1965-1969 Co-Captain 1967-1969
  • Dallas Rugby Football Club, 1969-75 Captain 1972-73
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Larry M. Wolford, DMD
Honorary & Memorial Lectures

  • Kurt H. Toma Lecture. American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Las Vegas, NV April 30, 2014
  • Stephen B. Milam Memorial Lecture, TMJ Bioengineering Conference, Broomfield, CO Nov. 5, 2009, Keynote Speaker
  • Henry Spenadel Award Lecture, New York County Dental Society, New York, NY, November 2, 2009
  • Kitty Robinson Lectureship, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Al, 1998
  • Osbon Memorial Lecture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1993
  • Francis J. Reichmann Memorial Lecture, University of Oklahoma, Shangri La, OK, 1987
  • Marsh Robinson Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, 1984
  • Chalmers Lyons Honorary Lecture, Dearborn, MI, 1983