Conference Faculty

Martin T. Nweeia DDS, DMD

Martin T. Nweeia, D.D.S., D.M.D. has lead seven expeditions to diverse locations including the Colombian Amazon, Ulithi Atoll in Micronesia and more recently High Arctic Expeditions to Baffin Island and Greenland. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, The National Geographic Society and Harvard University and was a graduate research fellow in physical anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Nweeia is currently a research associate in the Marine Mammal Program at the Smithsonian. His published works include research papers, lectures at international meetings, and the consumer guide book, The Whole Tooth. As editor of three professional journals, Dr. Nweeia has won distinguished writing awards from the International College of Dentists, and the Academy of General Dentistry. For ten years, he was a dental columnist for Gannett-USA Today and a CBS health correspondent and a recipient of national media and community awards for his work from the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Nweeia graduated from Trinity College, Hartford and Case School of Dental Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, the Academy of Dentistry International and the Academy of General Dentistry. He is a national fellow of the Explorers Club, World Center for Exploration and has carried the "flag" on four expeditions. Dr. Nweeia practiced for twelve years in Honolulu, Hawai'i, and currently practices in Sharon, Connecticut. He is Instructor in the Advanced Dental Rotation at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.