Dr. Marc Bernard Ackerman

Dr. Marc Ackerman received his DMD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1998 and a certificate in orthodontics from the University of Rochester-Eastman Dental Center in 2000. He later earned an MBA in executive leadership from Jacksonville University Davis College of Business in 2009 and completed a fellowship in medical ethics at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in 2014.

Ackerman is a fellow of the Philadelphia College of Physicians, the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities, and the American College of Dentists. He received the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Alumni Award of Merit for his loyalty to his alma mater, leadership in the dental profession, and community involvement. He is the director of orthodontics at Boston Children’s Hospital and teaches residents in both pediatric dentistry and orthodontics at HSDM.

Ackerman has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in orthodontics and professional ethics. His monograph, Enhancement Orthodontics: Theory and Practice, was released in 2007 by Blackwell-Wiley. He is a co-recipient of the 2004 B.F. and Helen E. Dewel Award from the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics for the highest-rated clinical research article published in the previous year. Ackerman has been editor-in-chief of the Special Care in Dentistry Journal since 2013.

Ackerman specializes in the orthodontic treatment of children with dentofacial deformity, intellectual and physical disabilities, and sleep-disordered breathing.