David A. Soricelli, DDS , MPH , former dental director and Deputy Health Commissioner for the City of Philadelphia, will receive the Myron Allukian, Jr. AACDP Lifetime Achievement Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Community Dental Programs on Sunday, April 10, 2011, in Pittsburgh preceding the National Oral Health Conference

Dr. Soricelli was a very action-oriented public health dentist in Philadelphia. He established the first successful expanded function dental auxiliary or technotherapist program in the United States in the 1960s, despite enormous opposition from organized dentistry. He also developed a very unique quality control program for dental care. He couldn't be stopped, always fighting for the underserved. His city dental program was a model for the nation

He will celebrate his 85th birthday this spring.