Dr. Jack Lipkin, D.M.D, Prosthodontist, is the 2020 recipient of the George H. Moulton Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics.

Dr. Lipkin is only the second Canadian to win this award which recognizes members who have made a significant impact and contribution to the art and science of fixed prosthodontics and who have demonstrated lifetime service to the field.

Dr. Lipkin received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1970 and his Doctor of Dental Medicine in 1974, both from the University of Manitoba.

After 3 years of general practice, Dr. Lipkin returned to graduate studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he received his specialty in Prosthodontics in 1979. Dr. Lipkin returned to Winnipeg and began practicing as a certified specialist in Prosthodontics, where he continues to practice to this day.    

He is an Assistant Professor at the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba.  He has taught at the College of Dentistry for 43 years.  Dr. Lipkin holds numerous memberships: he is a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy; a Fellow of the International College of Dentists; a life member of the Academy of Osseointegration; a life member of the International College of Prosthodontics; a member of the Association of Prosthodontists of Canada; co-president of the Alpha Omega Dental Society; a past President of the Winnipeg Dental Society; and Past President of the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics.

Dr. Lipkin has been published in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association, Family Health and he continues to lecture nationally and internationally.

The George H. Moulton Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor bestowed by the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics and recipients are nominated by members and then chosen by a standing committee of the Academy.

The American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics was established in 1951, and is dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, excellence, and the highest ethical standards in clinical practice, teaching and research, within the dental discipline of fixed prosthodontics. The Academy has members in over 20 countries and is a leading voice for the discipline of fixed prosthodontics.