1975 B.S., Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1979 D.D.S., New York University College of Dentistry
2001 Ph.D., Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School, Yale University

Dr. Psoter is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at NYU College of Dentistry in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion; concomitantly he is appointed as an Associate Professor at University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry. Dr. Psoter is a "dual Faculty" member being physically present at both institutions each year for extended periods, at NYUCD (summer session and Fall trimesters, for 7.5 months) and at UPRSD (Spring trimester, 4.5 months). Active in research training, Dr. Psoter is faculty on the NYU Oral Epidemiology Comprehensive Training Grant, an NIH NRSA T32 program to train oral epidemiologists at the PhD level and clinical trialists at the Masters level, serving as director for the Master's level Statistics 1 and 2 courses. Dr. Psoter has extensive experience working and collaborating in the international and public health arenas. He has over 17 years of clinical and administrative experience in public health, community health and hospital programs for populations experiencing disparities prior to his research training.

His research has focused on dental caries and cancer. Dr. Psoter's international experiences include calibration on the Bahamas National Oral Health survey; calibration, planning, assisting in the operational management and leading one of three field data collection teams for the WHO/PAHO Basic Oral Health Survey (BOHS) in Haiti. He has consulted in Costa Rica with INCIENSA, the government health research agency on caries and fluorosis. As faculty at the University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry, over the past five years, Dr. Psoter has served as a consultant on graduate student and faculty research projects including the National Oral Health Survey of 12-year old Puerto Ricans. He is the Associate Project Director of the University of Puerto Rico's (UPR) research infrastructure development NIH-NIDCR funded UPR: Project RIPCOHD. He has also supported the Puerto Rico Dental Association, serving as a member of the journal's Editorial Board. He is currently PI of an NIH-NIDCR R-01 titled "Oral Health Outcomes of Early Childhood Malnutrition." This project is a retrospective cohort study of over 1,000 children in Haiti. Dr. Psoter is a co-investigator with Dr. D. Morse the PI on "Risk factors for oral epithelial dysplasia in Puerto Rico," an independent project of the NYU Oral Cancer RAAHP Center U54. He is also the NYUCD PI of the NYU Medical & Dental Schools' Department of Justice "Enhancing Medical and Public Health Capabilities During Times of Crisis" grant.

University of Puerto Rico: DMFS Rates and CFI in 12-Year old Puerto Ricans
HaitiPan American Health Organization: Haitian Basic Oral Health Survey
Pan American Health Organization: Bahamas Oral Health Survey

Reisine S, Psoter WJ. Socioeconomic and Selected Behavioral Determinants as Risk Factors for Dental Caries. J Dent Ed, 2001, 65: 1009-1016.

Squire R, Psoter WJ, Taylor TD. Removal torques of conical, tapered implant abutments: the effects of anodization, thermocycling and reduction of surface area. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants, 2002, 17: 24-27.

Levi A, Psoter WJ, Reisine ST, Taylor TD. Patient self-reported satisfaction with maxillary anterior dental implant treatment. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2003; 18: 113-20.

Psoter WJ, Zhang, H, Pendrys DG, Morse DE, Mayne, ST. Classification of patterns of dental caries in the primary dentition: multidimensional scaling analysis of a sample of Arizona children 5-59 months of age. Comm Dent Oral Epi 2003, 31: 231-238.

Han SZ, Alfano MC, Psoter WJ, Rekow, ED. Bioterrorism and Catastrophe Response -
A Quick Reference Index to Resources. JADA Han SZ, Alfano MC, Psoter WJ, Rekow, ED. Bioterrorism and Catastrophe Response - A Quick Reference Index to Resources. JADA 2003, 134: 745-752.

Psoter WJ, Triola MM, Morse DE, Rekow EDE. Enhancing Medical and Public Health Capabilities During Times of Crisis, NYSDJ 2003, 69: 25-27.

Elias-Boneta A, Keebler KC, Gierbolini CC, Toro C, Psoter WJ. Caries Prevalence of Twelve Year Olds in Puerto Rico Comm Dent Health 2003, 20, 171-176.

Psoter WJ, Morse DE, Pendrys DG, Zhang H, Mayne ST. Primary Dentition Eruption Ages of an Arizona Cohort. J. Pediatr Dent 2003, 25:257-261.

Glotzer DL, Psoter WJ, Rekow ED. Emergency Preparedness in the Dental Office. JADA 2004, 135: 1565-1570.

Glotzer DL, Psoter WJ, Rekow ED. Preparing for a Terrorist Event, a Scenario-Driven Approach. J NY Dent Soc 2004, 70:26-29.

Frederick G. More, DDS, MS; Joan Phelan, DDS; Robert Boylan, PhD; David Glotzer, DDS; Walter Psoter, DDS, PhD; Miriam Robbins, DDS; E. Dianne Rekow, PhD, DDS; Michael C. Alfano, DMD, PhD. Predoctoral Curriculum for Catastrophe Preparedness. J Dent Educ. 2004 Aug;68:851-8.

Psoter WJ, Morse DE , Pendrys DG, Zhang H, Mayne ST. Historical evolution of primary dentition caries patterns definitions. Ped Dent 2004, 26 (6): 508-511.

Reisine S, Morse DE, Korah RM, Baughman R, Tabatabai MM, Eisenberg E, Psoter WJ. "The Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Depression among Persons with either Oral Cancer or Oral Epithelial Dysplasia" JOMS (in print).

Psoter WJ, Alfano M, Rekow D. Dentists Meeting Medical Surge Demand. J Calif Dent Assoc. 2004 Aug;32(8):694-700

Elas- Boneta AR, Psoter WJ, Toro CE, Jimnez P. Relationship Between Dental Caries and Dental Fluorosis in 12 Year Old Puerto Ricans Community dental Health (in print)