Dr. Eckert is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Dentistry. Following dental school he completed a General Practice Residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Chicago. He was certified in Prosthodontics and completed his Master of Science degree at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. Dr. Eckert is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics. He is a Fellow in the American College of Prosthodontists, Academy of Prosthodontics, Academy of Osseointegration, American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics and the International Team for Implantology. He is a Consultant in Prosthodontics at the Mayo Clinic and a Professor of Dentistry in the Mayo College of Medicine. He serves as Vice President of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Immediate Past President of the Academy of Osseointegration and Secretary-Treasurer of the Academy of Prosthodontics. He is an examiner for the American Board of Prosthodontics. He has served in editorial capacities for a variety of prosthodontic journals and is now Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants. He has published extensively in the scientific literature and presents at numerous scientific meetings. His research interests are in the fields of osseointegration and maxillofacial prosthetics.