Donald Lewis Leake was an oral surgeon, and inventor of the alloplastic tray, a method for reconstruction of jaws without the need for bone grafts. He gained his D.M.D. from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 in 1962, and an M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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 from Stanford University

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 in 1969. In 1970, Leake was employed at Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School

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 as an oral surgeon, and since 1971, Leake had been a Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at UCLA.

Leake is also a noted oboist, having studied with Henri de Busscher, and in 1956 gained Premier Prix avec Distinction in Oboe, and Premier Prix avec la Plus Grande Distinction in Chamber Music from the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Brussels. He received an M.A. in music history in 1957, and continued his musical career in parallel with his dental one.