Penn Dental Journal Spring 2012

Penn Dental JournalFor the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Community / Spring 2012

Community Bound: School Expanding its Reach in West Philadelphia at Sayre Health Center | page 2Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Botswana-UPenn Partnership | page 6

Connecting to the Community: Dr. Andres Pinto Named Division Chief | page 10Faculty Perspective: Adhesive Prosthodontics | page 13

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Departments14 On Campus: News and People

22 Scholarly Activity

26 Philanthropy Highlights

28 Alumni: News

33 Class Notes

36 In Memoriam

PENN DENTAL MEDICINE SERVING THE WEST PHILADELPHIA COMMUNITY AT SAYRE

HEALTH CENTER, SEE STORY, PAGE 2.

Penn Dental JournalVol. 8, No. 2

University of PennsylvaniaSchool of Dental Medicinewww.dental.upenn.edu

Deandenis f. kinane, bds, phd

Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relationsmaren gaughan

Director, Publicationsbeth adams

Contributing Writersbeth adamsamy biemillerjuliana delanydebbie goldberg

Designdyad communications

Photographymark garvinryan littman-quinnpeter olsonscott spitzer

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ON THE COVER: Situated at the back of the Sayre High School in West Philadelphia, Penn Dental Medicineat the Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. Sayre Health Center offers dental care to area residents alongside PennMedicine doctors and nurses in this federally qualified health center. Dr. Gregg Rothstein and DeanneWallaert, RDH, (center) run the dental clinic. Community honors students Laura Barunas (D’12, left), andChris Maliken (D’13, right) started seeing patients there as well in January 2012.

Features2 Community Bound: Penn Dental

Medicine Expanding its Reach inWest Philly at New Sayre HealthCenter Clinicby debbie goldberg

6 Cross-Cultural Collaboration:Botswana-UPenn Partnershipby juliana delany

10 Connecting to the Community:Dr. Andres Pinto Named Division Chiefby amy biemiller

13 Faculty Perspective: Adhesive Prosthodontics by markus blatz, dmd, phd

STUDENTS AND FACULTY ACTIVE IN BOTSWANA-UPENN PARTNERSHIP, SEE STORY, PAGE 6.

A Message f r o m t h e o f f i c e o f t h e d e a n

ngaging locally and globally” or “Penn Dental Medicine in the community” is the common theme

of our feature stories in this issue of the Penn Dental Journal, and as they reveal, student and faculty

engagement — both locally and globally — continues to grow in new ways, advancing our mission of

education, research, and patient care. In West Philadelphia, we opened a new clinic this fall as part

of the Sayre Health Center (see story, page 2), where faculty and students

are providing much-needed dental services and teaming with students and clinicians

from Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine in interdisciplinary patient care. Across the

globe in Africa, Penn Dental Medicine’s ongoing involvement in the Botswana-UPenn

Partnership is expanding through student externships, a telemedicine program, and a

new community health project launched last summer (see story, page 6). And on campus,

Dr. Andres Pinto is building on the strengths of the School’s community outreach/

service-learning programs in his new role as Chief of the Division of Community Oral

Health (see story, page 10).

Within our academic programs, we are building on Penn’s interprofessional part-

nerships as well, developing a new dual-degree program with Wharton in January (see

story, page 14) that becomes the fifth dual-degree option now available to our DMD

students. And this year within our postdoctoral programs, we established a Doctor of

Science in Dentistry (DScD) degree, a research-focused program that can be earned concurrent

with dental specialty training, preparing students to successfully pursue a career in academics (see story, page 14).

I am also pleased to note a number of key appointments within the School community this academic year. Dr.

Georges Tawil and Dr. David Shen (D’79, GD’81) have joined our Board of Overseers, bringing a wealth of exper-

tise to this advisory role (see story, page 18); Dr. Chun-Hsi Chung and Dr. Robert Ricciardi, long-time members of

the School’s faculty, have been named Chairs of the Department of Orthodontics and the Department of Microbiology,

respectively (see story, page 20); and adding to the depth and strength of the School’s research enterprise is Dr.

George Hajishengallis, recruited from the University of Louisville as Professor, Department of Microbiology (see story,

page 19).

In addition, we are continuing to move forward with plans for a new, state-of-the-art Endodontic Clinic and

are nearing our fundraising goal (see story, page 26). As of March, approximately $1.75 million had been raised

toward the $2 million needed to make this facility a reality, and I thank the many alumni and friends contributing

to this vital project and working to help us reach the funding goal.

Finally, I want to take this opportunity to extend my congratulations to the Class of 2012 and to welcome back all

of our alumni on May 11-13, 2012. We hope that you have an opportunity to join us in celebrating the strength of

the Penn Dental Medicine community and the positive impact alumni, faculty, staff, and students are making here at

the School, across the country, and around the world.

Denis F. Kinane, BDS, PhD

Morton Amsterdam Dean

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COMMUNITY BOUNDPenn Dental Medicine Expanding its Reach in West Philly at New Sayre Health Center Clinic

On a chilly Friday morningin February, Dr. Gregg Rothstein, Director of Penn DentalMedicine at Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. Sayre Health Center,has just finished treating one of the five patients on his schedulein the West Philadelphia facility.

Situated in a neighborhood without many dental healthcare options, there is great demand for dental health care atthe Center. “We’re seeing patients who have not had dentalcare in years, who are now starting to seek care,” Dr.Rothstein says. “It’s very convenient for them. We put bannersup and people started coming in.”

Open since this past Sept-ember, this new clinic is thefirst Penn Dental Medicinefacility to offer comprehensivedental care alongside PennMedicine doctors and nurses,making it a convenient one-stop health care center forpatients, most of them from thesurrounding community, andoffering Penn Dental studentsan opportunity to gain clinicalexperience in a communityhealth setting.

The dental care center atSayre is among several pro-grams funded through a $2 million grant awarded to theSchool’s Division of Community Oral Health in 2010 fromthe Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ofthe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Thegrant was awarded to support community and public healthtraining for Penn Dental Medicine students (see box, page 5).

Interdisciplinary Collaborations with Penn Colleagues Penn Dental Medicine at Sayre Health Center is one of thelatest examples of Penn Dental Medicine dentists and studentsworking in interdisciplinary collaborations with other schoolsand colleagues across the University of Pennsylvania campus.

The Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. Sayre Health Center,located since 2006 at the back of Sayre High School at 59thand Walnut streets, is a full-service, primary care health center staffed by physicians in Penn’s Department ofMedicine and Community Health. It is a federally qualifiedhealth center and, as with the new dental care facility, patientspay for services based on a sliding fee scale that takes intoaccount their ability to pay.

“Access to dental care remains problematic for manyindividuals in West Philadelphia,” says Dr. Joan Gluch, PennDental Medicine’s Director of Community Health andAssociate Dean of Academic Policies and program

director/principal investigatorof the HRSA grant. The newPenn Dental Medicine facilityat Sayre Health Center, Dr.Gluch says, “offers a welcomingsetting for patients to betreated in a comprehensivehealth care environment.”

That sentiment is echoedby patient Réne Coleman, whosays receiving dental care in thesame building where she, herdaughter, and granddaughterall go for health care is a hugeconvenience. “I live about twoblocks away and I’m glad to

have it in my neighborhood,” she said before a recent dentalappointment.

Building a Dental Care Facility in the Community Between patients one recent morning, Dr. Rothstein showsoff the state-of-the-art dental treatment room that he helpeddesign last summer. In addition to the treatment room,which features digital radiography, the dental area at Sayreincludes a laboratory/sterilization area and storage room.

Dr. Rothstein, who has a general dental practice inRichboro, Pa., sees patients at Sayre Health Center onFridays and some Wednesdays. Before taking this position, hespent Fridays as an attending faculty member withPennSmiles, Penn Dental Medicine’s mobile clinic that pro-vides dental care for children at area schools. When asked byDr. Gluch and Dr. Robert Collins (D’71), Clinical Professorof Community Oral Health and Director of International

Penn Dental Medicine at the Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. Sayre Health Centeroffers comprehensive dental care for patients of all ages. Students in theSchool’s community health honors program are providing care at this newclinic site.

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Community Bound

oral exams, restorations, extractions, and other procedures. “I feel lucky to have this opportunity,” she says. “It buildsconfidence and skills and it is a great experience to work inthe community.”

For the dental students, working at the Sayre HealthCenter is worthwhile because it offers experience in

community-based dental carein an environment that is sim-ilar to a private practice, Dr.Rothstein says. In addition,Barunas says treating patientsin the community has helpedher “learn to communicatewith different types of peopleand cultures.” Chris Maliken(D’13), also a communityhealth honors student, appre-ciates the “opportunity to providecomprehensive treatment in asetting more like a privatepractice,” as well as the “effi-ciency of communication”between dental and medicalprofessionals at the Center.

Because enhancing dentaleducation is a primary grantobjective, Dr. Gluch expectsthe program will be expandedto include additional studentsin the second, third, and fourthyears over the next year or so. Byworking at Sayre Health Center,Dr. Gluch says, Penn DentalMedicine students will “gainfrom the experience of treatingpatients in a public health setting and learn from the inter-disciplinary perspective while

working alongside physicians at the health center. They alsolearn about the neighborhood around Sayre High School.”

Coordinating Health Care for the Sayre Community Although it doesn’t take up a lot of space, the dental treatmentroom at Sayre has a prime location in the middle of the healthcenter, offering proximity to the doctors and nurses who also

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Relations, to head up the new dental facility at Sayre HealthCenter, Dr. Rothstein says, “I was eager to do it.”

The clinic offers comprehensive dental care for patientsof all ages, and Dr. Rothstein says he does “a little bit ofeverything,” including fillings, crown and bridge work, dentures, oral surgery and extractions, as well as limitedendodontics.

He is joined at SayreHealth Center by DeanneWallaert, RDH, a public healthdental hygiene practitioner,who became part of PennDental Medicine’s Division ofCommunity Oral Health inJuly to help run this new clinic.In Pennsylvania, hygienists canpractice in a public health settingwithout a dentist in attendance,and Wallaert sees patients inthe Center five days a week forpreventive care and evalua-tions. In addition, she managesclinic operations, and isresponsible for schedulingappointments, billing, andordering supplies as well as forcommunity outreach initiatives.

Accompanied at times bydental students, Wallaertattends community healthfairs, does dental screenings atarea schools, teaches studentsabout preventive dental careand otherwise helps bring betterdental care to the community,while making sure residentsknow they can receive carenearby at Penn Dental Medicineat Sayre Health Center.

Penn Dental Medicine students joined the dental careteam at Sayre starting in January. Laura Barunas (D’12), afourth-year student in the community health honors pro-gram, is one of the first dental students to provide clinicalcare at Sayre Health Center. Barunas spends every otherFriday at the Center, where she has had the chance to do

The proximity to doctorsproviding care for many of thedental patients, offers an ease of collaboration between the

dental and medical students andstaff working at the Center.

provide health care for many of the dental patients. Thisoffers an ease of collaboration that is appreciated by both thedental and medical staff and students working at the Center.

“Because of this proximity, we are able to consult withphysicians very efficiently about patients,” says Dr. Rothstein,pointing out it is not unusual for patients to forget what med-ications they are taking or thedetails of their medical his-tory. In other instances, headds, doctors and dentists canreadily consult about suchconcerns as suspicious orallesions.

For instance, Wallaert sawa patient who had a patchy areaon her tongue and whosemouth was a bright magentacolor. She consulted thepatient’s physician, who rantests and determined that thepatient had a vitamin defi-ciency that was causing thesesymptoms. “The accessibilityof the doctors and dentistscreates better care opportuni-ties for patients,” saysWallaert.

Dr. Kent Bream, foundingMedical Director of the Dr.Bernett L. Johnson Jr. SayreHealth Center and AssistantProfessor of Clinical FamilyMedicine and CommunityHealth in Penn’s PerelmanSchool of Medicine, is pleasedto have Penn Dental Medicinecolleagues working alongsidemedical colleagues at theCenter.

“You can’t think about comprehensive primary carewithout thinking about oral health,” says Dr. Bream, addingthat delivering dental care as part of a primary care center “isan efficient way to provide much-needed care to the Sayrecommunity.”

The dental and medical care providers also collaborateon community health initiatives, such as the SHIELD (SayreHealth Initiatives, Education and Leadership Development)program, a training and mentorship program to help prepareSayre High School students for college and careers as medicalprofessionals. “The collaboration is invested in making a

bilateral difference in people’shealth, their future careers, andtheir lives,” says Dr. Bream.

Indeed, Penn DentalMedicine’s collaboration withSayre High School goes back to2001, says Dr. Gluch, when theprincipal requested that PennDental Medicine begin an oralhealth education and screeningprogram for the high schoolstudents, who had little access todental care.

Now, with the opening ofthe Sayre Health Center facility,Penn Dental Medicine has beensuccessful in enhancing dentalcare in the West Philadelphianeighborhood, while providingdental students with experiencein community-based dentistry,Dr. Rothstein says. “Our job isto educate great dentists, and doit while providing outstandingcare and promoting health edu-cation in the community.” PDJ

—Debbie Goldberg

Community Bound


HRSA GRANT SUPPORTING SAYRE CLINIC, OTHERCOMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS

In Fall 2010, Penn Dental Medicine’s Division ofCommunity Oral Health received a $2 million grantfrom the Health Resources Services Administrationto support community and public health trainingprograms. In addition to funding Penn DentalMedicine at Sayre Health Center, the grant is alsoproviding support for:

• The community health honors program for talented second-, third- and fourth-year dentalstudents (the honors program includes a 20-hourseminar course and a 120-hour community fieldexperience beyond what is required of all dentalstudents).

• Expanded support for students in the dual-degree Master of Public Health/DMD program.

• Expanded community-based experiences for second-year dental students through enhancedparticipation with six University of Pennsylvania-affiliated community health sites, including theHomeless Health Initiative of The Children’sHospital of Philadelphia, Puentes de Salud,United Community Clinics, University CityHospitality Coalition, Chinatown Clinic, and ElizaShirley House.

ast fall marked the ten-year anniversary of the Botswana-UPenn Partnership — a decade of intensive planning,goal-setting, relationship-building, and, most of all,hands-on learning. The Partnership, founded in 2001by Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, has grown toinclude the majority of the Schools at Penn, includingthe School of Dental Medicine.

Since the School became involved in 2008, PennDental Medicine’s role in the partnershiphas grown in three ways: through the expan-

sion of the School’s thriving externship program, which allowsdental students to gain valuable community hospital experienceat Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital;through a growing telemedicine program, which utilizes cellphone cameras in the diagnosis of complex oral health cases; andthrough the launch this past summer of a partnership with theSchool of Nursing as part of a new community health program.

AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AIDS EPIDEMICThough Botswana, a land-locked, largely desert nation ofroughly 2 million people in Southern Africa, boasts one of thefastest-growing economies in Africa, it also holds the distinc-tion of having the second-highest incidence of HIV and AIDSin the world, after Swaziland, and among the world’s highestprevalence of active tuberculosis, which often accompanies HIVand AIDS. The Botswana-UPenn Partnership was conceived asan interdisciplinary approach to training medical personnelthroughout Botswana to treat its staggering number of HIV,AIDS and TB cases, while providing Penn Medicine studentswith an invaluable introduction to global health as they experienced the epidemic in community and hospital settings. In addition, the Partnership strives to foster collab-orative research opportunities that address issues related tothe health and welfare of the people of Botswana.

“Because of the support we received from the Universityand from the School of Medicine, we were able to establish a very strong clinical program at Princess Marina Hospital in Botswana with a focus on HIV and its complications,” saysDr. Harvey Friedman, Chief of Infectious Diseases at PennMedicine and Director of the Botswana-UPenn Partnership,adding that this focus has grown over the years to include successful programs in women’s health and pediatrics, and thatthe School now has 11 full-time doctors residing and practicingin Botswana. “Considering the excellence of our dental school,we naturally wanted to share some of that expertise with ourcolleagues in Botswana.”

Details of Tswana Hope quilt, left, by Cindy Friedman, Art and CulturalExchange Consultant for the Botswana-UPenn Partnership.

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LThe decade-long Botswana-UPenn Partnership is stronger than ever, providing life-changing, career-shaping opportunities for dental students

and faculty.

CROSS-CULTURALcollaboration

“ONE WORLD-HEALTH SPECTRUM”Dr. Robert Collins (D’71), Director of International Relations at Penn DentalMedicine, spent 24 years as a practicing dentist and program director working withNative American communities, and understands firsthand the value of practicing in adifferent culture.

“Our world has become so small, and we need to start thinking of local andglobal communities on one world-health spectrum,” he says.

In 2008, when the Provost’s Office offered a travel grant for faculty from any ofthe schools at Penn to review the research and collaboration opportunities inBotswana, Dr. Collins made the trip with Dr. Andres Pinto (D’99, GD’01, GR’07,GR’12, M’12), who is now Chief of the School’s Division of Community Oral Health (see profile, page 10). There, at Princess Marina Hospital, they met Dr.Motsholathebe Phuthego, whom Collins calls “the source of continuity” in PennDental Medicine’s partnership in Botswana. The only practicing oral maxillofacialsurgeon in Botswana, the University of Iowa- and University College of London-educated clinician has instructed all of the Penn Dental Medicine externs in Botswana.

A GROWING EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMIn 2009, Dr. Joseph Foote (D’10) was the first dental student to complete a hospitalexternship in Botswana. Since then, the number of participants in the month-longexperience has grown steadily. A total of 15 students to date have completed extern-ships there, including five students this academic year from the Class of 2012: GalinaFilipova, Alison St. Paul, Marjana Knezevic, Karen Kandel, and Lucy Kim.

“I’m very proud of our students for taking advantage of the opportunities inBotswana, and for the additional effort they put in to make it possible,” says Dr. Martin Greenberg, Professor of Oral Medicine and Associate Dean for HospitalAffairs at Penn Dental Medicine, who oversees the hospital externship requirementfor all fourth-year students and is also involved in the Botswana telemedicine project.“Our externs are extremely well trained before they leave—for their safety and for their patients’ safety.”

All fourth-year students at Penn Dental Medicine are required to complete a hospital externship as a requirement for graduation, whether it is in a hospital inPhiladelphia, elsewhere in the U.S., or overseas. At this point in their educations, students have already had extensive training on communicable disease prevention inthe clinic, but those headed to Botswana must prepare further, completing a series oflectures and one-on-one training with Dr. Pinto. They must demonstrate full knowl-edge of protocols and protective strategies for treating patients with HIV/AIDS andother infectious diseases, and also attend seminars on the local culture of Botswana.

Joining forces with Dr. Phuthego in his daily battle against the ravages of HIVand AIDS and other diseases of the mouth and jaws is an experience that, for externs,has in turns been challenging, rewarding, and thought-provoking. Though theirexperiences vary, all of the Botswana externs have returned to Penn Dental Medicinewith a broader perspective on world health and on their career goals.

“The students who come here have the opportunity to see firsthand most of thepathology that they read about in books on a much larger scale than they would eversee in Philadelphia,” says Dr. Phuthego. “Seeing our patients and taking their histo-ries is of great value to them, as well as exchanging knowledge with my officers. Thecross-cultural interactions have been very valuable.”

Dr. Greenberg agrees. “These students have the rare opportunity to see howhealth care works in a country with an underserved population and a unique culture.Doctor-patient relationships and the way that health care is delivered and financedare all very different,” he says. “That experience and knowledge will change the waythey view their education and their practice.”

“Our world has become so small, and we need

to start thinking of local andglobal communities on oneworld-health spectrum.”

Dr. Robert Collins (D’71)Director of International Relations,

Penn Dental Medicine

Penn Dental Medicine student Saveet Mangat (D’13)visited the Kamogelo Day Care Centre, providingoral health assessments and education as part of anew community health program with the Schoolof Nursing.


TELEMEDICINE AIDING IN DIAGNOSISAccess to a reliable Internet connection is a rarity in Botswana, especially in ruralareas. But cell phones and reception are available, and by using phones with high-resolution cameras to document and transmit photos of complex oral conditions,dentists throughout Botswana are getting faster answers and more accurate treat-ment options, both from their colleagues at Princess Marina Hospital and, whenadditional consultation is needed, from Penn Dental Medicine.

The growing telemedicine project of the Botswana-UPenn Partnership beganin 2009 as a collaboration between physicians at Princess Marina and Dr. CarrieKovarik, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Infectious Diseases at PennMedicine. In addition to dermatology and dentistry, the Partnership has also initiated telemedicine projects in radiology and cervical cancer.

Using her expertise in identifying skin rashes, as well as photos sent fromGaborone via cell phone, Dr. Kovarik was able to help doctors there diagnose andtreat unfamiliar skin conditions. In 2009, when she was asked her opinion on orallesions, she turned to Dr. Greenberg. The two colleagues began research that hasled to improved quality of photographic images and more accurate diagnoses.

“Telemedicine has tremendous potential in Botswana and around the world,”says Dr. Greenberg. “In oral medicine, pictures can tell you so much about con-ditions like Kaposi’s sarcoma (a common manifestation of the AIDS virus), yeastinfections, herpes lesions, lymphomas, and other diseases that affect the oralmucosa.” With newer and better Android phones, he says, dentists in Botswananow have quick, accurate access to information and support for complex oralhealth cases.

Currently, he and Dr. Kovarik are awaiting news of funding to expand theirstudy, and the telemedicine project, still further: “We hope to increase the numberof sites in Botswana using oral telemedicine, and, eventually, to extend the projectto other countries in Africa and South America,” Dr. Greenberg says.

PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL OF NURSING In 2009, the School of Nursing introduced a community health program allowingnursing students to complete their community health clinical rotation inBotswana. Supervised by an American nurse and partnering with nursing studentpeers at the University of Botswana, students benefit from instructional clinicalpractice in government community health clinics, while receiving an insider’s viewof the country’s health care system. The clinical sites focus on AIDS and tubercu-losis, women’s health, children’s health, and home care.

The dental school’s involvement in the new community-based program withNursing grew out of a series of meetings that Dr. Collins and Dr. Uri Hangorsky,Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Penn Dental Medicine, had with Dr.Marjorie Muecke, Assistant Dean for Global Health Affairs at the School ofNursing. “I saw it as a logical extension of the hospital experience. Dr. Hangorskysaw it as a unique offering for dental students who were interested in communityand interdisciplinary health, especially in Africa. And, for Dr. Muecke, there wasan important benefit to having nursing students learn from dental students aboutoral health and how to screen patients for oral problems,” says Dr. Collins.

This past summer, the first Penn Dental Medicine student to participate in theprogram spent three weeks in Botswana. Third-year student Saveet Mangat (D’13)worked with nursing students at two community sites.

Using cell-phone cameras, photos of oral lesions ofpatients in Botswana are sent to Penn DentalMedicine’s Dr. Martin Greenberg for help in diagnosis.Photo above by Ryan Littman-Quinn.

“Telemedicine has tremendouspotential in Botswana and around the world.

Pictures can tell you so muchabout…diseases that affect

the oral mucosa.”Dr. Martin Greenberg

Professor, Department of Oral Medicine

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At the Holy Cross Hospice in Gaborone, which is completely run by local volun-teers, Mangat met patients of all ages whose lives had been deeply affected by HIV andAIDS. She teamed with nursing students in doing medical and oral assessments andprioritizing the treatment of the hospice’s many immunocompromised patients. At the Kamogelo Day Care Centre outside of the city, Mangat conducted oral assessments on 150 children orphaned or otherwise impacted by the AIDS epidemic.

“I had the pleasure of teaching the student nurses how to do basic oral healthassessments and screenings,” says Mangat.“The best part was teaching each childhow to brush his or her own teeth. I gave each child a toothbrush and had them sitacross from me, one on one. The children absolutely loved this interactive part ofthe assessment.”

“The nurses and I definitely had a transformative experience,” Mangat says.“We were able to work together to achieve the common goal of providing healthcare. I believe this partnership between Penn Nursing and the School of DentalMedicine will truly improve the quality of life of the people of Botswana.”

Seeing the value of both the hospital and community health aspects of theBotswana experience, Dr. Collins hopes that a combined hospital/communityhealth externship will soon be available to Penn Dental Medicine students. As analternative to the current hospital externship, it would enable students interestedin community health to gain experience in that area while fulfilling their hospitalexternship requirement.

Looking ahead, Dr. Friedman notes that the University is committed to thePartnership and plans to play an important role in the future of health care inBotswana. “Hopefully, in time, the people of Botswana will no longer need as muchhelp with the clinical and educational aspects of the program,” he says, “but I thinkthe research aspect will be a long-standing and nourishing relationship.” PDJ

—Juliana Delany


Penn Dental Medicine extern Galina Filipova (D’12),left, and Dr. Motsholathebe Phuthego, oral surgeonat Princess Marina Hospital in Botswana, above, andbelow, joined by extern Alison St. Paul (D’12), right.

PRINCESS MARINA, where Penn DentalMedicine externs are based, is a public hos-pital in Botswana’s capital city of Gaboronewhere services are performed for free. Externsreport that on an average day, when Dr.Phuthego and his team arrived at 7:30 a.m., itwas not uncommon for 100 patients to bewaiting to be seen in the dental clinic.

“The main language spoken in Gabaroneis Setswana, but many people speak Englishas well,” says extern Alison St. Paul (D ’12).“If there was a patient who did not speakEnglish, one of the assistants or anotherdentist would help by translating.”

A typical day working with Dr. Phuthegoat the dental clinic often began with hospi-tal rounds: “We evaluated and worked upnewly admitted patients under the closesupervision of Dr. Phuthego including max-illofacial trauma, oral infections, and orallesions,” reports Galina Filipova (D’12), anextern who attended high school in Botswanaand was thrilled to return. Externs alsoassisted the local dental staff and, since dental

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equipment is limited in Botswana, learnedthe challenges faced by dentists workingwithout equipment such as high speedsuction and saliva ejectors.

“Despite the often difficult workingenvironment,” says Filipova, “the staff atthe dental clinic was extremely dedicatedto their patients’ wellbeing.” And, as agroup, the externs were unanimous in theirpraise and appreciation of their mentorand instructor.

“Dr. Phuthego is incredibly hardworkingand inspiring, ” says extern Marjana Knezevic(D’12). “He selflessly shares his knowledgeand skills. Working with him was an abso-lute pleasure.”

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DR. ANDRES PINTO (D’99, GD’01, GR’07, GR’12, M’12) hasan abiding goal to have Penn Dental Medicine studentsembrace a holistic view about making an impact in the com-munities they will serve.

“As dentists, we need to practice public health skills inaddition to clinical care skills and be key players in oral healthoutreach,” he says.

That vision has defined Dr. Pinto since his days as a pre-doctoral and postdoctoral student at Penn and all the waythrough his 10 years as a member of the School’s faculty. Soit was a natural match when Penn Dental Medicine selectedhim to take on the post of Chief of the Division ofCommunity Oral Health this past summer.

Effective July 2011, this new position added to a long listof roles: Associate Professor of Oral Medicine; Director ofOral Medicine Services and Medically Complex Patient Care;clinician within the Penn Dental Faculty Practices; and anactive member of an intramural practice in oral medicine anddental care for medically complex patients.

“Although the position represents a major addition tomy current duties, it is a good fit with my interest in publichealth,” he says.

A FORERUNNER IN PUBLIC HEALTHDr. Pinto was the first dentist to train in Penn’s Master ofPublic Health program, earning his degree in 2007. Duringthat time, he developed a strong interest in health disparityresearch and policy, particularly oral-medical disparities andaccess-to-care issues in minority populations. That interestcontinues to inform his activities now as Division Chief, aposition he considers a calling to help remedy the disparitiesin medical and dental care affecting those in greatest need inPhiladelphia.

“Our Division is strong and offers formidable prospectsto increase our presence in the community and beyond,” hesays. “Our goal is to integrate the science of dentistry with thepractice of public health to prevent oral disease and promotebetter overall health.”

Key to Dr. Pinto’s decision to take on the new role wasthe opportunity to work with seasoned public health practi-tioners. He believes the best ways to define, assess, and resolvepublic health problems is to draw on the knowledge and skillsof practitioners in a variety of disciplines.

“I am fortunate to have key collaborators on our team,including Dr. Robert Collins [Director of the Office ofInternational Relations], Dr. Joan Gluch [Director ofCommunity Oral Health and Associate Dean for AcademicPolicy], and a group of superb certified public health hygienists,”says Dr. Pinto. “Equally important are the collaborative rela-tions we have across campus, all of which were instrumental inmy decision to commit to this position.”

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As the new Chief of the Division ofCommunity Oral Health, Dr. Andres Pintohopes to inspire public service among students, while continuing to build theSchool’s presence in the community.

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SERVING A LARGE COMMUNITYThe central focus of the Division of Community Oral Healthis the School’s academically based service-learning programs,which take students and faculty into the community througha wealth of service and educational opportunities. Each yearon average, students and faculty provide oral health educa-tion, screening, preventive and clinical dental services andreferrals to more than 14,000 individuals. Dr. Pinto notesthat the growth and success of these programs is based uponstrong collaboration between the University and community-based partners in West and Southwest Philadelphia, and he iscommitted to continuing to build upon this model goingforward.

“By working with community partners, such as theSchool District of Philadelphia, to establish ongoing pro-grams or with agencies that have existing service programswhere oral health education and services can be readilyimplemented, we are able to provide a consistent oral healthpresence for the audiences served,” says Dr. Pinto. “In thisway, our service programs are a sustainable means of increas-ing access to care, while providing our students with diverseexperiences.”

In addition to working with the School District, wherestudents and faculty provide screenings and dental sealants inthe classroom and clinical care aboard the PennSmilesmobile clinic, the Division partners with community-basedclinics in West Philadelphia, where students provide care to

the elderly as part of Penn Nursing’s LIFE Center; and toresidents of all ages within Sayre Health Center, a new sitethat opened since Dr. Pinto’s appointment (see story, page2). The Division’s service-learning programs also includepartnerships with five University-based interdisciplinary careclinics where Penn Dental Medicine students and faculty workin collaboration with Penn medical, nursing, and social workstudents to provide oral health education, dental screenings,and referrals for dental care.

Outreach aside, Dr. Pinto also believes the service-learning aspect of the School’s curriculum provides valuablebenefits to dental students. “We provide students with a differ-ent view of how a dentist can impact his or her community,”he says. “I believe this exposure makes them better dentists.”

FOCUSING ON RESEARCHIn addition to serving the community, Dr. Pinto is equallydedicated to forwarding research initiatives that will helptransform knowledge into improved ways of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease. He believes the School isstrongly positioned to meet that need and is taking up thattask within his Division.

“By working with community partners…toestablish ongoing programs or with agenciesthat have existing service programs whereoral health education and services can bereadily implemented, we are able to provide a consistent oral health presence for theaudiences served.”

DR. ANDRES PINTO (D’99, GD’01, GR’07, GR’12, M’12)

“We are one of two local dental schools with epidemio-logic data on the oral health of children and young adults inPhiladelphia,” he says. “By establishing the epidemiologicprofile of oral disease in the population we serve, we canillustrate local oral health disparities.” Armed with that data,he feels confident in approaching community, local, andfederal organizations to ask for support in expanding thesealant and screening programs in Philadelphia.

Looking ahead, he hopes that data will also help himsecure funding necessary to bringing more services to thecommunity. “Preliminary data can be used to apply for fundingfrom private and public sources to enhance our programs,”he says. “One initiative we would like to develop is a dentalpublic health residency, which could in turn, increase thenumber of dental public health practitioners in our area.”

Dr. Pinto envisions the residency program as a way todevelop a cadre of practitioners who can serve the oral healthneeds of a larger population. “Part of Penn's goal is to trainprofessionals who are conscious of the challenges of access tocare that a big segment of the population faces,” he says.“This residency program would allow us to provide more careto more people.”

As Dr. Pinto works on building research activities withinthe Division, it is helping to increase the scholarly yield aswell — another of his goals. Talking to him in February, henotes, “This academic year, we have already submitted fiveabstracts to several scientific meetings, including the

International Association for Dental Research, and are in theprocess of finalizing three manuscripts based on some of theresearch we have done with the information gathered by ourservices over the last seven years.”

Of course, program expansion to educate even more ofthe community about the importance of oral health to totalwellbeing is also on Dr. Pinto’s list.

“We are currently exploring the feasibility of implement-ing oral care and screening in primary care medical andnursing practices in coordination with the Penn’s schools of Nursing and Medicine,” he adds. “We are also keen onimplementing evaluation of our interventions in the community, both from a community-based perspective andvia assessment of our impact on the incidence of caries, periodontal disease, and referrals for emergency care in WestPhiladelphia.” PDJ

—Amy Biemiller

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“Part of Penn’s goal is to train professionalswho are conscious of the challenges ofaccess to care that a big segment of the population faces.”

DR. ANDRES PINTO (D’99, GD’01, GR’07, GR’12, M’12))

Associate Professor of Oral Medicineand Community Oral Health

Director of Oral Medicine Services

Chief, Division of Community Oral Health

EDUCATION

• MS, Clinical Epidemiology, University ofPennsylvania, 2012

• MPH, University of Pennsylvania, 2007

• Certificate, Clinical Research, University ofPennsylvania, 2005

• Certificate, Oral Medicine, Penn DentalMedicine, 2001

• DMD, Penn Dental Medicine, 1999

• DDS, Universidad Javeriana (Bogota,Colombia), 1995

HONORS/CREDENTIALS

• Fellow in Dental Surgery (Oral Med), Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), 2011

• Selected as Evidence-Based Reviewer,American Dental Association, 2008

• Recipient of the American DentalEducation Association’s Junior FacultyAward, 2005

• Selected for the American DentalAssociation’s Institute for Leadership, 2004

• Recipient of the Provost Faculty Award bythe University of Pennsylvania, 2005

• Diplomate, American Board of OralMedicine, 2004

• Fellow, American Association of HospitalDentists, 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Prevalence of overweight and oral healthconsiderations in children with cardiovas-cular disease

• Outcome assessment in orofacial pain,including the epidemiology of orofacialpain in children and adolescents

• Pain processing and perception in childrenand adolescents, in particular the affect ofperceived pain experiences on attitudestoward dental treatment

ANDRES PINTO, DMD, MPH, FDS, RCSED

With the large number of newtechniques, technologies, andmaterials entering the market,

many of the traditional paradigms inrestorative dentistry are being recon-sidered, opening the doors to treatmentoptions that were unthinkable just a fewyears ago. The driving forces behind theseconcepts are: predictable, precise, non-invasive, long lasting, easy-to-fabricate,and highly esthetic dental restorations.Two key technologies have brought usthat much closer to reaching these goals:adhesive dentistry and CAD/CAMtechnology.

CAD/CAM technology is currentlyused in all areas of clinical dentistry andapplies to almost all restorative dentalmaterial groups, including high-strengthand silica-based ceramics, composites,acrylics, metal alloys (e.g., titanium andcobalt chromium), and even wax. Pairedwith modern intra- and extraoral scanners,the clinical possibilities seem limitless,exemplified by the rapidly increasingpopularity of CAD/CAM full-contourzirconia and lithium-disilicate crowns.

The quest for less invasive, longerlasting, and more esthetic restorationshas elevated adhesive dentistry to newlevels. Improved bonding agents, com-posites, and resin cements are being

developed at an incredible pace. Currentdevelopments focus on universal self-etchand self-adhesive products that simplifyclinical steps while offering the provenadvantages of dental adhesion and resin-composite technology.1

A perfect example of pairingCAD/CAM with adhesive dentistry is theall-ceramic resin bonded bridge or fixedpartial denture (CRBFPD). CRBFPDscan be applied in select cases of anteriormissing teeth as temporary or permanentsolutions when other treatment options(e.g., dental implants) are not possible.Zirconia framework materials eliminatethe grayish discoloration of the abutmentteeth typical for metal-based RBFPDs,yet provide sufficient strength for thinconnectors and retainer wings. In fact,long-term clinical evidence for CRBFPDsstrongly supports a modified single-retainer cantilever framework designover the traditional double-wing design.2

Proper application of the most reliablebonding protocol is key for clinicalsuccess.

Much of our research over the pastdecade has focused on the developmentof such novel protocols and on the cre-ation of less invasive and more estheticresin-bonded CAD/CAM restorations.Collaborations with the Penn RegionalNanotechnology Facility and Penn’sSchool of Engineering and AppliedSciences have greatly enhanced under-standing of the matter and led to clinicalrecommendations that have significantlycontributed to the recent steep increasein the popularity of these innovativetreatment options.

The clinical treatment of a single-retainer cantilever CRBFPD starts witha non-invasive preparation design predominantly confined to enamel.The long-term retention of therestoration then relies on the selection

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Adhesive Prosthodontics

of the self- or dual-cure composite-resin cement and proper treatment ofthe tooth and restoration surfaces.Zirconia bonding surfaces are preferablyair-particle abraded with aluminum-oxide particles and coated with a special,modified ceramic primer that containsadhesive phosphate monomers thathave the ability to chemically bond tometal-oxide ceramics.3

“Adhesive Prosthodontics” sum-marizes the invigorating possibilitieswhen pairing traditional prosthodonticconcepts with conservative dentistryparadigms and technological advances.It is an exciting task to be at the fore-front of these innovative developments,and to teach our students and provideour patients with the most updated, yetscientifically proven, clinical care.

1. Blatz MB, Phark JH, Ozer F, Mante FK, Saleh N.Bergler M, Sadan A. In-vitro-comparative bondstrength of contemporary self-adhesive resin cementsto zirconium-oxide ceramic with and without air-particle abrasion. Clin Oral Invest 2010;14(2):187-92.

2. Kern M, Sasse M. Ten-year survival of anterior all-ceramic resin-bonded fixed partial prostheses. JAdhes Dent 2011;13(5):407-10.

3. Blatz MB, Chiche G, Holst S, Sadan A. Influence ofsurface treatment and simulated aging on bondstrengths of luting agents to zirconia. QuintessenceInt 2007, 38(9):745-753.

Postoperative view of a 17-year-old patient withmaxillary lateral incisor agenesis who receivedtwo single-retainer CRBFPDs after orthodontictreatment (clinics by Dr. Margrit Maggio, labora-tory work by Michael Bergler, MDT).


By Markus Blatz, DMD, PhDChair and Professor of Preventive & Restorative Sciences

Dr. Markus Blatz

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Penn Dental Medicine Adds DScD Degreeto its Academic ProgramsPenn Dental Medicine is adding to itsacademic programs with the establish-ment of a new doctoral degree that willcombine a doctor of science in dentistry(DScD) with advanced training in aclinical dental specialty. The new pro-gram was approved by the University ofPennsylvania Trustees at their November2011 meeting and has undergoneapproval from the Commission onDental Accreditation as well.

The program is open to studentswith a DMD/DDS degree or equivalentwho are pursuing postgraduate trainingin the clinical specialty programs ofPeriodontics, Endodontics, Ortho-dontics, Periodontic/Prosthesis, or OralMedicine. Candidates will concurrentlycomplete their clinical specialty trainingand DScD degree, engaging in an

intensive research program that culmi-nates in a thesis and oral defense. Theprogram is also open to individuals whohave completed their clinical specialtytraining, but are interested in obtaininga DScD degree; students in this four-year track would complete all of thedidactic courses and research require-ments, but not directly participate inclinical care.

“There is a significant need to inspirestudents to enter academic dentistry,and to prepare them for successfulcareers through extensive researchexperience — that is our key goal withthis new program,” says Dr. DenisKinane, Morton Amsterdam Dean

of Penn Dental Medicine. “It willenable students to utilize the strongresearch environment at Penn DentalMedicine and the other schools withinthe University of Pennsylvania.”

“The program will combine boththe research and clinical strengths ofthe School and increase interactionbetween the basic and clinical depart-ments, drawing faculty mentors fromboth,” says Dr. Dana Graves, Professorin the Department of Periodontics andAssociate Dean for TranslationalResearch, who in partnership with Dr.Claire Mitchell, Associate Professor,Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology,worked with the school’s faculty andadministration in developing the program.

With the goal of providing studentsthe opportunity to pursue research acrossdisciplines, faculty from Penn’s Schoolof Engineering and Applied Sciences,Perelman School of Medicine, School ofNursing, and School of VeterinaryMedicine will also be participating in theprogram. “The involvement of otherschools will broaden the range ofresearch projects available, and con-versely, DScD students will enrich thelaboratories in which they participate,”adds Dr. Mitchell.

“Both rigorous clinical and researchexperiences are central to the DScD program,” notes Dr. Graves. Studentswill devote from 40% to 80% of theirtime in each year of the program toresearch, and clinical training will occurin all five years of the specialty certificate/DScD program to ensure maintenance ofclinical skills throughout. In addition, allstudents will take courses in grant writingand write an NIH K08 or K23 grant.

It is anticipated that the programwill accept three to five students per year.

Penn Dental Medicine Develops Dual-Degree MBA Program with WhartonBuilding on its interdisciplinary offerings,Penn Dental Medicine has established anew dual-degree program with Wharton,adding a DMD/MBA to its dual-degreeoptions. The new program will enableselect students to earn their DMD andMBA in 5 1/2 years. It was added to theSchool’s dual-degree programs beginningin January.

“With all of Penn’s professionaland graduate schools on a unified campus, it creates a tremendousopportunity to build interdisciplinaryprograms for our students,” says Dr. Uri Hangorsky, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Penn DentalMedicine. “We are seeing growinginterest among our dental students inan MBA program and are pleased tohave joined with Wharton to developthis program.”

With the addition of the MBA,there are now five dual-degree optionsfor Penn Dental Medicine DMD stu-dents – the others include a Master ofBioethics and Master of Public Healthwith Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine;a Master of Science in Bioengineeringwith the School of Engineering andApplied Science; and a Master of

Wharton’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Photo by ScottSpitzer, University of Pennsylvania.

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“The program will combine both theresearch and clinical strengths of theSchool and increase interaction betweenthe basic and clinical departments,drawing faculty mentors from both.”— dr. dana graves

Education with the Graduate School ofEducation. There are a limited numberof spaces each year available for PennDental Medicine students to enter oneof the five dual-degree programs.

Interested DMD students apply tothe dual-degree programs during theirfirst year of dental school. In this com-petitive application process, studentsmust first apply through the School’sOffice of Academic Affairs, and if rec-ommended for a program by the PennDental Medicine Dual-Degree AdmissionsCommittee, they then must apply to therespective Master’s program, each withits own admissions criteria.

Students Form Penn Chapter of AmericanAssociation of Public Health Dentistry Student interest in public health is onthe rise at Penn Dental Medicine withthe establishment this academic year of a student chapter of the AmericanAssociation of Public Health Dentistry(AAPHD). “Miguel Padilla Hernandezand I started talking about the idea lastspring,” says Rayna Strong (D’13), whois co-president of the chapter withHernandez (D’13). “We have similarinterests in social justice and publicpolicy and we try to advocate forunderserved and underrepresentedcommunities, and we wanted to have astudent organization that brought dis-cussion about the broad issues of publichealth into the School environment.”

In addition to Strong andHernandez, the other officers includeEunice Chay (D’15), Manuela McCall(D’15), Elly Hosseini (D’15), andSteven Lin (D’15), and Strong adds thatthey are pleased to have a lot of involve-ment among the freshman class “so theywill continue to build the organization.”The faculty advisors of the group areDrs. Andres Pinto, Chief of the Divisionof Community Oral Health; Joan Gluch,Director of Community Health; andRobert Collins (D’71) Director ofInternational Relations.

The chapter held its first generalmeeting on February 9 with Dr. Collinsspeaking on his career path in publichealth dentistry, which included 24

years within the U.S. Public HealthService Commissioned Corps, workingin the Indian Health Service. “We had agreat turnout, and Dr. Collins talkedabout different career options in publichealth and also addressed that you canwork in a private practice and still getinvolved in public-health dentistry,”says Strong.

“As a past president of the AAPHD,I am particularly pleased to see thegrowing interest in public health amongour students coalesce in the form of anAAPHD student chapter. The studentsshould be justifiably proud of the factthat the idea for the chapter was theirs

alone. I was delighted to be asked to betheir faculty mentor and inauguralspeaker,” says Dr. Collins. “I hope thatmy remarks at the initial chapter meet-ing and continuing encouragement willhelp to bring home the myriad ofopportunities that exist for careers indental public health."

The chapter has plans to developan ongoing series of guest speakers, andis working on formalizing a mentoringprogram for high school studentsenrolled in the Oral Health Academy atthe A. Philip Randolph Career Academyin North Philadelphia, which exposesstudents to dental careers. Strong notesthat the Oral Health Academy wasestablished last year by Penn DentalMedicine Dean Emeritus Dr. D. WalterCohen and is currently run by PennDental Medicine oral hygiene alumnaCharlene Fenster (DH’75). Strongadds, “If we can help the professionaldevelopment of even just a handful ofstudents, that can make a difference.”

Penn Dental Medicine Partners with ADGon Outreach EventPenn Dental Medicine will be the siteof the Academy of General Dentistry(AGD)’s AGD/AGD FoundationOutreach Program, “Nation of Smiles,One Smile at a Time,” to be held inconjunction with the AGD 2012Annual Meeting & Exhibits, takingplace in Philadelphia, June 21 – 24.The outreach program will be held onSaturday, June 23, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.within the clinics of Penn DentalMedicine.

Penn Dental Medicine faculty,staff, and students will be volunteeringtheir time in partnership with AGDmembers and other volunteer dentistsand hygienists to provide free dentalcare to individuals from underservedpopulations in Philadelphia. It is antic-ipated that nearly 600 patients will beprovided care on this day of service.This is the third year that the AGD/AGD Foundation Outreach Programhas been held as part of the group’sannual meeting.

Oral Scanners Adding to High TechClinical Resources Penn Dental Medicine has a new arsenal of high tech equipment, introducing chair-side oral scanners for digital impressionsinto the School’s predoctoral clinics. Thescanners were fully integrated into theclinics in February and are being used for a growing number restorative cases,replacing traditional impressions.

“The scanners are a big leap in ourefforts to provide cutting-edge educationto our students, and they are also a vitalpiece of the puzzle in more fully utilizingthe technology and capabilities of ourCAD/CAM Center,” says Dr. Markus Blatz,Chair of the Department of Preventive &Restorative Sciences.

Training in the use of the scanners wasprovided for all group leaders and full-timefaculty in December, and throughoutJanuary, special training sessions were heldfor all clinical faculty and third- and fourth-year students. The Lava Chairside OralScanner units were provided through anin-kind contribution by 3M ESPE.

Dr. Ricardo Walter, Assistant Professor ofPreventive & Restorative Sciences, reviewinga scan with a patient. Dr. Walter overseesclinical use and educational aspects of thescanners.


Students Building Interest in ProsthodonticsIn November 2010, after completingtheir Removable Prosthodontics course,a group of Penn Dental Medicine stu-dents were eager to learn more aboutthe field, and since then, have formed a new student organization – theProsthodontics Student Association atPenn (PSAP) – that is enabling morestudents to do the same.

“We approached Dr. Kent afterour course with the idea of forming thisassociation and he was very supportive,”says Noam Green (D’13) one of thefounding members and the currentPSAP President. Dr. Kenneth Kent,Clinical Associate Professor of Resto-rative Dentistry and Director ofRemovable Prosthodontics, serves as the group’s faculty advisor.

“There are a number of prostho-dontists at the School who are eager toshare their knowledge and experiencebeyond the scope of the curriculum andanswer the many questions one mayhave as a budding prosthodontist,” saysGreen. “The hope is that with PSAP asa resource, students will gain theopportunity to expand their knowledgebase and gain exposure to the field ofprosthodontics in order to furtherdefine their own professional goals.”

Among the group’s programs todate have been a Q&A session with students accepted into prosthodonticresidencies and a number of guest lecturers. PSAP members have also

assisted in creating a new RemovablePartial Denture manual and attendedthe Greater New York Academy ofProsthodontics in 2010 and 2011.They are currently working on devel-oping more “lunch & learn” lectures,social events, and table clinics for theAmerican College of Prosthodonticsand the Greater New York Academy of Prosthodontics. They are also devel-oping a big sib/little sib program thatwould pair students with an interest inprosthodontics. In addition to Green,the other PSAP officers include SocialVice President Monjir Bakshi (D’13),Academic Vice President Se Jong Kim(D’13), Event and Networking

Coordinator Mindy Altemose (D’13),Secretary Lauren Wegryzniak (D’13),Treasurer Brian Kasten (D’13),Sophomore Representative NicoleFernandez (D’14), and FreshmanRepresentative Mariam Naeem (D’15).

“The Prosthodontics Association is part of the renaissance of prosthodon-tics at Penn Dental Medicine,” says Dr. Kent. “Much of this is driven bythe excitement of our students, aninflux of talented Prosthodontic faculty,and continuing research in materials as well as the expanded applications of CAD/CAM to fixed removableprosthodontics. The Association allowsstudents to get involved at every level.”

Green is looking to organize studentinvolvement in the field even further.“We are hoping to translate this modelto a larger scale, by establishing studentbranches for both regional and nationalprosthodontic organizations,” he says.“It is exciting to see how quickly thisnew organization has developed, thanksto the support of enthusiastic facultyand students.”

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Goldin Lecture This year’s Goldin Lecture, titled “Introductionto Ergonomics: Working Smart for a HealthyCareer,” offered students, staff, and facultyadvice and resources for developing a healthywork environment. Held December 8, 2011 at Penn Dental Medicine, the presentersincluded (left to right) Alexandra Rella, PT,DPT, Injury Prevention Specialist for theUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System; and Valerie Perez, MS, CHO, University ofPennsylvania Industrial Hygienist; picturedwith Dr. Marshall Goldin (C’60, D’64) andHarriet Goldin (CW’62). The Goldin Lecture,held annually, is made possible through anendowed fund established by the Goldins.

Left to Right: PSAP members Monjir Bakshi (D’13), Social Vice President; Brian Kasten (D’13), Treasurer;and Noam Green (D’13), President; with Dr. Kenneth Kent, Faculty Advisor.

~ Research Spotlight ~

Research Award Supporting NewCollaborations Across DisciplinesHelping to advance new researchprojects across disciplines is the 2011 Joseph and Josephine RabinowitzAward for Excellence in Research,presented to four Penn DentalMedicine faculty members at a spe-cial luncheon presentation onDecember 12.

This Penn Dental Medicineresearch award was established in2002 through the generosity of thelate Dr. Joseph “Jose” Rabinowitz,an active member of the School’sBiochemistry faculty for 29 years,and his wife, Josephine. TheRabinowitzes endowed this award to promote independent researchamong Penn Dental Medicine faculty members.

“This year, the award wasdirected to new projects that alsoinvolve new collaborations amongour basic science and clinical faculty,”says Dr. Bruce Shenker, AssociateDean for Research at Penn DentalMedicine. “Promoting researchacross disciplines was a hallmark ofDr. Rabinowitz’ scientific career,and that legacy continues throughthis year’s award.”

This year’s recipients are Dr.Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, Professor,Department of Biochemistry; Dr.Jon Korostoff, Associate Professor ofPeriodontics; Dr. Patricia Miguez,Assistant Professor, Department ofPeriodontics; and Dr. ElisabethBarton, Associate Professor, Depart-ment of Anatomy & Cell Biology.The award will support a collaborationbetween Drs. Boesze-Battaglia andKorostoff on a project titled,“Defective Lysosome Maturation isCorrelated with Chronic PeriodontalDisease,” and one between Drs. Miguezand Barton on a project titled“Evaluation of Natural Cross-Linker

Agents as Modulators of Muscle andBone Growth Factors.” Award recipientsreceived $20,000 toward each of thesetwo projects.

“It is well known that periodontitisis a chronic inflammatory disease thatis driven by polymicrobial infection byred-complex periodontal pathogens –the best characterized of which is P.gingivalis (P.g.). To establish chronicinfection in hostile host environments,pathogens devise mechanisms by whichthey evade or subvert host defensemechanisms designed to eliminate them,”explains Dr. Boesze-Battaglia. “In ourstudies, we will determine if a proteinnecessary in bacterial degradation isnon-functional in patients with chronicperiodontitis.” Their studies willinvolve isolation and characterizationof clinical isolates by Dr. Korostoff incombination with live-cell imaging andbiochemical analyses performed in Dr. Boesze-Battaglia’s lab.

In describing the project of Drs.Barton and Miguez, Dr. Miguez notesthat their collaboration came togetherthrough a common interest in extra-cellular matrix-cell interaction. “Weare particularly interested in the effectsthat phytochemicals have on muscleand bone matrix characteristics, and

specifically, if these effects are commonto both tissue types and how theyaffect cell behavior,” she says.“Understanding how these naturalagents function could lead to thedevelopment of therapies to promotebone and muscle regeneration invarious pathologies.” Currently, theyare working to find the best cultureconditions to study muscle and bonecells in the presence of these com-pounds; she notes that ideally theywould like to test the compounds inconcentrations close to physiologicalconditions (i.e. those found inplasma after ingestion).

Both projects embody the spiritof inquiry that defined the career of Dr. Rabinowitz. Dr. Rabinowitzwas known for his research in lipidand steroid biochemistry, and madethe seminal discovery that HMGCoA was a key intermediate incholesterol biosynthesis. His researchhelped lead to the development ofthe important class of cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins.

Josephine Rabinowitz (front, 2nd from right) and her children (left-right), Malva, Marty, and Loiswith award recipients (back, left-right), Drs. Elisabeth Barton, Patricia Miguez, Jon Korostoff, andKathleen Boesze-Battaglia.


School Names Two New Members to Board of OverseersPenn Dental Medicine announces theappointment of two new members to its Board of Overseers – Dr. GeorgesTawil and Dr. David Shen (D’79,GD’81). Both appointments are forthree-year renewable terms with Dr. Tawilofficially approved by the University ofPennsylvania’s Board of Trustees at itsMay 2012 meeting and Dr. Shen at theBoard’s February 2012 meeting. Withtheir appointments, the School’s Boardnow has 15 members.

Since 1986, Dr. Tawil has served asProfessor in the Department of Perio-dontology at St. Joseph UniversitySchool of Dental Medicine in Beirut,Lebanon. He became a member of the

St. Joseph Universityfaculty in 1977,having previouslytaught at PennDental Medicinefrom 1975-1977. In his tenure at St.Joseph, he estab-lished the Depart-ment of Perio-

dontology, serving as Chair of theDepartment until 1995, when he alsoformed the postdoctoral program inperiodontology at the school. Dr. Tawilhas a periodontics/oral surgery practicein Beirut and two satellite practices inSaudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. A nativeof Lebanon, Dr. Tawil earned his dental degree at St. Joseph Universityand postdoctoral certificates in peri-odontology, oral surgery, and oral biology at the Institute of Stomatologyin Paris. In addition to bringing international business experience andglobal perspective to his Overseer role,Dr. Tawil will provide opportunities for the School to strengthen its positionin the Middle East.

Dr. Shen, an alumnus of PennDental Medicine’s DMD and orthodonticprograms, is a partner and president of OrthoWorks Dental Group, a full-service provider of orthodontic services.Established in 1983, OrthoWorks hasnine offices throughout the San Francisco

Bay Area. He hasmore than 25 yearsof experience in theexclusive practice oforthodontics and isrecognized as oneof the most experi-enced Invisaligndoctors in theworld, lecturinginternationally.

Along with extensive business and clini-cal experience, Dr. Shen brings strongconnections to his fellow Penn DentalMedicine alumni to this role and willhelp the School strengthen its alumnirelationships, especially in California,the state with the fourth largest concen-tration of Penn Dental Medicine alumninationwide.

“David and Georges bring greatexperience and enthusiasm to the Board,”says Penn Dental Medicine’s MortonAmsterdam Dean Denis Kinane. “I amlooking forward to working with them.”

Dr. Peter Quinn Receives OutstandingEducator Award from AAOMS

Dr. Peter D. Quinn(D’74, GD’78), theLouis SchoenleberProfessor of Oraland MaxillofacialSurgery in PennDental Medicine’sDepartment of Oraland MaxillofacialSurgery andPharmacology,

received the 2011 Donald B. Osbon

Award for an Outstanding Educator,presented by the American Associationof Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons(AAOMS).

The Osbon Award is reserved forthose individuals who exhibit the highestideals of an educator, earn the respectof their peers, foster an excellent rela-tionship between their educationalprogram and oral and maxillofacialsurgeons in the community, are activelyinvolved in efforts to improve residencyand continuing education both locallyand nationally, and are respected andadmired by current and former students.

Dr. Quinn, a Penn DentalMedicine alumnus who earned his DMDdegree from the school and completedhis oral and maxillofacial surgery resi-dency here as well, was Chairman ofPenn Dental Medicine’s Department ofOral and Maxillofacial Surgery andPharmacology from 1986 through2008. Under his leadership, PennDental Medicine established its six-yearOral and Maxillofacial ResidencyProgram in which students completethe requirements for their MD degreeat the Perelman School of Medicine atthe University of Pennsylvania and finishwith a two-year certificate in generalsurgery and a certificate at Penn DentalMedicine in oral and maxillofacialsurgery. Dr. Quinn, who holds a MDdegree from the Medical College ofPennsylvania, is currently also ViceDean for Professional Services forPenn’s Perelman School of Medicineand Senior Vice President for ClinicalPractices of the University of Pennsylvaniafor the University of PennsylvaniaHealth System.

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Dr. Georges Tawil

Dr. David Shen (D’79,GD’81)

Dr. Peter D. Quinn(D’74, GD’78)

Dr. Thomas Sollecito Appointed to ADACouncil on Scientific Affairs

Dr. ThomasSollecito (D’89,GD’91), Chair andProfessor of OralMedicine at PennDental Medicine, hasbeen appointed to theCouncil on ScientificAffairs (CSA) of theAmerican Dental

Association (ADA).His appointment was effective October2011 and he will serve a four-year termwith the Council.

The CSA consists of 16 members,who are selected and appointed by theADA Board of Trustees from nomina-tions open to all trustee districts; thecurrent recipient of the ADA’s GoldMedal Award for Excellence in DentalResearch also serves on the CSA. Allmembers must be active, life, or retiredmembers in good standing with the ADA.

Serving the public, the dental pro-fession, and other health professions asthe primary source of timely, relevantand emerging information on the science of dentistry and promotion oforal health, the CSA provides recom-mendations to the ADA’s policymakingbodies on scientific issues. The Councilalso reviews, evaluates, and conductsstudies on scientific matters.

The CSA is one of the ADA’s 11councils and meets three times a year atthe ADA headquarters office in Chicago.

Students Named to Matthew Cryer Honor Society Students from the Class of 2013 havebeen recognized for their outstandingacademic achievements as the newestinductees into the Matthew Cryer HonorSociety. Membership in the Cryer Societyis the highest scholastic honor conferredto Penn Dental Medicine students. Theaward is presented to the top 10 highest-ranked DMD candidates in each class atthe completion of their second year (asdetermined by the general order ofmerit).

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TWO PENN DENTAL MEDICINE FACULTY RECOGNIZED FOR RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTSWITH IADR DISTINGUISHED SCIENTIST AWARDSTwo members of the Penn Dental Medicine faculty — Morton Amsterdam DeanDenis Kinane, BDS, PhD, and the recently appointed George Hajishengallis, DDS,PhD, Professor, Department of Microbiology — are being recognized for their outstanding research achievements with 2012 International Association for DentalResearch (IADR) Distinguished Scientist Awards. These awards are one of the highesthonors bestowed by the IADR, and will be presented as part of the opening cere-monies of the 90th General Session & Exhibition of the IADR on June 21, 2012 inIguacu Falls, Brazil.Dean Kinane, Professor of Pathology and of Periodontics, is the recipient of the

2012 IADR Distinguished Science Award for Basic Research in Periodontal Disease.Supported by the Colgate-Palmolive Company, the award rec-ognizes outstanding contributions to basic research in peri-odontal disease. Widely published in the field, Dean Kinane’sresearch has focused on periodontal immune and inflammatoryprocesses, mainly addressing the causes, development, andsusceptibility markers of periodontal disease. His work alsoexamines the relationship between periodontal and otheroral diseases and systemic health and diseases such as diabetesand cardiovascular disease, involving research into inflamma-tion, immunity, microbial pathogenesis, genetics, and systemicdisease markers. Among his recent studies have been investi-

gations into how genetic variance makes people more susceptible to inflammation,gingivitis, and periodontitis; the role of the metabolic enzyme GSK3 in inflammation;and the role of toll-like receptors and signaling molecules in periodontal diseaseetiology. Dean Kinane has been an active member of the IADR for 30 years, havingserved as Councilor of the IADR Periodontal Research Group from 2002–2007 andPresident of the Periodontal Research Group in 1988–1989. Dr. Hajishengallis, Professor in the Department of Microbiology, is the recipient

of the 2012 IADR Distinguished Scientist Award for Research in Oral Biology.Sponsored by Church & Dwight Company, it recognizes outstanding research in

the field of oral biology. Dr. Hajishengallis, who joined PennDental Medicine in March 2012, is a highly respected leader in the area of host-microbe interactions. From the host side,the main focus of his work is on complement and pattern-recognition receptors, and how their respective signalingpathways cross-talk in health and disease. From the microbeside, he has focused on Porphyromonas gingivalis, which heestablished — in collaboration with other experts — as thefirst documented case of a keystone pathogen in microbiology.His interests also include the impact of aging on inflammatorydiseases. This line of research has led to the identification ofan age-regulated endothelial molecule (Del-1) that controls

tissue inflammation, a discovery that was recently announced in Nature Immunology.His goal is to dissect basic mechanisms of inflammation and apply targeted thera-peutic interventions in periodontitis. Prior to joining Penn Dental Medicine, Dr. Hajishengallis was with the University

of Louisville as Professor and Distinguished Scholar, School of Dentistry, Departmentof Oral Health and Rehabilitation; School of Medicine, Department of Microbiologyand Immunology, and Associate Director, Center for Oral Health and SystemicDisease. “We are thrilled to have Dr. Hajishengallis here at Penn Dental Medicine,” says

Dean Kinane. “I had the great pleasure of working with him during my time inLouisville and know firsthand the passion and excellence he brings to his work.”

Dr. Denis Kinane

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Established in 1912, the Cryer Societyhonors the legacy of Dr. MatthewCryer, a distinguished Professor ofOral Surgery, researcher, and clini-cian. The Society’s main functions areto acknowledge and honor academicachievements, while serving as a bodyof reference and resource to new stu-dents entering the School. This year’sinductees include Alexandra A.DeGeorge, Scott Seung Young Kim,Jason W. Lee, Ji Y. Lim, SaraKathryn Malenbaum, Jeffrey A.Pace, Riddhiben V. Patel, MatthewS. Ryskalczyk, John J. Schier, andJeremy D. Wano.

Mariam Naeem (D’15) Awarded CheungFamily World ScholarshipFirst-year Penn Dental Medicine studentMariam Naeem (D’15) has beenselected as a Cheung Family WorldScholar. A native of Islamabad, Pakistan,she is committed to returning to herhome country after graduation to becomea passionate voice for change in thedental field.

“I first developed an interest in den-tistry when I shadowed a dentist inPakistan during the summer before mysophomore year in college. I enjoyedthe experience so much that I returnedto Penn and started shadowing dentistsin the area, as well as faculty at the dental school,” says Naeem, who earnedher undergraduate degree at Penn aswell. “I noticed a lot of differences inthe way that dentistry was practiced hereand in Pakistan. The more I learnedabout the profession in the U.S., themore I was drawn to it with the convic-tion that I could return home one dayand improve on the aspects that werelacking in Pakistan.”

The Cheung Family World Scholarshipwas established by Penn Dental Medicine’sBoard of Overseers Chair, Dr. WilliamCheung (D’81, GD’82), and his wife,Cathy, to support students from devel-oping countries who plan to return totheir home country to practice. Naeemreceived scholarship funds for this aca-demic year and next.

“This scholarship came at a very criticalpoint in meeting the challenges I wasfacing in financing dental school,” saysNaeem. “I am honored to be a recipientof this scholarship and equally gratefulfor the mentorship of Dr. Cheung.Through this, I feel more confident asI seek a platform to implement thechanges I hope for.”

Looking ahead, Naeem is focused onusing her Penn Dental Medicine edu-cation to help implement reforms inthe practice and teaching of dentistry inthird-world countries like her nativePakistan.“At this point, I am not sure ifI want to be a generalist or specialist orpursue public health dentistry, but as Igo through dental school, I am exploringall possible options.”

Student ScholarshipsThis academic year, a number of PennDental Medicine students were recognizedfor their academic achievements andpromise with the following scholarships:

ADEA/Johnson & Johnson Healthcare ProductsPreventive Dentistry Scholarships: Presentedto 12 predoctoral dental studentsnationwide who have demonstratedacademic excellence in preventivedentistry. Recipients: Leslie-Anne Fitzpatrick(D’13) and Kajal Patel (D’12).

ADA Foundation Scholarships: Chosen froma national pool of second-year dentalstudents. Recipients: Erica Damante, (D’14),Nicole Fernandez (D’14), LamarrHolland (D’14), and Isaac Kuyunov(D’14).

Arthur I. Steinberg Scholarship: Awarded totwo first-year Psi Omega fraternitymembers who exemplify excellence inacademics, leadership, and characteras embodied by Dr. Arthur I. Steinberg,a Psi Omega member from 1977-present. Recipients: Lena Cushing (D’14) andLaura Girt (D’14).

New Era Dental Society Scholarship: Awardedby the New Era Dental Society,Philadelphia's chapter of the NationalDental Association, to members ofPenn Dental Medicine’s StudentNational Dental Association. Recipients: Rachel Callaway (D’13),Rayna Strong (D’, 13), MichaelAregbesola (D’13), ChiomaNwaneshiudu (D’13), Lesley-AnneFitzpatrick (D’13), Jemima Louis(D’13), Alison St. Paul (D’12), andNgozi Okoh (D’12).

New Department Chairs Named toMicrobiology, OrthodonticsPenn Dental Medicine has appointednew Chairmen within two academic

departments –Microbiology andOrthodontics.Robert Ricciardi,MA, PhD, has beennamed Chairman ofthe Department ofMicrobiology; hisappointment waseffective February 1,2012. Dr. Ricciardi

has a long-time affiliation withUniversity’s basic science departmentsand Penn Dental Medicine. From1981-1992, while at the Wistar Institute,he served on the faculty of Penn’sGraduate Departments of Microbiology,Genetics, and Biochemistry, and joined

Dr. Robert Ricciardi

“The more I learned about the professionin the U.S., the more I was drawn to itwith the conviction that I could returnhome one day and improve on theaspects that were lacking in Pakistan.”— mariam naeem (d’15)

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the Penn Dental Medicine faculty in1992, becoming Professor ofMicrobiology in 1996. He recentlyserved as Chair of the Microbiology,Virology, Parasitology (MVP) Programof Penn’s Biomedical Graduate Studies.Dr. Ricciardi’s scientific career beganwith the discovery of a gene-mappingtechnology while a postdoctoral Fellowat Harvard Medical School. For manyyears, his laboratory has focused onmechanisms that control gene expres-sion, viral tumorigenesis and immuneescape. In particular, his studies haveelucidated a major way by which the

master regulator of the immune system(NF-kB) is controlled. In the last fewyears, Dr. Ricciardi’s laboratory hasinvented a technology and identified anew target for discovering and developingdrugs to block viral diseases, includingthe bioterror threat, smallpox. Dr.Ricciardi’s translational research programis directed at finding cures to combatother human viral diseases.

Named Chairman of the Departmentof Orthodontics, effective July 1, 2012,is Chun-Hsi Chung, BDS, DMD, MS.Dr. Chung, who became Interim Chairin 2011, also brings a depth of experi-

ence with the Schooland the Departmentto this leadershiprole. Having earnedhis DMD at PennDental Medicine in1986, he completedhis postdoctoraltraining here as well,receiving his certifi-cate in orthodontics

and MS in Oral Biology in 1992. Dr.Chung first joined the School’s facultyin 1992, and since 2003, he has beenAssociate Professor of Orthodontics.Since 2010, he has also served as theDirector of the School’s PostdoctoralOrtho-dontic Program. Active in orga-nized dentistry, he is presently a Directorrepresenting the Mid-Atlantic regionon the American Board of Orthodonticsand serves on the Legal Committee andthe Written Examination Committee of the Board as well. He is also a memberof the Clinical Examination Committeeof The Edward H. Angle Society ofOrthodontists - East Component, andserves on the Council on OrthodonticEducation with The AmericanAssociation of Orthodontists.

“Drs. Ricciardi and Chung bothbring great skills and experience tothese important leadership roles,” saysDr. Denis Kinane, Morton AmsterdamDean of Penn Dental Medicine. “Wealso express deep appreciation for thevaluable contributions of their prede-cessors — Dr. Gary Cohen, Professor ofMicrobiology, and Dr. Robert Vanarsdall,Professor of Orthodontics — whoserved the School as Chairman of theirrespective departments for many years.”Drs. Cohen and Vanarsdall remainactive members of the School’s full-timestanding faculty.

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Scholarly Activity

Awards &AchievementsDr. George Hajishengallis,Professor, Department ofMicrobiology• Recipient of the 2012 IADR

Distinguished Scientist Awardfor Research in Oral Biology,International Association forDental Research, June 2012.

Dr. Marjorie Jeffcoat, Professor,Department of Periodontics• Appointed Expert Content Editor

for Medscape.

Dr. Denis Kinane, MortonAmsterdam Dean, Professor,Department of Pathology and ofPeriodontics• Recipient of the 2012 IADR

Distinguished Science Award forBasic Research in PeriodontalDisease, InternationalAssociation for Dental Research,June 2012.

Dr. Peter D. Quinn (D’74, GD’78),Louis Schoenleber Professor of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery• Recipient of the 2011 Donald B.

Osbon Award for an OutstandingEducator, the American Associationof Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons(AAOMS), 2011.

Dr. Thomas Sollecito (D’89, GD’91),Chair and Professor of Oral Medicine• Appointed to the Council on

Scientific Affairs (CSA) of theAmerican Dental Association(ADA), October 2011.

Dr. Eric Stoopler (D’99, GD’02),Associate Professor of Oral Medicine• Presented “Graft versus host dis-

ease: oral medicine considera-tions” at the Allogeneic BoneMarrow Transplant GrandRounds, Department ofMedicine, Perelman School ofMedicine of the University ofPennsylvania, January 2012.

• Appointed as a Site Visitor forAdvanced General DentistryEducation Programs in OralMedicine by the Commission onDental Accreditation, AmericanDental Association, February 2012.

• Presented “The ABCs of oralmucosal diseases” sponsored bythe Australian Dental Association(Western Australia) in Perth,Western Australia, March 2012.

• Elected to the ExecutiveCommittee, American Academyof Oral Medicine, April 2012.

• Received the Certificate of Merit,American Academy of OralMedicine, April 2012.

Dr. Robert Vanarsdall, Professor,Department of Orthodontics• Recipient of the Dale B. Wade

Award of Excellence inOrthodontics, American Board ofOrthodontics, May 2012; thehighest award given by theBoard, honoring exemplarysenior clinicians who demon-strate exceptional dedication toorthodontics through clinicalexcellence and devoted teachingin the image of Dr. Wade.

Standing FacultyPromotionsDr. Faizan Alawi has been pro-moted to Associate Professor ofPathology, effective July 1, 2012.

SelectedPublicationsA selection of recently publishedwork by Penn Dental Medicine faculty/researchers (indicated in bold).

Akay C, Lindl KA, Shyam N, Nabet B,Goenaga-Vazquez Y, Ruzbarsky J,Wang Y, Kolson DL, Jordan-Sciutto KL.Activation status of integrated stressresponse pathways in neurons andastrocytes of HAND cortex.Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2011Aug 22.

Alawi F, Lin P, Ziober B, Patel R.Correlation of dyskerin expressionwith active proliferation independentof telomerase. Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences andSpecialties of the Head and Neck.2011 Jul; 33(7):1041-51.

Benakanakere M, Kinane DF. Innatecellular responses to the periodontalbiofilm. Front Oral Biol. 2012; 15:41-55.

Berta AI, Boesze-Battaglia K, GeniniS, Goldstein O, O'Brien PJ, Szél A,Acland GM, Beltran WA, Aguirre GD.Photoreceptor cell death, prolifera-tion and formation of hybrid rod/S-cone photoreceptors in thedegenerating STK38L mutant retina.PLoS ONE. 2011; 6(9).

Berta ÁI, Boesze-Battaglia K,Magyar A, Szél Á, Kiss AL.Localization of caveolin-1 and c-src inmature and differentiating photore-ceptors: Raft proteins co-distributewith rhodopsin during development.J Mol Histol. 2011; 42(6):523-33.

Bezerra BdB, Andriankaja O, Kang J,Pacios S, Bae HJ, Li Y, Tsiagbe V,Schreiner H, Fine DH, Graves DT.A.actinomycetemcomitans-inducedperiodontal disease promotes sys-temic and local responses in rat periodontium. J Clin Periodontol.2012; 39(4):333-41.

Boushell LW, Walter R, Phillips C.Learn-A-prep II as a predictor of psy-chomotor performance in a restora-tive dentistry course. J Dent Educ.2011; 75(10):1362-9.

Breitman JB, Nakamura S,Freedman AL, Yalisove IL. Telescopicretainers: An old or new solution? Asecond chance to have normal den-tal function. J Prosthodont. 2012 Jan;21(1):79-83.

Brown AC, Boesze-Battaglia K, Du Y,Stefano FP, Kieba IR, Epand RF,Kakalis L, Yeagle PL, Epand RM, LallyET. Aggregatibacter actinomycetem-comitans leukotoxin cytotoxicityoccurs through bilayer destabiliza-tion. Cell Microbiol. 2012 Feb 6.

Brown J, Wang H, Suttles J, GravesDT, Martin M. Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2 (mTORC2)negatively regulates toll-like receptor 4-mediated inflammatory responsevia FoxO1. J Biol Chem. 2011 Dec 30;286(52):44295-305.

Choo H, Heo H, Yoon H, Chung K,Kim S. Treatment outcome analysisof speedy surgical orthodontics foradults with maxillary protrusion. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop.2011; 140(6):e251-62.

Choo H, Maguire M, Low DW.Modified technique of presurgicalinfant maxillary orthopedics forcomplete unilateral cleft lip andpalate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012;129(1):249-52.

Choo H, Maguire M, Low DW.Modified technique of presurgicalinfant maxillary orthopedics forcomplete bilateral cleft lip andpalate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012;129(1):244-8.

Chung K, Choo H, Lee J, Kim S.Atypical orthodontic extraction patternmanaged by differential en-masseretraction against a temporary skele-tal anchorage device in the treatmentof bimaxillary protrusion. Am JOrthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2011;140(3):423-32.

Cook DR, Gleichman AJ, Cross SA,Doshi S, Ho W, Jordan-Sciutto KL,Lynch DR, Kolson DL. NMDA recep-tor modulation by the neuropeptideapelin: Implications for excitotoxicinjury. J Neurochem. 2011; 118(6):1113-23.

Cross SA, Cook DR, Chi AWS, VancePJ, Kolson LL, Wong BJ, Jordan-Sciutto KL, Kolson DL. Dimethylfumarate, an immune modulatorand inducer of the antioxidantresponse, suppresses HIV replicationand macrophage-mediated neuro-toxicity: A novel candidate for HIVneuroprotection. J Immunol. 2011;187(10):5015-25.

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Di Giovine P, Settembre EC,Bhargava AK, Luftig MA, Lou H,Cohen GH, Eisenberg RJ,Krummenacher C, Carfi A. Structureof herpes simplex virus glycoproteinD bound to the human receptornectin-1. PLoS Pathog. 2011 Sep;7(9):e1002277.

DiAngelis AJ, Andreasen JO,Ebeleseder KA, Kenny DJ, Trope M,Sigurdsson A, Andersson L,Bourguignon C, Flores MT, HicksML, Lenzi AR, Malmgren B, MouleAJ, Pohl Y, Tsukiboshi M. Internationalassociation of dental traumatologyguidelines for the management oftraumatic dental injuries: 1. fracturesand luxations of permanent teeth.Dent Traumatol. 2012; 28(1):2-12.

Dong L, Guarino BB, Jordan-Sciutto KL, Winkelstein BA.Activating transcription factor 4, amediator of the integrated stressresponse, is increased in the dorsalroot ganglia following painful facetjoint distraction. Neuroscience. 2011Oct 13; 193:377-86. Epub 2011 Jul 28.PMID: 21821103.

Eisenberg RJ, Cairns TM, Cohen GH.HCMV GrAbs a mechanism to escapeneutralization. Cell Host and Microbe.2011; 10(3):177-8.

Fong KP, Tang H, Brown AC, KiebaIR, Speicher DW, Boesze-Battaglia K,Lally ET. Aggregatibacter actino-mycetemcomitans leukotoxin ispost-translationally modified byBlatz MB addition of either saturatedor hydroxylated fatty acyl chains.Molecular Oral Microbiology. 2011AUG; 26(4):262-76.

Fushiki R, Komine F, Blatz MB,Koizuka M, Taguchi K, MatsumuraH. Shear bond strength between anindirect composite layering materialand feldspathic porcelain-coated zir-conia ceramics. Clin Oral Investig.2011 Dec 6.

Gamborena I, Blatz MB. The greyzone around dental implants – keysto esthetic success. Amer J EsthetDent 2011;1:26-46.

Giannakopoulos H, Stanton DC:Complications of TMJ Surgery. inManagement of Complications inOral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Miloro, M, & Kolokythas, A, Editors.Wiley – Blackwell, Chichester,United Kingdom 2012.

Gibson CW. Genes and development.Eur J Oral Sci. 2011 Dec; 119 Suppl1:193-5.

Gibson CW. The amelogenin pro-teins and enamel development inhumans and mice. J Oral Biosci. 2011;53(3):248-56.

Gibson CW, Li Y, Suggs C, Kuehl MA,Pugach MK, Kulkarni AB, Wright JT.Rescue of the murine amelogeninnull phenotype with two amelo-genin transgenes. Eur J Oral Sci. 2011Dec; 119 Suppl 1:70-4.

Golub EE. Biomineralization andmatrix vesicles in biology andpathology. Semin Immunopathol.2011; 33(5):409-17.

Gomez LM, Appleby DH, SammelMD, Jeffcoat MK, Macones GA,Parry S. Gene environment interac-tion predisposing to spontaneouspreterm birth: Role of periodontaldisease and DNA variants in genesthat regulate maternal inflamma-tory response. ReproductiveSciences. 2011 MAR; 18(3):238A-9A.

Gonzalez-Molleda L, Wang Y, Yuan Y.Potent antiviral activity of topoiso-merase I and II inhibitors againstkaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012Feb; 56(2):893-902.

Goodchild JH, Donaldson M. The useof sedation in the dental outpatientsetting: A web-based survey of dentists.Dent Implantol Update. 2011;22(11):73-80.

Granquist EJ, Quinn PD. Total recon-struction of the temporomandibularjoint with a stock prosthesis. AtlasOral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am.2011; 19(2):221-32.

Graves DT, Kang J, Andriankaja O,Wada K, Rossa C, Jr. Animal modelsto study host-bacteria interactionsinvolved in periodontitis. Front OralBiol. 2012; 15:117-32.

Graves DT, Oates T, Garlet GP.Review of osteoimmunology and thehost response in endodontic andperiodontal lesions. J Oral Microbiol.2011 Jan 17;3:10.3402/jom.v3i0.5304.

Grosskopf CC, Kuperstein AS,O'Malley BW, Jr, Sollecito TP.Parapharyngeal space tumors:Another consideration for otalgiaand temporomandibular disorders.Head Neck. 2012 Feb 6.

Kardesler L, Buduneli N, Çetinkalp S,Lappin D, Kinane DF. Gingival crevic-ular fluid IL-6, tPA, PAI-2, albuminlevels following initial periodontaltreatment in chronic periodontitispatients with or without type 2 dia-betes. Inflamm Res. 2011; 60(2):143-51.

Kataoka SH, Setzer FC, Fregnani ER,Pessoa OF, Gondim E,Jr, Caldeira CL.Effects of 3-dimensional conformalor intensity-modulated radiotherapyon dental pulp sensitivity during andafter the treatment of oral ororopharyngeal malignancies. J Endod.2012 Feb; 38(2):148-52.

Kay L, Killian C, and Lindemeyer R.“Special Patients” in The Handbookof Pediatric Dentistry (4th Ed.),American Academy of PediatricDentistry, 2012.

Kim DM, Nevins M, Marcelo C,Nevins ML, Rodrigues VS, FiorelliniJP. Human histologic evaluation ofthe use of the dental putty for boneformation in the maxillary sinus: Caseseries. J Oral Implantol. 2011 Jul 18.

Kim SG, Kim SG, Viechnicki B, Kim S,Nah HD. Engineering of a periodon-tal ligament construct: Cell and fibrealignment induced by shear stress.J Clin Periodontol. 2011 Dec; 38(12):1130-6.

Koizumi H, Nakayama D, Komine F,Blatz MB, Matsumura H. Bonding ofresin-based luting cements to zirco-nia with and without the use ofceramic priming agents. J AdhesDent. 2012 Jan 11.

Kusdemir M, Gunal S, Ozer F,Imazato S, Izutani N, Ebisu S, BlatzMB. Evaluation of cytotoxic effectsof six self-etching adhesives withdirect and indirect contact tests.Dent Mater J. 2011; 30(6):799-805.

Lazear E, Whitbeck JC, Ponce-de-Leon M, Cairns TM, Willis SH, Zuo Y,Krummenacher C, Cohen GH,Eisenberg RJ. Antibody-induced conformational changes in herpessimplex virus glycoprotein gD revealnew targets for virus neutralization.J Virol. 2012 Feb; 86(3):1563-76.

Lenzi R, Trope M. Revitalization pro-cedures in two traumatized incisorswith different biological outcomes. J Endod. 2012; 38(3):411-4.

Guo Q, Subramanian H, Gupta K, AliH. Regulation of C3a receptor signal-ing in human mast cells by G proteincoupled receptor kinases. Plos One.2011 JUL 25; 6(7):e22559.

Hendler BH, Stanton DC.Micrografting and HairTransplantation. in Current therapyin Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Bagheri, Fell, Knan, Editors. Elsevier,St Louis, 2012.

Jeffcoat M, Parry S, Gerlach RW,Doyle MJ. Use of alcohol-free antimi-crobial mouth rinse is associatedwith decreased incidence of pretermbirth in a high-risk population. Am JObstet Gynecol. 2011 Oct;205(4):382.e1, 382.e6.

Jefferies SR, Pameijer Ch, ApplebyDC, Boston D, Galbraith C, Loof J,Glantz P-O: Prospective observationof a new bioactive luting cement: 2-year follow-up. J Prosthodont 2012;21: 33-41.

Jeong D, Choi B, Choo H, Kim J,Chung K, Kim S. Novel application ofthe 2-piece orthodontic C-implantfor temporary crown restorationafter orthodontic treatment. Am JOrthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2011;140(4):569-79.

Kang H, Wiedmer A, Yuan Y,Robertson E, Lieberman PM.Coordination of KSHV latent andlytic gene control by CTCF-cohesinmediated chromosome conformation.PLoS Pathog. 2011 Aug; 7(8):e1002140.

Kao DW, DeHaven HA, Jr. Controlledhydrostatic sinus elevation: A novelmethod of elevating the sinus mem-brane. Implant Dent. 2011 Dec;20(6):425-9.

Kao DW, Fiorellini JP. Regenerativeperiodontal therapy. Front Oral Biol.2012; 15:149-59.

Kao DW, Kubota A, Nevins M,Fiorellini JP. The negative effect ofcombining rhBMP-2 and bio-oss onbone formation for maxillary sinusaugmentation. Int J PeriodonticsRestorative Dent. 2012 Feb; 32(1):61-7.

Kao DWK, Dehaven Jr. HA.Controlled hydrostatic sinus eleva-tion: A novel method of elevatingthe sinus membrane. Implant Dent.2011; 20(6):425-9.


Levin BP. Horizontal alveolar ridgeaugmentation: The importance ofspace maintenance. CompendContin Educ Dent. 2011 Oct; 32(8):12,6, 18-21; quiz 22, 34.

Lu X, Ito Y, Kulkarni A, Gibson CW,Luan X, Diekwisch TG. Ameloblastin-rich enamel matrix favors short andrandomly oriented apatite crystals.Eur J Oral Sci. 2011 Dec; 119 Suppl1:254-60.

Lindemeyer RG. “When ChildrenGrind their Teeth” Dear Doctor-Dentistry and Oral Health, 5(4): 40-45, 2011.

Lindemeyer RG, Satpute NS, andKatz SH. “Evaluation of BronchialAsthma as a Risk Factor for EarlyChildhood Caries” New York StateDental Journal, 77 (6):18-21, Nov 2011.

Lindemeyer RG. “Bruxism inChildren” Dimensions of DentalHygiene, 9 (2): 60-63, 2011.

Margolis DJ, Fanelli M, KuppermanE, Papadopoulos M, Metlay JP, XieSX, Dirienzo J, Edelstein PH.Association of pharyngitis with oralantibiotic use for the treatment ofacne: A cross-sectional and prospec-tive cohort study. Arch Dermatol.2011 Nov 21.

Moore D., Nygren P., Jo H., Boesze-Battaglia K., Bennett J. et al. Affinityof talin-1 for the β3-integrin cytosolicdomain is modulated by its phos-pholipid bilayer environment.Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences 109, (2012).

Mupparapu M, Uppal A, Uppal S,Dutta M, Shrivatsa S, Dandolu V,Pinto A. Authors' response to dr.rethman, dr. speiser and dr. jeffcoat.J Am Dent Assoc. 2011; 142(5):487-9.

Newberg AB, Hersh EV, Levin LM,Giannakopoulos H, Secreto SA,Wintering NA, Farrar JT. Double-blind, placebo-controlled, random-ized pilot study of cerebral bloodflow patterns employing SPECTimaging in dental postsurgical painpatients with and without painrelief. Clin Ther. 2011 Dec;33(12):1894-903.

Nicolau P, Korostoff J, Ganeles J,Jackowski J, Krafft T, Neves M, Divi J,Rasse M, Guerra F, Fischer K.Immediate and early loading ofchemically modified implants in pos-terior jaws: 3-year results from aprospective randomized multicenterstudy. Clin Implant Dent Relat Res.2011 Dec 15.

Pacios S, Kang J, Galicia J, Gluck K,Patel H, Ovaydi-Mandel A, Petrov S,Alawi F, Graves DT. Diabetes aggra-vates periodontitis by limiting repairthrough enhanced inflammation.FASEB J. 2011 Dec 16.

Passia N, Blatz M, Strub JR. Is thesmile line a valid parameter foresthetic evaluation? A systematic lit-erature review. The European jour-nal of esthetic dentistry: officialjournal of the European Academy ofEsthetic Dentistry. 2011 2011;6(3):314-27.

Peng L, Li Y, Shusterman K, Kuehl M,Gibson CW. Wnt-Rho. A signaling isinvolved in dental enamel develop-ment. Eur J Oral Sci. 2011 Dec; 119Suppl 1:41-9.

Petropoulos VC, Balshi TJ, WolfingerGJ, Balshi SF. Treatment of a patientwith cleidocranial dysplasia using asingle-stage implant protocol. J Prosthodontics. 2011; 20(SUPPL.2):S26-31.

Pugach MK, Ozer F, Li Y, Sheth K,Beasley R, Resnick A, Daneshmehr L,Kulkarni AB, Bartlett JD, Gibson CW,Lindemeyer RG. The use of mousemodels to investigate shear bondstrength in amelogenesis imperfecta.J Dent Res. 2011; 90(11):1352-7.

Qaisar R, Renaud G, Morine K,Barton ER, Sweeney HL, Larsson L. Isfunctional hypertrophy and specificforce coupled with the addition ofmyonuclei at the single muscle fiberlevel? FASEB J. 2012 Mar; 26(3):1077-85.

Raber-Durlacher JE, Brennan MT,Verdonck-de Leeuw IM, Gibson RJ,Eilers JG, Waltimo T, Bots CP,Michelet M, Sollecito TP, RouleauTS, Sewnaik A, Bensadoun R-,Fliedner MC, Silverman Jr. S,Spijkervet FKL. Swallowing dysfunc-tion in cancer patients. SupportiveCare Cancer. 2011:1-11.

Roy S, Nasser S, Yee M, Graves DT,Roy S. A long-term siRNA strategy reg-ulates fibronectin overexpression andimproves vascular lesions in retinas ofdiabetic rats. Mol Vis. 2011; 17:3166-74.

Sanborn, MR Nasrallah, I, Stanton,DC, Stiefel, MF, Hurst, RW, Pukenas,BA: Acquired Arteriovenous FistulaAssociated with TraumaticOroantral Fistula: EndovascularTreatment. Head Neck. 2012 Jan 31.doi: 10.1002/hed.21978.

Schormann N, Sommers CI, PrichardMN, Keith KA, Noah JW, Nuth M,Ricciardi RP, Chattopadhyay D.Identification of protein-proteininteraction inhibitors targeting vac-cinia virus processivity factor fordevelopment of antiviral agents.Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011;55(11):5054-62.

Scott AE, Milward M, Linden GJ,Matthews JB, Carlile MJ, Lundy FT,Naeeni MA, Lorraine Martin S,Walker B, Kinane D, Brock GR,Chapple IL. Mapping biological toclinical phenotypes during the devel-opment (21 days) and resolution (21days) of experimental gingivitis. J ClinPeriodontol. 2012 Feb; 39(2):123-31.

Selsby JT, Morine KJ, Pendrak K,Barton ER, Sweeney HL. Rescue ofdystrophic skeletal muscle by PGC-1alpha involves a fast to slow fibertype shift in the mdx mouse. PLoSOne. 2012; 7(1):e30063.

Setzer FC, Kohli MR, Shah SB,Karabucak B, Kim S. Outcome ofendodontic surgery: A meta-analysisof the literature—part 2: Comparisonof endodontic microsurgical tech-niques with and without the use ofhigher magnification. J Endod. 2012Jan; 38(1):1-10.

Shenker BJ, Ali H, Boesze-Battaglia K.PIP3 regulation as promising targetedtherapy of mast-cell-mediated diseases.Curr Pharm Des. 2011 Nov; 17(34):3815-22.

Skarzyńska J, Damulewicz M,Filipowska J, Madej W, Leboy PS,Osyczka AM. Modification of Smad1linker modulates BMP-mediatedosteogenesis of adult human MSC.Connect Tissue Res. 2011; 52(5):408-14.

Snyder, MB, Bregman, D. Sprix(ketorolac tromethamine) NasalSpray: A Novel Nonopioid Alternativefor Managing Moderate to ModeratelySevere Dental Pain. CompendiumContinuing Education in Dentistry.Vol 33, Special issue February, 2012.

Spielman AI, Brand JG, Buischi Y,Bretz WA. Resemblance of tongueanatomy in twins. Twin Researchand Human Genetics. 2011;14(3):277-82.

Stoopler ET, Balasubramaniam R.Images in clinical medicine. humanpapillomavirus lesions of the oralcavity. N Engl J Med. 2011 Oct 27;365(17):e37.

Stoopler ET, Sia YW, Kuperstein AS.Do patients with solid organ trans-plants or breast implants requireantibiotic prophylaxis before dentaltreatment? J Can Dent Assoc. 2012Jan; 78:c5.

Subramanian H, Gupta K, Guo Q,Price R, Ali H. Mas-related gene X2(MrgX2) is a novel G protein-coupledreceptor for the antimicrobial pep-tide LL-37 in human mast cells:Resistance to receptor phosphoryla-tion, desensitization, and internal-ization. J Biol Chem. 2011 Dec 30;286(52):44739-49.

Tarcin B, Sinmazisik G, OzerF, Gulmez T. Effect of different sur-face applications and adhesive sys-tems on bond strength of porcelainrepair material. Key EngineeringMaterials, 2012; 493: 643-648.

Terry DA, Blatz MB. Surface treat-ments for tooth-colored restora-tions: Part 2. Dent Today. 2011;30(3):126, 128, 130-131.

Turner LN, Alawi FD, Stoopler ET.Multiple oral ulcerations associatedwith cutaneous lesions. J Can DentAssoc. 2011 Nov; 77:b144.

Unlu N, Gunal S, Ulker M, Ozer F,Blatz MB. Influence of operatorexperience on in vitro bond strengthof dentin adhesives. J Adhes Dent.2011 Sep 26.

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Walter R, Swift Jr. EJ, Boushell LW,Braswell K. Enamel and dentin bondstrengths of a new self-etch adhesivesystem. J Esthetic Restorative Dent.2011; 23(6):390-6.

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Wright JT, Li Y, Suggs C, Kuehl MA,Kulkarni AB, Gibson CW. The role ofamelogenin during enamel-crystallitegrowth and organization in vivo. EurJ Oral Sci. 2011 Dec; 119 Suppl 1:65-9.

Yamano S, Al-Sowygh ZH, GallucciGO, Wada K, Weber H-, Sukotjo C.Early peri-implant tissue reactionson different titanium surfacetopographies. Clin Oral Implants Res.2011; 22(8):815-9.

Yamauchi N, Nagaoka H, YamauchiS, Teixeira FB, Miguez P, YamauchiM. Immunohistological characteriza-tion of newly formed tissues afterregenerative procedure in immaturedog teeth. J Endod. 2011; 37(12):1636-41.

GrantsRecently awarded research grants.

Department of Anatomy & CellBiologyThe Role of LRAP in Enamel MineralFormation4/1/12-3/31/14Funding Source: NIHPrincipal Investigator: MeganPugach Gordon, PostdoctoralFellow, Department of Anatomy &Cell Biology

Department of MicrobiologyEvaluation of Control MeasuresAgainst Infectious Diseases OtherThan AIDS11/1/11-10/31/12Funding Source: NIH/GSKPrincipal Investigator: Gary Cohen,Professor, Department ofMicrobiology

Oral Pathogen Exploitation ofInnate Recognition as a Function of Age1/1/12-2/28/13Funding Source: NIHPrincipal Investigator: GeorgeHajishengallis, Professor,Department of Microbiology

Pattern Recognition of P. gingivalisVirulence Factors 1/1/12-7/31/13Funding Source: NIHPrincipal Investigator: GeorgeHajishengallis, Professor,Department of Microbiology

Aging and novel therapeutic inter-ventions in periodontal disease 1/1/12-8/31/13Funding Source: NIHPrincipal Investigator: GeorgeHajishengallis, Professor,Department of Microbiology

Oral immunity and adjuvant receptors1/1/12-8/31/15Funding Source: NIHPrincipal Investigator: GeorgeHajishengallis, Professor,Department of Microbiology

Novel mechanisms and 'comple-mentary' therapy in periodontitis2/1/12-12/31/16Funding Source: NIHPrincipal Investigator: GeorgeHajishengallis, Professor,Department of Microbiology

Department of OralSurgery/PharmacologyIntranasal ketorolac for postsurgi-cal pain in dental implant patients10/20/11-10/31/12Funding Source: LuitpoldPharmaceuticals, Inc.Principal Investigator: Elliot Hersh,Professor, Department of OralSurgery/Pharmacology

A Phase 4, multicenter, randomized,double-blinded, controlled study ofOraVerse® for safety and efficacy inpediatric dental patients undergoingmandibular and maxillary procedures2/8/12- (end date uncertain)Funding Source: NovocolPharmaceutical of Canada, Inc.Principal Investigator: Elliot Hersh,Professor, Department of OralSurgery/Pharmacology

Department of PathologyRegulation of human mast celldegranulation via the GPCR MrgX2by G-protein receptor kinases1/1/12-12/31/13Funding Source: American HeartAssociation (AHA)Principal Investigator: HariharanSubramanian, Postdoctoral Fellow,Department of Pathology

Department of PeriodonticsDiabetic Fracture Healing9/22/11-8/31/16Funding Source: NIHPrincipal Investigator: Dana Graves,Professor, Department ofPeriodontics


Endo Clinic Renovation Fund Nearing $2M GoalThe campaign to create a state-of-the-art endodontic clinic at Penn DentalMedicine is nearing its goal as designplans are being finalized for this newspace, to be named in honor of Dr.Syngcuk Kim, Louis I. GrossmanProfessor, as a lasting legacy to his lead-ership within the Department ofEndodontics. As of March 2012,approximately $1.75 million had beenraised toward the $2 million needed to make this new facility a reality.

Philanthropy h i g h l i g h t s

For more information on supportingthe project, contact Maren Gaughan,Associate Dean for Development andAlumni Relations, 215-898-8952,[email protected].

Group. “We thank the many alumniand friends who have already con-tributed to this great project, and Ibelieve the spirit of generosity amongour Penn endo alumni will enable us to fully realize our goal.”

The endodontic clinic renovationis one of the key projects of Phase 1 ofthe School’s 10-year Master Plan forfacilities improvements. Plans for theclinic will transform the space into amodern clinical environment for opti-mum patient care and education;expanding into adjoining space, it willfeature 23 chairs, two surgical suites, aconsultation room, modular operatorieswith an operating microscope and com-puter at each chair, and a handicapped-accessible reception room.

“Over the years, many of us whohave benefitted from the mentorship ofDr. Kim and the education we receivedat Penn Dental have expressed an inter-est in helping to fund this importantproject,” adds Dr. Kratchman. “Themoment has arrived, and we are lookingto close the gap on this effort.”

Omissions from 2010-2011 Honor RollIn preparing the annual Honor Roll, everyeffort is made to ensure the accuracy andcompleteness in recognizing all who havegenerously supported Penn DentalMedicine. However, we regret that anomission did occur in the Fall 2011 listingwithin the Penn Dental Journal of “AlumniDonors by Class Year.” From the Class of1944, we extend our sincere thanks toMorton Melman and Nicholas Saccone fortheir generous contribution during theperiod of July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

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Generous support of alumni eager to honor Dr.Syngcuk Kim with the naming of the new endo-dontic clinic in his honor is bringing the campaignclose to its funding goal. As of March 2012, approx-imately $1.75 million has been raised toward the $2 million goal.

The new endodontic clinic will feature 23 dental operatories and two surgical suites.

“It is exciting news. We are gettingvery close to our goal,” says Dr. SamuelKratchman (GD’91), Clinical AssociateProfessor of Endodontics at Penn DentalMedicine; he and fellow endodonticalumni – Drs. Jung Lim (GD’04) andBrian Lee (D’00, GD’04) — are leadingfundraising efforts for the projectamong the Penn Endo Graduate Alumni


Reconnecting with Penn Dental Medicine WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR GOAL in Alumni Relations, few tell the story better than Dr. LeeDurst (D’83), and it is my great pleasure to share that story with you here. Lee and I first metshortly after my arrival at Penn Dental Medicine in November of 2010 at the Greater NY DentalMeeting. We had a casual first meeting, but Lee was very friendly with a few of our alumni membersthat I had already met and so we struck up a conversation.

Lee Durst is what I would call a connector. She is an outgoing and thoughtful person whorelates to her classmates and community with ease. She is adept at staying in touch with people andhas a zeal for life that makes her fun to be around. Lee worked the room at the NY reception andmet many other alumni and had a great chat with Dean Denis Kinane.

At that time, Lee was also looking to make some changes in her life. She had recently movedto Center City Philadelphia and changes in her area practice were leading her toward a decision tosell it and move on to other things. The Dean suggested she spend one day a week working in thePenn Dental Medicine Faculty Practices, and she came onboard.

In Lee’s words, “The school opened up its arms and took me in as if I never left.” Soon after,Lee added a second day within the Faculty Practices. It was not long before she made the decisionto sell her practice. After phoning the alumni office, Lee listed her practice for sale on our PennDental Medicine website. She soon had a buyer, and then, Lee really came home.

As we shared in the Spring 2011 issue of the Penn Dental Journal, Penn Dental Medicine formed aterrific partnership with Penn Nursing to deliver care at the LIFE (Living Independently ForElders) Center in West Philadelphia. Once a week, senior citizens have the opportunity to see a Penn dentist. After friendand fellow alumna Dr. Alisa Kauffman (D’85) got things started, she turned over the leadership role at the LIFE clinic toLee. At LIFE, Lee sees patients and teaches students.

Lee truly has come home. Nominated to the Alumni Board Executive Committee in 2011, she is all about promotion and furthering the name of Penn Dental Medicine. She is on the development committee and has started her own project as well— the Penn Dental Medicine Supper Club, which met for the first time in March 2012. Always the planner, Lee has connectedwith classmates to host this quarterly Supper Club, trying new restaurants while providing an opportunity to meet with theDean and other faculty members and learn about what is new at the school. Lee matches fun with outreach, teaching withworking, and cooperation with coordination; she is a real asset to the school.

In the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, we are first and foremost concerned with adding value to the livesof our alumni. If you have ideas, need support, or have wanted to reconnect with Penn Dental Medicine on any level, join us like Lee Durst.

Maren GaughanAssociate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

A Message f r o m a l u m n i r e l a t i o n s

Dr. Lee Durst (D’83)

ALUMNI PROFILE: Three Alumnae Find a Path to Public Healthin Rhode Island ClinicIn Pawtucket, R.I., approximately 10minutes north of Providence, there arethree Penn Dental Medicine alumnaepursuing a passion for public healthwithin the same dental care clinic. Situatedin a federally designated health-professional shortage area, Drs. ChristineBender (D’08), Lalita Bhattacharya(D’84), and Gloria Hwang-Forzano(D’09) are serving a community in needas key members of Blackstone ValleyCommunity Health Care’s dental careteam.

Blackstone Valley CommunityHealth Care is a federally qualifiedhealth center, serving Pawtucket,Central Falls, and the surroundingcommunities. Patients in its dentalfacility are referred from Blackstone’stwo medical offices, which serve approx-imately 10,000 area residents. A freestanding dental office in downtownPawtucket, the clinic has 11 operatories,five full-time general dentists, and onepart-time oral surgeon.

“We have a modern, well-equippedclinic and are able to provide high-quality care to a community in greatneed,” says Dr. Bender, adding that theclinic was brand new when she startedin 2008 and fully outfitted with digitaltechnology for patient records andradiographs. Dr. Bender came toBlackstone after graduation to fulfill athree-year commitment in “payback”for a three-year National HealthService Corps (NHSC) scholarship shereceived while at Penn DentalMedicine, and she has decided to stay.In December 2011, Dr. Bender wasnamed Director of Clinical Dentistrywith Blackstone, transitioning into therole that since 2007 has been held byanother Penn Dental Medicine gradu-ate, Dr. Bhattacharya, who is nowDirector of Dental Education and Programming.

“After 23 years of pri-vate practice inProvidence, I camehere in 2007 to helpexpand their dentalservices as they set upthe new Pawtucketclinic,” says Dr.Bhattacharya. “Thereis a tremendous needfor basic dental careand oral health educa-tion in the communitywe serve.” In additionto clinical care andprogram responsibili-ties at Blackstone, Dr.Bhattacharya is anAdjunct Professor atBoston University(BU), overseeing theinstruction of BUdental students whocomplete clinical

externships at Blackstone. Having beeninvolved in selecting both Drs. Benderand Hwang-Forzano to join Blackstone,she notes with a smile “I may be a bitbiased to Penn Dental Medicine.”

Dr. Hwang-Forzano started atBlackstone in May 2011 after completinga general practice residency in Brooklyn,applying to Blackstone to fulfill hertwo-year NHSC scholarship commitment.She attributes the strong foundation in community oral health she receivedwhile at Penn Dental Medicine, and inparticular, the guidance of Dr. JoanGluch, Director of Community OralHealth, in her decision to pursue aNHSC scholarship and her interest inpublic health.

“It was encouraging to see thatthere is a field and an area where youcan really do your part. There is a hugeneed in providing just basic primary

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“It was encouraging to see that there is afield and an areawhere you can reallydo your part. There is a huge need inproviding just basicprimary care like weare doing here.” —Dr. Hwang-Forzano (D’09)

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Drs. Lalita Bhattacharya (D’84), Gloria Hwang-Forzano (’09), andChristine Bender (D’08) all serving the underserved at the BlackstoneValley Community Health Care dental clinic in Pawtucket, R.I.

care like we are doing here,” says Dr.Hwang-Forzano, adding that “peoplecan be in public health but also do private dentistry — there are ways to doboth,” citing as an example the state ofRhode Island’s Mission of Mercy programin which dentists from all specialtiesvolunteer to provide two days of freedental care. “We can encourage ourcolleagues in private practice to partici-pate in these types of programs,” addsDr. Hwang-Forzano. She and Dr.Bender are serving on the planningcommittee for the Rhode IslandMission of Mercy event.

Looking beyond her NHSC schol-arship commitment, Dr. Hwang-Forzanoisn’t sure yet whether she will continuein public health full-time as Dr. Benderis doing now, or follow a path thatcombines private practice with publichealth work.

Dr. Bhattacharya says, “I started myprofessional life with a solo practice,but think I am going to end my profes-sional life in community health.” AndDr. Bender is looking forward to con-tinuing to build Blackstone’s service inthe community with ongoing quality careand the development of new programs(like the mobile sealant programrecently initiated within the local schooldistrict), and she encourages otherdental students to consider a careerpath in public health dentistry.

“I am very happy; my work here atBlackstone is very rewarding,” says Dr.Bender. “I think more dental studentsshould think about public health as acareer option.”

General Dentistry36% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Linda Himmelberger, D79Marc A. Levin, D81Noelle Ling, D99Marc F. Lipkin, D80 GD81David O. Maltz, D81 GED81Barry E. Melman, D77Joseph Stephen Rava, D91Hal B. Rosenthaler, D76, facultyLarry R. Schlarb, D75Raj Shah, facultyAmy P. Shoumer, D02 GD04Jonathan D. Stone, D94

Cosmetic Dentistry50% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Alan M. Atlas, D86, facultyPamela G. Doray, GED 76 D84,

facultyDavid Faust, D87Stephen J. Markus, D75Jonathan Scharf, D72Lawrence A. Schiff, GD81Tara Sexton, D88Dean Ford Sophocles, D87, faculty

Orthodontics55% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Paul J. Batastini, GD72, facultyNormand S.Boucher, GD82, facultyAnthony R. Costa, GD93Catherine Foote, C00 D04,

GD06, facultyJulian D. Freeman, GD71Charles Gemmi, GD97Peter M. Greco, D79 GD 84, facultySam S. Kadan, D95, facultyRobert M. Kazmierski, facultyKevin J. Klatte, D97Harold L. Middleberg, GD88William W. Roberts, C72 D77 GD78Robert Marc Stern, D87Janine R. Trindade, D02 GD07Orhan C. Tuncay, GD74

Pediatric Dentistry52% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Jeffrey R. Blum, D80, facultyMicaella Borges-Schocker, D97Lennie Checchio, facultyKimberly Dondici-Chermol, DH84Sandra Grzybicki, DH79 D97

Robin David Harshaw, D71Winslow Harshaw, D04 GD06Stanley Horowitz, facultyConstance M. Killian, D81, facultyRochelle G. Lindemeyer,

GD79,facultyElliott D. Maser, facultyAmita R. Patel, D02Douglas R. Reich, D78 GD80Angela Stout, faculty

Periodontics54% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Tom Fuji, GD01Joseph Gian-Grasso, D71Daniel N. Kubikian, D01 GD04

GD05 , facultyJay B. Laudenbach, D02 GD06,

facultyRobert A. Levine, GD84, facultyEdward A. Marcus, facultyAlan M. Meltzer, D72, facultyLaura Minsk, C88 GD94Louis F. Rose, GD70, facultyPaul S. Rosen, D86Leslie Salkin, facultySteven R. Sierakowski, D01Robert B. Summers, C61 D65 GD67

Endodontics58% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Peter Brothman, GD77Craig A. Hurtt, D89 GD90 GD92Alan Kirsch, GD72Samuel I. Kratchman, GD91, facultyBrian S. Kunz, D76 GD77Kenneth Lee, C91 D95 GD 98,

facultyMichael Stephen Marmo, D95

GD98, facultyBarry H. Rhome, D77 GD80Louis E. Rossman, D75 GD77,

facultyIrwin N. Schoengold, D77Susan I. Silberg, D91 GD93Martin Trope, GD82 D83Joshua B. Wolgin, D98Allen Yang, GD02 D04, faculty

Prosthodontics69% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Harold S. Baumgarten, D77 GD82, faculty

Joseph B. Breitman, D78, facultyElizabeta Evtimovska, faculty

Howard P. Fraiman, D91 GD93 GD94, faculty

Joseph R. Greenberg, D72 GD76,faculty

Andrew M. Halbert, GD86Jeffrey S. Ingber, GD72, facultyDavid J. Kopecki, D90Kenneth W. Laudenbach, GD73,

facultyErnesto A. Lee, GD87, facultyLouis Marion, facultyJonathan Orenstein, facultyHarry Randel, D83Najeed Saleh, D94, facultyJames A. Vito, D84 D87

GD90David J. Weinstock, D87

GD89, faculty

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery46% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Michael A. Bianchi, GD85Lee R. Carrasco, GD02, facultyMichael T. Dachowski, D85Robert J. Diecidue, D88Helen Giannakopoulos, facultyAmin Kazemi, D96 M99 GD02Anna Kornbrot, D79 GD82,

facultyLawrence M. Levin, D87

GD92, facultyE. Steven Moriconi, D78 GD83Thomas Nordone, GD83Allan S. Shaw, D59 GD61Keith E. Silverstein, D91 M 94

GD97 RES 97

Oral Medicine83% of list Penn Dental Alumni& Faculty

Martin S. Greenberg, GD68 HOM 73, faculty

Joel M. Laudenbach, D98 GD04

Andres A. Pinto, D99 GD01 GR07 GR10 M10, faculty

Thomas Sollecito, D89 GD91, faculty

Eric Stoopler, D99 GD02, faculty


Philly Mag’s Top Dentists 2012 Listing Names 109 Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, FacultyOne hundred and nine Penn Dental Medicine alumni and current faculty members wereamong the Top Dentists named by Philadelphia Magazine in its February 2012 issue — makingup nearly 54 percent of the 202 dentists recognized this year. The list was compiled throughletters sent to all dentists in Philadelphia and the surrounding seven-county area, requestingnominations of three peers in each dental specialty and amounting to more than 4,400 nomi-nations. The resulting list of approximately 20 top dentists in each specialty, by votes (includingall those who were tied), was reviewed by an advisory board made up of nine dentists in variousspecialties and chosen for their credentials and the high number of votes they received. Thosealumni and faculty on Philadelphia Magazine’s 2012 Top Dentists list include:

Alumni Gatherings

now and later: student alumninetworking event at the unionleague of philadelphianovember 1, 2011

1 Drs. Melissa Vettraino Bachstein (GD’09),Benedict Bachstein (D’07, GD’08) and GautamGovitrikar (D’07).

2 Current students Satya Nayak (D’12) and JorgePaladines (D’12) with alumna Dr. Alisa D.Kauffman (D’85).

3 Drs. William W.M. Cheung (D’81, GD’82), KeithLibou (D’84), Robert Weiner (C’72, D’79) andJudith Zach Bendit (DH’81).

4 Executive Student Council members KrishnaPatel (D’12), Rosemary Lelich (C’09, D’14), MichaelBerger (D’12), Jeff Li (D’12), Marissa Pereira (D’13),Leslie-Anne Fitzpatrick (D’13), Steven Lin (D’15),and Gabe Strauss (D’14).

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5 Drs. Laurence Chacker (D’85), Edward Landau (D’71), Robert Brody (C’80,D’84) with Executive Student Council President, Jeff Li (D’12).

6 Penn Dental Medicine alumnus Dr. Martin Levin (D’72, GD’74), third fromleft, networking with current students.

7 Class of 2012 students Krishna Patel, Jeff Li and Justin Hanlon withalumnus Dr. David S. Tarica (D’83), second from right.

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1 Jim Weber of Benco Dental and Drs. MilesKuttler (D’70), Lawrence Kessler (C’66, D’70) and Syngcuk Kim (HON’92, Chair and Louis I.Grossman Professor of Endodontics).

2 Drs. Howard W. Rosa (D’82) and Mitchell A.Charnas (C’76, D’81).

3 Drs. David S. Tarica (D’83), Elena V. Kurtz (D’04,GD’06), Jonathan Orenstein (Clinical AssistantProfessor of Periodontics), and Ed Woehling.

4 Alan Greenfield of Benco Dental, MajorGeneral James Monroe, and Drs. Lewis E. Proffitt(D’73, WG80), and Peter D. Quinn (D’74, GD’78).

5 Drs. Syngcuk Kim (HON’92), Peter D. Quinn(D’74, GD’78), Arnold S. Weisgold (GD’69), and EdWoehling.

6 Dr. Richard Copell (D’80) and his wife, FaraCopell, right, along with Dr. Lewis Proffitt (D’73,WG’80) and his wife, Marion Proffitt, center.

2nd annual overseers invitationalgolf and tennis tournament atturnberry isle resort, miami, floridajanuary 27-28, 2012A special thanks to the event sponsors Benco Dentaland Henry Schein Inc.

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ne of the nonfinancial goals of Making History: The Campaign for Penn has been to grow the number of alumni who support Penn’s commitment to educational excellence through their annual gifts. Please help sustain Penn DentalMedicine’s leadership in the profession by making a gift before June 30, the end of Penn’s fiscal year. Whatever

the level of your support, your gift is significant to the School. For your convenience, gifts to the Dental School Annual GivingFund can be made in several ways:

• call the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at215-898-8951 to make a gift by credit card.

• visit www.dental.upenn.edu/give to make a secure gift online.

• send your check, made payable to the “Trustees of theUniversity of Pennsylvania” using the enclosed envelope.

• transfer appreciated securities for substantial tax benefits.You will receive income tax deduction equal to the fair mar-ket value of the stock on the effective date of the gift, whilealso avoiding capital gains tax on the transfer. For transferinstructions, please contact the Office of the Treasurer at215-898-754 or [email protected]. This will help to ensureboth timely receipt and appropriate allocation of the gift.

For more information, please contact the Office ofDevelopment & Alumni Relations at 215-898.8951.

OThe Time is Now …The Place is Penn

2011 Omicron Kappa Upsilon Inductees Editor’s Note: In the Fall 2011 issue of the PennDental Journal, the photo and listing of the 2011OKU inductees was omitted; we are pleased to recognize these alumni in this issue.

Penn Dental Medicine’s ETA Chapterof the Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU)National Dental Honor Society heldan induction ceremony for the Class of 2011 graduates during the SeniorFarewell Dinner held in May 2011.Established to promote and recognizescholarship and character among dentalstudents, the Society selects up to 12percent of each year’s graduating classfrom a list of at least the upper 20 per-cent based on scholarship, exemplarytraits of character, and potential qualitiesof future professional growth.

The inductees from the Class of2011 included: Drs. Syeda BakhLawar,Amanda Mary Bayley, Li-Ping Chew,Alysa Ann Donaldson, Joshua A.Goldfein, Zane Karrer Haider, JillianMarie Harrison, Ashley Lynn Hebert,Justin Robert Messina, Jacy J. Papasikos,

Alexander Douglas Paul, Scott C.Roemer, Raymond Patrick Shupak,Goth Kwo Fung Siu, and Chun Tan.

In addition, Dr. Bekir Karabucak,Associate Professor of Endodontics, wasinducted as a dental honorary member,and Pat Heller, Penn Dental MedicineLibrarian, was inducted as a non-dentalhonorary member. OKU also presentedthe Dr. William S. Kramer Award of

Excellence, given to a rising junior studentat the time, who has demonstratedscholarship, character, and the potentialpromise for advancement of dentistryand service to humanity. The KramerAward was presented to Marni Glick(D’12).

The 2011 inductees and officers of Penn Dental Medicine’s ETA Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon.

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1930’sClement C. Alpert (C’32, D’34)celebrated his 100th birthday onApril 23, 2012.

1950’sRichard A. Dakin (D’59) received athank you award for 10 years of service on the faculty of the GRD.He was also accepted to member-ship in the International College ofDentists in 2009.

1970’sJay Rossell (D’73) retired from theUnited States Air force after serving30 years and retired from patientcare in 2008 due to glaucoma. Dr. Rossell is now enjoying retiredlife and the Texas heat in SanAntonio, Texas.

David C. Appleby (D’74) joined thefaculty at Penn Dental Medicine inJuly 2011 after more than threedecades at Temple University. Dr.Appleby is now Clinical Professor ofRestorative Dentistry in the Depart-ment of Preventive and RestorativeSciences and a Professor Emeritusat Temple.

In memory of and in tribute to his classmate and brother-in-law, the late Dr. Joseph Foote, Jr. (D’74, GD’80), Dr. Peter D. Quinn (D’74, GD’78), hasestablished the Joseph Foote Endowed Scholarship Fund. Through the Fund,his goal is to help ensure that the legacy of Dr. Foote’s generous spirit andclinical excellence continues to inspire students for generations to come. TheFund will provide need-based financial aid scholarships for DMD students at Penn Dental Medicine. Dr. Quinn hopes to build the Fund to the level thatthe School can award the first scholarship in memory of Dr. Foote at hisclass’s 40th reunion in 2014. To help reach that goal, he has committed tomatch all gifts up to $75,000.

For more information on supporting the Fund, please contact MarenGaughan, Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations (215-898-8952, [email protected]). Contributions can also be sent directlyto Penn Dental Medicine, Office of Development and Alumni Relations,Joseph Foote Endowed Scholarship Fund, 240 S. 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA19104-6030 (checks payable to Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania).

Dr. Peter D. Quinn (D’74, GD’78) with his sister, Susan Foote, center, his niece,Catherine Foote (C’00, D’04, GD’06); and nephew, Joseph Foote (D’10).

Michelle Kauffman Sandler (D’87)has relocated to Del Mar, Calif., with her husband Bruce and twosons after 30 years in the GreaterBoston area. She and her mother, aTufts Dental alum, opened a brandnew and 100% green and eco-friendlypractice in nearby Solana Beach.They are thoroughly enjoyingSouthern California!

Rabbi Arthur Segal (C73, D’77,GD’78) recently had his third bookpublished: "The Path and Wisdomfor Living in Peace with Others: A Modern Commentary on TalmudBavli Tractates Derek Eretz Zuta andRabbah." It is available on Kindle.For more information on the bookand Arthur, who retired from prac-tice in 1996 in NJ, became a Rabbiin 2007, and lives on Hilton HeadIsland, SC, visit:www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.org.

P. Deborah Weisfuse (D’77)is the recent President Elect for theNY State Dental Association. Dr.Weisfuse is also a member of TheBoard of Directors of The New YorkCounty Dental Society. She and herhusband, fellow alumnus Robert N.Lipner (D’77), have been workingtogether in their New York Citypractice since 2006.

Saul Pressner (D’79) has been wel-comed as the newest preferredmember among NYCHolistic.com’sonline community membership ofholistic and organic businesses inthe New York City area. Dr. Pressneris also on the Board of Directors ofthe new Academy of BiomimeticDentistry.

1980’sRegina M. Wrobel Karoscik (DH’80)has been married 29 years toStanley J. Karoscik Jr., RPH. The cou-ple has three children, Wesley,Owen, and Chandler. She isemployed as RDH by Dr. NancyWillis DDS in Pediatric Dentistry.

Glenn A. Burgner (D’82) has openeda new office in Dartmouth, Mass. inwhich his wife, Pat also works. Hisoldest daughter is in medical school,while his younger daughter is inculinary school. He misses Friday’sat Smokey Joes and encourages visitsfrom his old friends to his new officein Dartmouth.

Walter F. Russo (D’83) shares a message with his fellow classmatesregarding their upcoming 30threunion: “Get ready for 2013 – Bethere, no excuses.”

Terry F. Rakowsky (D’86) hasannounced his intent to run forPenn State University’s Board ofTrustees. Prior to attending PennDental Medicine, Dr. Rakowskyattended Penn State from 1978 to1982, where he played football andbaseball.

Richard N. Feuer (D’84) completed his quest to drive,hike, and climb to the highestpoints of all 48 contiguousUnited States on August 1, 2011.He was the 407th person toachieve this goal.


36 in memoriam

William Ankin (D’22)Elkins Park, PA, January 1, 2011

Edward M. Goldsborough, Esq. (D’22)Philadelphia, PA, January 1, 2011

Morton D. Gottlieb (D’22)Pt Pleasant, NJ, January 1, 2011

Oliver W. Harris, Jr. (D’22)Union, NJ, January 1, 2011

Siri Singleton Heeb (D’22)Jekyll Island, GA, January 1, 2011

Midzuho Kohra (D’22)Prefecture, Japan, January 1, 2011

William E. Lawler (D’22)Jessup, PA, January 1, 2011

Nelson W. Lockwood (D’22)Philadelphia, PA, January 1, 2011

Tokio Miyanaga (D’22)Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2011

Seinosuke Mutow (D’22)Kobe, Japan, January 1, 2011

Eveline H. Pollard (D’22)Elizabeth, NJ, January 1, 2012

Jules A. J. M. Rogmans (D’22)January 1, 2012

Harry O. Silcock (D’22)Liverpool, UK, January 1, 2011

Samuel Teller (D’22)January 1, 2011

Emily W. Foster (DH’31)Lewisberry, PA, December 18, 2001

Valeria S. Mcdonald (DH’32)Liberty, MO, December 21, 1994

Donald R. Johnston (D’34)Maplewood, NJ, June 7, 2004

Edna Ross Turney (DH’35)Stow, OH, May 11, 2011

Seymour J. Kreshover (D’38,HON’67)Winter Park, FL, January 26, 2006

Grace Worsley Nelson (DH’39)Fairfax, VA, October 29, 2011

Edgar J. Goldenthal (D’40)Monroe Township, NJ, December 27, 2011

Doris M. Schmeer (DH’40)Bethlehem, PA, November 6, 2011

Julia Roberts Yuhas (D’40)Ridgewood, NJ, December 28, 2011

Howard D. Dimond (C’37, D’41)Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 8, 2012

Byron E. Kern (D’41)Aston, PA, January 12, 2012

Paul L. White (D’41)Toms River, NJ, January 1, 2012

Solomon Shapiro (C’38, D’42)Skillman, NJ, January 27, 2012

Leonard T. Campi (D’43)Little Silver, NJ, January 1, 2007

Idella Gorsen Kotler (DH’43)Miami, FL, April 25, 2007

Renee N. Nulkcowitz (DH’43)Wallingford, CT, April 13, 2009

Donald L. Sinclair (D’43, GD’47)Fletcher, NC, January 25, 2011

Alan W. David (D’44)Pittsford, NY, July 8, 2011

Wanda M. Demko (DH’44)Woodbury, CT, January 1, 2002

Betty Stick Enoch (DH’44)King of Prussia, PA, December 2, 2011

Everett M. Young (D’44)Washington, DC, May 30, 2011

Roger E. Barton (D’45)Hendersonville, NC, February 8, 2007

Jean Warfel Gage (DH’46)Brewster, MA, November 27, 2011

Mary M. Oberholtzer (DH’46)Kingwood, TX, June 13, 2009

Barbara L. Resnick (DH’47)West Palm Beach, FL, January 1, 2012

Bernard Corn (D’48)Springfield, VA, June 15, 2005

Patricia Dunn Cutshall (DH’48)Stephens City, VA, January 27, 2012

Walter J. Kent (C’46, D’48)Glen Rock, NJ, November 30, 2011

C. Arnold Smith (D’50)Voorhees, NJ, December 1, 2011

Sidney Deutsch (GD’51)Westbury, NY, August 20, 201

Edwin A. Golubiewski (D’52)Hernando, FL, December 22, 2011

Walter Spivack (GD’52)Margate City, NJ, February 24, 2011

Karen Van Slyke Smith (DH’52)Saint Louis, MO, July 15, 2000

Eric R. Cone (D’53)Dorset, VT, January 12, 2012

Col. Arthur B. Harris (GD’53)San Marcos, CA, June 3, 2004

Nicholas G. Lignos (D’53)New York, NY, June 4, 2009

Robert J. Burrison (C’52, D’54)Arlington, VA, November 1, 2011

Joseph B. Cohen (D’54)Hamden, CT, January 7, 2012

Norman A. Freeman (C’48, D’54)Avon, CT, October 1, 2008

Philip H. Lowell (D’54)Scarborough, ME, June 15, 2011

Norman J. Whitehill, Jr. (D’54)Denville, NJ, January 1, 2009

Brendan J. Boylan (D’55, GD’57)New York, NY, March 31, 2011

Anne Mc Cormack Case (DH’55)Ft. Lauderdale, FL, August 6, 2007

Paul H. Mathews (GD’56)Avon, OH, December 20, 2010

Charles Dumas (D’57)Westbury, NY, November 6, 2011

Paul A. Kaye (D’57)Beverly Hills, CA, June 2, 2011

John S. Lindsay (D’57)Phenix City, AZ, February 5, 2003

Maija G. Ozols (D’57)Villanova, PA, June 24, 2010

G. Robert Bonsignore (C’56, D’58)Gulf Breeze, FL, June 29, 2011

Charles E. Reich (D’58)Ocala, FL, April 19, 2003

Preston L. Smith (D’58)Harwich, MA, April 28, 2011

Melvin H. Smithgall (D’59)Chester Springs, PA, December 25, 2011

In MemoriamCarmen A. Troisi, Jr. (D’59)Glenside, PA, December 15, 2011

William F. Lenker (D’60)Paoli, PA, November 6, 2011

Charles Stroh (GD’60)Bellport, NY, August 16, 2011

Robert G. Ogilvie (D’61)Parkersburg, WV, August 18, 2010

Roger F. Mosher (D’62, GD’64)Appleton, WI, December 27, 2010

Ivan Paul Zung (D’64)Delray Beach, FL, October 30, 2009

Stephen S. Fennell (GD’67)Athens, GA, May 30, 2011

Patrick J. Mulligan (GD’67)Colorado Springs, CO, June 29, 2011

Harvey I. Cohen (D’68)Miami, FL, January 13, 2009

Arnie Rozental (D’69)Lakewood, NJ, August 11, 2011

Margaret M. Gulitus (DH’72)Harveys Lake, PA, January 1, 1981

John B. Gregory (GD’73)Sulphur, LA, October 24, 2011

George L. Quireyns, Jr. (D’77)Holbrook, MA, November 24, 2011

Michael E. Kushner (D’84)Langhorne, PA, January 1, 2010


The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds.The University of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protectedclass status in the administration of its admissions, financial aid, educational or athletic programs, or other University-administered programs or in its employment practices. Questions or complaints regarding this policy should be directedto the Executive Director of the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs, Sansom Place East, 3600Chestnut Street, Suite 228, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106; or (215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD). Specific questionsconcerning the accommodation of students with disabilities should be directed to the Office of Student Disabilities Serviceslocated at the Learning Resources Center, 3820 Locust Walk, Harnwell College House, Suite 110, (215) 573-9235 (voice) or(215) 746-7088 (fax).

Penn Dental Medicine Board of OverseersWilliam W. M. Cheung, D’81, GD’82, ChairLinda J. Gilliam, D’89, Vice Chair

Stanley M. BergmanLaurence B. Brody, C'52, D'56Richard Copell, D’80Matthew J. Doyle, Ph.D.Patrik ErikssonLawrence Kessler, C’66, D'70Lewis E. Proffitt, D’73, WG’80Robert I. Schattner, D’48David Tai-Man Shen, D’79, GD’81David S. Tarica, D’83Georges Tawil, DDS, DScod, FICO, FACDUmit Yigit, C’81, D’86Robert Zou, WG’94

Ex officio MembersMartin D. Levin, D'72, GD'74 Chair – Dean’s CouncilKeith Libou, D’84President – Alumni Society

Penn Dental Medicine Alumni SocietyExecutive CommitteeKeith D. Libou, D’84President

Bernard W. Kurek, D’73, WMP’03, WEV’04First Vice-President

Spencer-Carl Saint‑Cyr, D’97Immediate Past President

David Richard Silver, D’85, GD’86, GD’88Secretary-Treasurer

Members-at-Large John David Beckwith, D’87Judith Zack Bendit, DH’81 Jeffrey R. Blum, D’80Stefani L. Cheung C’08 D’11 D. Walter Cohen, C’47, D’50Gail Spiegel Cohen C’76, D’80Marc Anthony Cozzarin, D’87Lee B. Durst-Roisman, D’83 Kimberly A. Farrell, D’11 Howard P. Fraiman, D’91, GD’93, GD’94 Marshall J. Goldin, C’60 D’64 Gautam Govitrikar, D’07 Alisa G. Kauffman, D’85Sam S. Kadan, D’95 Michael B. Rulnick, D’74, GD’76 Donald H. Silverman, D’73,WG’74 Thomas L. Snyder, D’71, WG’74 Dean Ford Sophocles, D’87 Robert Marc Stern, D’87 Robert J. Tisot, GD’70Orhan C. Tuncay, GD’74 Robert E. Weiner, C’72, D’79 Patti Lee Werther, D’78, GED’78, GD’81Edwin J. Zimmet, D’70

Past Presidents (last 7 years)Spencer-Carl Saint‑Cyr, D’97Tara Sexton, D’88Marc B. Ackerman, D’98 Anna Kornbrot, D’79, GD’82Lewis E. Proffitt, D’73, WG’80 Margrit M. Maggio, D’87Laurence G. Chacker, D’85Michael D. Yasner, C’79, D’83, GD’84, GD’86

Ex officio MemberDr. Jaclyn M. Gleber, DH’74

Student RepresentativesJeff LiStudent Council President

Matt SonesClass of 2012 President

Matt RyskalczykClass of 2013 President

Alex DrewClass of 2014 President

School AdministrationDenis F. Kinane, B.D.S., Ph.D.Morton Amsterdam DeanProfessor of Pathology and Periodontics

Maren GaughanAssociate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations

Sarah BurtonDirector of Annual Fund and Alumni Relations

Dana DimitriAnnual Giving and Alumni Programs

Dean’s CouncilMartin D. Levin, D’72, GD’74, Chair

Robert Brody, C’80, D’84Joseph E. Gian-Grasso, C’67, D’71Glenn R. OxnerHoward Rosa, D’82Louis Rossman, D’75, GD’77Tara Sexton, D’88

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Calendaro f e v e n t s

www.dental.upenn.edu

May 5, 2012American Association of OrthodonticsPenn Dental Medicine ReceptionHonolulu, HI

May 8, 2012Senior Farewell 2012Philadelphia, PA

May 11-13, 2012Alumni Weekend 2012Reunions for classes ending in “2” and “7”Philadelphia, PA

May 14, 2012Class of 2012 CommencementIrvine AuditoriumPhiladelphia, PA

June 14, 2012Penn Dental Hygiene Alumni DinnerPhoenix, AZ

June 14-16, 2012Penn Dental Medicine Esthetics SymposiumAnnenberg Center, Zellerbach TheatrePhiladelphia, PA

August 20, 2012Class of 2016 White Coat CeremonyAnnenberg Center, Zellerbach TheatrePhiladelphia, PA

For more information on these and other alumnievents, please visit www.dental.upenn.edu/alumni or call 215-898-8951.

Documents

Penn Dental Journal Spring 2012