Penn Dental Medicine Journal, Fall 2014

PDMJPENN DENTAL MEDICINE JOURNAL | FALL 2014

AS THE EVANS BUILDING TURNS 100 IN 2015,PLANS SET FOR A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION

EVANS BUILDING CENTENNIAL RENAISSANCE

THIS IS AN exCITING TIMe AT PeNN DeNTAl MeDICINe with asurge of ongoing growth and development in support of our strategicgoals and mission. As you will read in this issue (see story, page 8), weare moving forward with our most significant facilities project since thebuilding of the Robert Schattner Center in 2002 — the evans BuildingCentennial Renaissance. This project will transform the Thomas evansBuilding while maintaining the historic integrity of this inspiringstructure, making much needed infrastructure changes and preparingthe facility for the future.

Now we are in the detailed design phase and construction will commence in 2015, to coincide with the evans Building's 100th anniversary. Support from alumni and friends is vital in ensuring thesuccessful completion of this project. I thank those who have madeleadership gifts to get us to this point and I look forward to engagingmany more of you in this project; a project vital to supporting thehigh quality students and education for which Penn Dental Medicineis renowned.

Within our academic programs, we are also looking to the futureand building the strength of our students’ educational experiencethrough new technology initiatives. To this end, this academic year,we created new staff positions focused on these efforts (see story, page41). From online testing to video lectures, we need to adapt our teachingmethods to new technological standards and digital platforms to stay onthe leading edge of education and provide the best experience for ourstudents.

Strategic Growth & Development

In other areas, we continue to strengthen the School’s researchenterprise through faculty recruitment. On November 1, we welcomedDr. Songtao Shi, a world leader in the area of oral stem cell research, asProfessor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology (see story, page 2).Within our graduate dental education programs, we are strengtheningour Periodontics and Pediatric Dentistry programs with the addition of sedation training. And adding to the depth of advisory skills on ourBoard of Overseers, we welcomed three new members in June — NancyBaker, Julie Charlestein, and Haruo Morita — all bringing valuableexpertise in support of the School (see story, page 6).

Finally, in 2015, we will mark the midpoint of our 10-year strategicplan, and I want to thank and commend our faculty, staff, and studentsfor coming together to help advance our strategic goals and mission(see story, page 20). In addition, I thank our many alumni and friendsfor your ongoing support. In this issue, we are pleased to recognize ourfiscal year 2014 honor roll of contributors (see page 31). It is throughyour ongoing support and engagement that we can continue to buildon the strengths of this great institution and serve our students,patients, and the field of dental medicine.

Denis F. Kinane, BDS, PhDMorton Amsterdam Dean

PENN DENTAL MEDICINE JOURNAL | FALL 2014 1

INSIDE

On CampusSchool News Briefs

Research SpotlightTranslating Science to Practice

Academic UpdateDepartment/Faculty News & Scholarship

Faculty Q&ASharing Personal & Professional Paths

Alumni HighlightsProfiles, Gatherings & Engagement

Honor RollFY2014 Donors

Faculty PerspectiveViews on Dental Topics & Trends

PENN DENTAL MEDICINE JOURNAL: Vol. 11, No. 1University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicinewww.dental.upenn.edu

Dean: Denis F. Kinane, BDS, PhDSenior Associate Dean of Development & Alumni Relations:Elizabeth Ketterlinus Associate Dean for Leadership Giving: Maren Gaughan Director, Publications: Beth Adams Contributing Writers: Beth Adams, Amy Biemiller,Juliana Delany, Debbie GoldbergDesign: Dyad CommunicationsPhotography: Mark Garvin, Peter OlsonPrinting: The Pearl Group at CRW GraphicsOffice of Development and Alumni Relations: 215-898-8951

Penn Dental Medicine Journal is published twice a year bythe Office of Communications for the alumni and friendsof the University of Pennsylvania School of DentalMedicine. ©2014 by the Trustees of the University ofPennsylvania. All rights reserved. The views expressed inthis publication are not necessarily those of Penn DentalMedicine. We would like to get your feedback — addressall correspondence to: Beth Adams, Director of Publications,Robert Schattner Center, University of PennsylvaniaSchool of Dental Medicine, 240 South 40th Street,Philadelphia, PA 19104-6030, [email protected].

ON THE COVER: Penn Dental Medicine’s historicThomas Evans Building, which in 2015 will mark the100th anniversary of its dedication. Plans are set for a major transformation of the building through theEvans Building Centennial Renaissance project, seestory, page 8.

Respecting the Past,Reflecting the Future: The Evans BuildingCentennial Renaissance8 20 40

Tech Initiatives:Advancing DentalEducation ThroughInnovative Technology

Strategic Growth &Development: Q&A withDean Denis Kinane on theSchool’s Strategic Goals

2

13

15

25

26

31

44

Class NotesNews from Fellow Alumni

In MemoriamRemembering Members of the Penn Dental Medicine Community

45

48

CLASS OF 2014

22.1% pursued general practice4.1% entered the U.S. military2.1% entered the military in their home countries1.4% pursued part-time teaching and practice

CLASS OF 2016 PASS STUDENTS

29 foreign-trained dentists from around theworld joined the third-year class at the start ofthis academic year as part of the PASS program

CLASS OF 2018Students represent 23 states, DC and 5 foreign countries (Canada, Jamaica, South Korea,Taiwan and Vietnam)

6 students have relatives who are also Penn Dental Medicine graduates

Building on the depth of Penn Dental Medicine’s research enterprise is a recent facultyrecruit to the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology — Dr. Songtao Shi. Dr. Shi, ahighly respected researcher and educator, joined the School as Professor in theDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology on November 1.

Dr. Shi comes to Penn Dental Medicine from the Universityof Southern California (USC) Herman Ostrow School ofDentistry, where he has served as Professor within the Centerfor Craniofacial Molecular Biology since 2011. He first joinedthe Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry in 2006 as AssistantProfessor, advancing to Tenured Associate Professor in 2008.Prior to joining the faculty at USC, he served as a PrincipalInvestigator and Clinical Fellow for nine years at the NationalInstitute for Dental and Craniofacial Research/NIH. Dr. Shiearned both his DDS and MS at Peking University School of

Stomatology and holds a PhD in Craniofacial Biology from USC. Clinically, Dr. Shiholds Dental licensure in the State of California and has had experience working atthe NIH Clinical Center and in private practice in California.

Dr. Shi leads an accomplished research program that focuses on the characteriza-tion of human mesenchymal stem cells and the relationship between mesenchymalstem cells and orofacial diseases at the molecule and cellular levels. Along with hiscollaborators, his lab has isolated and identified several new populations of mes-enchymal stem cells, including dental pulp stem cells, stem cells from human exfoli-ated deciduous teeth, periodontal ligament stem cells, stem cells from apical papilla,and tendon stem/progenitor cells. These discoveries are enabling further investigationsof these oral-tissue-derived stem cells and their use in tissue engineering, diseasemodeling, and clinical treatment. Dr. Shi and his collaborators were the first to usemesenchymal stem cells to treat systemic lupus erythematosus (Sle), periodontitis,and regenerate pulp tissue in patients. Dr. Shi was recognized for his research activitieswith the 2013 IADR Distinguished Scientist Award for Pulp Biology & Regeneration.

“Highly collaborative, Dr. Shi has extensive connections internationally, particu-larly in China,” says Dr. Denis Kinane, Morton Amsterdam Dean of Penn DentalMedicine. “He brings a passion for science and teaching that I know will contributegreatly to our research and educational efforts across disciplines.”

2 WWW.DENTAL.UPENN.EDU

Stem Cell Research Focus of Recent Faculty Recruit

SCHOOL NEWS BRIEFS

ONCAMPUS

Songtao Shi, DDS, MS, PhD

By the Numbers:Recent Grads &Incoming Students

18 countries represented in the PASS Class of 2016

70.3% went on to postdoctoral study

119 students make up this year’s freshman class67 WOMEN | 52 MEN


Advancing Student ResearchPenn Dental Medicine is building opportunitiesto advance ongoing research and leadership forjunior researchers and students with a new ini-tiative, the AADR Travel Award. Launched thispast spring, this first round of travel grants willallow recipients to attend the IADR/AADR/CADR Meeting in Boston, March 11-14, 2015.

“As the single most prestigious dentalresearch meeting, this is a unique opportunityto showcase Penn Dental Medicine's researchon the global stage and to interact with investigators across disciplines and across continents,” says Dr. Michel Koo, Professor,Department of Orthodontics and Chair, AADRTravel Award Committee.

Ten predoctoral students were selectedduring the 2014 Student Research Day on May15, 2014. A committee, made up of faculty fromboth basic and clinical sciences, determinedthe winners based on the clarity of the proposedhypothesis, quality of data, and their graphicand oral presentations. Three junior researchersalso were selected during the 2014 Penn DentalMedicine Research Retreat on May 30, 2014. A panel of three judges evaluated five oral presentations based on similar criteria to thestudent poster presentations with the additionof how successful the data and conclusionsrelate to the study’s aims/hypothesis and thescientific and clinical significance of the results.

In addition to attending the meeting, theaward winners are encouraged to make an

oral presentation and to apply for the AADRcompetition awards. The travel grant winnersfrom the 2014 Student Research Day includepredoctoral students Mark Guevarra (D’16),Meghan Harley (D’17), Gang Ko (D’15), Laura

Koo Min Chee (D’16), Joosang Lee (D’16), KevinLin (D’16), Ali Abdul Majeed (D’16), AlexanderMargolis (D’16), Maral Mobasher (D’15), andBoshi Zhang (D’16). The award recipients fromthe 2014 Research Retreat include juniorresearchers Geelsu Hwang from theDepartment of Orthodontics, CatherineMoorwood from the Department of Anatomy &Cell Biology, and Toshiharu Abe from theDepartment of Microbiology.

The Penn Dental Medicine AADR TravelAward grants will be presented to students andjunior researchers annually.

Evidence-Based Analgesic Therapy/AdverseDrug InteractionsFebruary 21, 2015This presentation by Dr. Elliot Hersh, Professor,Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology, will help to make sense of thecomplex subject of adverse drug interactions,with a special focus on those involving sedative,analgesic, antibiotic, and local anesthetic/vasoconstrictor agents.

The Penn Esthetics SymposiumJune 11 – 13, 2015The Penn Esthetics Symposium will also celebrate the 60th anniversary of the School’sDepartment of Periodontics. The program willcover a full range of topics within osteology,esthetics, implants, periodontics, andprosthodontics. As part of the event, an alumnireunion will be held on June 12, and the programon June 13 will celebrate the memory of Dr.Morton Amsterdam (C’43, D’45).

Penn Periodontal ConferenceJune 28 – July 3, 2015The School’s inaugural Penn PeriodontalConference was presented in 2013 and PennDental Medicine anticipates continuing to hostthis gathering every two years. The 2015 programwill once again be structured to encourageinteraction among participants in a variety offormats. The scientific program will focus onthe latest research in periodontology within thetopics of biology and pathology, microbial com-plexity, inflammation, immunity, epigenetics, andclinical advances and novel treatments in periodontal disease.

Penn Dental Medicine is an ADA CERP provider of continuing education with tuition discounts forPenn Dental Medicine alumni and faculty, as wellas students. For more information on these andother continuing education programs, visitwww.dental.upenn.edu/cde.

CDE SYMPOSIAPlan now to attend upcoming

Penn Dental Medicine continuing education programs.

— 2015 —

“This is a unique opportunity to showcasePenn Dental Medicine’sresearch on the globalstage.” DR. MICHEL KOO


As research continues to prove a link between good oral hygiene and overall health, itbecomes vitally important to make dental care more accessible to all people. But whatabout those who have mobility issues, lack transportation, are homebound, or have physical disabilities that would make it impossible to visit a traditional dental office?

ONCAMPUS

“Those are the questions that have beenin my head for a long time,” says Dr. AliciaHouston (GD’15), this year’s chief resident inPenn Dental Medicine’s Oral Medicine Program.

Not content to just mull over the problem,Dr. Houston has devised post-graduation plansto trade the overhead of a traditional dentalpractice office for a career making house callsto underserved populations.

“A mobile practice is appealing becauseI’m deeply passionate about providing oral care to those who cannot otherwise access atraditional office, particularly the geriatric popu-lation and physically challenged,” explains Dr.Houston. “While many alternative care optionsexist for underserved populations, includinghome and hospice care, dental care optionsremain underrepresented and I hope to bridgethat gap.”

Dr. Houston plans to provide comprehensiveoral exams and basic dental care, including prophylaxis and periodontal treatments, simpleoperative procedures, basic extractions, andremovable options. She was inspired by thesuccess of Penn Dental Medicine graduate andclinical director, Dr. Alisa G. Kauffman (D’85),who has proven the viability of a mobile dentalpractice. “Access Home Dental, my Washington,D.C.-based mobile practice, remains in itsinfancy,” Houston says. “However, I hope tofollow in the footsteps of Dr. Kauffman, whosemobile dental practice has already made a huge impact in both our industry as well as her community.”

Although Dr. Houston’s dream may bewithin reach, chances are, it would have remainedundiscovered had she not participated in thePenn Dental Medicine Graduate ExternshipProgram while she was a dental student atHoward University. The program partners with Howard University College of Dentistry in Washington, D.C., and Meharry Medical

College School of Dentistry in Nashville, Tenn.,providing junior and senior dental students theopportunity to spend one week with graduateresidents in Penn Dental Medicine specialtyclinics.

“It was during this program that I was ableto shadow many of Penn Dental’s renowned spe-cialists in oral medicine, including Drs. Sollecito,Stoopler, and Greenberg. They all took greatinterest in immersing me in the field over thecourse of the program, which helped to solidifymy decision to pursue training at Penn in oralmedicine,” she says.

The externship program not only exposesdental students to opportunities in graduatedental education, but also helps meet the needfor more minority care providers. “Through itsannual student recruitment fair, the NationalDental Association (NDA) conference continuallyemphasizes a necessity to elevate dental studentsvia postgraduate training,” says Dr. BeverleyCrawford, Director of Diversity Affairs, whooversees the externship program. “Our policiesand procedures are designed to recruit a diversegroup of students who can advance the profession, like Alicia Houston. This externshipprogram was designed to support that initiativeand Howard and Meharry are two institutionsknown for producing dental students of thehighest caliber.”

In 2011, the pilot for the externship programhosted three students. Since then, more than20 students have participated. “It has beenexciting to see interest grow,” adds Dr. UriHangorsky, Associate Dean for AcademicAffairs, who brought the program idea to Dr.Crawford to set the program in motion. “Dr.Crawford is continuing to build the programand it is hoped that in the future affiliationagreements can be reached that will allow students to have some hands-on experiences.”

With her transition to private practice onthe horizon for this spring, Dr. Houston hasaccomplished one additional leadership goal:being selected as chief resident in theDepartment of Oral Medicine.

“I was honored to be selected, and thisopportunity has allowed me to identify some ofmy strengths and weaknesses as a leader,” shesays. “I’m grateful for the lessons that I havelearned in this role as well as the confidence Ihave developed to take my next step into myprivate dental practice.”

Following a Passion for Patient-Centered Dentistry

STUDENT PROFILE:

DR. ALICIA HOUSTON, GD’15


Key to that sense of confidence is her passion to increase public awareness of oralmedicine as a vital component of comprehensivehealthcare. “At the core of my passion for oralmedicine, I hold a philosophical belief of thesignificance of early detection, diagnosis,

effective management, and prevention,” she says.“In addition to launching my mobile practice, I plan to offer community lectures and shareinsights with other health practitioners. When itcomes to oral care, I believe that every individualmust be well-informed and every practitionermust observe the importance of exercising apatient-centered approach.”

“While many alternative careoptions exist for underservedpopulations, including homeand hospice care, dental care options remain underrepresented and I hope to bridge that gap.”DR. ALICIA HOUSTON, GD’15

As part of the 2013-2014 class of the Hedwig van Ameringen executive leadershipin Academic Medicine® (elAM®) program, Dr. Anh le, Chair of Penn DentalMedicine’s Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology and theNorman Vine endowed Professor of Oral Rehabilitation, was among 50 women

faculty members nationwide selected to participate in thiscompetitive program. The year-long fellowship, part of theInternational Center for executive leadership in Academicsat Drexel University School of Medicine, is dedicated topreparing senior women faculty at schools of medicine, dentistry, and public health to effect sustained positivechange as institutional leaders. The fellowship encompassesexecutive education, personal leadership assessment andcoaching, and networking and mentoring activities aimed at broadening perspectives, building new capacities, andencouraging professional connections.

Dr. le’s institutional action project, developed as part of the program, examinedways to promote academic careers in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS). “On average nationwide, it is estimated that less than 2-3% of oral surgery programgraduates pursue academic faculty positions,” says Dr. le. “That is a major concern.To advance our specialty, we must develop a supporting and nurturing platformthat enables a successful academic path for future generations.”

A preliminary survey of stakeholders, conducted as part of her project, identifiedthe educational loan burden as well as the need for stronger faculty mentoring andimproved institutional support among the top barriers to pursuing an academiccareer path. Among the outcomes at Penn, Dr. le has restructured her Departmentto provide more opportunities for mentorship and is working with scholars fromPenn Medicine, Penn Nursing, and Penn Vet to discuss strategies and best practicesto promote and sustain academic clinicians overall.

In addition, as part of this project, Dr. le recently received a $10,000 grant fromthe excellence through Diversity Fund (within Penn’s Office of the Provost) in sup-port of a proposal on “Promoting Academic excellence through Diversity,” a jointcollaboration with Dr. Sarah Millar, Professor of Dermatology at Penn’s PerelmanSchool of Medicine, who also participated in the elAM program this past year.

elAM graduates now number nearly 900 women in leadership roles at schoolsnationwide. Since the program's inception in 1995, 63% of accredited U.S. dentalschools and 88% of accredited U.S. medical schools have sponsored fellows.

encouraging Women in leadership,Promoting Academic Careers

Dr. Anh Le

QUAKERNETYOUR KEY TO CONNECT

CREATE an online profile and network with other alumni

SEARCH for fellow alumni across the country and around the world

UPDATE your contact information

WWW.MYQUAKERNET.COM


ONCAMPUS

Three New Board AppointeesAdding to the depth of the School’s Board of Overseers, Penn Dental Medicine welcomes threenew members — Nancy L. Baker, ESQ, Julie Charlestein, and Haruo Morita. All three were officiallyapproved for three-year renewable terms by the University’s Board of Trustees at its June 2014meeting.

Nancy Baker brings legal expertise to this advisory role. A practicingattorney in Rochester, N.Y., she earned her law degree from StateUniversity of New York at Buffalo and also holds an MBA from CornellUniversity’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. Baker has familyties to Penn Dental Medicine with both her father, Robert Baker, Sr.(D’52), and brother, Robert Baker, Jr. (D’85), graduates of the School.Robert Baker, Sr. also served for many years as a member of the Boardof Overseers and was a recipient of the Penn Dental Medicine AlumniSociety’s Award of Merit in 1988. Baker is active on a variety of otherboards, including Pittsford Schools PTSA, serving as Chair and DistrictLiaison for Community Service, which awarded her the “Sally Award”for service to the district; the Friends of Pittsford Hockey; the RochesterSchool for the Deaf; and Lawyers for Learning, a section of the MonroeCounty Bar.

Julie Charlestein is a fourth-generation leader of Premier DentalProducts Company, serving as President of this Plymouth Meeting,Pa.-based business, which develops, manufactures, and distributesinnovative consumables to the dental profession worldwide. Charlesteinholds a degree in Political Science and Judaic Language and Literaturefrom Emory University and earned a graduate degree in Businessfrom Temple University. In her role as President of Premier, Charlesteinwas voted one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women in Dentistry byDental Products Report. Charlestein serves on the Board of Directors forthe ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Association, the Board of the Alliancefor Oral Health Across Borders, and the Dean’s Advisory Board of theHarvard School of Dental Medicine. She also served on the Board ofDirectors of the Dental Trade Alliance, where she chaired theGovernment Relations Committee.

Haruo Morita expands the global perspective of the Board. Morita isPresident of J. Morita Corporation, one of the world’s largest dentalmanufacturers and distributors of dental equipment and supplies with itsworld headquarters in Osaka, Japan, and other divisions around the world.Morita also serves as President of J. Morita Europe GmbH, MoritaDental Asia PTE, Ltd., Siamdent Co., Ltd., and System Planning Corporation— all divisions of J. Morita Corporation. In addition, Morita is Chairman ofJ. Morita Mfg. Corporation, J. Morita Tokyo Mfg. Corporation, and J. MoritaUSA, Inc. Active in leadership roles within professionals and trade asso-ciations, he presently serves as Chairman of the Japan Dental ComputerAssociation and the Japan Dental Industry Council; Vice Chairman of theJapan Dental Trade Association and the Japan Research Council onDental Products; Head Director of the Japan Dental DistributorsAssociation; and Director of the Japan Dental Importers Association.

“Nancy, Julie, and Haruo’s wonderful personalities and business skills will be a valuable additionto the Board and a great help to the School,” says Morton Amsterdam Dean Denis Kinane.

Julie Charlestein

Haruo Morita

Student ResearchDay 2014Penn Dental Medicine’s 2014 Student ResearchDay once again celebrated the broad range ofresearch projects conducted by Penn DentalMedicine DMD students during the past year.Held May 15, it featured poster presentationsfrom participants in the Summer ResearchProgram; the School’s honors programs inresearch, community health, clinical care, andoral medicine; and the Bridging the Gaps com-munity externship. The winning presentationsincluded:

Summer Research Program: First place: Laura KooMin Chee (D’16) for “Relationship between Post-natal Growth of the Masseter Muscle and CranialFocal Bone Growth in Mice,” Dr. Elisabeth Barton,Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, preceptor. Asfirst-place winner, Koo Min Chee represented PennDental Medicine in the 2014 ADA/ DENTSPLYStudent Clinician Research Program at the ADAAnnual Session in San Antonio in October; Secondplace: Alexander Margolis (D’16) for “Analysis ofGAR1 and the DNA Damage Response,” Dr. FaizanAlawi, Dept. of Pathology, preceptor; Third place:Meghan Harley (D’17) for “Bisphosphonate-Mediated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Responsein Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells,” Dr. SundayAkintoye, Dept. of Oral Medicine, preceptor.

For Bridging the Gaps: First place: Daniel Coke(D’16) for “The 3 S's of Summer: Safe Corridors,Social Media, and Sound Health” at EducationWorks, a nonprofit providing educational pro-grams to children, youth, and families; Secondplace: Marni Tuchman (D’16) for “Speak for Me:Reflections on the Health Care Proxy Project” atLIFE, Penn Nursing’s center serving the elderly;Third place: Marissa Dziepak (D’16) for “SmallMinds, Big Dreams: Integration of Mental,Physical and Emotional Health,” at Francis J.Myers Recreation Center. Dr. Joan Gluch, Div. ofCommunity Health, was the Penn DentalMedicine preceptor for all three students.

Ellis E. Golub Research Honors Award: MaralMobasher (D’15) for "Acute Dyskerin DepletionTriggers Cellular Senescence and RendersOsteosarcoma Cells Resistant to GenotoxicStress-Induced Apoptosis,” Dr. Faizan Alawi,Dept. of Pathology, preceptor.

Nancy L. Baker, ESQ


This summer, Penn Dental Medicineincreased the number of operatories in its Pediatric Clinic by 60 percent,expanding the clinic space to create anew open bay area with six additionaltreatment areas. The expansion supportsthe continuing growth of the School’sDivision of Pediatric Dentistry, whichhas doubled the class size of its PediatricResidency Program, now acceptingfour residents each year (the first classat this increased size started in July).

The expansion will enable the clinicto see a greater number of patients,which in turn, will expose both predoc-toral students and the postgraduateresidents to a wider diversity of cases.“We are excited to be able to increasethe number of children we serve,” saysDr. Betty Harokopakis-Hajishengallis,Chief of the Division of PediatricDentistry, “and, to do so in such abright, happy setting.”

The new bay features warm yellowwalls with a colorful hand-print trim andeach of the dental chairs is a different,bright color. Also part of the new additionis a residents’ room with work stations.This addition, which adjoins the existingclinic, previously housed faculty offices.

The new area is being used for the predoctoral student rotations throughthe clinic. “Because it is an open baysetting, it is better suited for older chil-dren, and usually, that is the patient poolof the predoctoral students,” says Dr.Harokopakis-Hajishengallis. However,she adds that the predoctoral studentexperience in pediatrics is growing thisyear. “While our predoctoral studentswill continue to complete a rotation inthe clinic, we are going to start havingthem assist residents with cases as well,which will give them direct experiencewith more complex cases,” explains Dr.Harokopakis-Hajishengallis.

As part of this project, the existingclinic area, which features 10 privateroom operatories, and the waiting areawere also repainted the same bright,golden yellow as the new addition, andthe waiting area was finished in newhardwood floors.

The next steps will be to furtherupdate the original part of the clinic andto build resources for continuing thegrowth and development of the School’spediatric services and educational pro-grams. As part of the fundraising effortsfor these initiatives, alumni and friendscan make a lasting tribute through thefollowing naming opportunities: ClinicNaming (1), $1,000,000; Residents’Room/Station (1), $150,000; Operatories(16), $50,000. For more information onthese and on supporting the Division ofPediatric Dentistry at all gift levels,contact: Maren Gaughan, AssociateDean for leadership Giving at 215-898-8952 or [email protected].

Pediatric Clinicexpands withNew Open Bay

60percent increase inthe number of operatories in thePediatric Clinic

ABOVE: The new open bay addition to the Pediatric Clinicfeatures six operatories and bright, fun colors, creating awelcoming environment for young patients.


As the Evans Building Marks the 100th Anniversary of its Dedication in 2015, Plans are Set for a Major Transformation

THE EVANS BUILDING CENTENNIAL RENAISSANCE

RESPECTING THE PAST,REFLECTING THE FUTURE


ON A CHIllY DAY in February 1915, theUniversity community gathered with anticipa-tion for a momentous event, heralded as the“greatest in dental history” by the local press:the dedication of the new Thomas W. evansMuseum and Dental Institute, built with fundsfrom the estate of the prominent Philadelphia(and later Parisian) dentist for whom it wasnamed. The building at 40th and Spruce Streetswas beautifully appointed and stately, with adramatic, sweeping staircase and the mostadvanced and spacious facilities of its time.While the dental school’s history traces backto the 1850s and the Pennsylvania College ofDental Surgery (its Dean was tapped by Penn toestablish the School of Dental Medicine as the

Dental Department of the University in 1878), itwas the construction of the well-outfitted evansBuilding in 1915 that catapulted Penn into aleadership position in the field of dental educa-tion. The opening of the evans Building markedthe beginning of Penn Dental Medicine as weknow it today. The impressive Gothic structure,designed by architect John T. Windram andbuilt in conjunction with the University, hasprovided a functional and elegant home for thedental school ever since.

Although many parts of this respectedlandmark have been refurbished more than onceover its history, the evans Building CentennialRenaissance project will mark its largest trans-formation ever. Over the past year, earlier plansfor changes in parts of the building werereevaluated in favor of pursuing this more com-prehensive plan that will transform the spacethroughout. Celebrating the building’s 100-yearbirthday with style, it will bring this grand dameof dentistry fully into the 21th century, whilepreparing it to meet the needs of patients, stu-dents, faculty, and staff well into the future.


RESPECTING THE PAST/REFLECTING THE FUTUREPRESERVING CHARACTER AND DETAILS The Centennial Renaissance project will impactevery floor of the evans Building, changing andupdating the use and flow of most areas, while fundamentally respecting its historic character(only the specialty clinics, renovated in recentyears, will go untouched, along with the MainClinic and a few administrative offices). The plancalls for preserving beloved architectural details,such as its grand staircase, original windows, andimpressive façade adorned with its legendarygargoyles. The project’s primary componentsare the creation of a new preclinical lab and con-tinuing education (Ce) training center and a new,modern clinic, while a reimagined library spaceand abundant student use and faculty and staffareas will vastly improve the facilities as well.

Making these much-needed improvements to the evans Building has been a top priority forMorton Amsterdam Dean Denis Kinane. Sincejoining Penn Dental Medicine, he has beenfocused on determining the best approach formaking them a reality, culminating in the plansthat are moving forward through the CentennialRenaissance project. “Our mission is to update this historic building so that it will support thehighest-quality dental education for which PennDental has always been known and respected,”says Dean Kinane.

In addition to providing a state-of-the-artlearning and teaching environment, the changesalso will make a powerful impression onprospective students touring the dental school,a critical link in continuing to draw and retainthe top admissions candidates.

Currently, the $34 million project is in thedetail design phase, explains Jeff Fahnoe, SeniorDirector of Planning and Operations. Fahnoe is overseeing the many complex facets of theCentennial project, working closely with thePhiladelphia-based architectural firm Ballinger,the project architects. A feasibility study and aschematic design have already been approvedby the University’s Capital Advisory Group. Ifthe detail design phase (expected to take ninemonths) continues on schedule, work on theproject could start as early as fall 2015. “Theproject will be completed in multiple phases toensure the School remains fully operationalthroughout the project,” says Fahnoe.

LOWER CONCOURSE: STUDENT SPACES, HIGH-TECH LABSThrough the Centennial Renaissance project, thelower concourse of the evans Building will becompletely transformed with the key spacebeing a new, cutting-edge preclinical lab and Cetraining center. This new lab will be positionedin the northeast portion of the concourse, thelocation of the current Paletz Clinic. The facilitywill feature fixed benches with ample room fortable-top projects and up to 90 high-tech studentworkstations. each workstation will have aretractable simulation unit, fully outfitted withdental equipment and designed to replicate thespatial dynamics of a clinical setting to reinforcecorrect positioning and posture. each space willalso have a computer monitor for instructionalvideos and streaming of live demonstrations.The plan for the lab focuses on pleasant lighting,ergonomic furnishings, high-tech equipment, andoptimal flow. This space and its technology willalso be used for hands-on continuing educationprograms.

The lower concourse will also include a newhome for the Advanced Simulation lab (now temporarily located in the Schattner Center), whichcontains the School’s brand new Simodont virtualreality units, which employ haptic technology.Twelve units were acquired this past spring andoffer students a highly realistic experience fordeveloping their manual dexterity and preclinicalskills. The units simulate dental procedures and

allow students to work on a virtual tooth and “feel”what makes each layer unique using virtual dentalinstruments.

“With a new preclinical lab, complementedby our state-of-the-art advanced simulation lab, we will truly be moving our preclinical educationinto the 21st century, which is vital,” says Dr.Margrit Maggio, Director of Preclinical Dentistryand Director of Advanced Simulation. “Our stu-dents are technically savvy, and they expect ahigh-tech learning environment.”

Completing the lower concourse will be anew student lounge, study and meeting rooms, a lecture hall, the offices of Student Affairs andAcademic Affairs, and other administrativeoffices, creating a floor fully devoted to studentactivities and student support.

“Our mission is to updatethis historic building so thatit will support the highest-quality dental education forwhich Penn Dental hasalways been known andrespected.”DEAN DENIS KINANE


FIRST FLOOR: A NEW MODERN CLINICThe centerpiece of the first floor will be a newmodern clinic, situated to facilitate a direct, con-venient path for patients from the registrationarea by the School’s entrance in the RobertSchattner Center. The 65- to 70-chair clinic willreplace the much smaller Myers and Paletz gen-eral restorative clinics, and occupy the largesouthwest side of the first floor, which nowincludes administrative offices and the library.

The building’s original windows alongSpruce Street and the west side of the buildingwill bathe the clinic with natural light. Just as thechanges to the lower concourse will create a floorfor student activities, the first floor transforma-tion will provide patients with an easily accessible,self-contained area of the building designed tobring them the best care experience possible. Anew Dean’s/executive administration office wingwill replace the old Myers Clinic, and a café forpatients and the Penn Dental Medicine commu-nity will round out the floor plan.

“From the new clinic and preclinical lab tothe new study and teaching spaces, the CentennialRenaissance project will create an entirely mod-ern environment that recognizes the pedagogicand infrastructure needs of today’s technology-savvy students as well as state-of-the-art teaching

OPPOSITE: A new preclinical lab and CE training center will be created in the lower concourse, featuring fixed benches andup to 90 high-tech work stations.

ABOVE: The centerpiece of the first floor will be a new, modern 65- to 70-chair clinic for general restorative care; thebuilding’s original windows along Spruce Street will flood the space with natural light.

TOP: Plans for a new library feature a dramatic two-story space that will return the library to its original location on thebuilding’s second floor.

and patient care technologies,” says Dr. MarkusBlatz, Chairman of Preventive & RestorativeSciences. “It will bring our teaching environment,laboratories, and clinics to the most advancedlevel to prepare our students for the demands ofan ever-changing profession, while giving ourpatients access to the highest-level patient carein a modern state-of-the-art clinical setting.”

SECOND & THIRD FLOORS: A REIMAGINED LIBRARYPlans for the second and third floors create a dramatic two-story library space that will return the library to its original location on the secondfloor (currently the Sig Seigel Conference Room).An original, architecturally stunning two-story window will be the centerpiece of this new space.The reading and study areas on the third floor willoverlook the library space below on three sides andthe main staircase on the other.

In keeping with library trends, this reimag-ined library will contain far fewer books and manymore digital resources, and will be open 24 hoursa day to accommodate student schedules. Thisairy and welcoming library space will be supple-mented with small, private study areas for groupsof four to six students on the west wing of thethird floor, which will also house a classroom andfaculty and staff offices. A faculty office suite willoccupy the previously renovated east wing of thisfloor, which will undergo minor changes as part ofthis project.

CLIMATE CONTROLOne significant part of this renovation project(accounting for approximately $10 million of theproject budget) will not be seen, but it will be felt.The building’s antiquated HVAC system willreceive a complete overhaul through the renova-tion, ensuring the maintenance of comfortableclimate and temperature controls throughout all


RESPECTING THE PAST/REFLECTING THE FUTUREfour levels of the building. Funding this part ofthe project is being provided through theUniversity’s Century Bond initiative — an interest-free loan program that is available for projectsthat reduce energy usage by introducing moreefficient systems, which the new HVAC systemwill do.

The majority of the HVAC work will be completed in the first phase of the project, whichalso includes the new preclinical lab and Ce training center and the advanced simulation lab in the lower concourse and all of the second andthird floor renovations.

USHERING IN A NEW ERA As the School prepares to begin the largesttransformation in the history of its storied evansBuilding, the Dean and administration look for-ward to ushering the building, and indeed theentire School, into a new era. With the support ofthe School’s alumni and friends, it is a time tocelebrate not only the Building’s centennial, butalso its infinite future potential.

“The evans Building is a fantastic, historicstructure,” says Dean Kinane. “As it celebratesits 100th anniversary in 2015, we are taking thesteps needed to get it ready for the next 100years.”

—By Juliana Delany

NAMING OPPORTUNITIESThrough the evans Building Centennial Renaissance project, alumni and friends caninvest in the future of Penn Dental Medicine and make a lasting tribute through the following naming opportunities. leadership gifts totaling $8 million are alreadypledged toward this project’s $12 million fundraising goal.

PRECLINICAL LAB & CE TRAINING CENTERPreclinical lab/Ce Training Center Naming (1) $2,000,000 evaluation Room (1) $100,000 Wet lab (1) $100,000 Preclinical Benches (14) $75,000 Teaching Station (1) $50,000 Dental Mobile Units (75) $10,000

ADVANCED DENTAL SIMULATION LAB Advanced Dental Simulation lab Naming (1) $750,000 Simulation Units (12, 2 reserved) $25,000

LOWER CONCOURSE STUDENT FACILITIESStudent lounge (1) $200,000 Seminar Classrooms (4) $150,000 Small Study Pods (7, 1 reserved) $25,000

FIRST FLOOR CLINICClinic Naming (1) $4,000,000 Reception (reserved) $500,000 Café/Patient Area $250,000 Operatories (70) $50,000 x-Ray Rooms (4) $25,000

DEAN’S EXECUTIVE WINGexecutive Wing Naming $3,000,000 Dean’s Office $1,000,000 executive Conference Room $250,000

LIBRARYKnowledge Center $750,000 Mezzanine Reading lounge $500,000 Small Seminar Room $75,000 Small Study Pods (4) $25,000 Study Carrels (10) $5,000

OTHERFaculty Suite $500,000 Walkway from Robert Schattner Center (2) $250,000

For more information on these naming opportunities and on support of the evans BuildingCentennial Renaissance project at all gift levels, contact: Maren Gaughan, Associate Dean forleadership Giving at 215-898-8952 or [email protected].


TRANSLATING SCIENCE TO PRACTICE

RESEARCHSPOTLIGHT

This year, the research of Dr. Dana Graves,Professor in the Department of Periodonticsand Vice Dean for Scholarship andResearch at Penn Dental Medicine, wasrecognized by the InternationalAssociation for Dental Research (IADR)with its 2014 Distinguished ScientistAward in Basic Research in PeriodontalDisease. The prize, supported by theColgate-Palmolive Company, honors andencourages “outstanding achievements”in periodontal disease research.

With more than 150 published papersin peer-reviewed, high-level journals, Dr.Graves’ research has focused on inflammation, wound repair, and diabetes and theirrelationship to periodontal disease. Since 1984, his work has been continuouslyfunded by the National Institutes of Health, and he is currently principal investigatoron three R01 grants — Mechanisms for Impaired Diabetic Oral Wound Healing,Dendritic Cells and Periodontal Disease, and Diabetic Fracture Healing. Presently, Dr.Graves is also an associate editor of the IADR/AADR Journal of Dental Research.

each year, the IADR presents 16 Distinguished Scientist Awards. One of the high-est honors bestowed by IADR, each of the awards recognizes a career of distinguishedaccomplishments in research and development. This year’s awards were presented atthe 92nd IADR General Session & exhibition, held in Cape Town, South Africa, in June.

The IADR is a nonprofit organization with nearly 11,500 members dedicated toadvancing knowledge to improve oral health, supporting oral health researchers, andfacilitating the communication and application of research findings.

PAST RECIPIENTSAlong with Dr. Graves, the researchactivities of eight other current membersof the Penn Dental Medicine facultyhave been recognized with an IADRDistinguished Scientist Award at somepoint in their careers. Those past awardsand recipients include the following:

2013 PULP BIOLOGY RESEARCH AWARD

Dr. Songtao Shi, Professor, Department of Anatomy& Cell Biology (see related story, page 2)Dr. Shi’s research program focuses on the characterization of human mesenchymal stemcells and the relationship between mesenchymalstem cells and orofacial diseases at the moleculeand cellular levels. Along with his collaborators,his lab has isolated and identified several newpopulations of mesenchymal stem cells,including dental pulp stem cells, stem cells fromhuman exfoliated deciduous teeth, periodontalligament stem cells, stem cells from apicalpapilla, and tendon stem/progenitor cells.These discoveries are enabling further investi-gations of these oral-tissue-derived stem cellsand their use in tissue engineering, diseasemodeling, and clinical treatment. Dr. Shi haspublished more than 150 peer-reviewed articlesin a variety of high-impact scientific journals, ofwhich he served as the corresponding author inNature Medicine, Cell Stem Cell, Lancet, Journal ofClinical Investigation, Nature Biotechnology,Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesin the U.S.A, Cell Research, Blood, Journal of Boneand Mineral Research, Stem Cells, and Journal ofDental Reseach.

Dr. Dana GravesHonored forPeriodontal Research


RESEARCHSPOTLIGHT

2012 BASIC RESEARCH INPERIODONTAL DISEASE AWARD

Dr. Denis Kinane, Morton Amsterdam Dean,Professor, Departments of Periodontics andPathologyDr. Kinane’s research focuses on periodontalimmune and inflammatory processes, mainlyaddressing the causes, development, and susceptibility markers of periodontal disease.His work also examines the relationshipbetween periodontal/other oral diseases andsystemic health and diseases such as diabetesand cardiovascular disease, involving researchinto inflammation, immunity, microbial pathogenesis, genetics, and systemic diseasemarkers. Dr. Kinane has more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, active and new NIH grants,and is a sought after international speaker.

2012 RESEARCH IN ORAL BIOLOGY AWARD

Dr. George Hajishengallis, Professor, Department of MicrobiologyDr. Hajishengallis’ research interests lie at the interface of microbial pathogenesis andimmunity, and his work has illuminated novelmechanisms of microbial dysbiosis and inflam-mation. His work combines basic scientific and translational research, leading to novelapproaches to clinical problems, such asexemplified by periodontal disease. Dr.Hajishengallis has more than 100 peer-reviewedpapers, active and new NIH grants, and is asought after international speaker.

2007 PHARMACOLOGY/THERAPEUTICS/TOXICOLOGYRESEARCH AWARD

Dr. Elliot Hersh, Professor, Department of Oral &Maxillofacial Surgery/PharmacologyDr. Hersh runs an active clinical research program that plays a key role in developingand carrying out clinical protocols for FDA piv-otal studies. His analgesic research team wasinstrumental in the granting of FDA approvalto a number of analgesic and anesthetic agents,such as ibuprofen liquigels (Advil Liquigels),OTC ketoprofen (Orudis KT), extended-releaseetodolac (Lodine XL), 4% articaine with

1:200,000 epinephrine (Septocaine 1:200,000),the transoral lidocaine patch (Dentipatch), andphentolamine mesylate (OraVerse). His mostrecent research has focused on the developmentof the novel opioid combination drug CL-108,which produces significantly less nausea thancurrently marketed opioids and a nasal spraydelivery system of local anesthesia which“numbs” the maxillary teeth without the use of needles.

2006 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

Dr. Hyun (Michel) Koo, Professor, Department of OrthodonticsDr. Koo’s research focuses on understandingthe assembly principles and the virulencedeterminants of oral biofilms, as well as developing novel therapeutic approaches toprevent biofilm-dependent oral infectious dis-eases, such as dental caries. He is particularlyinterested in three major questions around thebiofilm matrix — how the extracellular matrixassembles dynamically in 3D, how the matrixmodulates the microenvironmental hetero-geneity within biofilms, and how to disrupt thematrix-delineated microenvironments and/ortarget the pathogens embedded in the matrix.

2004 RESEARCH IN ORAL BIOLOGY AWARD

Dr. Carolyn Gibson, Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell BiologyDr. Gibson’s research has examined the regu-lation of dental enamel formation, by studyingthe in vivo function of proteins that are secretedby ameloblasts and direct the mineralization ofdental enamel. She has cloned and characterizedhuman, murine, and bovine amelogenin genes,and has analyzed expression and alternativesplicing of amelogenin RNA. (While Dr. Gibsonretired in December 2013, she continues to beactive in research and teaching at Penn DentalMedicine.)

1992 PULP BIOLOGY RESEARCH AWARD

Dr. Syngcuk Kim, Interim Chair, Louis I. GrossmanProfessor, Department of EndodonticsDr. Kim’s research interests have focused onpulpal inflammation by studying sensory physi-ology and microcirculation. Using neuropeptidesreleased from the sensory nerve endings as themediators, he was able to elucidate pulpalinflammation as the neurogenic inflammation.His investigations have also included theevaluation of various dental materials, especiallyMTA and Bioceramic using stem-cell lines. Witha focus on clinical research, he has changed apicalsurgery fundamentally to microsurgery inendodontics, making it a more predictable surgical procedure to save the teeth.

1986 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

Dr. Marjorie Jeffcoat, Professor, Department of Periodontics and Former DeanWith a common focus on the relationshipbetween oral health and systemic health, Dr.Jeffcoat’s research interests have examined therelationship between periodontal disease andpreterm birth, diabetes, and cardiovascular dis-ease. Other recent studies have also addressedthe impact of cost effectiveness of dental treat-ment in relation to overall medical costs. Inorder to answer these clinical questions, shefocuses on periodontal disease, implants,caries, diabetes, coronary artery disease, andcerebral vascular disease, having also devel-oped new radiographic methods and computerprograms. Dr. Jeffcoat was elected to theInstitute of Medicine for her research accom-plishments and also served as president of boththe IADR and AADR.


ANATOMY & CELL BIOLOGY

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTSDr. Elisabeth Barton, Associate Professorand Interim Chair, Dept. of Anatomy &Cell Biology, received the Basic ScienceAward from the Penn Dental MedicineClass of 2014, presented for excellencein teaching within the basic sciences.

RECENT GRANT AWARDSDepartment of the Army grant to evaluate the therapeutic potential ofplant-derived proteins to counter fibrosisin muscular dystrophy. Not only will thisstudy test a specific pathway, ACE2, asan anti-fibrotic, but it will also test a newstrategy for delivery for muscle disease. Principal Investigator: Dr. Elisabeth Barton,Associate Professor and Interim Chair

SELECTED PUBLICATIONSRecently published work by departmentresearchers (indicated in bold).

Altamirano F, Perez CF, Liu M, WidrickJ, Barton ER, Allen PD, Adams JA, LopezJR. Whole body periodic acceleration is an effective therapy to aliorate musculardystrophy in mdx mice. PLoS One. 2014Sep 2;9(9):e106590. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0106590.

Beckel JM, Argall AJ, Lim JC, Xia J, LuW, Coffey EE, Macarak EJ, ShahidullahM, Delamere NA, Zode GS, SheffieldVC, Shestopalov VI, Laties AM, MitchellCH. Mechanosensitive release of adenosine5'-triphosphate through pannexin channelsand mechanosensitive upregulation of pannexin channels in optic nerve headastrocytes: A mechanism for purinergicinvolvement in chronic strain. Glia. 2014Sep;62(9):1486-501.DOI:10.1002/glia.22695.

Durzynska J, Barton E. IGF expression inHPV-related and HPV-unrelated humancancer cells. Oncol Rep. 2014 Jul 11.DOI:10.3892/or.2014.3329.

Durzynska J, Philippou A, Brisson BK,Nguyen-McCarty M, Barton ER. The pro-forms of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I)are predominant in skeletal muscle andalter IGF-I receptor activation.Endocrinology. 2013 Mar; 154(3):1215-24. DOI:10.1210/en.2012-1992.

Guha S, Coffey EE, Lu W, Lim JC, BeckelJM, Laties AM, Boesze-Battaglia K,Mitchell CH (co-author in Dept. ofBiochemistry). Approaches for detectinglysosomal alkalinization and impaireddegradation in fresh and cultured RPE cells:Evidence for a role in retinal degenerations.Exp Eye Res. 2014 Sep; 126:68-76.DOI:10.1016/j.exer.2014.05.013.

Guha S, Liu J, Baltazar G, Laties AM,Mitchell CH. Rescue of compromised lysosomes enhances degradation of photoreceptor outer segments and reduceslipofuscin-like autofluorescence in retinalpigmented epithelial cells. Adv Exp MedBiol. 2014; 801:105-11. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3209-8_14.

Jacques J, Hotton D, De La Dure-MollaM, Petit S, Asselin A, Kulkarni AB,Gibson CW, Brookes SJ, Berdal A, IsaacJ. Tracking endogenous amelogenin andameloblastin in vivo. PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(6).DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0099626.

Li Y, Konicki WS, Wright JT, Suggs C,Xue H, Kuehl MA, Kulkarni AB, GibsonCW. Mouse genetic background influencesthe dental phenotype. Cells TissuesOrgans. 2014. DOI: 10.1159/000360157.

Moorwood C, Barton ER. Caspase-12ablation preserves muscle function in themdx mouse. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 May30. ddu249 [pii].

Moorwood C, Philippou A, Spinazzola J,Keyser B, Macarak EJ, Barton ER.Absence of gamma-sarcoglycan alters theresponse of p70S6 kinase to mechanicalperturbation in murine skeletal muscle.Skelet Muscle. 2014 Jul 1; 4:13, 5040-4-13. eCollection 2014. DOI: 10.1186/2044-5040-4-13.

Park S, Brisson BK, Liu M, Spinazzola JM,Barton ER. Mature IGF-I excels in promotingfunctional muscle recovery from disuseatrophy compared with pro-IGF-IA. J ApplPhysiol (1985). 2014 Apr 1;116(7):797-806. DOI:10.1152/japplphysiol.00955.2013.

Philippou A, Barton ER. Optimizing IGF-Ifor skeletal muscle therapeutics. GrowthHorm IGF Res. 2014 Jun 19. DOI: S1096-6374(14)00051-3 [pii].

Sanderson J, Dartt DA, Trinkaus-RandallV, Pintor J, Civan MM, Delamere NA,Fletcher EL, Salt TE, Grosche A, MitchellCH. Purines in the eye: Recent evidence forthe physiological and pathological role ofpurines in the RPE, retinal neurons, astro-cytes, muller cells, lens, trabecular mesh-work, cornea and lacrimal gland. Exp EyeRes. 2014 Aug 20. DOI: S0014-4835(14)00230-9 [pii].

BIOCHEMISTRY

RECENT GRANT AWARDSMulti-million dollar pharmaceutical-sponsored grant to express blood-clot-ting factors in lettuce chloroplasts andto evaluate (by oral delivery/capsules)bioencapsulated blood-clotting factorsto block the development of toxic anti-bodies produced in hemophilia patientsin response to injected clotting factorsor to neutralize developed antibodies.Principal Investigator: Dr. Henry Daniell,Professor and Interim Chair


Beltran WA, Cideciyan AV, GuziewiczKE, Iwabe S, Swider M, Scott EM, SavinaSV, Ruthel G, Stefano F, Zhang L, ZorgerR, Sumaroka A, Jacobson SG, AguirreGD. Canine retina has a primate fovea-likebouquet of cone photoreceptors which isaffected by inherited macular degenerations.PLoS ONE. 2014; 9(3). DOI:10.1371/jour-nal.pone.0090390.

Frost LS, Mitchell CH, Boesze-BattagliaK (co-author in Dept. of Anatomy & CellBiology). Autophagy in the eye: Implicationsfor ocular cell health. Exp Eye Res. 2014Jul; 124:56-66.DOI:10.1016/j.exer.2014.04.010.

Jin S, Daniell H. Expression of γ-tocopherolmethyltransferase in chloroplasts results inmassive proliferation of the inner envelopemembrane and decreases susceptibility tosalt and metal-induced oxidative stressesby reducing reactive oxygen species. PlantBiotechnol J. 2014 Jul 22.DOI:10.1111/pbi.12224.

DEPARTMENT/FACULTY NEWS & SCHOLARSHIP

ACADEMICUPDATE


Ruel N, Markova DZ, Adams SL,Scanzello C, Cs-Szabo G, Gerard D, ShiP, Anderson DG, Zack M, An HS, ChenD, Zhang Y. Fibronectin fragments and thecleaving enzyme ADAM-8 in the degener-ative human intervertebral disc. Spine.2014; 39(16):1274-9.DOI:10.1097/BRS.0000000000000397.

Shenoy V, Kwon KC, RathinasabapathyA, Lin S, Jin G, Song C, Shil P, Nair A, QiY, Li Q, Francis J, Katovich MJ, DaniellH, Raizada MK. Oral delivery ofangiotensin-converting enzyme 2 andangiotensin-(1-7) bioencapsulated in plantcells attenuates pulmonary hypertension.Hypertension. 2014 Sep 15. DOI:HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.03871.

Sherman A, Su J, Lin S, Wang X, HerzogRW, Daniell H. Suppression of inhibitorformation against FVIII in a murine modelof hemophilia A by oral delivery of antigensbioencapsulated in plant cells. Blood. 2014Sep 4;124(10):1659-68.DOI:10.1182/blood-2013-10-528737.

ENDODONTICS


Kataoka SH, Setzer FC, Gondim E,Jr,Caldeira CL. Impact absorption and forcedissipation of protective mouth guards withor without titanium reinforcement. J AmDent Assoc. 2014 Sep;145(9):956-9.DOI:10.14219/jada.2014.54.

Setzer FC, Bohme CP. Influence of com-bined cyclic fatigue and torsional stress onthe fracture point of nickel-titanium rotaryinstruments. J Endod. 2013 Jan;39(1):133-7. DOI:10.1016/j.joen.2012.10.001.

Strub JR, Kim S. Modern clinical dilemma:Extraction and implants vs retention ofendodontically treated teeth. Int JPeriodontics Restorative Dent. 2014 Jul-Aug;34(4):451.

White SC, Scarfe WC, Schulze RKW,Lurie AG, Douglass JM, Farman AG, LawCS, Levin MD, Sauer RA, Valachovic RW,Zeller GG, Goske MJ. The image gently indentistry campaign: Promotion of responsibleuse of maxillofacial radiology in dentistryfor children. Oral Surg Oral Med OralPathol Oral Radiol. 2014.DOI:10.1016/j.oooo.2014.06.001.

MICROBIOLOGY

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTSJieun Shin, a postdoc in the lab of Dr.George Hajishengallis, Professor, Dept.of Microbiology, received a poster pre-sentation award at the 5th InternationalConference on Osteoimmunology, heldin Kos, Greece, in June , for her work onosteoclast differentiation by MFG-E8.

RECENT GRANT AWARDSNational Institute of Allergy & InfectiousDiseases grant to determine mechanismsof complement involvement in periodon-titis and develop complement-targetedtherapies in preclinical models of thedisease.Principal Investigator: Dr. GeorgeHajishengallis, Professor


Abe T, Shin J, Hosur K, Udey MC,Chavakis T, Hajishengallis G. Regulationof osteoclast homeostasis and inflamma-

tory bone loss by MFG-E8. J Immunol.2014 Aug 1;193(3):1383-91.DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.1400970.

Cairns TM, Huang ZY, Whitbeck JC, deLeon MP, Lou H, Wald A, KrummenacherC, Eisenberg RJ, Cohen GH. Dissection ofthe antibody response against herpes simplexvirus glycoproteins in naturally infectedhumans. J Virol. 2014 Aug 20.DOI:JVI.01930-14 [pii].

Cramer EM, Shao Y, Wang Y, Yuan Y.miR-190 is upregulated in epstein-barrvirus type I latency and modulates cellularmRNAs involved in cell survival and viralreactivation. Virology. 2014 Jul 30;464-465C:184-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.06.029.

DiRienzo JM. Breaking the gingivalepithelial barrier: Role of the aggregatibacteractinomycetemcomitans cytolethal distending toxin in oral infectious disease.Cells. 2014 May 23;3(2):476-99.DOI:10.3390/cells3020476.

Gallagher JR, Atanasiu D, Saw WT,Paradisgarten MJ, Whitbeck JC,Eisenberg RJ, Cohen GH. Functional fluo-rescent protein insertions in herpes simplexvirus gB report on gB conformation beforeand after execution of membrane fusion.PLoS Pathog. 2014 Sep 18;10(9):e1004373.DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004373.

Hajishengallis G. The inflammophiliccharacter of the periodontitis-associatedmicrobiota. Mol Oral Microbiol. 2014 Jun26. DOI:10.1111/omi.12065.

Hajishengallis G, Moutsopoulos NM.Etiology of leukocyte adhesion deficiency-associated periodontitis revisited: Not araging infection but a raging inflammatoryresponse. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2014Aug;10(8):973-5.DOI:10.1586/1744666X.2014.929944.

Hajishengallis G, Sahingur SE. Novelinflammatory pathways in periodontitis.Adv Dent Res. 2014 May;26(1):23-9.DOI:10.1177/0022034514526240.

Maekawa T, Abe T, Hajishengallis E,Hosur KB, DeAngelis RA, Ricklin D,Lambris JD, Hajishengallis G (co-authorin Div. of Pediatric Dentistry). Genetic andintervention studies implicating complementC3 as a major target for the treatment ofperiodontitis. J Immunol. 2014 Jun 15;192(12):6020-7. DOI:10.4049/jimmunol.1400569.

ACADEMICUPDATE

ROOT FILLING PATENTDr. Francis Mante, Professor, Dept. of Preventive & RestorativeSciences, and Dr. Syngcuk Kim,Professor, Dept. of Endodontics, in collaboration with Miri Kim, a visiting professor from theDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Ulsan University, AsanMedical Center, Seoul, Korea were awarded U.S. Patent. No.12/701,924, titled "Non-Biodegradable Endodontic SealantComposition” for a new resin-based endodontic retrograde fillingmaterial. The material can be formulated as a two paste or powder-liquid system for retrograde root fillings.

MANIPULATING IMMUNE SYSTEMA new study from the lab of Dr. George Hajishengallis,Professor, Dept. of Microbiology,has shown periodontal bacteriahamper the killing action of white blood cells while stillallowing them to promoteinflammation in the gums. See:

Maekawa T, Krauss JL, Abe T, Jotwani R,Triantafilou M, Triantafilou K, Hashim A,Hoch S, Curtis MA, Nussbaum G,Lambris JD, Hajishengallis G.Porphyromonas gingivalis manipulatescomplement and TLR signaling to uncouplebacterial clearance from inflammation andpromote dysbiosis. Cell Host Microbe.2014 Jun 11;15(6):768-78.DOI:10.1016/j.chom.2014.05.012.


Sollecito TP, Stoopler ET. Clinicalapproaches to oral mucosal disorders: PartII. preface. Dent Clin North Am. 2014Apr;58(2):xi-xii.DOI:10.1016/j.cden.2014.01.002.

Strickland M, Singer SR, Rinaggio J, KimIH, Mupparapu M. Large, expansile odon-togenic cyst with bilateral maxillary sinusinvolvement. J Mich Dent Assoc. 2013Dec;95(12):38-40.

ORAL SURGERY/PHARMACOLOGY

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTSDr. Helen Giannakopoulos (GD’02),Associate Professor of Oral Surgery,received the Earle Bank Hoyt Awardfrom the Penn Dental Medicine Class of2014, presented for excellence in teachingto a Penn Dental Medicine graduatewho is a full-time junior faculty member.

Dr. John W. Mooney Clinical AssociateProfessor of Oral Surgery, was recog-nized by the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons(AAOMS) with the Daniel M. LaskinAward for Outstanding PredoctoralEducator. The award is presented toeducators who have exemplified thehighest ideals of an educator, arerespected by their peers in education,and have fostered excellent relation-ships between undergraduate facultyand students.

The School’s Department of OralSurgery/ Pharmacology has establishedThe Joseph W. Foote Resident MentoringAward in OMFS, commemorating Dr.Foote’s dedication to the mentoring anddevelopment of OMFS residents. TheDepartment’s resident committeeselected Dr. David C. Stanton, AssociateProfessor of Oral Surgery, as the firstrecipient.

Dr. Elliot Hersh, Professor, Dept. of OralSurgery/Pharmacology, received theSenior Outstanding Teaching Awardfrom the Penn Dental Medicine Class of 2014, presented to a faculty memberwho has gone beyond the scope ofhis/her responsibilities to significantlyimpact the class’s education at PennDental Medicine.

PROMOTIONSDr. Eric Granquist (M’07, GD’10, RES’10)was promoted to the standing facultyas Assistant Professor of Oral Surgery.Dr. Granquist was also awarded theFaculty Educator Development Award(FEDA), presented jointly by theAmerican Association of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgeons and the Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery Foundation. TheFEDA awards are given to promisingyoung oral surgeons who choose anacademic career in the specialty.

RECENT GRANT AWARDSUniversity of Pennsylvania DiabetesResearch Center pilot and feasibilitygrant studying NLRP3 inflammasomeactivation contributes to BRONJ patho-genesis in type 2 diabetesPrincipal Investigators: Dr. QunzhouZhang, PhD, Senior Research Investigator,and Dr. Anh Le, Norman Vine EndowedProfessor of Oral Rehabilitation and Chair


Peng Y, Chen X, Liu Q, Zhang X, HuangK, Liu L, Li H, Zhou M, Huang F, Fan Z,Sun J, Liu Q, Ke M, Li X, Zhang Q, XiangAP. Mesenchymal stromal cells infusionsimprove refractory chronic graft versushost disease through an increase of CD5+regulatory B cells producing interleukin 10.Leukemia. 2014.DOI:10.1038/leu.2014.225.

Schachtel B, Younes N, Zhou J, SchachtelE, Hersh E. (420) demonstration of thesafety and efficacy of CL-108 for moderate-to-severe pain with reduction of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting. The Journalof Pain. 2014 4;15(4, Supplement):S81.DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2014.01.331.

Moutsopoulos NM, Konkel J, SarmadiM, Eskan MA, Wild T, Dutzan N,Abusleme L, Zenobia C, Hosur KB, AbeT, Uzel G, Chen W, Chavakis T, HollandSM, Hajishengallis G. Defective neutrophilrecruitment in leukocyte adhesion deficiencytype I disease causes local IL-17-driveninflammatory bone loss. Sci Transl Med.2014 Mar 26;6(229):229ra40.DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.3007696.

Whitbeck JC, Huang ZY, Cairns TM,Gallagher JR, Lou H, Ponce-de-Leon M,Belshe RB, Eisenberg RJ, Cohen GH.Repertoire of epitopes recognized by serumIgG from humans vaccinated with herpessimplex virus 2 glycoprotein D. J Virol.2014 Jul;88(14):7786-95.DOI:10.1128/JVI.00544-14.

Wu T, Wang Y, Yuan Y. Antiviral activityof topoisomerase II catalytic inhibitorsagainst epstein-barr virus. Antiviral Res.2014 Jul;107:95-101.DOI:10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.05.003.

ORAL MEDICINE

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTSDr. Scott Odell (D’82), Clinical AssistantProfessor of Oral Medicine, received theJoseph L. T. Appleton Award from thePenn Dental Medicine Class of 2014, —presented to a part-time faculty memberfor excellence in clinical teaching.


Chandra A, Lin T, Tribble MB, Zhu J,Altman AR, Tseng WJ, Zhang Y,Akintoye SO, Cengel K, Liu XS, Qin L.PTH1-34 alleviates radiotherapy-inducedlocal bone loss by improving osteoblast andosteocyte survival. Bone. 2014 Oct;67:33-40. DOI:10.1016/j.bone.2014.06.030.

EDITORIAL AWARDDr. Thomas Sollecito, Professorof Oral Medicine and Chair, andDr. Eric Stoopler, AssociateProfessor of Oral Medicine,received the Golden Pen Awardfrom the International College ofDentists (ICD), recognized fortheir work as editors of DentalClinics of North America ClinicalApproaches to Oral MucosalDisorders: Part I. The Golden Penis presented annually by the ICDto the editor of a publication thatcontains an article or series ofarticles of current importance tothe dental profession. (See story,page 44, adapted from the book’spreface)


ACADEMICUPDATE

PATHOLOGY

RECENT GRANT AWARDSNational Institutes of Health grant todetermine the role of G protein coupledreceptor kinases on asthma usinghumanized mice.Principal Investigator: Dr. Hydar Ali,Professor

National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institutegrant to identify the signaling pathwaythrough which an adapter moleculeNHERF1 regulates human mast cellresponses and to examine the role ofNHERF1 in regulating mast cell mediatedresponses, such as anaphylaxis andasthma, using mouse models. Thisstudy will help define the direct axis ofNHERF1 in mast cells and asthma andwill provide insights into the futuredevelopment of NHERF1 antagoniststhat can target not only anaphylaxis and asthma, but also other mast cellmediated allergic diseases.Principal Investigator: HariharanSubramanian, Research Associate


Al-Harthi L, Buch S, Geiger JD, GendelmanHE, He JJ, Jordan-Sciutto KL, Kolson DL,Rappaport J, Roy S, Zheng J, Fox HS.Cellular interactions and signaling inneuroAIDS: Emerging issues colloquium.J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2014Jun;9(3):269-76. DOI:10.1007/s11481-014-9545-1.

Alawi F, Greenberg MS, Stoopler ET(co-authors in Dept. of Oral Medicine).Recurrent oral mucosal ulcerations andgingival edema. JAMA Dermatol. 2014Sep 3. DOI:10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.2115.

Shenker BJ,Walker LP, Zekavat A, DlakicM, Boesze-Battaglia K (co-author inDept. of Biochemistry). Blockade of thePI-3K signaling pathway by the aggregati-bacter actinomycetemcomitans cytolethaldistending toxin induces macrophages tosynthesize and secrete pro-inflammatorycytokines. Cell Microbiol. 2014Sep;16(9):1391-404.DOI:10.1111/cmi.12299.

Subramanian H, Gupta K, ParameswaranN, Ali H. Regulation of FcRI signaling inmast cells by G protein-coupled receptorkinase 2 and its RH domain. J Biol Chem.2014 Jul 25;289(30):20917-27.DOI:M113.523969 [pii].

Yokogawa N, Lieberman SM, Alawi F,Bout-Tabaku S, Guttenberg M, SherryDD, Vivino FB. Comparison of labial minorsalivary gland biopsies from childhood sjo-gren syndrome and age-matched controls.J Rheumatol. 2014 Jun;41(6):1178-82.DOI:10.3899/jrheum.131511.

Also see H Daniell under Biochemistryand DF Kinane under Periodontics, whoalso have joint appointments in the Dept.of Pathology.

PERIODONTICS

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTSDr. Dana Graves, Professor, Dept. ofPeriodontics, received the InternationalAssociation for Dental Research (IADR)2014 Distinguished Scientist Award inBasic Research in Periodontal Disease(see story, page 13).

Dr. Panagiota Stathopoulou, AssistantProfessor, Dept. of Periodontics, wasrecognized with the 2014 EducatorAward for Outstanding Teaching andMentoring in Periodontics by theAmerican Academy of Periodontology

Dr. Arthur Steinberg, Clinical Professorof Periodontics, was elected NationalPresident of the Psi Omega DentalFraternity for 2014-2015. He also servesas faculty advisor to the Penn DentalMedicine Zeta Chapter of the Fraternity.

Dr. Mark Synder, Clinical AssociateProfessor of Periodontics, was electedPresident of the Northeastern Society of Periodontists for 2015.


Al-Sebaei MO, Daukss DM, Belkina AC,Kakar S, Wigner NA, Cusher D, GravesD, Einhorn T, Morgan E, Gerstenfeld LC.Role of fas and treg cells in fracture healing

NEW CLINIC DIRECTORDr. Bruce Fisher (D’92, M’97,GD’00, RES’00) has beennamed the new Director of theOral and Maxillofacial SurgeryClinic at Penn Dental Medicine,responsible for clinical opera-tions. Dr. Fisher has been partof the faculty since 2009 as aClinical Assistant Professor ofOral Surgery. He is a diplomateof the American Board of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery and a fellow of the AmericanAssociation of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgeons.

Stanton DC, Liu F, Yu JW, Mistretta MC.Use of bioresorbable plating systems inpaediatric mandible fractures. J Cranio-Maxillofac Surg. 2014.DOI:10.1016/j.jcms.2014.03.015.

Uyanne J, Calhoun CC, Le AD.Antiresorptive drug-related osteonecrosisof the jaw. Dent Clin North Am. 2014Apr;58(2):369-84.DOI:10.1016/j.cden.2013.12.006.

ORTHODONTICS

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTSDr. Arnold Malerman, Clinical Professorof Orthodontics, was named in the 2014top orthodontist lists in PhiladelphiaMagazine, MontcoHappening.com,usatopdentists.com, MontgomeryCounty TimesHerald.com.


Ferguson DJ, Makki L, Stapelberg R,Wilcko MT, Wilcko WM. Stability of themandibular dental arch following periodon-tally accelerated osteogenic orthodonticstherapy: Preliminary studies. SeminOrthod. 2014.DOI:10.1053/j.sodo.2014.06.005.

Hong WH, Radfar R, Chung CH.Relationship between the maxillary transversedimension and palatally displaced canines:A cone-beam computed tomographicstudy. Angle Orthod. 2014 Aug 6.DOI:10.2319/032614-226.1.

Liao S, Klein MI, Heim KP, Fan Y, BitounJP, Ahn SJ, Burne RA, Koo H, Brady LJ,Wen ZT. Streptococcus mutans extracellularDNA is upregulated during growth inbiofilms, actively released via membranevesicles, and influenced by components ofthe protein secretion machinery. JBacteriol. 2014 Jul 1;196(13):2355-66.DOI:10.1128/JB.01493-14.

Petrie RJ, Koo H, Yamada KM. Generationof compartmentalized pressure by a nuclearpiston governs cell motility in a 3D matrix.Science. 2014 Aug 29;345(6200):1062-5. DOI:10.1126/science.1256965.

Petrie RJ, Koo H. Direct measurement ofintracellular pressure. Curr Protoc Cell Biol.2014 Jun 3;63:12.9.1-9.DOI:10.1002/0471143030.cb1209s63.


as characterized in the fas-deficient (lpr)mouse model of lupus. J Bone Miner Res.2014 Jun;29(6):1478-91.DOI:10.1002/jbmr.2169.

Fiorellini JP, Stathopoulou PG. Anatomyof the periodontium (Chapter 1) In: NewmanMG, editor. Carranza's clinical periodontol-ogy. 12th ed. Philadelphia: ElsevierSaunders; 2015; p. 9-39.

Fiorellini JP, Stathopoulou PG. Clinicalfeatures of gingivitis (Chapter 15) In:Newman MG, editor. Carranza's clinicalperiodontology. 12th ed. Philadelphia:Elsevier Saunders; 2015; p. 224-31.

Fiorellini JP, Stathopoulou PG. Gingivalinflammation (Chapter 14) In: Newman MG,editor. Carranza's clinical periodontology.12th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders;2015; p. 219-23.

Fiorellini JP, Stathopoulou PG.Periimplant anatomy, biology and function(Chapter 71) In: Newman MG, editor.Carranza's clinical periodontology. 12th ed.Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders; 2015; p.684-92.

Graves DT, Wu Y, Badadani M. Pyk2contributes to reepithelialization by promoting MMP expression. Focus on"delayed skin wound repair in proline-richprotein tyrosine kinase 2 knockout mice".Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2014 May15;306(10):C887-8. DOI:10.1152/ajpcell.00098.2014.

Jeffcoat MK, Jeffcoat RL, Gladowski PA,Bramson JB, Blum JJ. Impact of periodontaltherapy on general health: Evidence frominsurance data for five systemic conditions.Am J Prev Med. 2014 Aug;47(2):166-74.DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2014.04.001.

Kulkarni C, Kinane DF (co-author in Div.of Pediatric Dentistry). Host response inaggressive periodontitis. Periodontol 2000.2014 Jun;65(1):79-91.DOI:10.1111/prd.12017.

McGuire MK, Scheyer ET, Snyder MB.Evaluation of recession defects treated with coronally advanced flaps and eitherrecombinant human platelet-derived growthfactor-BB plus beta tricalcium phosphate orconnective tissue: Comparison of clinicalparameters at 5 years. J Periodontol. 2014Apr 3. DOI:10.1902/jop.2014.140006.

Miller CS, Foley JD,3rd, Floriano PN,Christodoulides N, Ebersole JL,Campbell CL, Bailey AL, Rose BG,Kinane DF, Novak MJ, McDevitt JT,Ding X, Kryscio RJ. Utility of salivary

biomarkers for demonstrating acutemyocardial infarction. J Dent Res. 2014May 30;93(7 suppl):72S-9S.

Su H, Liao HF, Fiorellini JP, Kim S,Korostoff J (co-author in Dept. ofEndodontics). Factors affecting treatmentplanning decisions for compromised anteriorteeth. Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent.2014 May-Jun;34(3):389-98.DOI:10.11607/prd.1581.

Wang Y, Zhou Y, Graves DT. FOXOtranscription factors: Their clinical signifi-cance and regulation. Biomed Res Int.2014;2014:925350.DOI:10.1155/2014/925350.

Xu F, Othman B, Lim J, Batres A,Ponugoti B, Zhang C, Yi L, Liu J, Tian C,Hameedaldeen A, Alsadun S, TaraporeR, Graves DT. Foxo1 inhibits diabeticmucosal wound healing but enhances heal-ing of normoglycemic wounds. Diabetes.2014 Sep 3. DOI:DB_140589 [pii].

Yu B, Chang J, Liu Y, Li J, Kevork K, Al-Hezaimi K, Graves DT, Park NH, WangCY. Wnt4 signaling prevents skeletalaging and inflammation by inhibitingnuclear factor-kappaB. Nat Med. 2014Aug 10. DOI:10.1038/nm.3586.

PREVENTIVE &RESTORATIVE SCIENCES

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTSDr. Joy Bockstein Abt (D’94), ClinicalAssistant Professor of RestorativeDentistry and Director of FixedProsthodontics, received the Robert E.DeRevere Award from the Penn DentalMedicine Class of 2014, presented forexcellence in preclinical teaching by apart-time faculty member.

Dr. Markus B. Blatz, Professor ofRestorative Dentistry and Chair, hasbeen named a Fellow of the AmericanCollege of Dentists (ACD). The ACD isthe oldest major honorary organizationfor dentists. Fellows are selected by aconfidential peer-review process andmust have exemplified excellencethrough outstanding leadership andexceptional contributions to dentistryand society. In addition, Dr. Blatz wasselected by the American College ofProsthodontists to represent the spe-cialty of prosthodontics at the AmericanAssociation of Endodontists/AmericanAcademy of Periodontology JointSymposium, held in Chicago in July.

Penn’s Bridging the Gaps (BTG) programwas honored for excellence in interpro-fessional service and education withPenn’s 2014 One Health Award, recog-nizing Dr. Joan Gluch, Interim DivisionChief of Community Oral Health, andMary Frances Cummings, ClinicalAssociate, Division of Community OralHealth, as part of the BTG health team.

RECENT GRANT AWARDSDivision of Community HealthHealth Resources & ServicesAdministration (HRSA) grant for loansto dental students who meet the HRSAcriteria of disadvantaged student statusrelated to socio-economic factors.Principal Investigator: Dr. Joan Gluch,Director of Community Oral Health and Interim Division Chief

Division of Pediatric DentistryAmerican Dental Association Foundationgrant to evaluate oral literacy demand inthe dental clinic and its impact in dentist-patient communication.Principal Investigator: Dr. BettyHajishengallis, Associate Professor ofPediatric Dentistry and Division Chief


Blatz MB. Bonding protocols for improvedlong-term clinical success. CompendContin Educ Dent. 2014 Apr;35(4):276-7.

Cobanoglu N, Ozer F, Demirci M, ErganisO, Imazato S. Bacterial penetration ofrestored cavities using two self-etchingbonding systems. Eur J Dent. 2014Apr;8(2):166-71. DOI:10.4103/1305-7456.130590.

Hexem K, Ehlers R, Gluch J, Collins R.Dental patients with major depressive disorder. Current Oral Health Reports.2014;1:153-60. DOI:10.1007/s40496-014-0020-0.

Kamio S, Komine F, Taguchi K, IwasakiT, Blatz MB, Matsumura H. Effects offramework design and layering material on fracture strength of implant-supported zirconia-based molar crowns. Clin OralImplants Res. 2014 Aug 12.DOI:10.1111/clr.12468.

Nold SL, Horvath SD, Stampf S, BlatzMB. Analysis of select facial and dentalesthetic parameters. Int J PeriodonticsRestorative Dent. 2014 Sep-Oct;34(5):623-9.DOI:10.11607/prd.1969.

Petropoulos VC, Balshi TJ, Wolfinger GJ,Balshi SF. Ectodermal dysplasia: An 11-yearfollow-up of siblings with 2 implant treat-ment approaches. Implant Dent. 2014Aug;23(4):387-93.DOI:10.1097/ID.0000000000000078.

Petropoulos VC, Balshi TJ, Wolfinger GJ,Balshi SF. Treatment of a patient withimplant failure and jaw osteonecrosis:Successful retreatment using implants.J Oral Implantol. 2014 Mar 25.DOI:10.1563/AAID-JOI-D-13-00186.

Spitznagel FA, Horvath SD, Guess PC,Blatz MB. Resin bond to indirect compositeand new Ceramic/Polymer materials: Areview of the literature. J Esthet Restor Dent.2014 Apr 23. DOI:10.1111/jerd.12100.

Yaman BC, Ozer F, Takeichi T,Karabucak B, Koray F, Blatz MB (co-author in Dept. of Endodontics). Effect ofthermomechanical aging on bond strengthand interface morphology of glass fiber andzirconia posts bonded with a self-etchadhesive and a self-adhesive resin cementto natural teeth. J Prosthet Dent. 2014Sep;112(3):455-64. DOI:10.1016/j.prosdent.2013.11.008.


Dean Q&A Feature

“Our first priority always has been and always will beeducation — to educate our dental students in the bestpossible clinical, research, and teaching environment.” DEAN DENIS KINANE


ON JOINING PeNN DeNTAl MeDICINe as the Morton Amsterdam Dean in July2009, Dean Denis Kinane quickly took up the task of defining a strategic plan andgoals that would continue to move the School’s mission forward. Working in collabo-ration with faculty and staff, the result was a 10-year strategic plan (2010-2020) withseven overarching goals (see page 24) designed to advance the School’s mission “toeducate predoctoral and graduate dental students in the highest quality clinical andresearch environment” while addressing the overall University’s strategic objectives.

With 2015 marking the midpoint of this 10-year plan, the Penn Dental MedicineJournal sat down for a conversation with Dean Kinane on some of the key prioritiesand outcomes over the past five years and his thoughts on the way ahead.

Q&A WITH DEAN DENIS KINANE ON THE SCHOOL’S STRATEGIC GOALS

STRATEGIC GROWTH& DEVELOPMENT

2015 will mark the midpoint of the School’scurrent 2010-2020 strategic plan; what havebeen the top priorities?

Our first priority always has been and always willbe education — to educate our dental students inthe best possible clinical, research, and teachingenvironment — this is our mission, and thus, ourtop priority. In support of that, our key prioritieshave been recruiting the very best faculty andcontinuing to improve the infrastructure of theSchool. These two things have been consistentthrough the last five years, and we have madeimportant strides in both areas.

We have recruited nine accomplishedstanding faculty in both the basic and clinicalsciences. And in terms of infrastructure, key pro-jects included expanding the pediatric clinic thissummer with the addition of six operatories(see story, page 7); renovating the Syngcuk Kimendodontic Clinic in 2013 to be the bestequipped endodontic clinic in the world; updat-ing the swing clinic within the Schattner Centerin 2013, which allowed the Paletz Clinic to moveup from the evans Building lower concourse toa much nicer space; creating the William

Cheung Advanced Dental Care Clinic in 2010for our clinical honors program and advancedrestorative cases; and within all the School’s clinicsand faculty practices, we made the transition toelectronic patient records, digital radiology, andthis year, electric handpieces. In addition, patientflow and admissions were enhanced with theaddition of the central registration area in 2010,conveniently at the School’s entrance. And in thelevy Building, over 3,700 square feet of researchand research support space was added to thefirst floor in 2011 and 2012. While we have a lotmore to do in terms of renovating levy, laborato-ries are being refurbished as new recruits join us.

looking ahead, improvements to the infra-structure of the School remain a top priority with much needed changes within the evansBuilding to be addressed through the evansBuilding Centennial Renaissance project (seestory, page 8), planned to begin in 2015.

Why is this next priority — the Evans BuildingCentennial Renaissance project — so critical tothe strategic goals and mission of the School?

To continue to attract the best students and fac-ulty, we need to ensure the quality of our facilitiesis consistent with the quality expected from anIvy league dental school. While the specialtyclinics within the evans Building have all beenrenovated, problematic issues remain through-out the building — from the outdated preclinicallab to the 65-year-old HVAC system — thesevital issues will be addressed fully with theCentennial Renaissance project.

In addition to new heating and ventilatingsystems for the building, this project will com-pletely transform the lower concourse with a newpreclinical lab, a new home for the advancedsimulation lab, and much better student facilities.It also allows us to reposition the library into itsoriginal location of 1915, while making it a 21st-century library in the sense that we will utilizethe space better for accessing media online andcreating space for students and faculty to use aslearning, research, and meeting places. We willalso reposition faculty into appropriate officesand meeting rooms and reposition administra-tive offices to create space for a large modernclinic on the first floor.

While all-encompassing in many respects,the plan is efficient in creating a major transfor-mation of the facility within an estimated timeframe of just 18 to 24 months — a tremendouslyexciting aspect.

Share a bit more on the role faculty recruit-ment has played in support of the strategicgoals? The types of faculty recruited and why?

Penn is one of the top universities in the worldwith illustrious schools across disciplines, so aspart of Penn, the dental school also needs to bestellar — with faculty producing high qualityresearch and in demand in their own right forwhat they do. Having said that, we also have tobear in mind the educational and clinical goals ofthe School, and therefore, in terms of recruitment,we are attracting high quality clinicians as wellas high quality researchers.

We are now regaining our proper place asone of the foremost dental research universitiesin the world. However, I want to stress that thishas not been just about bringing in new people,but about bringing in people who have energizedexisting faculty with a different view and differentapproach to the strategic mission of the School.The new faculty recruits are stellar players in thefields of scholarship and dentistry, and they havehelped by collaboration and collegiality toenhance the excellence in everyone.

The collaboration across the basic scienceand clinical faculty is also increasing, and I thinkthat is happening not only due to the collabora-tive nature of the new recruits, but also from areawakening and reimaging of the collaborativepossibilities within the existing faculty.

There has also been a lot more transparencyat the Chair level with respect to Schoolresources — where resources are generated andwhere they are spent. I think this has helped theclinical and basic science faculty to better under-stand each other, to bring them together, and toappreciate each other more. This is somethingwe are continuing to build on and this is veryrewarding.

What other collaborative initiatives have beenimplemented as part of the strategic goals?

The unique nature of the Penn campus with all12 schools within walking distance of each other provides tremendous opportunity for interdisci-plinary research, teaching, and service, and wehave taken advantage of that. For example, ourdual-degree options with other Penn schools have grown to eight programs — our latest being a Masters in Health and law, which was justestablished in September with Penn law. Wehave also contributed to service across disciplines,merging with Penn Medicine in 2012 to offerdental services as part of its Sayre Health Centerand with Penn Nursing in 2010 to provide den-tistry to geriatrics at its lIFe Center, which isvery exciting and rewarding. We also have someplans to work with Wharton on the delivery ofeducation to our up-and-coming dentists whoneed to be trained better in the management oftheir staff and the business of dentistry.


5

9standing faculty membersin the basic & clinical sciences were recruitedsince 2009

GROWTH&DEVELOPMENT

new dual-degree programswith other Penn schoolsadded since 2009, bringingthe total to 8

What does Penn Dental need to do strategically to prepare graduates for dentistry today?

Our students are among the very best, and assuch, have ambitions greater than the averagedental student. A great percentage of our studentsgo on to residency programs and many haveambitions to combine dentistry with law or busi-ness or engineering, which we have respondedto with our growing dual-degree programs. Wealso have seen a big growth in the number ofpostgraduate students pursuing their master’s inoral biology along with their residency programs,and we expanded our academic offerings toinclude a PhD equivalent with the creation of ourDoctor of Science in Dentistry program in 2011— that has been extremely popular.

The School is still growing in the area of sponsored research — as you look to thefuture, how do you see the sources of researchsupport shifting among government, industry,and private donors?

The NIH federal funding is flat right now, and we are seeing a lot of changes in the profile ofresearch portfolios across the University, particu-larly in medicine, where you see the changes in alarger scale. We have been somewhat protected

by the fact that we have been recruiting high-quality faculty with established federal funding,and we also have been effective at improving thefederal funding profile of our existing faculty.However in the future, we have to address the factthat federal funding is going to be more difficultto get and that we will have to focus on bringingin private monies from industry and donors andon being more entrepreneurial with our intellec-tual property.

Dr. Henry Daniell, one of our recent recruitswho now represents the School in Penn’s Centerfor Innovation, is very experienced in this areaand a tremendous resource for the School. He isa great role model for anyone considering takinginventions and ideas to industry and gettingresources from industry to further their research. I think this will be very important for the future,and we are fortunate to not only have Dr. Daniell,but also other existing faculty who will collaborateon such efforts and who are also experienced inincreasing research support by linking with privateenterprise and industry through their inventions.

Enhanced technology resources have beenpart of a number of strategic initiatives overthe past five years, and now the School is looking to increase online course development— tell me a bit about the goals and motivationfor this latest initiative?

Students today are learning in a completely different way from how we learned in the past.Social media has changed everything. Increasingly,

students are finding new ways to learn and arelearning at different times of the day and in dif-ferent ways, so we need to look at the methodologyand delivery platform of our classes. I believe theuse of the internet and online educational mediawill continue to play a bigger part in deliveringour educational mission. To this end, we recentlyrecruited an educationalist from Penn’s GraduateSchool of education to help move this forward(see story, page 40). He will be working with our faculty to explore flipping lectures from the traditional didactic to more online educationalmodules and helping students and faculty totake advantage of social media to improve inter-actions and the teaching experience. Anotherconsiderable technology investment has been inour Simodont advanced simulation units thatuse haptic technology; we acquired these unitsthis past spring, and the plan is not only to con-duct formal classes but also to have 24/7 accessto them so students can develop motor skills andbuild their confidence and proficiency to helpthem when working on patients.

Over the past several years, the School’s Board of Overseers also has been growing and changing in its make up — how is this supporting the strategic plan/goals?

The Board has been growing and evolving withadded diversity on all levels. A lot of the peoplewho have joined the Board are not traditional dentists, but are instead linked to industry andresearch arms of companies. In addition, wehave advisory groups within the Board that havebeen very active in helping us with our researchmission, our clinical mission, our diversity mis-sion, and with the business of running the dental


3,700 sf

59.47%increase in research funds awardedfrom FY09 to FY14

of research and researchsupport space added

clinical/patient spacesrenovated since 20095


GROWTH&DEVELOPMENTschool — they have helped enormously in theseareas, and we also have had a lot of support inreaching out to alumni and other groups aroundthe dental sphere. So we have been able to useour Board very effectively, and each of the Boardmembers has not only been supportive of theSchool philanthropically, but also has been ener-getic and enthusiastic in providing their exper-tise, which has greatly enhanced our ability toperform our mission.

This July marked your five-year anniversary asDean, what have you found to be the best partof this role?

Two things stand out. One is that the studentsare the very best part of the job in the sense thatit is wonderful to see them developing fromundergraduates to becoming skilled, hands-ondentists, who are able to deliver care to patients. Iam very impressed with their skills and intellectsas well as their professionalism and hard work.It is very rewarding to be part of their careerdevelopment.

Going back to something I mentioned earlier,another thing that has been remarkably rewardinghas been the way the basic science and clinicalscience faculty have come together and theway in which the entire School — faculty, staff,and students — are all working together on themission of the School.

At the beginning, it took time to communi-cate the vision I had for the School and to createthe strategic goals and processes that would getus to a very strong position. Now, I see everyoneengaged in this strategic plan, and it is tremen-dously rewarding to see everyone adopting particular positions that will advance the School’sstrategic goals and mission. It is uplifting to hearDepartment Chairs being concerned about theresources, advancing excellence, and engagingin improving the quality of education and theexperience we are delivering to students. I seethis throughout the School with faculty, staff, andstudents. My sense is that we have developed adifferent culture, a culture that will put us in avery good position to continue to be the verybest school going forward into the next hundredyears.

STRATEGIC GOALSPROMOTE INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS• Stabilize funding and identify resources required to support core mission and new strategic initiatives • Develop a budgeting process to increase transparency and ownership • limit rate of tuition increases • Renovate selected facilities to support core mission and new strategic initiatives • Maintain commitment to diversity and humanistic culture • energize fundraising and development programs • engage alumni through targeted continuing education and development opportunities at the

local, national, and international levels

PROMOTE HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS • Offer a curriculum that prepares graduates in the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to

begin the practice of general dentistry • Conduct a comprehensive curriculum review • enhance and increase the use of technology in dental education• Increase and formalize research opportunities for students

CULTIVATE AND ENHANCE HIGH-QUALITY FACULTY AND STAFF• enhance the faculty career development and mentoring programs • Develop academic-clinician track and rename Ce track as clinical scholar • Recruit experienced researchers

SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES • Recruit excellent students to predoctoral and advanced dental education programs• Maintain applicant pool and diversity of students consistent with the mission of the University

of Pennsylvania • Maintain student financial aid support and investigate potential sources for new student funding• Investigate online modules and increased technology • Investigate and promote interprofessional education

DELIVER HIGHEST QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE • establish Penn Dental Medicine as a center for clinical excellence • Increase use of technology, including digital patient records, digital radiography, and CAD CAM• Improve operational efficiency

ACHIEVE EMINENCE IN RESEARCH • Retain NIH funding and publication rates• Recruit experienced researchers • Increase collaboration within Penn Dental Medicine, with other University schools and external to Penn

ENGAGE WITH THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES• Raise the local, national, and international reputation of Penn Dental Medicine • Increase collaboration and visiting scholar programs • encourage participation in Ce, research presentations, and leadership roles in professional

organizations • Continue international clinical/biological symposia at Penn and globally

1

2

3

4

5

6

7


SHARING PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL PATHS

FACULTYQ&A

WHILE THE Penn Dental Medicine communitymay know the School’s faculty by the coursesthey teach or the research they conduct, thisQ&A faculty spotlight aims to get a bit morepersonal glimpse of them as individuals.

This issue, we talked with one of PennDental Medicine’s highly respected basic scien-tists — Dr. Gary Cohen, Professor, Departmentof Microbiology. Dr. Cohen has been part ofthe School’s faculty since 1967, when he joinedthe Department as Assistant Professor,advancing to Associate Professor in 1973, andto full Professor in 1980. From 1985 through2013, he also served in the leadership role ofChairman of the Department of Microbiology.

What have you found most rewarding aboutbeing a member of the Penn faculty? One of the most rewarding parts of being inthe Penn community is the wealth of opennessand collaboration — the sandbox concept soto speak where expertise and techniques arefreely shared. An atmosphere of “play nice”pervades Penn’s professional schools, bothwithin the schools and among them. I havefound many great colleagues, collaborators,and cherished friends here. I would credit Penn’sdynamic and open intellectual atmospherewith encouraging my growth and success as an investigator. I believe the bargain struckwith Penn is that they provide the opportunity,and if I do well, then we do well together.

The other great reward of my work herehas been establishing a truly wonderful symbi-otic scientific collaboration with Dr. Roselyn J.Eisenberg, of Penn’s Vet School. We created a unique, combined laboratory that allowed

What drew your interest to your particularfield and what do you enjoy most about it? I was drawn to microbiology and the study ofinfectious disease by a charismatic postdoctoralmentor, the book Rats, Lice and History by HansZinsser, absolute chance, and an understandingand encouraging wife. What I enjoy most aboutit is the freedom of thought; the associationwith smart, smart people; tackling challengingquestions; and solving problems.

What advice from a mentor have you carried with you in your career? Find out how good you are! Keep exploring.

Schools/degrees?Brooklyn College (BS in Biology), which gave anignorant “street kid” a start; the University ofVermont (PhD in Microbiology), which gave aguy with an interest in science a start; and Penn(Postdoctoral Fellow in Virology), which gaveme a home to hone and develop my talents.

If you could have dinner with anyone, whowould it be? And why?A trio of three people — Lew Pizer (scientist),Isa Barnett (artist), and Joyce Carol Oates(author). Since two of the three diners aredead, this meeting would have to take placeelsewhere, (although Oates might conjure upthe other two); we would converse on howideas are generated and why and how scienceintersects with the visual and written arts.Chasselas, please!

Hobbies?Gardening, reading, and talking science.

Favorite vacation destination? Switzerland — as a wise person said “when thecheese starts tasting good, it’s time to revisitHeidi-land.”

Best book you've read recently? Carthage by Joyce Carol Oates.

Q&A with Dr. Gary Cohen,Professor, Department of Microbiology

for a free flow of ideas, and built a workingrelationship based on the conviction that wewere smarter as scientists working togetherthan alone. As a team, we trained multiplePhDs and numerous postdocs and learnedenormously from each of them. Our lab isextremely fortunate to have had an extraordinarynumber of talented and creative people graceour doorstep.

What do you view as your greatest professional accomplishment? Starting to see the light! Our overriding questionhas been: How does the Herpes simplex virusget into a human cell to initiate infection? Fourherpes proteins manipulate the cell’s membraneto meld with the virus membrane, allowing theinsertion of the viral DNA into the host — thefirst step in infection with this multitalentedvirus. We asked what do the four proteins looklike? What do they do? And how do they do it?We solved the three-dimensional structure ofthe key proteins, determined their function, and now have established a framework for thefield as to how the proteins interact to cause membrane fusion. We have arrived at a place I never thought I would be — where we cannow press the issue regarding the actual fusionprocess utilized by the virus.


PROFILES, GATHERINGS & ENGAGEMENT

ALUMNIHIGHLIGHTS

APPLICATIONS TO Penn Dental Medicineflood the office of Assistant Dean for AdmissionsOlivia Sheridan (D’90, GD’92), many of whichindicate a long-held desire to pursue dentistryas a career. Many applicants cite a good child-hood dental experience or a family memberwho practices the profession as early careerinfluencers. That so many people consider acareer in dentistry early in life still astounds Dr. Sheridan.

“I came to dentistry as a second career,”she explains. “I was a goldsmith, and when Ijust happened to agree to help a dentist friendin his office, I learned how much I wanted moreinteraction with people and more opportunity

to help others.” Inspired by that experience, Dr.Sheridan applied to and was accepted by PennDental Medicine, where even more opportuni-ties to explore and participate in dentistryopened for her.

“I was lucky to come to Penn because Ididn’t realize how big a profession dentistry is.Being here opened a lot of doors for me,” shesays. “I had great mentors who showed me aworld of possibilities.”

With her graduate degree earned, Dr.Sheridan joined Penn Dental Medicine’s facultypractice, where she still attends patients ingeneral dentistry in the Bryn Mawr office. “ButI had my eye on teaching,” she says. “I hadsuch great teachers that I was inspired to notonly practice dentistry, but also to teach otherswhat I had learned and experienced.”

Dr. Sheridan joined the faculty in 2000and is now an Associate Professor of ClinicalPreventive and Restorative Sciences and Co-director of the Dental Auxiliary Utilizationprogram, which offers students clinical experi-ence with patients in all four years of dentalschool. As a Primary Care Unit Group Leaderin the Main Clinic, Dr. Sheridan considers her-self a mentor to students as they apply theirclassroom training to patient care.

“It’s a pretty intense program for the students, but it’s equally rewarding for themand for me,” she says. “Teaching is a marvelousway to learn. I can say that every day at Penn, I learn something, whether that be from a student, colleague, or patient. That intellectualenergy is what keeps me here.”

With her 25th class reunion approachingthis spring, Dr. Sheridan thinks about her ownstudent experience compared to that of thenewest class at Penn Dental Medicine. “This isa wonderful generation of students. They arediverse in many ways and involved in manyactivities, which makes learning at Penn a richexperience for everyone,” she says.

“In our accreditation site visit recently,that was one of the comments we heard mostoften: That Penn Dental’s student body is verydiverse in both ethnicity and age,” she says.

Watching students embrace learning andthen evolve into dentists has been a point ofpride for Dr. Sheridan for 24 years. “I see themapply what they learn in clinical experiencesand then, a few years after graduation, I get tosee them again and observe their maturity inthe field. When they start to surpass me, I feela special sort of pride,” she says.

Her passion for practice, mentoring, andteaching melded when she also took on theresponsibility for meeting with applicants asthe School’s Assistant Dean for Admissions in 2007.

Alumni Profile: Olivia Sheridan, D’90, GD’92Teaching, Inspiring, and Encouraging the Next Generation of Dentists


Dr. Morton Amsterdam TributeA memorial tribute was held for the late Dr. Morton Amsterdam (C’43, D’45), Professor Emeritusof Periodontics and Periodontal Prosthesis, on August 18, 2014, held as part of the School’s WhiteCoat Ceremony. A reception as part of the tribute followed in the School’s D. Walter Cohen andMorton Amsterdam Periodontal Clinic.

LEFT: James, D’77, Linda and Sarah Amsterdam flank the portrait of the late Dr. Morton Amsterdam, C’43, D’45,in the D. Walter Cohen and Morton Amsterdam Periodontal Clinic at the memorial tribute. RIGHT: Dr. D. Walter Cohen, C’47, D’50, and Dr. Joseph Fiorellini, Chair, Department of Periodontics, at the Dr.Morton Amsterdam memorial tribute.

>

Penn Dental Medicine’s Office of Development& Alumni Relations welcomes Lindsay Honzak,who joined the development team in April 2014as Assistant Director of Annual Giving. In thisnewly created position, Honzak is responsiblefor supporting the School’s annual givingfundraising efforts as well as alumni stewardshipprograms and events with a particular focus onyoung alumni.

Honzak brings nearly nine years of experi-ence in development and marketing to this newrole, most recently serving as Assistant Directorof Development for the College of HealthProfessions & Social Work at Temple University.

Through the new young alumni initiativethat Honzak is leading, she will be developingspecial programming and opportunities toengage young alumni regionally as well as at the School. A new gift society, the YoungBenjamin Franklin Society (YBFS), gearedtoward alumni 1 to 14 years from graduation, is also being established. “The YBFS will

lindsay HonzakBuilding Young AlumniPrograms

acknowledge our young alumni leaders andenable them to become associates in Penn’sBenjamin Franklin Society, which forms themost critical base of support for the University,”says Honzak.

Honzak encourages young alumni to stayup-to-date on programs and events through a new section of the School’s website,www.dental.upenn.edu/youngalumni, and welcomes alumni to reach out to her at [email protected].

“I couldn't be more excited to be workingwith Penn Dental Medicine,” says Honzak.“We have some great things in store to helpour amazing young alumni stick together todefine the future of American dentistry.”

“Interest in Penn Dental Medicine isstronger than ever, and I am fortunate to travelto many areas of the country to meet withapplicants,” she says. “I find them bright andengaging, and these candidates are of anexceptional quality.”

Equally interesting to Dr. Sheridan is theamount of alumni engagement that keeps thecandidate pipeline full. The ADEA indicatesthat national interest in dental school hasincreased over the last two decades, on theaverage, by six percent each year. At PennDental Medicine, interest has remained high,resulting in approximately 2,300 applicationsannually.

“We know the alumni are out there pro-moting our school because there is not a weekthat goes by when I don’t get a call or a letterasking me to consider an applicant,” she says.

Between her responsibilities in treatingpatients, teaching and mentoring in class andon campus, and representing the School as shemeets prospective students across the country,Dr. Sheridan has found the pace to be intense,but manageable.

“I can’t imagine doing anything else,” she says. “I might get more sleep if I did, but I couldn’t be happier.”

“ I can say that every day at Penn, I learn something,whether that be from a student, colleague, orpatient.”OLIVIA SHERIDAN, D’90, GD’92


ALUMNIHIGHLIGHTS

1

3

5

4

2

AlumniWeekend 2014

Penn Dental Medicine welcomed back alumniMay 16-18 for Alumni Weekend 2014 — thereunion year for classes ending in “4” and “9.”Save the date for Alumni Weekend 2015, May 15-17!

1 Myron Allukian (D’64) participated in the AlumniParade and had some fun along the way!

2 Richard Kanter (’74), Steve Lieber (D’74, GD’76),and Ronald Pross (D’74) enjoy catching up at theAlumni Picnic.

3 Mulokozi Lugakingira (D’04) and Kos Lugakingiragearing up for the Alumni Parade.

4 Thomas Sollecito (D’89, GD’91) received PennDental Medicine Alumni Society’s highest recognitionaward — the Thomas Evans Achievement Award.Pictured with Dean Denis F. Kinane, Lee Durst (D’83),and Keith Libou (D’84).

5 The Class of 2004 celebrated their 10th Reunionwith classmates and families at the Reunion Dinner.


9

8

10

6

7

6 Alumni gathered at the Robert Schattner Center for the kick-off celebrationfor the weekend.

7 & 10 Alumni tried out Penn Dental Medicine’s new advanced simulationunits that use haptic technology, enabling students to work on a virtualtooth to simulate the “feel” what makes each layer unique using virtualinstruments.

8 Penn Dental Medicine’s Dental Hygiene alumni at Alumni Weekend2014.

9 Members of the Class of 1984 celebrated their 30th Reunion atAlumni Weekend.


ALUMNIHIGHLIGHTS

Senior Farewell > On May 13, 2014, the graduating Class of 2014celebrated their transition from students toalumni with members of the Penn DentalMedicine alumni, faculty, and friends at the2014 Senior Farewell held at The Bellevue.

AAPDr. Ernesto Lee, Director of the PostdoctoralPeriodontic Prosthesis Program, and current periodontics residents visited San Francisco to attend the 100th annual AmericanAcademy of Periodontology Conference, takingan afternoon out for a visit to an area vineyard.

>

>Scotland TourDean Denis Kinane hosted a trip to his native Scotland with members of the Board of Overseers,family, and friends, June 2 – 8, 2014, visiting Glasgow, St. Andrews, and Edinburgh.

LEFT: A kilt fitting was one of the afternoon stops in Glasgow for the men on the trip. RIGHT: David, D’83, and Michele Tarica tour Scotland with the Board of Overseers, family, and friends.

>

PENN DENTAL JOURNAL MEDICINE | FALL 2014 31

ANNUAL GIVINGDONORS

This list includes all donorswho made unrestricted gifts totaling $250 or moreto Penn Dental Medicine’sannual giving funds in 2013-14. By providing essentialsupport to help Penn DentalMedicine meet its annualneeds, the generosity of our donors is critical to theSchool’s success in adapt-ing its programs to stay at the forefront of dentalmedicine. Their commit-ment sustains Penn’spreeminence in dentalmedicine, and advances theSchool’s mission of prepar-ing its graduates to becomedentistry’s leading clinicians,educators, and researchers.

BENJAMIN FRANKLINSOCIETYThe Benjamin Franklin Society isthe University of Pennsylvania’sleadership unrestricted annualgiving group. Members of theBenjamin Franklin Society formthe most critical base of supportfor the University and serve as apowerful motivator for garneringgreater participation. Throughtheir vision and generosity, mem-bers of the Benjamin FranklinSociety are an inspiration andexample to others.

Ambassador ($25,000+)The late Kenneth C. Fordham, D’53

Robert I. Schattner, D’48Serap O. YigitUmit Yigit, C’81 D’86

FY2014 DONORS

HONORROLL

Founder ($10,000 – $24,999)Catherine W. CheungWilliam W. M. Cheung, D’81, GD’82

Robert K. C. Mao, D’70Aileen K. RobertsBrian L. Roberts, W’81Ralph J. Roberts, W’41, HON’05Suzanne F. RobertsJay Kevin Selznick, D’90

Fellow ($5,000 – $9,999)Marion O. BergmanStanley M. BergmanRobert A. Brody, C’80, D’84D. Walter Cohen, C’47, D’50Richard Copell, D’80Fara CopellMary N. DoyleMatthew J. DoyleLawrence A. Friedman, D’62, GD’65, GD’67

Anita Nayar Joy, D’81Christopher H. Joy, D’80Bruce D. Manson, WG’87Gail E. Schupak, D’83David Tai-Man Shen, D’79, GD’81Susan L. Stern, C’77, D’81David S. Tarica, D’83Michele TaricaRobert E. Weiner, C’72, D’79

Associate ($2,500 – $4,999)Nina V. Aks, D’01Clement C. Alpert, C’32, D’34Sandra K. AlpertLaurence G. Chacker, D’85Silvana Cumani, D’04Gregory S. DiRenzo, D’87Helen Haynes Direnzo, NU’85, GNU’88

Michael J. Feldman, D’89 Paul R. Feldman, D’83Harry S. Galblum, C’42, D’43Velma GalblumSwapan S. Ghosh, D’93The late Frances B. Glenn, D’56Aaron M. Hader, D’58The late Bentha JohnsonEdward P. Johnson, D’72Fred B. Kastenbaum, D’77Hope Rothenberg Kessler, CW’67, ASC’69

Lawrence Kessler, C’66, D’70Yongkun Kun Kim, D’94, GD’98Allan D. Klenetsky, D’74Judith C. Koss, C’81Gerald H. Kreinces, D’68

Thank You for Your SupportTHIS IS A VeRY exCITING TIMe for Penn Dental Medicine.As you can see by the lead story in this issue, Penn DentalMedicine is on its way to a much-needed evans BuildingCentennial Renaissance (see story, page 8). We choseRenaissance as it represents a transformative change and that is where we are headed.

For generations of students and faculty, the evansBuilding has been the structure that best represents their timeat Penn Dental Medicine. Unfortunately, time has taken a tollon some areas of the evans Building. Many of you will remember the preclinical labs in the“dungeon.” Our vision is to transform the entire lower concourse into a student- focusedspace.

The project is in the detailed architectural design phase, and I want to publicly thankmany of you who have contributed to the initial fundraising phase of the evans BuildingCentennial Renaissance. Your gifts have enabled us to move the project forward. Within2015, we will start construction! look to the Penn Dental Medicine Journal and our web siteto stay up to date as we progress. Though the building will be undergoing a tremendouschange, we are making great efforts to keep its historic integrity and beauty, while incorpo-rating the advances that will support our mission for many years to come.

CAllING All YOUNG AlUMNIHow do YOU know that you’re a Penn Dentist? We hope that all young alumni can answerthis question, “You know you're a Penn dentist when…” perhaps it was the friends you madefor life, or that you left prepared to enter the world of dentistry. However you visualize yourtime at Penn Dental Medicine, we want to hear from you.

Penn Dental Medicine has created a new young alumni community that exists solelyto bring you together with your fellow graduates, a network of our best and brightestencouraging and helping each other become and remain leaders in the field of dentistry.The call to action is simple: stay connected; attend events; be a class agent, volunteer, orconsider teaching; and support Penn Dental Medicine. We hope you will stay involved. ThePenn Dental Medicine network can be a tremendous resource throughout your career.

To all alumni and friends, thank you for your continued support and engagement.

Maren GaughanAssociate Dean for Leadership Giving


Bernard W. Kurek, D’73, WMP03, WEV04

Ernesto A. Lee, GD’87Jayne L. Marcazzolo, D’94LynAnn Mastaj, D’88Randolph L. Mitchell, D’81Madeline MonacoLewis E. Proffitt, D’73, WG80Olivia Sheridan, D’90, GD’’92David Richard Silver, D’85, GD’86, GD’88

Mark B. Snyder, D’74, GD’77Thomas L. Snyder, D’71, WG’74Caryn L. Stark, GED’76Margaret S. Williams, CW’62, GED’85

Robert H. Williams, CHE’59, D’63

Lee H. Winter, D’78Deirdre Woods

THOMAS EVANS SOCIETYNamed after Thomas Evans, wholeft his estate to Penn DentalMedicine, the Thomas EvansSociety honors those donorswho, like Evans, want to supporta dental school that is “second to none”.

Fellow ($1,000 – $2,499)Meenakshi Balakrishnan, D’03Richard C. Baumbach, D’54, GD’57

Russell H. Bernd, Jr., D’53Marian W. BerndBorina Canby, D’06Paul J. Carpinello, D’86Winnie Wing Yee Cheung, D’99Chun-Thai Chung, D’95, GD’97James E. Clayton, Jr., D’82Gail Spiegel Cohen, C’76, D’80Martin A. CohenLeonard A. Cole, D’57Bruce W. Corbin, D’92Jeffrey D. Dorfman, C81, D’85Kevin B. Fader, D’93Margo B. Faier, G72Egidio A. Farone, D’84Arthur Fertman, D’60Cheryl Beddoe George, D’H81Thomas Edmond George, D’84, GD’85

Myron S. Graff, D’72Richard G. Gray, D’89Sidney Gutsin, D’68Mark A. Higginbottom, D’74Gail Thompson Hiltunen, DH’70Neil S. Hiltunen, D’73Brian P. Hogan, D’84Lori HoganBarbara Franco Hudson, DH’82

James D. Hudson, D’82Kenneth A. Ingber, D’71

Aejaaz A. Issa, D’99William E. Jacoby, Jr., D’64Amy Elizabeth James, D’94Agnes A. Kan, GAR’83Dong-Ho Kang, D’01Yooson E. Kim, D’99, GED’99, GD’01

Heywood R. Kotch, D’77Walter K. Kulick, D’77Ilze Lakstigala, D’54Morton A. Langsfeld III, D’64Judith Korman Langsfeld, CW’67Marc F. Lipkin, D’80, GD’81Robert N. Lipner, D’77Robert Litowitz, D’43Amy L. Ludwig, D’83Farideh Moattari Madani, GD’78, GD’80, D’84

Mansoor Madani, GD’78, GD’81, D’82

Donald F. Major, D’70John R. Mann, Jr., D’55Larry P. Markel, D’84George H. Master, D’70, GD’73James S. McKelvey, D’68The late Harriet Worrall Mershon

Philip L. Michaelson, D’99Shirley K. Molina, D’02Michael Jeffrey Morton, D’76Thomas Paul Petrick, Jr., D’87Ronald Michael Pross, D’74Susan Hymes Pross, GR’75Irving M. Rothstein, C’38, D’41Lorain R. RothsteinEdward P. Roy, D’74Steven Alan Schwartz , D’76G. Ross Segal, D’98Olivia Sheridan, D’90, GD’92Eric H. Spellman, D’76Linda SpellmanAmy Schild Spiegel, D’80Louis Spiegel, D’79William C. Stavrides, D’53Debra Kamerling Stern, W’87, WG’92

Robert Marc Stern, D’87Jun Sun, D’94Edwin S. Sved, D’51Paul Michael Tedeschi, D’88Bernard Telsey, D’56Orhan C. Tuncay, GD’74Betty Smith VodzakLouis S. Vodzak, GD’67Jack Weil, D’75P. Deborah Weisfuse, D’77Carol WengertKijin Woo, D’08Michael David Yasner, C’79, D’83, GD’84, GD’86

Valerie Eisenberg Yasner, C’79, D’83, GD’86

Richard E. Derrick, D’65Richard Allen D'Innocenzo, D’88, GD’94

Lee B. Durst-Roisman, D’83James R. Elder, D’69Mitchell Joseph Farr, D’87, GD’89, GD’90

Barbara Fine, ED’57, GED’59Gerald L. Fine, D’59Bennett F. Frankel, D’67Gregory L. French, D’85Erick M. Goldberg, C’02, D’07Tatyana S. Goldberg, NU’05Paul M. Goodman, D’02Jessica L. Greenberg, C97, D’01, GD’03

Stephen H. Grossman, D’79, GD’80

William N. Hanafee, Jr.Gary L. Hartz, D’79Theron M. Hatch III, D’65Richard HayashiJohn L. Hayes, GD’86Sharon Kift Hayes, D’80Marc W. Heft, EE’70, D’74Lawrence T. Herman, D’72Diane Schuehler Hillyard, W’81Gregory A. Hillyard, D’85Ann M. HoggMichael L. Iczkovitzm, GD’79John J. Jaber, GD’97Mark A. Judy, D’71Howard Kantrowitz, D’76

George A. Kates, D’71Joseph L. Keefer, D’84, GD’85Dana L. Kapp, D’07Patrick M. Keeley, D’71Jerome A. Kleponis, D’81David Mark Klugman, D’84Karen Weisman KlugmanAnna Kornbrot, D’79, GD’82Miles E. Kuttler, D’70

Associate ($500 – $999)Gerald Adachi, D’86Edward B. Allen, D’47Jose J. Alvarez, D’94Albert J. Anderson, C’52, D’55Jeffrey W. Anderson, D’90John D. Andrews, D’63Deborah Rosenblum Arlick, C84, GED’84

Jay Lee Arlick, D’85George S. Atebara, D’55Gail Downs Baer, D’H65Robert L. Baer, CHE’65, GEE’67, GR’71

Joseph Bartoloni, D’80Jeffrey A. Bassin, D’70Judith Zack Bendit, DH’81John Allan Bier, D’54Katherine Cutchins Billingham, GED’54

William A. Billingham, D’54Gary D. Bogachus, GD’76Paul Luff Boger, D’93Ralph J. Bozza, D’79Brian E. Breslin, D’81Michael L. Brugg, D’69John W. Burk, D’74Corinne L. CacasMatthew S. Cantner, D’01, GD’04Andrew B. Casabianca, D’79Herbert I. Chauser, D’45Earl D. Childs, D’82Peter Chin, D’84

Martha A. Chun, D’90Yung S. Chung, D’83Dana E. Cohen, C88Michael E. Cohen, D’89Richard G. Commons, D’53Jeffrey M. Cooper, D’80Philip A. Cooper, D’76William K. Deal, D’65Dianne Woods Defrino, CW’58Francis A. Defrino, D’58

Susan M. Lee, D’72Brett R. Levin, D’00Joanna Z. Levin, D’96, GD’97, GD’99

Robert A. Levine, GD’84Eric Lewis, D’76Donald G. Lovejoy, D’59Richard W. Marcus, D’55Cynthia Keller Marra, D’H80Frederick J. Marra, D’80, GD’80Robert B. Martin, D’72Paul J. McKenna, Jr., D’79Deborah Nash Molander, CW’71Frederick R. Molander, Jr., D’72Robert S. Morgenstein, D’65Susan MorgensteinJoel I. Nathanson, D’82Augustus Nogueira, D’84Afolabi O. Ogunleye, D’01Francine J. Paladino, D’82Douglas E. Peterson, D’72, GR’76

Donald C. Phillips, D’66I. David Popkin, C59, D’63Dallas L. Pulliam, Jr., D’85J. Anthony Quinn, D’70Stephanie J. Rahner, DH’74Peter J. Rattigan, D’76Joseph Stephen Rava, D’91Steven J. Reubel, EE’75, D’80Richard D. Riddle II, D’84Claire RoseLouis F. Rose, GD’70

Lawrence N. Rouff, D’63, GD’66Marian Glynn Royer, D’80Mitchell R. Rubinstein, D’92Gary W. Seldomridge, D’81Lawrence H. Shendalman, D’74Alison N. Shufran, D’04Donald H. Silverman, D’73, WG’74

James D. Smallwood, D’64Robert A. Smith, D’77

HONORROLL

*Annual giving funds raised in FY2014 total $558,124

Alumni 85%

Individuals 2%

Foundations 6%

Corporations 7%

Our Annual Giving DollarsWHERE OUR GIFTS COME FROM

This issue of the Honor Roll represents gifts made in Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014).

PENN DENTAL JOURNAL MEDICINE | FALL 2014 33

David A. Rosh, D’94David M. Roshkind, D’76, WG’76Anthony M. Rossi, D’72Richard L. Rothstein, D’69Peter Rouff, GD’07Stuart C. Rubin, D’65Frederick John Rumford IV, D’07Anthony J. Russo, D’52Donald J. Salomon, D’85Wendy R. Sanger, D’98James N. Sarantos, D’59Robert Gerald Savarese, D’82Thomas R. Schneid, D’79John W. Schreiber, D’73Hilton Zvi Segal, GD’88, D’91Jane K. Segal, GD’83Drew F. Seibert, D’56, GD’58Alan J. Seltzer, D’78Kanako Shimizu-Wong, D’93Albert J. Simkins, D’58Edwin W. Slade, Jr., D’74William G. Sloan, D’72, GD’87Vincent J. Smith, Jr., D’54Lillian C. SmithAndrea Kligerman Solomon,C’78, GED’82, GR’88Daniel Harry Solomon, L’97Robert M. Solomon, D’78Stephen A. Solomon, D’84John E. Spellman, D’69Adrienne M. Spiegel-Garay, D’78

Robert J. Steinberg, C’43, D’44Shirley R. SteinbergAlan M. Stoneback, D’57Edward K. Swain, Jr., D’70Melody Troeger Sweet, GR85Timothy P. Sweet, D’85Leonard C. Taddei, Jr., D’79Charles W. Tager, D’58Louis A. Tobia, Jr., C’61, D’63Gary B. Toubman, D’80Susan Greenberg Toubman, C’79

Vincent K. Trossello, D’73C. Robert Waters, Jr., D’68Mark M. Weiman, D’78Mark J. Weingarden, GD’81Morton S. Weinstein, C’53, D’56Arthur Z. Weiss, D’75Michael A. Wernick, D’73William L. Wesner, D’54John Wiley, Jr., D’62Andrew T. Wilson, D’98William Wolfson, D’74John C. Worsley, Jr., D’75Judith Neubauer Worsley, PT’76Jean P. WynnBobby Zargari, D’03Xin Zhang, D’04Malcolm B. Zola, GD’60

CAPITAL ANDENDOWMENTGIVING DONORS

This list includes all donorswho made restricted giftsto Penn Dental Medicine’scapital and endowmentfunds in 2013-2014. Theirgifts in support of enhancingand developing new pro-grams, providing scholarshipaid, and renovating facilities,and upgrading equipmentand technology are anenduring legacy and pro-vide for the future of PennDental Medicine

Arnold & Marci WeisgoldPeriodontal ProsthesisScholarship FundHoward P. Fraiman, D’91, GD’93, GD’94

Lewis M. Gabbe Foundation, IncEdward GersonJoseph R. Greenberg, D’72, GD’76

Joseph T. Kelly, D’93, GD’95, GD’96

Francis S. Matarazzo, GD’75Anita Marie Milici, D’90, GD’93North Shore Cosmetic & Implant Dentistry PC

Jonathan Michael Richter, GD’92Claire RoseLouis F. Rose, GD’70Kara G. Rosenthal-Fraiman, D’92, GD’94

Louis E. Rossman, D’75, GD’77Val RossmanAnthony C. Vigliotti, GD’71Frank A. Vigliotti, D’94, GD’98Arnold S. Weisgold, GD’65Myra Chernoff Weisgold, CW’61Gary WiserWiser Management

Arrail Fund for InternationalContinuing EducationArrail GroupRobert Qui Fang Zou, WG’94

Clement & Sandra AlpertScholarship FundClement C. Alpert, C’32, D’34Sandra K. AlpertClement C. and Sandra K. Alpert Philanthropic Fund

Francis J. Smithgall, C’79, D’83Robert M. Sorin, D’74Theodore A. Souliotis, D’65Carol W. SummersRobert B. Summers, C’61, D’65, GD’67

Chin-Chia Eric Tsao, D’89Judy Yuan-Ching Tsao, D’89John V. Ward, Jr., D’77Ronald G. Weissman, D’74Harold P. Wittman, D’60Peter C. Wright, D’74Jonathan Zamzok, D’80

Member ($250 – $499)Lance J. Adelson, D’74Pamela L. Alberto, D’80J. Craig Alexander II, D82Murry A. Awrach, D’68Alexandra A. Baker, D’77Jerry Baldwin, D’64Steven Martin Baron, D’67Edward J. Beatty, D’64Donald G. Bell, Jr., D’68Pamela Salomon BenedonRobert M. Benedon, D’81, GD’84Vinamra Bhasin, D’02Joseph S. Bienstock, D’52, GD’54Phyllis BienstockJames V. Bordoni, D’80Jonathon S. Bowden, D’99Alvin T. Boyd, D’71Thomas E. Boytim, D’79Herbert C. Brannen, D’70Charles M. Brenner, D’73Harold S. Bressler, D’65Charles Bromberg, D’65Dennis M. Byrne, D’76Martin P. Carlin, D’69James Charatan, ENG’07, GEN’07Lynda C. Chen, D’96Shu Cheung Cheuk, D’65Stefani L. Cheung, C’08, D’11Chuen Chie Chiang, D’08Richard E. Chodroff, D’79Susan Dean Chodroff, NU’80Jane Ellen Chojnowski, GED’77Sidney Chojnowski, D’78Barry S. Chudnofsky, D’81Caryn J. Clayman, DH’72Dennis N. Cohen, D’73Angela Collins, D’80Robert J. Collins, D’71Robert J. Connelly, Jr., D’82Michael G. Cook, C’72, D’76Edwin Cowen, C’49, D’51Heidi C. Crow, D’85William N. Cummings, D’95Charles R. Dagati, D’66C. Dwight Decker, D’71Robert Joseph Demarco, D’87Alan J. Demaso,D’84Alvin F. DeSiena, D’70Gary A. Di Santo-Rose, D’79, GD’80

Edward Bronislaw Drozd, GD’87Richard C. Drummond, D’71, GD’73

Charles R. DuFort, D’70Arthur F. Eddy, D’77Jay D. Edwards, C’49, D’51The late Natalie OberhausEdwards, DH’51Bruce M. Elliott, D’66Michael Elliott, D’71Sheila Anne Elliott, NU’67Samuel R. Epley, D’03Tracey B. Epley, D’04, GED’04Gertrude Stahl Epstein, DH’66Neil B. Epstein, D’66Joseph P. Falcetti, D’54Samuel W. Feinstein, C’72, D’76Charlene Jennings Fenster, DH’75

David M. Fenster, D’77, GD’80Amy D. Field, D’90Leslie S. Finkelstein, DH’79Abe M. Finton, D’58Russell L. Forman, D’91Spencer Z. Forman, D’75Joel B. Frankel, C’02, D’06, GD’10Malcolm R. Freedman, C’59, D’64, GD’67

Bruce Freme, D’84, GD’85Rosalia Gallo, D’85Lu Gan, D’99John A. Gawlik, D’84Marc Phillip Gimbel, D’88Harold B. Ginsberg, D’56Stuart M. Ginsberg, D’81Geoffrey M. Glick, D’98Bruce H. Godick, D’79, GD’83Jerome B. Goldberg, C’78, D’80Ronald S. Goldenberg , D’75Susan Wylen Goldenberg, OT72Gene J. Goldstein, D’74Howard E. Goldstein, D’90Betsy Harris Granite, GR85James R. Granite, C’66, D’70, GD’73

Alyssa Marlin Greenberger, D’02Arnold G. Greene, D’60, GD’61George L. Grillon, D’80Carl S. Gulrich, D’74Robert S. Hall, D’64Anthony C. Harlacher, D’66Anthony R. Harlacher, D’91, GD’04

Jeffrey H. Harnett, D’66Albert Smith Harris III, D’87David J. Hauss, D’81Alan R. Hecht, D’94Thomas W. Herfort, D’79David M. Herman, D’03Rowland A. Hutchinson, D’58Andrew G. Jacobson, D’78Karen Rones Jacobson, GED’77Charles W. Jensen, Jr., C’56, D’59

George S. Johnson, C’50, D’53Jeffrey B. Kadesh, D’77Nuntiya Kakanantadilok, D’95

Frederick E. Kane, D’88Robert S. Kane, GD’94Philip Y. Kang, GD’05, GD’06Richard M. Kanter, D’74Myron E. Katz, D’66John A. Kerchoff, D’74Faranak A. Khasraghi, D’03Byounggon Kim, D’08Gary N. Kitazawa, GD’76Jeffrey C. Kleiman, EE’75, D’79Ross E. Kline, C’80, D’84David H. Kornbluth, D’69Anastassios T. Koussis, D’61Edward Arthur Krukowski, D’87Steven D. Lasser, D’73William S. Laubach, D’68Robert A. Lawton, D’64Gary A. Lewis, D’68Noelle Ling, D’99Vernon Loveless, D’73David Michael Ludwig, GD’91Laura Clemente Mackey, D’84Wayne W. Maibaum, D’84Arnold I. Maloff, D’77John G. Manning, D’74Jessica R. Marinoff, C’06, D’10Ceceilia Marie MarkhamPaul J. Markowitz, D’65Laurene Alyse Marks-Wolf, D’94Walter E. Maust, Jr., D’67Rosario F. Mayro, GD’76Ingrid G. McGee, CGS’74Raymond J. McGee, C’70, D’74Barry D. Meiselman, D’58Toba R. Meiselman, CW’56Wei-Hsin Men, D’94Michael W. Migdal, D’84Evan C. Moll, D’68Marshall B. Montgomery, CGS’06, D’09

Randolph C. Myerson, D’73, GD’78

Judith Sinanis Nist, DH’69Robert E. Nist, D’70Franklin D. Niver, D’66Mindy Ok, D’97Robert I. Orenstein, D’74Sandra J. Orenstein, SW73Maria E. Parrella, GD’91Ashish S. Patel, D’01James L. Pearlstein, D’78Larry Pepper, D’78Saul M. Pressner, D’79Albert M. Price, D’70Lin Qiu, D’99Noah A. Quinn, C’99, D’04Monroe H. Rackow, D’66Joanne S. Reiffe Fishbane, D’79Cathy A. Reynolds, DH’73Edward P. Rich, D’57Louis A. Rigali, D’57Richard A. Romano, D’73Ira S. Rosen, D’83Karen Knopf Rosen, C’82, D’85John W. Rosenlieb, Jr., D’86


HONORROLLCoslet Memorial ScholarshipFundJonathan J. Coslet, W’87J. Coslet & J. Rosner Community Property Trust

Dennis E. Winson, GD’67

Dean's Discretionary FundDavid Tai-Man Shen, D’79, GD’81

Dental School FundBenco Dental CompanyDentsply International, Inc.DENTSPLY Tulsa Dental Specialties

Dux SalesEastern Dentists Insurance Company

Ivoclar Vivadent IncKuraray America, Inc.Joan S. Malcolm, D’94New Era Dental SocietyPennsylvania Dental AssociationWells Fargo Foundation

Drs. Samuel & Louis RossmanEndodontic Scholarship FundCorinne L. CacasWilliam N. Hanafee, Jr.Louis E. Rossman, D’75, GD’77Val Rossman

Endodontic Clinic Renovations FundLouay M. Abrass, GD’00Arrail GroupStacy BeaWenk BoesemeyerBrasseler USA Dental, LLC.Craig C. Broome, GD’94Debra L. Carri, D’95, GD’99Mario CastroJeffrey P. Chen, D’98, GD’00Thomas ClauderGilberto J. Debelian, GD’91Exton EndodonticsFifth Avenue Endodontics, PLLCAdam J. Gatan, GD’09Maren Gaughan, G’13, LPS’16Eudes Gondim, Jr.Jin Hahn, D’86Aleksander IofinHiroshi Ishii, GD’06Jean Kang, GD’00Andrew M. Kim, D’99, GD’02Hee J. Kim, GD’09Jessica S. Kim, GD’05Jung Baik Kim, D’91, GD’93Eunah Koh, D’00, GD’03Meetu R. Kohli, D’02, GD’05Samuel I. Kratchman, GD’91Elena V. Kurtz, D’04, GD’06Lyudmila Y. Kuznetsova, D’05, GD’08

Tae-Kyung KwonBrian Lee, D’00, GD’04Julie Lee

Kenneth Lee, C’91, D’95, GD’98Mindo Lee, GD’10Daniel C. Leung, D’95, GD’98Timothy C. Lin, D’96, GD’99A. K. Bobby Mallik, D’97, GD’98Erick Menegazzo, GD’04Mid-County Endodontic Group P A

Phillip S. Min, GD’93Cezar M. Mitrut, D’99, GD’01Caroline NeumannDuc H. Nguyen, GD’02NYC Microendodontics PLLCAli OezdemirOmega EndodonticsRinku Parmar, D’02, GD’09Providence EndodonticsPrudent Endodontics P CNoah RobkinCornel J. T. SchlossFrank C. Setzer, GD’06, GD’07, D’10

Toshihiro UshikuboEmilie Valencia, D’96, GD’01John E. Valencia, D’96, GD’03Allen Yang, GD’02, D’04Robert Qui Fang Zou, WG94

Evans Building CentennialRenovation FundBien Air USAMarkus BlatzMitchell A. Charnas, C’76, D’81Nancy C. CharnasPui-Chung ChimYung S. Chung, D’83Fara Beth CopellRichard Copell, D’80Dentsply International, Inc.EndoNet Consulting, LLCBetty Jane S. Gerstley, GM’57J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation

J. Morita USA, IncMartin D. Levin, D’72, GD’74Susan LevinArthur MateenMontgomery-Bucks Dental Society

Haruo MoritaPeriodontal Associates PADebra RosaHoward W. Rosa, D’82David S. Tarica, D’83Michele TaricaMichael David Yasner, C’79, D’83, GD’84, GD’86


Ora Dental School Project FundAlexion PharmaceuticalsAmerican Dental AssociationAmerican Heart AssociationAstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LPBiomet 3iDental Trade Alliance Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationNovo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals,Inc.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation

Shire Human Genetic Therapies

Oral Medicine DepartmentFundRicardo A. Boyce, GD’03Farideh M. Madani, GD’78, D’84, GD’80

Mansoor Madani, GD’78, GD’81,D’82

Robert I. Schattner, D’48Kianna Michelle Simmons, D’07, GD’09

Eric T. Stoopler, D’99 GD’02

Orthodontic Clinic TechnologyFundDonald RushGary P. Swistak, GD’83

Penn Dental Oral Cancer WalkFundClinton DempseyDentalEZ GroupSean DevineEastern Dentists Insurance Company

Joan I. Gluch, GR’92Maureen P. KellyMaureen Kelly MD, PCReproductive MedicineSeptodont, Inc.

Pre-Clinical Lab RenovationsArrail GroupRobert Qui Fang Zou, WG’94

Robert Baker ScholarshipEndowmentNancy L. BakerNatalie BakerRobert W. Baker, Jr., D’85Baker Foundation

William W. M. CheungAdvanced Dental Care ClinicWilliam W. M. Cheung, D’81, GD’82

World Dental Education Foundation

International Friends of SDMScholarship FundBucknell UniversityLee N and Grace Q Vedder Fdn

J Henry O'Hern ResidentResearch & Meeting FundJohn Michael Capogna, GD’88Carolyn D. ForwoodFrancis G. Forwood, D’77, GD’79Grace Y. Juan, GD’04Vanessa A. Morenzi, D’83, GD’84, GD’89

Michael Angelo Perillo, D’93, GD’95

Michael A. Perillo, D.M.D., LLCFrederick G. Preis, GD’68Mark A. Ruggerio, D’82, GD’83, GD’85

Brian Smith

J. George Coslet, DDS,Memorial Scholarship FundJonathan J. Coslet, W87

Joseph Foote EndowedScholarship FundLance J. Adelson, D’74John W. Burk, D’74Corinne L. CacasWilliam N. Hanafee, Jr.Barry HendlerCindi B. HershElliot V. HershThomas Krakower, D’74, GD’78Steven I. Lieber, D’74, GD’76Paul J. Markowitz, D’65Arnold J. Mars, D’74Periodontal Health Center, PLPeter D. Quinn, D’74, GD’78Marco D. Rand, D’74Edwin W. Slade, Jr., D’74Mark B. Snyder, D’74, GD’77Caryn L. Stark, GED’76Bernardine WhitehouseMichael J. Whitehouse, D’74

Lenore and George FeldmanScholarshipMichael J. Feldman, D’89Michael J. Feldman Family Philanthropic Fund

Lester Burket FundRuth Kosterlitz Rider, D’57

Measey Foundation DentalScholarship FundBenjamin and Mary Siddons Measey Foundation

Morris Bradin MemorialLibrary FundBernice BradinVera BradinSusan B. West

ALUMNI DONORSBY CLASS YEAR

This list includes all Dental,Graduate Dental, and DentalHygiene alumni who made a gift to any Penn DentalMedicine fund in 2013-2014.If a graduate has multipledegrees from Penn DentalMedicine, they are listedunder the class year of theirfirst degree.BFS- Benjamin Franklin Society member

TES- Thomas Evans Society member

Class of 1934Clement C. Alpert BFS

Class of 1937Seymour Bauch TES

Class of 1940Zvi RozennEli P. Zebooker

Class of 1941 David J. KennedyIrving M. Rothstein TES

Class of 1942Arthur H. Blakeman

Class of 1943Harry S. Galblum BFS

Robert Litowitz TES

Class of 1944 – 70th ReunionNeal R. FeeMorton E. MelmanRobert J. Steinberg TES

Class of 1945Herbert I. Chauser TES

Emmett R. CostichSeymour W. Silberberg

Class of 1946 William AbeshPeter A. Frank, Jr.Joseph H. Goldberg

Class of 1947 Edward B. Allen TES

H. Martin DeranianHenry GainesJ. Raymond Moore, Jr.

Class of 1948Herman K. DolinPeter S. PappasRobert I. Schattner BFS

Salvatore A. CordaroThomas L. Smyth, Jr.

Class of 1949 – 65th ReunionGeorge A. KrikosR. Leonard Weinberg


Class of 1950Theodore AdlerD. Walter Cohen BFS

Jerome FlammHenry A. Geidel, Jr.Harold Krivins

Class of 1951 Edwin Cowen TES

Jay D. Edwards TES

The late Natalie Oberhaus Edwards TES

William W. Flanagan, Jr.Kenneth W. MillerWilliam E. RasberryJohn H. ReyEdwin S. Sved TES

Class of 1952 Joseph S. Bienstock TES

Glenn F. BitlerMitchell J. BurginRaymond K. ClarkRichard C. HeinlRoger P. KelloggVirginia Kickliter OstranderRichard C. RushmoreAnthony J. Russo TES

Class of 1953 Russell H. Bernd, Jr. TES

Richard G. Commons TES

Mary Elizabeth CyrDouglas M. DunbarHoward D. EckhartThe late Kenneth C. Fordham BFS

Ann Sproule HunnicuttGeorge S. Johnson TES

Bernard P. LewisAlex R. MateraJoan Keefe Mathews WilklowW. Eugene Ryon 3rdWilliam C. Stavrides TES

Thomas O. Sweet

Class of 1954 – 60th ReunionRichard C. Baumbach TES

John Allan Bier TES

William A. Billingham TES

Thomas T. DoranDonna Hoke DunkelbergerJoseph P. Falcetti TES

Richard P. GreenleeAlan G. Harquail, Jr.Fred D. HeilbrunnLouis D. KaplanIlze Lakstigala TES

Diane De Shazo McKenzieSheila Sutland PakulaVincent J. Smith, Jr. TES

Claude W. SpringerWilliam L. Wesner TES

Class of 1955Albert J. Anderson TES

Karl F. ArbogastGeorge S. Atebara TES

Howard M. CyrValerie Van Es DavidsonDonald B. DolanRobert A. Greene, Jr.Arthur Edward HalprinMarlene Roach HeeJohn L. Kotchick, Jr.C. Wendell LoflandJohn R. Mann, Jr. TES

Richard W. Marcus TES

G. Edward McComsey, Jr.Arthur Z. PonceJoan Marilyn WunschJohn T. ZieglerMerwin Zitomer

Class of 1956 Charles V. AdrianFrank T. ChristianEdmund B. CoughlinAlvin EllerHarold B. Ginsberg TES

The late Frances B. Glenn BFS

Heber T. GraverLois Greiss GraverCharles D. KrasnyAlfred F. KucabaG. Robert LangeMyra H. LehmanMorton H. LevyBernard M. MechlowitzRobert K. MehlerPaul G. MoschBartley C. Reuter 3rd

Thomas M. SaggesDavid L. SchwartzDrew F. Seibert TES

Irving R. SpectorBernard Telsey TES

Dennis R. TryonMorton S. Weinstein TES

Class of 1957 Leonard A. Cole TES

Richard M. CushnerLeonard J. DrazekElizabeth P. FanelliBrooke D. FulfordStuart A. KleitEllsworth H. PlumpEdward P. Rich TES

Ruth Kosterlitz RiderLouis A. Rigali TES

Lloyd F. Shaver, Jr.Joseph StockAlan M. Stoneback TES

Elizabeth Haring Wood

Class of 1958 Richard S. AltmanJerome Lionel BlaferRichard J. CastorCharles V. Crocetti

Francis A. Defrino TES

John S. EppolitoNorman F. FaulknerAbe M. Finton TES

John M. FosnochtThomas J. GarrettAaron M. Hader BFS

George D. HarffWalter W. HashimotoRowland A. Hutchinson TES

Leonard Graham JewsonArnold KatzArthur MarshallBarry D. Meiselman TES

Mary Lewis Berry OrsattiBrian F. PollackDavid RapkinCharles E. ReichMyron I. SchafferAlbert J. Simkins TES

Marvin H. SitrinCharles W. Tager TES

Robert J. Valent

Class of 1959 – 55th ReunionChris T. ArmenGerald BarrackWalter S. BogadTheodore M. BolotinJoseph R. BonacciRonald B. CogenThe late Richard P. DakinNorman F. DavisGerald L. Fine TES

Arthur M. GitlinJay I. GlatHarry M. HoffmanCharles W. Jensen, Jr. TES

Philip W. KitchinDonald G. Lovejoy TES

Donald B. OlivieOmer E. PaquetteCharles H. RedishFrederick W. RichartzJames N. Sarantos TES

Robert B. SpilkerPeter H. Strife II

Class of 1960James L. AckermanBarry BennPhilip S. CaplanArthur S. CobinRichard C. DurbeckJames H. DyenFrederick J. FerrariArthur Fertman TES

Gabriel C. GarberJack S. GinsbergStephen F. GoodmanArnold G. Greene TES

Hugh C. HowarthCarol Balla HutzellNikki Marlowe RabbinoHarvey WenickHarold P. Wittman TES

Malcolm B. Zola TES

Class of 1961Franklin M. BarberPhilip F. Cerveny, Jr.Lawrence G. CoulterRichard M. DannenbaumHarry E. DolphBonnie Wilson HartsockRusi A. HilloowalaRobert A. KatinAnastassios T. Koussis TES

Walter L. MyersLouis SandorPatricia Sheehan SetzerElizabeth Cammarano SharkeyNorman A. WhytockJames Pinson Woolf

Class of 1962 Marion Querido AronheimEleanor B. DrysdaleLawrence A. Friedman BFS

Gordon C. GaynorGordon B. GroffDonald B. MungerNorman ShapiroEdward W. SharkeyRobert J. SilvermanJohn Wiley, Jr. TES

Dennis E. Winn

Class of 1963John D. Andrews TES

D. Bryan BramanFrancis A. CastanoRichard L. ChodoshDavid J. CrossleyDaniel P. DecesareRichard W. D'EustachioWayne A. DrysdaleRoger D. GoldbergCharles P. Hadtke, Jr.Henry S. HammerHerbert HodessVictor J. KrymAlbert S. Mowery, Jr.Richard L. NyceI. David Popkin TES

Lawrence N. Rouff TES

Jacob A. SalzmannBetty Brussel ShamasLouis A. Tobia, Jr. TES

Emanuel R. TressJeffrey A. WatsonRobert H. Williams BFS

Class of 1964 – 50th ReunionMyron Allukian, Jr.Jerry Baldwin TES

Edward J. Beatty TES

Otis G. BeckFred C. BergamoNeal L. FreedmanMalcolm R. Freedman TES

Marshall J. GoldinRobert S. Hall TES

William E. Jacoby, Jr. TES

Lewis A. Kay

Alumni 91%

Individuals 2%

Foundations 2%

Corporations 5%

Our Annual Giving DonorsHOW YOU HELP THE SCHOOL

*Annual giving donors in FY2014 total 1,018



HONORROLLMorton A. Langsfeld III TES

Robert A. Lawton TES

Warner E. Lund, Jr.Henry A. MillerMichael M. PerlJames D. Smallwood TES

Sanford A. SteinPaul F. Zizza, Jr.

Class of 1965Peter J. AbellGail Downs Baer TES

Robert W. BeidemanMarilyn Graziano BernasJames D. BrackettHarold S. Bressler TES

Charles Bromberg TES

David J. CantorJohn W. CanzanoLawrence G. CaruthShu Cheung Cheuk TES

William K. Deal TES

Richard E. Derrick TES

Martin H. FrostAlan L. GartenbergDaniel J. GesekNorman GoldbergerRobert F. GoulstoneStewart V. HaggertyKaye Anderson HaggertyTheron M. Hatch III TES

Leonidas C. HoltDavid H. HopkinsFrederick O. JohnsonPaul J. Markowitz TES

George B. MarschallRobert S. Morgenstein TES

Jon L. RauchStuart C. Rubin TES

Howard J. SchareTheodore A. Souliotis TES

Elaine Mantzouris StevensonRobert B. Summers TES

Vija Tamuzs

Thomas N. TheiseLouis S. Vodzak TES

Donald K. WeilburgDennis E. Winson

Class of 1968 Murry A. Awrach TES

Randall G. BaldwinDonald G. Bell, Jr. TES

Thomas D. EdwardsFrederic J. FreidusSidney Gutsin TES

Gerald H. Kreinces BFS

William S. Laubach TES

Gary A. Lewis TES

Brady Kenneth Lyons, Jr.James S. McKelvey TES

Evan C. Moll TES

Frederick G. PreisCharles TzagournisDorothy Herrick WashburnC. Robert Waters, Jr. TES

Class of 1969 – 45th ReunionJohn F. BrentMichael L. Brugg TES

Martin P. Carlin TES

Julia A. CarrVictor S. DietzJames R. Elder TES

John F. GellE. Ernest Guile, Jr.David H. Kornbluth TES

Charles R. LiptonBiddle F. MorrisJudith Sinanis Nist TES

Richard L. Rothstein TES

John E. Spellman TES

Juris M. SvarcbergsEdward M. Van DorenSteven Aaron Wolman

Class of 1970Benedict V. AlibrandiDavid K. Anderson

Morris L. WeinmanArnold S. WeisgoldJoseph R. Zaientz

Class of 1966 Joel E. AbrahamClifford L. AnzilottiCharles R. Dagati TES

Bruce M. Elliott TES

Neil B. Epstein TES

Gertrude Stahl Epstein TES

Stephen M. FisherJay P. GoldsmithAnthony C. Harlacher TES

Jeffrey H. Harnett TES

Robert HennerMyron E. Katz TES

Franklin D. Niver TES

Donald C. Phillips TES

Jeffrey R. PlanceyMonroe H. Rackow TES

Albert G. Senger, Jr.Jerold R. ShapiroJohn F. SinclairHenry J. Turner

Class of 1967 Eric G. AndersonSteven Martin Baron TES

John H. Bell, Jr.Edwin L. CohenJohn T. CurtissDonald T. DockstaderBennett F. Frankel TES

Philip C. GiarraputoVeronica Prang GiarraputoMichael Russ GlogoffJoseph B. Hanley, Jr.Jerome M. LafferRobert L. LeffWalter E. Maust, Jr. TES

Charles B. MillsteinSamuel R. SelzerJeffrey B. ShapiroNorman H. Stoller

John R. BartlettJeffrey A. Bassin TES

Herbert C. Brannen TES

Richard C. CondosPeter T. CressmanAlvin F. DeSiena TES

Charles G. DeutermannCharles R. DuFort TES

Alan H. FrankelJames R. Granite TES

Andras G. HarisFrederick D. HicksGail Thompson Hiltunen TES

John W. JostLawrence Kessler BFS

Giedris KliveckaMiles E. Kuttler TES

Donald F. Major TES

Robert K. C. Mao BFS

George H. Master TES

Robert E. Nist TES

Albert M. Price TES

J. Anthony Quinn TES

Louis F. Rose TES

Donald H. SchubertEdward K. Swain, Jr. TES

Brennan M. ThorntonRobert John Tisot

Class of 1971 Alvin T. Boyd TES

Berkey S. ClarkRobert J. Collins TES

C. Dwight Decker TES

Richard C. Drummond TES

Michael Elliott TES

Alan R. FriemanAllan C. GoldfederIra GoldmanSandra T. GreenbergHarry P. GrossmanHoward B. GroverJennie Carcaud HennigarKenneth A. Ingber TES

Mark A. Judy TES

Robert W. JungGeorge A. Kates TES

Patrick M. Keeley TES

Michael J. KishDonald E. KondratMary E. McFadden-AgostinelliFrederic PaperthThomas L. Snyder BFS

Mark UngerAnthony C. Vigliotti

Class of 1972 David M. BarnettTheodore M. CamesanoCaryn J. Clayman TES

Marc CohnJack E. DubinRobert H. FishA. Patrick FlynnRobert S. FrankelMyron S. Graff TES

Joseph R. Greenberg

Lawrence T. Herman TES

Egill L. JacobsenEdward P. Johnson BFS

Howard P. KesslerSusan M. Lee TES

Martin D. LevinRichard E. LevittDavid LevyRobert B. Martin TES

Frederick R. Molander, Jr. TES

Douglas E. Peterson TES

Anthony M. Rossi TES

Robert J. SeltzerWilliam G. Sloan TES

Ronald P. StraussJay T. Winburn IIIJames B. Wolf

Class of 1973 Charles M. Brenner TES

David BrotherDennis N. Cohen TES

William W. Dreyer, Jr.Regina Dolan DunnAlan F. GellerElliott K. GutmanNeil S. Hiltunen TES

Nicholas J. Iassogna, Jr.Alan D. KrauszBernard W. Kurek BFS

Steven D. Lasser TES

Vernon Loveless TES

David M. MendelsonRandolph C. Myerson TES

Ralph S. PfeiferJeffrey G. PriluckLewis E. Proffitt BFS

Victor L. RatkusCathy A. Reynolds TES

Richard A. Romano TES

Jay M. RossellJohn W. Schreiber TES

Donald H. Silverman TES

Joel S. TeigVincent K. Trossello TES

Michael A. Wernick TES

Class of 1974 – 40th ReunionLance J. Adelson TES

Harvey J. BarbagJohn W. Burk TES

Walter I. ChinoyRobert S. DavisEllen EisenbergJaclyn M. GleberGene J. Goldstein TES

Harry S. GrandCarl S. Gulrich TES

Marc W. Heft TES

W. Grant Hennigar, Jr.Mark A. Higginbottom TES

Howard C. HopenwasserRichard M. Kanter TES

John A. Kerchoff TES

Allan D. Klenetsky BFS

Thomas KrakowerJeffrey M. Leitner

FY2014 Fundraising OverviewHOW CHARITABLE GIFTS BENEFIT THE SCHOOL

Clinic/Facility Renovations 41%

*Funds raised in FY2014 total $4,327,337


Scholarship Support 14%

Graduate Programs 7.2%

Clinical Research 25.7%

Unrestricted (Annual Giving) 12.9%

Steven I. LieberJohn G. ManningArnold J. MarsRaymond J. McGee TES

Robert I. OrensteinRonald Michael Pross TES

Peter D. QuinnStephanie J. Rahner TES

Marco D. RandEdward P. Roy TES

Richard W. RubyMichael B. RulnickLawrence H. Shendalman TES

Edwin W. Slade, Jr. TES

Mark B. Snyder BFS

Robert M. Sorin TES

Orhan C. Tuncay TES

Martin WeinbergRonald G. Weissman TES

Michael J. WhitehouseWilliam Wolfson TES

Peter C. Wright TES

Class of 1975Melvin S. BabadLeonard A. CherkasCharlene Jennings Fenster TES

Carol Falcone FetterSpencer Z. Forman TES

Ronald S. Goldenberg TES

Richard P. KlichMichael A. KraneFrancis S. MatarazzoJames W. McClellanJames H. MendilloPamela Slothouber MinterFedele A. MussoHarold R. RomesburgLouis E. RossmanKenneth R. SchneiderPhilip A. ShoreHoward E. StrasslerJack Weil TES

Arthur Z. Weiss TES

John A. WittnerJohn C. Worsley, Jr. TES

Class of 1976 Gary D. Bogachus TES

Dennis M. Byrne TES

Michael G. Cook TES

Philip A. Cooper TES

Brian S. DuchanSamuel W. Feinstein TES

Kenneth Allen FetterRobert M. FleisherRobert J. GoldenVictor GregorAlan J. GuberHoward Kantrowitz TES

John D. KarabaszGary N. Kitazawa TES

Elaine M. KuracinaEric Lewis TES

Rosario F. Mayro TES

Michael Jeffrey Morton TES

Neil L. Moscow

Peter J. Rattigan TES

Howard J. RittDavid M. Roshkind TES

Carol Roper SchlegelSteven Alan Schwartz TES

Eric H. Spellman TES

Walter G. Spigelman

Class of 1977 Thomas C. Backenstose, Jr.Alexandra A. Baker TES

Edward E. BestRobert B. BookmanG. Frans CurrierArthur F. Eddy TES

Rebecca J. EgolfDavid M. Fenster TES

Francis G. ForwoodLaurie Lipman FrischmanJohn Ace GibsonStephen F. HartmanGregory G. IndykeJeffrey B. Kadesh TES

Fred B. Kastenbaum BFS

Arnold O. KoonHeywood R. Kotch TES

Walter K. Kulick TES

Jeffrey H. LiebmanRobert N. Lipner TES

Arnold I. Maloff TES

Robert ResnickCharles M. RobbinsBarry P. SetzerRobert A. Smith TES

Mitchell A. SmolowCraig B. SoffinMichael G. TownJohn V. Ward, Jr. TES

P. Deborah Weisfuse TES

Class of 1978 Lawrence A. AmsterdamSidney Chojnowski TES

James S. CinamonArthur F. DeanScott R. HallAndrew G. Jacobson TES

Mansoor MadaniJames L. Pearlstein TES

Larry Pepper TES

Steven J. RothenbergAlan J. Seltzer TES

Neal S. SlutskyDonna Lewis SmolowRobert M. Solomon TES

Adrienne M. Spiegel-Garay TES

Baruch J. TwerskyMark M. Weiman TES

Patti Lee WertherLee H. Winter BFS

Class of 1979 – 35th ReunionThomas E. Boytim TES

Ralph J. Bozza TES

Richard C. BuzinAndrew B. Casabianca TES

Richard E. Chodroff TES

Stephen Dallal

Gary A. Di Santo-Rose TES

Paul R. FarrellLeslie S. Finkelstein TES

Madeline S. GinzburgBruce H. Godick TES

Stephen H. Grossman TES

Elizabeth Nissley HarrisonGary L. Hartz TES

Thomas W. Herfort TES

Michael L. Iczkovitz TES

William G. KellyJeffrey C. Kleiman TES

Anna Kornbrot TES

Gregg M. LanePaul J. McKenna, Jr. TES

Isaac V. PerleSaul M. Pressner TES

Joanne S. Reiffe Fishbane TES

Thomas R. Schneid TES

David Tai-Man Shen BFS

Louis Spiegel TES

Leonard C. Taddei, Jr. TES

David A. TecoskyW. Michael TumanRobert E. Weiner BFS

Deborah J. WhitmanEllen Bailey Witsch

Class of 1980Pamela L. Alberto TES

Joseph Bartoloni TES

Jay A. BlackSherrie Allemang BlackJames V. Bordoni TES

Gail Spiegel Cohen TES

Angela Collins TES

Jeffrey M. Cooper TES

Richard Copell BFS

Philip H. EhretRichard L. FieseRobin F. GallagherJerome B. Goldberg TES

George L. Grillon TES

Sharon Kift Hayes TES

Christopher H. Joy BFS

Marc F. Lipkin TES

Frederick J. Marra TES

Cynthia Keller Marra TES

Judith S. PostSteven J. Reubel TES

Marian Glynn Royer TES

Edward L. SchumerAmy Schild Spiegel TES

Gary B. Toubman TES

Edward S. YalisoveJonathan Zamzok TES

Class of 1981 Anthony J. BakopolusJudith Zack Bendit TES

Robert M. Benedon TES

Thomas J. BolandBrian E. Breslin TES

Paul Wendell BrownMitchell A. Charnas

William W. M. Cheung BFS

Barry S. Chudnofsky TES

Robert C. DirectorWilliam F. FischerCheryl Beddoe George TES

Stuart M. Ginsberg TES

David J. HaussAnita Nayar Joy BFS

Jerome A. Kleponis TES

Michael R. KremerRandolph L. Mitchell BFS

Richard L. OshrainPeter S. RosenmanGary W. Seldomridge TES

Susan L. Stern BFS

Mark J. Weingarden TES

Class of 1982 Anne C. AlexanderJ. Craig Alexander II TES

Earl D. Childs TES

Sara A. Chinn-KarabaszJames E. Clayton, Jr. TES

Robert J. Connelly, Jr. TES

Neal D. FutranHamid HayatJames D. Hudson Barbara Franco Hudson TES

Christopher V. HughesMansoor Madani TES

Craig F. McBethJoel I. Nathanson TES

Francine J. Paladino TES

Chester J. PalmieriHoward W. RosaRobert I. RosnerMark A. RuggerioRobert Gerald Savarese TES

Mark L. Waltzer

Class of 1983 Meredith C. BogertWilliam H. BohrodYung S. Chung TES

Lee B. Durst-Roisman TES

Paul R. Feldman BFS

David E. FreilichMartin J. GlassmanGeordee GrableAmy L. Ludwig TES

Judith C. McKain-RubinVanessa A. MorenziMichael R. NawfelIra S. Rosen TES

Gail E. Schupak BFS

Jane K. Segal TES

Francis J. Smithgall TES

Gary P. SwistakDavid S. Tarica BFS

Michael David Yasner TES

Valerie Eisenberg Yasner TES

Class of 1984 – 30th ReunionSteven C. BlutfieldBryan J. BooszRobert A. Brody BFS

Peter Chin TES

Mitchell G. CohenAnnette Kriegel DavidoffAlan J. Demaso TES

William E. DingusJoel Elliot ElfmanMitchell L. EsralEgidio A. Farone TES

Jay S. FishbeinBruce Freme TES

John A. Gawlik TES

Thomas Edmond George TES

David A. GoodmanPaula GrantBrian P. Hogan TES

Joseph L. Keefer TES

Ross E. Kline TES

David Mark Klugman TES

Eric M. LevineRobert A. Levine TES

Laura Clemente Mackey TES

Farideh Moattari Madani TES

Wayne W. Maibaum TES

Larry P. Markel TES

Michael W. Migdal TES

Augustus Nogueira TES

Brenda G. PaulenRichard D. Riddle II TES

Jane RussoStuart M. SchnallStephen A. Solomon TES

Class of 1985Jay Lee Arlick TES

Robert W. Baker, Jr.Charles Henry BloomStephen R. BradleyLaurence G. Chacker BFS

Heidi C. Crow TES

Jeffrey D. Dorfman TES

Gregory L. French TES

Rosalia Gallo TES

Michael J. GaughanGregory A. Hillyard TES

James A. IsaacsonHoward D. LassinAgnes LauJohn F. LhotaSarah M. LynchDouglas R. MahlerAnne L. MartelliNguyen T. NguyenJohn R. PaquetteSusan S. PlotnickDallas L. Pulliam, Jr. TES

Karen Knopf Rosen TES

Donald J. Salomon TES

Maria Christina SevillaDavid Richard Silver BFS

Keith F. SilvermanTimothy P. Sweet TES

Class of 1986 Gerald Adachi TES

Gari Goldberg BloomPaul J. Carpinello TES



HONORROLLJin HahnJohn L. Hayes TES

Daniel R. KreshtoolEmmy OmotoGary A. OrbachJohn W. Rosenlieb, Jr. TES

Jorgen SlotsUmit Yigit BFS

Class of 1987 William Vincent BaldassanoStuart Alan ChavisGuy CobyRobert Joseph Demarco TES

Gregory S. DiRenzo BFS

Edward Bronislaw Drozd TES

Mitchell Joseph Farr TES

Jeffrey GanelesAlbert Smith Harris III TES

Lloyd Kenneth KlausnerEdward Arthur Krukowski TES

Ernesto A. Lee BFS

Mark William NesterThomas Paul Petrick, Jr. TES

Robert Marc Stern TES

Class of 1988 John Michael CapognaRichard Allen D'Innocenzo TES

Marc Phillip Gimbel TES

Yuh-Fang HsiaoFrederick E. Kane TES

LynAnn Mastaj BFS

Francis Joseph McClainMitchell Benjamin MiloneMalcolm S. MorrisPaul Michael Tedeschi TES

Class of 1989 – 25th ReunionSusan M. ChialastriMichael E. Cohen TES

Michael J. Feldman BFS

Richard G. Gray TES

Maryellen KeefeSharon Hibbard StokesChin-Chia Eric Tsao TES

Judy Yuan-Ching Tsao TES

Class of 1990Jeffrey W. Anderson TES

Martha A. Chun TES

Hilary ChungAmy D. Field TES

Howard E. Goldstein TES

Rhonda Madeline KaveeChenet P. LaroseAnita Marie MiliciSantosh MittalRonald S. SamburskyBarry L. SandorLawrence R. SelingerJay Kevin Selznick BFS

Olivia Sheridan BFS

Class of 1991 Karl A. ArakelianGilberto J. DebelianRussell L. Forman TES

Howard P. Fraiman

Class of 1996 Subina AnandDaniel T. BassinAli BehniaLynda C. Chen TES

Matthew J. GirardyJoanna Z. Levin TES

Timothy C. LinVictoria L. MalzConstantine SimosMarjean E. Stokes-MonroeEmilie ValenciaJohn E. Valencia

Class of 1997 Joanna Ioana BodeaRichard P. Y. HsuJohn J. Jaber TES

A. K. Bobby MallikJose Agustin MedinaMindy Ok TES

Sean Warren ShawR. Tabatabaei Bidgoli

Class of 1998Jeffrey P. ChenMay Dongmei GaoGeoffrey M. Glick TES

Wendy R. Sanger TES

G. Ross Segal TES

Andrew T. Wilson TES

Class of 1999 – 15th ReunionJonathon S. Bowden TES

Winnie Wing Yee Cheung TES

Lu Gan TES

Andrew C. HilleAejaaz A. Issa TES

Andrew M. KimYooson E. Kim TES

Noelle Ling TES

Philip L. Michaelson TES

Cezar M. MitrutLin Qiu TES

Corina RaduVeena M. ReddyEric T. Stoopler TES

Soun L. Wong

Class of 2000Louay M. AbrassJean KangEunah KohBrian LeeBrett R. Levin TES

Biplab K. MaloTaiwo Mary OsunkoyaNathaniel S. Treister

Class of 2001 Nina V. Aks BFS

Matthew S. Cantner TES

Jessica L. Greenberg TES

Andrew D. HochDong-Ho Kang TES

Afolabi O. Ogunleye TES

Ashish S. Patel TES

Anthony R. Harlacher TES

Jung Baik KimSamuel I. KratchmanDavid Michael Ludwig TES

Maria E. Parrella TES

Joseph Stephen Rava TES

Hilton Zvi Segal TES

Class of 1992 Ann Kearney AstolfiBruce W. Corbin TES

John S. HorchosMamle O. ManteJonathan Michael RichterKara G. Rosenthal-FraimanMitchell R. Rubinstein TES

Diane Wendy ShermanScott C. WoodburyMasooma Saba Zaidi

Class of 1993 Paul Luff Boger TES

Kevin B. Fader TES

Swapan S. Ghosh BFS

Charles L. Hill IVKristine M. HyonJoseph T. KellyPhillip S. MinSteven S. OhMichael Angelo PerilloKanako Shimizu-Wong TES

Samantha A. Vitagliano

Class of 1994 – 20th ReunionJose J. Alvarez TES

Deborah C. BarckhausenJoy Bockstein AbtCraig C. BroomeAlla GrossmanAlan R. Hecht TES

Amy Elizabeth James TES

Robert S. Kane TES

Yongkun Kun Kim BFS

Jose R. LugayJoan S. MalcolmJayne L. Marcazzolo BFS

Laurene Alyse Marks-Wolf TES

Karen Sonnone McAndrewWei-Hsin Men TES

Heydar MotarefKalindi N. PatwaDavid A. Rosh TES

Jun Sun TES

Frank A. Vigliotti

Class of 1995Debra L. CarriChun-Thai Chung TES

Sara Corinne CohenCarlos I. CruzWilliam N. Cummings TES

Nuntiya Kakanantadilok TES

Kenneth LeeDaniel C. LeungFrancis ManteKaren Rella ReisnerMaria-Paz U. SmithRyan Craig Woodman

Class of 2002 Vinamra Bhasin TES

Kelly M. BouchardGerry J. CelluraPaul M. Goodman TES

Alyssa Marlin Greenberger TES

Meetu R. KohliJay B. LaudenbachPenny M. LeongShirley K. Molina TES

Duc H. NguyenRinku ParmarGregory R. Urfrig

Class of 2003Howard N. AbrahamsMeenakshi Balakrishnan TES

Ricardo A. BoyceSamuel R. Epley TES

David M. Herman TES

Jason E. HoldenFaranak A. Khasraghi TES

Kathleen P. LambertTimothy LeungAndrea O. RiosDavid Chun-Te YuBobby Zargari TES

Class of 2004 – 10th ReunionErika Johnston BeckerSilvana Cumani BFS

Tracey B. Epley TES

Ryan K. GraverWadia M. HannaJonathan C. JohnsonGrace Y. JuanElena V. KurtzErick MenegazzoCathleen R. PotianNoah A. Quinn TES

Brian T. RobinsonAzalea A. SharifiAlison N. Shufran TES

Sarah J. SibbachAllen YangXin Zhang TES

Class of 2005Li ChenMaki IshiiSeena JosephPhilip Y. Kang TES

Jessica S. KimLyudmila Y. KuznetsovaJaehoon LeeMichael C. PalmaAida PasalicAdam L. SaylorIgor Shmurak

Class of 2006 Boriana Canby TES

Stephen W. ColiteJulie E. DesimoneJoel B. Frankel TES

Hiroshi IshiiSteven J. Kim

Igor RoitmanShabnam SedaghatSaman Souri

Class of 2007 Diane BaldwinLaura S. CappettaErick M. Goldberg TES

Marcela HerreraDana L. Kapp TES

Melissa A. RestrepoPeter Rouff TES

Frederick John Rumford IV TES

Kianna Michelle SimmonsElizabeth D. Spence

Class of 2008Chuen Chie Chiang TES

Havva Z. ErtugrulMariana Gitron BeerPamela J. HartmanBlaine KeisterByounggon Kim TES

Bradley SchnebelDustin SnyderKijin Woo TES

Class of 2009 – 5th ReunionThomas FilipDavid GanjiAdam J. GatanMarc R. HayashiHee J. KimRitu ManchandaLucas Enrique MantillaMarshall B. Montgomery TES

Class of 2010Dan DavidJulee P. GilMindo LeeJessica R. Marinoff TES

Stephanie R. RhoadsShalini SethiFrank C. SetzerMaria F. VelascoJeremy S. Werbitt

Class of 2011Amanda M. BayleyStefani L. Cheung TES

Markus S. HillJustin R. MessinaJustin SilvestreDaniel P. Tibbetts

Class of 2012Laura M. BarunasJeff Y. LiJustin M. MosesMatthew K. Sones

Class of 2013Kristine A. GleasonPeter Jackson


FRIENDS

This list includes all friendswho made a gift to any PennDental Medicine fund in2013-14. We are gratefulfor their support as theirgenerosity sustains Penn’spreeminence in dentalmedicine.

Sandra K. AlpertJerry AppleDeborah Rosenblum Arlick, C’84, GED’84

Robert L. Baer, CHE’65, GEE’67, GR’71

Nancy L. BakerBonnie BaldassanoStacy BeaRyan Becker, CGS’06Mary Ellen Beideman, GNU’88Pamela Salomon BenedonMarion O. BergmanStanley M. BergmanMarian W. BerndPhyllis BienstockKatherine Cutchins Billingham, GED’54

Markus BlatzMark L. BoccardiWenk BoesemeyerBernice BradinThe late Vera BradinKevin Alfred BrownSarah M. BurtonCorinne L. CacasSondra CaplanJoann CappettaCarolyn Grant Castano, CW’62Mario CastroJames Charatan, ENG’07, GEN’07Nancy C. CharnasCatherine W. CheungPui-Chung ChimJoan Kirschner Chodosh, CW’64Susan Dean Chodroff, NU’80Jane Ellen Chojnowski, GED’77Betty ChowWing ChowThomas ClauderDana E. Cohen, C’88Martin A. CohenFara Beth CopellJonathan J. Coslet, W’87Barbara Ruth Dean, PT’77Dianne Woods Defrino, CW’58Joel S. Delfiner, M’79Clinton DempseySean DevineHelen Haynes Direnzo, NU’85, GNU’88

Mary N. Doyle

Matthew J. DoyleNatalie Zellat Dyen, CW’66, GED’67

Susan ElfmanSheila Anne Elliott, NU’67Margo B. Faier, G’72Barbara Fine, ED57, GED’59Aaron E. Finkelstein, W’79Maxine FleisherCarolyn D. ForwoodPeggy FrankelRenee T. Freilich, NU’78, GNU’81Margaret Minter Futran, GNU’83Velma GalblumMaren Gaughan, G13, LPS’16Edward GersonBetty Jane S. Gerstley, GM’57Eleanor Behren Glat, GED’60Mark W. GleasonJoan I. Gluch, GR’92Tatyana S. Goldberg, NU’05Susan Wylen Goldenberg, OT’72Harriet Krangel Goldin, CW’62Marjorie T. Goldsmith, GED’66Eudes Gondim, Jr.Betsy Harris Granite, GR’85Brenda J. GuberWilliam N. Hanafee, Jr.Richard HayashiBarry HendlerCindi B. HershElliot V. HershDiane Schuehler Hillyard, W’81Deborah Rifkin Hoffman, ED’59Lori HoganAnn M. HoggLindsay HonzakAleksander IofinRuth Creskoff Jacobsen, CW’62Karen Rones Jacobson, GED’77The late Bentha JohnsonHarriet JuliAgnes A. Kan, GAR’83Linda Lichtenberg KaplanJo Ann F. KayMaureen P. KellyHope Rothenberg Kessler, CW’67, ASC’69

Carolyn Taylor Kitchin, CW’53Karen Weisman KlugmanJudith C. Koss, C’81Nancy Barrett KreiderSteven K. KreiderTae-Kyung KwonElissa C. Ladd, NU’80Judith Korman Langsfeld, CW’67Valerie LaudenbachJulie LeeSusan LevinDeborah Pollock Levitt, CW’69Bruce D. Manson, WG’87Ceceilia Marie MarkhamMarian Schmidt Marschall, CW’62

Arthur MateenWilliam E. Mathews, WG’56Ingrid G. McGee, CG'S’74Toba R. Meiselman, CW’56The late Harriet Worrall MershonDeborah Nash Molander, CW’71Madeline MonacoSusan MorgensteinHaruo MoritaDorothy Mc Murray Mosch, HUP’55, NU’55

Ellen J. MoscowCaroline NeumannAli OezdemirSandra J. Orenstein, SW’73Abby J. OshrainSheldon David Pollack, L’86Susan Hymes Pross, GR’75Margaret Dillon Reuter, MT’56Nancy Reyes-Svarcbergs, GNU’82Aileen K. RobertsBrian L. Roberts, W’81Ralph J. Roberts, W’41, HON’05Suzanne F. RobertsNoah RobkinDebra RosaClaire RoseJulia L. Rosner, W’80Val RossmanLorain R. RothsteinRonald V. RunyonDonald RushLois Brown Schaffer, ED’59Cornel J. T. SchlossEloise K. SitrinEdwin W. Slade, Jr., D’74Hortense B. SladekSusan F. Slatkoff, CW’73, M’78Brian SmithColin B. SmithLillian C. SmithJane Rockafeller Smyth, D’50Andrea Kligerman Solomon, C’78, GED’82, GR’88

Daniel Harry Solomon, L’97Linda SpellmanCaryn L. Stark, GED’76Shirley R. SteinbergDebra Kamerling Stern, W’87, WG’92

Robert Fraser Stokes, M’88Eric T. StooplerCarol W. SummersMelody Troeger Sweet, GR’85Heman TangMichele TaricaSusan Greenberg Toubman, C’79Alison Slap TressToshihiro UshikuboBetty Smith VodzakMarilyn WaltzerBarbara WeisenfeldMyra Chernoff Weisgold, CW’61Carol WengertDominik R. WesolowskiSusan B. WestBernardine Whitehouse

Margaret S. Williams, CW’62, GED’85

Gary WiserJoseph W. WolkDeirdre WoodsJudith Neubauer Worsley, PT’76Jean P. WynnSerap O. YigitKathleen ZizzaRobert Qui Fang Zou, WG’94

TRIBUTE GIFTS

This list includes all donorswho made tribute gifts ofany amount to any PennDental Medicine fund in2013-2014. For many, agift to the School is morethan just a financial contri-bution, it is a meaningfulway to honor or remembersomeone special in theirlives.

Albert J. Anderson, C’52, D’55Ali Behnia, D’96John H. Bell, Jr., D’67Richard C. Buzin, C’75, D79Philip S. Caplan, D’60Sondra CaplanYung S. Chung, D’83Gail Spiegel Cohen, C’76, D’80Martin A. CohenSilvana Cumani, D’04The late Richard P. Dakin, D’59Robert S. Davis, D’74Douglas M. Dunbar, D’53Jerome Flamm, D’50Marc Phillip Gimbel, D’88Stephen F. Goodman, D’60Deborah Rifkin Hoffman, ED’59Harry M. Hoffman, D’59Ann M. HoggEgill L. Jacobsen, GD’72Ruth Creskoff Jacobsen, CW’62Joseph L. Keefer, D’84, GD’85Deborah Pollock Levitt, CW’69Richard E. Levitt, C’68, D’72, GD’77

Amy L. Ludwig, D’83Robert B. Martin, D’72Michael W. Migdal, D’84I. David Popkin, C59, D’63Frederick G. Preis, GD’68J. Anthony Quinn, D’70Edward P. Rich, D’57Ruth Kosterlitz Rider, D’57Louis E. Rossman, D’75, GD’77Val RossmanRonald V. RunyonDonald Rush

Barry L. Sandor, D’90Louis Sandor, C’57, D’61Hortense B. SladekBrian SmithColin B. SmithMaria-Paz U. Smith, D’95, WMP03Amy Schild Spiegel, D’80Louis Spiegel, D’79Barbara WeisenfeldCarol WengertSusan B. WestLee H. Winter, D’78Michael David Yasner, C79, D’83, GD’84, GD’86


Tribute Gifts were made inhonor of the following alumni:Julian E. Brightman C’87Class of 1975Class of 1983Jonathan D. Cohen, C’09Joseph J. Keefer, C’52, D’55Arnold Malerman, GD’72Philip A. Miolene, D’60Dr. & Mrs. Robert Weiner C’72, D’79

Tribute Gifts were made inmemory of the following alumni:Daniel A. Bomberger, D’55Ronald H. Ellman, D’74David J. Feit, D’84Joseph Foote, D’74, GD’80Louis I. Grossman, D’23, HON78Bal K. Goyal, D’81,GD’81Jesse H. Hogg, Jr., D’53C. Clark Johnson, D’53Jacob Hagenbuch Ludwig, Jr., D’44

J. Henry O'Hern, Jr., D’53, GD’55Maija G. Ozols, D’57Nathaniel R. Popkin, C’91, GCP’95Cheryl A. Sandor-Birnbaum, D’87David P. Schleimer, D’83Robert D. Schweitzer, D’55Edward J. Spiegel, D’29Mortimer L. Weisenfeld, D’47Eugene A. Winter, D’43

This issue of the Honor Roll represents activity in Fiscal Year2014 (July 1, 2013 – June 30,2014). We have made everyattempt to ensure the accuracy ofthis report. If your name has beenomitted or misprinted, pleaseaccept our sincere apologies andnotify the Penn Dental MedicineOffice of Development and AlumniRelations at 215-898-8951.


40 WWW.DENTAL.UPENN.EDU40 WWW.DENTAL.UPENN.EDU

“To stay at the leading edge ofdental education, it’s importantto adapt our teaching methods to new technological standardsand digital platforms.”DR. MARKUS BLATZ


THIS SUMMeR, DR. KellY JORDAN-SCUITTO,Professor and Chair of Pathology, helped pilot anew online testing program for students in herpathology course that allowed her to incorporateimages right onto the computer screen, easilyassess how well the class was learning the mate-rial, and provided students with almost immediatefeedback on their performance.

The online testing program, examSoft, is justone of a number of new educational technologyinitiatives being implemented or explored toensure Penn Dental Medicine continues to pro-vide the best possible education and experiencefor students, while utilizing the latest educationalmethods, tools, and technology available.

“To stay at the leading edge of dental educa-tion, it’s important to adapt our teaching methodsto new technological standards and digital plat-forms,” says Dr. Markus Blatz, Chair, Departmentof Preventive and Restorative Sciences, who lastyear was tapped by Dean Denis Kinane to spear-head the School’s online curriculum initiativesand serve as chair of an advisory committee onthe topic. “Information is being delivered very dif-ferently than even five or 10 years ago,” says Dr.

Blatz. “Traditional lectures and conventional text-books have become less effective teaching toolsthese days when an abundance of up-to-date infor-mation is readily available with just a mouse click.”

Recorded lectures and tutorials, so-calledflipped classrooms, and a full complement ofmobile apps are all part of the new online learninginitiative. This fall, as part of a pilot, all 120 freshmenwere provided with iPads so they have a uniformplatform to access all learning technology systemsand applications while at Penn Dental Medicine.The Digital Impressions website accessible onthe iPads currently has nine apps, including theCanvas learning management system, MediaSitefor online lectures and tutorials, examSoft for test-

TECHINITIATIVESADVANCING DENTAL EDUCATION THROUGHINNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGYOPPOSITE: As part of a new online learning initiative, aDigital Impressions website, accessible on iPads, wasestablished with mobile apps. It currently features nineapps, including Canvas learning management system,MediaSite for online lectures and tutorials, ExamSoft fortest-taking, and Browzine for academic journals.


TECHINITIATIVES

taking, and Browzine for academic journals.Others will be added as additional technologyinitiatives advance.

To help carry out these new initiatives andcontinue to stay ahead of the technology curve,two new positions have been dedicated to thiseffort. Chia-Wei Wu started September 2 as theSchool’s first Associate Director of OnlineCurriculum Design. Wu, who holds a Master ofScience in education in learning Sciences andTechnologies from Penn’s Graduate School ofeducation, brings expertise in blended learningsystems and online learning environments, suchas Massive Open Online Courses and otherinstructional design. He has also served as a highschool chemistry teacher, which inspired him tostart JSchool, a K-12 online learning platform.

In this new position, he is working closelywith Maria Mejia, a five-year veteran of PennDental Medicine’s IT department, who on July 1assumed the new role of IT Director of learningTechnologies. In this position, she is chargedwith leveraging the effective use of technologyopportunities in learning and teaching from theclassroom to the clinic and is coordinating theefforts of the IT learning Technologies Team.

A NEW LEVEL OF COMMITMENTPenn Dental Medicine has been incorporatingnew learning technologies into the curriculum forsome years, but these recent efforts and people tosupport them mark a new level of commitment.

“It was clear from the start that we needed adedicated team of experts to move in this directionmore forcefully,” Dr. Blatz notes. Besides himself,Wu, and Mejia, the committee on online curricu-lum initiatives also includes Dr. Anh le, Chair ofthe Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology and Norman Vine endowedProfessor of Oral Rehabilitation; Dr. HelenGiannakopoulos, Associate Professor of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery/Pharmacology; Dr. FrankSetzer, Assistant Professor of endodontics; Dr.Syngcuk Kim, Interim Chair and louis I. GrossmanProfessor, Department of endodontics; and JeffFahnoe, Senior Director of Planning and Operations.

In addition to assessing and implementingthe most promising technology initiatives, trainingfaculty to make the best possible use of the newinitiatives is critical. On-going training sessionsas well as one-on-one support is available to helpfaculty make the best use of existing resourcesand choose the most appropriate tools for theirteaching goals. They can access informationabout training and other efforts to support facultyin adopting new learning technologies throughthe learning Technologies Community Site on

Canvas. “We want to make it as easy as possiblefor faculty,” Mejia says.

There are many ways large and small inwhich online learning and technology can beincorporated into classes. Consider flipped class-rooms, in which at least some of the traditional lecture content typically is provided online andfaculty and students use class time to activelyengage in small group discussions or learningactivities. In this model, “students are not just sit-ting there taking notes,” Wu says. “This frees uptime in class for collaboration and small group discussions. The instructor has more time tomake sure there are better learning outcomes.”

educational research supports the notion thatthere are positive outcomes “when students teacheach other and learn from each other,” Wu adds.

Currently, two of the largest lectures halls atPenn Dental Medicine have cameras built in forrecording lectures, but Mejia says they are gettingmore requests from faculty who want help pro-ducing short lessons and vignettes with higherproduction values and strong narratives. “A boring

lecture doesn’t become more interesting justbecause it’s online,” Dr. Blatz notes.

The appeal of viewing lectures and othercontent online and on one’s own schedule is strong.Mejia said last year alone there were 70,000 viewsof recorded lectures, clinical procedures, instruc-tional videos, and other materials through theMediaSite video content management system.

In addition to allowing for more specializeduse of in-class time, teaching videos offer studentsmore control over how they view the content —giving them the ability to speed up through somesections and rewind to go back over more chal-lenging concepts. And because they now have theABOVE: To help carry out these new learning initiatives and

continue to stay ahead of the technology curve, two newpositions have been dedicated to this effort. Chia-Wei Wu isthe School’s first Associate Director of Online CurriculumDesign, working closely with Maria Mejia, who has assumedthe new role of IT Director of Learning Technologies.

“everything we do is drivenby wanting to support 21st-century learning for dentists.”MARIA MEJIA

The analytics available from examSoft offerimportant feedback about how well students —individually and as a class — are learning certaintopics. Test questions can be immediately vali-dated and help discriminate between those who

know the material and those who don’t. Questionsthat are not working well can be quickly droppedfrom the test. “Data is available instantaneously,”Dr. Kent says.

While the pilots for examSoft and the iPadDigital Impressions website continue this year,other technology solutions are being evaluated and developed — including an e-dashboard thatwould make it easier to track a student’s progressthrough Penn Dental Medicine. In addition, Dr.Blatz says, “We are evaluating and slowly


implementing new online platforms and soft-ware, as part of Canvas, that allow students notonly to view content, but also actively engage inonline discussions, interactive polls, and virtualconferences.” And beyond the undergraduateclassroom, plans for offering online continuingeducation courses are also in development.

“These new initiatives are part of the School’sbroader effort to incorporate digital technologiesand novel methods into our classrooms and clinics,”says Dr. Blatz, “and build on steps successfullytaken earlier, such as the application of electronicpatient records, digital radiography and impres-sions, virtual simulators, and CAD/CAMtechnologies.”

“We’re building an academic technologyeco-system, one that is seamless from classroomto clinic,” adds Mejia. “everything we do is drivenby wanting to support 21st-century learning fordentists.”

In Blatz’s view, that translates into applyingthe best of both new technologies and establishedteaching methods. “In dentistry, success lies indelivering excellent direct patient care and inter-personal communication, so that will alwaysremain a vital part of our students’ education,” saysBlatz. “At the end of the day, I believe our curricu-lum will be a healthy blend of online teaching andtraditional pedagogic methods.”

—By Debbie Goldberg

ability to track how students are viewing onlinecontent, Wu says faculty members can see whichconcepts or topics students are watching multi-ple times.

“It gives them insight into the behavior ofstudents watching the video,” he notes, which,along with other data available, allows facultymembers to tailor their curricula to better meetthe learning needs of students.

Meanwhile, the pilot for examSoft will continue throughout this academic year for all freshmen and a few sophomore courses. Dr. UriHangorsky, Associate Dean for AcademicAffairs and Director of the PASS Program, one of those instrumental in bringing the examSoftpilot to Penn Dental Medicine, said there areclear advantages so far.

ONLINE TESTING OFFERS MANYOPPORTUNITIESIn addition to including images and providingimportant analytic feedback to faculty about the performance of both students and tests, Dr.Hangorsky says the testing more closely mirrorsthe national licensing exams students will haveto take. “Most licensing exams today are admin-istered online, and we want our students to beprepared,” he notes. “This is the wave of the future.”

Faculty and students alike seem to bepleased with the online testing, Dr. Hangorskysays. And while there are some issues that need to be addressed, he says online testing “opens aplethora of opportunities a written test does not.”

Dr. Kenneth Kent, Clinical AssociateProfessor of Restorative Dentistry and Directorof Removable Prosthodontics, was an early pro-ponent of online testing, piloting it last spring inthe course Introduction to Clinical Dentistry andRemovable Partial Dentures, and this fall in hisComplete Dentures. “examSoft offers tremen-dous potential for comprehensive, meaningfulevaluation of our students,” Dr. Kent says.

RIGHT: Dr. Markus Blatz, Chair, Department ofPreventive and Restorative Sciences, right, was tapped tospearhead the School’s online curriculum initiatives andserve as chair of an advisory committee on the topic,working closely with Chia-Wei Wu, left, and Maria Mejia.

“Students are not just sittingthere taking notes. This(flipped classrooms) frees uptime in class for collaborationand small group discussions.”CHIA-WEI WU

FACULTYPERSPECTIVE


Oral health and disease are intimately relatedto general health status. Clinicians understandthat the oral cavity does not exist in isolation,but as an integral component of the human body.To think of the oral cavity as only consisting ofteeth and supporting structures is to suggestthat the intimate, bi-directional relationship ofsystemic and oral health does not exist. The oralcavity may be a potential source of inflamma-tion or infection, which could have a significantimpact on systemic health.

Moreover, the oral cavity often mirrorssystemic health and may be the initial site ofpresentation of an underlying disease process.That disease may simply manifest in the oralcavity (i.e. localized oral lichen planus) or mayinclude the oral cavity in its manifestation (i.e.glossitis related to malabsorption). The oralcavity may even provide a more accessiblelocation for diagnosis of certain systemic conditions (i.e. Sjogren’s syndrome).

Lesions affecting the oral cavity usuallyhave a similar clinical appearance and there isoften no single characteristic that differentiatesoral soft tissue diseases. This diagnostic dilemmaoften precludes appropriate diagnosis and man-agement of local disease and delays investigationof a possible systemic etiology. A detailed med-ical evaluation is essential for all complaintsrelated to the oral cavity and peri-oral structures.The medical evaluation should include the historyof the present condition, the patient’s pastmedical and surgical history and any symptoma-tology that the patient may be experiencing. Afamily history is an important aspect of medicalevaluation and may gain additional importancein patient care, as we now know that some oralconditions have a genetic predisposition. In theage of personalized medicine, it is only a matterof time before a genetic basis for oral diseasediagnosis, accompanied by guidance for treat-ment, is routine in clinical practice. In addition,medication usage, documentation of allergies,

VIEWS ON DENTAL TOPICS & TRENDS

a review of the differential diagnosis and finaldiagnosis is required. Sometimes it is during thisclinical scenario that an underlying systemic con-dition is identified as the etiology of the diseasemanifesting locally in the oral cavity.

Understanding appropriate patient evalua-tion, formulating a differential diagnosis,obtaining adjunctive diagnostic testing, andrendering a final diagnosis are all expected of today’s modern dentist. It is of paramountimportance to diagnose an oral condition whichmay save a patient’s life or may significantlydecrease any disease-related morbidity.Following the diagnostic approach as outlinedgives the clinician the greatest chance of accu-rately diagnosing oral disease. It is our hope thatthe oral cavity is considered a functional unit ofthe whole and as a window to overall health.

Contributed By: DR. THOMAS SOlleCITO, rightChair and Professor of Oral MedicineDR. eRIC STOOPleR, leftAssociate Professor of Oral Medicine

Adapted from the preface of Dental Clinics of NorthAmerica Clinical Approaches to Oral Mucosal Disorders:Part I; Drs. Sollecito and Stoopler were recognized as editorsof this book by the International College of Dentists (ICD)with the 2014 Golden Pen Award.

Oral Cavity a Window to Overall Healthand a social history are all critical componentsof a thorough medical evaluation.

When querying a patient about oral lesions,it is imperative for clinicians to understand iflesions developed recently or are of long-standingduration, the number of lesions present, if this isthe first episode or if they recur, and if there arelesions elsewhere on the body. This will helpcategorize the disease process as being acute orchronic, single or multiple, primary or recurrent,or if the oral condition is a local manifestation ofa systemic process, respectively.

In conjunction with developing a detailedhistory, it is important to perform an accurateand expanded physical examination, whichshould be viewed in the context of a regionalexamination. This must include thorough inspec-tion and palpation of the dentition, supportingdental structures, oral mucosa, and tongue, as well as evaluation of the visible posteriortongue and oropharynx. Additional clinicalinformation may be needed to aid in a differentialdiagnosis and is often obtained from examinationof the cranial nerves, the temporomandibularjoint system, facial skin (with particular atten-tion to the peri-oral area), regional lymph nodes,thyroid gland, and the salivary glands.

It is from this wealth of information thatthe clinician will begin to formulate a differentialdiagnosis, which is, in part, based on prior fundamental knowledge and experience. It canbe difficult to reach a final diagnosis withoutthe use of adjunctive diagnostics and it is oftennecessary to order appropriate laboratory testsfor comprehensive evaluation. These testsmight include hematologic assays and/orobtaining samples of tissue or other specimens,for laboratory analysis, such as cultures/smears.

A “final” diagnosis may need to be modifiedby the clinician as the patient is being managedfor the presumed disorder. For example, a patientmay be placed on a medication known to modifya specific disease. If the patient has been on atreatment regimen and is unresponsive to therapy,


1980s

Marc B. Gainor (D’81) has been electedas General Chairman-Elect of the 2015Greater New York Dental Meeting. Hewill be General Chairman for the 2016and 2017 Greater New York DentalMeeting. Dr. Gainor practices generaldentistry in midtown Manhattan. He isa Master of the Academy of GeneralDentistry and is a Fellow of the AmericanCollege and International College ofDentists. Dr. Gainor is currently Secretaryof the New York County Dental Societyand joined the organization committeeof the Greater New York Dental Meetingin 2010. He served for four years on thecommittee and has contributed tremen-dously to the educational programmingand growth of the Meeting. The GreaterNew York Dental Meeting is the largestDental Convention in the United Stateswith over 54,000 attendees from all 50states and 131 countries.

NEWS FROM FELLOW ALUMNI

CLASSNOTES

1950s

This summer, Sonny Stern, C'52, D'54,went on a bike trip in Spain with hisgranddaughters, Ally Stern, Liza Spector,and Margo Spector, and his wife Lois.

1960sCongratulations to the members of thePenn Dental Medicine Class of 1964,who celebrated their 50th Reunion atAlumni Weekend 2014! Nearly 30 class-mates attended the weekend festivitiesin Philadelphia this year. Thank you toMickey Goldin (C’60, D’64) andMickey Langsfeld III (D’64) for leadingthe class’s efforts.

Myron Allukian (D’64) and EricStoopler (D’99, GD’02) participated inthe Goldin Seminar Series “Innovationsin Dentistry and Implications for SocialChange” during Alumni Weekend 2014.

1970sBarry Wagenberg (D’72) received theHirschfeld Award at the October 2013meeting of the Northeastern Society ofPeriodontists. The award is presented toactive members of the APP and is basedon contributions to the advancement ofperiodontology through dental research;contributions to the advancement ofperiodontology through dental education;contributions to periodontal literature;and outstanding service to society.

After 40 years of solo practice inVineland, N.J., William Dudley (D’73)retired in 2014. Dr. Dudley completed

28 years of active and reserve duty inthe US Air Force and NJ AF Nationalguard, retiring with the rank of Lt Col.Now living in Cape May, N.J., Dr. Dudleyenjoys playing tennis, fishing, traveling,and volunteer work in his community.His son Dr. Scott Dudley (D’03) is practicing in Arlington, Va.

Congratulations to the members of thePenn Dental Medicine Class of 1974,who celebrated their 40th Reunion atAlumni Weekend 2014. Thank you toHoward Hopenwasser (D’74) for leadingthe class’s efforts! Thank you to thereunion committee for their efforts: JayNeuschatz, Mark Snyder, Mike Rulnick,Ed Slade, Ronald Pross, and Walter Chinoy.

John W. Burk (D’74) and his wife, Sue,enjoyed catching Pacific Salmon inBritish Columbia. Retired since 2006,John and Sue reside in Santa Barbara,Calif.

Peter D. Quinn (D’74, GD’78) pre-sented the “Dr. Joseph W. Foote, Classof 1974 Memorial Lecture: Advances inManagement of TMJ Disorders” duringAlumni Weekend 2014. Many class-mates generously supported the JosephW. Foote Scholarship Fund.

Congratulations to the members of thePenn Dental Medicine Class of 1979,who celebrated their 35th Reunion atAlumni Weekend 2014. Thank you toSaul Pressner (D’79) and Robert Weiner(D’79) for leading the class’s efforts!

Keith Libou (D’84) was named ChiefClinical Officer for Delta Dental of NewJersey.

Eric Spieler (D'84) of Delaware County,Pa., was nominated by the Penn DentalMedicine Alumni Society to serve a three-year term as member-at-large of theAlumni Society Executive Committee,which began July 1, 2014.

The Penn Dental Medicine Class of 1984celebrated their 30th Reunion at AlumniWeekend with almost 30 classmatesreturning to Philadelphia. Congratulationsto the Class of 1984 and to Keith Dunoff(D’84) for all of his efforts!

Michael Shreck (D’84) received theJeffrey Dalin, D.D.S., Give Kids A SmileVolunteer Award at the ADA 2014meeting in San Antonio for his exemplarysupport of the Give Kids A Smile program.

Hope Berman (C’ 77, D’83), Lee Durst(D’83), Paul Feldman (D’83), andDavid Tarica (D’83) along with theirspouses and children celebrated the lifeand legacy of fellow classmate DavidSchleimer (D’83) along with David’swife, Gale, and daughters Julia andSarah in New York City.


CLASSNOTES

Rosalie Chillemi Di Ferdinand (DH’85)received the 2014 Dental HygieneAlumni Special Achievement Awardpresented by the Penn Dental HygieneAlumni Association in recognition of heroutstanding contributions to the growthand development of the profession ofdental hygiene.

Eric R. Carlson (D’85) received theAAOMS Presidential AchievementAward on September 10, 2014 duringthe opening ceremony of the 96thAnnual Meeting, Scientific Sessions andExhibition of the American Associationof Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons(AAOMS) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Theaward is presented in recognition of Dr.Carlson’s significant long-standing con-tributions to the specialty of oral and

maxillofacial surgery. Dr. Carlson is cur-rently professor and Kelly L. KrahwinkelChairman of the Department of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery and director of theOral and Maxillofacial Surgery ResidencyProgram at the University of TennesseeGraduate School of Medicine. He is alsochief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, atthe University of Tennessee MedicalCenter and the University of TennesseeCancer Institute.

Alisa G. Kauffman (D’85) was namedone of the Top 25 Women in Dentistryby Dental Products Report. The awardsprogram honors dental professionalsand industry executives and leaders. Allhonorees were profiled in the Septemberissue of Dental Products Report. Dr.Kauffman has a private practice in NewYork City focused on Geriatric Dentistry.A native Philadelphian, Dr. Kauffman

serves as Clinical Director for the PennDental Faculty Practices. She also main-tains her position as Clinical AssistantProfessor in Community Oral Health atPenn Dental Medicine.

1990sWendy Halpern (D'99 GD’02, GD’03)of Montgomery County, Pa., was nomi-nated by the Penn Dental MedicineAlumni Society to serve a three-yearterm as member-at-large of the AlumniSociety Executive Committee, whichbegan July 1, 2014.

Eric Stoopler (D’99, GD’02) — seeClass Note under the 1960s with MyronAllukian (D’64).

2000s

Eric Wu (D’00) and his wife Lisa wel-comed a baby boy, Preston Jax Wu, bornon August 10, 2014, at 9lbs.

Alyssa Marlin Greenberg (D'02) ofTampa, Fla., was nominated by the PennDental Medicine Alumni Society to servea three-year term as member-at-large ofthe Alumni Society Executive Committeebeginning July 1, 2014.

Congratulations to the members of thePenn Dental Medicine Class of 2004,who celebrated their 10th Reunion withover 25 classmates at Alumni Weekend2014. Thank you to Ann-Colter Hosch(D’04) and Caroline Berman (D’04) forall of their efforts!

2010sPhilip L. Fava II (CGS’06, D’10) — seeClass Note under the 1980s section withRobert Levine (GD’84).

Daniel Tibbetts (D'11) of DelawareCounty, Pa., was nominated by the PennDental Medicine Alumni Society to servea three-year term as member-at-large ofthe Alumni Society Executive Committeebeginning July 1, 2014

Seyar Baqi (D'14) and Trevan Samp(D'14) were nominated by the PennDental Medicine Alumni Society to serveas members-at-large of the AlumniSociety Executive Committee in recogni-tion of their service as the Class Presidentand Executive Student Council President,respectively, and interest in continuingto engage young alumni.

Robert A. Levine (GD’84) and Philip L. Fava II (CGS’06, D’10) shared findings withcolleagues at the International Team of Implantology’s (ITI) global event heldrecently in Geneva. The two doctors head Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Center forDental Implants and Periodontics. Dr. Levine and Dr. Fava were among 4,200Participants from 84 countries to gather together for the International Team ofImplantology’s (ITI) event, held every three years. The ITI World Symposium bringstogether international leaders in implantology to update treatment protocols basedon highly studied, predictable, and evidence-based research and clinical experience.

TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. Robert A. Levine, Dr. Harry Randel (Philadelphia, Pa.), Dr.Mike Bornstein (Bern, Switzerland), Dr. Irena Sailer (Geneva, Switzerland), Dr. Ali Tahaseb(Belgium). SEATED: Dr. Philip L. Fava, Dr. Steven Present (North Wales, Pa.), Dr. Makrauer(Huntington Valley, Pa.), Fred Bonacci (Dunmore, Pa.).

Alpha Omega Beta Chapter would like to congratulate the AO Class of 2014, JamieLazin, Zach Korwin, Haim Tawil, Alex Drew, Ben Keyser, Seth Greenberg,Everett Lin, Gabe Strauss and Isaac Kuyunov. Best of luck, guys! We are lookingto reach out to our alumni, please contact our Alumni Relations Chair, Allie Brandat [email protected] to reconnect.


Share Your NewsWe want to hear from you. Share your news on personal and professionalaccomplishments with your fellow Penn Dental Medicine alumni through theClass Notes section of the Penn Dental Medicine Journal. We have made iteasy for you to make a submission — simply go to www.dental.upenn.edu/classnoteswhere you can quickly send us your information — we welcome photos as well.

Or, you can send your submissions to:

Robert Schattner CenterPenn Dental MedicineOffice of Development and Alumni Relations240 South 40th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19104-6030

215-898-8951 (p)[email protected]

Colleen E. O'Neill, (D'14) and Michael D. Segall, (D'12) were married on May 25,2014 in Hershey, Pa. Both the bride and groom are currently employed by the USArmy Dental Corps and stationed in San Antonio, Texas. Michael is currently in anorthodontic residency at Lackland AFB and Colleen is serving as a general dentist atFort Sam Houston.Groomsmen: Jeffrey Li, (D '12), Alexander Volchonok, (D '12), Matthew Sones, (D '12). Also in attendance: Sonia Rahangdale, (D '12), Alexander Apple, (D '12),Yaniv Harel, (D '14), John B. Peterman III, (D '14), Marla Martinez, (D '14), andRobert Segall, (D '74).

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

The University of Pennsylvania | Office of Gift Planning | 3535 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3309800.223.8236 | 215.898.6171 | [email protected] | www.giving.upenn.edu/giftplanning

Building on Our Tradition of ExcellencePut Your Real Estate to Work at Penn Dental Medicine

YOU NOW HAVE MORE OPTIONS THAN EVER as you evaluate how your real estate assets fit into your overall tax, estate, financial, and charitable plans. Charitable gifts of real estate can provide a variety of opportunities benefiting you, your family and Penn Dental Medicine.

Real estate can be used to make an outright gift or bequest. It can also fund a charitable remainder trust or charitable gift annuity, supplementing you or a loved one’s income—all while making an impact on dental education, care, and research.

You may be entitled to a charitable deduction for all or a part of the market value of the property

Minimize capital gains tax, and future estate and inheritance tax Structure your gift so that it can generate payments for life Give your home now, but retain the right to live

there for life…there is no change to your living arrangements or your cash flow

Congratulations to the following members of the Class of 2014, who were inductedinto Penn Dental Medicine’s Eta Chapter of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon NationalDental Honor Society at the class’s Senior Farewell in May: Maryam Akbari, SeyarA. Baqi, I-Fang Chen, Milda Chmieliauskaite, Erica Damante, Jyoti Dangi, NicoleLongosz Deakins, Neeti Vivek Desai, Joshua Griffith Duffy, Natalie Anne Laucius,Christine Mary Martin, Ramon E. Morales-Abreu, Deepa Ramasamy, Trevan DaneSamp, Anthony M. Sconzo, Payal Verma, Katharine Laura Woehling, and Hang Zhou.


REMEMBERING MEMBERS OF THE PENN DENTAL MEDICINE COMMUNITY

INMEMORIAM

Helen H. Oppenheimer, (DH’35)Naples, FL; March 7, 2014

James Jay, (D’40)Monmouth Beach, NJ; December 1, 2013

Lois Weising Dudko, (DH’41)Stratford, CT; August 2, 2014

Mary Ingle Evans, (DH’42)Farmington, CT; February 4, 2014

Barnet M. Levy, (C’38, D’42)Englewood, NJ; March 7, 2014

Shirley Beit Redish, (DH’42)Charlestown, RI; April 24, 2014

Robert E. Brenner, (C’42, D’43)Wesley Chapel, FL; August 12, 2014

Edward D. Blackman, Jr., (D’44)Mount Laurel, NJ; May 2, 2014

Elinore C. Rochefort, (DH’44)San Diego, CA; April 4, 2014

Morton Amsterdam, (D’45)Bala Cynwyd, PA; June 27, 2014

Jerome C. Gorson, (D’45)Bala Cynwyd, PA; April 24, 2014

Harold L. Brown, (D’49, GD’51)Fort Myers, FL; July 17, 2014

James C. Weig, (D’49)Rochester, NY; April 23, 2014

Emil O. Rosenast, Jr., (D’50)Reading, PA; February 11, 2013

Richard T. Sanborn, (D’50)Venice, FL; May 23, 2014

Natalie O. Edwards, (DH’51)Vero Beach, FL; March 16, 2014

Yvonne O. Jones, (D’51)Springfield, MA; April 1, 2014

Arthur W. Boss, (D’52)Bridgeton, NJ; April 17, 2014

Reuben E. V. Miller, (D’52)Easton, PA; June 25, 2014

Edmund F. Ackell, (GD'55)Henrico, VA; May 16, 2014

Calef E. Heininger, (D’55)Colchester, VT; June 2, 2014

William C. Piarulle, (D’55, GD’57)Rochester, NY; February 11, 2014

Frances B. Glenn, (D’56)Vero Beach, FL; May 3, 2014

Frederick C. Leiser, (GD’56)Polk City, FL; July 23, 2014

Earl M. Barnhart, (D’57)Carlisle, PA; June 6, 2014

Erwin A. Weiss, (D’57)Lake Worth, FL; August 1, 2014

Dolores Costarella (DH’58)Chambersburg, PA; April 20, 2014

Stanley R. Masten, (D’58)Lake Mary, FL; July 24, 2014

John Thayer, (D’59)Rutland, MA; June 28, 2014

Richard C. Deming, (D’60)Plant City, FL; March 9, 2013

Donald E. McConnell, (D’60)Downingtown, PA; March 14, 2014

Michael J. Carnicelli, (D’63)Flushing, NY; July 13, 2014

Stuart J. Conto, (D’63)Southbury, CT; August 17, 2014

Oscar A. Thompson, (GD’63)Irving, TX; June 20, 2014

Manuel H. Marks, (GED’65)December 14, 2013

Alan S. Cutler, (GD’69)Cherry Hill, NJ; June 15, 2014

William Ian R. Davies (G’69; GD’69)July 24, 2014

Craig M. Buccialia, (D’85)Greensburg, PA; April 10, 2013

Dr. Morton Amsterdam (C’43, D’45), who died June 27, 2014 at theage of 92, is fondly remembered by the Penn Dental Medicine com-munity as an example of excellence in clinical dentistry. Recognizedby many as “the father of periodontal prosthesis,” he had a far-reach-ing impact on the fields of periodontics and advanced restorativedentistry. Professor Emeritus of Periodontics and PeriodontalProsthesis in Penn Dental Medicine’s Department of Periodontics, Dr. Amsterdam was an exceptional innovator, educator, and clinician,who helped to establish a legacy of leadership for Penn periodonticsand periodontal prosthesis. He first joined the Penn faculty in 1953,

advancing through the ranks to Professorof Periodontics and PeriodontalProsthesis and serving in that positionfrom 1967 through his retirement in 1992.Dr. Amsterdam served as Chairman ofthe Department of Prosthetic Dentistrywithin the University of PennsylvaniaGraduate School of Medicine from 1963to 1967 and was Director of Penn DentalMedicine’s Graduate Periodontics andPeriodontal Prosthesis from 1969through 1973.

Penn Dental Medicine paid tribute to Dr. Amsterdam’s innumerablecontributions to the School and periodontics with the naming of theD. Walter Cohen and Morton Amsterdam Periodontal Clinic in hishonor, dedicated in January 2008. And in 2004, the deanship of PennDental Medicine was designated the Morton Amsterdam Deanship,endowed through a gift given by the late Hon. Walter H. Annenbergin honor of Dr. Amsterdam.Penn Dental Medicine has established a scholarship fund in memory

of Dr. Amsterdam; contributions can be made to: The MortonAmsterdam Scholarship Fund, Penn Dental Medicine, Office ofDevelopment & Alumni Relations, 240 S. 40th Street, Philadelphia,PA 19104-6030.The Department of Periodontics also invites alumni and friends

of Dr. Amsterdam to write a note describing the influence that Dr. Amsterdam had on their lives. Please submit letters to:Joan Mitchell, 2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA, 19129,[email protected]. These letters will be assembled in abook that will be presented to the Amsterdam family on June 13 aspart of The Penn Esthetics Symposium at Penn Dental Medicine,when the day’s program will celebrate the memory of Dr. Amsterdam.

PENN DENTAL MEDICINE ALUMNI SOCIETY 2014-2015 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Lee B. Durst-Roisman, D’83 President

Robert E. Weiner, C’72, D’79First Vice-President

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

Members-at-LargeSeyar Baqi, D’14 Judith Zack Bendit, DH’81 Hope Berman, C’77 D’83 Stefani L. Cheung, C’08 D’11 Gail Spiegel Cohen, C’76 D’80 Paul Feldman, D’83 Charlene Fenster, DH’75 Catherine Foote, C’00 D’04 GD’06 Alyssa Marlin Greenberger, D’02 Marshall J. Goldin, C’60 D’64Wendy Halpern, D’99 GD’02 GD’03 Dan Han, D’07 GD’11 Elena Kurtz, D’04 GD’06 Jeff Li, D’12 Riddhi Patel, D’13 Michael B. Rulnick, D’74 GD’76 Matt Ryskalzyck, D’13 Trevan Samp, D’14 Donald H. Silverman, D’73 WG’74 Thomas L. Snyder, D’71, WG’74 Eric Spieler, D’84 Matt Sones, D’12 Robert Marc Stern, D’87 Daniel Tibbetts, D’11 Elana Walker, GD’09 GD’10

Past Presidents Keith D. Libou, D’84Spencer-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 MembersJaclyn M. Gleber, DH’74

BOARD OF OVERSEERS

William W. M. Cheung, D’81, GD’82, Chair�Nancy Baker, Esq.Stanley M. Bergman, PAR ’02Julie CharlesteinRichard Copell, D’80, Campaign Co-Chair Matthew J. Doyle, PhD�Patrik Eriksson Haruo MoritaMadeline Monaco, PHD, MS, MedLewis E. Proffitt, D’73, WG’80Robert I. Schattner, D’48Alfred L. Spencer, Jr. David Tai-Man Shen, D’79, GD’81David S. Tarica, D’83, Campaign Co-ChairUmit Yigit, C’81, D’86 Robert Zou, WG’94

Ex Officio Members Martin D. Levin, D'72, GD'74, Chair, Dean’s Council Lee B. Durst-Roisman , D’83, President, Alumni Society

DEAN’S COUNCIL

Marty Levin, D’72 GD’74, ChairRobert Brody, C’80, D’84 Joseph Fiorellini, DMD, DMScJoseph E. Gian-Grasso, C’67, D’71Elliot Hersh, DMD, MS, PhDGlen Oxner Saul M. Pressner, D’79Howard Rosa, D’82Louis Rossman, D’75, GD’77Tara Sexton, D’88Susan Stern, C’77 D’81David Silver, D’85,GD’86, GD’88Robert E. Weiner, C’72, D’79

PDMJ ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Beth AdamsDirector of Publications

Dr. Markus BlatzProfessor of Restorative DentistryChair, Department of Preventive & Restorative Sciences

Sarah BurtonDirector of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving

Corky CacasDirector of Admissions

Maren GaughanAssociate Dean for Leadership Giving

Dr. Dana GravesProfessor, Department of PeriodonticsVice Dean for Research and Scholarship

Dr. Margrit MaggioAssistant Professor of Clinical Restorative DentistryDirector of Operative DentistryDirector of the Advanced Simulation Laboratory

Dr. Robert RicciardiProfessor, Department of MicrobiologyChair, Department of Microbiology

Susan SchwartzAssistant Dean for Student Affairs

Dr. Thomas SollecitoProfessor of Oral MedicineChair, Department of Oral Medicine

The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff from diverse back-grounds. 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 anyother legally protected class status in the administration of its admissions, financial aid, educational or athleticprograms, or other University-administered programs or in its employment practices. Questions or complaintsregarding this policy should be directed to the Executive Director of the Office of Affirmative Action and EqualOpportunity Programs, Sansom Place East, 3600 Chestnut Street, Suite 228, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106; or(215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD).

Robert Schattner CenterUniversity of PennsylvaniaSchool of Dental Medicine240 South 40th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19104-6030

Non-Profit Org.U.S. PostagePAIDPermit No. 2563Philadelphia, PA

Connect with us online! www.dental.upenn.edu

WWW.DENTAL.UPENN.EDU/AW2014

May 15-17, 2015 RETURN TO PENN DENTAL MEDICINE FOR ALUMNI WEEKEND 2015 AND REUNIONS FOR CLASSES ENDING IN “0” AND “5”!

ALUMNIWEEKENDavsav UMNIALUMNIWW

WWEEKEND

ve the dat

a MRETURN TO PENN DENT

2015y 15-17,aay 15-17,AL MEDICINE FOR ALUMNI WEEKEND TO PENN DENT TAL MEDICINE FOR ALUMNI WEEKEND

2015AL MEDICINE FOR ALUMNI WEEKEND

e the date

WWW

2015 AND REUNIONS FOR CLASSES ENDING IN “0” AND “5”!

AL.UPENN.EDU/A.DENTTAL.UPENN.EDU/AWW.DENT


W2014/AAW2014


Documents

Penn Dental Medicine Journal, Fall 2014