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         Dental                                        Spring 2015
                                             Volume 75, Number 1
                                 Harvard School of Dental Medicine

                               Remembering Deah,
                                  Razan and Yusor
                                       Match Day
                                HSDM on the Road

HSDM Launches an Initiative
to Integrate Oral Health and
Primary Care
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         Dental
Spring 2015/Volume 75, Number 1
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Features
1   Letter from the Dean
2   HSDM Launches the Initiative to
    Integrate Oral Health and Primary Care
4   Campaign Catch-Up
    HSDM Receives Gift from Straumann USA

6   Remembering Deah, Razan and Yusor
    Class of 2015 Celebrates Match Day
    HSDM Holds First Oral Health Day
8   Give Kids a Smile 2015
    Longer Service Luncheon Shines Spotlight on HSDM’s Employees
10 HSDM on the Road: Alumni Connect at HSDM Receptions
   Senior Dental Leaders Program
12 Update from Rwanda: Year Three
                                                                              Alumni Highlight:
13 Dental Bites                                                               Christopher Corsa, DMD06,
    Alumni News                                                               completed the Kiawah Island
    HSDM Awards                                                               South Carolina half marathon
                                                                              on December 13, 2014.
    HSDM News

18 Student Research Day
   Honor Roll of Donors
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FROM THE DEAN

Dear Alumni and Friends of Harvard School of
Dental Medicine (HSDM),

A
          s this magazine reaches your door,
          spring is finally settling into New England and
          DMD students are beginning their rotations
          after completing their second year at Harvard
          Medical School (HMS). The DMD Class of
2015 and advanced graduate education Class of 2015          by our students, alumni and faculty. Following my
are completing their final graduation requirements and      annual State of the School address and lunch with HMS,
preparing for the May 28th annual commencement.             we will gather to remember and celebrate the life of
   HSDM has just finished hosting our annual Donors’        Gerald (Gerry) Shklar, AM71, the Charles A. Brackett
Appreciation Dinner, which featured Tony Wagner,            Professor of Oral Pathology emeritus, who passed away
MAT71, EdD92. He spoke about creating innovators            in February.
who will change the world. Each year, we host our most         As always, HSDM is deeply grateful for the many
dedicated supporters for a relaxing evening of music,       contributions of the alumni and friends who are
conversation, food, drink and a thought-provoking           committed to growing and strengthening the School.
presentation.                                               This year has also seen a significant milestone achieved
   The Harvard Dental Bulletin has undergone a              as our class captains have garnered their classmates to
revision based on the communications vision of our          achieve solid participation toward class giving. We are
new associate dean, Nancy L. Jones, as well as input        grateful for their hard work. Every contribution through
from staff, faculty and students. In this issue, you will   June 30, 2018 will count toward It Begins with Me—The
find a feature article on our new Initiative to Integrate   Campaign for Harvard School of Dental Medicine. We
Oral Health and Primary Care as well as our special         have already seen new fellowships and scholarships
Campaign Catch-Up. We have reorganized the Harvard          created by so many of you.
Dental Bites section into three areas—Alumni News,
HSDM Awards at Specialty Meetings and HSDM News.            Thank you again,
By moving Alumni News to the front of this section, we
want to convey how important our alumni are to the
School. We are also providing a new Table of Contents
and new Faculty Spotlight page where we will feature a
different faculty member in each issue. In future issues,   R. Bruce Donoff, DMD67, MD73
we will include more in-depth stories on special topics,
an Alumni Spotlight page, and book reviews as many
more of our alumni have become distinguished authors.
   The end of May is fast approaching. On May 26th,
we will hold our annual awards ceremonies that honor
exceptional students and faculty members. After com-
mencement, we will host our annual alumni day on May
29th and begin the day with the Harvard Dental Alumni
Association business meeting. We will then continue
the conversation on innovators begun by Dr. Wagner by
discussing innovations in dentistry that are underway

                                                                                                          Spring 2015   1
Harvard Dental Bulletin     SPECIAL FEATURE

                            T
                                                                                           he Harvard School of Dental Medicine
                                                                                            was 147 years old in July 2014. It was the first
                                                                                            dental school in America associated with its
                                                                                            univer­sity and medical school. The philosophy
                                                                                            that dentistry is a branch of medicine directs

HSDM Launches an Initiative
                                                                                  our education and practice. In fact, our mission is
                                                                                  to develop and foster a community of global leaders
                                                                                  dedi­cated to improving human health by integrat­ing

to Integrate Oral Health                                                          dentistry and medicine at the forefront of education,
                                                                                  research, and patient care. Our vi­sion is to transform

and Primary Care after
                                                                                  dentistry by removing the distinction between oral and
                                                                                  systemic health.
                                                                                     Consistent with this mission and vision, the Harvard

Successful Leadership Forum                                                       School of Dental Medicine hosted its sixth Leadership
                                                                                  Forum in October 2014 with the theme: “Put Your
                                                                                  Money Where Your Mouth is: The Economic Imperative
                                                                                  of Oral Health.” the forum brought together lead­ers
                                                                                  outside the dental community, including insurers,
                                                                                  business leaders, economists, and public health experts,
                                                                                  to explore the costly impact of poor oral health care on
                                                                                  overall health especially chronic disease.
                                                                                     The goals for greater integration of dental and medical
                                                                                  education and practice recom­mended by the 1995
                                                                                  Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “Dental Education at
                                                                                  the Crossroads”1 and the 2001 Surgeon General’s Report
                                                                                  on Oral Health2 remain elusive. New options for preven-
                                                                                  tion, diagnosis, and therapy based upon advances in oral
                                                                                  biology and craniofacial research are poised to produce
                                                                                  new and better options for patient care. Reuniting the
                                                                                  mouth with the body rests upon associative, not caus­al,
                                                                                  scientific data, and this Forum highlighted evidence now
                                                                                  showing that coordinating and integrating oral health
The Honorable             In January 2015, HSDM announced a major new             with medical cover­age and care lowers costs, especially
Louis Sullivan,           Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Primary         for those with chronic diseases such as diabetes and
former U.S. Secretary
                          Care. This Initiative was developed after a very suc-   cardiovascular disease.3 Presenters from Blue Cross Blue
of Health and
Human Services            cessful Leadership Form in October 2014. Already,       Shield of Massachusetts, Cigna, Kaiser Northwest, Aetna,
under President           eight well-known companies­—Colgate Palmolive;          United Concordia, and United Healthcare presented data
George H.W. Bush,         Henry Schein, Inc.; Johnson and Johnson Consumer        dem­onstrating that investment in oral health improves
shared historical         Companies, Inc.; Life and Specialty Ventures; United    general health and reduces medical costs. Public health
perspectives on
changes in oral
                          Concordia Dental Insurance; Kaiser Foundation           economists, healthcare economists, and business thinkers
health as society         Health Plan of the Northwest; Aetna; and United         comment­ed upon all the presentations.
becomes more              Healthcare are providing leadership on the                 Fifteen years of research, reports, and rec­ommendations
diverse and people        Initiative’s Advisory Board. The Board will provide     addressing the dental medical divide has delivered little
are living longer.                                                                serious action to ad­dress our nation’s oral health deficien-
                          informed guidance on the Initiative’s direction and
                          serve as a vital ally to the HSDM community on          cies. Oral health remains a stepchild. Maybe it is the fact
                          issues related to oral health and primary care. The     that oral diseases other than oral cancer do not usually
                          April 2015 issue of Inside Dentistry includes a cover   result in mortality, except in extreme cases like that of
                                                                                  Deamonte Driver. Yet mor­bidity is real for thousands of
                          story on this growing movement to integrate oral
                                                                                  people, ranging from children who miss days of school
                          health and primary care as well as a Viewpoint arti-
                                                                                  because of pain, to adults who seek help in emergency
                          cle from Dean Bruce Donoff. The Viewpoint article is
                                                                                  departments staffed by caring physicians and nurses who
                          reprinted here with permission. To read both articles
                                                                                  really do not know the area. Oral health does matter, and
                          online, please go to www.insidedentistry.net.           the Forum presented a major shift by emphasizing the

                    2     Spring 2015
Likewise, primary care providers are gener­ally                   Outstanding leaders
                                                                untrained in oral health procedures and practices. There              of major health
                                                                is significant need to develop the primary care and den-              care companies and
                                                                                                                                      insurers provided
                                                                tal workforce by pro­viding future and existing providers             panel discussions
                                                                with the skills needed for integration to succeed.                    on integrating
                                                                Similarly there is a huge need for dental education to                oral health with
                                                                finally listen to and practice the recommenda­tions                   overall health
                                                                of the 1995 IOM Report. Return dental education to                    care. From left:
                                                                                                                                      Rakesh Khurana,
                                                                understanding the whole patient, so that dentistry
                                                                                                                                      AM97, PhD98, Dean,
                                                                takes its rightful place along with ophthalmology and                 Harvard College;
                                                                dermatology as a branch of medicine. The advent of                    Stanley Bergman,
economic im­perative of good oral health to the strong but      oral health auxiliaries that might relieve the dentist of             Chairman of the
non-­causal data on the relationship between oral disease       routine procedures and permit them to prac­tice at the                Board and CEO,
and systemic disease. Medicare never included dentistry         top of their licenses and abilities and provide care to               Henry Schein, Inc.;
                                                                                                                                      Ronald P. Burakoff,
and now we are faced with an ever­growing elderly popu-         more patients is another part of this puzzle.                         Chairman of the
lation with more chronic disease. The imperative sug­gests          So to borrow someone else’s approach, I have a                    Department of
that inclusion of oral health in primary care efforts is        dream. A dream that one day patients will come to see                 Dental Medicine
very worthwhile. The insurance data presented at the            their primary care provider and dentists together in an               at Long Island
Forum is augmented by examples like a pilot project at          interprofessional set­ting. Dentists and/or physicians                Jewish Medical
the Marshfield Clinic. Inclusion of oral health in a quality                                                                          Center and North
                                                                working with nurses, hygienists, and assistants would
                                                                                                                                      Shore University
metrics demonstration project linking peri­odontal exams        exam­ine patients, take interim histories, and manage                 Hospital; Matt
in diabetic patients showed more than a $50 million             chronic disease. Dental and medical students would                    Manders, President,
saving over 5 years and using tools based upon a shared         be part of these teams to foster their in­terprofessional             US Commercial
electronic health record, many patients had diabetes            education and training. Teams will work to improve the                Markets and
dis­covered per week.4                                          care of our patients.                                                 Global Health Care
                                                                                                                                      Operations, Cigna
    Integrating primary care and oral health makes                  The goal is care, not insurance. The goal is culture              Corporation; and
sense for a number of reasons. In­tegration can raise the       change, not regulation. We now know that incorporat-                  Carol Raphael,
patients’ awareness of the importance of oral health,           ing oral health with medical coverage lowers costs and                Board Chair, AARP,
and inte­grated practice arrangements have a far bet­ter        improves health. Can the economic implications of this                Inc.
chance of identifying disease precursors and underlying         evi­dence lead to change? This is a national chal­lenge
conditions in keeping with a patient­-centered model of         seeking effective leadership. Is the den­tal profession up
care. In addition, integration can bring improvement of         to the task in 2015, 20 years after the IOM report and 15
chronic disease management and prevention, address              years after the Surgeon General’s Report?
significant oral health care access issues, fa­cilitate the
use of interdisciplinary methods to overcome patient            References
specific barriers to accessing services, and provide            1
                                                                    Donoff B, McDonough JE, Riedy CA. Integrating oral and
significant cost savings to the health care system by con-          general health care. N Engl J Med. 2014;371 (24):2247­-2249.
trolling for and reducing risk factors common to dental         2
                                                                     .S. Department of Health and Human Services. Oral Health
                                                                    U
disease and various chronic disease such as diabetes.5              in America: A Report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD:
    Addressing the integration of oral health and primary           U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National
care needs to address important policy issues. A recent             Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National
paper on integrating oral health and general healthcare             Institutes of Health; 2000.
highlights these and other issues.1 If integration is to be
                                                                3
                                                                    J effcoat MK, Jeffcoat RL, Gladowski PA, et al. Impact of
                                                                     periodontal therapy on general health: evidence from
a reality, first all health insurance policies should provide
                                                                     insurance data for five systemic condi­tions. Am J Prev Med.
coverage for dental care ser­vices including Medicare,               2014;47(2):166-­174.
Medicaid, and all private insurance, regardless of age.         4
                                                                     ilsdonk GJ. Improving Healthcare Quality and Reducing
                                                                    K
Second, we must integrate general medical and dental                Cost through Oral Health Access and Medical­-Dental inte-
care into both practice and workforce educa­tion. Lastly, a         gration: A Case Study for Policy Considerations. Presented
major issue affecting the imple­mentation of most models            at: Returning the Mouth to the Body: Integrating Oral Health
integrating oral health and primary care is the current             and Primary Care; April 17, 2012; Washington, DC.
state of the workforce. Generally in oral health there is       5
                                                                    I mproved health and lower medical costs: why good dental
a lack of provider capacity, training, and experience in             care is important. CIGNA Dental web­site. www.cigna.com/
                                                                     assets/docs/life-wall-library/Whygooddentalcareisimportant_
operating cross­-disciplinary or in an integrated setting.
                                                                     whitepaper.pdf. December 2010. Accessed February 26, 2015.
                                                                                                                        Spring 2015   3
Harvard Dental Bulletin    CAMPAIGN CATCH-UP

                          The Campaign for Harvard School
                          of Dental Medicine
                          Spring 2015

                          HSDM Receives Gift
                          from Straumann
                          USA, LLC

                          H
                                        SDM has received a $250,000 gift               “At Straumann, education is fundamental to the
                                        from Straumann USA, LLC, a whol-            success of our clinicians and to the well-being of their
                                      ly-owned subsidiary of Straumann Holding      patients,” said Arjan Haverhals, Vice President of
                                      AG, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.      Customer Marketing and Education. “It is our mission
                                      The donation is restricted and will support   to be the benchmark in our industry for professional
                          residents studying and conducting work within HSDM’s      training and continuing development worldwide.
                          Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials      Through our support of schools and universities,
                          Sciences. Straumann is one of HSDM’s major corporate      we have the opportunity to contribute greatly to the
                          donors and has provided an accumulated amount of          advancement of research and education based on col-
                          over $1 million in gifts to the School.                   laboration with a network of world renowned research-
                             “On behalf of HSDM, I want to express how deeply       ers, clinicians, academics, and students—representing
                          grateful we are to Straumann USA to be honored with       the future of dentistry.” German Gallucci, associate
                          this gift to further support our growing advanced grad-   professor and interim chair of restorative dentistry and
                          uate education program. The Straumann gift represents     biomaterials sciences, continues to build partnerships to
                          a major step forward for more corporate and foundation    help secure more funding for student scholarships.
                          support coming to HSDM,” stated Nancy L. Jones,
                          associate dean of development and alumni relations.
                             “The Straumann gift, in the form of endowed
                          funds, may be used for direct and indirect expenses
                          of advanced graduate education residents in dental
                          medicine as well as provide research support”, stated
                          Dean Bruce Donoff.

                                                                                                 German Gallucci,
                                                                                                 associate professor
                                                                                                 and interim chair of
                                                                                                 restorative dentistry
                                                                                                 and biomaterials
                                                                                                 sciences, delivers a
                                                                                                 keynote presentation
                                                                                                 on digital implant
                                                                                                 dentistry at the 2014
                                                                                                 American Academy
                                                                                                 of Implant Dentistry
                                                                                                 annual meeting, in
                                                                                                 Orlando, Florida.

                   4      Spring 2015
On October 3, 2014, HSDM
                                                                                 held a faculty and staff
                                                                                 launch for It Begins with Me
                                                                                 – The Campaign for Harvard
                                                                                 School of Dental Medicine.
                                                                                 The event was also an open
                                                                                 house for the redesigned
                                                                                 Offices of Development and
                                                                                 Alumni Relations and Human
                                                                                 Resources.

You Can Improve Human
Health Worldwide
Contribute to the $8 Million HSDM Campaign
The Campaign for the Harvard School of Dental Medicine is focusing on two primary
priorities: Financial Assistance and Global and Community Oral Health Programs.
Both will provide opportunities for students and operating-budget relief.

Financial Assistance                                            Global and Community Oral Health
Goal: $6 million                                                Programs
In order to ensure that HSDM attracts the most outstand-        Goal: $2 million
ing students, regardless of their financial situation—includ-   • E stablish an endowment to support student externships
ing individuals from underrepresented minority groups or          and faculty initiatives in sustainable public oral health
disadvantaged backgrounds—the School must significantly           programs, both locally and in countries such as Haiti and
increase student scholarship funding. HSDM must also              Rwanda.
ensure that when its students leave the School, they are not    • Contribute to existing global and community oral health
heavily burdened by debt. You can participate in several          funds
ways:
DMD Scholarships                                                Additional Selected Ways You Can
Financial Assistance for the Best and Brightest                 Build HSDM Capacity
• Contribute to the existing HSDM Scholarship                   •   Establish a named, endowed professorship
  Endowment Fund                                                •   Name a laboratory
• Contribute to the existing HSDM General Scholarship           •   Name a space in the Research and Education Building
  Fund                                                          •   Contribute to the Chester W. Douglass Fellowship
• Establish a named, endowed DMD scholarship                    •   Establish the George Franklin Grant Scholarship
Specialty Fellowships
Deepening Areas of Study                                        For more information, please contact:
• Contribute to existing current-use fellowships                Nancy L. Jones at nancy_jones@hsdm.harvard.edu,
• Establish a named, endowed fellowship                         617-432-1448 or
Dean’s Scholars Fund                                            Wanda Mock at wanda_mock@hsdm.harvard.edu,
Fostering Careers in Academia                                   617-432-5356.
• E
   stablish an endowment for the Dean’s Scholars program,
  which provides protected time for outstanding individuals
  to develop and refine the skills necessary for a career in
  academia and research.

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Harvard Dental Bulletin     HSDM FOCUS

                                                                                                                        Na’eel Cajee, DMD14,
                                                                                                                        MMSc17, addresses the
                                                                                                                        audience with the opening
                                                                                                                        thought, “Our profession
                                                                                                                        at its heart is a cause to
                                                                                                                        heal.”

                          Remembering Deah,
Above: Deah                                                                            Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences; Na’eel Cajee,
Shaddy Barakat,                                                                        DMD14, MMSc17; Brian J. Swann, MPH08, instructor
Yusor Mohammad                                                                         in oral health policy and epidemiology; Mary Tavares,

                          Yusor and Razan
Abu-Salha (Deah’s
wife), and Razan
                                                                                       director of the advanced graduate education program in
                                                                                       dental public health; and Dean Bruce Donoff, DMD67,

                          O
Mohammad Abu-
Salha (Yusor’s sister                   n Monday, March 23, 2015, a stand-             MD73. Dr. Tavares read a very moving response from
and a sophomore at                   ing-room only crowd gathered in the HSDM          Jane A. Weintraub, MPH80, PD82 (dental adminis-
North Carolina State                                                                   tration), dean of the University of North Carolina at
                                     auditorium to remember Deah Shaddy
University) were
                                     Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and             Chapel Hill School of Dentistry. This event was spon-
remembered by the
HSDM community.                      Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. These three             sored by the HSDM Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
                          dynamic young people were killed at a residential            The full video of the remembrance service may be found
Below: Hend               complex of the University of North Carolina at Chapel        on the HSDM YouTube channel.
Alqaderi, DMSc2016
                          Hill on February 10, 2015. This event shocked the
(dental public
health) addresses         world. Deah (a second-year dental student at the
the standing-room         University) served communities around the world and
audience during the       upheld the integrity of the dental profession. Deah and
remembrance event.        Yusor had just married. The loss of these three reminds
                          us of the critical task of cultivating relationships in a
                          pluralistic society. “We are here today to celebrate and
                          remember Deah, his life, and his family. Deah was an
                          excellent representative of humanity in the Muslim
                          community in a time that Islamic identity is suffering
                          because of extremist acts and media influence,” stated
                                                          Hend Alqaderi, DMSc2016
                                                          (dental public health).
                                                          The program included
                                                          reflections from Farris
                                                          Barakat, Deah’s brother;
                                                          Peggy Timothé, MPH02,
                                                          PD05 (dental public
                                                          health), instructor in the
                                                          Department of Restorative

                    6     Spring 2015
Class of 2015 Celebrates
Match Day

O
          n January 29, 2015, the DMD Class of
           2015 celebrated Match Day. The members of
           the DMD Class of 2015 spent months eagerly
           awaiting news of where they would pursue
           their postgraduate specialty training. Faculty,
staff, and fellow students came together to congratulate
and recognize the graduating class for their achieve-
ments and future endeavors at a special Match Day tea
time celebration. Dean Bruce Donoff, DMD67, MD73,
addressed the students and expressed his pride in their
accomplishments.

HSDM Holds First Oral Health Day
Since good oral health plays a vital role in ensuring
good overall health, HSDM held its first Oral Health         Members of the DMD Class of 2015 pose on Match Day. Listed in alphabetical order:
Day at Harvard Medical School (HMS) on November              Anitha Abdul Rahiman; Naeem Ali; Eshwar Arasu; Demyana Ramez Azer; Earl Jordan
10, 2014 for second-year medical and dental students         Blanche; Eliezer Brecher; Sydnee Erin Chavis; Sara Elizabeth Chen; Elizabeth Joan Eve;
enrolled in the course, Patient-Doctor II, under             Samantha Ricki Floam; Zachary Leo Freer; Peter Waitak Fung; Sean Michael Geary; Grace
                                                             Ellen Gianneschi; Christopher Patrick Goodell; Mehedia Haque; Gino Inverso; Timothy C.
Dr. Fidencio Saldana. HSDM faculty members
                                                             Jaeger; Hope Lindsey Johnson; Michael Thomas Jungwirth; Shikha Kanotra; Arthur Joon
presented lectures on basic oral anatomy, oral health’s      Kim; Soo Yeon Kwon; Zev Lazarus; Ningkun Li; Sheng Chuan Lin; Nicole Chinwe Oparaeke;
relationship to systemic health as well as the social        Armando Pardo; Sohyun Park; Christine Deek Rayan; Jeffrey Brian Reardon; Edward H.
aspects of oral health and dental treatment. Following       Schaefer IV; Neha Patel Shah; Michelle Davida Shapiro; Stephanie Rachel Slate; Ji Hyun
the lectures, HSDM faculty supervised small group            Tahk; Ariel Yongsweng Tsao; and Hyun J. Yoon.
exercises, which included a tutorial case study and
hands-on oral examinations by the medical and dental
students. Based on the positive student feedback, the
Oral Health Day may become a permanent part of
medical education at HMS.
    “HSDM provides a unique educational model
because our predoctoral students (DMD) study clinical
medicine with HMS medical students and then pursue
additional years of study at HSDM and affiliated
sites. Now, we see elements of this educational model
amongst HMS medical students who received oral
health training through this event. The entire experience
was so well-received,” stated Dr. Sang Park, MMSc01,
PD01 (prosthodontics), assistant dean for dental             Lisa Simon, DMD14 (PD 2015, general practice residency), gives a
education and director, predoctoral curriculum.              lecture to medical and dental students.

                                                                                                                     Spring 2015    7
Harvard Dental Bulletin     HSDM FOCUS

                          Give Kids a Smile 2015
                                                                                                             Below: Elena Cho, DMD 2016, and Luke Han,
                                                                                                             DMD 2018, provided oral health care to this
                                                                                                             family and several others at the event.

                          O
Above: Andrew                     n Saturday, February 7, 2015, HSDM held
Carranco, DMD                     its annual Give Kids a Smile event, a student-led
2017, greets several              effort that provides free dental care and education
smiling children who
benefited from this
                                  to children ages 1-17. Nearly 50 children, many
year’s event.             of whom come from local communities surrounding
                          the Longwood Medical Area, received free cleanings,
                          oral exams, and fluoride varnishes from third-year and
                          fourth-year DMD students. With the assistance of ortho-
                          dontic residents, several children received orthodontic
                          consultations. First-year and second-year DMD students        Dental Center, and Zameera Fida, DMD08, PD10
                          also provided education to children and their families on     (pediatric dentistry), director of the predoctoral program
                          the importance of oral hygiene and healthy eating habits.     in pediatric dentistry and a clinical instructor at HSDM.
                          The event was led by student-organizers George Chen,          Give Kids a Smile is a national program that was started
                          DMD 2017; Joseph DePalo, DMD 2017; and, Chloe                 in 2003 by the American Dental Association. Each year,
                          Wong, DMD 2018. The event included participation              more than 300,000 children benefit from more than 1,500
                          by several HSDM faculty and staff, most notably Myra          events nationwide.
                          Garza, associate director of clinical operations, Harvard

                   8      Spring 2015
Longer Service Luncheon Shines
Spotlight on HSDM’s Employees

                                    I
                                         n recognition of their hard                Left:
                                         work and enduring commitment               Eleni Kayas.
                                          to HSDM and Harvard University,           Middle:
                                          all employees are recognized for          Nkwanzi Sabiti.
                                          their significant career commit-          Below:
                                      ment and continuous service. At               Duane J. Koedyker.
                                      the beginning of each year, HSDM’s
                                      Department of Human Resources
                                      hosts a beautiful luncheon in the
                                      lobby of the Research and Education
                                      Building and awards are given out by
                                      Dean Bruce Donoff. Those employees
                                      recognized on February 27, 2015
                                      included:

                    Name                Department                                      Years of
                    		                                                                  Service
                    Amalia S. Sgourakes Administration and Finance                           30
                    Eleni Kayas                  Harvard Dental Center                       25
                    Zena W. Brown                Harvard Dental Center                       25
                    Duane J. Koedyker            Harvard Dental Center                       20
                    Sofiya Aronovna Plotkina     Office of Research                          20
                    Yulia Pittel                 Office of Research                          20
                    Angela M. Burke              Office of Dental Education                   15
                    Harvey Willson               Development and Alumni Relations             15
                    Linda E. Ross                Developmental Biology                        15
                    Monica N. Garrison           Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity       15
                    Nkwanzi Sabiti               Restorative Dentistry and
                                                 Biomaterials Sciences                        15
                    Adrien Doherty               Office of Dental Education                  10
                    Daniel S. Costa              Administration and Finance                  10
                    Ileana M. Reyes              Harvard Dental Center                       10
                    Shawn R. Berry               Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity      10
                    Yves de Jesus                Harvard Dental Center                       10

                                                                      Spring 2015   9
Harvard Dental Bulletin     SPECIAL EVENTS FOCUS

HSDM on the Road
Alumni Connect at HSDM
Receptions

Above: IADR reception.    During the fall and winter, HSDM held receptions for
Top Right: ADEA           alumni in several locations, including San Francisco,
reception.                CA; New Orleans, LA; West Palm Beach, FL; and
Far Right: ADEA           Boston, Mass. The largest reception was held at the
reception.                HSDM-Forsyth reception at the recent IADR meeting
Below: Yankee Dental      with over 400 in attendance.
Congress reception.

                                                                                  HSDM on the Road! Please join us
                                                                                  for these upcoming events:
                                                                                  American Association of Endodontics Annual
                                                                                  Session – HSDM Alumni Reception
                                                                                  Thursday, May 7, 2015
                                                                                  6:00pm–7:30pm
                                                                                  Virginia Room, Sheraton Seattle Hotel

                                                                                  American Association of Orthodontists Annual
                                                                                  Session – HSDM Alumni Reception
                                                                                  Saturday, May 16, 2015
                                                                                  7:30pm–9:00pm
                                                                                  Foothill E, second floor
                                                                                  San Francisco Marriott Marquis

                  10      Spring 2015
Senior Dental
Leaders Program
                                                                                                                           Left: Catherine Lane,
                                                                                                                           assistant dean of
                                                                                                                           clinical affairs and
                                                                                                                           business development,
                                                                                                                           gave Senior Dental
                                                                                                                           Leaders a tour of the
                                                                                                                           Harvard Dental Center.

                                                                                                                           Below: Sonia Groisman
                                                                                                                           is pictured with left
                                                                                                                           to right: Dr. Anthony
                                                                                                                           “Tony” Volpe, Vice
                                                                                                                           President, Global Oral
                                                                                                                           Care, Colgate-Palmolive;
                                                                                                                           Raman Bedi, Chair,
                                                                                                                           Global Child Dental
                                                                                                                           Fund; and Stanley M.
                                                                                                                           Bergman, Chairman
                                                                                                                           of the Board and CEO,

C
                                                                                                                           Henry Schein, Inc.
         old weather and snow could not keep                children in their home countries. One special highlight
         participants from Rwanda, Cambodia,                of the program included an update on the Rwanda
         Indonesia, Tanzania, Australia, Qatar, Jordan,     Human Resources for Health project—“Building a
         New Zealand, England, Thailand, China,             new dental school for Rwanda.” Stanley M. Bergman,
         Mexico, Canada and across the U.S. from            Chairman of the Board and CEO, Henry Schein, Inc.,
attending the ninth year of the Senior Dental Leaders       hosted a gala dinner at the Downtown Harvard Club
Program held March 9–14, 2015 in Boston, Mass.,             and spoke about the importance of public-private
sponsored by the Global Child Dental Fund, HSDM,            partnerships. Professor Sonia Groisman from Brazil
and King’s College London. During the week, leaders         received the prestigious Tony Volpe Award. “The
spent time developing their leadership skills, building     opportunity to meet so many dental leaders from every
collaborative relationships, learning how to further oral   corner of the world, sharing our common experiences
health agendas and improving the dental health of           and contextual challenges was an exceptional one. I am
                                                            greatly appreciative for the Tony Volpe award as it has
                                                            enabled me to develop my strategic skills and confi-
                                                            dence in all areas of leadership and will be essential for
                                                            my future work in oral health within Brazil,” she stated.

                                                                                                             Spring 2015   11
Harvard Dental Bulletin     GLOBAL HEALTH FOCUS

                                                                                     from Howard University and president of the Harvard
                                                                                     Dental Alumni Association, are headed to Rwanda.
                                                                                         Great strides have been made. The first class of dental
                                                                                     surgeons matriculated into the College of Medicine and
                                                                                     Health Sciences in 2013 where, like their HSDM peers,

                          Update from
                                                                                     they will spend two years with their fellow medical
                                                                                     students prior to transitioning over to the SoD. The
                                                                                     first class will arrive at the SoD in September of 2015.

                          Rwanda                                                     Once there, they will join their dental therapy class-
                                                                                     mates, who are already in session as the dental therapy

                          Year Three
                                                                                     program transferred out of the school of nursing and
                                                                                     into the new SoD. HSDM, UMD and SoD faculty have
                                                                                                     been busy working out competencies for
                                                                                                     therapists and surgeons as well as how to
                                                                                                     combine and leverage the resources of the
                                                                                                     SoD to support the two programs.
                                                                                                         Students from Harvard College,
                                                                                                     Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
                                                                                                     Health and Harvard Business School are
                                                                                                     joining HSDM students in an effort to
                                                                                                     develop and implement SoD research
                                                                                                     in partnership with Rwandan faculty
                                                                                                     and students. A collaboration with
                                                                                                     Tufts University on a national study of
                                                                                                     oral health status in Rwanda will help
                                                                                                     gauge our academic programming and
                                                                                                     workforce planning. It is an exciting and
                                                                                                     rewarding project – more to come over the
                                                                                                     next four years!

                          H
The School of                           SDM continues its collaboration with
Dentistry, which is                     the University of Maryland (UMD) and
located within the                  the University of Rwanda College of Medicine
College of Medicine
and Health Sciences
                                    and Health Sciences to launch the first-ever
at the University of                School of Dentistry, which is located within
Rwanda in Kigali,         the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the
hosted a school oral      University of Rwanda in Kigali. The project is now in
health promotion at       year three and several HSDM faculty members have
the Kivugiza Primary
                          been on the ground working with newly appointed
School for World Oral
Health Day 2014.          Dean Muhumuza Ibra to design the curriculum, aca-
Muhumuza Ibra, Dean,      demic organization, and infrastructure for the School of
School of Dentistry,      Dentistry (SoD).
is pictured with the         Donna Hackley, an instructor in oral health policy
school children.          and epidemiology; Sawsan Salih, PD13 (dental public        A panel gives an update on the School of Dentistry during the
                                                                                     Senior Dental Leaders Program. From left to right: Sawsan Salih,
                          health), an instructor in oral health policy and epide-    PD13 (dental public health), an instructor in oral health policy and
                          miology; Brittany Seymour, assistant professor of oral     epidemiology; Donna Hackley, an instructor in oral health policy
                          health policy and epidemiology; and, Brian Swann,          and epidemiology; Brian Swann, MPH08, an instructor in oral health
                          MPH08, an instructor in oral health policy and epide-      policy and epidemiology; Muhumuza Ibra, Dean, School of Dentistry,
                          miology, have been working on the ground in Kigali         College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Rwanda
                                                                                     in Kigali; Valli Meeks, clinical associate professor, University of
                          over the past two years with Dean Ibra and colleagues
                                                                                     Maryland School of Dentistry; Brittany Seymour, assistant professor
                          from UMD. This year, Karl Self, visiting associate         of oral health policy and epidemiology; and, Jane Barrow, AB84,
                          professor from the University of Minnesota, who directs    MS87, assistant dean of global and community health.
                          the only dental therapy program in the U.S., as well as
                          Ladan Basiripour, DMD93, visiting associate professor

                  12      Spring 2015
HARVARD DENTAL BITES

Alumni News                                                    IRA B. LAMSTER, MMSc80, PD80 (periodon-
                                                               tology), Professor in the Department of Health Policy
                                                               and Management, Mailman School of Public Health,
FRANK CATALANOTTO, PD71 (pediatric den-
                                                               Columbia University and Dean Emeritus, College of
tistry), writes, “Life is good in Florida. In February
                                                               Dental Medicine, Columbia University has written
2015, I stepped down as chair of the Department of
                                                               a book titled, Diabetes Mellitus and Oral Health: An
Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science at the
                                                               Interprofessional Approach. In January 2015, Dr. Lamster
University of Florida, but I will continue my full-time
                                                               became the editor of the International Dental Journal.
faculty appointment, focusing primarily on my grants
from HRSA and other agencies. My continuing focus                                        DAVID MOMTAHENI,
is on access to care and oral health care disparities. In                                PD78 (oral pathology),
January 2015, I started a two-year term as chair of the                                  was accepted as a Fellow of the
board of directors of Oral Health America. My wife and                                   American Academy of Cosmetic
I have a new grandson and we feel lucky that our three                                   Surgery. He is one of the few
children all live in Florida.”                                                           specialists in the country who
                                                                                         have been honored by the
JOHN E. DUCKWORTH, MMSc83, PD82
                                                                                         Academy as a full Fellow. Dr.
(periodontology), was featured in the October 2014
                                                                                         Momtaheni, a board certified
edition of Annapolis magazine’s feature on top dentists.
                                                               oral and maxillofacial surgeon and an oral and maxil-
Dr. Duckworth is a Fellow of the International College
                                                               lofacial pathologist, is a clinical professor at Columbia
of Dentists, a past president of the Ohio Academy of
                                                               University School of Dental Medicine.
Periodontists and maintains a practice, Chesapeake
Periodontics in Severna Park, Maryland.                        EDWARD R. MOPSIK, DMD67, is listed in
                                                               Washingtonian magazine’s Top Dentists 2015. To put
In October 2014, RYAN DUNLOP, DMD06, wel-
                                                               together this list, a ballot was mailed to every area
comed newborn twin boys, Andrew and Brendan to his
                                                               dentist in DC, Maryland and Virginia listed online
family, joining a 3½ half year old sister, Audrey.
                                                               with the American Dental Association as well as other
DAVID FEUER, PD73 (orthodontics), reports that                 local and national dental societies. 468 of the area’s best
he is fully retired after 39 years of practice.                general dentists and specialists were selected.

LEILA JAHANGIRI, DMD97, MMSc95, PD95
(prosthodontics); SOOMIN JUNG, MMSc
2015; and EDWIN J. RILEY III, DMD73, PD75
(prosthodontics), were featured in the January 21,
2015 New York Observer in an article titled, “Top of the
Class: Some of NYC’s Leading Professors Share Their
Secrets.” Dr. Jahangiri, clinical professor and chair of the
Department of Prosthodontics at New York University
chairs a department of 90 faculty members and is
co-author of A Guide to Better Teaching: Skills, Advice
and Evaluation for College and University Professors.

GEORGE FRANKLIN GRANT, DMD 1870, the
second African American graduate of Harvard Dental             Edward M. Morin, DMD60, (center) is joined by Eusebio Diaz, PD74
                                                               (orthodontics), and Carlos Mendez-Villamil, PD81 (orthodontics),
School (now Harvard School of Dental Medicine), the
                                                               while teaching the Typodont Course (wire bending) at the University
first African American professor at Harvard University         of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine to the orthodontic
and inventor of the modern golf tee was featured in            residents in San Juan in July 2014. Dr. Morin, who has retired from
Dear Doctor (www.DearDoctor.com). HSDM intends to              his private practice in Worcester, Mass., started teaching this course
establish an endowed scholarship in Dr. Grant’s name.          in 1964 at Harvard-Forsyth.

HERBERT HO-KUEN HAU, DMD77, recently sold                      PETER NGAN, DMD81, chair of West Virginia
his practice and is still very active in the Northeast         University School of Dentistry Department of
Regional Board Exam.                                           Orthodontics, has been installed as the inaugural
                                                               Branson-Maddrell Endowed Professor in Orthodontics.

                                                                                                                         Spring 2015    13
Harvard Dental Bulletin

                          RENEIDA E. REYES, MPH81, PD81 (pediatric
                          dentistry), was elected president of the American Dental
                                                                                               HSDM Awards at
                          Association Foundation (ADAF) Board of Directors                     Specialty Meetings
                          during the ADAF board meeting in September 2014. Dr.
                          Reyes is currently section chief – pediatric dentistry for           ACADEMY OF OSSEOINTEGRATION: HSDM
                          New York Methodist Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian                   shined brightly and received awards during the
                          Network, and also maintains a private practice.                      Academy of Osseointegration’s 30th annual meeting
                                                                                               in March 2015 in San Francisco, California. JAMIE
                                                                                               CHUNG, MMSc15 (periodontology), was a top
                                                                                               10 poster presenter. KEVIN GUZE, DMSc10, and
                                                                                               JUSTIN RAANAN, MMSc 2016 (periodon-
                                                                                               tology), gave oral presentations. DAVID KIM,
                                                                                               DMSc05, PD05 (periodontology), was a modera-
                                                                                               tor for the “Focus on South Korea” symposium.

                                                                                               AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION
                                                                                               ASSOCIATION (ADEA): WALTER GURALNICK,
                                                                                               DMD41, professor emeritus of oral and maxillofacial
                          HSDM alumni at the 96th annual meeting of the American Association   surgery was named a William J. Gies Awardee for
                          of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS), held in September 2014   Outstanding Innovation by a Dental Educator by
                          in Honolulu, Hawaii. From left: Richard Black, AB77, DMD84, MPH84;   ADEA. Dr. Guralnick received his award in March 2015
                          Leon Assael, DMD75; Carol Lorente, DMD80, PD83 (oral surgery);
                                                                                               in conjunction with the 2015 ADEA Annual Session
                          Earl Freymiller, DMD84, MD86; Thomas Dodson, DMD84, MPH84;
                          Michael Block, DMD79; and David Shafer, DMD86. AAOMS recognized      and Exhibition held in Boston, Mass. HOSSEIN
                          Dr. Dodson with the William Gies Foundation Award. The meeting was   BASSIR, DMSc 2017 (periodontology), received
                          dedicated to Walter Guralnick, DMD41. Photo by Richard Black.        the Olav Alvares Award for outstanding article by a
                                                                                               junior scholar. LAUREN HUM, DMD 2016, received
                          The HSDM Class of 2008 organized a reunion event at                  second place in the student poster completion for her
                          the JW Marriott Resort in Palm Desert, California at                 presentation, “The Junior Faculty Experience: From
                          the end of September 2014. The event was extremely                   Teaching Opportunities in Dental School to Faculty
                          successful with 25 guests attending (12 class members,               Development at their Current Institution.”
                          9 spouses, and 4 children). The weekend-long reunion
                          featured multiple events as well as time for classmates
                          to reconnect and relax with family members. A cocktail
                          reception, a multi-disciplinary continuing education
                          seminar featuring presenters from the class representing
                          five different specialties, and a group dinner were
                          among the highlights of the weekend. BRADLEY
                          WEINSTEIN, DMD08, organized the continuing
                          education seminar. The HSDM Class of 2008 has
                          remained very close over the years and plans to expand
                          upon this reunion in the years to come.

                                                                                               HSDM senior tutor Samuel Coffin, PD80 (general dentistry), and
                                                                                               Sang E. Park, MMSc01, PD01 (prosthodontics), assistant dean for
                                                                                               dental education, congratulate Lauren Hum, DMD 2016, on her
                                                                                               student poster completion win.

                          Members of the HSDM Class of 2008 and their families attended a
                          reunion event in Palm Desert, Calif. Photo by Dan Cassarella.

                  14      Spring 2015
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF IMPLANT
DENTISTRY (AAID): HSDM Vice Dean and associ-
ate professor of restorative dentistry and biomaterials
sciences, JOHN DASILVA, DMD87, MPH87, PD89,
PD91, SM92, was installed as president of the AAID
during its November 2014 annual meeting in Orlando,
Florida. DOMINIQUE D. ROUSSON, instructor
in restorative dentistry and biomaterials sciences,
performed a surgical procedure that was broadcast
live from HSDM to the AAID meeting. GERMAN O.
GALLUCCI, associate professor and interim chair of
                                                            Sang J. Lee, MMSc10 (prosthodontics), PD12 (implant dentistry)
restorative dentistry and biomaterials science, delivered
                                                            and Junhyck Caleb Kim, MMSc13, PD13 (prosthodontics) are new
a keynote presentation on digital implant dentistry.        Diplomats of the ACP.
PAUL A. SCHNITMAN, PD74, lecturer in restor-
                                                            AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PROSTHODONTICS
ative dentistry and biomaterials sciences, discussed the
                                                            (ACP): SANG J. LEE, MMSc10 (prosthodon-
reliability of guided implant placements.
                                                            tics), PD12 (implant dentistry), an instructor
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PERIODONTOLOGY                          in restorative dentistry and biomaterials sciences,
(AAP): Several members of the HSDM commu-                   director of advanced graduate education, and director
nity participated and received awards during the            of advanced graduate education in prosthodontics and
100th annual meeting of the American Academy                JUNHYCK CALEB KIM, MMSc13, PD13 (prost-
of Periodontology September 19-22, 2014 in San              hodontics), an instructor in restorative dentistry and
Francisco, California. STEVEN OFFENBACHER,                  biomaterials sciences and senior tutor for the Peabody
PD81 (periodontology), received the distin-                 Society, became Diplomats of the ACP after successfully
guished scientist award. WILLIAM GIANNOBILE,                completing their board certifications at the November
DMSc96, PD96 (periodontology), received the                 2014 annual meeting in New Orleans, La. SOHYUN
William Gies Award. Dr. Giannobile and KENNETH              PARK, DMD 2015, was awarded the best poster for
S. KORNMAN, lecturer in oral medicine, infection            the ACP Predoctoral Table Clinic Competition. HSDM
and immunity, received clinical research awards.            alumni, faculty and students gathered for a reception
MYRON NEVINS, associate clinical professor of               reuniting current and former prosthodontist residents.
oral medicine, infection and immunity; MARC L.
                                                            Joint Meeting of IADR/AADR/CADR:
NEVINS, MMSc97, PD97 (periodontology);
                                                            CHESTER W. DOUGLASS, AM89, professor emer-
MICHAEL REDDY, DMD86, DMSc89, PD89
                                                            itus of oral health policy and epidemiology, received
(periodontology); SAM LYNCH, DMSc89,
                                                            the H. Trendley Dean Memorial Award at IADR.
PD89 (periodontology); and Dr. Giannobile
                                                            Dr. Douglass was one of 17 distinguished awardees.
received the Earl Robinson periodontal regeneration
                                                            ALAA AHMED, DMSc 2017 (periodontology),
award. MARCELO FREIRE, DMSc 2016, won the
                                                            received 2nd place at the AADR Student Research Group
Balint Orban Memorial Award in Basic Science. DAVID
                                                            Dentsply/Caulk Competition. JEFF WANG, DMSc
KIM, DMSc05 (periodontology), PD05, associate
                                                            2015 (periodontology), was a finalist for the IADR
professor of oral medicine, infection, and immunity,
                                                            Unilever Hatton Competition. The joint meeting of
Dr. Marc L. Nevins and, Dr. Myron Nevins presented.
                                                            IADR/AADR/CADR was held in Boston, Mass. from
An alumni reception was also held.
                                                            March 11-14, 2015.

                                                            YANKEE DENTAL CONGRESS: First place in the
                                                            graduate student poster competition at the January
                                                            2015 Yankee Dental Congress went to MICHAEL
                                                            SUNWOO, MMSc 2015, for his research titled,
                                                            “Using Triggers to Document Orthodontic Adverse
                                                            Events in the Academic Setting.”

                                                            Alumni had a great time at the American Academy of Periodontology
                                                            alumni reception in September 2014 in San Francisco, Calif.
                                                            Left: Harlan Shiau, DMSc05; Jerry Lin, DMSc04; Jacqueline Wong,
                                                            DMD00, MMSC03; and David Pelham, MMSc03.
                                                                                                                   Spring 2015   15
Harvard Dental Bulletin     HARVARD DENTAL BITES

                          HSDM News                                                  JANE JIAO, MMSc 2017 (periodontology),
                                                                                     won first place in the Dentium Postgraduate Research
                                                                                     Competition including $20,000 to conduct her research
                          Professor DONALD B. GIDDON, DMD59, PD62,
                                                                                     project. ALAA AHMED, DMSc 2017 (peri-
                          Annual Lecture in Behavioral Medicine and Dentistry
                                                                                     odontology), and SARA SHAH, DMSc 2018
                          was held on April 7, 2015. Bruce S. McEwen, the Alfred
                                                                                     (periodontology), won third place and both received
                          E. Mirsky Professor at The Rockefeller University in
                                                                                     $5,000 to conduct their research projects.
                          New York City, spoke on the topic, “The Brain on Stress:
                          Epigenetic Mechanisms of Brain Plasticity Through the                               LAUREN KUHN, DMD 2017,
                          Life Course” to a capacity crowd in the auditorium.                                 received $28,600 in scholarships
                                                                                                              through the Miss America
                                                                                                              Organization which she has
                                                                                                              applied toward her HSDM edu-
                                                                                                              cation. Ms. Kuhn was crowned
                                                                                                              Miss Massachusetts in 2014. Ms.
                                                                                                              Kuhn also received a $15,000
                                                                                     Lauren Kuhn, DMD,        award as a P.E.O. Scholar.
                                                                                     2017. Photo courtesy
                                                                                     of Stephanie Vegliante   CAMERON LEE, DMD 2016,
                                                                                     Photography.             received the Dentsply award at
                          Dr. Bruce S. McEwen.                                                                the 2015 HSDM research day.

                          JAMES BAKER, DMD 2017, and TAAVISH                         SHIGEMI ISHIKAWA-NAGAI, associate professor
                          SHARMA, DMD 2017, were poster award winners                and director of HSDM’s predoctoral program in
                          at the 75th annual Soma Weiss Student Research Day         prosthodontics, will be paired with Sid Misra, an
                          presented by HSDM and Harvard Medical School.              outstanding fellow from Harvard Business School’s
                                                                                     Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship
                          ROLAND BARON, professor and chair of the                   Program, to promote the commercialization of her
                          Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity,      research in caries detection.
                          is serving as president of the American Society of Bone
                          and Mineral Research, the world’s leading scientific       MIN KYEONG LEE, DMD10, DMSc14
                          organization for bone health research. Dr. Baron is        (orthodontics); THOMAS B. DODSON,
                          also professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School,        DMD84, MPH84; NADEEM Y. KARIMBUX,
                          Endocrine Unit—Massachusetts General Hospital.             DMD91, MMSc93 (periodontology), PD93;
                                                                                     VEERASATHPURUSH ALLAREDDY, MMSc10
                          HSDM Dean R. BRUCE DONOFF, DMD67,                          (orthodontics); and, ROMESH NALLIAH, instruc-
                          MD73, received the Shils-Meskin Award, given by            tor in restorative dentistry and biomaterials sciences,
                          the Dr. Edward B. Shils Entrepreneurial Fund, Inc., at     received the Larry J. Peterson Prize from the Journal
                          a reception in October 2014 in Philadelphia, Pa. The       of Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral
                          award symbolizes his over 45 years of leadership in the    Radiology and Endodontology for their publication,
                          dental profession as well as his efforts to showcase the   “Effect of occurrence of infection-related never events
                          importance of integrating oral health and primary care.    on length of stay and hospital charges in patients
                                                                                     undergoing radical neck dissection for head and neck
                          GERMAN O. GALLUCCI, associate professor and
                                                                                     cancer.” Dr. Nalliah and LISA SIMON, DMD14 (PD
                          interim chair of restorative dentistry and biomaterials
                                                                                     2015, general practice residency), received the 2014-15
                          sciences, delivered presentations on implant dentistry
                                                                                     Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Curricular
                          at the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and
                                                                                     Innovation Award, supported through grant funding
                          the American College of Prosthodontics meetings in
                                                                                     from the DentaQuest Foundation, for their project,
                          November 2014.
                                                                                     “Improving oral health for patients of a student-run
                                                                                     free clinic through interprofessional collaboration
                                                                                     and education.” Dr. Simon also received the 2014 Jung
                                                                                     Award.

                  16      Spring 2015
TOM C. PAGONIS,          senior tutor and the Director of the Office of Diversity
                                     assistant professor of   Inclusion at HSDM. She completed her DDS in 1994
                                     restorative dentistry    from New York University College of Dentistry.
                                     and biomaterials
                                     sciences, and KEVIN      NATHANIEL S. TREISTER, DMSc05, assistant
                                     A. GUZE, instructor      professor of oral medicine, infection, and immunity, has
                                     in oral medicine,        been appointed chief of the Divisions of Oral Medicine
                                     infection, and immu-     and Dentistry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
                                     nity, wrote a section    the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Dr. Treister
                                     on dental caries in      will be responsible for oversight, direction and leader-
                                     the recently published   ship of clinical, educational and research activities.
                                     Oxford Companion         ALESSANDRO VILLA, instructor of oral medicine,
                                     to Sugar and Sweets.     infection, and immunity, has been appointed interim
This publication is the “most comprehensive reference         program director for postgraduate oral medicine at
work on the idea of the sweet ever published, with            HSDM. Dr. Villa is also an associate surgeon at Brigham
entries on all aspects of sweetness, including chemical,      and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
technical, social, cultural, and linguistic.”
                                                              HARVEY WILLSON, staff assistant 3 and develop-
ADAM PATENAUDE, DMD 2017, was named an                        ment specialist at HSDM, was a nominee for the 2014
American Dental Political Action Committee student            Dolores J. Brown Staff Award from the Harvard Medical
director at the American Student Dental Association in        School Office of Human Resources.
October 2014.

                          PEGGY TIMOTHÉ,
                          MPH02, PD05 (dental public
                          health), is the 2015 recipient
                          of the Michael Shannon,
                          MD, MPH, Excellence in
                          Mentoring Award. This Award
                          is co-sponsored by the Harvard
                          Medical School Office of
                          Recruitment and Multicultural
Affairs; Massachusetts General Hospital Multicultural
Affairs Office; Brigham and Women’s Hospital Office
for Multicultural Faculty Careers in the Office for
Faculty Development and Diversity; Children’s Hospital        Dean Bruce Donoff and Mady Donoff celebrated 50 years of marriage
                                                              in December 2014 and a special cake was presented to them.
(Boston, Mass.) Diversity and Cultural Competency
Council; and, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center Office of Multicultural Affairs. Dr. Timothé
is an instructor in the Department of Restorative
Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences at HSDM, a

                                                              The family of former HSDM interim dean and faculty member Joe
                                                              Henry visited HSDM in April 2015. From Left: Peter Henry and
                                                              Maureen Valley, DMD92, MPH92, stand under Joe Henry’s portrait
                                                              with their daughters, Caroline and Claire.

                                                                                                                    Spring 2015   17
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                                                    Naeem Ali, DMD 2015
                                                    Change in Mandibular Position in Patients with
                                                    Syndromic Craniosynostosis after Midfacial Advancement
                                                    with Distraction Osteogenesis
                                                    Dr. Bonnie Padwa, Mentor

April 7, 2015 Student                               Michelle Chou, DMSc 2016
                                                    (orthodontics)

Research Day                                        Saturation of Biological Response to Orthodontic Forces
                                                    and its Effect on Tooth Movement
                                                    Drs. Mani Alikhani and Mohammed Masoud, Mentor
Poster Presentation Awards
                                                    Lauren Manning, DMSc 2015 (prosthodon-
                                                    tics)
                                                    Experimental Evaluation of DDR2 as an Ideal Target for
                                                    Development of Disease-Modifying Osteoarthritis Drugs
                                                    Dr. Yefu Li, Mentor

                                                    Henry Ohiomoba, MMSc 2015 (orthodontics)
                                                    Quantitative Evaluation of Maxillary Alveolar
                                                    Cortical Bone Thickness and Density Using Computed
                                                    Tomography Imaging
                                                    Dr. Andrew Sonis, Mentor

                                                    Michael Sunwoo, MMSc 2015
                                                    (orthodontics)
                                                    Using Triggers to Document Orthodontic Adverse Events
                                                    in the Academic Setting
                                                    Dr. Elsbeth Kalenderian, Mentor

                                                    Yau-Hua Yu, MMSc 2015
                                                    (periodontology)
                                                    Cardiovascular Risks Associated with Incident and
                                                    Prevalent Periodontal Disease
                                                    Dr. Paul Ridker, Mentor

                                                    Jeff Wang, DMSc 2015
                                                    (periodontology)
                                                    Maresin 1 Rescues Impaired Phagocyte Functions with
                                                    Localized Aggressive Periodontitis Leukocytes
                                                    Dr. Charles Serhan, Mentor

                                                    Thank you to the poster reviewers: Bjorn R. Olsen,
                                                    Elsbeth Kalenderian, Tanya Besschetnova, Nina
                                                    Anderson, Jane Barrow, Agnes Berendsen, Francesca
                                                    Gori, Beppe Intini, Porsche Jumlongras, Toshi Kawai,
                                                    Sang Lee, Chia-Cheng Li, Hiroe Ohyama, Sang Park,
                                                    Christine Riedy, Brittany Seymour, Mary Tavares, and
                                                    Yingzi Yang.

                  18      Spring 2015
In Gratitude
Honor Roll of Donors
                                                 Arthur G. Ship, DMD52, MD54, and              Organizations
Harvard School of Dental Medicine                  Enid S. Ship                                Biomet 3i, Inc.
                                                 Jacob B. Silversin, DMD72, MPH73, DPH75,      Chugai Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.
is deeply grateful to the following                and Mary Jane Kornacki                      DentaQuest Foundation
individuals and organizations for                Martin Stern, DMD56, and Christina E. Stern   G. Gorham Peters Trust
                                                 Paul J. Styrt, DMD85, MPH85, and Stacey       Henry Schein, Inc.
gifts received during the 2014                     Lynn Styrt                                  Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies,
calendar year, from January 1, 2014              Hans-Peter Weber, DMD90, and Cheryl             Inc.
                                                   O’Neil-Weber                                MIS Implants Technologies, Ltd.
to December 31, 2014.                            Charles Willson                               Northwestern Management Services
                                                                                               Omni Management Resources
HENRY C. WARREN SOCIETY                          DEAN’S SOCIETY                                Premier Dental Products Company
                                                 $100,000 and above                            United Concordia Companies, Inc.
Henry Warren made the first planned gift to
                                                                                               Young Innovations, Inc.
HSDM in 1899 in the form of a bequest for        Alumni and Friends
$10,000. The School is exceedingly grateful to   Reed H. Day, MD84, DMD85, PD90, and
those who have expressed their intention to        Cheri Day                                   NATHAN COOLEY KEEP
provide for HSDM in their financial planning.    Joo Lee                                       SOCIETY
To recognize this thoughtfulness, the School     Seizaburo Sakamoto                            $1,867-$9,999
established the Henry C. Warren Society.                                                       Alumni and Friends
                                                 Faculty and Staff
Aina M. Auskaps, DMD55                           I. Leon Dogan, DMD63, and Sally Dogan         Barry Joseph Agranat, DMD62, and Ellie
Michael L. Barnett                               Jacob B. Silversin, DMD72, MPH73, DPH75,        Agranat
Jorge Bianchi, MMSc01                               and Mary Jane Kornacki                     Paul M. Austin, DMD94, MPH94
James D. Billie, DMD73, PD77, and Corinne                                                      Steven R. Bader, DMD81
   Billie                                        CARLOTTA A. HAWLEY                            Ladan Basiripour, DMD93, and
                                                                                                  Hani Thariani, MMSc91
Arnold Binder, DMD54*                            SOCIETY                                       George D. Bianco
Charles R. Bowen, DMD66, and Gerlinde            $50,000 to $99,999
   Bowen                                                                                       Terri A. Binder, SM79, DMD84
John J. Bowen                                    Alumni and Friends                            George B. Bland, DMD51, and Avonne Bland
Allena Burge-Smiley, DMD82                       Anonymous                                     Larry P. Bleier, PD78, and Rita Bleier
Robert Chuong, DMD77, MD77, PD82, and                                                          Paul Cashion, DMD68, and Maggie Cashion
                                                 Organizations
   Elaine G. Wong                                                                              Robert Chuong, DMD77, MD77, PD82, and
                                                 Keystone Dental, Inc.
Michelle Copeland, DMD77, MD77, and                                                              Elaine G. Wong
                                                 Straumann U.S.A.
   Jonathan L. Halperin                                                                        Michelle Copeland, DMD77, MD77, GSA72,
                                                 USAble Life
Michael R. Coppe, DMD70, DMSc78, PD74                                                            and Jonathan L. Halperin
Albert S. Cowie, PD78                                                                          Gregory A. Davis, DMD89, PD89, and Denise
                                                 ROBERT T. FREEMAN                               Davis
Reed H. Day, MD84, DMD85, PD90
Douglas S. Dick, DMD67, PD72, and Eltress
                                                 SOCIETY                                       Sylvia Deek
                                                 $10,000 to $49,999                            Robert G. Denmark, MPH92, PD94, and
   M. Dick
Robert M. Donahue, DMD62, PD64, and              Alumni and Friends                              Sabrina Denmark
   Sherrie Stephens Cutler                       James P. Breslawski and Debra A. Breslawski   Kenneth Robert Diehl, DMD70, PD72, and
Chester W. Douglass and Joy A. Douglass          Julie B. Charlestein                            Cynthia Diehl
Ilona E. Ferraro and Richard H. Ferraro          C. Leon Chen, DMD93                           Ray English, PD86
Lorne M. Golub, PD68                             Bart Doedens                                  David M. Feinerman, DMD89
Alexander H. Halperin, DMD56, and Carol          Albert Erani                                  Christopher H. Fox, DMD87, SM87, DMSc91,
   Halperin                                      Allen Finkelstein                               PD91
Robert N. Hennessy, DMD 44*, and Jeanette        Joseph Garcia                                 Lawrence Marvin Gettleman, DMD66, and
   Hennessy                                      Alvin A. Krakow and Barbara Krakow              Erica Gettleman
Lee Edward Hershon, PD74, and Nina               Samuel Soonho Lee, DMSc14 and Grace Lee       William Giannobile, DMSc96, PD96
   Haskins Hershon                               Sang Jin Lee, MMSc10, PD12                    Herbert H. Hau, DMD77, and Frances Hau
T. Howard Howell Jr., PD76, and Jeffrey          Si Kon Lee and In Yu Lee                      Michael S. Hauser, PD81
   Stevens                                       John Luther                                   A. Thomas Indresano, DMD71
Jae-Woong Hwang, DMSc03                          Edward R. Mopsik, DMD67                       Melvin Kahn, DMD62
Alvin A. Krakow, and Barbara Krakow              Gerard M. Moufflet                            John P. Kelly, DMD71, MD71, PD76
Mark E. Levine, DMD75, PD77                      Masakazu Nakamura                             Peter G. Kimball, DMD60
John E. Lowe* and Gayle J. Lowe                  Linda C. Niessen, DMD77, MPH77, MPP82,        Gary S. Lindner, DMSc83, and Rochelle Haller
Gordon J. Macdonald and Ruth M. Macdonald          PD82, and John J. Lonergan                    Lindner, DMD82
Ginat Wintermeyer Mirowski, MD85,                Katsuhiko Otsuki                              Mortimer Lorber, DMD50, MD52
   DMD86, MMSC88, PD88, and Stephen F.           Masako Sakamoto*                              Gordon J. Macdonald and Ruth M. Macdonald
   Wintermeyer                                   Kimberly Ritrievi, PhD                        Shibly D. Malouf
Edward R. Mopsik, DMD67, and Kaye A.             Edward Bert Seldin, DMD68, MD68, and          Eugene A. Mickey, MPH82, PD82, and
   Mopsik                                          Lisa Witham                                   Sue Mickey
Edward M. Morin, DMD60                           Sue Oh Shklar                                 Edward M. Morin, DMD60, and
Thomas R. Mullen, DMD76                          Jeffrey T. Slovin                               Cyndee Freeman
W. Patrick Naylor, MPH81, PD81                   David Sproat                                  Thomas R. Mullen, DMD76
Robert N. Nishimura                              Nageeb Sumar                                  Dan Perkins
Shirley A. Nylund, DMD81                         Salim Sumar                                   Joseph Henry Schulz, PD74
Michael E. Rowan, DMD67                                                                        Michael Scianamblo, PD77
                                                                                               J. Henry Stempien, DMD58, PD59, and
                                                                                                 Elaine L. Stempien
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