Class Notes

Sonya Hassan DMD 15 married Raja Ali on April 23, 2021, and they welcomed their son, Sulaiman, on April 5, 2022.

Andrew Grinsell DMD 17 and wife Allison welcomed a baby girl, Rayla Eleanor, on August 9, 2021, pictured with big Corgi-sister Biscuit. Khusbhu Malhotra DMD 18 and husband Sumeet Malhotra DMD 10 welcomed a daughter, Vaani, on April 21, 2022, at 12:59 am and 7 lbs 6 oz and 20.5 inches. She joins big brothers Amrit and Armaan. Khurram Khan DMD 09 and wife Zofeen welcomed a daughter, Liana, on December 21, 2020. She joined big brother Mikhail, who turned five in April.

Chris Balaban and wife Lindsey Nowland, both DMD 16, had a baby boy, Oliver Linden Balaban, on May 27, 2022.

Tad Szpoganicz DMD 11 and Valeria Papa had a baby girl, Emma Tereza Szpoganicz, on May 7, 2022, in Boca Raton, Florida. Krizia Proia DMD 17 and Ashish Papneja DMD 15 had twin boys, Matteo and Vincenzo, on October 11, 2022. They join big sister Karina.

Matt Rossen DMD 11 married Marie Dellapenta on July 16, 2002, in Elma, New York. Shadi Abedin AEGD 08 ENDO 10 married Aly Azab on August 13, 2021, in Houston, Texas.

James E. Lee DMD 14 married Katherine S. Lam on May 14, 2022, in Waltham, Massachusetts. Dr. Lee practices general dentistry in Malden, Massachusetts, and serves as the New Dentist Committee Chair of the American Dental Association.

Dr. Lee is the son of Dr. Ted Lee DMD 86, and Ms. Lam is the daughter of Dr. Pat Machalinski DMD 90 AEGD 91 ENDO 93. Ana Keohane DMD 16 and Marco Camargo got married in Newton, Massachusetts, on March 5, 2022. Maryam Mohammadvali Samani DMD 17 ENDO 22 married Babak Eliassi-Rad on March 25, 2022.

Steve Morrow ENDO 71 and wife Michele recently had a “bucket list” kind of trip: In December, they traveled to Antarctica. What an experience!

Two of our most recent Dental Public Health graduates, Hema Gomathy Sathish Kumar and Cam-Van Thi Huynh, have been recognized by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry (AAPHD) for their abstract submissions. Hema was awarded second place and Cam-Van received honorable mention for the Leverett Graduate Student Merit Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dental Public Health.

Married couple Divyanshu Soni MED 09 DMD 13 and Veronica Mitko SAR 09 opened their own practice, Restoration Smiles, in Hudson, Massachusetts, in September 2021.

Gary Nord DMD 11 has been elected to the American College of Prosthodontics Council for the American Board of Prosthodontics. He was installed at the ACP Annual Session on November 2022 in Austin, Texas.

Dr. Paul Farsai DMD 94 AEGD 95 SPH 97 was honored as the recipient of the Thomas F. Winkler Award at the 2022 ACD New England Section Annual Meeting in January 2022 for his leadership and dedication to our profession and to the New England Section.

Abby Mansolillo, daughter of Jeffrey Mansolillo DMD 98 was crowned Miss Rhode Island 2022 on May 1, 2022. She is a second-year law student at the Roger Williams University School of Law, with hopes of becoming a criminal prosecutor in the Rhode Island Department of the Attorney General. During her year of service, she is focusing on bridging the gap between healthcare professionals and patients. Abby will be competing at Miss America in December 2022 at Mohegan Sun.

A group of alumni–Bob Tang DMD 83, Janice Spada DMD 82, Janet Goguen DMD 83, Barbara Scanlon DMD 83, and Dorothy Tiberii DMD 83–got together in Punta Gorda, Florida, for a mini reunion. All five have retired from practice!

Stuart Ross PERIO 74 has recently retired from clinical periodontics. During his practice he was elected as a Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, elected a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, and a Diplomat of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. Twelve GSDM alumni were inducted as fellows in the American College of Dentists in 2021:

Did you get married? Have a baby? Accomplish a life goal? We’d love to hear your news! Please email your updates (and any address changes) to Stacey McNamee at smcnamee@bu.edu. Christopher M. Balaban DMD 16 Elizabeth G. Benz DMD 11

Carolyn C.D. Brookes DMD 08 Mina M. Faiek DMD 16

Lindsey D. Jackson DMD 08 M. Marianne Jurasic DMD 95

Kevin L. Peterson DMD 98 ENDO 00

Erik F. Reifenstahl DMD 05

Karen P. Robinson DMD 86

Ronni A. Schnell DMD 81

Cameron Shahbazian DMD 14

Sanjeevan Virk DMD 08

Sixteen GSDM alumni were inducted as fellows in the International College of Dentists in 2021:

Divesh Byrappagari DPH 03 Claire Chang DMD 07 PROS 10 Maureen L. Colella DMD 92

Larry G. Dunham DMD 83 M. Marianne Jurasic DMD 95

Zachary Kano DMD 96 ENDO 08 Kumiko Kamachi AEGD 94 PROS 07

James Emanuel Lee DMD 14

Igor Lozada PROS 99 DMD 01 Amit Merchant DMD 15

Mayumi Onoe Miyamoto AEGD 01 PROS 05 Tim J. Patel DMD 96

Steve Perlman PEDO 76

Breno Reboucas DSc 07 PEDO 12

Samira Sheikh DMD 03

Devaki Sundararajan Oral Pathology 09