News & Notes

Dr. Konstantinos Chochlidakis

(Prostho ‘13), program director, Prosthodontics, was named the Scientific Program chair for the 93rd annual meeting of the American Prosthodontic Society.

Dr. Chochlidakis

Dr. Jesse Teng (Ortho ’08) is the current president of the Southwestern Society of Orthodontists, past president of the Texas Association of Orthodontists and serves on the Council of Communications for the American Association of Orthodontists. He Dr. Teng has also been appointed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott to the Dental Review Committee of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners.

Dr. Washer Dr. Leif Washer (Perio ’77, MS ’77) retired recently after 42 years of private practice and teaching at UCONN Dental School. “My years at Eastman Dental Center were extremely significant for me and are one of the biggest factors in what I achieved in life. Helmet Zander and Jack Caton had a huge influence on my life. I learned so much from Jack about interacting with other people on both a personal and professional level.”

Dr. Diaa Allahham (Ortho’22) earned 2nd place in the Northeastern Society of Orthodontics Cup.

Dr. Allahham Dr. Malmström

Dr. Michelogiannakis Dr. Hans Malmström has been named chair of the Continuing Education Oversight Committee for the Academy of Osseointegration.

Dr. Dimitrios Michelogiannakis

(Ortho ’17) received an Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship from the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation, and was also elected secretary of ADEA’s Section on Orthodontics.

Dr. Alina Dellanzo (GenDen ’10) gave a presentation about the association between oral disease and cardiovascular disease at the Pritkin Longevity Center in Miami, FL.

Dr. Dellanzo

Dr. Ke Shang (Perio ’18) is currently practicing at ROC Perio & Implants under the guidance and mentorship of Dr. Roxanne Lowenguth (Perio ’89).

Dr. Chris Roberts (GenDen ‘84, Ortho ‘87) completed his term as president of the American Association of Orthodontists, and continues to teach at the University of Michigan, where he serves as the director of the Graduate Orthodontic Residency Program.

Dr. Roberts

Former Medical Center Faculty Leads NIH

Dr. Lawrence Tabak, a former University of Rochester faculty member and noted dental science researcher, is leading the National Institutes of Health on an interim basis.

Dr. Tabak joined the University faculty in 1986 as an associate professor of dental research and associate professor of biochemistry. He served as chair of dental research before being named director of the Center for Oral Biology, now part of Eastman Institute for Oral Heath, and senior associate dean for research in 1998. He joined the NIH in 2000.

Dr. Mayank Kakkar (GenDen ’22) was among the Cystic Fibrosis Finest Class of 2021. The class, recognized for their leadership and community service, worked together to increase awareness and fundraise.

Dr. Wang Lam Dr. Linda Wang Lam (Perio ’19 MS ’19) was named the 2021 recipient of the American Board of Periodontology Leslie M. Salkin Award, given to the person who earns the highest score on the ABP Oral Examination. Dr. Basir Barmak (MS ’13, Ed.D ’16) was named assistant director of the Master’s Program, where he participates in decisions related to admissions, work closely with EIOH department chairs in developing students’ research ideas to hypothesis and supporting students.

Dr. Barmak

Dr. Szilvia Arany (GenDen ’17) has been named director of Geriatric Oral Health. She is managing a program that equips future generations of dentists with the skills and experience to provide treatment with personalized oral health priorities and care preferences of older adults Dr. Arany

and their caregivers. She was also the first dental recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Dean’s Teaching Fellowship.

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Dr. Martha Somerman (Perio ‘78, PhD ‘80) was named the chief field editor of Frontiers in Dental Medicine. She was the previous director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/NIH.

Dr. Nicolas Aguilera (GenDen ‘22) won First Place for Best Clinical Poster Post-Graduate at the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry’s 2021 Annual Meeting. He worked with Dr. Alexis Ghanem (GenDen ’13, GPR ‘14) on this complex case where the patient lost his frontal teeth, significant bone and soft tissue in a car accident.

Dr. Eli Eliav presented The Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Oral Health to the World Dental Federation (FDI), during the World Oral Health Forum webinar in October, 2021.

Dr. Kirty Pathak (GenDen ’17) joined Inspire Dental Group in the Buffalo, NY area.

Dr. Robert J. Moreau (Pedo ’94) was appointed chief member of the advisory committee at Cape Cod Community College’s Hygiene Program in late 2021.

Dr. Aldo Squassi (GenDen ’88) was appointed vice dean of the University of Buenos Aires School of Dentistry and director of the University of Buenos Aires Institute for Public Health Research.

Dr. John Vorrasi was named vice chair for the EIOH Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department.

Dr. Pooja Gangwani was named the associate program director for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program.

Dr. Aquilera

Dr. Eliav

Dr. Vorrasi

Dr. Gangwani Dr. Romanos Georgios (Perio ’10) published two new books in 2021: Advanced Laser Surgery in Dentistry and Laser Light Therapy in Dentistry.

Dr. James Burk (GenDen ’73) retired in 2021 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine.

Dr. Stanley Silber (GenDen ’74) retired in 2021 from the 5th St. Dental Center, where he served the last five years.

Dr. Lyndon Cooper (Prostho ’90, PhD ’91) was named dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry.

Dr. Elisabeth Glatz-Noll (Ortho ’83) lectured in Germany and the Netherlands on orthodontics for the disabled, and also to the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry.

Dr. Alexandra Tsigarida was named chair of the Education Committee of the American Academy of Periodontology, and is leading a task force to evaluate periodontal education for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Congratulations to Drs. Cyril Meyerowitz, Linda Rasubala and Walt Psoter, who co-authored an award winning paper that originated from a National Dental PBRN project. Their work describes the cues used by dentists in the early detection of oral cancer, and earned the Millard Award, Oral Medicine Section for the 2021 Best Paper in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. The award recognizes the paper’s scientific approach, novel and significant findings, and the importance of the problem.

Dr. Burk

Dr. Tsigarida

Dr. Rasubala

Dr. Mohammed Baig (Prostho ’11, GenDen ’13) was elected to the International Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics. The Academy recognizes his service and devotion to advancing the various arts of esthetics in dentistry and medicine.

Dr. Mohamed Mahmoud (Gen Den ’21) won a Research Award at the American Prosthodontics Society annual meeting for his study Immediate Loading of Dental Implants Supporting Mandibular Overdenture in Type II Diabetic Patients.

Dr. David Fraser (Perio ’17, MS ’17) was awarded a Trainee Pilot Study through the UR’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute and a Joan Wright Goodman Fellowship, the University’s most competitive dissertation fellowship.

Dr. Baig

Dr. Mahmoud

Dr. Fraser Dr. Erin Shope treated Nathan with the NAM device when he was an infant. Since then, his family holds an annual golf tournament to honor his late uncle Kory Rauscher, this year raising a record $11K to help patients with cleft lip and palate.

Dr. Sharon Elad’s Leadership Recognized

Dr. Sharon Elad, chair, Oral Medicine, will receive the 2022 Distinguished Service Award from the International Society of Oral Oncology. In addition, Dr. Elad’s research was recently published in the journal with the highest impact factor (508.72) CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Her study is titled “The broadening scope of oral mucositis and oral ulcerative mucosal toxicities of anticancer therapies.”