News & Notes

Shaima Malik BDS, MS was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor at the European University College and the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, both in Dubai, U. A. E.

Dr. Dimitrios

Michelogiannakis was given the 2020 Subtelny, Baker, Eastman Teaching Fellowship Award, by the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation to support his faculty development.

Dr. Antonia Kolokythas was named the OMS Section Editor for Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology. Dr. Taylor Squires (Ortho ’21) won first place and Dr. Francesca Pietri (Ortho ’21) won second place, the only two awards given at the Northeastern Society of Orthodontists’ NESO Cup competition.

Dr. Emile Rossouw was elected to the American Board of Orthodontics. He was also named associate editor for Narrative Literature Reviews, American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics – Clinical Companion.

Doron Steinberg, PhD, (MS ‘92) was given the IADR Bill Bowen Distinguished Scientist Award of 2020.

Sharon Elad, DMD, MSc,

professor and chair, EIOH Oral Medicine Department was elected to the Board of Directors of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.

Dr. Konstantina Tzouma,

(GenDen ‘15) was named the Clinical Director of Endodontics in General Dentistry.

Linda Wang Lam (Perio ‘19) won first place in the Basic Science Research Forum Competition at the American Academy of Periodontology annual meeting. She created a unique biomaterial that stimulated bone formation from dental stem cells. Catherine Ovitt, PhD, professor of Biomedical Genetics, was recently named the interim director of the Center for Oral Biology. She was also elected as a council delegate for the Dentistry and Oral Health Sciences Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

EIOH’s SMILEmobile won a Rochester Business Journal Healthcare Hero Award for treating patients with special needs. Dr. Sangeeta Gajendra accepted the award virtually.

Dr. Michael Buonocore

“essentially revolutionized the field of restorative dentistry” with his acid etch technique he developed while at Eastman. IADR’s Journal of Dental Research reported it as the most cited paper.

Nobel Biocare USA appointed of Dr. Reena Gajjar (Prostho ‘96) as Vice President, Clinical & Professional Development. Dr. Scott Koopman (GPR ’20) joined Calnon & Cilano DDS PC. Carletta Carter was named a Woman of Excellence by the Rochester Business Journal.

Courtney Speers, RN, BSN,

received the URMC Board Excellence Award.

EIOH faculty, residents and staff joined hundreds of fellow URMC healthcare workers for the White Coats for Black Lives event in early June.