Winter 2015 - College of Dentistry - University of Illinois at Chicago

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Hosted by the UIC College of
Dentistry and the Dental Alumni
Association Board of Directors
6:30 pm Open Bar Reception
2015
ALUMNI REUNION
Reception and Dinner
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015
The Carlisle Banquets
435 East Butterfield Road
Lombard, IL 60148
(630) 960-0210
Price is $115 per person.
8:30 pm Recognition and
Awards Program
Outstanding Achievement
Awards will be presented
honoring:
Frank W. Licari, ’86
Distinguished Dental Alumnus
Susan A. Rowan, ’84
E. Lloyd DuBrul Faculty
Achievement Award
Thomas C. Lakars, ’67
MS Anatomy ’69
F. William Towner Organized
Dentistry Award
Online registration: http://dentistry.uic.edu
Or complete form below and mail. RSVP by April 6.
Recognition program will honor UIC DDS and specialty classes celebrating
anniversary years in five- and ten- year increments. Special recognition
will honor the 50th, 40th, and 25th anniversary years, including Loyola
School of Dentistry alumni who are celebrating their 50th, 40th, and 25th
anniversary years in dentistry.
For more information
Program ads are available for purchase. For ad info or questions, contact
Ana Lisa Ogbac at (312) 996-0485 or e-mail [email protected].
Class photos will be taken and available for purchase that evening.
Michael J. Biasiello, Loyola ’85
Alexander H. Chan, ’78
University of Illinois Loyalty Award
Frank A. Maggio, Loyola ’71
UIC Periodontics ’75
Irwin B. Robinson President’s Award
Brian C. Homann, ’12
Young Alumni Award
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Contents
Vision
Number 59
Winter 2015
Vision (ISSN 1555-3752) is
published semiannually for
the alumni, faculty, students,
and friends of the University
of Illinois at Chicago College
of Dentistry. It is dedicated to
continuing a strong relationship between the College of
Dentistry, the UIC Dental Alumni
Association and its constituents, and friends and other
supporters of the UIC College
of Dentistry.
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Dentistry (MC 621)
801 S. Paulina Street
Chicago, IL 60612-7211
Phone: (312) 996-8495
Fax: (312) 413-2927
E-Mail: [email protected]
http://dentistry.uic.edu/
On the Cover
Dean Clark Stanford (right) is serious
about improving the College, but that
doesn’t mean he’s not making the
College more fun—for instance, by
bringing UIC mascot Sparky D. Dragon
in for a visit. For more about Dean
Stanford taking charge at the College,
see page 24.
Photo Credits
American Association of Dental Editors:
p. 67; William S. Bike: p. 48; Maralee
Burgard Collection: p. 32-35; Josh Clark:
cover, p. 8-10, 24-25, 42 (bottom), 43
(right), 51, 57-58, 59 (left), 63 (left);
Roberta Dupuis-Deviln: P. 3, 5-7, 30,
40 (left), 50 (bottom); Tom Killoran
Photography: p. 43 (left), 47; Ana Lisa
Ogbac: p. 12 (left), 28; UIC Photo Services, p. 26, 36037, 41, 59 (right), 60-61;
University of Iowa: p. 27.
Dean’s Message............................................................................................................................................3
Advancement Report..................................................................................................................................5
Honor Roll.................................................................................................................................................14
Profile: Dr. Clark Stanford Takes Charge...............................................................................................24
Feature: Bountiful Harvest....................................................................................................................... 32
News...........................................................................................................................................................36
President’s Message..................................................................................................................................45
Alumni Class News.................................................................................................................................. 48
In Memoriam.............................................................................................................................................54
Student Activities...................................................................................................................................... 57
Calendar of Events....................................................................................................................................65
Classifieds................................................................................................................................................. 66
Continuing Education..............................................................................................................................67
College Administration
Dean: Clark Stanford, DDS,
PhD, Cert. Prosthodontics, UIC
Distinguished Professor, cmstan60@
uic.edu;
Interim Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs: Seema S.
Ashrafi, DDS ’93, MS Histology ’94,
Periodontics ’99, [email protected];
Interim Associate Dean for
Research: David L. Crowe, DDS,
PhD, [email protected];
Associate Dean for Prevention and
Public Health Sciences: Caswell
A. Evans, DDS, MPH, casevans@
uic.edu;
Associate Dean for Student and
Diversity Affairs: Darryl Pendleton,
DMD, [email protected];
Associate Dean for Clinical
Affairs: Susan A. Rowan, DDS ’84,
[email protected];
Assistant Vice Chancellor for
Development: Mark J. Valentino,
[email protected];
Director of Development: Bruno
Mancari, [email protected];
Director of Advancement
Communications: William S. Bike,
[email protected];
Director of Advancement and
Donor Relations: Ana Lisa Ogbac,
[email protected].
Vision
Editor-in-Chief: William S. Bike,
[email protected];
Art Direction and Design:
Kim Arias, UIC Office of
Publications Services;
Writers: Kari Radjewski,
VonJulius Wright, Katherine Vega
Dental Alumni Association
President: Frank A. Maggio, Loyola
’71, UIC Periodontics ’75
President-Elect: Arlene M. Engert,
’83
Immediate Past President: Ross E.
Rubino, ’77
Secretary-Treasurer: Frank
L. Karkazis, Northwestern ’87,
Northwestern representative
Directors: (through Feb. 2015) Marsha
Babka, ’76; Robert J. Ficek, ’62;
Jeffrey A. Ruttencutter, ’10, PhD ’10;
Ryan Grelle Tuscher, ’09; James Izzo,
Loyola ’79, Loyola Representative;
(through Feb. 2016) Daniel R. Brunetti,
’11; Eliot Becker, ’63; Peter A.
Contos, ’05; Shellie M. Harden, ’94;
Jon D. Nickelsen, ’03; (through Feb.
2017) Priscilla P. Chang, ’07; John
H. Foley, ’09; William B. Hamel III,
’83; Manal Ibrahim LaVacca, ’93,
Prosthodontics ’96; Rick Munaretto,
’01, Endodontics ’03.
Ex-Officio Directors: William S.
Bike, Editor of Vision; Charles F.
DiFranco, Loyola ’81, Loyola MS
Periodontics ’83, Former President;
Deane E. Doolen, ’55, Former
President; Cissy K. Furusho, ’96,
Pediatric Dentistry ’98, MS Oral
Sciences ’00, Former President;
Harold J. Kiriluk, ’75, Former
President; Thomas J. King Jr.,
’71, Former President; George J.
Kottemann, ’55, Ortho ’59; Jeffrey
A. Kramer, ’79; Donald A. Krzyzak,
’61, Former President; Lawrence W.
Kolar, ’82, Former President; Steven
T. Kuhn, ’97, Pediatric Dentistry
’00, Former President; David A.
Lichtenwalter, ’53, Former President;
Lorette M. Luksha, Loyola ’85; Neal
C. Nealis, ’79, Former President;
Richard P. Perry, ’68; Genaro Romo,
’97, Former President; Susan A.
Rowan, ’84, Former President; Daniel
N. Uditsky, ’69, Former President;
Kapil Vij, ’99, Pediatric Dentistry
’01, MS Oral Sciences ’04, Former
President; Samuel S. Wexler, ’64,
Former President; Keith P. Wilson,
’97, Former President.
Publication Member of the
American Association of Dental
Editors and Journalists.
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UIC C o l l e g e o f D e n t i s t r y
h t t p : / / d e n t i s t r y. u i c . e d u
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Dean’s Messa ge
The ‘70/7 Program
for Academic
Excellence’
Dear Members of the Dental Alumni, Faculty,
Staff, and Students of our College of Dentistry,
This is a wonderful time in the history of our College!
Why do I say this? As I have worked around the
College I have gained a strong appreciation of the
history, culture, staff, faculty, and students of this
wonderful community. I am learning the culture,
processes, and systems of our campus, but these
are all secondary.
Yes, we face significant fiscal challenges for
the State of Illinois. But, we must remain true to our
critical missions. Most important are our students,
staff, researchers, and faculty. I have learned quickly
we are a four legged stool (comprising students,
staff, researchers, and faculty), without which, we
cannot stand. Together, we succeed. How?
Let me explain. In the few months I have been
at UIC, we have managed as a team to address
significant budget and academic challenges laid
down to us by the State of Illinois and our new
Governor, Bruce Rauner. I must say, once on
campus in early October of 2014 and early in my
discussions, a concern arose as to how to help the
DMD Advanced Standing students (those who are
U.S. citizens who have passed both Part I and II of
the American Dental Association National Boards
prior to acceptance into our program). The constant
mantra of our faculty is “No, is not an option.” Words
of absolute affection to me.
The College is moving forward on two very
important initiatives for our future. Both are
intertwined— but so are we. The first is the need
to move to an extended-term curriculum for the
Advanced Standing dental program (DMD-AS). This
allows time for faculty to calibrate and accelerate the
clinical understanding of non-UIC trained dentists,
expanding their understanding and embracing the
educational concepts in the unique UIC curriculum.
My first decision was to look at the very strong
applicant pool of those who were primarily in
the Chicago area who fit all of the criteria for an
Advanced Standing position. Following an important,
in-depth conversation with faculty, a decision was
Dr. Clark Stanford, Dean and UIC Distinguished Professor.
made to help our DMD-AS (Advanced Standing)
students to be able to matriculate sooner to a
stronger clinical experience.
We decided this was best by adding a semester
to this program (a seventh in a conventional
two-year program, making this a two and a half
year program). This would allow, especially the
restorative faculty, an intensive period of a year
for prepatient training prior to moving the DMDAS students into the patient care clinics. Again,
all of these students have passed both national
board exams prior to dental school. The additional
semester allows our faculty to focus on diagnostic
oral, surgical, restorative, and therapeutic
procedures to make them succeed as excellent
dentists in our profession. This could only be made
possible with the excellence of our faculty. Thank
you!
The second decision is a very contemplative
one. Following an internal review, state-wide
concerns, and balanced with emerging issues on
campus and in the State of Illinois, a decision was
made that the best route forward was to maintain the
core of the new DMD curriculum and to use this as a
platform to move the class size to 70 DMD students.
I know this is controversial. Stay with me on this
one.
Why? This “70/7 Program” helps our students in
immeasurable ways. First, the additional semester
allows our Advanced Standing students to be the
best they can be (the “7”). The additional Illinois
Residents in the DMD four-year curriculum (the
“70”) allows us to address access to care issues
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in the State of Illinois in the most responsible
manner, maximizing the use of our facilities and
the excellence of our faculty. Dental students from
Illinois stay in Illinois; this is what we need for our
state and our taxpayers who support this great state.
Yes, there is a strain on our system to do this, but
we are in a wonderful place to do this. Why?
Our postgraduate residency programs are
excellent, but cannot be called upon to carry the
load for oral health care for the State of Illinois; this
must be through highly trained general dentists for
our state. Thus, we made the decision to reverse
earlier considerations and return to a path focused
on the excellence of our general dentistry programs,
coupled still with the excellence of our postgraduate
and research programs. This path supports our
alumni, our students from the undergraduate
campus, and most importantly, the patients we see
in the State of Illinois.
The College has an important role in regards
to oral health care in the State of Illinois. In 2014,
our clinics saw more than 170,000 patient visits;
89,000 were of individuals less than 21 years of age
(primarily in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics)
and 88% of these were on Medicaid. This is both
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a wonderful service and a tremendous burden for
the College. With the tremendous lack of support
for Medicaid reimbursement the College is in an
ongoing visioning process to assess its mission,
its economics, and patient payer mix to decide
how it can move forward in the new world of the
Affordable Care Act (ACA) and capitated managed
care. Critical decisions are underway to improve our
clinical operation, payer mix, and student education.
Most important is the world class quality of our
student education in all aspects of our programs. We
are exceptional and we embrace it as a core of the
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.
Thank you for being a part of our solution.
Thank you all for your support!
Clark Stanford
Dean and UIC Distinguished Profesor
UIC College of Dentistry,
Improving Oral Health, Forever!
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Advancement Repor t
of the radiation dose— a CBCT scan subjects the
patient to approximately 90% less radiation than
traditional CT. This is fantastic for the patients,
doctors, and technicians. Everyone wants to keep
radiation dose as low as possible.”
Carol Gonzalez, Radiology Clinic Coordinator,
is
the
center’s liaison with the software companies
The Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic
and
with
Jay Dean, Director of the College’s
Sciences (OMDS) has transformed its radiology
Management
Information Services. She assists in
clinic into a Center for Diagnostic Imaging. The
overseeing
all
aspects of the clinic and is “invaluable
new suite on the first floor of the College provides
for
her
exceptional
computer skills and her
digital intraoral, panoramic, and three-dimensional
dedication
to
the
mission
of the College,”
state-of-the-science diagnostic imaging for optimal
Dr.
Monahan said.
patient care as well as an
The highly detailed
exceptional educational
3D
scans
can provide “a
experience for students,
wealth
of
information,
but
postgrads, faculty, and
we
don’t
take
them
unless
alumni.
indicated,” he explained.
“We’ve been using 2D
“We take scans when we
periapical and panoramic
have a specific need to
films for nearly 100
answer a specific question.
years, but those days
Implant surgery and trauma
are over; the patient is
cases are examples.”
three dimensional,” said
The new equipment
Dr. Richard Monahan,
and
training
center also
Department Head, OMDS.
benefit
the
College’s
“So when we need
specialty programs,
additional information to
Dr. Richard Monahan teaching in the 3D LearnLab.
Dr. Monahan said. “After
advance the case or to
a resident completes a
evaluate and improve the
comprehensive evaluation
patient’s health, we have
he or she discusses with
better options.”
their supervising faculty
“Traditional computed
member what imaging
tomography, called CT
would be most appropriate.
or CAT scan, has been
If a CBCT scan is taken the
around since 1972,”
resident and supervising
Dr. Monahan explained.
faculty will review the
“A pencil-thin x-ray beam
entire scan for indications
turns around the patient
of pathology that may
and slices through the
necessitate treatment/
anatomic area of interest.
referral. After the scan
CBCT [cone beam
is reviewed all pertinent
Digital
x-rays
can
be
examined
in
the
Center
for
Digital
computed tomography]
information is documented
Image
Processing.
is different. CBCT sends
in our electronic patient
a wide beam of radiation
record (EPR). The doctor
that rotates around the patient once and gathers the
benefits
by
having
the
necessary
diagnostic
information that’s needed. The system is specifically
information
and
the
patient
benefits
by receiving
designed for maxillofacial imaging.”
optimal
treatment,”
he
said.
“The acquisition and operational costs of this
“Not only are the three-dimensional
3D technology is significantly less than traditional
scans
digital, but our intraoral, panoramic, and
CT,” Dr. Monahan explained. “More importantly,
cephalometric
images that used to be captured on
we can image the maxillofacial area with a fraction
film are now digital as well. This allows for seamless
Center for Diagnostic
Imaging Opens
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Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) sends a wide beam
of radiation that rotates around the patient once and gathers
the information that’s needed.
integration with our EPR enabling us to store and
transmit images via a secure electronic pathway
when a consultation or referral is indicated.”
The digital images, Dr. Monahan said, are an
improvement because of the ease of electronic
storage and transmission and “are good for the
environment, because there is no chemistry
involved. A major metropolitan health center like ours
that provides care for thousands of patients would
burn through a lot of chemistry each year. Thanks to
the digital revolution those days are behind us.”
The center features two CBCT scanners,
two digital panoramic suites and eight intraoral
digital operatories, but the highlight of the center
is its teaching area—a 3D LearnLab that has six
interactive PC workstations along with a large
screen teaching monitor in the front of the room.
All computers feature advanced treatment
planning software and select teaching scans
that illustrate anatomy and pathology of the oral,
maxillofacial, and paranasal sinus regions.
“Every new computer program is more
sophisticated than the last and every time we get
one it’s just as much fun as getting a new toy when
you’re a kid,” Carol Gonzalez said.
“We can move through areas that we’re familiar
with—the jaws, the teeth, the sinuses, but now we’re
able to walk through and evaluate with more detail
and more anatomic accuracy,” Dr. Monahan agreed.
He displayed a scan and pointed out the sinus
area, “which should show up black or radiolucent.
But see this white area here,” Dr. Monahan noted.
“That was diagnosed as a tumor. The patient was
asymptomatic. Now the patient is receiving the
appropriate care.”
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The department schedules a variety of training
sessions in the 3D LearnLab. “We demonstrate
software navigation. We illustrate anatomy. Then
we review a select series of scans and concentrate
on maxillofacial/paranasal sinus pathology.” Dr.
Monahan said. “We also offer a 16-minute hands-on
test drive for clinicians who just want to experience
what this amazing technology can do. I often say
CBCT is like a Maserati. You have to be trained in
how to drive it. We reinforce the concept that utilizing
CBCT obligates the clinician to continually upgrade
their diagnostic skills.
“I believe UIC is at the forefront of the
educational and clinical aspects of CBCT,” he
added. “We have interactive didactic sessions—
IDS. Faculty, residents, and students sit here with a
mouse and a keyboard and drive this Maserati.”
The combination of the state-of-the-science
technology, Dr. Monahan’s expertise, and the
LearnLab makes the College’s Center for Diagnostic
Imaging unique, noted Dean Clark Stanford.
Dr. Monahan intends to run Continuing
Carol Gonzalez (left), Radiology Clinic Coordinator, works
the iCAT equipment.
Education courses in the LearnLab in the future, so
that the entire dental community can benefit.
“Since healthcare in general and dentistry in
particular have gone digital and the day of film is
nearing an end, we’re training clinicians to practice
in the environment they will thrive in for the rest of
their careers,” Dr. Monahan said. “Clinicians who
graduate from UIC will have exceptional proficiency
in diagnostic imaging that will complement their
professional judgment, surgical skill, and evidencedbased educational foundation.”
“We will need to continually improve the center
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as advances in technology arrive. I believe our
alumni and colleagues will recognize the need to
support our efforts and help us remain a start-ofthe-science educational and clinical resource,”
Dr. Monahan said. He believes it is important for
our professional community to support the center
because, “the practitioners who are graduating are
going to become associates, acquire practices, and
bring their knowledge and expertise with them. We
are the premier source of clinicians in the Chicago
area and our educational, research and service
accomplishments reflect not only the exceptional
nature of our College but the dedication and
accomplishments of our colleagues as well.
There are a variety of naming opportunities
available. Naming the Center for Diagnostic Imaging
would cost $250,000. Naming the 3D LearnLab
would cost $100,000. For $75,000, one could name
the Center for 3D Image Acquisition, the Center for
Digital Image Processing, or the Digital Panoramic/
Cephalometric/CBCT Suite. Naming a Digital
Panoramic Suite (there are two available) would cost
$50,000. It would cost $25,000 to name a Digital
Intraoral Imaging Suite; there are four available.
For more information about contributing to the
Digital Diagnostic Center for 3D Imaging, contact
Bruno Mancari, Director of Development, at (312)
413-3554 or [email protected].
The new Periodontics Sterilization Room.
*Four large surgical suites with nitrous oxide;
*Digital technology in all operatories;
*State-of-the-science surgical instruments;
*Fourteen x-ray units and eight x-ray sensors;
*An improved patient reception area;
*A 250-square-foot Postgraduate Dental
Laboratory;
*A resident room featuring two state-of-thescience 3-D implant imaging workstations and 14
computer terminals;
*An ergonomically designed sterilization room;
*A patient consultation room;
*A cone-beam CT (computerized tomography)
suite;
Department of Periodontics Opens
*A faculty office; and
New Postgraduate Clinic
*A Clinic Coordinator office.
The Department of Periodontics is undergoing
“The impact of this clinic on the Periodontics
“tremendous growth on all levels,” said Department
Postgraduates’ education, patient care, and
Head Dr. Sal Nares.
research is tremendous,” Dr. Nares said.
That growth includes a new, state-of-theHaving enough space with ample lighting
science Department of
provides a vastly
Periodontics Postgraduate
improved learning
Clinic, which replaces a
environment for
40-year-old facility.
Periodontics
“The footprint is 70%
Postgraduates, as
larger, with a floor plan that
residents and faculty can
allows for better flow of
more easily observe and
patient care,” Dr. Nares said.”
consult about challenging
It enhances patient privacy
cases.
in complete compliance with
With the most
federal guidelines and with
up-to-date KaVo Kerr
consideration for the dignity
Group equipment
of the patient.”
and instruments and
The new clinic includes:
with radiography
*Thirteen state-of-theA state-of-the-science operatory in the Department of
technology in most of the
science operatories;
Periodontics Postgraduate Clinic.
operatories, Periodontics
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Postgraduates can learn the most modern
techniques.
The resident room is now away from the patient
environment for the first time, providing a forum for
open discussion and lecture.
“It is a space that is not only conducive to
learning, but where Periodontics Postgraduates
and faculty interact and bond,” Dr. Nares said. “The
resident room will provide a proper environment for
self-study without the hustle and bustle of a clinic,
and it doubles as a lecture room as well.”
With more space and the latest equipment,
residents can treat patients more efficiently. With
adequate operatories to assign one per student,
double-booking no longer is a problem.
A dedicated patient reception area “is
comfortable, private, and allows patients to be
treated with the respect they deserve,” Dr. Nares
said.
“There are opportunities to name various
components of the clinic,” explained Mark
J. Valentino, Assistant Vice Chancellor for
Development. “We invite alumni, friends, and
corporate and foundation partners to create a legacy
that will help support the Department of Periodontics
Postgraduate Clinic and have a lasting impact on the
future of the Periodontics program.
“Our donors’ leadership by example also will
encourage others to be a part of this critical effort,”
Valentino added.
For more information on how to make a gift,
contact Valentino at (312) 413-7702 or [email protected],
or Bruno Mancari, Director of Development,
at (312) 413-3554 or [email protected].
Digital Technology Crucial
to Student Education
Dentistry has experienced a huge amount of
technological growth in recent years, particularly in
the area of digital technology.
“Digital dentistry” employs computer-controlled
components in such areas as CAD/CAM (computer
aided design/computer aided manufacturing),
diagnosis, implants, radiography, photography,
records management, and more.
In recent years, the College has created a stateof-the-science clinical facility by renewing more than
300 operatories into contemporary and technologycentered facilities required for state-of-the-science
dental education and patient care. Digital technology
always is improving and being upgraded, and so
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Student Nadine Nitisusanta feels the experience she is gaining
from the new digital technology at the College will help her
serve her patients better once she is in practice.
the College continues to raise funds to acquire and
improve its digital technology.
“We believe that it is crucial for the education of
our students— and for the future of the profession—
for the College of Dentistry to offer the best digital
dentistry instruction possible,” said Dr. Susan
Rowan, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.
The digital dentistry technology in which the
College’s students will become expert will include
digital imaging in pre-patient care simulation
exercises, as well as utilization of the technology
in the clinical and laboratory setting via digital
impressions, milling robotics for crowns, and much
more.
“We also want to provide loupes and iPads for
each student, both of which support advancements
in technology,” Dr. Rowan said. “Today’s dental
practices utilize these technologies, and tomorrow’s
will rely upon them. We want to make sure that our
already digitally savvy students are adept with the
latest technology the moment they join the world of
private practice.”
The College already has built a digital education
infrastructure.
“Our digital LearnLab classrooms, in which our
students meet in small groups and use the latest
technology to further their education, are already
among the finest to be found in any dental school in
North America,” Dr. Rowan said.
With digital technology advancing tremendously
every day, the College needs to constantly upgrade
the software and equipment that delivers its
curriculum to the students, enhancing their abilities
in collaboration, learning, and assessment, and the
efficiency and effectiveness of the instruction the
faculty provide.
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“We have already seen an increase in efficiency
with the switch to digital in radiology,” said Nadine
Nitisusanta, D-4. “Once we’re in practice we’d be
able to share our experience and knowledge in
digital technology with our peers. Most importantly,
we’d be able to serve our patients better.”
“Digital dentistry technology at the College
has played a significant role in enhancing our
repertoire of techniques used in both the clinic and
laboratory settings,” said Marybeth Francis, DMD/
PhD candidate. “The iPads that we were provided
with at the beginning of the year enabled us to
communicate with each other during our small group
learning
sessions,
as well as
collaborate
during both
anatomy and
histology
labs.
“Digital
technology at
the College
allows us
as students
to further
expand our
skill sets and
puts us in a
position to
make greater
“Digital dentistry technology at the College contributions
has played a significant role in enhancing
to the dental
our repertoire of techniques used in both
community in
the clinic and laboratory settings,” said
the future,”
Marybeth Francis, DMD/PhD candidate. Francis
added.
The
College focused its Annual Fund appeal this year
on seeking contributions to the College’s Fund for
Excellence for digital technology support.
“We use the Fund for Excellence to purchase
the ever-changing, state-of-the-science digital
technology that is crucial to our students receiving
the finest dental education possible,” Dr. Rowan
explained.
“Contributions to the Fund for Excellence not
only help provide the latest in digital technology for
our students, but also show them that our alumni
and friends stand steadfastly behind them as they
fulfill the College’s goal of striving for excellence in
all we do,” she added.
For more information on how to make a gift to
the College’s Fund for Excellence, contact Ana Lisa
Ogbac, Director of Donor Relations, at (312) 9960485 or [email protected].
Supporters Celebrate Group
Practice Clinics
Alumni and friends of the College who contributed
gifts to name clinical operatories in the Group
Practice Clinics were honored with a celebration
featuring a tour of the clinics followed by a dinner at
the College on Nov. 7.
In 2011, the College received a gift from the
Guy D. and Rebecca E. Brunetti Foundation of
$8.25 million worth of KaVo Kerr Group dental
equipment and technology for its Group Practice and
Specialty Clinics that constitute its Integrated Clinical
Technology Center. That gift fulfilled approximately
60% of the equipment needs to renew all of the
College’s operatories, and allowed the College to
begin transforming its Group Practice Clinics.
The event honored donors who have
contributed to the clinics.
The new facilities include: Clinical operatories
with KaVo Kerr Group equipment; Pelton & Crane
dental chairs; Pelton & Crane delivery units; Helios
3000 chair-side lights; Vista Clear water purifying
systems; KaVo handpiece sets; Pelton & Crane
Dr. Rodney E. Sippy, ’60, and his wife, Polly, in the Group
Practice Clinic operatory they named.
dentist stools; Pelton & Crane assistant stools; and
integrated digital technology, including chairside
computers and monitors.
“The floor plans allow for a better flow of
patient care while enhancing patient privacy in
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complete compliance with both federal guidelines
and consideration for the dignity of the patient,” said
Dr. Susan Rowan, ’84, Associate Dean for Clinical
Affairs. She and her husband, Dr. Daniel A. Rowan,
named one of the operatories.
Dr. Tony W. Liu, ’84, and his wife, Sandy, visit the operatory
that is named for them.
The family of Dr. Perry Danos (right) named an operatory in
honor of the late Jimmy Danos. Mrs. Peggy Danos is second
from left.
“Having enough space with LED lighting
provides a vastly improved learning environment
for dental students, as residents and faculty can
more easily observe and consult,” Dr. Susan Rowan
continued, noting that “with the most up-to-date
equipment, dental students can gain experience and
competence while interacting with the most modern
techniques”
Dean Clark Stanford noted at the event
that he gets “a thrill every time I step into the new
clinics, because I think about the great education
our students will receive in them, both now and in
the future. And you should see the smiles on our
patients, who are receiving care in the best oral
health environment they have ever experienced.
“You made those thrills and smiles possible,”
Dr. Stanford told the benefactors, “and on behalf of
everyone at the College and our patients, I wish to
thank you for your generosity, and for believing in us.
“You have brought us to this historic moment.
You have assured that our world-wide reputation as
a leader in dental education, research, and public
service will grow greater,” Dr. Stanford said.
In order to complete the renovation of the
clinics in time for the American Dental Association
Accreditation site visit in 2013, the College received
a loan from the University. That loan must be
paid back, so fundraising efforts continue, and
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opportunities to name operatories remain.
For more information on naming an operatory
or otherwise
contributing
to the Group
Practice
Clinics,
contact Mark
J. Valentino,
Assistant Vice
Chancellor for
Development,
at (312) 4137702, mjv@
uic.edu,
or Bruno
Mancari,
Director of
Development,
Jason Budnik of KaVo Kerr Group
at (312)
addressed the Group Practice Clinic
413-3554 or
benefactors.
bmancari@
uic.edu.
Burst Pipe a Setback
for Group Practice Clinic
Through the College’s Brilliant Futures and
Centennial Campaigns, the College was able
to raise the funds to bring its 40-year-old Group
Practice Clinics into the 21st Century. The
reconstructed clinics feature larger operatory spaces
for a vastly improved learning environment; stateof-the-science green technology, including Helios
3000 LED chairside lights and a Vista Clear dental
waterline treatment system; digital record, imaging,
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and impression equipment; and technologically
advanced and innovative KaVo Kerr handpieces.
And then on Nov. 21, disaster struck.
Fund. Help us restore our clinics to what they were
only a few short months ago, and keep your College
of Dentistry at the forefront of state-of-the-science
dental education and patient care.”
To make a gift to the Group Practice Clinic
Renovation Fund, contact Mark J. Valentino,
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Development, at (312)
413-7702 or [email protected]; Bruno Mancari, Director
of Development, at (312) 413-3554, or bmancari@
uic.edu; or Ana Lisa Ogbac, Director of Donor
Relations, at (312) 996-0485 or [email protected].
UIC, College Host Successful
#GivingTuesday
A worker cleans up water and debris in the Brahms Clinic.
A hot water pipe on the west outside wall
between the third and fourth floors of the College
burst, causing severe damage to the Brahms Group
Practice Clinic on the second floor. The water
caused ceiling tiles to become soaked and fall,
damaging clinic equipment. Cascading and flooding
water caused sensitive electronic equipment to short
out and become unusable. Two other clinics also
were damaged.
The first floor featured extensive flooding as well.
In all, damages totaled more than $450,000,
with insurance covering very little.
“So, on behalf of the College community, I am
asking you to help us out in our hour of need,” said
Dean Clark Stanford. “Please make an emergency
donation to the Group Practice Clinic Renovation
UIC’s Office of Development made a strong effort
to encourage members of the University community
to donate to campus funds and scholarships on
#GivingTuesday 2014, the global day devoted
to philanthropy held the first Tuesday after
Thanksgiving.
Booths were set up across campus on Tuesday,
Dec. 2, where volunteers encouraged people to
make donations.
Social media is a key part of #GivingTuesday,
which is why the term is preceded by a hashtag;
posting pictures on social media of people giving is
an important aspect of the event.
The UIC campus raised over $54,700 through
email, online, and cash and check donations. The
College of Dentistry raised more than $4,500.
“A big thank you to everyone who donated,”
said Dean Clark Stanford.
“#GivingTuesday 2014 at UIC surpassed all
of our expectations,” said Jeff Nearhoof, Vice
Chancellor for Development for UIC. “We wanted
to foster a community of philanthropy by increasing
participation, and we did that, quadrupling our
number of donors from last year. We also topped
total dollars raised.
“Best of all, we harnessed the collective power
of a loyal and thoughtful community of faculty, staff,
students, alumni, and friends, whose generosity
says it loud and clear: ‘We’re there for UIC!”
Nearhoof added.
On #GivingTuesday, Virginia Buglio,
the College’s Associate Director of Research
Services, came up with the idea of creating a Staff
Development and Enrichment Fund to support
College staff training, development, and recognition.
Lea Alexander, Director of Academic Affairs, and
Polyanne Mather, an Administrative Aide, agreed to
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Working the College’s #GivingTuesday booth
were the members of the College’s Office of
Advancement and Alumni Affairs, William S. Bike,
Bruno Mancari, Ana Lisa Ogbac, and Mark J.
Valentino.
Invisalign Expertise
Nets $1,000 Donation
Dr. Robert Schwartz, Graduate Clinical
Assistant, and Dr. Robin Silberstein, Clinical
Assistant Professor, Orthodontics, won third place
in the Class II category in the 2014 Invisalign
University Challenge Competition. The top
treatments were determined from all submitted
entries through blinded online voting by more than
300 private practice orthodontists.
Because of the excellent outcomes achieved by
Dr. Schwartz under the supervision of Dr. Silberstein,
Align Technology made an unrestricted donation of
$1,000 to the Department of Orthodontics.
Student Omar Aldoori was one of the contributors on
#GivingTuesday.
match money contributed to the new fund that day.
Word spread via social media, and many donations
were provided to the new fund, “which bumped up
the total substantially,” Dr. Stanford said.
Anyone who donated $5 or more received a red
superhero cape that said, “I did something heroic for
UIC!”
On the UIC #GivingTuesday website at http://
givingtuesday.uic.edu/, 17 giving superheroes were
featured. One of them was College of Dentistry
alumna Dr. Cathleen Coyne, ’93,
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Dr. Robert Schwartz and Dr. Robin Silberstein, winners in
the Invisalign University Challenge Competition.
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Honor Roll
July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014
It is my honor as Dean to share my excitement with you about the University of
Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry.
Being here confirms for me something I’d already heard—the College has great
students, residents, faculty, alumni, and friends. I’m truly proud to be a leader of
this great team!
Each gift our generous benefactors provide to the College makes a difference.
You impact the College in countless ways through providing private support. You
provide the foundation of support that allows our College to remain strong and
successful. Your dedication to helping the College truly changes the lives of our
students, faculty, staff, and patients.
I sincerely thank everyone listed in our Fiscal Year 2014 Honor Roll. I look forward
to getting to know you as we work together with the College to change oral health,
forever!
—Clark Stanford, DDS, PhD, Cert. Prosthodontics
Dean and UIC Distinguished Professor
Fiscal Year 2014 Donors
We gratefully acknowledge the following alumni and friends for their
generous support of the College of Dentistry between July 1, 2013 and
June 30, 2014.
$1,000,000 and above
Guy D. and Rebecca E. Brunetti
Family Foundation
Mrs. Maralee R. Burgard
$250,000 to $499,999
DENTSPLY Inc.
$100,000 to $249,999
3M Unitek
Chicago Dental Society Foundation
$50,000 to $99,999
American Orthodontics
Dr. Samuel Berkowitz* and
Mrs. Lynn Berkowitz
Dr. Seymour L. Gottlieb, ’58
Straumann USA LLC
$25,000 to $49,999
Crown Family Philanthropies
DENTSPLY GAC
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Dr. Frank Karkazis, Northwestern
’87, and Dr. Elizabeth M.
Karkazis
KLS Martin, LP
Dr. Terry A. Sellke, ’71*, and
Mrs. Dee Sellke+
$10,000 to $24,999
American Association of
Orthodontists Foundation
American Association of
Endodontists Foundation
Dr. Saad Al-Kharsa* and
Dr. Denise E. Al-Kharsa
Cosmedent, Inc.
Dr. Jerome Fein, ’51*
Dr. Patrick I. Fitzgerald, ’02*, and
Mrs. Lindsay Fitzgerald
Opal Orthodontics
Ormco Corporation
ProCare Dental Group, P.C.
Dr. Donald Raphael
Rocky Mountain Orthodontics
$5,000 to $9,999
Dr. Kamlesh G. Amin, ’83
Dr. Sunita Bajaj, ’92, and Mr. Vijay
Bajaj
Dr. Barry E. Booth, ’84*
Dr. Gary W. Brankin, Loyola ’81*
Dr. Cathleen P. Coyne, ’93
Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation
Dental Charity Ball Committee
Forestadent USA
Ms. Linda M. Fuller
Dr. Robert E. Gibbs, ’52*, and
Mrs. Mary T. Gibbs
Dr. Kenneth E. Grove, ’88*
Dr. Gabriel D. Hostalet, ’00, and
Mrs. Leah R. Hostalet
Dr. Manal Ibrahim-LaVacca, ’93*,
and Dr. Anthony LaVacca
Dr. Joseph R. Jedrychowski, ’68
Dr. Louis G. Karras, ’89*, and
Mrs. Angie Karras
Dr. George J. Kottemann, ’55*, and
Mrs. Norma R. Kottemann
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Dr. Richard E. Leeds, ’70, and
Mrs. Sharonjean Leeds
Dr. Indru C. Punwani and
Mrs. Jane Punwani
Reliance Orthodontic Products, Inc.
Dr. Thomas E. Resnick, ’71*
Dr. Susan A. Rowan, ’84, and
Dr. Daniel Rowan
Dr. Benjamin D. Scott* and
Mrs. Amanda Scott
Dr. Kevin A. Shugars* and
Mrs. Lori Ann Shugars
Dr. Rodney E. Sippy, ’60, and
Mrs. Polly P. Sippy
$2,500 to $4,999
Dr. Ellen M. Barnes, ’78*
Dr. Daya Bhat, ’08*
Dr. Randy L. Bisping, ’82, and
Mrs. Joy L. Bisping
Dr. William J. Bleecker, ’71, and
Mrs. Ada M. Bleecker
Dr. Bruna M. Burgener*
Dr. Patrick J. Carroll, ’83, and
Dr. Sheila M. Love
Dr. Thomas G. Chung Jr., ’56, and
Mrs. Jenny L. Chung
Dr. Rhonna L. Cohen, ’72, and
Dr. Donald A. Chambers
Dr. Perry Danos, Northwestern, ’90,
and Mrs. Peggy Danos
Dr. James C. Davis, ’83, and
Dr. Arlene M. Engert, ’83
Dr. Caswell A. Evans and Mrs.
Arlene W. Grosvenor-Evans
Dr. S. Sol Flores, ’58
Dr. Robert W. Glineburg*
Dr. William B. Hamel III, ’83
Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Bradford R. Johnson* and
Mrs. Lizabeth Johnson
Dr. Min-Chan Kim and
Mrs. Yun-Kyoung Lee Kim
Dr. G. William Knight and
Mrs. Judy Knight
Dr. Milton M. Murasaki, ’66, and
Ms. Virginia Stein
Dr. Nuha M. Nakib
Dr. Jon Dale Nickelsen, ’03
Ortho Organizers, Inc.
Dr. Vince A. Panesis, ’02*
Dr. Brian T. Quesnell* and
Mrs. Dina Quesnell
Dr. Yan Razdolsky, ’85*, and
Mrs. Anna G. Razdolsky
Dr. James B. Ricker, Northwestern
’73
Dr. Timmothy J. Schwartz, ’79, and
Mrs. Christine A. Schwartz
Dr. Shawn M. Velez, 99*
Dr. Peter C. Wasilkoff, ’69*, and
Mrs. Donna J. Wasilkoff
Dr. Qian Xie*
$1,000 to $2,499
Dr. Alex G. Alemis, ’85
Dr. Bruce W. Allen, ’66
American Academy of Implant
Dentistry
American Academy of
Periodontology Foundation
Mrs. Leonora S. Andria
Dr. Efi Andrianopoulos, ’77#
Dr. Vincent J. Arpino, ’93* and
Dr. Tina Smith-Arpino, ’93
Dr. Zayneb E. Bahrani*
The Baker Foundation
Dr. James W. Blackburn*
Dr. Michael E. Bond, ’83
Dr. Kurt E. Bruksch, ’82
Dr. James H. Bryniarski, ’78
Dr. Walter Busse
Dr. Andrew J. Calhoun*
Dr. Paul V. Caputo Sr., ’83
Dr. Harry O. Channon, ’63*
Dr. Wei-Jze Chen
Dr. Hilary N. Cheng, ’78, and
Mrs. Joan W. Cheng
Dr. Michael L. Conlon, ’75*, and
Mrs. Patricia Egan Conlon
Dr. David L. Crowe
Dr. Marcio A. da Fonseca
Dr. John F. Dalton, ’62+
Dr. Thomas G. H. Diekwisch
Dr. Charles F. DiFranco, Loyola
’81#, and Mrs. Kimberly
DiFranco
Dr. Luisa A. DiPietro, ’80*, and
Dr. Ira Satinover, ’79*
Dr. John C. Dunning
Dr. Michael G. Durbin, ’88*, and
Dr. Renee P. Pappas, ’88 The Edgar D. Coolidge Endodontics
Study Club
Dr. Robert Eisinger, ’56, and
Mrs. Gladys J. Eisinger
Dr. Thomas E. Emmering, ’60, and
Mrs. LaVerne J. Emmering
Dr. Robert J. Ficek, ’62, and
Mrs. Frances J. Ficek
Dr. Nona C. Flores
Dr. John S. Fox, ’84*
Dr. Victor G. Gonzalez, ’07
Dr. Newton C. Gordon* Dr. Theophilus B. Gray, ’66+
Dr. LeRoy S. Gurga, ’79, and
Mrs. Janet L. Gurga
Dr. Robert E. Haraden, ’98
Dr. Shellie M. Harden, ’94
Dr. Rand F. Harlow, ’92*, and
Mrs. Jean Harlow
Dr. Gary R. Herberger, ’78
Mr. Louis K. Herman and
Mrs. Adrienne Herman
Dr. Lawrence A. Hier*
Dr. James H. Isaacson, ’71
Dr. Edward M. Jackson
Dr. Gregory Jackson
Dr. Stephen T. Jagielo, ’82
Dr. Mark R. Jensen*
Dr. Pamela J. Johnson*
Dr. L. Bjorn Jonsson*
Dr. Spiro C. Karras, ’89, and
Mrs. Theodora Karras
Dr. James S. Kaszuba
Dr. Hammad A. Khan, ’03*, and
Mrs. Henna Khan
Dr. Thomas J. King Jr., ’71, and
Mrs. Maureen King
Dr. Harish Koratkar*
Dr. Joel R. Korczak, ’81
Dr. Jeffrey A. Kramer, ’79, and
Dr. Janet M. Kuhn, ’79
Dr. Thomas S. Lightfoot, ’73, and
Mrs. Maude E. Lightfoot
Dr. Tony W. Liu, ’84, and
Mrs. Sandy J. Liu
Dr. Benjamin A. LoGiudice, ’98
Dr. Gary W. Long, ’77
Dr. Cathy Evans Longos* and
Dr. Thomas J. Longos
Dr. Anthony Markiewicz, ’85, and
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Markiewicz
Dr. Donald B. McElroy and
Mrs. Julie B. McElroy
Dr. Ronald M. Milnarik, ’67#, and
Mrs. Pauline A. Milnarik
Dr. Michael Miloro and
Dr. Mary Beth Miloro
Dr. Michael J. Mintz*and
Mrs. Julie H. Mintz
Dr. Richard X. Monahan
Dr. Michael P. Munaretto, ’11*
Dr. Charles R. Neach# and
Mrs. Peggy D. Neach
Dr. Dale C. Nickelsen, ’62*, and
Mrs. Caren Nickelsen
North Shore Women Dentists Study
Club
Dr. John Nowak, ’98*
Dr. John M. Nusstein, ’87
Dr. Joanne R. Oppenheim, ’89*
Dr. Marc G. Pescheret, ’82*, and
Mrs. Kathleen A. Pescheret
Ms. Anne Pomije
Dr. David P. Potts, ’73, and
Dr. Lorraine D. Potts
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Propel Orthodontics
Dr. William Quest* and
Dr. Diane Johnson*
Dr. James A. Radosevich
Dr. Ronald Ramsay
Dr. Scott R. Rehm*
Dr. Edward Kwanhun Rim
Ms. Louise S. Robinson
Dr. Martin J. Rogers, ’92*
Dr. Timothy J. Rogers, ’11*
Dr. Donnie W. Rooksberry, ’72, and
Mrs. Norva Jeanne Rooksberry
Dr. Thomas J. Skiba, ’66*
Dr. Edward I. Slaby, ’66
Dr. Jin-Moon Soh* and
Mrs. Duckui Soh
Dr. Anupama Sridhar*
Dr. Daniel W. Steadman, ’82
Dr. Frederick M. Stroner, ’87
Dr. Dennis M. Tucker*
Upstat Dental Solutions, Ltd.
Dr. David P. Walther, ’77*
Dr. Stephanie M. Ward, ’01
Dr. Christopher S. Wenckus, ’71*,
and Mrs. S. Elaine Wenckus
Dr. Samuel S. Wexler, ’64, and
Mrs. Charlene S. Wexler
Ms. Barbara Peterson Wiley
Dr. Harry Wolff, ’56, and
Mrs. Rei W. Kim
Dr. Frank J. Woolman, ’75*
Dr. John W. Zurek, ’80
$500 to $999
Dr. Bushra Alazzawi*
Dr. Melissa S. Amundson, ’07
Dr. James D. Benz, ’79, and
Mrs. Margo Benz
Dr. Gerald M. Bieze, ’70
Dr. Robert E. Blau*
Dr. Fred H. Buettner, ’86
Dr. Manuel A. Bustamante#
Dr. Joseph E. Canzona, ’69*
Dr. Samuel J. Cascio, Loyola ’52
Dr. Michael F. Dani, ’86*
Dr. Joseph V. Discipio, Loyola ’52
Dr. Robert M. Dunlap, ’72
Dr. Kadri G. El Assal*
Dr. Bryan T. Eslinger*
Dr. Curtis D. Fauble, ’88
Dr. Stephen N. Ferraro*
Dr. Lisa M. Gabrish*
Dr. Melvyn A. Golden, ’74
Dr. Michael B. Hagearty*
Dr. Joseph W. Hamman, ’85, and
Ms. Julie Hamman
Dr. Jonathan G. Hanson, ’68, and
Mrs. Ann Hanson
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Dr. Jeffrey H. Hembrough, Loyola
’86, and Dr. Karen Rudman
Hembrough
Dr. Robert Hoehne, ’58
Dr. Mark J. Humenik, ’88
Dr. Sara D. Iampaglia*
International College of Dentists 8th
District
Dr. N. O. Jackson, ’71
Dr. Simona L. Katona*
Dr. D. Byron Kelley, ’76
Dr. Patrick F. King, ’05*, and
Dr. Meghan Crisham King, ’05
Dr. James J. Koelbl, ’73, and
Dr. Joan Sandell
Dr. John L. Krump, ’77
Dr. Annette M. Kugelmann*
Dr. Lihong Lin*
Dr. Yi-Chen Liu*
Dr. Fred S. Margolis*
Dr. Natanya Marracino*
Dr. Charles W. Miller* and
Mrs. Dru Ann Miller
Dr. Zane F. Muhl, ’61*
NACCME, LLC
Dr. Earle F. Pomije, ’52
Ms. Diane L. Renfroe
Dr. Stephen L. Rider, ’80
Dr. Michael L. Schmerman
Dr. Michael B. Schroeder, ’80
Dr. Irwin M. Seidman, ’71*, and
Mrs. Susan A. Seidman
Dr. Gerald W. Stonecipher, ’65
Dr. David A. Tamura, Loyola ’77
Dr. Leonard Teicher, ’58
Dr. Jordan J. Tilden, ’71 Dr. Victoria A. Ursitti*
Mr. Mark J. Valentino and
Mrs. Carmen P. Valentino
Mr. Nathan Vogel and
Mrs. Laurie Vogel
Dr. Mark J. Wells, ’87, and
Dr. Ai-Ran Wells, ’85
$1 to 499
Dr. Andrea M. Adam, ’84
Prof. Guy Adami
Dr. Said A. Albareedi
Dr. Clayton F. Albert Jr., ’71
Dr. Paula G. Allen-Meares
Dr. Donald S. Amano*
Dr. Dorothy A. Anasinski, Loyola ’93
Dr. Michael H. Anderson, ’80
Dr. Paul M. Anfenson, ’84
Dr. Mark S. Antman, ’83
Apollo Construction – Glass &
Glazing
Dr. Anthony D. Apple, ’78
Dr. Bobby W. Austin, ’75
Dr. Michael J. Barrows, ’73*, and
Mrs. Susan K. Barrows
Dr. Kurt A. Barth, ’97
Dr. Maria Lani Basco-Resurreccion,
’10
Dr. Kenneth E. Beach, ’49+
Dr. Scott D. Beallis, ’86, and
Dr. Mojdeh Beallis
Dr. Eliot Becker, ’63
Dr. David R. Behringer
Mr. William M. Belkov and
Mrs. Sara F. Belkov
Dr. Logan T. Bell, ’10*
Dr. Stuart Bernstein, ’56+
Dr. Raymond B. Bersano, ’71
Dr. Kathryn L. Bielik, ’91
Dr. J. Maria Biernot, ’68
Mr. William S. Bike and Ms. Anne
M. Nordhaus-Bike
Dr. Larry N. Billings, ’70, and
Mrs. Karen M. Billings
Dr. Thomas G. Bleck, ’78
Dr. Paul M. Blidy, ’69
Dr. Calvin W. Borchardt, ’60
Dr. Gerald H. Borden, ’51*
Dr. Theodore J. Borris, ’82
Dr. Robert L. Bradbury, ’59
Dr. Theodore Brasky, Loyola ’68
Dr. Glenn W. Bredfeldt, ’74
Dr. William M. Brennan, ’76
Dr. William M. Brennan Jr., ’04,
and Ms. Shaye L. Brennan
Dr. Paul M. Broadwater*
Dr. Alan B. Bronstein, ’75, and
Mrs. Emily N. Bronstein
Dr. Louis J. Buhrley*
Dr. Sheldon M. Bulwa, ’55,
and Mrs. Bayla M. Bulwa
Dr. John C. Burke, ’97*
Dr. Terry A. Burke*
Dr. Robert J. Cabay, Loyola ’86
Dr. Robert B. Carlson, ’71
Dr. Michael P. Cellitti, ’74, and
Mrs. Patricia A. Cellitti
Dr. Sow-Yeh Chen*
Dr. Shawna R. Chesser*
Dr. Edward J. Chiera, ’90
Dr. Robert F. Chorak, ’80
Dr. Gary M. Christensen, ’76
Dr. Anthony W. Chulick, ’73, and
Mrs. Micki R. Chulick
Dr. Richard M. Ciechanowski, ’61
Class of 2014
Dr. Robert J. Clayton
Dr. David L. Clemens, ’80
Dr. Edward C. Collins III and
Ms. Amanda Collins
Dr. Peter A. Contos, ’05
Dr. Timothy D. Conway, ’77
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Dr. Garison D. Couser *
Mrs. Ludmilla Coven
Dr. James F. Cramer, ’59
Dr. John M. Crawford
Dr. H. Todd Cubbon, ’70, and
Mrs. Patricia Cubbon
Dr. Philip J. Cullen, ’73
Mr. Laurence M. Cummins and
Mrs. Judith G. Cummins
Dr. Thomas A. Curry, ’84
Dr. John M. Damas, ’73
Dr. Dale J. Davis* and
Dr. Lisa M. Davis*
Dr. Sydney R. Demovsky, ’62
Dr. Karina J. Dick, ’95
Dr. Thomas R. Dirksen, ’57
Dr. Peter S. Domagala, ’92*
Dr. James E. Donlan, ’57, and
Mrs. Carol A. Donlan
Dr. Harold R. Dreebin, ’60, and
Mrs. Reva Dreebin
Dr. Gerald I. Drury, ’72
Dr. Gregory J. Duffner, ’85
Dr. Michael A. Dunlap, ’92
Dr. Rebecca J. Egolf*
Dr. Norman C. Eifler, ’57
Dr. Dale R. Eisenmann, ’65+, and
Mrs. Judith A. Eisenmann
Dr. Angela M. Falcone, ’01
Dr. Richard M. Faner, ’72
Dr. Gregory L. Fauth, ’73*
Dr. Johnathan J. Feehan, ’09
Dr. Robert F. Ferek, ’84
Dr. Donald C. Findlay, ’60, and
Mrs. Judith R. Findlay
Dr. Denise E. Fisher*
Dr. Patrick J. Fleming, ’79
Dr. David D. Francisco
Dr. Gary W. Freed, ’75
Dr. James P. Frett, ’79
Dr. Ralph G. Frick, ’54, and
Mrs. Loretta M. Frick
Dr. Stephen M. Friedman, ’75
Mr. Dave Gardner and
Ms. Kathryn Gardner
B. Gen. Dr. Jerry D. Gardner, ’64,
and Mrs. Judith M. Gardner
Dr. Mary A. Gebhardt, ’91
Dr. M. Joel Gebhart, ’65
Dr. Kenneth W. Gehrke Jr., ’82*
Dr. Nick A. Geroulis, ’86
Dr. Howard A. Gerstein, ’58+
Dr. Brett E. Gilbert
Dr. Irving Gittelman, ’53
Dr. Pankaj R. Goyal, ’93
Dr. John M. Green Jr., Loyola ’86
Dr. Howard I. Greenberg, ’73, and
Mrs. Ruth L. Greenberg
Dr. Lionell Greenberg
Dr. Daniel M. Greising, ’90, and
Mrs. Rebecca R. Greising
Dr. Ann Marie Grieve, ’84, and
Mr. Douglas V. Grieve
Dr. Stephen E. Grimm III, ’79
Dr. Joseph W. Gruber, ’59+, and
Mrs. Nancy A. Gruber
Dr. Charles A. Gutweniger, Loyola
’55
Dr. Christine L. Haag, ’86
Dr. Allan L. Hablutzel, ’82
Dr. Denise D. Hale, ’88
Dr. John J. Hanck, ’70, and
Dr. Nancy Golden Hanck
Dr. Robert J. Haney, ’70
Dr. Dimitri J. Haralampopoulos, ’94
Dr. Wayne J. Harkness, ’71
Dr. Thomas A. Harris, ’82
Dr. Donald P. Hartman, ’76
Dr. Richard F. Heilemann, ’71
Dr. George B. Helden, ’83
Dr. Robert J. Hellige, ’73
Dr. Keven S. Herold* and
Mrs. Christy Herold
Dr. Morris A. Hicks, ’65
Dr. James L. Hilgeman, ’77
Dr. Mark A. Hofmeister, ’82, and
Mrs. Janet Hofmeister
Dr. David Horberg, ’70
Dr. Thomas M. Horrigan, ’58*
Dr. Michael P. Hoyland, ’74
Dr. Thomas J. Hughes, ’80, and
Mrs. Agnes A. Hughes
Dr. Ryan K. Hurley, ’06*, and
Dr. Tonya M. Volk*
Dr. Kenneth C. Hyten, ’66
Dr. Cissy K. Furusho Itahara, ’96*
Dr. Barry A. Janov, ’59, and
Dr. Jeanne M. Duggan, Loyola
’81
Dr. Gregory J. Johnson, ’83
Dr. Kenneth J. Jozwiak*
Dr. Thomas D. Jozwiak, ’84
Dr. Edmund J. Jung, ’76
Dr. Steven Kallman*
Dr. Gene R. Kantack*
Dr. James A. Karlowicz, ’75
Dr. Linda M. Kaste
Dr. Rodney H. Katagihara, Loyola
’76
Dr. Louis Kaufman, ’95
Dr. George F. Kennedy, ’59
Dr. David W. Kinsinger, ’76
Dr. Harry J. Kiriluk, ’75
Dr. Walter Y. Kitajima, ’68
Dr. Russell T. Kittleson*
Dr. Bennett Klavan, ’44
Dr. Leonard I. Klayman, ’74
Dr. Jeffrey A. Koblish, ’78 UIC C o l l e g e o f D e n t i s t r y
Dr. Jay G. Kolb, ’67
Dr. Kevin C. Kopp, ’85, and
Dr. Jenny G. Kopp, ’89
Dr. Brian J. Krakora, ’78
Dr. Sigurds O. Krolls, ’57
Ms. Betty Kruchkow
Dr. David P. Kumamoto, ’76
Dr. Paul T. Ladner, ’90
Dr. Kevin M. Laing, Loyola ’80
Lancer Orthodontics, Inc.
Dr. Jennifer C. Langer, ’95
Dr. Chuljoo Lee, ’78
Dr. David E. Lemon, ’75
Mr. Robert L. Leon and
Mrs. Marilyn T. Leon
Dr. Daniel C. Leonard, ’96
Dr. Irving J. Leonard, ’59
Dr. Philip Levens, ’54, and
Mrs. Bonita R. Levens
Dr. Lawrence M. Le Vine, ’62
Dr. Haitao Li*
Dr. William W. Li, ’77
Dr. Jack L. Lieberman, Loyola ’64
Dr. Robert A. Lipschultz, ’63
Dr. Richard M. Loochtan, ’77
Dr. Weyland Lum
Dr. James E. Lupi*
Dr. Gilbert D. Mackey, ’54
Dr. G. Donald Magnes, ’58
Dr. Robert J. Manasse, ’74
Mr. Bruno J. Mancari Jr. and
Mrs. Gina M. Mancari
Dr. Thomas W. Mansfield, ’65
Dr. Mohamed S. Mansour, ’12
Dr. Thomas M. Mareing, ’75
Dr. Richard F. Marinello, ’71
Dr. Dwain F. Marquette, ’61
Dr. Paul R. Martineau, ’74
Dr. John D. Marx
Dr. Michael T. Massey, ’93
Dr. Eugene E. Matesi, ’62 and
Mrs. Kathleen Matesi
Dr. Michael W. Mathewson, ’80
Dr. Carl E. Mayer, ’76, and
Mrs. Susan L. Mayer
Dr. Richard F. McBride, ’67*
Dr. Richard T. McDaniel, ’65*, and
Mrs. Hannah T. McDaniel
Dr. Alvin G. Medvin, ’59
Dr. David F. Meisner, ’76
Dr. Martha Mejia-Maidl*
Dr. Thomas J. Meyering, ’79
Dr. James B. Miller, ’61
Dr. Miloslava M. Miller, ’09, and
Mr. Kevin R. Miller
Dr. Stephen A. Miller, ’70, and
Mrs. Toni L. Miller
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Dr. Ronald E. Mizer, ’64, and
Mrs. Gloria J. Mizer
Dr. Mohammad H. Mohammadi
Araghi*
Dr. Lee E. Moore, ’74
Dr. Steven J. Moravec*
Dr. Thomas J. Moss, Loyola ’84
Dr. John P. Murray, ’60
Dr. Scott R. Musil, ’83
Dr. Scott T. Nakahara, Loyola ’83
Dr. Timothy E. Nelson, ’78
Dr. Laura M. Neumann, ’77
Dr. Max Newsome, ’62
Dr. Robert V. Noone, ’72
Mrs. Arlene F. Norsym and
Mr. John Norsym
Dr. Gerald M. Noskin, ’57, and
Mrs. Shari C. Noskin
Dr. Glenda E. S. Nuckols, ’78
Dr. Mark A. O’Banion*
Dr. Cyril O’Brien*
Dr. Edward H. Obrock, ’55
Dr. Donald J. O’Donoghue*
Mrs. Joan G. Ollmann
Dr. Roy E. Olson, ’51
Orthopli Corporation
Dr. Gregg L. Painter, ’72
Dr. Brenda R. Palmer, ’99, and
Dr. Gary J. Palmer
Dr. Allen Pang, Loyola ’50
Dr. Robert H. Parish Jr., ’78
Dr. Yoon S. Park, ’00*
Dr. Geena R. Patel, ’10
Dr. Samir M. Patel*
Dr. Ilie P. Pavel, Loyola ’92
Dr. Robert M. Perrie
Dr. Andrew F. Petlak, ’79
Dr. Warren E. Petty, ’59
Dr. William D. Petty, Loyola ’74#
Dr. Sarah E. Pless, ’06
Mrs. Florine Templeton and
Mr. Joseph Porter
Mr. David G. Powless
Dr. Thomas L. Prendergast, ’90
Dr. Spencer Pullos, ’80
Dr. Robert E. Rada, ’85
Dr. Gerald Raybeck, Loyola ’79
Dr. Annmarie Redmond, ’13
Dr. John C. Reed, ’90, and
Dr. Isabelle Reed
Dr. John J. Reilly, ’83
Dr. Nijole A. Remeikis, ’59
Dr. Gary K. Resch
Dr. Elisha R. Richardson*
Dr. Patricia A. Roberts, ’76
Dr. Gary A. Rodgers, ’83 Dr. Charles W. Roe, ’72, and
Mrs. Mary M. Roe
Dr. Genaro Romo, ’97
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Dr. John A. Rothchild, ’80
Dr. Sheldon A. Rudnick, ’64
Dr. Gerald P. Runde, ’81
Dr. Richard J. Ryan, ’77
Dr. Tawfik Y. Sabet
Dr. Surekha Sakala*
Dr. Robert S. Salk, ’49
Dr. Larry B. Salzmann,
Northwestern ’79
Dr. James E. Sanford, ’75
Dr. Michael L. Santucci
Dr. Thomas A. Sarna, ’06*, and
Mrs. Heidi J. Sarna
Dr. Mark Sawyer, ’84
Dr. Michael S. Scherer, ’99, and
Mrs. Tiffany M. Scherer
Dr. Kathleen A. Schroeder, ’75
Dr. Joel L. Schwartz
Mr. Kent N. Schwerman
Dr. Melvin P. Sered, ’58
Dr. Abraham J. Shapiro, ’44
Dr. Alan J. Shapiro, ’64
Dr. Kenneth G. Sherman II*
Dr. Bruce W. Shriver, ’67
Dr. Steven C. Simmons, ’75
Dr. Craig A. Sinclair, Loyola ’74
Dr. James C. Singleton
Dr. Alvin Slomowitz, ’53
Dr. Bernard S. Smaizys, ’74
Dr. Darryl R. Smith, ’88
Mrs. Maria M. Smyd
Dr. Donald C. Sorensen, ’64*
Dr. Morton Speck
Dr. Howard E. Spector
Dr. Bradley J. Stanciu, ’90, and
Dr. Lindy A. Kona, ’89
Dr. David J. Stern, ’85
Dr. Paul H. Stines, ’63
Dr. Howard A. Stone, ’53
Dr. Steven J. Stone, ’79
Dr. Lee J. Stopoulos, ’65
Dr. George D. Sturman, ’54
Sultan Healthcare
Dr. Hanne T. Sweetnam-Boyd,
Loyola ’79
Dr. John E. Sylwestrak, ’76
Dr. Gregory S. Tehle, ’79 Dr. Bruce C. Teipel, ’76
Dr. Carrie Hedin Thangamani*
Dr. William J. Tonne, ’72, and
Mrs. Margaret A. Tonne
Dr. Spencer L. Toppen, ’60
Dr. Andrew P. Trapani, ’69
Dr. Ronald E. Trapp, ’69 and
Dr. Sue Ellen Trapp-Hamilton,
’71
Dr. Andrew J. Tringas*
Dr. Burton S. Turek, ’62
Dr. Michael D. Uhde Sr.*
Dr. Gerald A. Ullman, ’59*
Mr. D. Charles Van Hecke Jr. and
Dr. Cathy L. Baechle
Dr. Rodney H. Van Sandt, ’85
Dr. Nicholas A. Videka, ’83
Dr. Gilbert Villasenor, ’06
Dr. Dana D. Vitkus, ’70
Dr. Lawrence R. Voss, ’78, and
Ms. Marie C. Voss
Dr. George L. Walker, ’82*
Dr. Russell E. Walters, ’70, and
Mrs. Susan Walters
Dr. Keiko Watanabe
Dr. Wesley K. Watanabe, ’60, and
Mrs. Madoka A. Watanabe
Dr. Stephen M. Weeks, ’89*
Dr. Scott A. Weiskopf
Dr. Chandler E. Weith, ’73
Dr. Bernard A. Widen, ’44
Dr. Randall E. Wilson, ’85
Dr. Carolyn Bronke Wind, ’92
Dr. Myron S. Winer, ’53, and
Mrs. Elaine Winer
Dr. David A. Wold, ’83
Dr. John F. Wonderlick, ’71
Dr. David A. Wurzbach, ’88
Dr. Richard H. Yamada, ’66
Dr. Florian H. Zablotny
Dr. Christopher P. Zwiercan, ’11
Giving By Class Year
Class of 1944
Dr. Bennett Klavan
Dr. Abraham J. Shapiro
Dr. Bernard A. Widen
Class of 1949
Dr. Kenneth E. Beach+
Dr. Robert S. Salk
Class of 1951
Dr. Gerald H. Borden
Dr. Jerome Fein*
Dr. Roy E. Olson
Class of 1952
Dr. Robert E. Gibbs
Class of 1953
Dr. Irving Gittelman
Dr. Alvin Slomowitz
Dr. Howard A. Stone
Dr. Myron S. Winer
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Class of 1962
Dr. John F. Dalton+
Dr. Robert J. Ficek
Dr. Sydney R. Demovsky
Dr. Lawrence M. LeVine
Dr. Eugene E. Matesi
Dr. Max Newsome
Dr. Dale C. Nickelsen*
Dr. Burton S. Turek
Class of 1954
Dr. Ralph G. Frick
Dr. Philip Levens
Dr. Gilbert D. Mackey
Dr. George D. Sturman
Class of 1955
Dr. Sheldon M. Bulwa
Dr. George J. Kottemann*
Dr. Edward H. Obrock
Class of 1963
Dr. Eliot Becker
Dr. Harry O. Channon*
Dr. Robert A. Lipschultz
Dr. Paul H. Stines
Class of 1956
Dr. Stuart Bernstein+
Dr. Thomas G. Chung Jr.
Dr. Robert Eisinger
Dr. Harry Wolff
Class of 1964
B. Gen. Dr. Jerry D. Gardner
Dr. Ronald E. Mizer
Dr. Sheldon A. Rudnick
Dr. Alan J. Shapiro
Dr. Donald C. Sorensen
Dr. Samuel S. Wexler
Class of 1957
Dr. Thomas R. Dirsen
Dr. James E. Donlan
Dr. Norman C. Eifler
Dr. Sigurds O. Krolls
Dr. Gerald M. Noskin
Class of 1965
Dr. Dale R. Eisenmann+
Dr. M. Joel Gebhart
Dr. Morris A. Hicks
Dr. Thomas W. Mansfield
Dr. Richard T. McDaniel*
Dr. Gerald W. Stonecipher
Dr. Lee J. Stopoulos
Class of 1958
Dr. Howard A. Gerstein+
Dr. Seymour L. Gottlieb
Dr. S. Sol Flores
Dr. Robert Hoehne
Dr. Thomas M. Horrigan*
Dr. G. Donald Magnes
Dr. Melvin P. Sered
Dr. Leonard Teicher
Class of 1966
Dr. Bruce W. Allen
Dr. Theophilus B. Gray+
Dr. Kenneth C. Hyten
Dr. Milton M. Murasaki
Dr. Thomas J. Skiba*
Dr. Edward I. Slaby
Dr. Richard H. Yamada
Class of 1959
Dr. Robert L Bradbury
Dr. James F. Cramer
Dr. Joseph W. Gruber+
Dr. Barry A. Janov
Dr. George F. Kennedy
Dr. Irving J. Leonard
Dr. Alvin G. Medvin
Dr. Nijole A. Remeikis
Dr. Gearld A. Ullman*
Class of 1967
Dr. Jay G. Kolb
Dr. Richard F. McBride
Dr. Ronald M. Milnarik#
Dr. Bruce W. Shriver
Class of 1960
Dr. Calvin W. Borchardt
Dr. Thomas E. Emmering
Dr. Harold R. Dreebin
Dr. Donald C. Findlay
Dr. John P. Murray
Dr. Rodney E. Sippy
Dr. Spencer L. Toppen
Class of 1968
Dr. J. Maria Biernot
Dr. Joseph R. Jedrychowski
Dr. Jonathan G. Hanson
Dr. Walter Y. Kitajima
Class of 1961
Dr. Richard M. Ciechanowski
Dr. Dwain F. Marquette
Dr. James B. Miller
Dr. Zane F. Muhl*
Class of 1969
Dr. Paul M. Blidy
Dr. Joseph E. Canzona*
Dr. Andrew P. Trapani
Dr. Ronald E. Trapp
Dr. Peter C. Wasilkoff*
Class of 1970
Dr. Gerald M. Bieze
Dr. Larry N. Billings
Dr. H. Todd Cubbon
Dr. John J. Hanck
Dr. Robert J. Haney
Dr. David Horberg
Dr. Richard E. Leeds
Dr. Stephen A. Miller
Dr. Dana Vitkus
Dr. Russell E. Walters
Class of 1971
Dr. Clayton F. Albert Jr.
Dr. Raymond B. Bersano
Dr. Robert B. Carlson
Dr. William J. Bleecker
Dr. Wayne J. Harkness
Dr. Richard F. Heilemann
Dr. James H. Isaacson
Dr. Thomas J. King Jr.
Dr. N. O. Jackson
Dr. Richard F. Marinello
Dr. Thomas E. Resnick*
Dr. Irwin M. Seidman*
Dr. Terry A. Sellke*
Dr. Jordan J. Tilden
Dr. Sue Ellen Trapp-Hamilton
Dr. Christopher S. Wenckus*
Dr. John F. Wonderlick
Class of 1972
Dr. Rhonna Cohen
Dr. Gerald I. Drury
Dr. Robert M. Dunlap
Dr. Richard M. Faner
Dr. Gregg L. Painter
Dr. Charles W. Roe
Dr. Donnie W. Rooksberry
Dr. William J. Tonne
Class of 1973
Dr. Michael J. Barrows*
Dr. Anthony W. Chulick
Dr. Philip J. Cullen
Dr. John M. Damas
Dr. Gregory L. Fauth*
Dr. Howard I. Greenberg
Dr. Robert J. Hellige
Dr. James J. Koelbl
Dr. Thomas S. Lightfoot
Dr. David P. Potts
Dr. Chandler E. Weith
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Class of 1974
Dr. Glenn W. Bredfeldt
Dr. Michael P. Cellitti
Dr. Melvyn A. Golden
Dr. Michael P. Hoyland
Dr. Leonard I. Klayman
Dr. Robert J. Manasse
Dr. Paul R. Martinaeu
Dr. Lee E. Moore
Dr. Bernard S. Smaizys
Class of 1975
Dr. Bobby W. Austin
Dr. Alan B. Bronstein
Dr. Michael L. Conlon*
Dr. Gary W. Freed
Dr. Stephen M. Friedman
Dr. James A. Karlowicz
Dr. Harry J. Kiriluk
Dr. David E. Lemon
Dr. Thomas M. Mareing
Dr. James E. Sanford
Dr. Kathleen A. Schroeder
Dr. Steven C. Simmons
Dr. Frank J. Woolman*
Class of 1976
Dr. William M. Brennan
Dr. Gary M. Christensen
Dr. Donald P. Hartman
Dr. Edmund J. Jung
Dr. David W. Kinsinger
Dr. David P. Kumamoto
Dr. Carl E. Mayer
Dr. David F. Meisner
Dr. Patricia A. Roberts
Dr. John W. Sylwestrak
Dr. Bruce C. Teipel
Class of 1977
Dr. Efi Andrianopoulos#
Dr. Timothy D. Conway
Dr. James L. Hilgeman
Dr. John L. Krump
Dr. William W. Li
Dr. Richard M. Loochtan
Dr. Gary W. Long
Dr. Laura M. Neumann
Dr. Richard J. Ryan
Dr. David P. Walther
Class of 1978
Dr. Anthony D. Apple
Dr. Ellen M. Barnes*
Dr. Thomas G. Bleck
Dr. James H. Bryniarski
Dr. Hilary N. Cheng
Dr. Gary R. Herberger
Dr. Jeffrey A. Koblish
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Dr. Brian J. Krakora
Dr. Chuljoo Lee
Dr. Timothy E. Nelson
Dr. Glenda E.S. Nuckols
Dr. Robert H. Parish Jr.
Class of 1979
Dr. James D. Benz
Dr. James P. Frett
Dr. LeRoy S. Gurga
Dr. Stephen E. Grimm III
Dr. Jeffrey A. Kramer
Dr. Janet M. Kuhn
Dr. Thomas J. Meyering
Dr. Andrew F. Petlak
Dr. Ira A. Satinover*
Dr. Steven K. Stone
Dr. Gregory S. Tehle
Class of 1980
Dr. Michael H. Anderson
Dr. Robert F. Chorak
Dr. David L. Clemens
Dr. Luisa A. DiPietro*
Dr. Thomas J. Hughes
Dr. Michael W. Mathewson
Dr. Spencer Pullos
Dr. John A. Rothchild
Dr. Stephen L. Rider
Dr. Michael B. Schroeder
Dr. Lawrence R. Voss
Dr. John W. Zurek
Class of 1981
Dr. Joel R. Korczak
Dr. Gerald P. Runde
Class of 1982
Dr. Randy L. Bisping
Dr. Theodore J. Borris
Dr. Kurt E. Bruksch
Dr. Kenneth W. Gehrke Jr.*
Dr. Allan L. Hablutzel
Dr. Thomas A. Harris
Dr. Mark A. Hofmeister
Dr. Stephen T. Jagielo
Dr. Marc G. Pescheret*
Dr. Daniel W. Steadman
Dr. George L. Walker*
Class of 1983
Dr. Kamlesh G. Amin
Dr. Mark S. Antman
Dr. Michael E. Bond
Dr. Paul V. Caputo Sr.
Dr. Patrick J. Carroll
Dr. James C. David
Dr. Arlene M. Engert
Dr. William B. Hamel III
Dr. George B. Helden
Dr. Gregory J. Johnson
Dr. Scott R. Musil
Dr. John J. Reilly
Dr. Gary A. Rodgers
Dr. Nicholas A. Videka
Dr. David A. Wold
Class of 1984
Dr. Andrea M. Adam
Dr. Paul M. Anfenson
Dr. Barry E. Booth*
Dr. Thomas A. Curry
Dr. Robert F. Ferek
Dr. John S. Fox*
Dr. Ann Marie Grieve
Dr. Thomas D. Jozwiak
Dr. Tony W. Liu
Dr. Susan A. Rowan
Dr. Mark Sawyer
Class of 1985
Dr. Alex G. Alemis
Dr. Anthony Markiewicz
Dr. Gregory J. Duffner
Dr. Kevin C. Kopp
Dr. Robert E. Rada
Dr. Yan Razdolsky*
Dr. David J. Stern
Dr. Rodney H. Van Sandt
Dr. Ai-Ran Wells
Dr. Randall E. Wilson
Class of 1986
Dr. Scott Beallis
Dr. Fred H. Buettner
Dr. Michael F. Dani*
Dr. Nick A. Geroulis
Dr. Christine L. Haag
Class of 1987
Dr. John M. Nusstein
Dr. Frederick M. Stroner
Dr. Mark J. Wells
Class of 1988
Dr. Michael G. Durbin*
Dr. Curtis D. Fauble
Dr. Kenneth E. Grove*
Dr. Denis D. Hale
Dr. Mark J. Humenik
Dr. Renee P. Pappas
Dr. Darryl R. Smith
Dr. David A. Wurzbach
Class of 1989
Dr. Louis G. Karras*
Dr. Spiro Karras
Dr. Lindy A. Kona
Dr. Jenny G. Kopp
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Dr. Joanne R. Oppenheim*
Dr. Stephen M. Weeks*
Class of 1990
Dr. Edward J. Chiera
Dr. Daniel M. Greising
Dr. Paul T. Ladner*
Dr. Thomas L. Prendergast
Dr. John C. Reed
Dr. Bradley J. Stanciu
Class of 2000
Dr. Gabriel D. Hostalet
Dr. Yoon S. Park*
Class of 2001
Dr. Angela M. Falcone
Dr. Stephanie M. Ward
Class of 2002
Dr. Patrick I. Fitzgerald*
Dr. Vince A. Panesis*
Class of 1991
Dr. Kathryn L. Bielik
Dr. Mary A. Gebhardt
Class of 2003
Dr. Hammad A. Khan*
Dr. Jon D. Nickelsen
Class of 1992
Dr. Sunita Bajaj
Dr. Peter S. Domagala*
Dr. Michael A. Dunlap
Dr. Rand F. Harlow*
Dr. Martin J. Rogers*
Dr. Carolyn B. Wind
Class of 2004
Dr. William M. Brennan Jr.
Dr. Shawn M. Velez
Class of 1993
Dr. Vincent J. Arpino*
Dr. Cathleen P. Coyne
Dr. Pankaj R. Goyal
Dr. Manal Ibrahim-LaVacca*
Dr. Michael Massey
Dr. Tina Smith-Arpino
Class of 1994
Dr. Mojdeh Beallis
Dr. Dimitri J. Haralampopoulos
Dr. Shellie M. Harden
Class of 1995
Dr. Karina J. Dick
Dr. Cissy K. Furusho Itahara*
Dr. Louis Kaufman
Dr. Jennifer C. Langer
Class of 1996
Dr. Daniel C. Leonard
Class of 1997
Dr. Kurt A. Barth
Dr. John C. Burke*
Dr. Genaro Romo
Class of 1998
Dr. Robert E. Haraden
Dr. Benjamin A. LoGiudice
Dr. John Nowan*
Class of 1999
Dr. Brenda R. Palmer
Dr. Michael S. Scherer
Class of 2005
Dr. Peter A. Contos
Dr. Patrick F. King*
Dr. Meghan Crisham King
Class of 2006
Dr. Ryan K. Hurley*
Dr. Sarah E. Pless
Dr. Thomas A. Sarna*
Dr. Gilbert Villasenor
Class of 2007
Dr. Melissa S. Amundson
Dr. Victor G. Gonzalez
Class of 2008
Dr. Daya Bhat*
Class of 2009
Dr. Johnathan J. Feehan
Dr. Miloslava M. Miller
Class of 2010
Dr. Maria Lani Basco-Resurreccion
Dr. Logan T. Bell*
Dr. Simona L. Katona
Dr. Geena R. Patel
Class of 2011
Dr. Daniel R. Brunetti
Dr. Michael P. Munaretto*
Dr. Christopher P. Zwiercan
Class of 2012
Dr. Mohamed S. Mansour
Class of 2013
Dr. Ann Marie Redmond
Specialty Degrees
Dr. Saad Al-Kharsa
Dr. Bushra Alazzawi
Dr. Donald S. Amano
Dr. Zayneb Bahrani
Dr. Samuel Berkowitz
Dr. Daya Bhat
Dr. James W. Blackburn
Dr. Robert E. Blau
Dr. Paul M. Broadwater
Dr. Louis J. Buhrley
Dr. Bruna M. Burgener
Dr. Terry A. Burke
Dr. Andrew J. Calhoun
Dr. Shawna R. Chesser
Dr. Sow-Yeh Chen
Dr. Garison D. Couser
Dr. Dale J. Davis
Dr. Lisa M. Davis
Dr. Rebecca J. Egolf
Dr. Kadri G. El Assal
Dr. Bryan T. Eslinger
Dr. Stephen N. Ferraro
Dr. Denise E. Fisher
Dr. Lisa M. Gabrish
Dr. Robert W. Glineburg
Dr. Newton C. Gordon
Dr. Michael B. Hagearty
Dr. Keven S. Herold
Dr. Lawrence A. Hier
Dr. Sara D. Iampaglia
Dr. Mark R. Jensen
Dr. Bradford R. Johnson
Dr. Diane Johnson
Dr. Pamela J. Johnson
Dr. L. Bjorn Jonsson
Dr. Kenneth J. Jozwiak
Dr. Steven Kallman
Dr. Gene R. Kantack
Dr. Russell T. Kittleson
Dr. Harish Koratkar
Dr. Annette M. Kugelmann
Dr. Paul T. Ladner
Dr. Haitao Li
Dr. Lihong Lin
Dr. Yi-Chen Liu
Dr. Cathy E. Longos
Dr. James E. Lupi
Dr. Fred S. Margolis
Dr. Natanya Marracino
Dr. Martha Mejia-Maidl
Dr. Charles W. Miller
Dr. Michael J. Mintz
Dr. Mohammad H. Mohammadi
Araghi
Dr. Steven J. Moravec
Dr. Mark A. O’Banion
Dr Cyril O’Brien
Dr. Samir Patel
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Dr. Brian T. Quesnell
Dr. William Quest
Dr. Scott R. Rehm
Dr. Elisha R. Richardson
Dr. Surekha Sakala
Dr. Benjamin D. Scott
Dr. Kenneth G. Sherman II
Dr. Kevin A. Shugars
Dr. Jin-Moon Soh
Dr. Anupama Sridhar
Dr. Carrie H. Thangamani
Dr. Andrew J. Tringas
Dr. Dennis M. Tucker
Dr. Michael D. Uhde Sr.
Dr. Victoria A. Ursitti
Dr. Tonya Volk
Dr. Qian Xie
Loyola
Dr. Dorothy A. Anasinski, ’93
Dr. Gary W. Brankin, ’81*
Dr. Theodore Brasky, ’68
Dr. Robert G. Brunetti, ’78
Dr. Robert J. Cabay, ’86
Dr. Samuel J. Cascio, ’52
Dr. Charles F. DiFranco, ’81#
Dr. Joseph V. Discipio, ’52
Dr. Jeanne M. Duggan, ’81
Dr. John M. Green Jr., ’86
Dr. Charles A. Gutweniger, ’55
Dr. Jeffrey H. Hembrough,’86
Dr. Rodney H. Katagihara, ’76
Dr. Kevin M. Laing, ’80
Dr. Jack L. Lieberman, ’64
Dr. Thomas J. Moss, ’84
Dr. Scott T. Nakahara, ’83
Dr. Charles R. Neach#
Dr. Allen Pang, ’50
Dr. Ilie P. Pavel, ’92
Dr. William D. Petty, ’74#
Dr. Gerald Raybeck, ’79
Dr. Craig A. Sinclair, ’74
Dr. Hanne T. Sweetnam-Boyd, ’79
Dr. David A. Tamura, ’77
Northwestern
Dr. Perry Danos, ’90,
Dr. Frank Karkazis, ’87
Dr. James B. Ricker, ’73
Dr. Larry B. Salzmann, ’79
Italic names: The UIC College of
Dentistry recognizes those
members of the University of
Illinois Foundation’s Presidents
Council.
*UIC College of Dentistry postgraduate program alumnus/
alumna.
#Loyola School of Dentistry postgraduate program alumnus/
alumna
+Deceased.
Donors of $2,500 or more are
members of the Chancellor’s
Circle, the University’s most
elite group of benefactors.
Donors of $1,000 or more
are members of the College’s
Dean’s Council, a prestigious
group of some of the College’s
most generous supporters.
Every effort has been made to list
all contributions correctly. We
apologize for any oversight or
error and ask that you please
report it to Ana Lisa Ogbac,
Director of Donor Relations.
Call (312) 996-0485 or e-mail
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o Student Activities Fund (331329)
o Dr. Allen W. Anderson Memorial Fund (771033)
o Dr. Earl W Renfroe and Hilda F. Renfroe Scholarship Fund
(770131)
o Rice Family Fund (558426)
o Kottemann Gallery of Dentistry (332133)
o Dr. Thaddeus V. Weclew Lecture Fund (773803)
o Dr. Bruce S. Graham and Linda M. Graham Scholarship
Fund (773981)
o Staff Development and Enrichment Fund (337232)
oD
epartment of Orthodontics Unrestricted Fund (333011)
oD
r. Allan G. Brodie Institute for Orthodontics Unrestricted
Fund (330659)
oD
rs. Bernard Schneider/Cyril Sadowsky Faculty Fund
(773418)
oD
r. Earl W. Renfroe Professorship in Clinical Orthodontics
(773362)
Center for Microbiology of Oral Diseases
oP
eriodontics Clinic Renovation Fund (336361)
oP
eriodontics Unrestricted Fund (333278)
oD
r. Bennett Klavan Fund (772452)
o Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases Unrestricted
Fund (332863)
Department of Endodontics
Department of Pediatric Dentistry
oP
ediatric Dentistry Clinic Renovation Fund (330973)
oP
ediatric Dentistry Unrestricted Fund (330542)
oD
rs. Gerlach-Barber Recognition Fund (331775)
oC
hildren’s Associated Care Fund (332789)
oD
r. Indru C. Punwani Resident and Faculty Development
Endowment Fund (773960)
Department of Periodontics
o Oral Biology Unrestricted Fund (337403)
o Dr. James H. Fuller Scholarship Award (772165)
o Histology Alumni and Friends Fund (331886)
Department of Restorative Dentistry
oR
estorative and Advanced Prosthodontics Clinic Renovation
Fund (337408)
oR
estorative Dentistry Unrestricted Fund (333555)
oD
r. S. Sol Flores and Mrs. Cecilia T. Flores Clinical
Prosthodontics Laboratory Fund (332805)
oD
r. Charles F. Nichols Occlusal Studies Student Scholarship
(335088)
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
International Dentist Degree Program
o Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic Renovation Fund
(333082)
o Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unrestricted Fund (333086)
o Daniel M. Laskin Society (341441)
o International Dentist Degree Program Unrestricted Fund
(556719)
o International Dentist Degree Program Preclinical Teaching
Facility Fund (337775)
o Dr. Charles G. Maurice Fund (332349)
o Dr. Nijole Remeikis Endowment Fund (773313)
Department of Oral Biology
Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
o Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences Unrestricted Fund
(335088)
o Center for Diagnostic Imaging Fund (337719)
o Oral Medicine Clinic (337179)
Research
oD
entistry Summer Student Research Award Fund (340345)
oC
enter for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration
Laboratory (335098)
oD
r. Isaac Schour Memorial Dentistry Student Research
Awards (335354)
oC
aries Research Fund (335951)
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Profile
Dr. Clark Stanford
Takes Charge
Dr. Clark Stanford has been Dean of The University
of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry since Oct.
1, 2014. He previously had been Associate Dean
for Research and Professor of Prosthodontics at
the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. Having
served as Dean for several months, Dr. Stanford sat
down with Vision Magazine to discuss his new job
and the future of the College.
thoughts, yet everyone is focused on what is best for
our College. Maybe I’m still in a honeymoon period,
but everyone has been very open and the dialogue
has been tremendous.
I’ve been trying to do little things early on to be
approachable and for people to feel comfortable
with me. Every Friday I send a “Smile of the Week”
email to the College community, updating people on
good news and featuring a photo or two of people
at the College who are smiling. An important part of
this approach is to allow people to feel a part of a
community in which they can know each other. In a
building this big, it’s not easy to know your neighbor!
Working with Department Heads and faculty,
I’ve developed a first-year agenda that deals with
issues horizontally, across curricular, administrative,
and research programs, rather than vertically
inside departments—that’s the Department Head’s
responsibility. Moving forward on that agenda is
exciting.
Vision: What makes it exciting for you to take
over as Dean at this time?
Clark Stanford: Since the most important parts of
the physical facility were brought up to date through
the work of Dean Bruce Graham and Interim
Dean Bill
Knight, that
frees me up
V: What has
to concentrate
surprised you
more on
the most so
academic
far?
and research
CS: The
programs,
extreme
although we
complexity of
are replacing
some of the
our entire
issues facing
HVAC [heating,
us and the
ventilation,
need for me to
and air
make decisions
conditioning]
on them right
system.
away, requiring
It’s a huge,
me to get up
21-month long
to speed very
project.
quickly on the
I’m
background
Dr. Clark Stanford consults on a case with a student in the clinic.
enjoying
data needed
learning the
to make good
culture of
decisions. So
the College, the players, and the strengths and
I’m trying to make decisions in the most informed
challenges so I can make informed decisions about
way possible, engaging the leadership of the entire
the future.
College.
The range of the people in the College,
But the complexity of these issues is nothing
I’ve met—the students, faculty, staff, alumni,
that’s going to be easy to crack right away. I hope
benefactors, and friends are exciting. They’re
that everyone will understand that our progress will
diverse and different. I came from an environment
be incremental, but that we’re on the right track.
where I knew everyone very well, yet it’s exciting
I shared the agenda I mentioned before with
to meet new people and learn their interests and
the Department Heads and with the Executive
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Committee, and then in a faculty meeting in
November where we discussed the big goals for the
next year. We are on our way!
The other thing that surprised me was the size
of the building—it’s bigger than it appears. There
are so many
cubbyholes and
little hallways
around this place
that it’s almost
scary.
what we refer to as “T-0” through “T-4.”
T-0 is basic, fundamental, mechanistic science.
In T-1, a researcher does something in a lab
and immediately transfers it to the patient care
environment for one patient or a small group of
patients.
With T-2,
researchers test
observations to
form the basis of
clinical application
impacting on
V: How are you
practice—
acclimating
effectiveness
yourself to the
studies rather than
College and
efficacy studies,
finding out the
which is what
things you need
we do in formal
to know?
clinical trials.
CS: Besides
T-3 tends
meetings, I like to
to be more
get out of my office
community
Dr. Stanford in a discussion with faculty Dr. Michael Schmerman, Clinical
and walk around
based—
Assistant Professor, Periodontics; Dr. James Bryniarski, ’78, Clinical Assistant
the College; get to
interventions
Professor, Restorative Dentistry; and Dr. Michael Santucci, Clinical Assistant
know the building,
involving
Professor, Restorative Dentistry.
staff, and faculty
participants from
working with their
a community, or
students; have people get to know me; and ask
sometimes getting people living with a condition to
questions.
be involved in a research program.
I ask people not only why they do what they do,
T-4 is really high level—science policy, clinical
but also why they come here, why they like to be
practice guidelines, and implementation of health
here at UIC. You get some insightful answers.
policy.
It’s vital for me to learn what the issues and
I think of research from observing the fruit fly all
concerns are of the students, faculty, staff, alumni,
the way up to government officials making policy on
benefactors, and friends of the College. For
cancer research.
instance, what are the concerns from day to day?
At the College, we have a great cadre of T-0
research, and a few people on the other end of the
V: You have an extensive research background.
spectrum. I want to build our portfolio of research
Tell us how you plan to expand and improve
oriented faculty for T-1, T-2, and T-3 types of
research at the College?
research.
CS: Even when I was interviewing for the Deanship,
That will take time. I’m recruiting an Associate
University leadership made clear to me that
Dean for Research who has a clinical and
concerning research, we need to expand our
translational research background.
collaborations and research opportunities across
I also want to change the culture of the
campus and beyond.
individual scientist essentially being a solo
We perform translational research—translating
practitioner in a laboratory, because research
findings in the lab to the clinic and patient care, and
success today involves large collaborations crossing
then making observations from the patient that can
transdisciplinary science.
be taken back to the laboratory to provide relevant
I want to see our researchers move outside of
clinical information that can benefit research.
their fields of comfort, working with scientists in other
The translational research spectrum runs from
areas. Consensus is that the biggest breakthroughs
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will occur at the edges of scientific disciplines, not
Dentistry as an organized profession is
within those disciplines. So if you really want to
struggling with changes in the oral practice model
make a huge impact on science and healthcare, you
right now. That’s why it’s really important for us to be
have to go to the edge, so we need our scientists
a part of the conversations about the changes in oral
to be (un)comfortable working at the edges of their
health practice.
own disciplines so they can cross over with another
I want to make sure that our College, as a
discipline.
leader in oral health,
Some people
in patient care, and in
use the term
research, is a key part
“multidisciplinary
of the conversation on
research,” but all the
how society deals with
silos still stay the
the issues of access
same—researchers
to care, on oral health
try to build bridges
promotion and oral
between the silos, but
disease prevention,
the silos are still there.
along with knowledge,
In the “transdisciplinary
awareness, and
research” we want
services across a
to do, you break the
large spectrum of the
silos down, creating
population in general.
a rewards system to
The needs are
encourage ongoing
wide and diverse,
Dr. Stanford enjoys getting to know friends of the College. Left to right
collaborations outside
and we need to both
are Dr. Eric Gislason, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
people’s area of
educate and prepare
and Provost; Dr. James Izzo, Loyola ’79, a member of the UIC Dental
comfort.
through residency
Alumni Association Board of Directors; Dr. Stanford; and former UIC
I’m doing that
training oral health
Chancellor Dr. Paula Allen-Meares.
myself. I’ve been given
practitioners who can
the opportunity to work
deal with the diversity
with the campus on
of the needs of our
its large National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical
diverse population.
and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant
What the College has done with the DMD
renewal through the UIC Center for Clinical and
program is preparing our alumni to be a controlling
Translational Science, with the goal of emphasizing
part of healthcare’s future.
pilot grant mechanisms to reward and encourage
transdisciplinary collaborations.
V: What are the College’s biggest needs at this
We’ve been doing great science, but it’s incretime?
mental. We need to be going into transdisciplinary
CS: We need to carefully look at our internal
areas where we can rapidly change the science.
processes and clinical operations as they impact the
My goal is to have our College viewed as
financial operations of the College. It’s very evident
integrated across campus, so other people across
that the only way we can continue to fulfill our
campus know exactly who we are and what we bring
missions of teaching, research, and public service is
to the table.
to make sure we have an efficient and economically
sound clinical business operation.
V: How do you see the College’s educational
Many people think of the College as an
and patient care efforts growing?
educational academic entity, but that’s only one
CS: The changes in healthcare in general are
part of what we do. We really are an oral health
occurring very rapidly, and oral health needs to be
or dental hospital, mixed and comingled with the
part of any conversation about those changes.
academic enterprise of education and training, with
We’ll be very naïve if we think the mode of oral
expectations for scholarship and research as well.
healthcare delivery that has taken place over the last
Few understand what this means.
150 years is going to be the only approach in the
So this creates an inherent tension: do we focus
future.
on predoctoral and postdoctoral education, or do we
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focus on clinical operations of the College through
connections across campus to improve them.
patient care, and the business office operations
I’ve been amazed about some of the research
which are critically needed for both? Our primary
and clinical care programs that are going on at the
mission is to educate and perform research that
UIC campus—they’re so diverse. I don’t know how
supports the future oral health workforce for the
many people in the College realize how many more
State of Illinois. Patient care services compliment
programs we could be part of across campus. So
this mission but we are not designed, missioned, nor
a near-term project is for me to get to know these
funded to be a social safety network for Chicago or
major programs on campus, and for the people in
Northern Illinois. Therefore, we are leading a number
those programs to get to know us better, so people
of initiatives to address these conflicting issues. We
across campus will realize what we can do to work
need to address these safety net issues with our
with them.
community partners.
Before I came here I would have hated to think
V: What are some things you hope to accomplish
that as an academic Dean I’d have to spend most
as Dean, and what are some of the challenges
of my time with business office operations, but I am,
you face?
because that’s an important part of the College’s
CS: I want to holistically help the College move
finances that we have to control. Yet, I’m also
forward in terms of each of its missions: service,
building the system to respond to key initiatives!
teaching, and research, without leaving anyone out.
We have a great group looking at our finances
We are the flagship oral health college in the
and electronic health record trying to work through
State of Illinois. We have strong postgraduate
them. I’ve been talking to colleagues nationally as
programs. We have a strong and innovative DMD
to ways to help us get some of these big needs met
program. We have what I think is an excellent
right now.
research program; it just needs to be tweaked and
Whether you agree or disagree with this
supported going forward.
campus’s budget model, the fact is we are a small
But we truly are different from the other two
but very expensive College, and we have to row this
dental schools in the State. So when we think about
boat ourselves. The College needs to continue to
what our mission is for the taxpayers of the State
show its value to the State
of Illinois, we know our
of Illinois and its citizens.
programs have a superior
We have to find the fuel to
ability to graduate staterun our own engine, and
of-the-science dental
the sources of that fuel are
clinicians for dental
limited. The clinic operation
practice who can think
is the one place we can
outside of the box.
predictively rely on if we
We are past the era
can in time build the clinics’
of “tooth carpentry,” and
revenue stream.
we have to make sure
Tuition is stable; there
our predocs and DMD
won’t be much dynamic
alumni really are set
growth there as a revenue
for modern oral health
Dr. Stanford is a frequent presenter at dental meetings.
stream. And student debt is
practice. Likewise, we of
a huge issue; I don’t want
course graduate excellent
to keep adding to that. It isn’t sustainable.
postgraduate program residents, so we want to
make sure that we are fulfilling the needs of the
V: What are some other projects you are working
State of Illinois for oral health specialists.
on in the near term?
We also have a strong program in community
CS: One is helping with the digital components
outreach across the City of Chicago, in Northern
of Restorative Dentistry as it rolls out into the
Illinois, and beyond, and I would actually like
curriculum—both in the pre-patient, pre-doctoral
to expand that so long as it complements our
DMD and post-graduate programs.
educational missions.
We’re having a dialogue about our ongoing
There is a lot to do, but there are a lot of really
educational programs, and I’m working on making
good people here to do it. I’m certainly not the only
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oar in the water, but hopefully I can act as a little bit
of a rudder for helping all the students, faculty, staff,
alumni, and benefactors as they row this ship.
As a small College within a large University—
and albeit a very expensive College within a large
University—we need to continuously show our value
to the University itself, and show that we fulfill the
mission of the University as well as the mission
expectations of the State of Illinois.
I think we’re doing that, and I think we’re
differentiating ourselves in a very good way. The
strength of our postgraduate programs is exciting.
The way this College was able to reinvent oral
health education through the DMD program is
exciting. Not many Colleges would make the big
changes we have made.
I mentioned linkages earlier,
so I would like us to create
symposia that will expand
awareness across the whole
Illinois Medical District about the
activities taking place here.
That should be part of the
visioning concerning where the
College is going.
of the College every few years. With the dynamic
changes in the DMD undergraduate program, the
expansion of the postgraduate programs and the
excellence of those programs, and with our College
being the premiere oral health research institution in
the State, that only makes sense.
V: The College’s alumni and benefactors are
very generous. They provided great support
for the College during the Brilliant Futures
campaign, followed by the College’s Centennial
Campaign. Why should they continue to support
us financially?
CS: Essentially we cannot exist without their help.
As much work as we have done on the building, it is
a facility that still is not ready for the Vision of where
this College needs to go. We still
need their help on the building.
But we also need their help
at a higher level. We have a
world-class faculty, as shown
by the innovations in the DMD
curriculum and the strength of
the research and postgraduate
programs. World-class faculty
are stressed. There are not
V: What is your biggest
necessarily a lot of opportunities
challenge?
for them in terms of scholarship
CS: Besides finances, the culture
and being able to utilize a lot of
of the College. Do we change it?
their expertise in areas that allow
We have to be careful, because
them to personally grow.
the culture may be exactly what
And that comes back to a
our stakeholders want. So it’s a
question I ask people when I walk
challenge for me to adapt to the
around the building: Why are
culture here, and for everyone
you here? Faculty are not here
else to allow me to subtly tweak
just for a paycheck and for the
Involvement in fundraising is an important
the culture of the College as we
struggles and the challenges of
part of Dr. Stanford’s role as Dean. He earned a being at a large institution.
progress in the future.
“superhero cape” after making a donation to the
Faculty are here because
College on #GivingTuesday.
V: Any big changes coming?
they get an internal reward from
CS: As I mentioned before, we’re
helping students and postdocs.
replacing the entire heating and
It’s why they wake up in the
air conditioning system. It seems kind of mundane,
morning, why they want to come to UIC, why they
but given Chicago winters is vitally necessary.
are working so hard on educational programs and
Another big potential change is looking at the
research.
culture of the College and seeing if we can get
So support for students, postgrads, and faculty,
everyone to understand the Vision of where the
is crucial. Going forward, we want to build our
College as a whole needs to do, and to do that in a
scholarships to support our predoc and postdoc
fashion which is as inclusive as possible for all the
students to make sure that they can enter practice
people who work here, and are educated here, and
not horribly straddled with very large student debt.
are our benefactors.
Scholarships are vital to expanding the range
It’s a good idea to look at the mission and Vision
and diversity of the students we can attract and the
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excellence of the students that we have.
As for the faculty, we need endowments for
professorships and chairs. In higher academe,
having an endowment really allows a faculty
member to very quickly kick start an education and/
or research program—because it gives him or her
a basis of support to really bring something to the
table to enhance and expand on collaborations with
others on campus.
Professorships also are an excellent way
to symbolically reward one or more faculty who
are doing cutting-edge work, and they help to
differentiate our world-class faculty from other oral
health educators.
Lastly, endowed professorships increase the
College’s level of respect across campus, because
they are another
metric used by the
rest of the campus
to measure our
excellence.
postgrads are as best prepared as they can be to be
highly competent and successful practitioners. The
only way I can do that is to actually understand the
stories, the issues, the concerns, and the successes
of our alumni, friends, and benefactors who are in
practice.
V: How would you describe your management
style?
CS: It’s part of my management style to seek as
much input as possible. I don’t like making decisions
in a vacuum. Making solo decisions actually can be
very frustrating, because it’s tough to predict what
the unintended costs of a misstep are going to be
without sufficient input.
Yet a Dean can’t just make decisions by
consensus, either.
Sometimes you
have to weigh
resource allocation
in making crucial
decisions, but you
V: What do you
can never make a
believe is the
decision without
value of the Dean
keeping the mission
meeting with
and values of the
alumni, friends,
College at the
and benefactors?
forefront, number
CS: The value of
one. A Dean has
that is indispensable
to keep mission
because they have
and values as the
a cultural history.
touchstone of the
Some people have
decision-making
asked me why we
process.
Representing the College in organized dentistry is important to Dr. Stanford.
are considering a
Sometimes
Here, he meets with members of the Chicago Dental Society West Side Branch.
new visioning of the
people think that
College, but those
somehow the Dean
who graduated prior to 1982 know we have done
is a magical person with all the answers, when in
that before. Some still wear their orange shirts and
fact most of the answers already are in the hands
identify with the Fighting Illini. It’s important for me to
of the students, faculty, staff, alumni, benefactors,
talk to people who understand different eras of the
and friends. It’s up to me to bring those out and align
College’s history.
them so we are rowing in the same direction. The
Meeting with alumni, friends, and benefactors
rudder of a ship is the analogy.
also allows me to have a touchstone with what is
going on in the practice community, both in terms
V: Are you actively participating in patient care
of the changes in practice and the impact of those
and research?
changes, and because it allows me to communicate
CS: I see patients on Friday each week.
with them the changes in our DMD curriculum, to
I want to perform clinical research, continuing
make sure that our curriculum is aligned with what
some of the formal clinical trials that we’re in the
our graduates will need to know when they go into
process of negotiating a number of studies right
practice.
now.
We want to make sure that our predocs and
Probably I won’t perform as much bench
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research in my own lab as I used to, but what I want
to do is work with collaborators and make use of
their expertise and the core facilities on campus.
That’s where I can help to bridge the needs that I
mentioned earlier about building connections across
campus through clinical translational research
aspects. In the end, seeing a patient of mine get
better from our collective experiences is a wonderful
outcome for all of our College.
V: What about when you’re not at the College?
CS: Chicago has great museums that I want to visit,
but I haven’t had time to do so as yet. Moving in has
taken a lot of time, and getting to know the College
has taken a lot of time.
My hobby is history. I’m an amateur historian,
so I like to read history and try to understand what is
going on in the world today using historical contexts
to frame the conversations we have in society today.
I have been going to restaurants; Chicago’s
restaurants are great. I’m still discovering the
diverse restaurants just in my own neighborhood,
which is the South Loop area.
And I think I figured out the CTA el system.
It’s funny; I run into students on the el, and their
eyes get big when they see the Dean on public
transportation. I don’t think it’s a big deal, but it
surprises them.
I hope we’ll surprise a lot of people with what we
accomplish at the College!
Dean Clark Stanford Named UIC Distinguished Professor
“I view this as a recognition by
intellectual eminence.
Dean Clark Stanford has been
campus of the excellence of the
Dr. Stanford views his being
awarded the rare and prestigious
faculty in the College, and it bodes
named Distinguished Professor
title of UIC Distinguished
well to enhance collaborations
as the University recognizing the
Professor by the University’s
in research, education, and
work of the College.
Board of Trustees.
service throughout the University
“This is a strong distinction for
He is the first faculty member
and the Chicago
from the College
community,” he
to receive this
added.
recognition. Dr.
Interim
Stanford is one
Chancellor and
of only two sitting
Interim Vice
Deans to hold the
Chancellor for
title, and is only the
Academic Affairs
44th person ever
and Provost Eric
so honored in the
Gislason nominated
history of UIC.
Dean Stanford
“The title is
for Distinguished
given as an honor
Professor with the
to signify exemplary
strong support of
academic
Dr. Lon Kaufman,
performance,” Dr.
Assistant Vice
Stanford explained.
President for
Criteria used
Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Eric Gislason
Corporate and
by the Board for
(right) nominated Dean Stanford (left) for UIC Distinguished Professor.
Community
nomination and
Relations and the
appointment as
most recent Provost. “This is an
the College,” Dr. Stanford noted.
Distinguished Professor include
“It opens doors on campus. I most amazing show of strong support
outstanding scholarly/creative
from across the institutional
appreciate the respect, honor,
contributions, widely regarded
history of UIC for the College of
and recognition that oral health
leadership status within the
research plays a prominent role at Dentistry,” Dr. Stanford said.
nominee’s field, and recognition
UIC.
by arbiters of the highest level of
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Feature
Bountiful Harvest
Mother of Alum Establishes
Dr. Steven Burgard Scholarship;
Classmates Support Effort
By William S. Bike
An alumnus who passed away 30 years ago will
nonetheless have an impact on UIC College of
Dentistry students for decades to come.
The Dr. Steven Burgard Memorial Scholarship
has been established in the name of the late Dr.
Burgard, a member of the Class of 1971.
Steven was born to Dale and Maralee Burgard
in tiny Ipava, IL, less than a week before Christmas
in 1946. Located between Macomb and Lewistown,
the Fulton County village is in the heart of Illinois
farm country and has a population of 506.
Early on, Steven showed he was curious about
more than agriculture. “He was always enthusiastic
about new projects,” Maralee Burgard recalled. “By
first grade, he was interested
in reading new books, in art,
and in music. We thought
this was an excellent trait
until he came home one day
and informed us he wasn’t
going back to school.”
Why? “He told us he had
decided to wait and go to
high school,” Maralee said,
laughing. “Because in high
school they had such fun
things to do such as sports,
band, art, and science.”
Nonetheless, Steven’s
parents convinced him that
returning to grade school
was best for him and by
junior high he played piano
and tenor saxophone,
performed in the school
Dental Student Steven Burgard.
band, and excelled in
speech contests, particularly
in original orations.
Steven also worked at the local grocery store,
stocking shelves and carrying out grocery items for
customers.
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Dr. Burgard in his Colorado Springs office.
Interest in Science
In high school, science became his favorite
subject. “The science department was blessed with
a new teacher, a former medical technician who
had some new ideas to make science more
interesting,” Maralee recalled. “The class
visited a research lab in Peoria that produced
penicillin. Steven decided he was going to try
making some at home.”
For students as ambitious as Steven, the
pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly helped out
with test tubes and other materials.
“He used my pressure cooker to sterilize
equipment, and my refrigerator to store
lemons with mold,” Maralee recalled. “He
placed first at the district contest in Peoria
and went on to the state contest at the
University of Illinois at Urbana, where he
placed first again.”
After graduating from Vermont/Ipava/
Table Grove (VIT) High School in 1965,
Steven attended Bradley University in Peoria,
and then went on to the University of Illinois
College of Dentistry in 1967, where he
performed dentistry for the handicapped at
Illinois Masonic Hospital.
Both Steven Burgard and classmate
William Bleecker entered the College without
having earned undergraduate degrees—not an
unusual occurrence back then, which is why some
students earned a BS in dentistry from the College
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as well as a DDS. Steven earned his BS from the
At Ft. Carson, Capt. Burgard earned a letter of
College in 1969.
appreciation from his commanding officer,
“For those of us who had gotten there with only
Col. Charles R. Cochrane, for “the fine dental care
two years of undergrad, dental school was a lot
that is being afforded our patients.”
harder,” Dr. Bleecker noted. “Those who had earned
“He often assisted the dental surgeon,
degrees had microbiology, physiology, and anatomy
particularly on weekends when the GIs would have a
as undergrads and got better grades. We’d get B’s
few drinks and might get into a fight or two,” Maralee
and C’s.”
recalled.
Consequently, Dr. Bleecker recalled, Steven
It was while he was in the Army, however,
Burgard worried about flunking out. “Steve was a bit
that Dr. Burgard contracted hepatitis from treating
nervous and intense, but he
patients in the clinics.
wasn’t going to flunk out,”
“Nobody used gloves
Dr. Bleecker recalled. “He
in those days,” Dr. Bleecker
was a very hard worker, very
recalled. “We knew about
serious about dental school,
hepatitis, but we just didn’t
and a talented guy. But he
worry about it. Even the
also enjoyed the Psi Omega
oral surgery instructor at
dental fraternity parties. ”
the College didn’t wear
The two started out in a
gloves when he was taking
University dormitory. “There
out teeth, so we certainly
was a lot of camaraderie,”
weren’t wearing gloves in
Dr. Bleecker recalled. “Most
the Army.”
of us stayed up until two or
After leaving the
three in the morning waxing
Army in 1973, Dr. Burgard
Steven Burgard (front row, left) with other dental students
or casting, so you’d roam
decided to stay in Colorado,
at an Eli Lilly seminar. The company had supported Steven’s
from room to room and
and opened a practice in
research when he was in high school.
talk to people about your
Colorado Springs, where
projects. We were all in the
he designed his own dental
same boat.”
office.
Later, they moved to an
“He had a wood-burning
apartment on Laflin Street. “The rent
fireplace in his reception room,
was $75 per month,” Dr. Bleecker
stained glass windows, and a
recalled, “and the dental school
deck from which you could see
tuition was about $180 per quarter.
the Garden of the Gods Park,” Dr.
I got a scholarship from my State
Bleecker said. “He spent $2,000 to
Legislator for $60 per quarter, and
build a beautiful cedar wheelchair
that was a substantial amount.
ramp, and that wasn’t mandated. He
Even then, scholarship support was
just wanted to make things easier
important for the students. Now, it’s
on wheelchair patients.”
crucial.”
“He loved whitewater rafting
Dr. Burgard and Dr. Bleecker
and skiing in the Colorado Rockies,”
earned their DDS degrees in 1971.
Maralee recalled. “But he never
forgot his hometown friends; how
much he loved his grandparents’
Colorado Calls
Dale, Steven, and Maralee Burgard.
farm near Lewistown, and long
In the early 1970s, new
walks in the woods with parents,
graduates often went on to military
grandparents, and friends. From the front lawn of the
service, and Dr. Burgard was no exception, entering
farm you could see for miles, see the fields of grain,
the U.S. Army Dental Corps. He was stationed at Ft.
the cattle grazing, and the beautiful sunsets, and
Carson, CO. Dr. Burgard’s father, Dale, had been
enjoy the quiet in the country. Where he came from
stationed at the same location, then called Camp
was always an important part of his life.”
Carson, during World War II.
Dr. Burgard’s grandfather, Ezra Burgard,
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owned a Chevrolet
dealership in Ipava,
and that enabled
Dr. Burgard to get
a good deal on a
Corvette. When
Dr. Burgard settled
in Colorado, his
parents drove
the Corvette from
Ipava to Colorado
Springs. Stopping
at a diner along the
way, they noticed
a group of young
Dr. William Bleecker and Maralee men admiring the
Burgard.
sports car. When
the Burgards came
out to the car, the young men asked if the Corvette
was theirs, Maralee said yes, and that surprised the
young men a great deal. The Burgards had a good
laugh over the men’s reaction.
His Colorado practice was successful, and he
married Judy Schatzberg in
1984. A little over a year later,
however, on Sept. 27, 1985,
Dr. Burgard passed away from
complications from the hepatitis
he had contracted in the Army
nearly 15 years before.
memory of Dr. Burgard.
“Such a gift to the College will have a perpetual
benefit for dental students who are in need of
financial aid,” said Ted Collins, Maralee Burgard’s
attorney in Lewistown.
“After several discussions with Maralee, I
renewed contact with the College of Dentistry,”
Collins added. “I was surprised and encouraged that
Mark was still with the College.”
In 2014, Maralee Burgard and the College
reached an agreement—upon her passing, her
family’s home and 160 acres of farmland outside
Lewistown will be donated to the College.
At the gift closing, she and Collins brought the
letter that Valentino had sent her in 1998, as well as
cards and letters the Burgards had received from
members of the Class of 1971 after Valentino had
reached out to them.
The farm that Dr. Burgard loved so much will
provide funding for the dental school that he loved
as well.
Since the farm had been in Maralee Burgard’s
family for more than 100 years, it is officially
designated a Centennial Farm
by the Illinois Department of
Agriculture. The Centennial Farm
Program honors the generations
of farmers who have worked to
maintain family farms in Illinois.
Lewistown is in the Spoon
River area, made famous in
literature and in the theatre by
Honoring Dr. Burgard
Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River
In 1998 Dr. Jim Armstrong,
Anthology.
a member of the Dr. Burgard’s
How did young Steven get a Corvette for his
Although the gift of a farm
Class of 1971, saw an article
first car? His grandfather, Ezra Burgard, was a
may be unusual for a College
Cheverolet dealer.
in the Alumni Report (what
of Dentistry, with the University
Vision was called at the time) in
of Illinois Foundation serving
which Dr. Bleecker talked about
both urban and rural Illinois alumni and friends,
contributing to the College. He sent it to Dale and
it is familiar with the potential of such gifts. Jeff
Maralee Burgard, and they contacted Mark J.
Fehrenbacher, Gift Planning Advisor for the
Valentino, then Director of Advancement and Alumni
Foundation, was instrumental in assisting Valentino
Affairs for the College, to learn more about the
in closing on the gift with Maralee Burgard and
possibility of a gift to the College to honor their son.
Collins. Fehrenbacher retired from the Foundation
Valentino not only followed up with a letter
last year.
explaining how they could make a gift honoring
“Working with Mark and Jeff was very enjoyable
Dr. Burgard, but he contacted other members of the
and productive,” Collins said. “Any information or
Class of 1971 to let them know about Dr. Burgard’s
explanations that I needed to assist Maralee in the
passing.
process of the gift were promptly and professionally
Dale Burgard passed away in 2011, and Maralee
provided by Mark and Jeff.”
Burgard then began to think more about a legacy gift
After the gift was officially received by the
to the College to create a named scholarship fund in
University of Illinois Foundation, Valentino,
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become philanthropic themselves,” Dr. Pendleton
Dr. Bleecker, and Dr. Bleecker’s wife, Ada, have
added. continued to make stewardship visits to Maralee
“It is crucial for alumni and friends of UIC not
Burgard’s home in rural Lewistown. “Maralee very
only
to provide gifts during their lifetimes, but also
much enjoys those visits and I know that they
through
their estate planning,” said Jeff Nearhoof,
enjoy visiting with Maralee,” Collins said. “She is an
Vice
Chancellor
for Development for UIC. “In this
elegant and impressive lady.”
way,
alumni
and
friends of UIC can continue to have
After her passing, Mrs. Burgard’s gift will
an
incredible
impact
on the University. Whether
generate approximately $50,000 per year in
these
are
gifts
of
scholarship,
faculty endowment,
scholarships from the leasing of the land for crops
or
capital
improvement,
each
donor
increases
and an additional gift of personal assets. The total
the
access
to
excellence
that
is
UIC
and helps us
value of the Burgard estate provision is valued at
achieve
even
greater
accomplishments.
more than $1.5 million.
“A gift of the magnitude of Mrs. Burgard’s will
The Class of 1971, under the leadership of Dr.
likely
inspire others to make similar gifts to honor a
Bleecker, is raising money to provide a current use
loved
one,” Nearhoof continued. “So her gift will not
scholarship in Dr. Burgard’s memory. The initial letter
only
honor
Dr. Burgard, but will help the College of
of appeal went out in November 2014 and more than
Dentistry
grow
its endowment.”
$8,000 had been raised as of January. The first Dr.
“The high cost of
Steven Burgard Memorial
dental
education today is
Scholarship will be given at
something
that concerns me
the 2015 Senior Luncheon
greatly,”
said
Dean Clark
and Awards Program on
Stanford.
“That
is why we
May 6.
are
increasing
our
efforts
“Mrs. Burgard thus
to
raise
funds
for
student
would be able to see Steve
scholarships. Mrs. Burgard’s
honored in her lifetime,”
gift is truly inspirational. She
Dr. Bleecker said. “A gift in
understands the importance
Steve’s name would honor
of scholarships in helping
his service to his country,
students pay for their dental
his selfless dedication to his
education. I’d like to thank
patients, and support our
Mrs. Burgard from the
beloved alma mater.”
Hendee
Burgard
Homestead
on
Centennial
Farm.
The
bottom of my heart for her
“UIC College of
painting
is
by
Ipava,
IL,
artist
Louise
Woods.
Mrs.
Burgard,
generous gift to the College,
Dentistry students represent
whose
maiden
name
was
Hendee,
has
gifted
the
property
to
the
and for creating a legacy to
a variety of backgrounds,
College.
assure that Dr. Burgard’s
and the College strives
accomplishments are
to provide scholarships
remembered
here
for
all
time.”
to meet their financial needs,” noted Dr. Darryl
“It’s
so
important
for
our
donors to realize
Pendleton, Associate Dean for Student and
how
their
private
support
touches
the lives of our
Diversity Affairs. “Scholarship opportunities help
students
and,
in
turn,
the
lives
of
our
patients,”
support our students who may not qualify for a need
Valentino
said.
“The
College
will
be
honored
to have
based scholarship or students who do not meet the
Mrs.
Burgard
present
at
the
Senior
Luncheon
to
criteria for a merit based scholarship. Without the
meet
the
first
recipient
of
the
Dr.
Steven
Burgard
assistance of scholarship funding to help reduce or
Memorial Scholarship Fund.”
offset the cost of attendance, some students would
“Maralee is delighted with the prospect that a
have difficulties keeping and focusing on academic
current
use scholarship is being considered and
success.
implemented,”
Collins said.
“In addition to defraying the cost of tuition, a
To
make
a
gift to the Dr. Steven Burgard
scholarship can provide other benefits to a student’s
Memorial
Scholarship
Fund, contact Dr. Bleecker at
experience such as providing them with a solid
(630)
964-6762
or
[email protected],
or Assistant
financial footing upon graduation and possibly help
Vice
Chancellor
for
Development
Mark
Valentino
at
them develop a passion to support others and
(312) 413-7702 or [email protected].
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Ne ws
Predoctoral Implant
Program Honored
IDDP Becomes Doctor
of Dental Medicine
Advanced Standing
Degree Program
The International Dentist Degree Program has been
renamed the Doctor of Dental Medicine Advanced
Standing Degree Program (DMDAS).
“The new title more accurately reflects what
the program is about,” said Dr. Darryl Pendleton,
Associate Dean for Student and Diversity Affairs.
The program began in 1994 as a certificate
program for dentists trained outside the United
States and Canada. In 2008, it was upgraded to
a degree program that at first provided the DDS
degree, and now the DMD for United States citizens
or permanent residents who hold an international
(non-North American) dental degree.
Over the years IDDP and DDS/DMD students,
who once were educated separately with different
curricula, joined together more and more in their
clinical and didactic experiences.
“The DMDAS students now are totally integrated
into the DMD curriculum,” Dr. Pendleton said. “The
name change more accurately reflects the students’
actual experience.
“In addition, the word ‘international’ in the name
of the program caused confusion,” he added. “All
participants are United States citizens or permanent
residents.”
The College offers three ways to obtain a DMD
degree: the four-year DMD program, the DMD
Advanced Standing Degree Program, and the DMD
Advanced Standing Degree Program for Faculty.
“All three programs offer the same DMD degree,
therefore the names of the programs should reflect
this,” Dr. Pendleton said. “It’s the right thing to do.”
Starting this year, DMD and Advanced Standing
students were integrated alphabetically at the White
Coat ceremony, and will receive their degrees at
commencement together as well.
The name change took effect in October.
For more information, contact Dr. Pendleton at
[email protected].
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The Predoctoral Implant Program (PIP), directed
by Dr. Judy Yuan, Assistant Professor, Department
of Restorative Dentistry, received the 2014
Departmental Teaching Excellence Award. This
annual award is sponsored by the Council for
Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at
UIC. In recognition of its commitment to excellent
performance in teaching, the PIP will receive a
$20,000 one-time award.
Upon the CETL’s call for applications, the
College’s core PIP faculty submitted a portfolio
for consideration of the honor. “All academic
departments with a teaching mission are eligible
to apply,” Dr. Yuan explained. “The applicants
are encouraged to consider the following criteria:
teaching
and learning
activities,
development
of teaching,
provision of
resources
for students,
evaluation
of teaching
and learning
quality, and
descriptions
of a plan
Dr. Judy Yuan and the Predoctoral
for use of
Implant Program received a CETL grant.
awarded
funds.”
The funding will be used to enhance student
learning experiences and patient education in
implant dentistry in introduction of multi-media
resources demonstrating several clinical and
laboratory techniques used for Single Tooth Implant
and Implant Supported Overdenture implant
therapy; to develop a website specific to PIP to
inform Chicagoland residents of the implant services
provided at UIC and the discounted fees relative to
private practice; to update of brochures on implant
supported restorations, which help to educate UIC
patients of the intricacies of implant treatment; and
to implement of a community outreach program that
includes implant education and restorative options
to patients and healthcare providers at communitybased organizations including retirement homes and
healthcare offices.
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In alphabetical order, the list of co-applicants
includes faculty Dr. Fatemeh Afshari, MS Oral
Sciences-Prosthodontics ’09; Dr. Stephen
D. Campbell; Dr. Praveen Gajendrareddy,
Periodontics ’08; Dr. Rand Harlow, ’92,
Prosthodontics ’97; Dr. Michelle Howard Rynn;
Dr. Kent L. Knoernschild; Dr. Anna Manzotti; Dr.
Michael Miloro; Dr. Salvador Nares; Dr. Cortino
Sukotjo; and Dr. Swee Tan.
For more information about the Council for
Excellence in Teaching and Learning at UIC, visit
www.cetl.uic.edu.
—Kari Radjewski
NIDCR Funding of
Dr. Anne George’s Research
to Stretch to 23 Years
The National Institute of Dental Research of
the National Institutes of Health has decided to
fund the research of Dr. Anne George, Allan G.
Brodie Endowed Professor in the Brodie Tooth
Development Genetics and Regenerative Medicine
Research Laboratory and Professor of Oral Biology,
for another five years. This will result in 23 straight
years of NIDCR funding of Dr. George’s research.
Her research is on the role of the gene Dentin
Matrix Protein 1 (DMP1) in bone metabolism.
In 1992, Dr. George and her laboratory team
cloned DMP1 and published a paper on that
breakthrough. The paper contained the cDNA
sequence and the deduced amino acid composition
for this gene.
“We have
been trying
to identify the
function for this
protein, which is
predominantly
present in bone
and teeth,” Dr.
George said.
“Besides being
involved in the
mineralization
function, we now
know it plays an
important role in
Dr. Anne George.
bone metabolism.
Therefore, the
current proposal seeks to further clarify this role,
along with identifying its interacting partners.
“Since DMP1 is a calcium-binding protein, we
intend to identify how it regulates this function and
identify its interacting partners and their role in
mineralization,” she added.
Her NIDCR grant began in 1996 and now will
run through April 2019. The funding granted in her
latest extension “is a total of $399,500 each year for
the next five years,” Dr. George said.
“Nature uses simple proteins like DMP1 with
multifunctional capabilities to produce large calcified
structures such as our skeleton and teeth,” Dr.
George explained.
“The way nature regulates their function is mindboggling. Deciphering a little bit of their function by
my lab members is gratifying. I am amazed from
what we learn in the lab regarding the function of this
protein with simple experiments,” she concluded.
Drs. George, Kolokythas
Earn Inaugural Faculty
Research Awards
With the College’s increased emphasis on research
it has established
a new honor, the
Faculty Research
Award.
Dr. Anne
George, Allan G.
Brodie Endowed
Professor,
Brodie Tooth
Development
Genetics and
Regenerative
Medicine
Research
Laboratory, and
Professor of
Oral Biology;
Dr. Antonia Kolokythas.
and Dr. Antonia
Kolokythas,
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) ’04, MS Oral
Sciences, ’11, Associate Professor, Department of
OMFS, were named the inaugural recipients.
The award was proposed by the Office of
Faculty Affairs to the Research Committee, which
established the award this year following approval
by then-Interim Dean Dr. Bill Knight.
“The award recognizes exemplary commitment
to research in the faculty member’s area of
scholarship and for inspiring and promoting
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excellence in research at the College,” said Dr.
David Crowe, Interim Associate Dean for Research.
Dr. George’s research examines molecular
mechanisms involved in the ordered mineralization
of dentin. Her studies have focused on dentin
mineralization as a model system because of its
uniformity and metabolic simplicity relative to bone.
She and her laboratory team have
“made seminal contributions in the areas of
biomineralization and odontoblast differentiation
that have dramatically expanded our knowledge of
craniofacial development,” Dr. Crowe said.
Dr. Carla Evans, Head of the Department of
Orthodontics, nominated Dr. George.
Dr. Kolokythas’s research interests focus on oral
cancer—specifically early detection that significantly
impacts on survival. In collaboration with other
cancer investigators, her research has focused on
gene expression analysis in oral squamous cell
carcinoma in high-risk populations using RNA from
brush cytology.
“Her research will improve detection of early
cancers and high-risk oral pre-malignant lesions
and employ non-invasive methods to study gene
expression changes associated with these lesions,”
Dr. Crowe said.
Dr. Michael Miloro, Head of the Department
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, nominated Dr.
Kolokythas.
The Faculty Research Award “demonstrates to
the future dentists that besides traditional methods
of practicing dentistry, we are interested in the
science behind it,” Dr. George said. “Research
helps us to understand the science behind tooth
formation and repair. UIC is a great researchoriented institution, and the College of Dentistry is
no exception.”
“It’s a major honor to be recognized for my
research efforts,” Dr. Kolokythas said. “It signifies
that my efforts and work are appreciated among my
prestigious colleagues.”
Collaboration by Drs. Adami
and Schwartz Nets Grants
and Cancer Insight
Dr. Guy Adami, Associate Professor, and Dr. Joel
Schwartz, Professor, Oral Medicine and Diagnostic
Sciences, in September received a grant from
the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) for $159,000 to study “Microbial Surrogate
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Assay Environmental PAH (polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon) Exposure.”
Drs. Adami and Schwartz have been engaged
in laboratory and clinical studies to detect, screen,
and reduce risk for head and neck cancers. Their
oral health projects range from clinical research
on the potential benefits of green tea and other
nutraceuticals to painless oral cancer detection
tools.
The latter research now is being conducted,
in part, through Arphion, the biomedical company
the two founded in 2008. The Schwartz and Adami
collaboration has resulted in one U.S. patent for a
novel gene screening tool and several grants from
the NIH and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
In the last year, a two-year study, “Green Tea
Effects on Gene Expression in Tobacco Users,”
was funded by the National Cancer Institute to
evaluate green tea as a source of polyphenol
(flavonoid) activators of genes that induce cell death
among epithelial cells damaged by tobacco smoke
generated chemicals. A novel goal of this study is to
develop a gene signature for a common over-thecounter beverage, which will later be used to assess
reduction in harm from tobacco products.
“We may find quite quickly that some people
benefit from green tea consumption while others do
not,” said Dr. Adami.
In conjunction with their biotechnology start-up,
Drs. Adami and Schwartz have been awarded two
small business grants, one back in January and the
most recent one in September.
The first was from the NSF to develop a
chairside gene screening service that uses a noninvasive oral brush to harvest RNA and then uses
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that RNA to identify oral disease. It is hoped this
approach will have a high level of accuracy to
evaluate risk for oral cancer.
The most recent NIEHS grant will fund research
to determine the presence of a unique set of
bacteria in the throat of tobacco smokers. This
bacteria set has the ability to release carcinogen and
participate in cancer formation. It comes out of work
that Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Lin Tao, Professor, Oral
Biology, started two years ago and with Dr. Adami’s
help the concept is being tested in the clinic.
“We want to determine how common these
bacteria are,” said Dr. Schwartz. “The environment
that causes these bacteria to persist can also come
from additional sources, such as industrial pollution
and diesel fumes.”
Currently there is no relatively low cost, easy
means to assess exposure to pollutant generated
chemicals that enhance risk for head and neck
cancers and other upper airways diseases.
Dr. David Kumamoto Named
Lou Liay Spirt Award Winner
Dr. David Kumamoto, ’76, MS Medical Psych ’78, a
former faculty member in Restorative Dentistry, was
named the 2014 Lou Liay Spirit Award recipient by
the University.
Established in 1997, the award is presented by
the University of Illinois Alumni Association to alumni
who have consistently demonstrated extraordinary
spirit and pride in support of the University, the
Alumni Association, and related organizations,
exemplifying a positive image of their alma mater
and inspiring loyalty and pride in their fellow alumni.
The award is named after Lou Liay, Executive
Dr. David Kumamoto, shown as a Torchbearer before a UIC
Flames game, was the 2014 Lou Liay Spirit Award recipient.
Director of the University of Illinois Alumni
Association from 1983 to 1998.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Kumamoto was
one of the most active faculty members at UIC. He
also has served on the College’s Dental Alumni
Association Board of Directors, the UIC Campus
Alumni Advisory Board, the University of Illinois
Alumni Association Board of Directors, the UIC
Senate, the UIC Scholarship Benefit Committee,
the UIC Committee on Cultural Diversity, the UIC
College of Dentistry Dean’s Evaluation Committee,
and the 2010 Search Committee for a new Head
UIC men’s basketball coach.
Dr. Kumamoto has served as team dentist for
UIC Flames sports teams since 1983. He started as
team dentist for the old UIC men’s ice hockey team.
“I attended all home games in case of
emergencies and, with the help of dental students,
I made a custom mouth guard for every player,”
Dr. Kumamoto said. “After ice hockey was dropped
in 1993, I attended UIC’s men’s and women’s
basketball home games and other sports.”
Concerning his board memberships, he noted,
“The chance to meet and work with people from all
over the U.S. and internationally was made possible
by being involved in all these organizations.”
Dr. Kumamoto said that “as a former faculty
member and an alumnus, UIC really has been an
important part of my life. I’ve met so many people at
UIC over the years, and I probably helped educate
about 3,000 dental students. I can’t imagine not
being involved in some way.”
—William S. Bike and Phil Rockrohr
Implant Expert Dr. Tolga Tozum
Joins College from Turkey
The College’s Vision statement calls for it to be
a “world leader,” and that achievement means a
stellar international reputation. Attracted by that
reputation and for the implant dentistry opportunities
the College affords, Dr. Tolga Tozum joined the
College’s Department of Periodontics as a Clinical
Associate Professor.
“I will be working in mostly postgraduate
student education, clinical research studies mostly
focused on implant dentistry, and also in predoctoral
education,” he said.
Dr. Tozum noted his goals are, “improvement
of clinical research in periodontics and implant
dentistry, performing multi-center clinical research
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Dr. Tolga Tozum.
collaborations internationally, and teaching students
my best about advanced periodontics and implant
dentistry”
A strong researcher, Dr. Tozum has published
“around 80 manuscripts including original articles,
review papers, and case reports in international
scientific and medical journals—some in Europe and
some in the United States,” he explained.
His research mostly has focused on implant
dentistry, including implant stability—resonance
frequency and analysis, damping capacity
assessment, and insertion torque values; marginal
bone loss and gain around implants; and periimplant crevicular fluid evaluation (nitric oxide,
myeloperoxidase, ICTP, and osteocalcin) for the
long term.
“I am also very interested in bone quality,
bone anatomy, and landmarks related to implant
dentistry,” Dr. Tozum noted, and he has several
new publications about computerized tomographic
evaluations coming out in Cyprus, Lithuania, Saudi
Arabia, Spain, Turkey, and the U.S.
Dr. Darien Weatherspoon
Joins Prevention and Public
Health Sciences
Dr. Darien Weatherspoon has joined the faculty
within the Division of Prevention and Public Health
Sciences as an Assistant Professor of Pediatric
Dentistry on tenure track.
Upon graduation from the University of Maryland
College of Dental Surgery, Dr. Weatherspoon went
on to complete the Advanced Education in General
Dentistry (A.E.G.D.) Residency Certificate program
at the School of Dentistry at the University of
Michigan. He then earned a Master of Public Health
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in epidemiology from the University of Michigan
School of Public Health.
Just prior to joining UIC, Dr. Weatherspoon
completed a Dental Public Health Residency at
the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research at the National Institutes of Health.
His research focus is on using epidemiologic
methods to understand the determinants of
oral health
disparities. Dr.
Weatherspoon
has additional
interest in
health literacy,
including the
role of provider
communication
in improving
health literacy. He
expects to
engage in
research with the
ultimate goal of
improving oral
Dr. Darien Weatherspoon.
health at the
population level.
“Given the
College’s reputation for teaching excellence beyond
clinical dentistry, focusing on service and population
based learning, I am excited about sharing my
knowledge and background, and contributing to
UIC’s community of teachers and learners,” he said.
—Kari Radjewski
Dr. Bin Yang Joins
Restorative Dentistry Faculty
Dr. Bin Yang, recently hired as Clinical Assistant
Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, is
enthusiastic about her new role.
Dr. Yang explained, “Teaching? I love it. I
love to pass what I learned on to dental students,
and constantly learn something new from other
experienced educators and from new technology in
the dental school.”
She continued, “Research? I love it, since I am
always curious about many things, and am open to
new things.”
Dr. Yang added, “Clinical practice? I love it,
since my goal since childhood has been to become
a good dentist.
“I am glad that I can do all three here,” she
Winter 2015
said. “That is why I chose to work at the College of
Dentistry at UIC.”
“My responsibilities require a three-day per week
time commitment in the predoctoral and/or advanced
prosthodontic/graduate education programs,” Dr.
Yang explained. “These responsibilities include
general pre-doc instruction, preclinical and clinical,
and the mentoring of graduate students working
towards a Master of Oral Science degree.”
Dr. Yang spends up to two days per week in
the ProCare Implant and Innovations Center and
DENTSPLY Implants clinic, and one day per week
is devoted to faculty and/or curriculum development
activities.
She was educated in three countries, earning
her specialty
training and MSc
in Restorative
Dentistry and
Dental Biomaterials
from the School
of Stomatology in
Peking University,
China; her DMD and
PhD from ChristianAlbrechts University
in Kiel, Germany; and
her Prosthodontics
certificate from the
Eastman Institute
Dr. Bin Yang.
for Oral Health at
the University of
Rochester in New York.
“In Germany, my thesis advisor was
Dr. Matthias Kern,” Dr. Yang explained. “He is
a very famous scholar in European dentistry. He
measures almost everything which he can measure,
and it was wonderful to do research with him and
clinical training in his department.”
At the College, teaching is her first responsibility.
“I have a lot of background in teaching,” she
explained. “In China, I was an assistant professor
at Zhengzhou University and Peking University, and
after I got my DMD and PhD in Germany, I taught
pre-doc in dental school at Christian-Albrechts
University for two years, too
Recent Grad Dr. Thiago Vinhas
Returns as Faculty Member
“It’s great to come back as a faculty member,” said
Dr. Thiago Vinhas, Clinical Assistant Professor,
Oral Medicine
and Diagnostic
Sciences.
Dr. Vinhas
earned his DDS
from the College
in 2014, and
was pleased to
receive an offer
to teach at the
College.
“I’m involved
with pre-clinical
courses, and I’ve
been working
Dr. Thiago Vinhas.
with Dr. Ken
Gehrke [’82,
Prosthodontics
’84]. and Dr. Anna Organ-Boshes [’00],” Dr.
Vinhas explained. He has taught students on
removable and fixed partial dentures, “guiding them
through their lab work on the basics, helping them
understand concepts, and training them in and
helping them practice hand dexterity, so that they
have a good foundation to apply later on patients,”
Dr. Vinhas said.
“Teaching is never a one way street,” he
continued. “At the same time that I hope to be
successfully training future professionals to the
best of their abilities—instigating critical thinking
and stimulating their interest in several aspects of
dentistry, such as attention to detail—there is always
something to learn from them on daily practice;
things that improve my skills as well.”
Hailing originally from Brazil, he is fluent in
Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Dr. Ana Bedran-Russo
Named MOST Director
Dr. Ana Bedran-Russo, Associate Professor,
Restorative Dentistry, has been named Program
Director of the Multidisciplinary Oral Science
Training (MOST) program, supported by a T32
National Institutes of Health training grant.
The MOST program prepares students for
research in clinical, basic, and translational sciences
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in craniofacial/
dental research.
She
succeeds Dr.
Luisa DiPietro,
Associate Vice
Chancellor for
Research, who
will remain active
with the MOST
program.
“It is truly
an honor to
become the new
Dr. Ana Bedran-Russo.
Program Director
of MOST,” Dr.
Bedran-Russo said. “The timing was perfect. Dr.
DiPietro successfully renewed the T32 grant a year
ago, and this puts me in a great position to keep the
ball rolling and grow the program.”
—Prashant Bommi, special from
In the Loupe newsletter
Dr. David Avenetti Appointed
Program Director of Pediatric
Dentistry Postgraduate Program Dr. David Avenetti has been named Program
Director of the Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate
Program, after serving for a little over a year as
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry.
His clinical responsibilities include serving as
an attending
in the PostGrad Pediatric
Dentistry Clinic
and the University
of Illinois Hospital
operating room.
“As the
resident
curriculum shifts
to include more
core didactic
courses, I am
serving as the
course director for Dr. David Avenetti.
the Orthodontics/
Growth and
Development course and the Co-Director of the
Pulp Therapy Course, while also lecturing in CE and
predoctoral courses,” Dr. Avenetti explained.
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He serves as a chair and committee member for
resident research, and is involved in other research
collaborations as well.
Dr. Avenetti noted he is excited about the
recently developed “mixed dentition” clinic—a
partnership between the Department of Pediatric
Dentistry and Department of Orthodontics. “I hope
that the newly developed collaboration will provide
residents with excellent learning opportunities and
provide patients with much-needed interceptive
orthodontic care,” he said.
Outside of the College, he serves on the
editorial board of the Journal of Dentistry for
Children and the American Academy of Pediatric
Dentistry’s Residents Committee. “I have a strong
interest in organized dentistry, advocacy, and
general public health efforts,” Dr. Avenetti concluded.
Dr. Avenetti also is focusing on examining
systems and processes within residency, the
department, and patient care to increase quality
and efficiency. “This includes participating in the
restructuring of the resident curriculum and clinical
policies and procedures,” he said.
After earning a Bachelor’s degree in Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies at the
University of Southern California, he earned his DDS
from the University of California at Los Angeles.
He then went on to earn a Certificate in Pediatric
Dentistry, an MSD, and an MPH at the University of
Washington. Reunion Set for April 17
UIC College of Dentistry, Loyola University Chicago,
and Northwestern University dental alumni will
gather at the 2015 College of Dentistry Reunion
at Carlisle Banquets, 435 E. Butterfield Road in
Lombard, IL, Friday, April 17. The Carlisle has
proven a popular site for the Reunion in recent
years.
All UIC, Loyola, and Northwestern dental alumni
and UIC faculty are invited. Tickets are $115. A
reception will be held at 6:30 p.m., with dinner at
7:30 p.m.
Alumni, colleagues from other dental schools,
spouses, friends, and faculty all will enjoy Reunion
2015. It will feature special recognition for members
of DDS and specialty programs whose graduation
hears ended in a “5” or “0.” (All are invited, but
to hold costs down, only members of class years
ending in those numbers will receive a formal
invitation.)
Winter 2015
Special awards will be presented to Dr. Frank
W. Licari, ’86, Distinguished Dental Alumnus;
Dr. Susan A. Rowan, ’84, Dr. E. Lloyd Du Brul
Faculty Achievement Award; Dr. Thomas C. Lakars, ’67, MS Anatomy ’69, Dr. F. William Towner
Organized Dentistry Award; Dr. Michael J. Biasiello, Loyola ’85, Dr. Raffaele Suriano Award; Dr.
Alexander H. Chan, ’78, University of Illinois Alumni
Loyalty Award; Dr. Brian C. Homann, ’12, Young
Alumnus/Alumna of the Year; and Dr. Frank A.
Maggio, Loyola ’71, UIC Periodontics ’75, Dr. Irwin
B. Robinson President’s Leadership Award.
Table seating will be by class year. Color photographs will be taken of all classes and may be purchased at the event.
In recent years, more faculty, young alumni, and
Loyola and Northwestern alumni have attended in
increasing numbers. UIC College of Dentistry alumni
are urged to invite their Loyola and Northwestern
colleagues.
Anyone from any year interested in more
information can obtain it from the College’s website
at dentistry.uic.edu, and click on the Alumni Reunion
icon.
For additional information, contact Ana Lisa
Ogbac at the College’s Office of Advancement at
(312) 996-0485 or [email protected].
graduated no more than ten years previously from
the College’s DMD or postgraduate programs.
Criteria for the award include humanitarian
and philanthropic efforts; leadership roles
and accomplishments in organized dentistry;
accomplishments in research, education, article
and/or textbook writing, military, government,
promotion of access to care or alleviating disparity
of care or other public service; innovations in dental
techniques, equipment, or dental products; or other
accomplishments that have brought honor or have
been of benefit to the University and the College of
Dentistry.
The
award
recipient
will be
chosen
by the
UIC
Dental
Alumni
Association
Board
Dr. Brian Homann, ’12, first recipient of the
of DirecYoung Alumnus/Alumna of the Year Award
tors.
(center), in his student days with then-Dean
Anyone
Bruce Graham and then Associate Dean for
may
Research Phil Marucha.
nominate
a candidate by presenting his or her name to the
board.
“The College has a lot of dynamic, accomplished
young alumni who are achieving great things,” said
Dr. Frank Maggio, Loyola ’71, UIC Periodontics ’75,
President of the Board. “The Board felt it was appropriate to create a special honor for these young
leaders in the dental profession.”
The first recipient of the honor is Dr. Brian C.
Homann, ’12.
For more information or to register for the
reunion, call (312) 996-8495.
New Young Alumnus Award
to be Conferred at Reunion
Golf Outing a Success After
Rescheduling; Sign Up for 2015
Alumni enjoy re-establishing friendships at the College’s
Reunion.
The UIC Dental Alumni Association Board of
Directors recently voted to create a new honor for
alumni called the Young Alumnus Award.
The award will be presented annually at the
College’s Reunion to an alumnus or alumna who
The College’s 2014 Golf Outing was rescheduled
from Sept. 10 to Oct. 15 due to rain. It rained on Oct.
15 as well, but golfers hit the Cog Hill Golf & Country
Club links anyway and had a good time.
Winner of the longest drive among the men was
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Cog Hill will once again be the site of the College’s Golf
Outing in 2015.
Jim Izzo, and among the women it was Carolyn
Suh. Closest to the pin was Steve Sidmore. Suh
also won the award for longest putt.
Silver-level sponsor for the event was Bisco
Inc. Additionally, the Golf Outing was sponsored by
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Bennett Technologies, MicroDental Tassi, Southpoint
Insurance, and the U.S. Army.
The College’s 24th annual Golf Outing will be
held on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Cog Hill. Golfers
will be able to play a standard course or have the
option of playing Dubsdread, home of the Western
Open, at an additional cost.
There will be a shotgun start at 1 p.m., and golf
will be followed by dinner at 6 p.m.
Alumni are encouraged to organize foursomes
of their classmates.
For more information about the Golf Outing,
contact Ana Lisa Ogbac of the College’s Office of
Advancement and Alumni Affairs at (312) 996-0485,
or email her at [email protected].
Dr. Thomas Diekwisch Joins
Baylor University in Dual Role
Dr. Thomas G.H. Diekwisch has left the College
to join Baylor
University in
Dallas, TX,
as Director of
the Center for
Craniofacial
Research and
Diagnosis and
the Chair of the
Department of
Periodontics.
At the UIC
College of
Dentistry, Dr.
Diekwisch served
Dr. Thomas G.H. Diekwisch.
as Professor
and Head of
the Department of Oral Biology; Director of the
Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics; the
Allan G. Brodie Endowed Chair for Orthodontic
Research; and Professor of Anatomy/Cell Biology,
Bioengineering, Orthodontics, and Periodontics.
His dual role at Baylor, he said, is a “logical
continuation of what I began at UIC with my
Advanced Oral Sciences and Periodontics classes.
Specifically, I will be creating an environment
that facilitates clinical excellence and innovation
together with basic and clinical research, and
provides continuous venues for translational crossfertilization.”
Winter 2015
President’s Messa ge
New Leadership Means
Dynamic Progress
for University
Dear Alumni and Friends:
In my last President’s Message, I had the honor of
giving you my insight into the appointment of
Dr. Clark Stanford as the College’s Dean.
At that time, I predicted that he would be up
to the task of keeping the College on the path to
greatness. As a faculty member and President
of the UIC Dental Alumni Association Board of
Directors, I have the privilege of working with Dean
Stanford regularly, and I’m pleased to report that my
prediction already is coming true.
Dean Stanford is excited to meet alumni, faculty,
staff, and students and to learn from us. When he
wants to see somebody in the College, more often
than not he’ll just drop in on the person in his or her
office or clinic. He’s very relaxed and approachable,
and that comfortable attitude on his part allows for
some great discussions at the College.
He wants to make life at the College more fun
and, as you can see by the cover of this issue of
Vision, that just might include a surprise visit by
UIC’s mascot, Sparky D. Dragon, who had never
come to the College before until Dean Stanford
invited him.
Every Friday, Dean Stanford sends out his
“Smile of the Week” to faculty, staff, and students—
good news about the College with pictures of people
smiling around the building. This friendly initiative
has proven to be extremely popular here at the
College.
But make no mistake, Dr. Stanford is as serious
as he can be about improving the College. Working
with Department Heads and faculty, he’s developed
a first-year agenda for improving curriculum, patient
care, administration, and research. He’s also dealing
with the College’s ever-shrinking budget, and
making sure that the HVAC (heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning) system will be completely replaced.
It’s not unusual to receive an email from Dr.
Stanford deep into the evening. He’s on the job 24/7,
making our College of Dentistry a better place.
The College hosts a variety of events in which
Dr. Frank A. Maggio.
alumni such as us can greet the Dean. I hope you’ll
take advantage of the opportunity to meet him. I’m
confident you’ll enjoy getting to know Clark Stanford.
Dr. Stanford recently was joined by two new
leaders on the University management team.
We have a new President, Dr. Timothy L.
Killeen, formerly State University of New York Vice
Chancellor for Research. Earlier, he had been a
faculty member and administrator at the University
of Michigan, and had worked at the National Science
Foundation.
UIC has a new Chancellor, Dr. Michael D.
Amiridis, formerly Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Provost at the University
of South Carolina. He has been a professor,
researcher, and senior administrator.
With these new leaders now in place, our
world-class University can build on its history of
accomplishment to envision and define the future of
public comprehensive higher education for years to
come.
Alumni Role
While our leadership is new, the University’s
and College’s fundraising needs are not. State
assistance has been dwindling for years, forcing
your College of Dentistry to come up with innovative
ways to raise revenue. Our students see more
patients at the College than ever, and Dean Stanford
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has made collections a priority.
The College has done a fantastic job during the
Brilliant Futures and Centennial Campaigns raising
money for infrastructure improvements. I’m proud to
say that my wife, Chris, and I have done our part,
contributing to the Sterilization Room in the new
Department of Periodontics Postgraduate Clinic.
I hope you’ll continue to do your part, too. The
College still has some important infrastructure
needs in several clinical areas. Your private
support can name operatories or cover the cost
of critical technology in our DMD/DMD Advanced
Standing-focused Group Practice Clinics and
within the specialties of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry, Periodontics, and
Prosthodontics. We also are seeking private funding
for our Center for Diagnostic Imaging.
In addition to these capital improvement needs,
the College is focusing its fundraising efforts on
current use and named student scholarships and
faculty endowments. This issue of Vision features a
great article about the family of the late Dr. Steven
Burgard, and his 1971 classmates, establishing a
scholarship to honor his memory that will benefit
dental students for generations.
If you similarly would like to make a gift that
impacts our students and faculty and honors your
commitment to the dental profession, the College’s
Advancement Team is ready to assist you in
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supporting the transformation of our clinics or by
helping create a scholarship or faculty endowment.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me about
making a donation, about alumni events, the
College, and anything else on your mind. I’d
welcome hearing from you by email at maggiof@
sbcglobal.net or by phone at (847) 697-4646.
Whether you’ve been an active alumnus or have
not been involved in the College for a while, or if
you’re an alum of the Loyola University Chicago
School of Dentistry, the Northwestern University
School of Dentistry, or another dental school,
the College and its board welcome you and your
involvement.
We have professional development, networking,
and fun activities, and I hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Dr. Frank A. Maggio, DDS Loyola ’71,
Periodontics UIC ’75
President, UIC Dental Alumni Association
Board of Directors
[email protected]
Winter 2015
Alumni Association
2 p.m. shotgun start • Dinner to follow
$125 includes golf, golf cart, and dinner • $40 dinner only
Dubsdread Course, home of the Western Open, available for $195,
includes golf, golf cart, and dinner
Sept. 16, 2015
Send reservations to:
Cog Hill Golf & Country Club
12294 Archer Ave., Lemont, IL 60439
For more information,
contact Ana Lisa Ogbac
at (312) 996-0485 or
[email protected].
Office of Advancement and
Alumni Affairs (MC 621)
801 South Paulina Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Detach and send with your check made payable to UIC Dental Alumni Association by Aug. 29.
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Alumni Cla ss Ne ws
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husband. Dr. Weine, ’57, was a faculty member in
the Department of Endodontics, and also taught at
the Loyola University Chicago School of Dentistry for
many years.
Jack Hauptman, Chicago, turned
100 on Jan. 22, 2015. He was visited
on his birthday by Assistant Vice Chancellor
for Development Mark J. Valentino, and Jack
reminisced about his teachers including Drs. Allan
Brodie, Isaac Schour, Maury Massler, and Stanley
Tylman. Jack had practiced in Cicero, IL, and
Skokie, IL.
(45-year Reunion, 2015)
H. Todd Cubbon, Crete, IL, was Chair of
the Sesquicentennial Committee of the
Chicago Dental Society.
’70
’57
Sigurds O. Krolls, Madison, MS, has
retired as a faculty member with the rank
of Professor Emeritus at the University of Mississippi
School of Dentistry and Medicine. “My third try!”,
he writes. He was granted Emeritus status by the
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Patholgy.
’64
Larry R. Mittendorf, Murphysboro, IL,
writes, “In April, I joined with several of my
classmates at our 50th class Reunion. The Class
of ’64 was a great class and I enjoyed seeing all
that came, even if we all had gray hair, or no hair in
spots. 75th reunion? We’ll talk about that later. This
year, I also celebrated my 50th year of surviving
cancer. I was in a study group of 30 cancer patients.
I was the only one to survive. It’s been a great 50
years.”
Bobby W. Austin, Linn Creek, MO, has
two children who are dentists.
’75
’77
’78
George Zehak, Berwyn, IL, is PresidentElect of the Chicago Dental Society.
Richard Bona, Lansing, IL, spoke on
denture repairs at the Chicago Dental
Society Midwinter Meeting 2015.
’79
Larry Carr, Sterling, MI, writes that he
worked as an oral surgeon at the Michigan
Mission of Mercy in June 2014 at Ferris State
University in Big Rapids, MI. “I completed four shifts
equaling 18 hours of Oral Surgery within a two-day
period. I worked the same schedule at the 2013
Michigan Mission of Mercy.
“The Oral Surgery Clinic performed the most
difficult outpatient dental alveolar procedures
possible using local anesthesia alone. I performed
multiple flap surgeries. My patients were most
grateful for their dental care. I feel it is very important
that we who have been given great talents give
back. My greatest mentor, Dr. Kenneth Anderson,
’54, now passed away, a teacher at the College in
the 1970s, was the first to tell me this professionally,”
Larry wrote.
Jim Frett, Mt. Prospect, IL, was General Chair
of the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting in
2014.
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Dr. Jerome Strofs, ’64, and his sister, Dorothy Weine, in front
of the plaque at the College honoring the late Dr. Franklin S.
Weine, ’57, husband of Dorothy.
Jerome Strofs, Los Angeles, CA, visited the
College with his sister, Dorothy Weine, in October.
They toured the College and visited the Dr. Franklin
S. Weine Endodontic Suite, named for Dorothy’s late
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Thomas Gibbs and his staff at Smile Glen
Ellyn celebrated the one-year anniversary
of their Glen Ellyn, IL, dental office in October 2014.
Timothy Walsh, Periodontics, Hinsdale, IL,
has been re-elected to the Board of Trustees of
the American Academy of Periodontology. He
represents the Fourth District, which includes Illinois
and ten other Midwestern states. He now is the
senior Trustee from the Midwest. He is a former
President of the Midwest Society of Periodontology
Winter 2015
and the Illinois Society
of Periodontists, and
an Associate Professor
of Periodontics at the
College. He earned his
DDS from the Loyola
University Chicago
School of Dentistry in
1979.
Robert S. Deaver, Chicago, completed surgical
training at the University of California at Los Angeles
to assist with cleft lip surgeries. He also spent ten
days in Haiti in March 2014 working with Doctors
Without Borders.
Donald C. Demas, Watertown, CT,
in 2013 was voted as a top dentist in
Connecticut for the seventh time by his peers.
Robert Rada, LaGrange, IL, was quoted in the
Oct. 20, 2014, New York Times article “For Children
With Autism, Opening a Door to Dental Care.”
’85
’82
David
Barack,
Skokie, IL, spoke
Dr. Timothy Walsh, Loyola
on Immediate
DDS ’79, UIC Periodontics
Provisionalization of
’81.
the Full Arch Implant
Reconstruction at the
Chicago Dental Society
Midwinter Meeting 2015.
’87
Fred Stroner, Carol Stream, IL, is pleased
to announce that his son Brian has
attained the rank of Eagle Scout. This is the highest
honor a Boy Scout may receive and only 4% of all
boys who enter Scouting will achieve this distinction.
ISDS Honors Dr. Durbin, Dr. Schwartz, and Dr. Soltys
Dr. Michael Durbin, ’88, MS Orthodontics ’90, and Dr. Timmothy Schwartz, ’79, were presented with
President’s Awards at the Illinois State Dental Society’s 150th Annual Session in Schaumburg, IL, in
September.
In presenting the awards, ISDS Past President Dr. Brian Soltys, ’79, said that in choosing the two he
decided to “narrow my criteria to dentists who just seemed to be everywhere.”
Dr. Durbin is the President of Dent-IL-PAC, Chair of the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO)
Council on Orthodontic Healthcare, Vice Chair of the American Dental Association Council on Membership,
Vice Chair of the Chicago Dental Society Foundation, President of
the Illinois Society of Orthodontists, and he serves as an American
Dental Association Delegate and on the Board of the AAO Donated
Orthodontic Services foundation.
“I get a great sense of accomplishment when I work with my
patients and watch them develop from shy, quiet kids to engaging
young adults with very interesting personalities,” Dr. Durbin said. “I
get this same feeling when I am working with newer leaders who
then become mentors for those who follow them.”
Dr. Schwartz has been Speaker of the House for the ISDS
Dr. Timmothy Schwartz, Dr. Brian Soltys,
since 2013 and serves on the Illinois State Board of Dentistry. He
has held, at various times, every office in the Peoria District Dental and Dr. Michael Durbin. Dr. Schwartz
and Dr. Durbin received ISDS President’s
Society, and has served the ISDS on several committees, as a
Awards from Dr. Soltys.
delegate, and on the Board of Trustees. Dr. Schwartz is in his third
year providing leadership to Mission of Mercy, recently serving
as Co-Chair of and effort that provided more than $1.1 million in dental care to over 2,000 underserved
patients.
“I can’t imagine my career without my involvement,” Dr. Schwartz said. “It’s become a large and
satisfying part of what I do every day. It’s given me so much personal growth and incredible opportunities
that I would not have had without it. And so many lasting friendships around the State and the entire
country.”
Dr. Soltys also received his President’s plaque at the event.
—Courtesy Illinois Dental News
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Brian has been involved
in Scouting for the past 12
years. Brian is currently a
freshman at the University
of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign studying
business and computer
science.
School of Dental Medicine
commencement June 7,
2014.
’92
Martin Rogers,
Endodontics ’96,
Glenview, IL, is Treasurer
for the Edgar D. Coolidge
Endodontic Study Club in
2014-15.
’89
James Gavrilos,
Addison, IL,
Manal Ibrahimhas achieved Accredited
LaVacca,
Members status in the
Prosthodontics ’96,
American Academy of
Naperville, IL, and her
Cosmetic Dentistry.
Brian Stroner, Eagle Scout, and son of Dr. Fred Stroner, ’87.
husband, Dr. Anthony
Paul F. Kattner,
LaVacca, announced
MS Orthodontics ’91,
that their practices have
Waukegan, IL, was the
been awarded Naperville’s Best Dentist for 2014
keynote speaker at the Southern Illinois University
’93
Dr. James Izzo Lights the Flame
Dr. James Izzo, a member of the University of Illinois at Chicago Dental Alumni Association Board of
Directors and the Board’s official Loyola University Chicago School of Dentistry representative, was given
the honor of being the Torchbearer and Lighting the Flame before the UIC Flames/Loyola Ramblers
basketball game on Dec. 6, 2014. Dr. Izzo earned his DDS from the Loyola School of Dentistry in 1979.
The UIC College of Dentistry often is given the honor of choosing the Torchbearer when the UIC Flames
play the Loyola Ramblers at UIC, and the College’s leadership chose Dr. Izzo because of his activity on the
Board. In recent years, the Board and the UIC College of Dentistry have made a strong effort to bring Loyola
School of Dentistry alumni, whose dental school
closed in 1992, into the UIC College of Dentistry
alumni family, and Dr. Izzo is a leader in those efforts.
“It was an honor for me personally, as a member
of the UIC Dental Alumni Board, and as a Loyola
alumnus to be the Torchbearer,” Dr. Izzo said. “Both
UIC and Loyola dental alumni have made a strong
effort to build bridges with each other, and to have
UIC recognize our efforts through asking me to be
the Torchbearer makes me very proud.”
Distinguished individuals who have provided
extraordinary service to UIC and the University of
Illinois Alumni Association are invited by the Alumni
Dr. James Izzo, Loyola ’79, serving as Torchbearer before a
UIC Flames game.
Association to participate in the Lighting of the Flame
ceremony before select men’s home basketball
games.
The brief, but meaningful ceremony reflects the strong bond that alumni and friends of UIC have with the
institution. Torchbearers carry a torch onto the UIC Pavilion floor and light a cauldron, creating a large flame,
while the school song is sung. Afterwards, the Torchbearer is invited to sign the permanent record as an
Official Torchbearer and is provided with mementos to remember the occasion.
At the Dec. 6 event, many UIC College of Dentistry and Loyola Dental School alumni who attended to
see Dr. Izzo as Torchbearer also met the new Dean of the College, Dr. Clark Stanford, for the first time.
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Winter 2015
Alumna’s Research Identifies
New Function for Tumor Suppressor Genes
Research by Dr. Kaitrin Baloue
Kramer in the six-year course of
earning her PhD from the College in
2014 has identified a completely new
function for tumor suppressor genes.
“Tumor suppressors are genes
that normally prevent cancer,” said
Dr. David Crowe, Interim Associate
Dean for Research and Kramer’s
PhD advisor. “When one of these
genes is lost in patients, cancer often
develops. We normally think of tumor
suppressors as affecting only cancer
cells. Using both cutting edge mouse
models and human cancer tissue,
Kaitrin characterized a new way in
which loss of a tumor suppressor
gene regulates the cells surrounding
the cancer, specifically by creating a
new blood supply for the cancer cells.
“Kaitrin created a new
combination of targeted and
conventional chemotherapy that
was able to halt the growth of these
aggressive tumors,” Dr. Crowe said.
Her results strongly suggest that
cancers should be diagnostically
screened prior to chemotherapy in
order to make the best treatment
decisions for patients.”
Her PhD project focused on the
role of nuclear hormone receptor
peroxisome proliferator activated
receptor gamma (PPARg) in cancer.
Her research will positively affect
future medical and dental care. “The
results of my project have important
implications for case selection and
clinical response to therapy for
cancer patients,” Dr. Kramer said.
“To better understand these
results, we genetically deleted
expression of PPARg and found that
loss of PPARg expression reduced
tumor latency, expanded the stem
cell population, and increased tumor
cell proliferation,” she added.
As for the new function for tumor
suppressor genes, “We also found
that PPARg null tumors were resistant
to targeted anti-angiogenic or
cytotoxic chemotherapy,” Dr. Kramer
said.
Even before starting her PhD
program at the College of Dentistry,
Dr. Kramer had already been
interested in cancer research. “I
have always been dedicated to a
career in academics,” she said. As
an undergraduate at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
she participated in a number of
research externships and found
herself “fascinated by cancer
biology.”
At the College, “After meeting
with Dr. Crowe and discussing
ongoing projects in the lab, I was
Researcher Dr. Kaitrin Baloue Kramer,
PhD ’14.
immediately drawn to the project that
focused on cancer stem cells,” she
said.
She worked with Dr. Crowe in
the College’s Center for Molecular
Biology of Oral Diseases. Their
investigation looked into converting
somatic cells, including oral epithelial
cells, into induced pluripotent stem
cells.
“This project, combined with
my graduate school experience
of reading pertinent literature and
taking courses with an emphasis on
pathobiology of cancer, solidified my
interest in cancer research,” she said.
With Dr. Kramer’s interest in
stem cell research, she hopes to one
day become a clinician scientist.
Dr. Kramer was in the College’s
joint DMD/PhD program, but due to
a family situation, she decided to
complete the dental portion of her
training at the University of Michigan
School Of Dentistry. Dr. Kramer
expects to earn a DDS there by May
of 2016.
“It was very difficult to leave
the College, my mentors, and the
environment that supported me
throughout my training,” Dr. Kramer
said, noting that without the help and
support of Dr. Crowe and the UIC
College of Dentistry administration
and staff, she never would have been
able to transfer. “Kaitrin was one of our brightest
and most highly motivated students,”
Dr. Crowe said. “She was President
of the National Dental Student
Research Group and won numerous
local and national research awards,
including the American Association
for Dental Research Hatton
competition, which is the most
prestigious national research award
for dental students.
“She has published two peerreviewed articles in top stem cell
and cancer research journals,” he
continued. “Kaitrin’s PhD project will
be her third peer-reviewed journal
article.”
Dr. Kramer earned a Fairman
Louise Alumni Scholarship Award
in 2013. She also was honored
at the Hinman Student Research
Symposium for Best Clinical Oral
Presentation in 2011. She is a
member of the Continuing Education
Committee of the Michigan Dental
Association. She also is a tutor at
the University of Michigan School of
Dentistry.
—Von-Julius Wright and
William S. Bike
Winter 2015
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’98
Alyson Koslow, Prosthodontics, Chicago,
was quoted in the article, “7 Health
Problems Your Dentist Can Spot,” on the Everyday
Health website.
’05
Lynse Briney, Pediatric Dentistry ’11, MS
Oral Sciences ’12, Oak Park, IL, spoke
at the Chicago Dental Society West Side Branch
meeting on Nov. 11, 2014. The event was Public
Health/Legislators Night.
’07
Jennifer Lee scored a hole-in-one on
the fourth hole on Course No. 3 at Cog
Hill Golf and Country Club, Lemont, IL, on Oct. 24,
2014.
’95
Robert Goldberg, Long Grove, IL, is
Past President for the Edgar D. Coolidge
Endodontic Study Club in 2014-15.
’01
Rick Munaretto, Endodontics ’03,
Elmwood Park, IL, is Program Chair for the
Edgar D. Coolidge Endodontic Study Club in 201415.
’95
Robert Goldberg, Long Grove, IL, is
Past President for the Edgar D. Coolidge
’02
Patrick Fitzgerald, Endodontics ’06, Park
Ridge, IL, is Secretary for the Edgar D.
Coolidge Endodontic Study Club in 2014-15.
’04
Mohammed Sultan Al-Darwish,
Prosthodontics, MS Oral Sciences ’05,
Doha, Qatar, was
elected Vice Chairman
of the Oral Health Group
at the World Federation
of Public Health
Associations for 2015 to
2018.
Antonia
Kolokythas, Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery
(OMFS), MS Oral
Sciences ’11, Chicago
ran in the Oral Cancer
Foundations Third
Mohammed Sultan AlAnnual Oral Cancer
Darwish, Prosthodontics ’04,
Run for Awareness in
MS Oral Sciences ’05.
Bensenville, IL, on Oct.
5, 2014, as part of the
College’s Department of
OMFS team.
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Jennifer Lee, ’07, scored a hole-in-one.
’10
Claudia Piccolo, Chicago, was chosen
to appear in the publication The Leading
Physicians of the World.
’11
Daniel R. Brunetti, Lincolnwood, IL, and
his wife, Tracy, recently became parents
for the second time with the birth of their daughter
Alivia in 2014. Alivia’s older sister is Isabella, 3.
’12
William Hare has joined the Grand DentalChannahon, IL, practice. His joining the
practice was the subject of an article in the Morris
Daily Herald on June 23, 2014.
Nira Patel, Pediatric Dentistry, Chicago, now
is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric
Dentistry.
’13
Anne M. Fabricius, Prosthodontics, owns
a prosthodontic specialty practice, Oak
Park Prosthodontics.
Ahmed Masoud, Chicago, and Tharon L.
Smith, Tucson, AZ, both MS Orthodontics, won
Excellence in Orthodontics Awards at the 114th
annual session of the American Association of
Orthodontists in New Orleans, LA, on April 27, 2014.
Ahmed is a 2014 Charley Schultz Resident Scholar,
Winter 2015
and Tharon received the 2014 Thomas M. Graber
Research Award.
Isaac Qureshi, Willowbrook, IL, volunteered at
the TeamSmile event at the Chicago Bears’ training
camp in July. TeamSmile partners oral health
professionals with professional athletic organizations
to provide dental care to underserved children.
’14
Sadaf Safavinejad has announced the
opening of Maches Dental, her new family
dental practice, in Machesney Park, IL.
Loyola
’79
Timothy Walsh (see UIC 1981 listings).
’80
Patrick J. Angelo, River Forest, IL, was
named Arcolian of the Year by the Arcolian
Dental Arts Society. Dr. Angelo has been feeding
the homeless under Wacker Drive in Chicago for 13
years.
’88
Joseph Baldassano, Inverness, IL,
is President for the Edgar D. Coolidge
’75
John C. Foehr, Bloomington, IL, has
retired, and his practice has been taken
over by John Van Scoyoc, UIC ’94, and Stacy Van
Scoyoc, UIC ’95.
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In Memoriam
Obituaries in the News
Dr. John L.R. Kaeser;
Taught at Logan College
Dr. John L.R. Kaeser, ’56, of Marion, IL, passed
away at home on July 16, 2014 at age 82.
“My father hated going to the dentist as a child,”
Diane Lazorchak, his daughter, recalled. “They literally had to drag him. He figured there had to be a
better way, so he went into dentistry.”
After two years at Southern Illinois University,
he went to dental school at the University of Illinois
College of
Dentistry,
graduating in
1956.
Afterwards, he
served as a
Captain in
the Dental
Corps of the
United States
Air Force for
two years.
In 1958, he
returned to
Marion to
begin his
dental pracDr. John L.R. Kaeser, ’56.
tice. During
his career, he
also served as a dentist at the Marion Federal Penitentiary when needed, and mentored students from
the College.
“Our office was right across from the prison,”
recalled Lazorchak, who was a dental assistant in
her father’s practice.”
Lazorchak recalled that students from the
College would stay with their family when Dr. Kaeser
mentored them. “As an assistant, I learned a few
things from them,” Lazorchak said.
He practiced until 2000 and also farmed and
was a real estate broker. After retiring from practice,
he served as supervising dentist for the John
A. Logan College Dental Hygiene program. He
retired from teaching in 2008. He also was active in
organized dentistry.
Dr. Kaeser was a lifelong member of the Zion
United Church of Christ, where he served as a
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member of the Chancel Choir, a Sunday school
teacher, member and President of the Church
Council. He also was an umpire for the Marion Youth
Baseball League for 31 years.
He is survived by his children, Diane Lazorchak
and David and April Kaeser, and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Romelle, and
son, Steven.
In honor of Dr. Kaeser, the family provided a gift
to the College’s Group Practice Clinic Renovation
Fund.
“He specified that he wanted a gift made to the
College,” Lazorchak said. “He had always kept in
touch with his alma mater.”
Dr. Michael C. Rodbro, Mentor,
Dentist to Chicago Bulls’ Players
Dr. Michael C. Rodbro, ’66, an alumnus known for
mentoring young dentists, passed away Oct. 16,
2014.
Born and reared in Waukegan, IL, young
Michael Rodbro met his wife, Patricia, in high
school. When he attended Miami University of Ohio,
Patricia transferred there to be near him and the two
were married the day before graduation.
While in dental school, he enlisted in the U.S.
Navy, and he served as in officer. After his service,
he earned his DDS from the College in 1966.
Residing in Linconshire, IL, and practicing in
Deerfield, IL, he exercised at the Deerfield Multiplex
where he
met several
members
of the
Chicago Bulls
organization.
Two of the
Bulls players
and one of
the coaches
became his
patients. He
practiced in
Deerfield for
42 years.
Dr.
Rodbro
Dr. Michael C. Rodbro, ’66.
also was
committed
to mentoring
younger dentists. He also served on the board of
the First Colonial Bank and the National Alliance on
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Mental Illness of Cook County North Suburban, and
was a deacon at the Community Christian Church.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia; children
Michael, Robin, Scott (husband of Katherine), and
Christine; and three grandchildren.
“He was a fine man who had a profound impact
on my professional life,” said Dr. Cathleen Coyne,
’93, one of the dentists he mentored.
“Mike had three jobs in dental school,” said
his wife, Patricia. “Delivering newspapers at three
in the morning seven days a week, washing test
tubes, and measuring dog urine. I awoke one time
to find Mike painting the bedroom ceiling overhead
at 3 a.m. ‘That’s the only time I have to do it,’ he
explained.”
“We were both fiercely competitive and vied for
the better test scores,” said classmate and friend Dr.
Ron Reichl, ’66. “I think this competition enhanced
both our grade point averages. I miss him and his
crazy stories and signature laugh.”
“The biggest thing about Dad was that he
made sure we all knew that he loved us more than
anything,” son Michael said. “He wasn’t afraid of
telling us that.”
Memorials in his name may be made to the
National Alliance on Mental Illness Cook County
North Suburban, 8324 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, IL
60077.
Dr. Robert Underwood,
Professor of Prosthodontics
Dr. Robert Underwood, ’44, a retired faculty
member, passed away on Nov. 19, 2014, at age 94.
Born and raised in Chicago, after graduation he
served as a
U.S. Army
dentist and
was stationed
in Colorado
and Germany.
After his
discharge,
he moved
to Elmhurst,
IL, where he
lived until his
recent passing.
Dr. Underwood was
in private
Dr. Robert Underwood, ’44.
practice and
was on the Prosthodontics faculty of the College,
serving as Head of the old Department of Removable Prosthodontics. He also taught at the Loyola
University School of Dentistry as well. Dr. Underwood had retired several years ago.
Dr. Underwood received the University of Illinois Loyalty Award in 1965, the Dr. E. Lloyd Du Brul
Faculty Achievement Award in 1976, and the Distinguished Dental Alumnus Award in 1983.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Annette.
Dr. Underwood is survived by his daughter, Barbara;
son, Tom, husband of Donna Drinan; son, David;
and five grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Yorkfield
Presbyterian Church.
Class of ’51
William T. Raleigh, Villa Park, IL, died on April
25, 2014, at age 88. He is survived by his wife,
Roseann; daughter Kathleen Leisten, wife of Gerald;
son William J. Raleigh, husband of Mary Pat; son
John J. Raleigh, husband of Therese; daughter Mary
McGillen, wife of Edward; daughter Anne Kemp,
wife of John; and 17 grandchildren. Memorials in his
name may be sent to the Salvation Army.
Maurice Slivnick, Glenview, IL, died on Dec. 2,
2013, at age 87. He is survived by his companion,
Lorraine Burton; son Bruce Slivnick, husband of
Judy; son David Slivnick, husband of Barbara;
daughter Sari London, wife of Billy; and seven
grandchildren. Memorials in his name may be sent
to the charity of your choice.
Class of ’52
Thomas E. Suta, Bradenton, FL, passed away
Sept. 1, 2014, at age 92. He is survived by his wife,
Nancy, and son, Thomas.
Class of ’53
Bazil T. Geckler Jr.,
Ocean Isle Beach, NC,
passed away Nov. 23,
2014, at age 93.
Leonard
Pawlowski, Glen Ellyn,
IL, passed away on
Aug. 20, 2014 at age
93. Dr. Pawlowski was
a former member of
the UIC Dental Alumni
Dr. Bazil T. Geckler Jr., ’53.
Association Board of
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Directors.
J. Daniel
Subtelny,
Orthodontics,
Pittsford, NY,
passed away
on Sept.
17, 2014,
at age 92.
Dr. Subtelny
was the
founder and
Chair of the
Orthodontic
Department at
the University
of Rochester
Dr. J. Daniel Subtelny, ’53.
Medical
Center
Eastman Institute of Oral Health. He is survived
by his children, Gregory Dan Subtelny and
Alysa Subtelny Plummer, and two grandchildren.
Contributions in his name can be made to the J.
Daniel Subtelny Endowment Fund, 1700 Revere
Blvd., Brigantine, NJ 08203.
Class of ’60
James R. Reader, Chrisman, IL, passed away on
Dec. 9, 2014 at age 79. He is survived by his wife,
Mary Lou; son Mark, husband of Gina; daughters
Miriam Garrett and Michelle Webb; and four
grandchildren. He also is survived by his father, the
Rev. George H.D. Reader. Memorials may be made
to the Chrisman Church
of the Nazarene.
Class of ’65
Charles H. Roof Jr.,
Chandler, AZ, passed
away on June 15, 2014,
at age 74. He is survived by his daughters,
Stacey and Jennifer,
and three granddaughters. Memorials in his
name may be made to
the American Brain Tumor Association.
Staff
Class of ’54
Aija C. Liepins-Medenis, Three Rivers, MI, passed
away on May 24, 2014, at age 91. She is survived
by her husband, Dr. Vid Medenis.
Class of ’55
John Stanley, Champaign, IL, passed away on Dec.
7, 2014.
Class of ’56
John L. Kaeser, Marion, IL, passed away July
16, 2014, at age 82. He is survived by his children
Diane Lazorchak, David Kaeser, and April Kaeser,
and five grandchildren. Memorials may be made to
the National Parkinson Foundation, PO Box 5018,
Hagerstown, MD 21741.
Class of ’57
Jerry D. Williams, Hamilton, MT, died on Aug. 5 at
age 80. He is survived by his wife, Judy; daughters
Leslie; and Gail Cluff, wife of Chris; son Paul,
husband of Julie, and six grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his son David.
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Dr. Charles H. Roof Jr., ’65.
Patricia “Patti” Rath Harrington, a longtime
member of the UIC College of Dentistry family
before her retirement, has passed away at the
age of 76. She was
in charge of cart
auditing as a Dental
Assistant 4 and also
was involved in board
exams. She had
been a member of
the American Dental
Assistants Association
since 1962, and
was Past President
of the Illinois
Dental Assistants
Association.
Memorials in her
name can be made to
Patricia Rath Harrington.
the American Cancer
Society.
Winter 2015
Student Activities
2014 Graduation
Luncheon and Awards
Program
Students, faculty, benefactors, and guests enjoyed
the Graduation
Luncheon and
Scholarship
Awards
Program on
Dr. Samuel J. Cascio, Loyola ’52 (left) presented the Cascio
May 7. Awards
Award to Stefania Spilotro and Lauren Allegretti.
were given to
those students
Gould Memorial Scholarship.
who exhibited
Zahra Al Rawi, Dr. Harry Saxon Scholarship.
clinical
Hussain Ali, Dr. Kalmesh Amin Scholarship
excellence
Award,
Dr. Gerson Gould & Mr. Sol H. Gould
and/or
Memorial
Scholarship.
academic
Lauren
Allegretti, Dr. Samuel J. Cascio
achievement.
Scholarship,
Dr. Donald L. McElroy Endodontic
Awards
Dr. Martin Dettmer, ’71, presents the
Award.
also were
Dr. Robert Savage Memorial Award to
Omar Andoori, Dr. William F. Stroner Award.
presented to
Marie Brown.
Caryn Ayarzagoitia, Dr. Earl W. Renfroe & Mrs.
faculty for their
Hilda
F. Renfroe Scholarship.
commitment to
Adham
Badwan, Abads and Nakib Memorial
students and for exceptional teaching abilities.
Scholarship.
The event was organized by Ana Lisa Ogbac,
Abbas Baiz, Dr. Marshall W. Milnarik
Director of Donor Relations, Office of Advancement
Scholarship.
and Alumni Affairs; Millie
Nicole Bartosik,
Mendez, Director of Student
North
Shore Women
Services; and Angelica Alvarez,
Dentists
Scholarship
Program Coordinator, Office of the
Award.
Associate Dean for Student and
Joseph Beatty,
Diversity Affairs.
Ms.
Francis Best
Dr. Frank Maggio, President
Watkins
Award.
of the UIC Dental Alumni
Eva
Bici, Dr.
Association Board of Directors,
Edgar
D.
Gifford
hosted the event on behalf of the
Scholarship
Award.
board. Then Interim Dean Dr.
Ryan
Booth,
Bill Knight welcomed everyone
American Institute of
present and recognized the
Orthodontic Research
commitment and dedication of
Receiving the Frances Best Watkins Award from Dr. Bill
Award.
the many hard-working students,
Knight were (left to right) Erin Petrik, Kenneth Sawyer
Dante Brown,
and of the benefactors who
Negro, Laura Douglas, Ashley Ginsberg, and Joseph Beatty.
Amy
J. Cummins
made the awards possible.
Scholarship.
Mark J. Valentino, Assistant
Milena Bulic, Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation
Vice Chancellor for Development, was Master of
Outstanding
Dental Student Award, Pierre Fauchard
Ceremonies.
Academy
Senior
Student Award, American Institute
Student honorees were:
of
Orthodontic
Research
Award.
Juan Abadia, Dr. Gerson Gould & Mr. Sol H.
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Eun Hee Lee, Golden Scaler Award.
Mallory Marquie, Bisco Inc. Award.
Austin Martinez, Smith Barney Mercantile
Scholarship Award.
Cassandra McKenzie, Leo and Wanda Sabien
Class of 1955 Scholarship, American Academy of
Periodontology Award.
Nisha Mehta, Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation
Outstanding Dental Student Award, Dr. Brian D.
Stone Memorial Award, Bisco Inc. Award.
Zainab Muhammad, Smith Barney Mercantile
Scholarship Award.
Parth Nanavati, Dr. William Starek Award.
UIC Dental Alumni Board member Dr. Arlene Engert,
Kenneth Sawyer Negro, Ms. Francis Best
’83, Dr. Julie Laverdiere-Beck, ’90, Oral and Maxillofacial
Watkins Award, Dr. Jerry F. Balaty Award.
Surgery ’93, and Dr. Knight present the North Shore Women
Paul Pamula, Dr. Gerson Gould & Mr. Sol
Dentist Scholarship Award to Nicole S. Bartosik.
H. Gould Memorial
Scholarship, Dr. Harry
Sandra Castillo,
Saxon Scholarship,
Dr. Leslie J. Braun Jr.
Dr. Daniel Seldin Award.
Award.
Keith Patel, Dr. Edgar
Kiranjot Chandi,
D. Gifford Scholarship
Dr. Stanley Tylman Award.
Award.
Christopher Colby,
Krupa Patel,
Dr. Daniel Seldin Award.
Dr. Kalmesh Amin
Julie Davis, Dr. Karl H.
Scholarship Award.
Halwass Scholarship, Leo
Cristian Pavel, Bisco
and Wanda Sabien Class of
Inc. Award.
1955 Scholarship.
Claire Pescheret,
Laura Douglas, Ms.
Dr. Gerald L. Wine
Francis Best Watkins
Craig Grannon and Trish Preheim of Delta Dental of Illinois Scholarship Award,
Award.
and the Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation recognized
American Institute of
Meredith Gantos,
Milena Bulic and Nisha Mehta.
Orthodontic Research
Abads and Nakib Memorial
Award.
Scholarship.
Erin Petrik, Ms. Francis Best Watkins Award,
Ashley Ginsberg, Ms. Francis Best Watkins
Golden Scaler Award.
Award.
Christopher Greenwaldt, Dr. Adalbert L. Vlanzy
Scholarship.
Jason Harrison, Smith Barney Mercantile
Scholarship Award.
Virginia Hogsett, Dr. Charles F. Nichols
Occlusal Studies Student Scholarship Award.
Zainab Hussain, Dr. James R. Havera
Scholarship.
Meggan Keller, Dr. Donald W. Rice
Humanitarian Award, DENTSPLY Implants (Astra
Tech) “Inspirational Friend” Award.
Rebecca Kendrick, Dr. Alan C. Peterson
Scholarship.
Aita Koopahi, Dr. Gerson Gould & Mr. Sol H.
Dr. Bill Kort, ’61, presented Pierre Fauchard Academy
Gould Memorial Scholarship.
Awards to students.
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Student awards also were given at the Omicron
Kappa Upsilon event later that day.
Jaime Chowaniec received the OKU William S.
Kramer Recognition of Excellence and Scholarship
Award.
Claire Pescheret received the OKU Dr. Lina K.
Tharp Memorial Award.
—Katherine Vega
John Pizarek, Foundation of The Pierre
Fauchard Academy Scholarship Award.
Degrees, Certificates
Conferred at Commencement
David Gould (left) and Dr. Knight (right) presented the
Gould Scholarship to Hussain Ali, Amanda Sonntag, Aita
Koopahi, Paul Pamula, Juan Abadia, and Thiago Vinhas.
Laniel Razdolsky, American Institute of
Orthodontic Research Award.
Candido Rivera, Dr. Curt J. Gronner Award.
Stuart Schelkopf, Delta Sigma Delta Academic
Award, ICOI/Sullivan Schein Dental Predoctoral
Achievement Award, Academy of Osseointegration
Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry
Award.
Myoung Ah Seo, Ann Tschirley Gunatillike
Scholarship, Golden Scaler Award.
Peter Smidt, Dr. Brian D. Stone Memorial
Award.
Amanda Sonntag, Dr. Gerson Gould & Mr. Sol
H. Gould Memorial Scholarship.
Stefania Spilotro, Dr. Samuel J. Cascio
Scholarship.
Crescencia Marie Tejero-Ugay, Dr. Luz
Bondoc Award, Dr. Sunita Bajaj Clinical Excellence
Award.
Thiago Vinhas, International College of Dentists
Student Leadership Award, Dr. Gerson Gould
& Mr. Sol H. Gould Memorial Scholarship, DDS
Orthodontic Interest Award.
Simona Ziliute, Dr. James R. Havera
Scholarship.
Faculty Golden Apple Award recipients were
Dr. Anna Organ-Boshes, ’00, Clinical Assistant
Professor, Restorative Dentistry, DDS Class of
2014; and Dr. Seema Ashrafi, ’93, MS Histology
’94, Periodontics ’99, Interim Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs, International Dentist Degree
Program Class of 2014.
“You have prepared well, and with the help of the
staff and faculty of this College, you are now ready
to enter the exciting and rewarding challenges of
patient care, scholarly pursuit, and professional
leadership,” said then Interim Dean Dr. Bill Knight
to graduating students as he joined parents,
families, and friends in extending congratulations
to graduates at the May 10, 2014, Commencement
held at the UIC Forum. “Together we can and will
make a difference in the oral health of the region,
the country, and yes, the world.”
Graduates were all smiles at Commencement.
Dr. Susan Rowan, Associate Dean for Clinical
Affairs, welcomed all attending and introduced the
platform party. More than 60 faculty attended.
Students in the processional were Maria
Patrick, who carried the UIC banner; Cristian
Pavel, who carried the College of Dentistry banner;
and Stuart Schelkopf, who carried the Graduate
College banner.
Faculty Marshals were Dr. Luisa DiPietro,
’80, MS Histology ’82, Associate Dean for Faculty
Affairs, and Dr. David Crowe, Interim Associate
Dean for Research. Student Marshals were Dr.
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Larry Salzmann, Director, Predoctoral Program,
Pediatric Dentistry, and Dr. Michael A. Dunlap, ’92,
Managing Partner, da Vinci Clinic.
The National Anthem was performed by student
Ashley Ginsberg.
Greetings were given by Dr. Mitra Dutta, Vice
Chancellor for Research; Dr. Seema Ashrafi, ’93,
MS Histology ’94, Periodontics ’99, Interim Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs; and student Mallory
Marquie, President of the Dental Student Council.
Dr. Knight offered the keynote address.
Recognizing the postdoctoral education
graduates were Dr. Christopher S. Wenckus,
’71, Endodontics ’74, Head, Endodontics; Dr.
Bradford R. Johnson, Endodontics ’91, MHPE
’05, Postdoctoral Program Director, Endodontics;
Dr. Michael Miloro, Department Head, Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery; Dr. Carla Evans, Department
Head, Orthodontics; Dr. Sahar Alrayyes, Pediatric
Dentistry ’02, MS Oral Sciences ’02, Postdoctoral
Students move their mortarboard tassels to the other side,
signifying graduation.
Clinic Director, Pediatric Dentistry; Dr. Rodney J.
Vergotine, Pediatric Dentistry ’94, Postdoctoral
Program and Associate Director, Pediatric Dentistry;
Dr. Salvador Nares, Head, Periodontics; and
Dr. Praveen Gajendrareddy, Periodontics ’08,
Postdoctoral Program Director, Periodontics; Dr.
Stephen Campbell, Head, Prosthodontics; and Dr.
Kent Knoernschild, Postdoctoral Program Director,
Prosthodontics.
Dr. Andrea Venizelos Nunney gave the
response from the Postdoctoral Graduate Class of
2014.
Conferral of MS and PhD in Oral Sciences
degrees was by Dr. Knight. Recognition of MS
and PhD in Oral Sciences graduates was by Dr.
Jonathan Art, Associate Dean, Graduate College.
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The National Anthem was performed by Ashley Ginsberg.
Dr. Knight also conferred DDS and International
Dentist Degree Program (IDDP) degrees. Dr. Darryl
D. Pendleton, Associate Dean for Student and
Diversity Affairs recognized the DDS graduates, and
Dr. Adrianna Semprum-Clavier, Co-director, IDDP,
recognized the IDDP graduates.
Conferred were 40 DDS degrees; 39 IDDP
DDS degrees; three PhD degrees; 26 MS degrees;
five Certificates in Endodontics; two Certificates in
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; nine Certificates in
Orthodontics; six Certificates in Pediatric Dentistry;
three Certificates in Periodontics; and eight
Certificates in Prosthodontics.
Distribution of hoods and awards was by Dr.
Melisa Burton, Director of Clinics; Cynthia Gonya,
Associate Dean for Finance and Administration; and
Mark J. Valentino, Assistant Dean for Advancement
and Alumni Affairs.
Hooders were Dr. James B. Ricker, Managing
Partner, Rembrandt Clinic and Dr. James
Bryniarski, ’78, Managing Partner, da Vinci Clinic;
Honorary hooders were Dr. Thomas C. Lakars,
’67, MS Anatomy ’69, DDS Honorary Hooder and Dr.
New graduates were greeted with hugs and smiles.
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Terry Parsons, ’82, IDDP Honorary Hooder.
Dr. DiPietro led the Dentist’s Pledge.
The response from the IDDP Class was by
Thiago Vinhas, and the response from the DDS
class was by Nisha Mehta, Class Presidents.
Carrying the banners during the recessional
were Chandni Mahindra, UIC banner; Dustin
Goetz, College banner; and Zahra Al Rawi,
Graduate College banner.
Several students received special awards at
Commencement:
Zabihulla Ahmadi, Whip-Mix Best of the Best
Prosthodontics Award.
Hussain Ali, American Academy of Implant
Dentistry Award.
Caryn Ayarzagotia, American Associate of Oral
Biologists Award.
Nicole Bartosik, American Academy of
Pediatric Dentistry Certificate of Merit Award,
American Association of Public Health Dentistry
Award.
Paul Pamula, American Association of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgeons Student Dental Award.
Claire Pescheret, American Association of
Orthodontists Award, American Dental Society of
Anesthesiology Horace Wells Senior Student Award,
Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in
Periodontics.
Catherine Rabala, American Academy of Oral
and Maxillofacial Radiology Achievement Award.
Sadaf Safavinejad, Academy of General
Dentistry Senior Student Dental Award.
Stuart Schelkopf, Academy of Dental Materials
Award.
John Schneider, American Association of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgeons Dental Implant Student
Award.
Myoung Ah Seo, American Association of
Endodontists Student Achievement Award.
Agata Skiba, Academy of Operative Dentistry
Outstanding Achievement Award.
Amanda Sonntag, American Academy of oral
Medicine Certificate of Merit and Award in Oral
Medicine, American Association of Women Dentists
Elenore Bushee Senior Award.
—Katherine Vega
New Students Participate in
White Coat Ceremony
Students recite the Dentist’s Pledge.
Bojana Bojovic, Quintessence Award for
Research Achievement.
Christopher Colby, American Academy of Oral
and Maxillofacial Pathology Dental Senior Student
Award.
Meredith Gantos, Quintessence Award for
Clinical Achievement in Restorative Dentistry.
Dustin Goetz, American Student Dental
Association Award of Excellence.
Cassandra Mckenzie, American Academy of
Periodontology Award.
Nisha Mehta, American Academy of Esthetic
Dentistry Senior Student Dental Award, American
Academy of Orofacial Pain Outstanding Senior
Award.
A total of 92 students entering the DMD and Doctor
of Dental Medicine Advanced Standing (DMDAS)
Degree Program participated in the 2014 White Coat
Ceremony on Sept. 5.
The ceremony marks the students’ entry into
patient care in the clinics, and reinforces the ethical
and moral obligations to their patients of students
both during dental school and throughout their
careers. Parents, other family members, friends, and
faculty were on hand.
“This White Coat Ceremony symbolizes your
entry into the healing profession of dentistry, as a
new Doctor of Dental Medicine student,” said then
Interim Dean Dr. Bill Knight. “It celebrates your
choice to pursue a life in service to the health care
of society. The College’s professional community
welcomes you to your new life as a student dentist.
We pledge to do all that we can do to help you
become the finest dentist that you can be.”
Dr. Susan Rowan, ’84, Associate Dean for
Clinical Affairs, was Master of Ceremonies.
Dr. Knight and Dean Clark Stanford welcomed the
students.
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Speakers were Dr. Brian F. Soltys, ’79,
President, Illinois State Dental Society; Dr. Richard
S. Holba, ’73, President, Chicago Dental Society;
Dr. Keith W. Dickey, President, Illinois State
Dental Society Foundation; Dr. Paula Jones, Past
President, Illinois Academy of General Dentistry;
and Dr. Terri S. Tiersky, Vice Regent, International
College of Dentists.
Dr. Seema Ashrafi, ’93, MS Histology ’94,
Periodontics ’99, Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs, recognized the faculty present, and the
faculty presented the white coats.
Dr. Priscilla Chang, ’07, and Dr. Adriana
Semprum-Clavier, both Clinical Associate
Professors, Restorative Dentistry, announced the
students’ names.
The students and faculty all recited the Dentist’s
Pledge, which was led by Dr. Courtney Lamb,
Clinical Associate Professor, Restorative Dentistry.
Dr. Rowan offered the closing remarks, after
which the students, families, friends, and faculty
enjoyed an open house reception at the College.
Support for the event was provided by the
Illinois State Dental Society Foundation, the Illinois
Academy of General Dentistry, the International
College of Dentists, and GlaxoSmithKline.
The event was coordinated by Dr. Darryl
Pendleton, Associate Dean; Millie Mendez,
Director of Student Affairs; and Angelica Alvarez,
Program Coordinator. “This was an excellent ceremony,” said Dr.
Stanford. “Very impressive, with many smiles and
pleased parents, spouses, and children. This is
really part of a great culture at the UIC College of
Dentistry.”
Students Laura Douglas and Farah
Shakir
Named
Schweitzer
Fellows
The Albert
Schweitzer
Fellowship
(ASF) has
announced the
selection of its
2014-15 class
of Chicago
Schweitzer
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Farah Shakir.
Fellows. Students Laura Douglas and Farah Shakir
of the College of Dentistry are among 31 graduate
students who will spend a year working to address
barriers that impact the health of underserved
communities and developing lifelong leadership
skills.
In doing so, they will follow the example set by
famed physician-humanitarian Albert Schweitzer,
for whom their Fellowship is named.
“Schweitzer Fellowships change lives, both of
the individual Fellows as well as those of the many
vulnerable community members they serve through
their Fellowship projects,” said Ray Wang, program
director of the Schweitzer Fellowship program of
Chicago. “Our Fellows learn to lead and innovate as
they tackle complex health needs—skills they will
use again and again throughout their professional
careers. Meanwhile, their project participants learn
information, skills, and behaviors that will assist
them in leading healthier lives.”
Schweitzer Fellows develop and direct
innovative service projects that address the root
causes of health disparities in under-resourced
communities, projects that are separate and in
addition to their existing academic responsibilities.
Each project is implemented in collaboration with
a community-based health and/or social service
organization.
Douglas proposes to increase oral health
awareness and preventive care among the special
needs population at the Arts of Life Studio at 2010
W. Carroll Ave. She also will incorporate arts
activities to engage the community, and to support
the studio’s efforts to help individuals with and
without developmental disabilities realize their full
potential.
Shakir will focus on oral disease prevention
within the Iraqi refugee community. She plans
to conduct
community
outreach in
Arabic and
English to assess
and improve the
community’s
knowledge about
oral health,
and to address
barriers to their
receiving oral
health care.
Working together
Laura Douglas.
with Dr. Sheila
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Raja, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Dentistry, an
expert in psychological trauma and post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), Shakir also hopes to
address the underlying mental health issues that
impact the community’s overall health.
For more about the Schweitzer Fellowships, log
on to www.schweitzerfellowship.org.
would not have been able to do this without her,
Wendy Cerny, Katherine Long, Virginia Buglio,
or Mateusz Wietecha. I had a wonderful support
team,” Razdolsky said.
Student Elizabeth Razdolsky Earns
NIH Research Fellowship
Third year dental student Amatul Salma won
first place in the Basic Sciences category of the
DENTSPLY/Caulk competition at the American
Association of Dental Research (AADR) meeting in
Charlotte, NC, in 2014.
“The students have to submit an abstract to the
competition,” explained Dr. David Crowe, Interim
Associate Dean for Research. “Only a few are
selected to present a poster at the AADR meeting;
those selected do a presentation to judges.”
Salma’s research focuses on molecular targeted
chemotherapy for head and neck cancers, involving
telomeres—DNA-protein structures at the ends of
chromosomes which shorten throughout life.
“In order to compensate for telomere loss, head
and neck cancer cells overexpress the telomerase
reverse transcriptase enzyme which maintains
telomeres in rapidly dividing cells thus contributing to
the difficulty in killing these cells,” she explained.
Salma tested the effects of two different
telomere targeted chemotherapy drugs on human
head and neck squamous cell carcinoma lines,
and discovered that, “cells treated with both drugs
stopped growing,” she said.
Since many patients who receive traditional
chemotherapy may have a recurrence of their
cancer, “the application of this project allows us to
specifically target cancer cells at the molecular level
and diminish their ability to recur, thus improving the
Elizabeth Razdolsky, a student in the DMD/PhD
program, recently earned a research Fellowship
from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
A Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service
Award for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other
Dual Doctoral Degree Fellow (F30), Razdolsky
will receive $48,467 per year for four years for her
research.
Elizabeth Razdolsky with faculty Dr. David Crowe and Dr.
Bill Knight.
Working in the Center for Wound Healing and
Tissue Regeneration and mentored by Dr. Luisa
DiPietro, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research,
Razdolsky is studying a protein called pigment
epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), “which plays a
role in many cell processes in the human body,”
Razdolsky said. “This research award involved
PEDF’s effect on the wound healing process.”
Razdolsky hopes to discover how PEDF
“regulates blood vessel formation and scar formation
in wounds,” she said. “These studies may suggest
future therapeutic options for tissue regeneration,
fibrosis, and cancer. This work can hopefully be
translated into the oral cavity in the future.”
“Dr. DiPietro is a wonderful mentor and I
Student Amatul Salma Wins
DENTSPLY/Caulk Competition
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age children throughout Chicagoland.
“I was looking to start a literacy program when
I saw information about Bernie’s on the Wintrust
Financial Corp. billboard on the Mural Building next
to the Kennedy Expressway,” Dillard explained.
She contacted Bernie’s, and they began an
initiative in which Bernie’s provides individual
bags of six age- and gender-appropriate books to
residents to distribute to Pediatric Dentistry patients
for free at both their initial and recall appointments.
“The patients and their families love it,”
Dr.
Dillard
said.
Pediatric Dentistry Residents
As part of the program, the residents talk to
Provide Free Books to Youngsters
patients’ parents and ask them to both encourage
Second year Pediatric Dentistry resident Dr.
youngsters to read, and to read to their children
Jazmine B. Dillard and other members of the
themselves.
department are doing their part for child literacy.
“Even if the parent’s English isn’t strong or if he
Since the beginning of 2014, with
or she doesn’t speak English at all,
the support of Department Head
getting the kid on his or her lap and
Dr. Marcio da Fonseca, the
flipping through the book makes
department has partnered with
a difference in the child’s literacy,”
Bernie’s Book Bank to provide
said Brian Floriani, Founder and
free books to youngsters who are
Executive Director of Bernie’s Book
patients in the department.
Bank.
Bernie’s Book Bank facilitates
To learn more about the
the collection, processing, and
College’s program, contact Dr.
redistribution of new and used
Dillard at [email protected]. For more
children’s books to significantly
information about Bernie’s, log on to
Brian Floriani, Dr. Jazmine Dillard, and
increase book ownership among
www.berniesbookbank.org.
Dr. Marcio da Fonseca, working together
at-risk infants, toddlers, and school- for child literacy.
success of chemotherapy for patients,” Salma said.
Dr. Crowe was Salma’s mentor for the research
project titled “PARP and telomerase inhibitors as
targeted therapy for oral cancer.”
Other DENTSPLY/Caulk competitors for the
College at the AADR meeting were students
Spencer Schneider, Roma Siraj, and Sana Siraj.
Members of the Student Research Group and
College faculty also presented their research at the
meeting.
save the date
Saturday, April 11, at 4 p.m.
Ruth French Lecture
UIC College of Dentistry alumni and friends are invited to the Ruth French Lecture on
Saturday, April 11, at 4 p.m. at the UIC College of Pharmacy, 833 S. Wood St., with
Kelly McGonigal, PhD, Stanford health psychologist and Ted Talk lecturer, who will
reveal the neuroscience behind behavior change.
You’ll get new ideas for helping patients adopt healthy new habits that stick. Close the
afternoon with a reception at 5 p.m.
For details and to RSVP, email [email protected]. The Ruth French Lecture is endowed in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences. In 2015, the lecture is generously co-hosted by UIC's College of Dentistry, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy
and School of Public Health. Email [email protected] for more information.
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Winter 2015
Calendar
April
11: Ruth French Lecture, 4 p.m. Kelly McGonigal,
PhD, to discuss the neuroscience behind behavior
change. 833 S. Wood St. Email [email protected].
15 and 16: Anesthesia/Sedation Assistant
Monitoring Clinical Certification Course. UIC
College of Dentistry. Fee is $525 for Illinois State
Dental Society member dentist staff, $850 for ISDS
non-member dentist staff. Email gpitchford@isds.
org, log on to www.isds.org, or call (800) 475-4737.
17: Reunion, UIC College of Dentistry, Loyola
University Chicago School of Dentistry, and
Northwestern University School of Dentistry
alumni. Years ending in “5” and “0” highlighted.
Alumni awards presented. Carlisle Banquets,
435 E. Butterfield Rd., Lombard, IL 60148. Email
[email protected] or call (312) 996-0485.
18: Coronal Polishing and Pit/Fissure Sealants
Course. UIC College of Dentistry. Fee is $450 for
Illinois State Dental Society member dentist staff,
$800 for ISDS non-member dentist staff. Email
[email protected], log on to www.isds.org, or call
(800) 475-4737.
May
6: Graduation Luncheon and Awards Program,
12:30 p.m., Student Center West, 828 S. Wolcott St.,
Thompson Rooms. (312) 996-0485.
9: Commencement, 10 a.m., UIC Forum, Roosevelt
Road at Halsted Street. (312) 355-1670.
September
(800) 475-4737.
October
7: Nitrous Oxide Monitoring and Administration
(800) 475-4737.
14 and 15: Anesthesia/Sedation Assistant
Monitoring Clinical Certification Course. UIC
Dental Society member dentist staff, $850 for ISDS
non-member dentist staff. Email gpitchford@isds.
org, log on to www.isds.org, or call (800) 475-4737.
November
(800) 475-4737.
18: Nitrous Oxide Monitoring and Administration
(800) 475-4737.
9, 10, 16, and 17: Local Anesthesia Course. UIC
Dental Society member dentist staff, $1,100 for
ISDS non-member dentist staff. Email gpitchford@
isds.org, log on to www.isds.org, or call (800) 4754737.
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Protecting dentists. It’s all we do at TDIC.
Especially when just starting out. New graduates
receive their first year of professional liability
insurance for a price that’s a little surprising. Learn
more at www.tdicsolutions.com/newgrad. (FA,
FCRD)
Treloar & Heisel Inc. Financial services for the
dental and medical professional. Disability income
plan; business overhead expense insurance;
disability buy/sell; long-term care. 1 (800) 345-6040,
www.th-online.net. (FA)
Miscellaneous
Facebook users can sign up to be a fan of the
UIC College of Dentistry. Just type in “University of
Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry” in the search
function of your Facebook page. (FN)
Wound Healing Seminars are held once per month
at 12:30 p.m. on selected Thursdays at the College.
Call (312) 355-2662 for more information. (FN)
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A “Positions/Practices Available” page is on the
College’s website at http://dentistry.uic.edu/alumni/
career_postings/. Check it out for listings of jobs that
are available, and for notices of practices that are
for sale. For adding or subtracting listings from this
website, contact William S. Bike at [email protected].
Come join the professionals at ProCare Dental
Group PC. Generous compensation, contemporary
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Part-time and full-time positions available. (847)
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Dentists wanted: Associates earn $200,000 while
gaining lots of great experience. We love to teach
comprehensive pedo, surgical extractions, space
maintenance, fillings, etc. to the right person. If
you are willing to learn, we will keep you busy.
Malpractice paid. Recent grads and H1B visas
welcomed. Offices in Chicago and just outside Cook
County. Email resume (as Word or PDF attachment
only or paste resume in e-mail message) to
[email protected] (FA)
Insurance
Know a college-level predental student? Tell
them about our monthly tours from 12:30 to 1:30
p.m. Tours are followed by a Q&A session with
College of Dentistry Admissions staff. RSVP
information is posted on the Admissions website
at http://dentistry.uic.edu/prospective_students/
prospective_student_tour_registration and http://
dentistry.uic.edu/prospective_students/doctor_of_
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Positions/Practices/Space Available
General Dentist: Family Dental Care. Full- or
part-time. Several of our associates have become
partners. Come and talk to them. Very high
income potential. Specialists on staff. Currently
four locations and growing. 95% fee-for-service.
No public aid. (773) 978-7801 (ask for Laura) or
e-mail [email protected]. http:/
familydentalcare.com. (FA)
Practice Sale – Eastern Wisconsin – This once
full-time orthodontic practice will be an excellent
satellite practice or start-up practice with modern
equipment, state-of-the-art facility, and some
patients. Owner has been easing into retirement
and limiting the number of new patients seen
over the past few years. Contact Henry Schein
Professional Practice Transitions representative
Deanna Evans at (414) 290-2529 or Deanna.
[email protected]. #WI101. (12/18/14)
Looking for an associate. Some endo, extractions,
some pedo, general dentistry. I’ll teach implants
and soft tissue grafting. 2.5 to 3 days per week.
Non capitation practice. Northwest Side of Chicago.
Ability to speak Spanish or Polish a plus, but not
required. Dr. Michael D. Voegeli, (847) 845-0818,
[email protected]. (12/18/14)
Winter 2015
Continuing Education
Continuing Education
Courses to be Held
at College
Several Continuing Education courses, held under
the auspices of the Illinois State Dental Society
(ISDS), are scheduled to be held at the UIC
College of Dentistry, 801 S. Paulina St., Chicago, IL
60612, in 2015. The ISDS is an approved provider
of Continuing Education and is an ADA CERP
Recognized Provider.*
For more information or to register, or for refund
and cancellation information, email Gloria Pitchford
at [email protected], log on to www.isds.org, or
call (800) 475-4737.
The successful participant will receive a
certificate of completion.
Continental breakfast and lunch are provided.
Credit: Ten credit hours.
Dates: Saturday, April 18, 2015; Saturday, Sept.
19, 2015; Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.
Instructors: Dr. Richard Perry, ’68, and Dr.
James Bryniarski, ’78, Clinical Assistant Professor,
Restorative Dentistry, and Katherine Lutz, RDH.
Fee: $450 ISDS member dentist staff; $800 nonmember dentist staff.
Prerequisite: Must be at least age 18, and a
dental assistant for at least 1,000 hours.
Anesthesia/Sedation
Assistant Monitoring
Clinical Certification Course
This course is offered as a Continuing Education
experience for dental assistants and hygienists who
Coronal Polishing
work in dental or oral surgery offices in the State
of Illinois where sedation or general anesthesia is
and Pit/Fissure Sealants Course
administered. The course is designed to meet the
Course objectives: This course will provide
requirements of the Illinois Dental Practice Act and
dental assistants with the proper educational
the rules administering the Dental
requirements as stated in Illinois
Practice Act. The course includes
law for application of pit and
both lecture and clinical exposure.
fissure sealants and coronal
Course objectives and
polishing which includes didactic
competencies: The assistant will:
study in anatomy, physiology,
Become familiar with the
pharmacology, and dental
anatomy and physiology involved
emergencies followed by a written
with monitoring and airway
exam.
maintenance in the sedated
This course also will include
dental patient.
two hours of clinical experience
Obtain a basic understanding
on pit and fissure sealants and
of the physiology of the
two hours on coronal polishing.
respiratory, cardiovascular,
The clinical instruction on coronal
and neurological systems as
polishing will include work
they related to anesthesia and
performed on a human subject.
sedation.
At the completion of this
Become familiar with the
course and prior to being
health questionnaire and its
permitted to perform these
application for the evaluation
expanded functions in Illinois, the
of the patient undergoing
dental assistant must meet the
anesthesia/sedation and be able
following requirements:
to link this information to the ASA
Be 18 years of age and
A variety of Continuing Education courses are
classification.
working as a dental assistant for
available for hygienists and assistants.
Develop an understanding of
at least 1,000 hours.
the levels of sedation/anesthesia
The supervising dentist must
and be able to recognize these levels in the patient
personally observe the successful placement of
under dental sedation.
six sealants on a patient or patients by the dental
Acquire the skills required for monitoring the
assistant.
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sedated patient, including monitoring of blood
pressure, pulse, perspiration temperature, and level
of consciousness.
Learn to operate automated monitoring devices
including the EKG and pulse-oximeter.
Learn to complete the anesthesia record and
make appropriate monitoring entries during the
procedure and during recovery.
Learn basic management protocols for
anesthesia-related emergencies and become
more competent in assisting the dentist in their
management.
Credit: 12 credit hours.
Dates: Wednesday, April 15, and Thursday, April
16, 2015; Wednesday, Oct. 14, and Thursday, Oct.
15, 2015. Course times to be announced.
Instructors: Dr. William Flick, ’74, Clinical
Associate Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Prerequisite: Current BLS certificate.
Local Anesthesia
Course objectives and content: This four-day course
will satisfy the State of Illinois expanded function
training requirements to allow registered dental
hygienists to administer local anesthesia under the
general supervision of a licensed dentist.
Dr. Stanley F. Malamed’s Handbook of Local
Anesthesia (6th Edition) text is not included in the
fee and must be independently purchased.
Credit: 32 credit hours.
Dates: Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 9 and
10 and 16 and 17, 2015.
Instructors: Dr. William Flick, ’74, Clinical
Associate Professor; Dr. Michael Miloro,
Department Head; Dr. Antonia Kolokythas, Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) ’04, MS Oral
Sciences ’11, Assistant Professor; and Dr. Thomas
Skiba, ’68, MS OMFS ’77, Clinical Assistant
Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Fee: $950 ISDS member dentist staff; $1,100
non-member dentist staff.
Prerequisite: Current BLS certificate.
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Nitrous Oxide Monitoring
and Administration Course
Course objectives and content: This course for
monitoring and administration of nitrous oxide by
dental assistants and dental hygienists is designed
to meet the certification requirements of the State of
Illinois for expanded functions.
This course will include both didactic and clinical
components in the monitoring and administration of
nitrous oxide and advanced airway management.
It will provide instruction in anatomy, physiology,
pharmacology, and dental emergencies as they
relate to the use of nitrous oxide in the dental office.
After successful completion of this course the
dental assistant can return to the private office and
provide expanded function for the dental team and
the monitoring of nitrous oxide, while the dental
hygienists will be able to start and stop the flow of
gas.
Credit: Six credit hours.
Dates: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015; Wednesday,
Nov. 18, 2015.
Instructor: Dr. Larry Salzmann.
Prerequisite: Must be currently certified in CPR/
BLS for healthcare providers, or its equivalent. A
copy of your current BLS card must accompany
registration form. This course is open to all
qualified dental assistants for monitoring and dental
hygienists for administering.
Meals: Continental breakfast and lunch included.
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of
Dentistry is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American
Dental Association to assist dental professional in
identifying quality providers of continuing dental
education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse
individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply
acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
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