Penn Dental Medicine Alumni, Faculty Among Philadelphia Magazine “Top Dentists”
Eighty-eight Penn Dental Medicine alumni and current faculty members were named “Top Dentists” by Philadelphia Magazine in its February 2010 edition — making up approximately 43 percent of the 206 dentists recognized in Philadelphia and surrounding eight-county area. Of those 88, 46 are current faculty members at the School, sharing their clinical skills and knowledge with Penn Dental Medicine students. The School’s teaching clinics were also mentioned by Philadelphia Magazine as a source for quality, affordable dental care. The “Top Dentists” list was compiled by a survey of 614 dentists in the Philadelphia region. The alumni and faculty members on the Philadelphia Magazine “Top Dentists” 2010 list, include the following: General Dentistry David Brown Glenn A. Brown (WG’80, D’82) Michael Katz (D’84) Mark Koup (D’04) Marc Levin (D’81) Marc Lipkin (D’80, GD’81) John McCarty (D’92) Harry Monokian (D’76) Anand Rao (’93, D’97, WEV’03) Hal Rosenthaler (D’76) Kristine Rushby (D’06) Larry Schlarb (D’75) Rajnikant Shah Amy Shoumer (D’02, GD’04) Jonathan Stone (D’94) David Taylor (D’78)
Penn Dental Medicine Welcomes Students from Seven Countries
This academic year, Penn Dental Medicine’s Office of International Relations (OIR) once again welcomed visiting dental students from around the world, hosting more than 30 students from China, Switzerland, Ghana, Japan, Nigeria, Spain, and Taiwan. Penn Dental Medicine currently has exchange agreements with more than 35 institutions outside of the United States (seven of which were 18 on campus: news
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Alan Atlas (D’86) Pamela Doray (GED’76, D’84) David Faust (D’87) Joseph Greenberg (D’72, GD’76) Stephen Markus (D’75) Jonathan Scharf (D’72) Brian Wilk (D’90)
Andrew Berman (D’05) Ibrahim Durra (D’01) Sandra Grzybicki (DH’79, D’97) Eric Hans (D’94) Robin Harshaw (D’71) Winslow Harshaw Stanley Horwitz Constance Killian (D’81) Rochelle Lindemeyer (GD’79) Elliott Maser Francine Paladino (D’82) Douglas Reich (D’78, GD’80) Angela Stout
Oral Medicine Martin S. Greenberg (GD’68, HOM’73) Thomas P. Sollecito (D’89, GD’91)
Orthodontics Paul F. Batastini (GD’89, GD’91) Paul J. Batastini (GD’72) Normand Boucher (GD’82) Paul Carpinello (D’86) Anthony Costa (GD’93) Catherine Foote (C’00, D’04, GD’06) Peter Greco (D’79, GD’84) Robert Stern (D’87) Orhan Tuncay (GD’74)
Endodontics Kara Fraiman (D’92, GD’94) Craig Hurtt (D’89, GD’90, GD’92) Samuel Kratchman (GD’91) Kenneth Lee (C’91, D’95, GD’98) Michael Marmo (D’95, GD’98) Lee Meadvin (D’70, GD’75) Barry Rhome (D’77, GD’80) Louis Rossman (D’75, GD’77) Joshua Wolgin (D’98)
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Neal Bozentka Michael Dachowski (D’85) Robert Diecidue (D’88) Joseph Foote (D’74, GD’80) (listing occurred prior to his death – see page 38) Anna Kornbrot (D’79, GD’82) Lawrence Levin (D’87, GD’92) E. Steven Moriconi (D’78, GD’83) Allan S. Shaw (C’56, D’59, GD’61) Keith Silverstein (D’91, M’94, GD’97, RES’97) Otto Tidwell (GD’84) Peter Quinn (D’74, GD’78)
renewed or established during a recent trip to the Far East by Morton Amsterdam Dean Denis Kinane, see story page 2). The agreements between these universities allows both Penn Dental Medicine students and those from collaborating institutions to spend time at the other schools for the purpose of learning alternate teaching and service delivery approaches. Students who participate in this two- to four-week exchange program are generally self-selected and usually learn about Penn Dental Medicine
Periodontics I. Stephen Brown (GD’69) Bernard Calem Gail Childers Jay B. Laudenbach (D’02, GD’06) Barry Levin Robert Levine (GD’84) Edward Marcus Alan Meltzer (D’72) Laura Minsk (C’88, GD’94) Lou Rose (GD’70) Paul Rosen (D’86) Michael Sullivan (D’74) Michael Yasner (C’79, D’83, GD’84, GD’86)
Prosthodontics Harold Baumgarten (D’77, GD’82) Howard Fraiman (D’91, GD’93, GD’94) David Kopecki (D’90) Kenneth Laudenbach (GD’73) Ernesto Lee (GD’87) Louis Marion (C’90, D’94, G’94) Najeed Saleh (D’94) David Weinstock (D’87, GD’89)
from fellow students who have been visitors, or from faculty members who recommend the experience. “The large number of students who wish to visit the School each year is a tribute to everyone here,” says Dr. Robert Collins (D’71), Director of the Office of International Relations and Chief of the Division of Community Oral Health. “The program is one way that the School sustains and advances its strong standing in the international community.”