Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Renovation and Expansion of the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Renovation and Expansion of the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

A challenge— and a solution The strategic plan for the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM), developed in 2009, identified a key driver of success: a dramatically improved facility for the school. Today, that improved facility is a reality, as we celebrate the major expansion and renovation of the school’s Lawrence J. and Anne Cable Rubenstein Building at 100 East Newton Street.

This project has truly transformed the building: its appearance, its functionality, and, above all, the educational and patient experience it supports. With a brand-new patient entrance and new address, 635 Albany Street, it offers a fresh face to the city and serves as a symbol of the school’s increasingly global reputation and ambitions.

New sixth floor dental laboratory with view

We are deeply grateful to the philanthropic supporters who have played an essential role in creating this state-of-the-art facility.

The Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine sign with new lighting and plantings at the 635 Albany Street entrance

The completed receiving area gate and landscaping along Albany Street

The Simulation Learning Center

A facility that reflects and serves GSDM’s educational excellence For the School of Dental Medicine, recent years have been both proud and productive ones. The group practice model for clinical education and patient care has been a resounding success, improving student satisfaction, the patient experience, and the overall efficiency of the school’s Patient Treatment Centers.

Instruction in the Simulation Learning Center

But innovation of this scope and at this scale needs adequate space. The cutting-edge dentistry equipment we have installed demands more space than a typical patient treatment room. Before this project began, the existing facility was stretched to its limits. The school is home to more than 800 students and residents and 300 faculty, in addition

to staff and volunteers, and some 29,000 patients receive care on-site every year.

ensure that students and residents are receiving the best possible preparation for their careers.

Now, the facility has been transformed into the state-of-theart setting our students, residents, patients, faculty, and staff deserve. The attractive new façade not only allows much more light into the building, but also fits well into its Boston and Medical Campus neighborhoods.

For patients, the new space bolsters the school’s efforts to offer care and an experience on par with the best dental practices in Boston. For an institution that prides itself on being patient-centered, this is a critically important outcome.

Interior spaces are modern, spacious, and inviting. One example: a completely new space just inside the entrance, which houses the Admissions Suite. This suite was relocated from an upper floor to ensure that prospective students feel welcome from the moment they arrive.

Indeed, careful consideration has been given throughout to how people move through the building, work that has resulted in a more logical floor plan. From its original total of 93,000 gross square feet, the Rubenstein Building has grown by 48,000 square feet with tremendous benefits for all of its users.

For students and residents, this better space makes the learning experience richer and more comfortable. It also complements GSDM’s innovative curriculum, helping to

And, finally, for faculty and staff, the spaces for teaching and administrative support are greatly improved, and the new layout makes interactions with students both easier and more frequent.

Highlights of the new design The renovated and expanded building includes a bright, spacious new entrance on the corner of East Newton and Albany Streets. This new entrance not only gives patients a warm and welcoming space to check in for appointments; it also gives the school a more prominent “front door” on Albany Street, increasing the school’s visibility in the South End.

A key curricular resource, the Simulation Learning Center, has moved from across Albany Street to the third floor of the Rubenstein Building. In its new home, it has been equipped with state-of-the-art simulators and top-end technologies for teaching and learning.

Overall instructional space has grown by 40 percent. This space includes classrooms and labs, as well as an entirely new 140-seat auditorium on the first floor.

David & Wendy Lustbader Student & Resident Lounge

A new elevator bank makes it easier for students, residents, faculty, and staff to move from clinic to classroom and back.

Meanwhile, the existing bank of elevators has been renovated and is now reserved exclusively for patient use.

Clinical space has increased by more than 60 percent, making treatment environments more comfortable and flexible and enabling the school to add physical spaces to support students, residents, and patients.

The finished building also offers several new spaces for students and residents: a lounge, a café, and collaborative study areas on the first floor, and a second-floor space for residents that features workstations, meeting rooms, and a capacious conference room. With these additions, for the first time GSDM students and residents have a place to gather, reflect, and relax.

In 2021, the building was awarded LEED Gold certification.

The School of Dental Medicine is proud of its beautiful new home, made possible by your support, and we are delighted to welcome you as we celebrate this milestone.

Patient treatment room with city view

The Simulation Learning Center

Auditorium

Thank you to the alumni and friends who donated to support the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine Building Expansion and Renovation Chandan Advani (DMD’04) and Kulwinder Advani Tarun Agarwal DMD and Mona Gupta Agarwal DO Adela Agolli Tarshi (DMD’08, AEGD’09, ENDO’12) and Michael Tarshi Tim Auger (DMD’91) and Meghan Auger (DMD’91) Evis Babo (DMD’01) and Stephen Weizenecker Alexander Bendayan (PROS’05) and Rebika Shaw-Bendayan Nazila Bidabadi (CAS’82, DMD’87) and Alireza Hakimi (ENG’82,’86) Daniel S. Budasoff (PROS’80) Joseph M. Calabrese (DMD’91, AEGD’92) and Michele A. Calabrese (SSW’93) Gennaro L. Cataldo DMD

Vincent Celenza (PROS’79) and Christine Celenza Pelly Chang (DMD’89) Sudha S. Chinta (ENDO’09) and Suryanaryana M. Chinta PharmD Samuel Coffin (CAS’73, DMD’78, Questrom’85) and Deborah Coppa Shadi Daher (DMD’90, OMFS’94) and Milagros Serrano DDS Mohammad Hossein Dashti (DMD’88, PROS’91) and Roxana Hashemian (AEGD’12, SPH’19) Jayalakshmi Donadula (DMD’18) Larry Dunham (DMD’83) and Lynn Dunham (MET’81) Maged El-Malecki (DMD’02) and Zeina El-Malecki Baback Emami (DMD’94) Margaret R. Errante DDS and Mark Crotwell Fadi Fares (DMD’95) and Chafica Fares Neal Fleisher (DMD’84, PERIO’86) and Peggy Fleisher Michael C. Furia (DMD’95) and Flor Furia Raul I. Garcia DMD and Linnea W. Garcia MD Mareen George (DMD’01) and Sanjay Mathew Raymond George (ORTHO’66) Russell Giordano II DMD DSc

John F. Guarente (DMD’89) and Barbara Guarente

Berdj Kiladjian DMD and Margaret Kiladjian

Camila Guiribitey (DMD’20) and Juan Carlos Izquierdo (DMD’20)

Puneet Kochhar (DMD’03) and Shweta Kochhar

Jeyasri Gunarajasingam (DMD’88) and Ponnudurai Gunarajasingam

Maria Kukuruzinska PhD

Hikmat Hannawi (DMD’99) and Mouna Hannawi

Burton Langer (PERIO’66) and Laureen Langer DD

Andre Hashem (PROS’90, DMD’92) and Christine Lo (PROS’92, DMD’95)

David Lee (DMD’98) and Susan Lee

Michelle Henshaw DDS (SPH’96, DPH’07) and Cliff Marble

Xiaojing Li (DSc’03, DMD’07) and Jungmee Youn (Msc’06, PERIO’06, DMD’08)

Zhiqiang Huang (DMD’08) and Jun Jiang Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter DMD and Kathleen Hutter

Celeste V. Kong (PROS’84, DMD’87)

Cataldo Leone DMD and Rosemary Leone

Bing Liu (DSc’99, DMD’03) and Hong Dong

Barry L. Jasper (PROS’66) and Bett R. Jasper

Hongsheng Liu (DMD’10, ENDO’12) and Min Zhu (PhD’12, DMD’17)

Yanling Jiang (DSc’91, DMD’95, ENDO’99) and Tao Xu (DSc’90, DMD’95)

David Lustbader (DMD’86, CAS’86) and Wendy Lustbader (SAR’83,’84)

Dennis Jodoin (DMD’95, PERIO’98) and Vickie Jodoin

Sumeet Malhotra (DMD’10) and Khushbu Malhotra (DMD’18)

Judith Jones (DPH’00, DSc’02) and Michael P. Fitzmaurice (CAS’73, Wheelock’77)

Madalyn L. Mann (DPH’76) and Robert C. Goldszer MD (Questrom’99)

Michael Jory (DMD’96) and Rhonda Jory

Tim and Pam McDonough

Suneel Kandru (ENDO’07) and Santhi Kilaru M. Marianne Jurasic (DMD’95)

Gigi Meinecke (DMD’88) and Douglas Meinecke PhD (GRS’87)

Ghassan Khoury (DMD’96, AEGD’97, SPH’99) and Thenia Kazou-Khoury (AEGD’97, DMD’02)

Robert Miller (DMD’84, PERIO’86) and Sharon Miller

Robert Moskal (DMD’95) and Suzanne Moskal Ernesto Muller (PERIO’61) Resmi Nair (DMD’01) and Prajeet Nair Azita Negahban (DMD’94, AEGD’04) Hesham Nouh (DSc’12, PROS’15) Sepideh Novid (DMD’04, AEGD’05) and Aria Tavana PhD Frank Oppenheim (GRS’74, DMD’76, PERIO’77) Mina Paul DMD (SPH’97) and Ajay Saini (Questrom’82) Steven Perlman (PEDO’76) and Harriet Perlman Loubna Chehab Pla (ENDO’08) and Philippe Pla A. Stephen Polins (CAS’65, PERIO’73) and Betty A. Polins Madhuri D. Punaty (DMD’01) Richard D. Rabbett III (MET’10) and Yun Lam MD Sean Rayment (DMD’97, DSc’00) and Daphne Rayment PhD Richard Rosen DDS (CAS’79) and Rosa Calcano (DMD’96) David Russell DMD and Sharin Russell Mitchell V. Sabbagh (DMD’87) and Kelly Sabbagh Frank Schiano (CAS’01, DMD’06, AEGD’07, ORTHO’18) Douglas Schildhaus (DMD’91, PEDO’93)

Ronni A. Schnell (DMD’81) and Richard A. Short (CAS’76, DMD’82) Amir Shahbazian (DMD’88) and Shahrzad Shahbazian (DMD’96) Cameron Shahbazian (DMD’14) Samuel Shames DDS and Honey Shames Maryam Shomali (CAS’87, ENDO’93) and Bahram Shomali Jeanne Sinkford DDS Mingfang Su (DMD’91) and Xiaoying Zhao Tadeu Szpoganicz (DMD’11) and Valeria Papa Szpoganicz Tina M. Valades (DMD’84) and Ralph D. Tullberg Naveen Verma (DMD’04) and Monica Verma James Wu (OMFS’97) and Janice Wu Elias H. Zavaro, Sr. (DMD’90) Anonymous

This list of leadership donors is current as of August 12, 2021.

Dedicated entrance for faculty, staff, students, and residents