is looking forward to being able to help form a new program and participate in the enthusiasm that normally accompanies something new. For the last four years, he has also been running a research project at Canada's National Research Council's center in Winnipeg. They are developing a knowledge engine that they hope can be used as a point-of-care decision support system to encourage the use of "best practices" in clinical health care. He writes,” continuing to enjoy private practice, and as of now, retirement has no appeal.” Michael Fitzpatrick (D’73, GD’75) is happily retired for three years — splitting the year between West Palm Beach, Fla., and Tinton Falls, N.J. He would like to acknowledge Augustus Trask Ashton and his scholarship that made it possible for him to attend Penn Dental Medicine — “thank you Augustus.” Stuart M. Hirsch (C’67, D’73), who practices Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, has joined Union Dental Holdings, Inc., a provider of multistate dental services for union members. Deborah Zall Rosenberg (CW’73, D’77) is practicing full-time in Maplewood, N.J. She writes, “we have two wonderful children, both college graduates and working!” Walter I. Chinoy (D’74) has been sworn in as the New Jersey Dental Association’s speaker of the House of Delegates for 2010-2011. This marks the 20th year Dr. Chinoy has served in this capacity as he builds on his record as the longest-serving speaker in the Association’s history. Also at the conference, Dr. Chinoy was the sole recipient of the Presidential Service Award, honoring his years of dedication to organized dentistry. Dr. Chinoy is a general dentist in Scotch Plains, N.J. He is serving a four-year term on the ADA Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs. In his spare time, Dr. Chinoy is an avid coin collector, and is a past president of the New Jersey Numismatic Society. Dr. Chinoy and his wife, Elaine, live in Scotch Plains and have two sons, Adam and Evan. Mark Portnoy (D’77) writes,” I am a 30-year survivor of marriage and dentistry with three kids, two grandchildren, and one dental chair.”
1980’s Gifts were given in honor of the Class of 1980 by Jerome B. Goldberg, C'78, D'80 John L. Hayes, GD'86 Sharon Kift Hayes, D'80 Arthur W. Kilkuts, D'80 John T. Lynch, Jr., D'80 Cynthia Keller Marra, DH'80 Frederick J. Marra, D'80, GD'80
P. Deborah Weisfuse (D’77) has been elected Vice President of the New York State Dental Association (NYSDA). The association is one of the largest state constituents of the American Dental Association and represents more than 13,000 of the state’s dentists. Elected by her peers, Dr. Weisfuse will serve as the Association’s first female president in 2012. Dr. Weisfuse is an active participant in dental and philanthropic organizations. She previously was a member of the NYSDA Council on Government Affairs and has served on the board of directors of the New York County Dental Society, a component of NYSDA. She has also served on numerous committees with the New York County Dental Society and the Greater New York Dental Meeting. Dr. Weisfuse practices general dentistry with her husband, Dr. Robert Lipner (D’77), in Manhattan.
Kenneth Cameron (D’78) served four years as a college president in the 1990s while maintaining a dental practice. In February 2010, he was appointed President/CEO of a multimillion-dollar company and is in the process of transitioning out of dentistry. “I always look forward to hearing about the Class of 78,” he writes. Linda Himmelberger (D’79) was selected International College of Dentists (ICD) Regent for District 3 (Pa.) and was elected delegate to the 2010 ADA House of Delegates.
In November 2009, Francis G. Serio (D’80) was appointed Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine. Prior to assuming this role, he served as Professor and Chairman, Department of Periodontics, University of Mississippi School of Dentistry, from 1993 to 2009. In addition, he co-authored Manual of Clinical Periodontics, 3rd edition, with another Penn Dental Medicine graduate, Charles E. Hawley (D’62). Dr. Serio is the Founder and Co-director of the Dominican Dental Mission Project. In 29 years, the Project has provided in excess of $8.4 million in dental care to 54,000 of the rural poor of the Dominican Republic and received an award from each President Bush for this work. Dr. Serio is married to Cheryl L. Serio, DDS, University of Maryland, 1986, and they have two college-age children — Andrew, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis, and Grace, a sophomore at Rice University.
Marc F. Lipkin (D’80, GD’81) has achieved the designation of Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology, honored with the other 22 new Diplomates at the American Academy of Implant Dentistry's annual meeting in Boston in October 2010. At that time, he was also inducted as a Fellow in the AAID. He writes, “Implant dentistry has become a passion of mine and the AAID along with the ICOI have provided me a wonderful learning opportunity. These organizations have allowed me to become a more complete practitioner and expand my dental knowledge." Dr. Lipkin is the owner of Indian Valley Dental Associates, a comprehensive family practice in Souderton, Pa. He is on the medical staff of Grandview Hospital in Sellersville, Pa. After graduating from Penn Dental Medicine in 1981, Steven Clark (D’81) completed OMFS at Columbia/Harlem Hospital, earned his MD at Hahnemann, completed a general surgery residency at St. Barnabas Medical Center, and a plastic surgery residency at the University of Chicago. He has been in solo practice in Destin, Fla., for the past 12 years and feels what he does everyday is where "art meets science.” He writes, “In my opinion my dental and OMFS training has separated me from the rest and is where I first developed a sense of shape and three-dimensional form. I never thought carving a wax pattern in "form and function" would help me shape the face and body.”
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