Meet The New Dentist
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Advisory Board
We are pleased to announce the expansion of The New DentistTM Advisory Board to 21 members. Board members serve for a two-year term in a volunteer advisory capacity and are critical to the success of our publication. Because they are in the trenches themselves, they know what issues are most important to their fellow new dentists. We’re very fortunate to have their expertise in guiding our publication. Julie Blais, DMD, is a 2010 graduate of the University of Montreal School of Dental Medicine. She is pursuing her MBA at Stony Brook University where she is also an assistant clinical professor in their School of Dental Medicine. She practices dentistry in East Islip and Patchogue, NY.
Dennis Frazee, DDS, is a 2012 graduate of Indiana University School of Dentistry. He worked as an associate for one year in pediatric and emergency settings prior to opening his own “technologically advanced scratch practice” in Mooresville, Ind.
Bryan Basom, DDS, is a 2007 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. He worked as an associate for three years at two different practices and now owns two practices in Chillicothe and Columbus, Ohio.
Hal Cohen, DMD, is a 2010 graduate of Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry. Prior to entering dentistry, he worked as a science writer and public relations specialist. Dr. Cohen has worked in private practice in and around Philadelphia.
Rebecca Berry, DMD, is a 2011 graduate of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. She completed two years working in a VA Medical Center after completing a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry at the same facility. She now owns a fee-for-service private practice in Oakland, Maine.
Larry Dougherty, DMD, is a 2008 graduate of Nova Southeastern University. He has chaired a number of committees on new dentists, has taught at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Dentistry, and now owns a start-up practice in San Antonio, where he practices with his wife, who is also a dentist.
Lindsay M. Goss, DMD, MPH, is a 2010 graduate of the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health and AT Still University School of Health Management. Dr. Goss completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry program through the Lutheran Medical Center before she worked with four different types of practice settings, and prior to starting up a solo “space share” in Chandler, Ariz.
Dr. Christopher Banks, DDS, is a 2011 graduate of West Virginia University School of Dentistry. He has worked alongside his father at Smile Designs of the Shenandoah Valley in Inwood, WV, for the past three years. He is about to open his own practice in Chevy Chase, Md.
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Erica Haskett, DDS, is a 2008 graduate of New York University. She has worked in New York City and San Francisco as an associate and independent contractor and as a dentist in a hospital setting. She is currently working in mobile dentistry while maintaining a private practice on Park Avenue in New York City.