Volume 3 / 2007
University of California, San Francisco
magazineSchool of Dentistry
Oral Health for AllUCSF School of Dentistry’s Public Service Spans the Globe
ALSO INSIDE:
School Welcomes Three New research Faculty
Graduating Class of 2006
2005-2006 Honor roll of Donors
Alumni News and Notes
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VOLUME 3 / 2007
Editorial Advisory Board:
Charles N. Bertolami, Professor and Dean
Barbara Gerbert, Professor and Chair, Division of Behavioral Sciences
David Graham, Clinical Professor
John S. Greenspan, Professor, Dean for Research
Mark Kirkland, Assistant Dean for Clinics, Director, International Dentist Program
richard McKenzie, Director of Development & Alumni Relations
Dorothy A. Perry, Associate Dean for Education
Jane Weintraub, Lee Hysan Professor and Chair, Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health
Mission Statement
The UCSF School of Dentistry seeks to improve public health through excellence in teaching, research, patient care and public service in the dental and craniofacial sciences. We foster an inspired environment where individuals identify themselves as scholars and realize their scholarship through service as clinicians, educators and scientists.
The goal of the School of Dentistry Magazine is to advance the mission of the School of Dentistry. The magazine is published annually for the alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the UCSF School of Dentistry.
The School of Dentistry Magazine is produced by:
School of Dentistry Communications University of California, San Francisco 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94143-0430
Editor/Writer: Jeff Miller
Contributing Writers: Charles Bertolami, Sharon Brock, David Hand, richard McKenzie, Mary Porteous
Design: Laura Myers Design
Photography: David Hand, Margot Hartford, Majed, richard McKenzie
© 2007 The regents of the University of California
> NEW RESEARCH FACULTY — Three new faculty bring experience and expertise to the science of biofilms, cancer and how cells move.
> CLASS OF 2006 STATISTICS — Postgraduate educational and practice plans; educational debt rankings.
> HISPANIC DENTAL ASSOCIATION — Dean Charles Bertolami made diversity the centerpiece of his philosophical address to the Hispanic Dental Association.
Oral Health for All Humanitarianism is not just a word, but a call to action at the UCSF School of Dentistry. From Saipan and Zimbabwe to San Francisco’s Tenderloin, faculty have made it their mission to teach, train, care for, learn from and, in some cases, literally reconstruct the faces of people around the world.
> CLASS NOTES
> IN MEMORIAM
> CALIFORNIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION ALUMNI RECEPTION
> 2007 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
feature PAGE 5
news PAGE 2
alumni update PAGE 16
why I give BACK COVER
honor roll of donors PAGE 20
> GEORGE CASTANEDA — The UCSF School of Dentistry opened its doors to George Castañeda in the late 1960s. He has been doing the same for others in California’s Central valley ever since.
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Getting it right is really the theme of this issue of the School of Dentistry Magazine. it’s about people who seem to be
getting it right in both their professional and personal lives — people here at the school who have created for them-selves exceptional opportunities to do something innovative and useful, taking whatever natural or acquired gifts they possess, and making a real contribution. They embody the truth that, ultimately, everyone wants only two things: They want to live a life that matters, and they want to believe that they are a good person. This sentiment is not original with me; it comes from the writings of Harold Kushner (Kushner, Harold S. Living a Life That Matters. Anchor Books, New York, 2001).
What it takes to convince ourselves of this truth differs from person to person, and in an age of rampant and corrosive materialism, our goals can become sadly deformed. A misplaced desire for status, income and affluence is often just a way we try to assure ourselves, through the pursuit of external validation, that society values our accomplishments and contributions — in other words, that our life matters. it can feel rather pathetic and unsatisfying in the long run.
The people featured in this issue stand for something different. Having discovered a more direct and unambiguous route to living a life that matters, using their diverse gifts to make a real contribution by making a difference in the lives of others — and taking some significant risks along the way. They include dedicated clinicians like orthodontist Karin vargervik and plastic and reconstructive surgeon Bill Hoffman, who are “saving face” in China and Micronesia by annually providing much-needed orofacial care through the generosity of the Hillblom Foundation.
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Message from the Dean
They include Caroline Shiboski, who is teaching health care providers in strife-torn Zimbabwe to recognize the oral markers for Hiv, while learning a great deal about local practices from her collaboration with them; Mehran Hossaini, who is reconstructing lives in Jordan by working with regional practitioners to repair the appalling damage of war and introducing them to UCSF’s vast health knowledge resources; our remarkable dental students, caring for the homeless in San Francisco; and Frank Grimaldi, healing the neglected for 25 years. They also include faculty members who bring different gifts, but equal dedication and distinction to the task of improving understanding of basic biological problems, with the ultimate aim of discovering new treatments, cures and diagnostic methods.
Among the most exciting additions to the School of Dentistry faculty over the past year are Katja Brückner, who expands our understanding of cancer through her study of blood cell development in fruit flies; Creg Darby, who studies biofilms in the nematode C. elegans; and Torsten Wittmann, who studies cellular movement and the cytoskeleton; along with the contributions of longtime faculty such as John Greenspan and Troy Daniels, who have built the first-ever global registry for the high misery condition Sjögren’s syndrome.
i hope you’ll take the time to read about these remarkable individuals and their extraordinary contributions. You will be inspired by their stories and admire their motives just as much as their achievements; and, i hope, find satisfaction in the role your school has played in offering them an environment to fulfill their professional lives. Everybody needs heroes; the faculty featured here are some of mine.
Charles N. Bertolami, DDS, DMedScProfessor, Dean
Getting It Right
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New Research FacultyThe UCSF School of Dentistry welcomes three new research faculty and their diverse areas of interest to its roster of bioscientists: Katja Brückner, Creg Darby and Torsten Wittmann. Each has unique reasons for wanting to come to UCSF, but all are unified in the support offered by Dean Charles N. Bertolami and the Sandler Family Supporting Foundation. “There’s a fabulous community of scientists here,” says Creg Darby, “and there’s nothing they love more than to work with one another, talk to one another and collaborate with one another.”
Trained at the University of Munich and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, Katja Brückner comes to UCSF by way of Harvard Medical School and occupies a new faculty position in the Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology program. Described by Peter Sargent, PhD, interim chair of the school’s Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, as a scientist who uses “very powerful genetic techniques,” Dr. Brückner focuses on the model organism Drosophila melanogaster, a genus of fruit fly; specifically its hematopoietic (blood cell) development and survival, an area of study with potential implications for the understanding of cancer. Dr. Brückner is also interested in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of cells from an epithelial, or sheet-like, state to a mesenchymal, or dispersed, state, which relates to tumor metastasis. Describing UCSF as “a very open and interactive scientific environment,” she looks forward to moving collaboratively beyond her work with Drosophila to more complex model organisms.
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Torsten Wittmann (above) comes to UCSF via Heidelberg and the European Bioinformatics Institute. He’s interested in cellular cytoskeletons and in how cells move, focusing on the dynamics of microtubules, a class of filaments within cells. His decision to bring his work here was a simple one, he says: “UCSF has always been a focal point of modern biology, and cell biology specifically.” Dr. Wittmann is also highly accomplished in the design and realization of microscopy relevant to his work, with significant help from the Sandler Foundation. “Cells are amazingly beautiful,” says Wittmann. “There’s a lot of detail and intricacy, and it fascinates me just to look at them.”
From the time of Creg Darby’s (below) graduate studies, he has been interested in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans — a type of roundworm used as a model host in studying host-pathogen interactions — extending his work with the organism at Stanford’s Falkow Lab, an important center for the study of bacterial pathogenesis. With C. elegans, Dr. Darby’s specific interest is in Yersinia pestis, a microorganism associated with the propagation of bubonic plague via the rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis), and in the biofilm in which it lives in the digestive tract of the flea. He anticipates broadening his work to include the direct investigation of oral biofilms. “It’s a very open, highly interactive environment,” he says of UCSF, “and that’s the kind that I thrive in.”
The results of an online exit survey completed by 77 of 101 graduating DDS students, including international graduates:
35 accepted into postgraduate education programs
37 going into private practice
Postgraduate Education PlansEndodontics ................................................................ 1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery .................................... 2Orthodontics ................................................................ 3Pediatric Dentistry ....................................................... 6Prosthodontics ............................................................ 1General Practice residency .......................................16Advanced Education in General Dentistry .................. 3Other ............................................................................ 3
Intended Location of PracticeSuburban ....................................................................39 Urban ..........................................................................35 Underserved area ......................................................18rural ...........................................................................10Other .............................................................................3
Educational Debt Comparisons Average debt of dental students upon graduation (2006 graduates)
All US Dental
Schools
Public Dental
Schools
Private/Private (state- related)
UCSF School of Dentistry
$145,465
$124,700
$174,241
$109,284
Source: Annual ADEA Survey of Dental School Seniors, 2006 Graduating Class, Journal of Dental Education (forthcoming, Spring 2007), and UCSF Office of Admissions and Registrar
Dean Charles N. Bertolami delivered the keynote address at the Hispanic Dental Association con-vention at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles on Nov. 2, 2006. Speaking on diversity, he emphasized the importance of diversity in dental education and practice, saying that it is not like the typical technical subject that professional schools are so proficient at teaching. “Most diversity talk takes place among those who already agree with each other. What about those who don’t agree — or who haven’t thought about it?” His presentation was described as “philosophical” by Scientific Chair Danny Mendoza (D ’84), who was enthusiastic about the range and depth of his approach. Ernie Garcia (D ’84), outgoing president of the Hispanic Dental Association, presided at the meeting.
Dean Addresses Hispanic Dental Association
Congratulations to the Class of 2006
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The graduating class of 2006: DDS and International Dentist Program graduates
Above, from left: Danny Mendoza (D ’84), scientific chair of the Hispanic Dental Association, with his wife, Josie; Jason Pair (DDS ’97) with Rick Valachovic, executive director of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA); William Valdez (D ’77) and his wife, Sherry
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Public service — how much and how heartfelt — reveals the character of any organization. By that standard UCSF’s School of Dentistry, already the NIH’s top-funded dental research institution, ranks high on the humanitarian scale as well. indeed, from Saipan to San Francisco’s Tenderloin, faculty and students both in school-sponsored programs and at their own initiative have made the oral health and facial reconstruction of the underserved a calling and a mission.
in the pages that follow, we highlight just some of the people and programs that during the past year brought the School of Dentistry off its windy heights and into classrooms and operating rooms — and the hearts and minds of thousands — in San Francisco and around the world.
By Jeff Miller...for All
Oral Health
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For those old enough to remember the summer of 1944, the battle for control of
Saipan, one of several islands in the Northern Marianas chain, still echoes. Names like “Hell’s Pocket” and “Death valley” speak to the intense, brutal and sometimes suicidal engagements between Japanese and American forces on this speck in the Pacific, only 12 miles long and 6 miles wide.
Now home to nearly 70,000 people, and capital of the US Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Saipan might seem far removed from UCSF. But thanks to funds from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, a two-member UCSF team, led by Dentistry’s Karin vargervik, DDS, director of
the school’s renowned Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, has since 2002 been organizing and offering free orthodontic and surgery care to children and adults for one week each spring.
“Hillblom wanted to be sure that children in Saipan born with birth defects would be treated,” says vargervik. “We feel that we are fulfilling his wish.”
The “we” in this equation includes William Hoffman, MD, chief of UCSF’s Division of Plastic and reconstructive Surgery, and the plastic surgeon on the UCSF craniofacial team who has repaired cleft lips and palates and other defects in more than 60 patients since the Saipan excursions began.
Starting from scratch, the team of vargervik and Hoffman has now built and helped train a group of local specialists, including an orthodontist and plastic surgeon on Guam 100 miles away, who provide follow-up care once per month.
“When you’re only there for a week and seeing as many as 30 patients, it can be difficult to get everything done,” vargervik confides. “Now we can treat patients right up to the point where they need bone grafts or start orthodontic treatment and have the local specialists continue when we’ve gone.”
returning each year also allows vargervik and Hoffman to reconnect with their patients and monitor their progress. “it’s very satisfying, but also frustrating,” says vargervik. Speech therapy, an important part of the overall
program in San Francisco, is in short supply on Saipan. “This is a continuing problem,” she acknowledges.
Still, the chance to restore a child’s face and transform a life is a powerful lure and one that ensures that vargervik will continue to make the health and healing trip well into the future. At the same time, she is adding destinations on the Chinese mainland, thanks to a growing hunger there for UCSF’s craniofacial expertise and training techniques and a partner-ship with a non-profit organization known as the Alliance for Smiles.
Saving Face in China and Micronesia
“The hospital director [in Jiujiang] explained to me that UCSF is the name that will bring in patients. They want it on all their signs.”
William Hoffman
Hillblom Foundation Distinguished Professor Karin Vargervik
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Many medical conditions continue to baffle both researchers and clinicians
alike. included on that stubborn list is Sjögren’s syndrome, a chronic and often overlooked autoimmune disease that attacks the salivary and tear glands, causing dry eyes and dry mouth. Nearly 95 percent of patients are women. in many cases, Sjögren’s is progressive, leading to infections, involvement of other organs, such as the liver, kidneys and lungs, and less commonly to malignant lymphoma.
Saliva bathes and protects the teeth from bacteria, so any reduc-tion in flow can accelerate dental decay. Not surprisingly, dentists are often the first line of diagnosis and defense, one reason why Troy Daniels, DDS, MS, together with two colleagues, founded the nation’s first multidisciplinary Sjögren’s syndrome clinic on the Parnassus Heights campus in 1972.
Daniels, who continues as director of the Sjögren’s clinic, has become one of the world’s leading experts on the syndrome. No wonder then that when the National institute of Dental and Craniofacial research, the National Eye institute, and the NiH Office of research on Women’s
Health decided in 2003 to fund an international registry network to study Sjögren’s, the UCSF School of Dentistry was awarded the $11.9 million grant as both a research site and the coordinating center. Daniels and John Greenspan, BDS, PhD, director of the AiDS research institute and dean for research in the School of Dentistry, are co-directors.
“At the time it was awarded, the grant was one of the largest ever in the field of dental research,” says Daniels. “While it may reflect the prestige that comes with being a leader in the field, we had an excellent proposal drafted by an outstanding team.”
With clinics in Buenos Aires and Beijing, as well as those in Denmark, Japan and, of course, UCSF, the Sjögren’s international Clinical Collaborative Alliance is working to rationalize and systematize everything from the forms used to collect data from patients to the collection of such biospecimens as tears, saliva, serum, DNA and salivary gland tissue. “Strange as it seems,” says Daniels, “there are no internationally recognized diagnostic criteria for Sjögren’s. That’s one of the reasons we’re gathering data and specimens from all over the world. We want to develop
When the craniofacial anomalies clinic opened at UCSF in 1954, it soon became a model of an integrated, multidisciplinary team approach to children born with multiple congenital anomalies. Other institutions have adopted the model as well, but it is the UCSF name that resonates most in Asia, in part because of the training fellowships undertaken at the craniofacial anomalies clinic during the last 52 years.
vargervik admits to being somewhat stunned by this fact on her first visit to the university hospital in Jiujiang last year. “The hospital director explained to me that UCSF is the name that will bring in patients,” she recalls. “They want it on all their signs.”
it also is a name known by Alliance for Smiles, which is funding efforts to identify and transport cleft lip and palate patients from the Chinese countryside to hospital clinics where Alliance volunteers, who include plastic surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists and nurses, perform the operations, as well as train local staff.
vargervik’s role is to help organize Chinese university hospital specialists to work as interdisciplinary teams to, in effect, re-create the UCSF model in an Asian setting. When patients arrive, the similarities continue. Says vargervik, who often spends time lobbying insurance companies for team-care reimbursement, “The goal is to help people with no money and no health insurance get the kind of care they need and deserve.”
“The hospital director [in Jiujiang] explained to me that UCSF is the name that will bring in patients. They want it on all their signs.”
Gathering Evidence in Argentina, Denmark, China and Japan
Candidiasis in patient with Sjögren’s syndrome, before (left) and after treatment
Salivary gland with characteristic infiltration of lymphocytes
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international diagnostic criteria from scratch and provide well-characterized specimens to scientists studying the genetics, immunology and treatment of Sjögren’s, now and in the future.”
The UCSF School of Dentistry is particularly well-qualified to supervise the screening and testing process, having started with John Greenspan’s help what is now the country’s oldest AiDS specimen bank (ASB) in 1982. When it comes to Sjögren’s, Greenspan is characteristically determined.
“We want to systematically deconstruct this chronic disease,” says Greenspan. “if we can be more focused and specific in our knowledge, we can be more effective when treating it.”
At the moment, more than 600 patients around the world have signed on to the registry. With the recent addition of a group in London as well as natural growth at existing sites, which sign up family members of patients and other individuals as controls, Daniels hopes that several
thousand names will ultimately fill the registry.
“There are some spillover effects as well,” Daniels adds. “What we learn about Sjögren’s might also apply to other autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus.” And by implication, a treatment for Sjögren’s could work for other diseases, too. For the moment, though, it is the Sjögren’s sufferers whom Daniels keeps uppermost in his mind. “Sjögren’s is a high misery condition and we want to change that.”
“Sjögren’s is a high misery condition and we want to change that.”
John Greenspan Troy Daniels
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When Caroline Shiboski, DDS MPH, PhD, soon to become director of the School of
Dentistry’s Oral Medicine Clinical Center, went to Zimbabwe for the first time in 1���, she had high hopes. The University of Zimbabwe has recently created a department of dentistry and there existed — in the person of the department’s creator, Midion Chidzonga — the tantalizing possibility of collaborations. Chidzonga was indeed enthusiastic about possible research collabora-tions, but he was also keen on getting help with the department’s oral medicine curriculum. Shiboski was happy to oblige on both fronts.
What soon developed was a joint study intended to demonstrate that certain oral lesions are surrogate markers for HIV disease and to teach nurses how to detect these lesions in patients. Shiboski and Chidzonga implemented the study among women who were participants in existing projects led by University of Zimbabwe colleagues in the depart-ment of Obstetrics and Gynecology and UCSF epidemiologist Nancy Padian, PhD. Shiboski also developed and implemented the oral medicine curriculum for fourth- and fifth-year students in Chidzonga’s department.
The Danish-born and Paris-raised Shiboski admits that she did not know what to expect on her first visit. She soon discovered that she was going to learn as much as she was going to teach. “Learning about local customs and culturally sensitive issues from the nurses was a very enriching experience,” she explains. So, too, were her observations of her university colleagues who carried on with business as usual despite their country’s economic demise. “It was very humbling.” Her students also proved to be an inspiration. “Even with a faltering economy, when their days were consumed by figuring out how to survive, the students came to class, motivated to learn and incredibly appreciative of what you were teaching them.”
From an original class of 10 students, the department of dentistry grew to more than 40 fourth- and fifth-year students and during her five yearly trips — each of which lasted about two weeks — Shiboski’s suitcases grew increasingly heavy as she stuffed more and more oral pathology books into the side pockets. At the end of the fifth visit, with the oral medicine curriculum set, the study objectives completed, and the grant about to expire, she
Exchanging Lessons in Zimbabwe
finished her lecture and prepared to leave. One of her students stood up, Shiboski recalls, and eloquently thanked her for doing research on the oral components of AIDS and then teaching him and his classmates what she knew about a disease, he acknowledged, that had directly touched all of them in the room.
Shiboski returned to UCSF deter-mined to weave more international research into her already jammed portfolio, which includes studies of oral health among organ transplant patients. She got her wish in the form of a grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, the purpose of which is to implement an oral HIV/AIDS research agenda within the AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) Network. The grant makes her leader of the epidemiology unit of the Oral HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (OHARA), a partnership with University of North Carolina and Case Western in Cincinnati. “We will be developing oral studies and clinical trials to improve the management of oral problems in HIV patients,” Shiboski explains. “The beauty of it is that shared resources will be the hallmark of these studies, which will take advantage of the existing ACTG infrastructure.” Best of all, she admits, “I will be able to work again with my friends and colleagues in Zimbabwe.”
“We will be developing oral studies and clinical trials to improve the management of oral problems in HIV patients.”
Shiboski with fourth- and fifth-year dental students in the Department of Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, in November 2005
Caroline Shiboski
reconstructing Lives in Jordan
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The carnage of iraq has a legacy beyond the barrage of bullets, suicide bombings and death
shrouds. Blast survivors sometimes suffer horrific injuries to their face and head, injuries that even in the best of times would require complicated surgeries to stabilize, let alone repair. in the chaos that passes for daily life, iraqi oral and maxillofacial surgeons with the knowledge and skill to undertake these stabilizing procedures have been overwhelmed by the sheer number of those in need.
international relief organizations, such as the Paris-based Doctors Without Borders — Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) — have stepped into the breach and, in casting a wide net for qualified and interested reconstructive surgeons, attracted the interest of UCSF oral and maxillofacial expert Mehran Hossaini, DMD. Once interviewed and accepted by the organization soon after his arrival at UCSF from Philadelphia’s Hahnemann University Hospital in 2005, Hossaini did not have to wait long for his first call. it came in July 2006. “They called me on a Tuesday to see if i were available. i said yes the next day and by Sunday, i was in Amman, Jordan,” says the iranian-born Hossaini, who came of age during the iranian-iraqi conflict of the 1980s.
Once at the medical facility for his 10-day stint, Hossaini began a series of whirlwind operations on
eight patients airlifted from iraq. Most operations lasted seven to eight hours; one took 10 hours to complete. “We were dealing with significant deficits,” says Hossaini. Among the worst was a 19-year-old man who had lost his nose, left upper jaw and much of the soft tissue in the center of his face. “There essentially was a hole where the center of his face should be.”
Guided by a Medical Modeling CAT scan device that can make a three-dimensional image of the head, Hossaini and the MSF team, which consisted of groups of nurses, scrub technicians and anesthesiologists from France, Denmark and Germany, undertook “aggressive” bone and soft tissue grafting to stabilize and repair the shattered faces. Cosmetic improvements were a byproduct of the procedures, not their prime purpose.
“We didn’t have the luxury of doing multiple surgeries on the same patient and we were limited by the type of equipment available,” says Hossaini. Poignantly, some patients, who ranged in age from 19 to 67, brought pictures of themselves before their injuries, hoping in vain for a miracle restoration. “Yes, they were disappointed, but with time, they understood that there would be stages of healing, followed by more surgeries.”
Will Hossaini be performing any of these future surgeries? Perhaps. “i might go back in December [2006].” The medical staff in Amman
certainly would welcome him. in a country hungry for medical journals, he showed his Jordanian and iraqi colleagues how to log on to UCSF Library’s Galen system to read articles and abstracts. Perhaps, too, the iraqi oral and maxillofacial surgeon who was also supposed to operate on patients will be able to join him for the next round. Hossaini sighs, “He tried to come last time, but his father was assassinated on the day he was supposed to leave.”
“They called me on a Tuesday to see if I were available. I said yes the next day and by Sunday, I was in Amman, Jordan.”
Mehran Hossaini
From left: unloading the C arm, Hossaini drilling, end of surgery on the last day, MSF team in Amman
Helping the Homeless in San Francisco
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Every Monday night, some 10 to 15 students from the UCSF School of Dentistry meet
with homeless men and women at the St. vincent de Paul Multi-Service Center to provide dental health education and screenings. This shelter — located at 5th and Bryant in downtown San Francisco — is the largest shelter in Northern California, housing more than 300 homeless men and women per night. Patients share their dental concerns and students screen each patient, discuss oral hygiene and hand out toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss.
if the patients are referred, a UCSF van picks them up the following Thursday and takes them to the
Community Dental Clinic, located at the School of Dentistry on Parnassus Heights. Here, students provide basic, preventative dental care, such as cleanings, simple restorations and simple denture repair, for free.
Steven Silverstein, DMD, MPH, is the faculty adviser for the program and has been promoting social justice, public health and community service with the School of Dentistry for 30 years. The school has embraced this mission and today, fourth-year dental students must complete externships in several community clinics.
“in the 1980s, students were not as interested in giving back to the community, given the emphasis on money at that time,” says Silverstein.
“But now, students want to give back and every year they step up and take leadership roles in the program and it just amazes me.”
Founded just 12 years ago, the Community Dental Clinic is thriving. it is not only an invaluable service for the homeless in San Francisco — many of whom don’t have access to dental care — it’s an opportunity for students to serve the community, connect with an underserved population on a personal level, as well as gain hands-on clinical experience while in school.
“Being exposed to a broader array of dental issues, students will become more prepared and compas-sionate providers for any population they choose to work with,” says Silverstein. “Since the homeless have little access to dental care, they are so appreciative and they give students positive feedback, which reinforces the process. This program demonstrates that someone cares about them.”
The Community Dental Clinic is an elective course, run primarily by the students. Faculty and residents volunteer on Thursday evenings to supervise the clinic and only intervene when needed. Approximately 60 students, from all four years, are enrolled in the program and there are five to six coordinators representing each year. The director is in charge of the coordinators and oversees the entire program.
This year’s director is Sunnshine Greer, a third-year student who sees the acute need for dental care among underserved populations
“They called me on a Tuesday to see if I were available. I said yes the next day and by Sunday, I was in Amman, Jordan.”
“Since the homeless have little access to dental care, they are so appreciative and they give students positive feedback, which reinforces the process.”
A homeless patient is examined at the UCSF Community Dental Clinic
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and plans to provide it in community clinics after graduation.
“Unlike the free medical clinics, there are not a lot of free dental clinics,” says Greer. “Hopefully, this program will instill the importance of community dentistry so that students continue to volunteer after they graduate.”
in 2005, students provided care for more than 400 patients and provided $30,000 worth of free dental care. The clinic is funded by Associated Dental Students, Parnassus Club, Chancellor’s Endowment Fund, Associated Students and student fund-raising.
Jung Park was last year’s director and found the experience rewarding not only because students were improving patients’ health; they were also improving their smiles. Smiles are associated with increased self-esteem and self-esteem often helps patients stay committed to their rehabilitation and, in some cases, gain employment.
Park, now in her fourth year of studies, recalls her most memorable moment in the program after improv-ing a patient’s smile.
“One man came in with his two front teeth missing. He was self-
conscious about his smile and it inhibited him from getting back on his feet,” she says. “But we made a stayplate for him [an aesthetic denture] and he could not stop smiling. it was one of the most beautiful things i’ve ever seen. i’ll never forget that moment.”
As director, Park focused on the importance of stayplates for clients to increase self-esteem, as well as providing dental services for those who have been victims of violence. Along with seeing patients from St. vincent de Paul Multi-Service Center, the clinic takes referrals from Seton Hall drug and alcohol rehabilitation center and Glide Memorial Church, all of which serve clients with violence in their lives.
“it’s easy to lose the front teeth if you’re a victim of repeated violence,” says Park. “By replacing the front teeth, patients won’t be reminded every day of that violence when they look in the mirror, and it gives them a fresh start.”
Another student who recently completed his three-year commitment is Thomas Dai. Dai first came to dental school with intentions to work in underprivileged communities, both in San Francisco and abroad. Dai’s approach to dentistry is to teach patients not only about dental health, but their overall health as well.
“Over the three years, i saw one patient on a monthly basis and he started out homeless, then a drug addict, then he went through
“One man came in with his two front teeth missing.... We made a stayplate for him and he could not stop smiling. It was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. I’ll never forget that moment.”
rehabilitation, and in the end, he got a job,” says Dai. “He was an intelli-gent person, but he didn’t smile and he hid his teeth when he spoke, which limited his interactions with people. Since he was motivated to improve his overall health and stay clean, he was a success story.”
Dai plans to take the skills and experiences learned from the Community Dental Clinic and apply them to his future goal: To work with non-profits to promote public health, with a focus on dentistry, in inner cities and indigent areas across the globe.
“The clinic has reinforced my initial motivation for entering dental school and now i’m chomping at the bit to start working and fulfill my mission,” he says. —Sharon Brock
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it’s 9:05 am on Thursday, September 28, and Frank Grimaldi, DDS, FACD, director of the General
Practice residency (GPr) for the UCSF School of Dentistry, is greeting his second of three patients of the day at the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) at UCSF’s Parnassus campus.
“Good morning, Clifford. i’m Doctor Grimaldi and i met you a year ago,” says Grimaldi, entering the exam room with two residents. “We are going to replace the crowns for your two front teeth with permanent crowns. Today, we will take molds, and in two weeks, we will install the crowns. But first, are you in any pain?”
Clifford Bristol, 24, from Hayward, California, has cerebral palsy and diabetes insipidus and is one of more than 300 handicapped patients seen by Grimaldi and his GPr residents every year. GPr is exceptional in that it services populations who are typically not seen in private dental practices, such as the mentally handicapped (80 percent of Grimaldi’s patients), those with extreme dental phobias (10 percent), and those with severe medical conditions (10 percent), including patients with hemophilia or suppressed immune systems following organ transplants.
“No, i’m not in pain,” says Bristol, and gives a smile reminiscent of a 5-year-old missing his two front teeth.
The last time Bristol had seen a dentist was in April 2005. He was screened at the GPr clinic in November 2005 and because of the roughly 10-month waiting period, this was the first day available for his dental procedure. Because there are so few dentists who serve these populations, patients must endure the waiting period and some
and we assemble teams of various providers to help manage and tailor patients’ dental care,” says Grimaldi. “The cumulative resources at UCSF allow us to meet the diverse needs of our patients, and i want to thank the schools of dentistry and medicine because we could not exist without their good will and expertise.”
At 9:07 am, anesthesiologist John Feiner, MD, enters the room and greets Bristol. “Hi Clifford. With this needle, i’m not going to hurt you; i’m going to protect you. You are the star quarterback and i am your first line of defense,” says Feiner. “Like Joe Montana?” asks Bristol. “That’s right,” says Feiner, as he inserts the iv needle and gently wheels the patient into Or number 3.
Because he was cooperative, Bristol will fall asleep gradually and somewhat comfortably. Most of Grimaldi’s patients, however, are not as cooperative and often need to be sedated before they are brought into the operating room, either orally with liquid midazolam or intramuscularly with an injection of ketamine.
travel from as far north as the Oregon border, as far south as the Central valley and as far east as Lake Tahoe.
“We treat patients who are too sick, too scared or don’t understand,” says Grimaldi, who has been the director of GPr since 1981. “The goals of the program are to increase public access to care for these popu-lations and to expose the residents to a broad array of dental issues.”
GPr is a one-year program offering training in all aspects of hospital dentistry with an emphasis on comprehensive general dental care. Each year, up to four applicants are accepted and undergo one- to three-month rotations in oral surgery, oral medicine, anesthesiology, endodontics and implant dentistry.
Because the majority of GPr patients require anesthesia, residents collaborate with physicians and become experts in dentistry as it relates to medicine and anesthesia.
“We take a whole-person approach to care. GPr is where dentistry, anesthesia and medicine overlap
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“Because the patients are so diverse, there is not just one way to medicate them. We assess each patient as an individual and figure out the best way to interact with each one,” says Martin Bogetz, MD, professor of clinical anesthesia, medical director of the surgery center for its 19 years and course director for the one-month GPr rotation in anesthesia. “Many patients simply need to be comforted by touch or even by song. Some can be violent. i’ve been spat on and scratched. Frank has been kicked and punched.”
While GPr residents are working in the ACC on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, Bogetz and other anesthesia faculty go to great lengths to find creative ways to care for frightened patients. For one patient, Bogetz painted an anesthesia mask with cherry flavored syrup and encouraged the young girl to blow up a balloon to inhale the anesthetic. Two weeks ago, a young boy would not leave his mother’s car, so Bogetz and Grimaldi asked that the car be driven to a spot just outside the surgery center, where the patient was injected with ketamine in the back seat.
“Marty is a prince,” says Grimaldi of Bogetz, with whom he has worked for 20 years. “The program could not have been so successful and be going on for so long if it weren’t for him.”
it’s 9:22 am, and Bristol is asleep. Grimaldi’s calm demeanor sets the tone in the operating room. Two GPr residents prepare for the dental procedure while two senior dental students observe. in the room, there is also one anesthesiologist, one anesthesiology resident and one medical student.
Since Bristol can no longer swallow or maintain his airway, Feiner inserts an endotracheal tube — a plastic
tube inserted through the patient’s nose and down into his trachea — to ensure both proper breathing and protection of his airway. The team straps down Bristol’s arms and legs and Feiner monitors the flow of anesthetic while the dental residents begin the examination.
With every patient, the procedure consists of photographs, digital X-rays (which reveal cavities), examination and teeth cleaning. Procedures range from one to four hours depending on the extent of the additional dental work required, ranging from fillings to crown restorations to extracting teeth. Starting this year, residents will learn skills related to implants and minor orthodontic movement. The goals for every patient are: first, to avoid pain and infection; second, to promote ideal function; and third, cosmetic improvement.
Midway through the procedure, Grimaldi offers advice by drawing a diagram of a tooth on the bed, adjacent to Bristol’s head. “What i’d like to see you do is put a number two cord around that tooth and try to get down into the sulcus,” says Grimaldi.
“Dr. Grimaldi is a big drawer,” says Dean Aria, 29, a resident in GPr. “He will draw on anything: the bed, his scrubs. He explains his ideas and techniques through pictures. He’s an excellent teacher.”
A typical week for Aria is: Monday and Friday, screening patients at the GPr clinic, located at the UCSF School of Dentistry; Tuesday, oral medicine training at San Francisco General Hospital; Wednesday, TMD clinic, learning skills related to jaw pain and complications; Thursday, performing dental procedures at the ACC. After clinical training during the day, Aria attends classes in the evening.
The newest GPr faculty member is Ghazala Khan, BDS, DDS, who completed the residency program in August of 2004 and has been an assistant clinical professor ever since. Khan previously completed UCSF’s international Dentist Program after attending dental school in Pakistan. Khan joined the faculty because she wanted to continue her focus in special-care dentistry and working with mentally disabled and medically compromised patients.
“We are doing a great service for this population where there is a chance of their dental issues being neglected because of the other problems in their lives,” says Khan. “My goal is to help train residents in understanding the conditions of these patients and i hope they will continue to serve them over and above their private practices.”
At 10:02 am, the exam, cleaning and crown preparations are complete. Feiner discontinues the anesthetic and monitors Bristol as he slowly wakes up. Mentally disabled patients typically take longer to waken, and Bristol doesn’t begin to move until 10:16 am. At this point, Bristol has regained his reflexes and is able to cough and maintain his airway, so Feiner quickly removes the tubes which assisted his breathing.
Bristol is wheeled out of the Or at 10:20 am and taken to the recovery room. “How are you doing, buddy?” asks Feiner. Bristol lets out a weak groan and shifts his weight. While Feiner takes a few minutes to monitor Bristol’s recovery, Grimaldi says his goodbyes and quickly walks back to the exam room to greet yet another patient and prepare his residents for their third and final procedure of the day.
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“The cumulative resources at UCSF allow us to meet the diverse needs of our patients, and I want to thank the schools of dentistry and medicine because we could not exist without their good will and expertise.”
At left, GPR residents work on crown preparations for patient Clifford Bristol; above, anesthesiologist John Feiner monitors Bristol in the recovery room.
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updateA Family Tradition of Giving Dr. Frank Casella (D ’21) practiced dentistry in San Francisco, his hometown, occasionally treating patients for free — and later finding eggs or chickens on his doorstep as payment. He passed his giving spirit — and taste for science — on to his daughter, Shirley Casella Freund. Freund, who passed away in 2003, left a substantial bequest to the UCSF School of Dentistry in her late father’s honor. Her gift is supporting students in the joint DDS/PhD program, something Freund would have loved. “My mother enjoyed helping young, up-and-coming scientists,” says her older daughter, Leslie Freund. “She found their work very exciting.” She felt most passionate about the ArCS Foundation (Achievement rewards for College Scientists). “We always thought if she had been born a decade or two later, she might have pursued a career in science,” says Leslie. “Mom was very supportive of me as a science geek,” adds her younger daughter, Ellen Freund, PhD, now a marine biologist. Through her gift, Freund continues to support promising minds: students with DDS degrees pursuing PhDs in dentistry. By aiding these scholars, the Casella Fund is helping meet the huge need for professors in the field, according to John Greenspan, BDS, PhD, dean for research at the UCSF School of Dentistry. “We are deeply grateful to Shirley Freund,” says Greenspan. “Her generosity is helping enrich the pool of academic dentists, who will train the next generation.”
Dreams Cut Short, and Passed Along James Forge (D ’89) was determined to follow in the footsteps of his sister, Joni Forge (D ’85), first, by pursuing science as an undergraduate, and then at the UCSF School of Dentistry. After graduating from UCSF in 1989, James, like Joni, returned to Southern California to establish a private dentistry practice. “James always knew what he wanted to do — i didn’t,” Joni laughs. “in many ways, it was i who followed him.” James’ enthusiasm for dentistry began during visits to his orthodontist, who encouraged him
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to assist with small tasks, such as pouring molds. His graduation closed the first chapter of a tale that began with that boyhood dream. Dr. Joni Forge’s adulthood decision to go into dentistry, by contrast, was “roundabout” — prompted by her brother’s passion for the profession and by her experience as a dental assistant following her graduation from UC irvine. “James really had an eye for dentistry,” Joni recalls fondly. Sadly, Dr. James Forge passed away from heart failure in 2002. “He was only 42,” Joni says. “it was too soon.” To honor her brother’s longtime dedication to dentistry, Joni has pledged $50,000 to establish the James O. Forge Scholarship Fund. “Thanks to UCSF, James became the dentist he always wanted to become,” says Joni. “i’m convinced that this fund will help other young men and women realize their own dreams.”
Life After Dentistry Since retiring from dental practice in 1997, Michael A. Clarke (D ’61) has been busy as a writer. His post-retirement writing activities have included the publication of two books: Geezer Sex, a collection of short stories,
and Whenever He Saw a Marching Band, a full-length novel. This year, Dr. Clarke published his newest collection of short stories, The Little Boy Who Lived in the Movie Theater. Dr. Clarke wrote skits and entertainments while an undergraduate at UCLA, and during his career as a periodontist and teacher, he wrote articles for scientific journals and textbooks, as well as editorials for professional journals. He later obtained a Certificate in Periodontics and an MS degree in pathology (University of Washington), and was the founding editor of the California Society of Periodontists newsletter, Probing Thoughts. returning to California, Dr. Clarke practiced periodontics in Castro valley and Pleasanton until retiring in 1997, and has held teaching positions at the University of Southern California, University of the Pacific and Chabot Community College. Free to pursue “life after dentistry,” Dr. Clarke enjoys writing nostalgic and humorous pieces based in part on his own life experiences.
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In MemoriamJoseph Armand Sciutto, DDS ’28Dr. Joseph Sciutto slipped away peacefully on Monday, November 13, 2006, following a full, giving, active life that spanned a century. On October 19, 2006, he celebrated his 100th birthday in a joyous gathering of family and friends. The grand patriarch’s wit, sparkle and charm were equaled by his sterling character and rigorous self-discipline. He captivated those around him with the twinkle in his eye, a vast vocabulary and his hearty greeting accompanied by a firm grip. His activity level exceeded expectations for his years: He exercised avidly, working out at the gym three times a week, celebrated his last hole-in-one at age 80 at Claremont Country Club, where he was an enthusiastic member, and enjoyed oil painting and fly fishing on the Mackenzie river. He followed current events and the stock market as avidly as his beloved Cal Bears, was always a dapper clotheshorse and played a winning game of dominoes. Born in 1906 after surviving the San Francisco earthquake in utero, he was raised in Salinas by his mother, Louise Sciutto, with his brother, Bill, and sister, ida. He was a 1928 graduate of the University of California dental school and provided outstanding care to patients in his Berkeley practice, reluctantly retiring after 55 years. He leaves behind his son, robert Sciutto; daughter, Barbara Sciutto Blunden; and grandchildren, Jennifer and John Hohman, Tricia MacLeod and fiancé Nelson Singleton, Amy and Steve ruegg, Ann and Jim Huchingson, and Molly Blunden. He was proud of his great-grandkids, J.D. and Meaghan Hohman; Kyra, Matt and Scott ruegg; and Henry, Brady and Andrew Huchingson. His family is appreciative of the dedication and love given by venise Niko, his caregiver of 15 years. His heartfelt losses were his wife of 54 years, Dorothy Gale Sciutto; grandson, robert Douglas Sciutto; and son-in-law, Anthony Blunden. He was an accomplished man: UCSF Dental Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, 1991; staff dental surgeon at UC Berkeley Cowell Hospital, 1928-1937; clinical instructor at UCSF Medical Center, 1958-1975; and chairman of the 5th international Dental Seminar to improve dentistry in Asia and South America in 1969. He was a proud member of the American Dental Association; Berkeley Dental Society (president); UCSF Dental Alumni Association (president); rotary Club of Berkeley (president and Paul Harris Fellow); UC Alumni Association; and Xi Psi Phi Fraternity. He was a fellow of
both the American and the international colleges of dentists.
Robert Eugene Clifford, DDS ’53Dr. robert Clifford passed away on September 17, 2006, at the age of 81 years. A native of Sacramento, he graduated from Grant Union High School in 1943. He served in the US Coast Guard during the Second World War, then attended UC Berkeley and graduated from UCSF in 1953. Practicing dentistry for more than 46 years, Dr. Clifford faithfully served more than four generations of patients as a caring and compassionate practitioner. Dr. Clifford was president of the Sacramento District Dental Society and was president of California Dental Service, serving on its board for 25 years. He was honored by the international College of Dentists in 1978. Dr. Clifford conceptualized, and worked with UCSF to establish, a dental hygiene program at Sacramento City College. retiring in 2000, he suffered a debilitating stroke four months later, fighting valiantly to recover for six years. A very kind and caring man, Dr. Clifford is survived by his beloved wife, Joyce; his daughter, Sondra Clifford Petty; his sons, robert, Steven and Michael; and by 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Merle Elconin, BS ’57Merle Elconin was born in San Francisco on September 25, 1935, and passed away on March 9, 2006, of lung cancer. She was a non-smoker and was a strong advocate against smoking. She received her BA degree from UC Berkeley, completing dental hygiene training at UCSF, where she met her future husband, Ken, who was then in medical school. They married in 1957. Merle’s main interest was her family and home, but she found time to serve as a docent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and as a member of the museum service council. She volunteered at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and was past president of the valley Guild for Cystic Fibrosis. She was a gourmet cook and was physically active with jogging, swimming, backpacking and skiing, and enjoyed travel with her family. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Dr. Kenneth Elconin; mother, Celia Ensler; sister, Susan Lederman, and brother-in-law, David; sister, Keren Horowitz, and brother-in-law, Gershon; daughter, Elyse, and son-in-law, Craig Goldberg; son, Steven, and daughter-in-law, Gail Elconin; and her beloved grandchildren, Stephanie, Bryan, Garrett and Brooke.
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gone but not forgottenLorraine Blanton, DH ’29passed away on September 4, 2006
Lois Ruth Hawk, DH ’36passed away on November 24, 2005
Sidney Borsuk, DDS ’37passed away on June 20, 2005
John H. Smith, DDS ’42passed away on October 1, 2005
Galen L. Albertson, DDS ’44passed away in 2006
Ignacio Ricardo Quijada, DDS ’46passed away on April 9, 2006
Robert Elberg, DDS ’50passed away on October 4, 2006
Dorothy Elberg, DH ’50passed away on September 13, 2006
Arthur Dibble, DDS ’52passed away on March 12, 2006
Robert Gade, DDS ’53passed away on March 25, 2006
William Byerly, DDS ’54passed away on June 23, 2006
Henry Yamada, DDS ’55passed away on June 29, 2006
Philip Fong, DDS ’57passed away on September 6, 2006
Betty A. York, DH ’57passed away on April 6, 2006
Jack Drandell, DDS ’60passed away on June 6, 2006
Anne Marie Tevis, DH ’63passed away on August 27, 2006
Nancy Dunn, DH ’65passed away on March 21, 2006
Sanford Fox, DDS ’71passed away on July 7, 2006
Ronald Gordon, DDS ’76passed away on June 3, 2006
Barbara Stone Saltzman, DDS ’81passed away on September 17, 2006
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California Dental Association Alumni ReceptionThe Northern California CDA Alumni reception was held at Thirsty Bear in San Francisco on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006. Now becoming a highly anticipated post-CDA event, the reception featured sumptuous cuisine and fine beer and wine, drawing everyone from the newest alumni to esteemed lifetime members. Students also enjoyed this opportunity to mingle and network at the event, hosted jointly by the UCSF School of Dentistry and the Dental Alumni Association.
Plan on attending the 111th Annual Scientific Session, March 30-31, 2007 (see opposite page), and alumni receptions at the California Dental Association, Saturday, May 5, 2007, at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel, and at the American Dental Association, Saturday, September 29, 2007, at Thirsty Bear Brewing Company in San Francisco.
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Left to right: Carolyn Chong (D ’00), Jeff Sasaki (D ’98), Mike Chang (D ’98), Richard Sasaki (D ’71) and Marie Tero (D ’99)
Newlyweds Alan Alvarez (D ’96) and his wife, Maria
Left to right: Antonio Ragadio (D ’76), Delia Nerez-Ragadio (D ’80), Carolyn Lee (N ’78, MSN ’98) and Gordon Lee (D ’79)
Left to right: Eduardo Castro (D ’96), Carmen Hipona (D ’96), Grant Tsuji (D ’96) and Eri Hatta (D ’01)
Left to right: Helyn Luechauer (D ’66), Jarvis Luechauer, and Donna and Leo Boger (D ’65)
The Dental and Dental Hygiene Class of 1957 will be receiving special recognition for 50 years of professional accomplishment.
All classes celebrating reunions may contact [email protected].
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March 30-31, 2007 San Francisco Marriott Hotel COURSES INCLUDE:
> inaugural John C. Greene Dedicated Lecture, Oral Medicine: Dushanka Kleinman, DDS, MScD
> Jean Poupard Memorial Lecture, Periodontics: Gary Armitage, DDS
> William Ware Dedicated Lecture, Oral Surgery
> Gene West Memorial Lecture, Orthodontics
> John Gurley Memorial Lecture, Medical Emergencies: Oscar Alonzo, DDS, MD
> Endodontics: Ove A. Peters, DMD, MS, PhD
> Dental Law and Ethics: Ronald P. Goldman, Esq.
> infection Control: Molly Newlon, DDS, MA
> Dental Anesthesia: Alan Budenz, DDS
> restorative Dentistry: Michal Staninec, DDS, PhD
> Digital Photography: Mark Dellinges, DDS, MS
> Posturedontics: Bethany Valachi, MS, PT, CEAS
We have negotiated a special room rate of $219. Check for more information and register online at dentalalumnisf.org.
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1935Susan L. Lindsay
1938Dante Salera DA
1939Lorraine Laakso
1941Max Gatov* DA HC
1942Victor I. GarfinkleClyde R. Parks DA
Tom T. Takahashi
1943Gino BattaginGerald A. BellagambaDuane B. Busch HC
Herbert F. Gabriel DA
Andrew C. MaassDaniel R. StevensAlbert Wasserman DA
1944Allen J. GardnerElbert A. Jensen
1945Alvin H. BarbanellArthur BerkeFrederick H. HongBenjamin W. PavoneCharles T. Wells
1946Robert F. BriganteHarold W. Nielsen DA
1947Ralph P. Sanguinetti
1948Robert R. Longstreth DA
1949William H. BarrDonald H. Devlin DA
Robert A. Forster DA
Marylin C. Mathews
1950M. Harvey Lee
1951Thomas A. CurtisCharles E. De FreitasGlen P. DoughtyGeorge P. Gerrodette DA
John E. JohnsBeverly M. LeggettThomas D. LewisJoan D. Loughlin
1952Albert V. AllenC. Carlos Cabrera
David N. CookJacqueline H. DavidWarren A. KitchenPeter F. OppenheimJoseph S. Shiraishi DA
James H. Wellman
1953Don B. BayntonRobert G. BleyRobert W. BurkhardLorenz F. De JulienRobert H. Gade*S. Thomas Giannetto Edwin C. GordonAllen E. HomMiles E. MorganHarry T. NomuraRobert R. PettitArthur M. Tonsager
1954Lawrence D. Brucker DA
Robert FratesMelvin FreemanKatsumi IzumiSol Silverman DA
Dale A. ThompsonWilliam H. Ware DA HC
Joan K. Wirthlin
1955Max R. FlehingerArnold H. Gazarian DA
Gordon F. HarrisBen IchikawaStanley H. LevinWilliam SakamotoAlfred E. StokesPhilip M. WestonHenry Yamada* DA
1956Kazuo Arima DA
Helen M. BaldwinRobert G. BleierEleanor FlehingerJames J. GarrettJoseph B. GreenLaVonne D. HolmesRonald J. NicholsonJoseph J. O’NeillGerald M. PoppersDonald R. PoultonAdrienne RovensKinji SeraJohn A. TaggWilliam M. WagnerM. Robert Wirthlin, Jr. F. James Yamakawa
1957Kiyoto ArakawaThomas A. BoyceRobert L. CalderoneMarilyn C. Friedman
Earl L. HummelCalman KurtzmanWilliam K. Young
1958Janice W. BoyceClark R. BurtonDavid C. CoykendallJoseph W. DavisRobert M. LaxinetaAnn P. LeighPhilip W. LeighD. Stanley Powell Leonard C. SchmittThomas W. Wrigley
1959Donald J. Dal Porto DA
Clifton F. HorrellEvelyn J. LooAllen B. ShortCharles A. SoderstromJames O. StarrSharalee S. Wrigley
1960Raymond L. FerrariYue Mar DA
Donald T. Nakahata DA
Robert B. NeumayrElaine S. Nielsen DA
William A. PeelKenneth L. RussellLily M. ShibuyaRichard H. SuezakiDavid L. Winegar
1961Ann B. BartonJeanne C. ChinHarold S. CoffmanRobert R. ConnerJames A. DavisRichard A. GaebelPaul E. Giers DA
Clinton GurneeBertin D. HallDon C. JohnsonGil C. McAdamsJames M. MillerDelmar R. MobleyGeorge J. OchikuboHeber R. OlsonAnn L. PeelAbraham S. UrbachRobert W. WeisMelvyn S. Wishan
1962Antoinette CiapponiDonald L. FrenchRalph C. Lewis DA
John O. RiebeHubert V. TemplinMitch M. Wakasa DA
Quen W. Young
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and pledges of $100 or
more to the school between
July 1, 2005, and June 30,
2006. Alumni from the
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1963Marvis J. BrodkeHarvey A. BrodyHarold S. ChewLeonard G. CloveBennett L. DubinerChung H. Fong DA
Victor L. HawkinsRalph H. HeathMarkell W. KohnSam Law DA
Glenn W. Lee DA
Don R. LenziFranklin L. Louie DA
Robert S. Navone DA
Russell J. Newell DA HC
Robert E. RobockerLeroy M. ShimizuWayne G. WatsonAnnette W. WhittakerJim S. Yamaguchi
1964Leonard V. CheneySteven M. GoldmanJoseph A. GrysonStephen N. JaffeGeorge S. KubotaGary E. LeeEugene M. Sakai DA
David SherwoodJohn T. SmithSam I. TakemotoWilliam W. WalkerA. Terrence Whittaker
1965Howard D. BrodkeDouglas E. Cowden DA
John A. CrandallRichard T. DaffnerRoberta LawrenceLarry S. LukeJohn A. MyersGerald D. NelsonWarden H. NobleDecio G. OliveiraGerald G. PachecoJack G. RosserKenneth K. Takeda DA
Don L. Truex HC
Po-Ping Wong
1966William E. AlexanderGary C. Armitage DA
Thomas J. ChinTheodore S. Falk DA
Molly A. FisherDouglas G. FreemanJohn C. LauerMargaret LessingerHelyn C. Luechauer DA HC
Roger C. Lunt DA
Teruye H. Oshidari
Leonard H. RemediosRoger F. SamuelNeal L. SatreMargaret L. Sterlin
1967Jack G. CatonTroy E. Daniels DA
Richard J. DicKardEdward EpsteinBruce H. ForsytheMichael F. Hoey DA
Lee F. Hollister DA
Eugene H. KinoshitaHarry H. LawrenceRobert J. MostovoyStephen C. OttAdelene J. PanzerJohn D. PearsonRichard D. RozenRoy A. Shellow DA
Jan C. SwansonJ. Christopher Thompson
1968Robert BergErvin T. CasselmanWalsh J. ConmyCharles M. FischerDonald W. GuttmanDexter W. HongCarl A. KuhnDonald J. LundgrenGeorge G. NiiArthur R. PaikMichael R. PanzerWayne QuanMarshall J. TaylorPhilip A. TraskRichard G. VanderbiltBarbara Winter
1969Ronald C. AdairHenry E. Bennett DA
Phillip W. BorgesWilliam J. Comport DA
Robert R. HamptonRichard R. JohnsJames E. LaughlinGary C. LyonAnthony E. NagyLaura NeumannRichard SebastianCharles K. WearFrank K. Yorita DA
1970Barry BursteinTimothy C. CalvinKenneth D. CrowR. Michael Meyer John A. NorenStephen R. PrevostLary J. SchillerL. William Schmohl III DA
Gordon B. SwanstromKaren B. ThomasScott ThompsonGary L. Walker
1971Frank L. CamodecaStalin ChuLawrence S. ClarkeRichard R. Dell’AcquaDavid A. Graham DA
Donald R. GuestHollace A. HermansenErnest A. Kahl DA
Glenn W. McCormickLinda G. MostovoyStephen A. NortonJames L. PeckDonald A. RitzmanDonald K. Yoshikawa
1972Noelle C. BianchiDon B. HawleyArthur K. HayashiBirney A. JensenRaymond A. Lacy DA
Stephen J. McAuliff DA
Peter Milgrom DA
James M. PappenfusWilliam T. SoutoEdward L. StoddardGregory D. WilcoxGary P. YeeCarolyn E. Young
1973Debra L. BrownFrank Casanova DA
George Castañeda DA
Steven F. CavagnoloDonald G. GardnerDonald R. HermansenDiane F. JankowskiMark P. JankowskiDennis K. KinoshitaDouglas M. MartinRalph W. MooreJack E. ShermanCarl P. SikoraPeter J. TafoyaMichael C. Thomas
1974Gordon J. Block DA
Richard B. DawsonGary GrablinWilliam A. GrippoJean P. HodgeAllen D. JohansenRonald M. Kaminishi DA
Victor T. LeeMichael J. LopezSteven D. OgazPatrick E. Shannahan
1975Nelson Artiga-Diaz DA
Lisa D. BrennanJeanine M. CardelliLawrence W. Chu DA
Ralph B. FerianiDouglas A. GilioWayne M. GrossmanLarry L. HarmanHosea L. HarperIrving L. HorowitzPeter KungAlan E. LinesAlbert E. MartinPaul R. MoonMary L. Porteous DA
Gregory L. PsaltisBrian J. SwannMartha A. White
1976William G. AndersonKathleen J. AnthonyKenneth A. BianchiJames J. CarboneWilliam C. Chan DA
Stephen W. GarcelonEugene Y. Hayashibara DA
Joseph A. HoltzDonna R. MorrowVaughn E. NordesLinda S. PillerPhoenix E. SinclairDale A. SoriaDonald W. StoneburnerThomas D. VarinPhilip G. Winters DA
Dennis D. Wong
1977Thomas J. Adams DA
B. G. Bedford Nannette J. Benedict DA
Adriaan BoerSteven L. BrownVictor L. ChaneyDennis W. ClarkThomas K. DitcheyCarla S. DodgeElliott S. DushkinRichard A. Felton DA
Robert M. FernandezT. Gary ForesterBarney T. McKeeRonald J. OlesonNeal P. Swann DA
Patrick E. TaylorWilliam Valdez DA
Babette A. WagnerAustin A. WallTimothy A. Wong DA
1978Raymond L. Bertolotti DA
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Howard Y. EndoPaul F. Hannah DA
Richard W. HenifinDouglas W. LinsMark F. MathewsThomas J. MilovinaBruce NewmanCathy L. OlesonIrvine D. OliverRobert A. OlsonPhilip O. RiveraRichard A. SilvaPauline H. SusantoMelvin T. WellsStephen F. West DA
1979Stephanie L. ByersMarco M. ChavezStanley A. DittmanMichael B. EmersonNancy FenstermacherDonald L. FosterRalph D. Hawkins DA
Gregory J. HeiseMichael L. HollandPhyllis M. Ishida DA
Wayne L. JosephMark S. KronckeGordon Q. LeeThomas M. LeeJanet E. LeisenDaniel L. Martinez DA
Thomas T. OgawaCharles J. RothAllan R. SchultzPercy P. SerranoAvelino M. SilvaAntonio C. SustaitaCharles E. TorgersonH. Guy Weichert III Dennis K. Wong DA
1980Brian C. AlessiniDavid AngSteven J. ByersWilliam B. Carroll DA
Charles R. CarterJoseph R. Cave DA
Gar N. ChanDavid S. EstradaJames W. FisherDenly HerbertDallas H. HickleRobert W. HoffmanLorraine K. KitasoeClayton A. LayusHoward B. LowDavid G. MolinaMaria P. MolinaSteven A. Nomura DA
Mario J. Ricciardi DA
John I. RichNorma Solarz
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1981Brian S. Adams DA
Samuel J. AnguloFrank T. BeaversJoan H. BergerFrancis L. CarringtonClifford A. Chow DA
Mark A. Dellinges DA
Brian S. DolbergTerry L. Eggleston DA
Louis P. EvansStephen W. GlazierAlfonso D. GonzalezStephen R. Henry DA
Leslie Y. HsuJay K. Huffaker DA
Beverly A. Kodama DA
Robert S. KoshiyamaJudith V. LaneDonald R. LayusRaymond LeeEric P. MessingerRobert S. Morrison DA
Frank L. NgRichard F. OneRobert P. RogersStephen M. Schwarcz DA
Joan SeetSteven D. SoaresJohn E. WanzoBruce L. Whitcher DA
Richard B. WilliamsMichael D. Zatto
1982Stephen A. Abbott DA
Byron D. AlderBruce K. BartlettEddie A. CecilioDeborah A. DowrieEvelyn J. FryeLindsay S. GradyJeffery R. Graves DA
Paul Hall DA
Erik A. HeadRichard J. HealyJennifer D. HerronCorrie C. LeisenMark S. LoiselMark R. Maberley DA
Roderick L. McBride DA
Joseph M. McIntyreMark R. MorganMichael R. O’BrienAlfred OsolinHoward F. PollickAndrei Roschkowsky DA
Donald A. SaleraPhilip J. SanchezPaul Sasaki
Kimberly J. SinclairJohn C. TruebJohn S. Van der Werff
1983Ruth Aramaki DA
Robin H. BerrinKarl R. BingemannRobert M. BrentSergio CorreaJohn P. CunninghamRichard J. DareDavid M. GordonKirk M. HansonIssac K. HuangRobert H. IezmanJohn G. JasoNeal Kawazoe DA
Scott KeithleyMark D. KirklandRichard C. LaneAlan E. LimbirdGeorge A. MalkemusLloyd P. NattkemperKathleen J. NucklesDebra E. OliverJorge PantojaCurtis J. PerryWilliam L. RobisonRafael A. Roges DA
Roberto RogesEstela SanchezNicasio SarabiaGerald E. Soo HooMartin H. ThurstonMelissa S. TuftKevin C. UyesugiGeorge ValdezPeter K. Yu DA
1984Carol K. Arima DA
Mark T. Arima DA
May M. ChangC. Craig CreaseyVictoria L. DaySusan A. DulingPatricia F. Fong DA
Thomas W. Fong DA
Jeffrey F. FrostKaren A. GiannottiMark W. JoinerHelen F. JowNeil M. KatsuraBradley C. Louie DA
Davis Y. LouieDaniel B. MendozaJon J. Menig DA
Larry Napolitano DA
Douglas E. OliverFrancisco PerezTerrence S. PooleAlex Puig Gina K. RuotoloBeth A. SteinMartha J. Thompson
Ming T. Wong DA
Bradley L. YeeRonald Yee DA
1985Mark W. AndersonKen BaumgartnerSusan K. DorrisBonnie L. EmersonJoni A. Forge DA
James M. GiblinLori C. GoodMary M. GrayReginald A. GriggsLenore S. HataSamuel T. Huang DA
Denise M. JabuschJuliati S. JonesRodney K. KiharaGlenn T. KubotaKathleen KujiraokaPatrick H. LeeStephen B. Mann DA
Linda N. MoriKathryn T. OnishiBerous L. ParishPaula M. Roemer DA
Jimmy M. SaikuValarie A. SaundersDaniel M. SchulzeJean L. Seamount DA
Sylvia D. UrbinaK. C. Whitaker
1986Bertram B. AmiriDavid T. ConstantMark W. Dal PortoJohn E. DulingRobert W. ErlachAaron EscalanteAnthony R. FerrerJeffrey C. GrayLawrence M. GuittardRichard M. KilmerPerry R. KlokkevoldJohn K. LeungChristina P. MasonCarlos J. NogueiroDiane M. PoolerLisa SarasquetaDonald R. SteffyGeorge W. Swanson DA
Robert B. WatkinsSusan C. WongGuei-Mei C. Wung DA
Min C. Yoo
1987Michael AlvarezCarolyn J. Doherty DA
Lawson E. EvansSteven J. GoodmanPaul HimmlerCharles L. HoytKacy J. LaFleur
Callin LeeDonna L. LeongIngrid A. LubbersClaudia M. MasouredisKathy Noordeh DA
G. Lynn Wan
1988John A. Boghossian DA
Mark L. Bradford Larry J. DiamondJerrilee A. DossJames H. FriedmanSam H. Hariz DA
Yuri Kaneda DA
Issa G. KarkarMichael P. KennedyRonald C. Lee DA
Maria L. MontalvoMark Y. MuramotoAaron R. NunneryGuy W. Peabody DA
Noushin PirnazarJohn A. StevensDouglas J. ValentineMai T. Vo
1989Cynthia K. Brattesani HC
James S. Brodfuehrer DA
Jeannie ChungCyrus S. EzzatiRonald W. Filice DA
Steven L. FloodJulie F. ForstadtJanice L. GerberYvonne GoffWayne S. HaneTana L. HendersonBergen JamesTerrence O. LeeMaria C. Lopez-ShamsClaire O. Marcel DA
Thomas J. Marcel DA
William J. Marweg DA
William R. MillerChristopher D. ParkerJeffery A. Starr DA
Kirsten A. ValentineCatherine E. Wuesthoff DA
Thomas F. Wuesthoff DA
1990Michael J. ChewPeter L. ConmyJanine Ma-GoldingJulie S. MillerMargaret Sharkey DA
Alice H. Tai DA
Julia A. Villa-MiramontesAllen WeiRonald W. Zufall
1991Jeffrey D. BartonPaul R. Bianchi DA
Albert R. CabreraJo Ann A. Chang DA
Darrell S. Chun DA
Jay N. CohenKevin J. GarvinKris S. HamamotoRobert P. HoSteve M. LeightySum LiMaria B. ManalotoHoai H. NguyenKevin M. O’DeaLuann C. PlummerStacey D. Quo DA
Paulene K. Salter DA
Paula T. Sebastiani DA
Tod T. WakamatsuWinifred S. WongCraig Y. Yonemura
1992Tamara K. Abbett DA
Dan D. BanhBettie C. Crane DA
Mark A. Crane DA
Alfonso O. DelgadoAlfonso G. GalindoWilliam V. HuirasAlexia R. LuceroScott H. NguyenGregory NipEmeraude A. ThaiChristine D. Tran DA
Janice J. Wang-SaysonEric C. Wong DA
John M. Yamamoto
1993Chui ChanSarah De SanzTodd A. Franklin DA
Melanie S. ParkerTrong T. TranElly D. TriplettSylvia C. Tso
1994Adebayo L. AliuKristine E. Balcom-ReedBrian E. ChamberlainElisa M. ChavezJoseph Y. de JesusJohn P. HansenWendy C. Lu DA
Walter K. LucioMichael S. Lyons DA
Daniel F. Muff DA
Reolina S. MuskatMaria N. QuimsonPhuongtu T. TruongEvan J. Vogel DA
Ye-Ming Wu DA
1995Eric L. BattertonGregory S. Guymon
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Kirsten A. JarviPaul Kasrovi DA
Peter H. Lam DA
Frances S. LeePhilip R. LettsZiba ManouchehrizadehBryan E. PierceMichael F. Whelan
1996Margaret Chiu-YehLien T. Dang-PetersonHan K. DoTrang T. DuongJeffrey H. Janian DA
Scott I. NabetaMiriam C. O’Malley DA
Myrabelle A. SalcedoRobyn R. ShieldsAndrew I. Softley
1997Ana J. AmayaDaniel J. AraldiMelinda J. AuHaydee M. CamposAlice P. CaoKelly A. ConlonPeter J. GianniniDarren A. Gonzalez DA
David W. HainesJung H. HongChristian R. Kenworthy DA
David W. LeeStephanie B. LollerGeri Lynn G. OkamotoBrett T. TakemotoLouis Tieu DA
Hung D. Tran DA
Dave Wang DA
Joan WestmorelandViviane G. WinthropSirak Y. Workneh
1998Robert M. AlexanderCrisanta R. AlzonaUrmi AminDavid R. DatwylerTim D. Dumore DA
Cami E. Ferris-WongEdward B. FongKriston N. GallipeauKelly M. Giannetti DA
Kathleen C. HwangMarie Y. Kao-HsiehKathy H. LeeMason Y. Lee DA
John T. NobleLan H. QuanDaniel SampsonSri Thamby DA
Patricia M. WongDenise A. Zendejas
1999Diana Collins-SullivanJean L. CreaseyOh J. KwonChristine L. MartinezDawud A. MuhaiminMichael N. NguyenTina T. NguyenMinsik PakHeather RutherfordWalter TatchVicheth Thay
2000Michael Y. Chan DA
Joseph S. ChuyRoy J. DeLappeAdam Fettig DA
Shawn P. GuerinAmeneh KhosrovaniThomas N. LudlowDax F. MartinNazanin MorshediCamtam T. NguyenThach-Tu L. NguyenJoni Smith-RodeBrian Zwahlen
2001Preston C. BriggsCharles O. LauJeanelle D. LeKaren W. LinFarhad MaziRameek McNairAyman A. MetwallyAlbert G. RuezgaLloyd S. Suzuki
2002Pamela D. LimJose A. MirelezSandra G. ReyesChristopher R. Sabourin DA
Justin W. ShekDarce A. SlatePeter T. Yang
2003Rupert E. CervantesJ. Matthew HancockCindy B. HueJuliet T. LuuMaryam M. Pearose
2004Derek K. CarsonKatherine G. DeLunaNazanin HakimSuhair J. HanhanRoxana RamezaniJen-kuei Wang
2005Patrick G. Duffy DA
Cyrus Salehi
3i – Implant Innovations, Inc. DA
3M Unitek Corporation DA
Academy of Laser Dentistry DA
Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation DA
American Association of Endodontists DA
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons DA
American Association of Orthodontists Foundation DA
American Dental Association Health Foundation DA
American Geriatrics Society, Inc. DA
American Heart Association DA
American Heart Association, National Chapter
Applied Biosystems, Inc.
Arthritis Foundation National Office
Attachments International
Rita A. Balian
The Berberian and Gazarian Family Foundation DA
Linda and Charles Bertolami DA
Andrew L. Black
Josephine Bovill-Erpf DA
Brasseler USA DA
Devra and Lester Breslow DA
Jack Breslow DA
George E. and Rebecca S. Calandri
California Dental Association DA
California Endowment DA
California HealthCare Foundation DA
California Wellness Foundation DA
Ralph A. Callender
Eunice Chee
Lily E. Chew
Rodney C. Chew
Community Health Charities of California DA
Paul and Susan Copperman DA
Don Curtis DA
Caroline H. Damsky DA
Delta Dental Plan of California DA
Kathleen D. Dooley
Rosalie B. Eisen DA
Embassy of the State of Kuwait DA
Teodoro E. Eusebio DA
Fisher Scientific DA
Gillette Company DA
GlaxoSmithKline DA
Newton C. Gordon DA
Friends of the School of Dentistry
Deborah and John S. Greenspan DA
G. Hartzell & Son
Robert W. Hortin
Hu-Friedy DA
Thomas A. Jacobs DA
Deborah Jones
Kai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DA
Alice C. and Bertram G. Katzung
Craig W. Kilgore DA
Knoff & Fettig, P.S.
Joan P. and Alan A. Kunz DA
Grace Lawrence DA HC
Adam Lloyd DA
Laurie M. MacPhail DA
Maria McDevitt
Richard H. McKenzie
Native Sons of the Golden West Charitable Foundation DA
Renaldo G. Parisi DA
Estate of Nina Pera DA
Dorothy A. Perry DA
The Pew Charitable Trusts DA
Scott W. Podlesh DA
Julian E. Ponce
Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. DA
Estate of Shirley Reich DA
Mark I. Ryder DA
San Francisco Dental Society
Peter B. Sargent DA
Sarlo Foundation DA
Betty W. Silverman DA
Bunny Sisson
Stryker Biotech DA
Suzanne Sutton
Synthes (U.S.A.) DA
Edward Tritico
Roslyn M. Tuttle
UCSF Dental Alumni Association DA
Paul T. Ulrich DA
United Way of the Bay Area
United Way Sacramento Area California Capital Region
University of California Orthodontic Alumni Foundation DA
University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry DA
Peter Urban
Helen Wong
Irene Y. and Yasuo Yatsushiro
The UCSF School of Dentistry is pleased to recognize foundations, corporations, associations and non-alumni individuals who gave $100 or more to the school between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006.
August 12–22, 2007
Come sail with us on Holland America’s Veendam and experience Scandinavian capitals, the wonder of Czarist Russia and the history of northern Germany.
The continuing education program features one of our most highly rated speakers, Dr. M. Anthony Pogrel, professor and chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, speaking on dentistry, surgery and risk management issues.
> > > For complete details, please visit dentistry.ucsf.edu/cde
Gems of the Baltic
DEPARTURE: Copenhagen
PORTS OF CALL:
> Tallinn, Estonia
> St. Petersburg, russia
> Helsinki, Finland
> Stockholm, Sweden
> visby, Sweden
> Warnemunde, Germany
> Arhus, Denmark
UCSF School of Dentistry Educational Services
Veendam
Travel to Hawaii
> > > or call us at 415/476-1101> > > For complete details, please visit dentistry.ucsf.edu/cde
February 19–23, 2007The Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club
Travel to the Garden Isle with us for another outstanding educational opportunity, featuring three excellent faculty speakers. Combine this with the beauty and splendor of Kauai, and you have an unbeatable travel education program for the entire office team.
13th Annual UCSF Island Dental Colloquium
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why I giveUCSF has a “huge potential to change the lives of young men and women in a positive way,” says Dr. George Castañeda (D ’73), who believes that giving should “bring to the forefront the quality of the recipient.” That has certainly been the example set by Dr. Castañeda’s life and practice. “The University opened doors for me,” says Castañeda, who credits Dean Emeritus Ben Pavone with his recruitment to the UCSF DDS program, and sees his philanthropy to the School of Dentistry as a way to extend the reach of that vision and open doors for others. Born in rural Torreón, México, Castañeda came to the United States around 1954. After military service, he completed five years of college while working nights, by then married and the father of four children.
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George Castañeda: A lifetime of community service
Dr. Castañeda cites Dr. robert Brigante and Dr. Gordon Douglass as standouts among his faculty mentors. “We came in with different ideas — ‘nonsensical’ things like community dentistry — and they bent over backwards to help,” he says, recalling the origins of La Clínica de la raza, which he co-founded in 1971 to serve the health needs of the Latino community.
He passed up lucrative practice partner-ships to direct a community-based clinic in the Central valley, but eventually he did go into private practice. “i came out here and crossed swords with the local guys, and they turned out to be advocates because we had the same objective in mind: provide a good service to the people who probably would not have gotten it.” His practice — and his other community projects, including banking, housing and the health education of young people — is flourishing. “it’s important to give back.”
> To support the UCSF School of Dentistry, contact Richard McKenzie at 415/476-3645 or rmckenzie@ support.ucsf.edu.
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