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Alumni Spotlight: Robert Koff, Class of 1983

In the middle of March 2013, Robert Koff, D.M.D., returned home to Colorado following a six-month stint working at Antartica’s McMurdo Station dental clinic as the sole dentist, something he’d been waiting 15 years to experience as part of the U.S. Antarctic Program. A graduate of the University of…

UF PedoGators reception during AAPD meeting

The University of Florida PedoGators/Robert E. Primosch Society is hosting a reception during the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry meeting in Orlando, Fla., on May 25, 2013, for all PedoGators and a guest. The reception will be held at the Big River Brewing Company at Disney’s Boardwalk from 6…

UF College of Dentistry Comes to Atlanta 2014

UF College of Dentistry in Atlanta Hinman Dental Meeting 2014 Thursday, March 27 – Friday, March 29 Dear Alumni and Friends of the UF College of Dentistry, UF College of Dentistry will be returning to the Hinman Dental Meeting for our second annual Alumni and Friends reception. Last year the…

Students share access-to-care issues on the hill

On Feb. 14, 2013, six doctor of dental medicine students from the University of Florida celebrated Valentine’s Day by sharing their love of dentistry with members of the Florida senate and house in Tallahassee as part of UF ASDA State Lobby Day. The students met with three state senators,…

Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Kurzweg

Brittany Kurzweg, D.M.D., a member of the University of Florida College of Dentistry Class of 2011, is currently serving in the U.S. Navy on the USS Bonhomme Richard.  We were delighted to see this recent photo of her with some of her shipmates along with an update on a training…

UF College of Dentistry dean announces plans to step down

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The dean of the University of Florida College of Dentistry is leaving the university in June 2013, after serving 10 years as dean and 24 years as faculty at the college. Teresa A. Dolan, D.D.S., M.P.H., led the college through a period of great growth despite…

Clark invited to serve as faculty mentor for MedEdPORTAL

Nereyda Clark, D.M.D., has been asked to serve for MedEdPORTAL’s Faculty Mentor Pilot Program.  The pilot MedEdPORTAL Faculty Mentor program aims to increase familiarity with, and use of, the MedEdPORTAL suite of services – Publications, iCollaborative and the CE Directory. Clark was one of 20 faculty invited…

Dr. Stan Lotzkar passed away

Dr. Stan Lotzkar, who was a faculty member at the college from 1972 to 1989, passed away on January 15, 2013. He had a long career in dentistry before becoming one of the first faculty members at our college and was passionately committed to dental public health. “Stan helped recruit…

Alumni Spotlight: Richard L. Williams, Class of ‘97

Richard L. Williams, D.M.D. Class of 1997, was recently inducted as a Fellow of both the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists, at their annual convocations in San Francisco, Ca., on Oct. 18 and 19, 2012, respectively. Williams received his Ph.D. in Oral Sciences from…

Get Up & Give!

This Homecoming, over 90,000 fans, students and alumni will come together to support the University of Florida. (There will also be a football game.) Thursday, November 3, is Get Up and Give, a one-day, all-out, give whatever you can extravaganza to support the University of Florida. Any gift,…