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Sandow appointed Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid

Pamela Sandow, D.M.D. Pamela Sandow, D.M.D., a clinical professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, has been appointed Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid effective April 1. She will also continue to serve as the Director of the Oral Medicine…

Walker appointed Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Clay Walker, Ph.D. Clay Walker, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Oral Biology, has accepted the appointment of Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, effective March 1. Since joining the college in 1981, Walker has been very involved in shared governance at the…

Sposetti appointed Associate Dean for Education

Venita Sposetti, D.M.D., associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics, has been appointed associate dean for education at the University of Florida College of Dentistry effective April 1, 2011. “It is clear to everyone who knows and works with her that she genuinely cares about the college, the students,…

2010-11 Teachers of the Year

Congratulations to Indraneel Bhattacharyya, D.M.D., M.S., and Ulrich Foerster, D.D.S., who were voted 2010-11 Teachers of the Year for the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Indraneel Bhattacharyya, D.M.D. Each year the sophomore, junior and senior students vote to select a basic sciences and…

Roulet appointed restorative chair

Jean-François Roulet, D.D.S., was recently appointed the first chair of the University of Florida College of Dentistry new Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, effective October 7, 2011. For the last eight years, Roulet has been director of the Department of Research and Development / Clinical at Ivoclar Vivadent,…

Superior Accomplishment Award Winners

Congratulations to four very special UF College of Dentistry employees who won 2011 Superior Accomplishment Awards for Division 5: Rebekah Bush, Tania Fleming, Marilyn Stewart and Shannon Wallet. The winners will be honored along with those from other HSC colleges during a luncheon in their honor at the Paramount Plaza…

Pileggi elected to national board

Roberta Pileggi, D.D.S., M.S. Roberta Pileggi, D.D.S., M.S., an associate professor and chair of the department of endodontics, was recently elected to a four-year term on the Board of Trustees of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) Foundation.  Pileggi, who is…

OKU installs new slate of officers

OKU Officers for 2010–2011, from Left: Dr. Matthew Dennis, president-elect; Dr. Arthur Nimmo, immediate past president; Dr. Donald Cohen, president; Dr. Ronald Watson,…

Lewis appointed program director

Emma Lewis, B.D.S., M.B.B.S. Emma Lewis, B.D.S., M.B.B.S., has been named director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program at the University of Florida College of Dentistry effective January 2011. Lewis brings extensive training in dentistry, medicine and surgery, and expertise in surgery education to her new position as…

Dennis receives Outstanding Educator Award

Matthew J. Dennis, D.D.S. Matthew J. Dennis, D.D.S., a professor in the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, received the 2010 Daniel M. Laskin Award for an Outstanding Predoctoral Educator in September during the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Oral…