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Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences

College receives CT unit accreditation

The University of Florida College of Dentistry Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences was granted accreditation for CT-Dental in the area of Dental/Maxillofacial by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) on April 21, the first dental school in the nation to receive this accreditation. “I am very proud of…

University of Florida College of Dentistry welcomes Dean Isabel Garcia

Isabel Garcia, D.D.S., M.P.H., joined the University of Florida College of Dentistry today as the seventh permanent dean. She was appointed in September 2014 by David S. Guzick, M.D., Ph.D., senior vice president for health affairs at UF and president of UF Health, when she was serving as the…

Kashtwari earns Diplomate status with the ABOMR

Congratulations to Deeba Kashtwari, B.D.S., a clinical assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences. She earned Diplomate status of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (ABOMR) on January 6, 2015. Kashtwari joined the college in July 2014. She received her…

Katkar appointed to AAOMR and UF IRB committees

In September 2014 Rujuta Katkar, B.D.S., M.D.S., M.S., an assistant professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences and division director of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, was appointed to serve on the Research and Technology Committee of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial…

Nair receives AAOMR award

Congratulations to Madhu Nair, D.M.D., M.S., Lic. Odont., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences was awarded the 2014 Lincoln R. Manson‐Hing Award from the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in recognition of distinguished service for excellence in scientific reviewing in…

Faculty promotions & appointments

University of Florida College of Dentistry faculty members, Roger Fillingim, Ph.D., and Marcio Guelmann, D.D.S., were promoted by the university effective July 1, 2014, and James Pettigrew, D.M.D., who retires on June 30, 2014, was appointed an associate professor emeritus. Roger Fillingim, who joined the college in 2000, was…

Stewart selected as AAOM president

Carol Stewart, D.D.S., M.S., a professor in the University of Florida Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, was selected to serve as president of The American Academy of Oral Medicine 2014-15 during its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, in April. “I am delighted to be working with the…

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology resident wins award

Congratulations to Lindsay Montague, D.M.D., a third-year resident of the University of Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Program. She received the William G. Shafer Award from the American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology during their 2014 annual meeting in April in St. Augustine, Florida. The award is given…

Bhattacharyya, Ottenga voted Teachers of the Year

Congratulations to Neel Bhattacharyya and Marc Ottenga, voted 2013-14 Teachers of the Year at the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Bhattacharyya is on the far left, second row. Shown…

Stewart appointed interim associate dean for clinical affairs

Carol Stewart, D.D.S., M.S., has accepted an appointment to serve as Interim clinical associate dean for the University of Florida College of Dentistry effective October 11, 2013. Stewart is a professor in the department of oral and maxillofacial diagnostic sciences and has been with the college since February 1985,…