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2011-12 Teachers of the Year

Congratulations to Donald M. Cohen, D.M.D., M.S., and Peter L. Harrison, D.D.S., B.D.S., who were voted 2011-12 Teachers of the Year for the University of Florida College of Dentistry. Each year the sophomore, junior and senior students vote to select a teacher of the year in the basic…

Promotions & Awards

Congratulations to four faculty members at the College of Dentistry who received notification of promotions from University of Florida President J. Bernard Machen, and three who were selected as senior faculty at the university and recognized for their contributions to the university. Effective July 1, 2011, Robert Burne, will be…

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…

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…

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,…

Dashti wins Waldron Award at AAOMP Meeting

From left: Dr. Indraneel Bhattacharyya, Dr. Hussain Dashti, and Dr. Don Cohen pose with Dr. Dashti’s winning poster. Dr. Hussain Dashti, a pathology resident in the department of oral…

OKU installs new officers

In November the local chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU), a national dental honor society, installed a new slate of officers to serve for the 2009-10 year during the fall business meeting in Gainesville, Fla.  Arthur Nimmo, D.D.S., F.A.C.P., a professor in the Department of Prosthodontics and director of…

Strong start for research funding

The UF College of Dentistry announced a strong start to the fiscal year with research grant awards totaling $8 million during the first two months of this fiscal year. During the last fiscal year, total research awards were $17 million. Congratulations to everyone in our research enterprise; their hard work…

New CT Scanner in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

Madhu Nair, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S. Dr. Madhu Nair, chair of the newly established Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, has been awarded a state-of-the-art, high resolution Cone Beam Volumetric CT scanner in the form of an equipment grant from PracticeWorks Systems…

Faculty Promotions & New Faculty

Promotions & Tenure Announced Indraneel Bhattacharyya, D.D.S., M.S.D. Indraneel Bhattacharyya, D.D.S., M.S.D. Bhattacharyya was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences.  He earned his B.D.S. in India, his D.D.S. from the University of Nebraska,…