The University of Florida College of Dentistry Department of Periodontology coordinated the first meeting of the PerioGators, an alumni organization of graduated residents of the department, on May 4, 2013. The first meeting included 23 members and seven faculty and staff of the college. The focus of the first meeting…
On April 29, 2013, the Center for Advanced Periodontics and Prosthodontics, a dental center at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, saw patients for the first time. The center combines patient care for patients with prosthodontic and periodontal treatment needs, and graduate education for the residents in each…
In November 2012, Katherine Karpinia, D.M.D., M.S., an associate professor in the Department of Periodontics, completed the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute (C.T.S.I.) Academy of Research Excellence Course, Excellence in Human Subject Research and Protections. Karpinia was a member of the inaugural class for this course.
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…
Congratulations to Nina Guba, a member of the D.M.D. Class of 2015, who represented the University of Florida at the 2012 ADA Annual Session in October in San Francisco, Ca. Guba was one of 70 student clinicians who participated in the 53rd Annual ADA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Research Award Program…
Congratulations to Theofilos Koutouzis, D.D.S., M.S., for winning the Basic Science Research Competition at the Astra World Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 12, 2012. Koutouzis, an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Periodontology, received the award for his research project, “Innate Immune Receptor Expression in…
Clinic 1A Renovation Plans Clinic 1A Floor Plan D1-19 Laboratory Floor Plan Is there anything more generous than giving for the benefit of those who follow in your footsteps? Alumni and friends of the college have done just that—with gifts currently totaling…
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…
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…
Luciana Shaddox, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. Luciana Shaddox, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., an assistant professor, received the prestigious American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) Teaching Fellowship Award during the association’s annual meeting in October. Given by the AAP Foundation, the award recognizes a successful young…
