The college is proud to announce that Marcelle Nascimento, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. an assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, was elected president-elect/councilor for the 2014-15 term of the International Association for Dental Research/American Associate for Dental Research Cariology Group. “I am both honored…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry welcomes three new faculty members: Alex Delgado, Luiz Gonzaga and Benjamin Schlott. Alex J. Delgado, D.D.S., joined the college on June 16, 2014, as a clinical assistant professor in the Operative Division of the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences. Delgado earned his…
Congratulations to Adam Jones, D.M.D., a third year resident in the graduate prosthodontics program who won a first place award clinical research in prosthodontics at the 2014 International Team for Implantology (ITI) World Symposium, in Geneva, Switzerland, in April 2014. Jones was one of four…
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…
On Nov. 8, a group of donors, alumni, faculty, staff and students of the University of Florida College of Dentistry gathered to officially open the recently renovated space that created a new clinical home for the periodontics and prosthodontics residency programs – UF Health Periodontics & Prosthodontics. The state-of-the-art…
Congratulations to Dr. Luiz H. Gonzaga, a resident in the University of Florida Department of Prosthodontics, and Dr. Alex Podaru, a resident in the UF Department of Periodontics. Both received a 2013 Outstanding International Student Award from the University of Florida. Sponsored by the University of Florida International Center,…
On Sept. 22, six teams gathered but only one could emerge victorious. They wore their team colors, brought their gear and battled it out in the rain for the championship title at the Annual Mighty Molar Picnic at UF’s Lake Wauburg. More than 200 people attended the event, organized…
Nery Clark, D.M.D., and Pamela Sandow received commendations from MedEdPORTAL for the publication of a learning resource module they authored in MedEdPORTAL’s Publications. MedEdPORTAL Publication, a program of the American Association of Medical Colleges, only accepts educational modules after a rigorous peer review process based on standards used in…
When Nereyda (Nery) Clark, D.M.D., was invited to serve as a faculty mentor for the MedEdPORTAL Faculty Mentor Pilot Program in February 2013, she had a goal – to win a Top Faculty Mentor Award. Not surprisingly to those who know her, she met her goal. In July 2013 she…
For the fifth year in a row, the sophomore D.M.D. class of the University of Florida College of Dentistry achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Board Dental Exam Part I. In addition, summary reports from the American Dental Association show that the college’s classes of 2009…
