The UF College of Dentistry announced the selection of two new Team Leaders for the D.M.D. Clinical Education Program: Joel Hauptman, D.D.S., and Henry “Mac” Young, D.D.S. “It gives me great pleasure to announce the new Team Leaders that were selected from an outstanding internal pool of candidates. I want…
Arthur Nimmo, D.D.S., F.A.C.P. Arthur Nimmo, D.D.S., F.A.C.P., a professor of prosthodontics and director of predoctoral implant dentistry at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, was elected as an examining member of the American Board of Prosthodontics and will serve a seven-year…
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…
Fong Wong, B.S.D., D.D.S., C.A.G.S., M.S.D. Congratulations to Fong Wong, B.S.D., D.D.S., C.A.G.S., M.S.D., who was elevated to Full Fellow status of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics (AAMP) during their annual meeting in San Diego, Ca., in November. Wong joined…
Sharon Cooper, M.S., M.S.Ed., Ph.D., R.D.H. Congratulations to Sharon Cooper, Ph.D., R.D.H., M.S., M.Ed., for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation in Higher Education Administration, “Dental Faculty Perceptions of Workplace Environment and Career Satisfaction at the University of Florida College of Dentistry.”…
Congratulations to Evan Rosen, Class of 2010, who won Third Place in the student table clinic competition at the 2009 American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) Annual Meeting in San Diego, Ca., in November. Rosen presented his research project “Current Trends in Specialty Training of Dental Students in Prosthodontics at…
Glenn Turner, D.M.D., M.S.D. Glenn Turner, D.M.D., M.S.D., Director of the Maxillofacial Prosthetics Service and associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, is currently serving as president of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics and…
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,…
Luisa F. Echeto, D.D.S., M.S. Luisa F. Echeto, D.D.S., M.S., a clinical assistant professor in the UF College of Dentistry’s Department of Prosthodontics, recently received the Florida Dental Associations Dental Educator Award. Echeto was nominated by student members of the Class…
The UF College of Dentistry recently announced the following organizational and administrative changes: Frank Catalanotto, D.M.D., became chair of the Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science effective May 29, 2009. Madhu Nair, D.M.D., M.S., Ph.D., becomes chair of the newly-created Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences effective…
