The University of Florida College of Dentistry’s 2015 Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) Site Visit for the predoctoral program and advanced education programs in endodontics, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral and maxillofacial radiology, orthodontics, pediatrics, periodontics, and prosthodontics is September 28 through October 1. All accredited dental education programs…
The University of Florida College of Dentistry Class of 2017 celebrated a major step in their education process during the 2015 Annual White Coat Ceremony on June 19 at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on the UF campus in Gainesville. The ceremony marks the transition…
Congratulations to Amy Luce, D.M.D, chief resident in pediatric dentistry at the University of Florida College of Dentistry, who was honored with the Ralph E. McDonald Research Award from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) for her research project, Arginine Metabolism and Bacterial Changes of Oral Biofilms in…
The 40th annual commencement ceremony of the University of Florida College of Dentistry will be held on May 15, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are required for admittance into the auditorium, though there…
Congratulations to Kelly Magher, D.M.D., a clinical assistant professor in the University of Florida Department of Pediatric Dentistry, who received an award scholarship to attend the Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL), a program organized by Academy for Academic Leadership. Magher was selected by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry…
Congratulations to Rodrigo Souza, D.D.S., an assistant professor and program director for the AEGD program in Hialeah, who was appointed a site inspector for the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) beginning October 2015. Site visitors are appointed for one-year terms that are renewable for six years. “I…
Abi Adewumi, B.D.S., F.D.S.R.C.S. (Eng), M.Ped., DentRSC (Eng), clinical associate professor in the University of Florida Department of Pediatric Dentistry appeared on the TV20 Medical Spotlight on February 25. She shared basic information that parents should know about caring for their children’s oral health and how to handle dental…
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…
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…
A group of residents and staff in the UF Health Graduate Orthodontics Center worked together to brighten the holiday for two of their patients this year. They collected and wrapped gifts, and gift cards, and presented them to the boys, and were rewarded with big, healthy smiles — which…
