GSDM Shines at Yankee Dental Congress 2018
From January 24 – 28, 2018, the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) in the Seaport area of Boston was bustling with dental professionals from across the country at the 43rd Annual Yankee Dental Congress (YDC). The YDC is the largest dental meeting in New England, and the third largest meeting in the United States. The four-day conference features continuing education courses, lectures, events, and the ever-popular Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Alumni Reception.
Director of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving Stacey McNamee played host at the GSDM booth and alumni lounge, which was frequented by hundreds of alumni, students, residents, faculty, staff and friends. Again this year, the booth featured a large screen displaying an animated video of the GSDM addition/expansion renovation project. Many alumni also posed for photographs with Stacey, fellow alumni, faculty, a large cutout of Rhett, and the GSDM banner.
Numerous faculty and alumni volunteered at the YDC, serving as captains, chairs, and on the floor itself. The GSDM volunteers were as follows:
- David Lustbader CAS 86 DMD 86; President of the Massachusetts Dental Society and Chair of the GSDM Dean’s Advisory Board
- Carl McManama, Professor, Department of General Dentistry, Program Co-Chair
- Mina Paul SPH 97; Member of the GSDM Dean’s Advisory Board
- Iman Labib DMD 96 ENDO 01, 04
- Sepideh Novid DMD 04 AEGD 05
- Maryam Shomali ENDO 93
- Casey Cook DMD 98
- Bing Liu DSc 99 DMD 03; Immediate past-President of the GSDM Alumni Association
- Robert Moreau DMD 92
- Kevin Perruzzi CAS 83
- Lina Al-Aswad PEDO 93 DMD 99
- Frederick Hains, GSDM faculty
- Cameron Shahbazian DMD 14
- Susan Camacho DMD 90 MsC 81
- Pelly Chang DMD 89
- Mark Doherty Jr. ENDO 05
- Marly Gomes DMD 06 AEGD 07
- John Gusha DMD 84
- Dennis Jodoin DMD 95 PERIO 98
- Gustavo Perdomo PROS 85 DMD 99
- Sean Rayment, DMD 97 DSc 00; President of the GSDM Alumni Association
- Leila Joy Rosenthal, GSDM staff
- Eudocia Reis, GSDM staff
- Wael Youseff OMFS 10
- Howard Zolot PERIO 85; Vice President of the GSDM Alumni Association
On the second day of the Congress, the GSDM Alumni Association Board held its annual meeting in the Constitution Room of the Seaport Hotel. Board members in attendance were: Drs. Nazila Bidabadi DMD 87, Matt Caceci DMD 17, William M. Gordon DMD 88 ORTHO 90, Bing Liu DSc99 DMD 03, Hongsheng Liu DMD 10 ENDO 12, Sepideh Novid DMD 04 AEGD 05, Casey Pedro DMD 03, Jamily Pedro DMD 11, Sean Rayment DMD 97 DSc 00, Maryam Shomali ENDO 93, Tadeu Szpoganicz DMD 11, and Mitch Sabbagh DMD 87.
GSDM faculty/alumni providing presentations consisted of the following:
- Dr. Gigi Meinecke DMD 88, Botox Training Course and Dermal Filler Training Course
- Dr. John West ENDO 75, Making Clinical Endodontics the Easiest Part of Your Day
- Dr. John West ENDO 75, Growing Your Practice Through Endodontics: “The Treasure Right Under Your Eyes”
- Drs. Neal Fleisher DMD 84 PERIO 86 and Pinelopi Pani, Advanced Instrumentation and Periodontal Therapy for the Dental Hygienist
- Ms. Mary Ellen Sholes, Radiology Certificate Program
- Dr. John West ENDO 74, Making Clinical Endodontics the Easiest Part of Your Day
- Dr. Ronni Schnell DMD 81, The (Digital) Future of Removable Prosthodontics: Are We There Yet?
- Dr. John West ENDO 74, Mastering Endodontic Skills
- Dr. Ronni Schnell DMD 81, The Nuts and Bolts of Implant-Assisted Overdentures
- Dr. Ronald Fried DMD 83 (with colleagues), Optimizing Periodontal Nonsurgical Therapy
- Dr. Andrew Salama, Head and Neck Cancer and HPV: Update for Dental Providers
Lastly, two members of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA) represented GSDM at the 9th Annual American Student Dental Association District 1 Debate. Christine Chiao DMD 19 and Rosemary Davis DMD 20 were our student participants, and while they did not win, they did an outstanding job in representing GSDM as they came in second.