Perlman is “Man of the Year”
Steve Perlman PEDO 76 received the Man of the Year award November 7 from the Arc of East Middlesex, a non-profit organization assisting people and the families of those with disabilities, at the organization’s 50th anniversary celebration and Richard Tucker Memorial Dinner and Auction at the Marriott Hotel in Peabody. . "Through his private practice […]
Student Group Spreads Thanksgiving Spirit
Thanksgiving may be a few weeks away, but Boston University Vietnamese Student Dental Association (BUVSDA) is already showing a giving spirit. The group delivered its first bundle of clothing this week to Rosie’s Place, a shelter for poor and homeless women in Boston. BUVSDA has organized the drive for the past three years. This year, in just […]
Spread the Dental Health Wealth with the Outreach Van Project
BUGSDM students are accustomed to providing dental care anywhere–whether in the treatment center, in a remote Central American village, or, as is now the case, on a street corner in East Boston. This month, a group of enterprising dental students took on this unlikely treatment spot as members of BUMC’s Outreach Van Project. The project visits […]
DMD 3 Orientation Eases Transition to Treatment Center
August 9 marked the introduction of BUSDM’s new DMD 3 orientation for predoctoral students starting to work in the patient treatment centers this year. The event serves as a supplement to in-class instruction on working in the treatment center, allowing students to see hand-on demonstrations and ask staff and faculty questions. "The staff at BUSDM […]
Dr. Jeffrey Hutter Appointed Dean ad interim
Dr. Jeffrey Hutter has been appointed Dean ad interim of the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine (BUGSDM). He succeeds the late Dr. Spencer N. Frankl. “It’s a real honor to be given this opportunity and to have that challenge of succeeding someone who left such a mark on the University,” he says. “I […]
Endodontics Alums Stay on Course at Fall Meeting
If there’s one thing that is sure to bring together BUGSDM’s endodontics alumni, it’s courses–whether in the classroom, on the golf greens, or at the finest restaurant. 58 members of the Endodontics Alumni Association and their guests found all of the above at the group’s fall meeting October 17 to 21 at the Boca Raton […]
Alumnus Shares Honor (and Stage) with Celebs
Steve Perlman PEDO 76 never dreamed he would share a stage with California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar and Vanessa Williams. That is exactly where he found himself earlier this month as the Special Olympics presented Dr. Perlman and other celebrities and political figures the Special Spirit in China Award of Excellence in a nationally-televised ceremony in […]
Building the Future of Dentistry
Starting in 1989, BUGSDM exposed first-year students to running a dental practice through the APEX program. Building on the extramural program established ten years earlier, students paired with mentors outside the school to learn practice management in their first and second years of dental education. Eighteen years later, these and other former students and friends […]
School Concerned With Men’s Oral Health
Men are less likely to seek preventive dental care and more likely to develop oral cancer and gum disease than women, according the the Academy of General Dentistry. These perils of being male encouraged seven BUGSDM student volunteers and the Division of Community Health Programs to participate in Boston Medical Center’s Partnership for Men’s Health […]
Boston University Mourns Goldman School of Dental Medicine Dean Spencer Frankl
Remembered for decades of innovation, leadership, and kindness Spencer Frankl, dean of the Goldman School of Dental Medicine for more than 30 years and the longest-serving dean of any dental school in the country, died peacefully Saturday morning after a battle with cancer. Frankl led the school and its faculty to a position of prominence […]