Kathleen Held First Dental Assistant Appointed to Mass Dental Licensing Board
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed Kathleen Held to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Dentistry (BORID) January 21, 2014. The assignment marks the first time a dental assistant has been made a voting member of the Board. Dental assistants could previously serve as non-voting members, or advisors to BORID. As the push continues to have dental assistants […]
An Eye-opening Volunteer Experience in Panama for DMD 14 Students Roahen and Yip
David Roahen DMD 14 and Alanna Yip DMD 14 traveled to Panama from January 17 to 24, 2014, on an externship to provide much needed oral health care to people in the town of Pedasí. The trip was organized by Northeast Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (NEVOSH), an organization which has expanded its original focus […]
Role Model Matt Mara DMD 16 Delivers Oral Health Education to Underserved in Mississippi
When Matt Mara DMD 16 had last been in the Hollandale School District of Hollandale, Mississippi, as a Teach For America Corps middle and high school science teacher in 2010, most of his students looked up to him both literally and figuratively. When Mara returned in January 2014, as a Boston University Henry M. Goldman […]
GSDM Celebrates Vietnamese New Year at Tet in Boston
On Saturday, February 8, 2014, Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) students volunteered at the annual Tet in Boston festival at Carson Place-Boston Teacher’s Union in Dorchester. Around 1,700 people attended the event. Tet in Boston is an annual Vietnamese New Year Festival organized by the Vietnamese-American Community of Massachusetts and […]
Dentists Turned Chefs for a Night
Group Practice Leaders Drs. David Dano and Eleni Kanasi with two students from Group Practice 8, Amrita Patel DMD 15 and Himanshu Shah DMD 15, joined the Massachusetts Dental Society Boston Collaborative Group (BCG) to cook and serve dinner for 150 women and children at Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women located […]
GSDM Volunteers Bring Holiday Cheer to Christmas in the City
On December 22, 2013, members of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community volunteered at Christmas in the City (CITC). They joined thousands of others at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center for this annual event for mothers and children living in Boston area homeless shelters. CITC is a lively […]
ADSO’s Holiday Wish for Happy, Healthy Smiles in Chinatown
The Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO), in collaboration with Global & Population Health (GPH), sustained a holiday tradition by participating in the Wang YMCA Holiday Party in Chinatown on December 8, 2013. More than 700 members of the community attended the holiday party, which was […]
Steve Perlman PEDO 76 Wins Holyoke Award
On Thursday, November 14, 2013, Steven P. Perlman PEDO 76, Clinical Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, became the first dentist to receive the E. Augustus Holyoke, MD, Award in its 20-year history. Each year, the North Shore Medical Center (NSMC) chooses a peer-nominated winner from its many exceptional healthcare professionals. Dr. Perlman received the Holyoke Award […]
Volunteers show they have SOUL
Suffolk University’s Organization for Uplifting Lives through Service (SOULS) is a fitting name for a group offering health and other services for homeless women. Staff and students of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) joined the SOULS volunteers at their Health Fair for Homeless Women on Friday, November 15, 2013, at […]
Inspiring Good Health and Promoting Higher Education
Success was achieved on two important fronts by volunteers from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) at the November 14, 2013, health fair at the Salter School in Malden, Massachusetts. They provided information and resources on general and oral health to the public and offered inspiration for young adults to seek […]