Thomas O’Connor’s Eye-Opening Journey to Haiti
Fourth-year DMD student Thomas O’Connor hopes to become an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He has had his sights set on this goal since before he entered dental school. His father, Dr. Stephen O’Connor an ER doctor in O’Connor’s hometown of Jasper, Indiana, introduced him to Drs. Matthew Monesmith and Kyley Wood, two Jasper Oral and […]
A Special Valentine’s Day for The Classic Smile
In honor of a beloved staff member, Clinical Professor and Director of Pre-doctoral Removable Prosthodontics Dr. Ronni Schnell and her husband Richard Short DMD 82 offer free dental care each year on Valentine’s Day to homeless families at their Medford practice, The Classic Smile. Drs. Schnell and Short began this free day of care in […]
Student Groups Join Forces for Clothing Drive
The GSDM chapters of AAWD and ADSO recently co-sponsored a clothing drive for the women of Rosie’s Place. AAWD President Josephine Verde DMD 13 and ADSO President Michelle Vo DMD 13 organized the drive on behalf of their organizations, along with help from CHP Oral Health Promotion Director and ADSO advisor Kathy Lituri. The group […]
Danielle Culp DMD 12 and Lauren Greco DMD 12 Treat Indigenous Population in Panama
Danielle Culp DMD 12 and Lauren Greco DMD 12 traveled to Panama with Northeast Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (NEVOSH) from January 19 to 30. The NEVOSH group has a core following of GSDM alumni volunteers: Christina Thompson DMD 06; Elizabeth Walker DMD 06, ORTHO 10; Joey Alamo DMD 06; and Steve Machardy DMD 07, […]
Students Join Mission Efforts in Haiti
Friends and classmates Derrick Call DMD 12, Amit Patel DMD 12, and Seth Calderon DMD 12 traveled to Cap Haitien, Haiti, with the Cap Haitien Dental Institute to provide oral health outreach in late January. This was the first time that GSDM students had volunteered with this group led by Ohio-based dentist Dr. Ihor N. […]
ADSO Celebrates the Year of the Dragon
The Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO) in collaboration with CHP volunteered at Tet In Boston 2012. The festival is an annual Vietnamese new year festival organized by the Vietnamese-American Community of Massachusetts and the Intercollegiate Vietnamese Student Association that every year attracts 700+ attendees and hundreds of vendors. This year’s festival celebrated the beginning of […]
Students Discover One-of-a-Kind Learning Experience in Guatemala
Three fourth-year dental students: Melissa Lowry, Dee Gulis, and Lucinda Barry recently returned from a trip to Poptun, Guatemala with LIGA International. The trip took place from January 12 to 23. While in Guatemala the students, along with alum Kevin Acone DMD 07, and trip organizer Dr. Fred Kalinoff, spent five days treating patients of […]
Dental Students Join Brigade
Three adventurous students, Alana Gilgurd DMD 12, Nicholas Bacos DMD 12, and Sarah Courtney DMD 12, signed on with the BU chapter of Global Brigades to travel to Honduras from January 10 to 16. A playlist of video clips from their trip, narrated by Bacos, is available on GSDM’s YouTube channel. Global Brigades is the […]
Sheede Khalil DMD 12 Brings Diabetes Awareness to the Barbershop
A barbershop may seem like an interesting place to talk about your health, but Sheede Khalil DMD 12 learned during her externship rotation at the Dimock Center, with preceptor Dr. Lagina Bickham, that often more is taking place there than just haircuts. “The barbershop in many communities is not just a place for a haircut, […]
ASDA and USSDA Double Toy Donations
ASDA continued their tradition of making the holidays more joyful for Boston children in need by once again hosting their toy drive prior to Intersession. Assisting ASDA with the drive this year were students from the GSDM chapter of USSDA. The groups collected 119 new, unwrapped toys, as well as $50, which they donated to […]