What Happens After GSDM’s White Coat Ceremony? Students, Faculty, and Staff Share Advice for Incoming Clinical Students

On Friday, July 7, the DMD Class of 2025 and the DMD Advanced Standing Class of 2024 will celebrate the students’ entrance into the Patient Treatment Center at GSDM’s annual White Coat Ceremony.
We spoke with recently graduated DMD AS 23 students, DMD 24 students, faculty, and staff about the advice they want to give to the members of the DMD Class of 2025 and the DMD AS Class of 2024 as they enter this new era of their GSDM experience.

June is Pride Month: A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of Identifying as LGBTQ+ at GSDM 

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month is more than a celebration – it is also a history lesson. In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we reached out via GSDM LGBTQ+ organizations and Development & Alumni Relations, hoping to speak with members of GSDM community who identify themselves as LGBTQ+ to discuss the “past, present, and future” of what it means to be LGBTQ+ at GSDM. Ultimately, we spoke with seven GSDM community members – students, staff, faculty, and alum alike – and here’s what they had to say.

Real Patients, Real Stories: Mother and Daughter with Dentinogenesis Imperfecta Share Their Experiences as Part of GSDM Rare Patient Seminar Series

In the latest GSDM Rare Patient Seminar Series, Criss Quigley and Ann Quigley, a mother and daughter duo who both have the rare dental disease dentinogenesis imperfecta, spoke to GSDM students about their lives with the disease and the legislative change they are hoping to obtain. The seminar series was created by Clinical Associate Professor Dr. Yoshiyuki Mochida in order to humanize uncommon oral-related diseases, giving dental students a one-of-a-kind exposure to real patients.

Commencement Spotlight: Finding a Home at at GSDM

Every student and resident in the Class of 2023 at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine has a unique story to tell about their journey to dental school, their experiences at GSDM, and their plans for the future. Today’s featured students and residents are Dr. Fuad Tawmeh DMD AS 23, Jaskamal Singh DMD 23, and Dr. Meghrik Assadourian PERIO 23.

Commencement Spotlight: Discovering New Passions

Every student and resident in the Class of 2023 at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine has a unique story to tell about their journey to dental school, their experiences at GSDM, and their plans for the future. Today’s featured students and residents are Sunandhaa Narasimhan DMD 23, Dr. Joseph Ryan Brett DPH 23, and Nelson Zhang DMD 23.

Commencement Spotlight: Mother’s Day edition

Every student and resident in the Class of 2023 at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine has a unique story to tell about their journey to dental school, their experiences at GSDM, and their plans for the future. Today’s featured students and residents are Dr. Catalina Osses Albornoz DMD AS 23, Dr. Natallia Petrushenka DMD AS 23, and Dr. Carolynn Landman DMD 20 ORTHO 23.

Commencement Spotlight: Class of 2023 profiles kick-off

Every student and resident in the Class of 2023 at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine has a unique story to tell about their journey to dental school, their experiences at GSDM, and their plans for the future. Today’s featured students and residents are Dr. Telmen Tumen-Ulzii ENDO 23, Dr. Alex Cabrera DMD AS 23, and Shefali Mangtani DMD 23.