Meet the Faces of GSDM: Dental Repair Team with Thimi Ilia, Konstantinos Siachpazidis, and Mohammed Benrezouk
The three-person dental repair team is led by Thimi Ilia, repair technician supervisor, who has been working at GSDM for nearly 20 years and in his current role for eight years. He is joined by repair technicians Konstantinos Siachpazidis and Mohammed Benrezouk, both of whom joined GSDM in 2023.
Meet the Faces of GSDM: Marta Diaz, Patient Coordinator
GSDM patient coordinators juggle many tasks, including patient registration, insurance verification, appointment coordination, and referral management. With 30 years of experience working in the GSDM Predoctoral Patient Treatment Center as a patient coordinator, Marta Diaz knows the attributes essential for the role: compassion, understanding, and warmth.
Meet the Faces of GSDM: Amy Fox Shortall CAS 14 MET 26, Associate Registrar
As the GSDM associate registrar, Amy Fox Shortall monitors and organizes all aspects of student registration, tuition/fees, grades, transcripts, student academic records, enrollment/graduation verification, and graduation processing.
Meet the Faces of GSDM: Kendrick Smaellie, Assistant Director of Predoctoral Research and GSDM’s Center for Clinical Research Program Manager
Kendrick Smaellie, assistant director of predoctoral research and program manager at GSDM’s Center for Clinical Research, has spent a decade guiding members of the GSDM community in their research endeavors. In this staff spotlight, she talks about how she is here to help answer any administrative-based research questions, no matter how big or small.
Meet the Faces of GSDM: Doreatha Martin, Central Sterilization Manager
As central sterilization manager, Doreatha Martin oversees day-to-day operations for Central Sterilization and the dispensaries. In this staff spotlight, Martin shares her day-to-day routine and her greatest GSDM accomplishments.
The Team Behind the Scenes: An Inside Look at GSDM Facilities with Andrew “Andy” Burke, Director of Facilities & Operations
With Andrew “Andy” Burke’s, director of facilities & operations, upcoming retirement bringing an end to a 46 year-long tenure at Boston University, he took a look back on his time at GSDM, sharing more about what his office does and retelling some of his favorite anecdotes from his time tackling complex facilities challenges.
Meet the Faces of GSDM: Darlina “Ms. Dolly” Walker, Dental Assistant
Darlina “Ms. Dolly” Walker is a GSDM dental assistant in the predoctoral patient treatment center in clinical affairs. In this staff spotlight, she reflects on her 25th anniversary with GSDM.
Meet the Faces of GSDM: Joseph Johnson, GSDM Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging
Joseph Johnson is GSDM’s assistant director of director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belong—a position he has had since January 2023. In this role, he pulls from skills developed from both his athletic coaching and social work experiences to provide support to initiatives created Larry Dunham DMD 83, assistant dean for diversity, equity, Inclusion, & belonging, and develop new programming, such as the Pre-Matriculation Enrichment Program and climate surveys.