2006-2007 - UCLA School of Dentistry

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
01 Message from the Dean
02 The State of the School
2006-2007 Annual Report
04 Student Affairs
Chancellor
Norman Abrams
06 Leadership in Dentistry & Service
lllllllto the Community
Dean
No-Hee Park
08 Commencement
Editor
Sandra Shagat
10 Outreach & Diversity
Designers
Brian Lozano
Sandra Shagat
13 Academic Personnel
15 Staff Personnel
45000
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24 Publications
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30000
32 Clinic Operations
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34 Academic Units
20000
2005-2006
New Patients
51 Development
53 Honor Roll
60 Board of Counselors
61 Administrative Team
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2003-2004
Fiscal Year
Continuing
Education
49 Alumni Affairs
36 Associated Clinical Specialties
40 Diagnostic & Surgical Sciences
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1,780
1,694
10000
2006-2007
34 Advanced Prosthodontics,
Biomaterials & Hospital Dentistry
15000
1,530
The Annual Report is published for the
alumni and friends of the UCLA School of
Dentistry. Send questions and/or comments
to Sandra Shagat, Senior Public Information
Officer, at sshagat@dentistry.ucla.edu.
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18 Research Activities
Printer
Colornet Press
Contact Information
UCLA School of Dentistry
Dean’s Suite
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Box 951668, 53-038 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668
(310) 825-8231 phone
(310) 794-7734 fax
www.dentistry.ucla.edu
UCLA Dental Center Patient Trends 2003-2007
17 In Memoriam
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Photography
David Altman, Carol Bibb, Mike Capio,
Melissa Chin, Susan K. Haake, Edmond
R. Hewlett, Anahid Jewett, Douglas Junge,
Scot Kawano, Bob Knight Photo, Brian
Lozano, Clara Magyar, M)Arch., Ichiro
Nishimura, Pauli Nuttle, Eleanor Paray,
Laura Pescatore, Michelle Popowitz, Bruce
Sanders, Sandra Shagat, Aaron Shearer,
Mary Tawfall, Shane White, Stuart C. White,
John Yagiela, and UCLA Photography.
11 Academic Programs
Number of Patients/ Visits
Guest Editors
Carol Bibb
Ronald Mito
Laura Pescatore
Michelle Popowitz
42 Oral Biology & Medicine
44 Public Health & Community Dentistry
Overall Patients/ Visits
46 Restorative Dentistry
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
Our Mission:
To improve oral health
in California, the nation,
and the world.
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nniversaries encourage us to celebrate
the present, reflect on the past, and
consider the future. At the UCLA School
of Dentistry commencement ceremony
on June 4, 2007, we celebrated the 40th
anniversary of graduating dentistry’s newest
leaders. Looking around the school, we
can identify so many similar measures of
our current success.
The UCLA School of Dentistry is
enjoying a long period of financial stability
that enables us to provide a secure
environment for education and patient care,
and address needed improvements to our
physical and technological infrastructure.
You can read more about our recent
upgrades (behind the scenes and front-andcenter) in the next two pages of this report.
In our dental student clinics, we
are seeing the positive results of having
dramatically enhanced efficiency. At
the UCLA Dental Center in particular,
we are registering a consistent upward
trend in the number of new patients
and overall patient visits. You can
review the statistics in the section of this
report that details our clinic operations.
Our research arm also is thriving.
As I write this message, noted scientist Dr.
Cun-Yu Wang is settling in as our new chair
of the Division of Oral Biology & Medicine.
And in the research activities section of
this report, you can count the number of
principal investigators in our midst, and
take a look at the many sources of our
$12,911,796 in research funding booked
in FY 06-07.
On the development front, our
Board of Counselors, the Apollonian
Society, our alumni, and our longtime
friends contribute generously to the School.
As partners in our mission, donors make
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gifts that have an immediate impact on
the UCLA School of Dentistry, yet also
provide wisely for our future. They realize,
for example, that current students need
scholarship support today, and that the
community needs a larger pediatric dental
care facility tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow: what will
the future bring? Who among our current
students may one day become dean of
the UCLA School of Dentistry? Who will
be the activist who provides the solution
for society’s current challenges with
regard to access to care? Which of our
scientific efforts at the leading edge of
dental medicine will yield new methods of
diagnosis, prevention and treatment, and
transform clinical care here and abroad? It is exciting to anticipate the
future happenings as I do when I walk into
the building each morning. Thinking about
the future is what energizes me.
I can only imagine that it energized
our founding dean, Dr. Reidar Sognnaes,
as well. I wonder if he dared to hope for
the success that the UCLA School of
Dentistry has achieved in a little more
than four decades. I think he did. He
surrounded himself with committed people
of talent—and that is where I find myself
now. And so it is hardly bold of me to
imagine how much greater this school will
become in the next forty years.
Sincerely,
No-Hee Park, D.M.D., Ph.D.
Dean
The State of the School
Continued Financial Stability in an Era of Dwindling State Support
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In FY 03-04, support from the State of California
covered $14,870,383 in UCLA School of Dentistry
expenditures. By FY 06-07, that figure had dropped
to $13,085,532.
or nearly a decade, the UCLA School of
Dentistry has benefited from a period of
continuous financial stability even in the face
of dwindling state support. It may, in fact, be
more accurate to say that the University of
California system is state-assisted rather than
state-supported.
When we review the changes in the
School’s financial picture between the time that
the Class of 2007 entered and graduated, the
numbers tell a profound story. When our most
recent graduates began the four-year D.D.S.
program in FY 03-04, state funds covered about
32 percent of the costs of running the School
(total expenditures). By the time these students
became new dentists in FY 06-07, state monies
helped the School meet only 26 percent of its
total expenditures.
The upward trend in the cost to
operate the School and the downward trend
in state support is expected to continue. Each
passing year, the School relies more on winning
contracts and grants, collecting student fees,
and generating revenues through Continuing
Education and the faculty dental practices
in order to run its many education, research,
patient care and public service programs. In
addition, gifts and endowments from individuals
and organizations play an increasingly critical
role in helping the School meet its bottom line.
Successful grant applications, prudent financial
management, and a concerted development
effort to build a permanent endowment— these
are key both to the near-term operation of the
School and its future.
Enhanced Technology Yields More Efficient Operations
Our new email @dentistry.ucla.edu
The School of Dentistry Joins the
UCLA Enterprise Messaging System
UCLA Dental Storeroom Converts to Online
Web Cart System
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n May 12, 2007, Dentistry moved to the
UCLA Enterprise Messaging System
through a joint effort of the Office of Information
Technology, Communications Technology
Services, and the School of Dentistry Information
Technology groups. The Enterprise Messaging
System provides messaging accounts that
include email and calendaring, improved spam
and virus filtering, and centralized backup
and synchronization of Web, workstation and
mobile device platforms. This amounts to a
valuable group of resources that can be used
to increase productivity and streamline often
cumbersome tasks, such as setting up meetings.
One of the immediate benefits evident was the
spam control. From midnight on May 11 to 9:30
a.m. on May 14 the new system blocked 25,049
spam messages sent to School of Dentistry
email accounts!
id you know that the Dental Storeroom
keeps more than 650 items in stock and
processes approximately $750,000 in orders
for the UCLA School of Dentistry and its clinics
each year? To keep up, the Dental Storeroom
now has a Web Cart Shopping System, the
first of its kind for the School of Dentistry.
More than 50 employees use the Web Cart to
browse a continuously updated online catalog to
conveniently place orders without ever needing
to leave their work areas. Once an order is
submitted, the Web Cart generates an email
receipt with pricing and total cost—and once
an order is delivered, the Web Cart issues a final
delivery receipt. As an added bonus, Material
Safety Data Sheets are available for many
products 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The entire Dental Storeroom layout has been
redone to complement the new program.
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Upcoming Projects from the Information
Technology Group
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he digital radiography project is in progress
and will be implemented in several of the
School’s clinics in the coming months. In
addition, we are working on a Next Generation
Network for expanded capability for both the
clinic and school buildings.
A New Look for Some Oft-Used Spaces
More Clinic, More Care, More Smiles
hanks to the generosity of longtime UCLA
School of Dentistry friends and donors, the
Wilson and Bloomfield families, the WilsonJennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice Dental
Center is undergoing a dramatic transformation.
On February 21, 2007, Bob Wilson and Peggy
Bloomfield, under the auspices of The Wilson
Family Foundation, Inc., broke ground on a clinic
expansion and renovation project. Designed
by local architecture firm M)Arch., specialists
in branded design, the renovated building will
provide space for seven new operatories in
an expanded pediatric dentistry practice that
will house the School’s new community-based
pediatric dentistry residency program. The new
clinic will make it possible for the UCLA School
of Dentistry to do even more to fulfill its mission
to improve the oral health of the people of
California. For years to come, many thousands
of area residents, from infants to the elderly,
will turn to UCLA in Venice for comprehensive
dental health care.
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Photos left to right: M)Arch. of Venice designed the
new pediatric wing; local schoolchildren painted a
mural on a wall slated for demolition; Dr. James
Crall, Dean No-Hee Park, Mrs. Peggy Bloomfield,
Mr. Bob Wilson, Mrs. Marion Wilson, and Dr. John
Yamamoto take up commemorative shovels.
Renovated Third Floor Lab the Home of New Chair of the Division of Oral Biology & Medicine
ntil 2005, Room 33-030 was a 2,225- lab looks out over a prime view of the Mathias
square-foot-space that functioned as a Botanical Garden and the main entrance to the
dental techniques lab. Its comprehensive UCLA Dental Center. All in all, it is a modern
renovation marks one of the few total lab remodels and intellectually stimulating new space of which
since the original construction of the School of the School of Dentistry can be proud.
Dentistry. The area was thoroughly demolished
(including all ductwork, dental utilities, and
benches) and extensive environmental
abatement procedures were performed to make
Before and After
way for a truly 21st Century lab, hopefully the
first of many to come throughout the School. The design for the new lab integrated
many of the building and engineering concepts
now considered fundamental in the various
newly constructed research spaces on campus.
In particular, special attention was paid to
improving the access to utilities and technology,
and accounting for future growth in their use.
The new lab provides a spacious work
environment for scientists and an office for Dr.
Cun-Yu Wang, the newly recruited chair of the
Division of Oral Biology & Medicine. Pendant
lighting enhances the working conditions at the
clear maple lab benches. Sixteen separate
work stations enjoy access to natural light. The
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STUDENT AFFAIRS
Carol Bibb, PhD, DDS
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
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he 06-07 academic year was positive and
productive for the Office of Student Affairs.
The UCLA School of Dentistry continues to
attract a highly qualified, diverse, and talented
student body, making it a privilege to provide
exemplary student services and to coordinate
the major events that celebrate milestones and
achievements. In addition to demonstrating
academic and clinical excellence, our students
make significant contributions in the areas of
class leadership, service on school committees,
organized dentistry, teaching, research, and
community outreach. Please join us for a review
of the year’s major events and an opportunity
to meet some of our amazing students as they
contribute to professionalism, collegiality, and
morale at the School.
Admissions
In September we welcomed the Class
of 2010. Admission to the School remains highly
competitive, with nearly 1,800 applicants for the
88 positions in the entering class. The theme
of our admissions, recruitment, and outreach
efforts, “UCLA School of Dentistry: Choice,
Challenge, and Commitment to Professional
Development,” has been very successful in
attracting an impressive group of students
with a variety of educational backgrounds, life
experiences, and professional goals.
Welcoming International Dentists
Since 2002, UCLA’s Professional
Program for International Dentists (PPID) has
offered an intensive, two-year advanced standing
program to foreign-trained dentists. Graduates
receive a D.D.S. degree from UCLA and become
eligible to test for licensure in the United States.
Following a rigorous orientation curriculum
during the summer quarter, PPID students join
traditional dental students in third-year courses
and are fully integrated into the four-year D.D.S.
program. Eleven PPID students graduated
with the Class of 2007 in June. The PPID
admissions committee admitted 13 students
from five continents to the Class of 2009.
White Coat Ceremony
The highlight of orientation week was
the annual White Coat Ceremony on September
14, 2006. At this event, the incoming students
received a white coat as a gift from the
Apollonian Society, the dental school alumni
support group, and recited the dental student’s
pledge before a large assembly of proud family,
friends, and faculty members.
All-School Picnic
The Associated Student Bodysponsored All-School Picnic was held November
4, 2006 at Sunset Canyon Recreation Center.
This event offers an opportunity for the entire
dental school family of students, faculty, staff,
and alumni to get together for food, fun, and
games. Our long-standing tradition of having
the faculty grill the hamburgers and hotdogs
while the students organize the games, including
the fiercely competitive pie-eating contest, once
again proved a wise division of responsibilities
and a huge success.
The Asahi-UCLA-Meikai Dental
Exchange Program
A highlight of the year for several thirdyear students was the academic and cultural
exchange program in association with two dental
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schools in Japan. During summer quarter, UCLA
students played host to two Japanese faculty
members and ten dental students eager to learn
as much as possible about life and dentistry in
the U.S. Then, during spring break, ten UCLA
students and two faculty members traveled to
Japan where they spent their time visiting the
dental schools at Asahi University in Gifu and
Meikai University in Tokyo and touring historical
and cultural sites.
Talent Show
Back by popular demand, the School
of Dentistry Talent Show played to a full house
of students, faculty, staff, and family members
April 18, 2007. Produced by the Class of 2009,
the program provided lively entertainment by
talented musicians, vocalists, dancers, and
stand-up comedians. The panel of judges had
tough decisions to make to select the winner of
the competition, Valerie Majano, Class of 2010,
an impressive salsa dancer.
Scholarship Ceremony
The annual Scholarship Ceremony was
held April 25, 2007 to honor the students who
received scholarship support during the past
year. A total of 66 students were recognized with
awards in the areas of scholarship, leadership,
community service, clinical excellence, and
professional promise. Honored guests included
many of the benefactors whose generosity made
these scholarships possible.
OKU Banquet
Epsilon Zeta Chapter, the UCLA
chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the national
dental honor society, held its annual banquet
May 17, 2007. Twelve students from the Class
of 2007 were honored with alumni membership:
Vasag Bouzoghlanian, Megan Rustad, Dheepa
Jagadeesan, Chia-Lun Tsao, DanThanh Fields,
Shivani Shah, Karen Potter, Jared Corbridge,
Gilda Torossian, Melissa Chin, Daniel Gill, and
Solomon Poyourow. Raquel Ulma, Class of
2008, received the prestigious Kramer Award.
Awards Ceremony and Senior Banquet
The Awards Ceremony and Senior
Banquet in honor of the graduating Class of
2007 was held June 1, 2007 at the beautiful
Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. The
awards recognized achievement in diverse
areas including scholarship, leadership, clinical
excellence, community service, and research
activity. A highlight of this event was the
presentation of twelve Dean’s Medals for honors
at graduation–ten for academic achievement
and two for leadership contributions. In a
special speech to the School’s historic 40th
graduating class, Dr. Stuart White, a member
of the inaugural Class of 1968, shared some of
his personal and professional insights.
The awards ceremony was followed by
a reception and banquet. During the banquet,
the class leaders entertained the audience with
an innovative slide show and presented awards
of appreciation to faculty and staff members who
contributed in special ways to their educational
experience at UCLA.
School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Marvin Marcus,
professor and chair of the division of public
health and community dentistry, was honored
as distinguished faculty of the year, and Mr. Jae
Min Chang was recognized as an important
supporter of the UCLA School of Dentistry.
Congratulations to the 98 D.D.S.
graduates in the Class of 2007! We wish all
of them great success and happiness as they
continue their professional journeys. Of note,
nearly half of these talented new dentists plan
to enter a specialty program and another quarter
of the class will pursue advanced training in
general dentistry.
Not to be outdone, the postdoctoral
students also made a strong showing at
graduation. Forty-one residency certificates
were awarded, and 12 oral biology graduate
students received degrees– 3 Ph.D.s and 9 M.S.
degrees were conferred this year.
Photos left to right, opposite page: The Class of
2010 at their White Coat Ceremony; Dental students
Rona Hojatmehr and Veronica Gonzalez at the 2007
scholarship ceremony; longtime School of Dentistry
supporter Mr. Ralph Shapiro at the scholarship
ceremony. Photos left to right, this page: AsahiUCLA-Meikai dental exchange students enjoy
the cherry blossoms in Japan; Valerie Majano
’10 accepts her First Place trophy from Keith
Cowhey in the revived student talent competition.
The Class of 2010 at a Glance
88 Students
Female........................................................41
Male............................................................47
Degrees
Bachelor’s...................................................84*
Master’s......................................................1
Ph.D...........................................................1
* The admissions committee accepted two students who
completed required courses but did not obtain degrees.
GPA
Overall GPA................................................3.65
Science GPA............................................. 3.60
Majors include:
Accounting, biology, business administration,
biochemistr y, chemical engineering,
chemistry, dental hygiene, economics,
electrical engineering, English, exercise
sciences, health promotion, history, molecular
and cellular biology, music, neuroscience,
nutrition, physiological science, physics,
psychobiology, psychology, Spanish, sociology,
and statistics.
Honors
7 graduated Summa Cum Laude
8 graduated Magna Cum Laude
18 graduated Cum Laude
Commencement
DAT Averages
The 2007 commencement ceremony
was held June 4 in Royce Hall. The keynote
speaker was Dr. Gerald Levey, vice chancellor for
medical sciences and dean of the David Geffen
Academic Average.....................................22
PAT.............................................................20
Total Science.............................................22
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Leadership in Dentistry & Service to the Community
Leadership
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t the UCLA School of Dentistry, we don’t
just produce fine dentists—we graduate
dentistry’s newest leaders. Actually, it might
be more accurate to say that we admit naturalborn leaders, encourage them to hone their
skills during their time here with us, and then
send them out into the world ready to fill
prominent positions in organized dentistry and
their communities.
Leadership begins at home. Each
year, a small group of students is selected to
participate in the Dean’s Leadership Institute,
an intensive ten-week seminar devoted to
professional development.
We are pleased that our students play
vital roles in School operations. We value their
input on the admissions, student performance
and marketing committees. Students are
active in class government, in UCLA campus
government, and in groups such as the Hispanic
Dental Student Association. Our enterprising
students publish the award-winning Diastema
News and launched our first-ever publication
for dental student research, The Explorer.
On a national level, our students
hold positions in the American Student Dental
Association and lobby on policy issues of interest
to dental professionals. They also participate in
the meetings of the American Dental Education
Association where they play a hand in shaping
the future of dental education.
We are proud of our students’
commitment to their own personal and
professional development. They continue the
UCLA tradition of serving as fine clinicians,
academicians, and leaders.
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Service
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CLA dental students have four years in
which they are expected to ingest massive
amounts of information and master innumerable
clinical skills. Somehow, they also find the
energy and the time to demonstrate leadership
in their chosen profession and give back to the
community as volunteers.
During academic year 06-07, 72
percent of the fourth-year dental students
volunteered at community health fairs under
the supervision of Drs. Nancy Reifel and
Vladimir Spolsky. Students made their annual
Thanksgiving appearance at the Santa Monica
Civic Center, delivered holiday spirit to the Big
Brothers, Big Sisters group, and participated in
the national event Give Kids a Smile Day. Our
students also volunteered at South Central Care,
Common Ground and the Special Olympics. In
addition, students and residents alike joined
faculty for trips to Ensenada, Mexico where
surgeons performed life-changing cleft lip and
palate procedures.
Community service is a required part
of the curriculum at the School of Dentistry, yet
for many of our students it is much more than
that. It can be a way to share their newfound oral
health knowledge and exercise their burgeoning
dental skills. It can also be a way to express
their feelings of community responsibility and
altruism. Some of our students will make it the
focus of their careers to provide oral health care
to disadvantaged communities. We hope all
graduates make volunteerism a steady habit of
their professional lives.
We feel confident that the Class of
2007 will make an ongoing commitment to
community service. Eighty-four percent of
the class exceeded the minimum graduation
requirement of 8 units of service credit. The
students who made the greatest contribution
to community service activities were:
Student
Units
Jae Yeo
Diana Reyes
Phong Tran Cao
John Snowden
Melissa Shing
Gary Lau
Norma Reyes
Chalise Morgan
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Photos left to right, opposite page: Dean No-Hee
Park presents a certificate to Ryan Plewe; The 0607 Dean’s Leadership Institute: (standing) Jake
Cragun, Jared Lee, Dean No-Hee Park, William
Traynor, Brian Houlberg, Morris Poole, Sean
Young, Kevin Omoto, Ryan Plewe, and (seated)
Naomi Nguyen, Lori Watkins, Dr. Ronald Mito,
Asha Sethu-Madhavan, and Cristen Dismuke;
Drs. Carol Bibb, Karen Lefever and Gilda
Torossian ’06 at ADEA; Bryan Houlberg ’08 at
ADEA; Karen Potter ’07 receives the Outstanding
Student Leader Award from the American College
of Dentists; Natalie Nguyen ’08, leader of the
Student Marketing Selective for 06-07. Photos
left to right, this page: Students and faculty
supervisors Drs. Karen Lefever and Michelle
Rappeport participate in a Thanksgiving health
fair; A dental student instructs a child how to
brush a monster’s teeth; A Nara Bank branch;
Inside, dental students screen a member of the
local Korean-American community.
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Commencement 2007
1968 - 2007:
DDS DEGREE RECIPIENTS
Sherry S. Ahmadi
Tina Marie Beck
Stephen Robert Black
Vasag H. Bouzoghlanian – Cum Laude
Muzaffer Melinda Cakir
Heena J. Chandra
Carolina Chapellin
Tiffany Pui-Shan Chau
Wei-Kuo Chen
Melissa Ann Chin
Julio E. Chinchilla
Brandon C. Chiu
Jae Yong Choi
Victor L. Chu
Grace Yoon Mi Chung
Edna Turla Concepcion
Jared Kimble Corbridge – Cum Laude
Marian Daoud
Rebecca Dayanim
Jessica Rene De Bord
Kausalya Dhandapani
Riley Edwards
Elizabeth May Estrada
Mary Feekart
DanThanh Hoang Nguyen Fields
Joanne Karla Ellorin Gabot
Yana Gedarevich
Daniel John Gill – Cum Laude
Elaine Gorelik
Lukasz Artur Gorski
Ashley Claire Guinn
Daniel Hemmati
Elsa Wendy Hernandez
Nahal Heyrani
Isaac Brian Howard
Dheepa Jagadeesan – Magna Cum Laude
Grace HeeKyong Kang-Lee
Saloumeh (Sally) Kashani
Binita Chatur Katheria
Soomin Richard Kim
Christopher T. Lai
Gary Lau
Linda Hyunjung Lee
Samuel Sung-Jae Lee
Sue Y. Lee
Teresa J. Lee
Brett Peter Lent
Ying Lu
Adam R. Manfredo
Joshua R. McCormick
Mindy Miyeko Misawa
Shervin Mathew Molayem
Chalise Michelle Morgan
Paulencia LaJoi Morris
Aivan Hoang Nguyen
Amy Pham Nguyen
Eriq Frances-Quan Nguyen
Ha Thu Thi Nguyen
Trang T. Nguyen
Hannah Elizabeth Oh
Linda Chinedu Onyeador
Frank Giavanni Pastore
Jennifer Danielle Perkins
Tina Trinh Thuy Pham
Karen Suzanne Potter – Summa Cum Laude
Solomon Poyourow – Cum Laude
Allen Richard Rapolla II
Diana Reyes
Norma Reyes
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Robert Chad Rowan
Megan Kaija Rustad – Cum Laude Deyanira Sanchez
Raphael Separzadeh
Sahar Shafi
Shivani Mukesh Shah – Cum Laude
Jossein Shahangian
Sundeep Kaur Shergill
Melissa Shing
Prathip Sivaprakasam
John Snowden
Karla Fabiola Solis
Kayla Song
Shanlei Sun
Samuel Sunghoon Tchon
Rebecca Ellen Theurer
Joanna Tong
Gilda Torossian – Cum Laude
Phong Tran Cao
Thien (Sam) Hai Trang
Collin G. Tsai
Chia-Lun Tsao – Cum Laude
Ghazal Vala
Shweta Verma
Rouzbeh Vossoughi
Charles Wang
Joshua Atash Yadegar
Daniel Kyu Yang
Neda Zarabian
Photos left to right: Dr. Gerald Levey; Dean
Park and Mr. Jae-Min Chang; Melissa Chin, class
president; New dentists; Drs. Sara Ghaemmaghami,
Todd Pacofsky, Matthew Davis and Dino Del Fierro;
Dean Park with Class of ’68 members Drs. Morton
Feldbaum, Bruce Molen, and Robert Pike; Edna
Concepcion and family.
40 years of graduating
dentistry’s newest leaders.
Immediate Future Plans of D.D.S. Class of 2007
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A Proven Track Record of Developing Lifelong Learners
Number of Students
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Class of
2003
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91
83
57
Class of
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Class of
2005
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98
72
Class of
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Class of
2007
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Total Number of D.D.S. Graduates in Class
Number of D.D.S. Graduates Immediately Continuing Their Training
10
98 Students Pursuing:
Private Practice
General Dentistry Residency
Orthodontics Residency
Pediatric Dentistry Residency
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency
Periodontics Residency
Prosthodontics Residency
Endodontics Residency
MS DEGREE RECIPIENTS
James Aaron Kelly
Hao-Fu Lee
Brett Peter Lent
Mita Naveen Jethwani
Trang Thuy Nguyen
Hyun Jung Park
Sheldon Kelvin Salins
Nichole Hong Sun
Wendy Yang
PhD DEGREE RECIPIENTS
Tara Lyn Aghaloo
Schryl Duadico Castaneda
Lin Zhu
RESIDENCY CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS
Advanced Education
in General Dentistry - Westwood
Meetu Kaur Bala
Cindy Shih-Han Chen
Matthew Patrick Kelley
Alexander Lofgreen Matheson
Brady Clarke McDonald
Jill Elizabeth Thayer
Muyhong Thy
Mi-Young Maggie Yoo
Advanced Education
In General Dentistry - Venice
Bryan Abrams
Laurie Kane
Daniel Francisco Mego
Chau Thai-Minh Ngo
Sally Salomeh Yousefi
Advanced Prosthodontics
James Aaron Kelly
Pamela Marie Maragliano
Dental Anesthesiology
Brian Chien-Nan Huang
Endodontics
Joy Angelique Rivero
Vladimir V. Shuster
Jason Gilbert Wong
General Practice Residency
Joseph Danesh
Lyla A. Gazarian Boustani
Otabor Enata Okundaye
Noriko Satake
Dana Diane Yee
Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Devin Louise Stewart
Bhavani Venkatachalam
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Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Steven Barry Kupferman
Benjamin Walline
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Internship
William C. Kenner V
Orofacial Pain & Dysfunction
Hyung Tack Kim
Orthodontics
James Chun-Jen Huang
Hyun Jung Park
Sheldon Kelvin Salins
Nichole Hong Sun
Pediatric Dentistry
Matthew John Davis
Dino Baltazar Del Fierro
Sara Ghaemmaghami
Giancarlo Antonio Lauriente
Todd Webster Pacofsky
Periodontics
Leshin Chen
Sam Israel Naim
OUTREACH & DIVERSITY
Bruce Sanders, DDS
Assistant Dean of Outreach & Diversity
There is no typical UCLA student.
There is only an appetite for excellence.
A
t the UCLA School of Dentistry, we
consistently strive for diversity, and achieve
it, in many different ways.
Did you know that there were only two
women in the UCLA School of Dentistry’s first
graduating class in 1968 and that one of them,
Margaret Pan, was valedictorian? Naturally,
today’s classes are more evenly balanced
between the genders. In recent years, our
incoming classes have been comprised of 88
students from 10 or more states. The class
ranks swell to 100 in the third year of dental
school when we welcome a dozen international
dentists seeking U.S. education and licensure.
Some of our students have bachelor’s
degrees. Others have Ph.D.s. Many of our
students chose undergraduate majors in
the sciences. Each year, however, we admit
several who have humanities and social science
degrees. Some are classically trained pianists.
One current student is a former policeman.
We think these facts and figures make for
interesting conversation. We know they make
for an invigorating learning environment. In the
classroom, in the clinics and in the community,
our students bring their diverse backgrounds
and strengths to the table to help each other
and their patients.
This doesn’t go unnoticed. In April, Dr.
Bruce Sanders was invited to the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, he spoke
to admissions officers from several dental
schools involved in the Robert Wood Johnson
and California Endowment Dental Pipeline Grant
on the topic of challenges related to achieving
diversity in the admissions process.
Our ongoing outreach efforts are one of
the ways in which we sustain our diversity. Each
year, we join efforts with the David Geffen School
of Medicine at UCLA to administer SMDEP, or
the Summer Medical Dental Education Program.
We also reach out to the University of California
San Diego which does not have a dental school
but which does produce students who possess
an excellent foundation in the sciences. Malieka
Johnson, a UCSD graduate who learned about
UCLA through the pre-dental society on that
campus, will start dental school here in the fall.
The UCL A Post-Baccalaureate
Program completed its fourth year in 06-07.
The post-bacc students received one-onone mentorship, enrolled in science courses,
prepared for the DAT, and participated in intense
mock admissions interviews. All these activities
are designed to help a small group of promising
individuals improve their standing as potential
dental school applicants, and they are working.
First-year student and former post-bacc Valerie
Majano is not only doing well in her studies,
she won first place in the talent show with her
marvelous display of salsa dancing. Another
post-bacc, Hector Godoy, was admitted to our
first-year class, and Adelle Newel, whose postbacc studies in New Orleans were interrupted
by Hurricane Katrina, will be attending Howard
University School of Dentistry in the fall.
Perhaps the most exciting outreach
and diversit y news this year was the
announcement that UCLA was the only dental
school awarded a Howard Hughes Medical
Institute 2007 Biomedical Research Institutions
Initiative Grant. Beginning September 2007,
the School will implement an extensive pre-
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college science education program to introduce
gifted high school juniors and seniors from
disadvantaged backgrounds to careers in oral
health and scientific research.
We are eagerly anticipating the arrival
of the Class of 2011, perhaps our most diverse
to date. The D.D.S. admissions committee was
pleased to receive more than 1900 applications
this past year from students from institutions
including Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, MIT,
the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force
Academy. In all, 955 men and 788 women
sought to become UCLA dental students. From
this diverse and talented group we assembled
a student body that will enrich each other, the
UCLA community, and the profession.
Photos top to bottom: Dr. Bruce Sanders and students
in the SMDEP program; Dr. Marvin Marcus and
Dean No-Hee Park with post-baccalaureate students.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Robert Lindemann, DDS, MS, MAEd
Associate Dean of Academic Programs & Personnel
Karen Lefever, MA, MS, PhD
Academic Coordinator
A
t UCLA, we launch promising careers in
dental medicine with several academic
degree programs including the Doctor of
Dental Surgery (D.D.S.), the M.S. and Ph.D.
in oral biology, the combined D.D.S./M.S.,
D.D.S./Ph.D. and D.D.S./M.B.A., and thirteen
postdoctoral specialty training programs.
Academic programs including the Dr. Susumu
Miyata Educational and Cultural Eschange
and the Dean’s Leadership Institute enhance
students’ intellectual experience.
Curriculum Reform
Academic reform of the predoctoral
curriculum continued through 06-07. At the
fall faculty retreat, each of the six content theme
groups, Cariology, Periodontal Disease, Oral
and Systemic Disease, Restoration of Form
and Function, Dental Practice, and Growth and
Development, met several times and presented
the reports of their deliberations to the full
faculty. Students, residents and faculty have
spent the year elaborating and operationalizing
these themes with the goals of:
1. improving integration of basic and clinical lllllsciences;
2.lpromoting an evidence-based culture
lllllthat fosters lifelong learning;
3. adopting more effective use of technology
lllllto enhance and deepen the educational
lllllexperience;
4.lincreasing flexibility in scheduling to
lllllfacilitate advanced clinical experience;
5.ldeveloping increased leadership and
lllllresearch opportunities during the D.D.S.
lllllcourse of study.
Highlights of the academic reform
process this year included the adoption of
ANGEL, a Web-based course management
system. Another highlight this year was the
presentation of the Cariology curriculum by
the committee chair, Dr. Edmond Hewlett. Dr.
Hewlett and his colleagues have proposed
nothing less than a paradigm shift–an approach
that borrows from medical management to treat
caries as an infectious, transmissible and yet
preventable disease. Future students will learn
restorative dentistry in the context of a continuum
of caries management interventions.
Mentoring Future Dental Educators
Under the guidance of Drs. Carol Bibb
and Karen Lefever, UCLA continues to be a
leader in programs directed at developing future
dental educators and education researchers.
The emphasis is on actively involving potential
academics in the real-life activities of dental
faculty: didactic and laboratory teaching,
chairside teaching/mentoring in the clinic, and
conducting educational research.
One professional development
opportunity is the seminar course “Apprentice
Teaching for Future Dental Educators” which
challenges fourth-year D.D.S. students to
design, develop and deliver a lecture, exam
and course evaluation to the incoming first-year
dental students. To prepare for the experience
during summer workshop sessions, the
student teachers review research on learning,
curriculum development, and assessment as
they create their materials. Feedback from
participants in this course underscores the
value of this training in residency teaching and
community presentations. Dr. Nate Gerodias
’03, a faculty member in pediatric dentistry at
UCSF, is the first graduate of the apprentice
teaching selective to enter academia in a fulltime position. Dr. Stacey Woo, Class of 2005,
is another success story in the making. She
was one of our student teachers and is now a
restorative instructor while she works on her
Ph.D. in oral biology. We look forward to others
joining them as they complete their residencies
and Ph.D. programs.
Another te aching oppor tunit y
for students is the Basic Dental Principles
(BDP) course, originally developed by Dr.
Jennifer Crowe, UCLA ’06, OHSU Ortho
’08. The course is a teaching elective for
dental students and a lecture series for
undergraduates interested in dentistry.
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T h i s y e a r, m o r e t h a n 6 0
undergraduates from UCLA (and other area
schools) and 19 students prepared lectures on
such topics as oral health instruction, dental
infections, implants, pharmacology, pain
management, craniofacial anomalies, radiology
and dental specialties. They also instructed
the undergraduates in lab sessions doing
Class II amalgam or composite preps. The
course culminated in a poster session for the
undergaduates. The 06-07 BDP course was
directed by Amy Tran ’08 and Brandon Seto ’08.
The dental student teachers were mentored by
fourth-year students Danny Hemmati, Jonathan
Miller, Jennifer Perkins, Sol Poyourow and Gilda
Torossian, prior BDP participants and leaders.
Many members of the dental faculty also served
as content advisors.
Interest in teaching, academic careers
and education research is also fostered by the
ADEA-sponsored Student Teaching Group that
organizes meetings and promotes research on
teaching and other educational topics. In 0607, 16 students presented education-based
posters at ADEA, I/AADR and CDA. Kevin
Andrus, Jared Lee and Chad Rowan received
an award for the best educational research
poster at I/AADR for their work on student input
to the curriculum reform process. Amy Tran,
Brandon Seto, Kristen Lowe and Eddie Surger
represented UCLA in the final round at CDA in
Anaheim and received an honorable mention
for their poster presenting an evaluation of the
BDP course after three years.
Photo above: Drs. Carol Bibb, Karen Lefever and
Robert Lindemann are honored by the students from
the 06-07 Basic Dental Principles course.
Connecting to the UCLA Louise M.
Darling Biomedical Library
ANGEL
“Cannot give high enough marks! Course
was brilliantly organized and presented.”
“Excellent, well-designed course. The ability
to access PowerPoints online was invaluable
to my comprehension of the material.”
T hese a re just some of the
com ments f rom f i rst-yea r denta l
students who began using the ANGEL
course management system in fall 2006.
ANGEL allows faculty to manage their
courses with online distribution of the
syllabus, assignments, readings, and
lecture notes. Professors can offer
virtual office hours, and they can engage
students online with learning material
such as case studies. By using ANGEL’s
chat rooms, whiteboard, and instant
messaging functions, student groups can
work collaboratively to solve problems
and comment on each other’s solutions.
Under t he d i rection of Dr.
Susan Haake in her role as director of
knowledge management, the roll-out of
ANGEL began with the first-year students
in gross anatomy and the second-year
students in systemic pathology. Both
classes responded very positively to the
friendliness of the ANGEL interface and
the different ways of learning that were
made possible by using it.
Each student has his/her own
ANGEL page that can be personalized
with a calendar, task lists, an online
journal, and even theme colors and
icons. But does it promote learning?
The students say yes in their course
evaluations and comments. Current
research on learning emphasizes the
value of a diverse set of presentation
tool s suc h a s w r it te n m ate r i a l ,
pictures, diagrams and video clips
in making learning more productive
and efficient. A NGEL’s f lexibility
allows each student to use the tool
that provides the best results for him/
her. Meanwhile, faculty appreciate
the ease with which they can contact
students, monitor progress, give tests
and provide results with commentary.
C u r r e n t l y, M a r y T a w f a l l ,
knowledge management facilitator,
has assisted faculty in developing
online materials for about 70 percent
of first- and second-year courses. The
goal is to have all School of Dentistry
courses available to the students
through this innovative and flexible
learning system. It’s just one of the
ways in which UCLA is leading the
field of 21st Century dental education.
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Libraries have emerged as
important contributors to knowledge
management—that is, acquiring,
organizing and making information
available for use in appropriate formats.
In their use of ANGEL, professors at the
School of Dentistry have developed a
growing partnership with the staff of the
Biomedical Library. Andrea Lynch and
Rikke Ogawa are librarians who are
designated to assist the faculty of the
School of Dentistry as they explore new
ways of presenting course content to
students. In the spring quarter, Andrea
and Rikke presented “Best Practices:
Online Materials in Teaching,” a
seminar about enhancing course
presentations with a variety of online
resources. The positive reception to
this lunchtime event has stimulated
planning for similar events in the fall
and winter quarters of the coming
academic year.
ACADEMIC PERSONNEL
Associate Dean of Academic Programs & Personnel
Academic Appointments
Our faculty go well beyond
dispensing knowledge; They create it.
Douglas Junge
38 Years in the School Of Dentistry
Dr. Niki Ghaem-Maghami as Assistant
Clinical Professor (Removable Prosthodontics)
Doug Junge
has enjoyed
a long and
fulfilling career
at UCLA,
blazing an
exciting path
of research,
teaching
and creative
Dr. Yong Kim as Adjunct Assistant Professor
(Oral Biology)
Dr. Gregory Prince as Adjunct Professor
(Oral Biology)
Dr. Kumar Shah as Assistant Clinical Professor
(Removable Prosthodontics)
Faculty Promotions
Dean No-Hee Park to Distinguished Professor
of Dentistry and Medicine
Dr. Evelyn Chung to Associate Clinical Professor
(Hospital Dentistry)
Dr. Aria Davodi to Adjunct Associate Professor
Dr. Neal Garrett to Professor
Dr. Steven Graff-Radford to Adjunct Professor
(Oral Medicine & Orofacial Pain)
Dr. Susan Haake to Professor
(Periodontics)
Dr. Diana Messadi to Professor (accelerated to
Step II, Oral Medicine & Orofacial Pain)
Dr. Eleni Roumanas to Professor
Dr. Ki-Hyuk Shin to Adjunct Associate Professor
(Oral Biology)
Faculty Retirements
Dr. Joseph Cooney, recognized in the 05-06
annual report, retired effective July 1, 2006.
Dr. Michael Newman retired effective June 28, 2007.
Dr. Douglas Junge retired effective June 29, 2007.
activity for nearly four decades.
Doug was recruited by our founding
dean, Reidar Sognnaes, after he received his
Ph.D. in physiology from UCLA. At that time, the
dental school building was a little over one year
old, and smelled like new paint. Doug was given
a substantial start-up grant of $10,000 and a lab
down the hall from Drs. John Campbell, Edwin
Cooper, and George Bernard, and told that
he could do basically any kind of research he
wanted. He thought he had arrived at heaven!
Doug’s first investigations focused on
taste mechanisms in frogs and the behavior of
nerve cells in the mollusc Aplysia californica.
Doug liked to do experiments on, and make
mathematical models of, single neurons. His
work in this area continued for many years and
established him as a leader in this field.
As a new professor at a new school,
Doug was given the responsibility of creating a
course in oral neurophysiology. It was a daunting
task for a former “Cal-Techie” who found the
students in those days to be extremely rowdy.
Later, in 1978, Dr. Lou Goldberg,
the chair of oral biology, started the master’s
degree program and asked Doug to serve as
its director. Under Doug’s stewardship, the
program flourished; Twenty-five years later, the
program is credited with graduating more than
175 master’s students. Doug also has mentored
Ph.D. students over the course of his career,
many of whom have become academic leaders
at respected universities.
Doug Junge is admired by faculty and
students for his kindness and sincere love of
teaching. He has been a wonderful colleague
and friend, and he will always be a part of the
UCLA family.
by Dr. Larry Wolinsky
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Michael Newman
Dr. Michael
Newman ’72
was one of
the leaders of
Periodontics
at UCLA and
played
a
major role in
establishing its
postdoctoral
program. Under his guidance, the program
developed into one of the finest clinical specialty
programs in the world.
As a teacher, Michael was a wonderful
role model who expected excellence from
those in his tutelage. During his more than
three decades at UCLA, he provided hands-on
supervision of student research programs that
resulted in many superior theses.
As an academician, Michael was
extraordinarily productive. He published 118
research papers and 145 scientific abstracts.
Even more impressive than his sheer quantitative
achievements was the quality of his research.
He published more than 20 papers documenting
the association of specific bacterial pathogens
with specific periodontal diseases for the very
first time.
Michael also is recognized for
promoting a veritable sea change in clinical
dental science: the movement toward evidencebased research and procedures. He was, of
course, the longtime editor of the Journal of
Evidence Based Dental Practice. In addition,
Michael recently served as editor of the
tenth edition of the highly regarded textbook
Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology.
As a clinician, Dr. Newman has been
successful as a Board-certified periodontist
in private practice and a highly sought-after
speaker. A great ambassador for UCLA
Periodontics, he has given lectures to clinicians
throughout the United States and in more than
20 other countries.
Ev e r y o n e inv o l v e d in U C L A
Periodontics has benefited from Michael’s
presence and his dedication is undiminished by
time. He will continue as an Emeritus Professor
on recall status.
by Dr. E. Barrie Kenney
Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year
Distinguished Teachers of the Year
Marvin Marcus
Victor Diamond
Dudley Glick
Every year, a
small faculty
commitee
selects a
distinguished
f a c u l t y
member for
hi s o r h e r
exemplary
contributions
in teaching,
research, university and professional services.
This year, the recipient of the fifth annual
Distinguished Faculty of the Year award is Dr.
Marvin Marcus.
Marvin Marcus, DDS, MPH, is
professor and chair of the division of public
health and community dentistry at the UCLA
School of Dentistry. He also holds the titles of
professor of health services at UCLA School of
Public Health, and director of the International
Center for Dental Health Policy. A graduate of
Brooklyn College with a degree in chemistry,
he received his D.D.S. degree from New York
University School of Dentistry in 1963. Dr.
Marcus served as Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
Dental Corps from 1963 to 1965. He earned
a Master’s of Public Health in 1969 from
Columbia University School of Public Health
and Administrative Medicine, after which he
received a Public Health Service Fellowship and
served as a dental care consultant for the U.S.
Public Health Service. Marcus joined the faculty
of the UCLA School of Dentistry in 1970.
Marcus is known nationally for his
contributions to public health dentistry, he is a
creative teacher, and he is a gifted administrator.
Over the course of his career, he has had a
major impact on the School through his vision
and achievements as faculty member and
division chair. His dedication to the School and
University is evident from his many contributions
to our education and research programs and
particularly his commitment to community oral
health at the grassroots level. His consistent
scholarship and his ability to obtain funding for
his work benefit both our students’ education
and patients in need of dental care. He truly
has a “distinguished” career at UCLA.
Each year, the
graduating
D.D.S. class
recognizes
one or t wo
members of
the facult y
whom they
found to be
exceptionally
suppor tive
of their development as dental professionals.
Grateful for Dr. Victor Diamond’s mentorship,
the Class of 2007 selected him to present
them with their doctoral hoods at graduation.
Like
D r.
Diamond, Dr.
Glick endeared
himself to
the students
with his warm
and generous
teaching style.
In addi tion
to
being
selected by
the students to participate in the hooding
portion of their commencement ceremony, Dr.
Glick also was distinguished by the class with
another very special honor. The Class of 2007
chose to honor Dr. Glick with the prestigious
Pierre Fauchard Award, presented annually to
the teacher “from whom they learned the most.”
To the Class of 2007,
I feel fortunate to have played a small
role in your dental education, and I thank you for
the honor of being included in your graduation
ceremonies. It has been a most rewarding
experience to get to know you and share ideas
with so many of you.
My Crown and Bridge instructor
gave our class some memorable advice when
we graduated, and I’d like to pass it on to you.
He pointed out that although our profession
is meaningful, exciting, interesting and
remunerating, it is also one that has challenges
and oftentimes hurdles to overcome. He
recommended seeing the humorous side of
things and being satisfied knowing you did your
very best.
Additionally, if you just treat your
patients as if you yourself were the patient, it will
help you in your diagnosis, treatment planning,
patient rapport, and your love of dentistry.
Good luck in your future personal and
professional lives, take good care of yourselves,
keep learning, and keep in touch.
To the Wonderful Class of 2007,
Mere words are inadequate to express
my surprise and gratitude that your class has
selected me for this prestigious Pierre Fauchard
Award. I am indeed honored and flattered. We
had a special relationship and it was a delight
to be one of your instructors. I am proud to be
an integral part of your educational growth and
development. In fact, I think you looked after
me as much as I did you.
The award will be hung in a prominent
place in my study where it will be a constant
reminder of the memorable times we enjoyed
in the Endo section.
With all best wishes in your
forthcoming careers and you’ll do us proud on
the WREB.
Your Colleague and Friend,
Dudley H. Glick, D.D.S.
Lecturer, Section of Endodontics
Dated March 22, 2007
Fondly,
Dr. Vic Diamond
Photos left to right, opposite page: Moira Stovall
of Oral Biology & Medicine and Aaron Shearer
of Public Health & Community Dentistry; Steve
Shaevel of Academic Personnel and Pat Stafford of
Pediatric Dentistry.
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STAFF PERSONNEL
Michelle Popowitz, JD, MPH
Assistant Dean of Administration & External Affairs
New Staff Hires in Fiscal Year 2006-2007
Employee
Maria Aguilar
Patricia Anders
Cara Batson
Carola Beltran
Karlo Bobiles
Blanca Carranza
Josyel Castellon
Genevieve Cedillo
Brianna Claypool
Yancy Coto
Kristina Etchison
Jennifer Feller
Anna Galvez
Miguel Gomez
Nansi Gomez-Castillo
Maria Grecia
Marcela Hamparsumian
Anet Haratunian
Rosa Hernandez
Melinda Isenberger
Cristina Lopez
Anabel Meglone
Julie Naito
Elizabeth Perez
Laura Pescatore
Jesica Reyes
Maria Sagrero
Craig Schoenbaum
Rick Valdivia
Idalia Velasco
Xiao-Yang Wu
Xinmin Yan
Title
Reg. Dental Asst.—Ext. Function
Administrative Assistant
Health & Safety Specialist
Registered Dental Assistant
Programmer/Analyst
Dental Assistant
Administrative Analyst
Staff Research Associate
Dental Assistant
Dental Assistant
Administrative Specialist Supervisor
Administrative Specialist
Dental Hygienist
Assistant Dean and CFO
Dental Hygienist
Unit
Faculty Group Dental Practice
Denter Center—Administration
Computer Services
Venice Dental Center
Contracts And Grants
Faculty Executive Committee
Periodontics
Dental Center—New Patient Services
Periodontics—Section
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery—Faculty Practice
Facilities Planning
Oral Radiology—Faculty Practice
Periodontics—Faculty Practice
Dental Center—Chartroom
Advanced Education In General Dentistry
Restorative Dentistry
Continuing Education
Straumann Surgical Dental Clinic
Periodontics
Dental Center—New Patient Services
External Affairs/Development
Orthodontics—Clinic
Dean’s Office
Oral Biology
Dental Research Institute
Date
03/20/07
10/09/06
05/29/07
02/01/07
01/02/07
01/23/07
01/02/07
02/01/07
10/23/06
09/18/06
08/01/06
03/12/07
10/02/06
08/21/06
10/19/06
11/09/06
11/01/06
08/07/06
08/01/06
08/28/06
11/06/06
09/25/06
10/23/06
08/21/06
02/20/ 07
01/17/07
04/02/07
02/14/07
07/10/06
05/08/07
01/23/07
09/16/06
Staff Members Who Moved to New Position/Area or Received Additional Responsibilities in Fiscial Year 2006-2007
Employee
Caroline Agoncillo
Sha’Ron Botts
Manuela Britsch
Janet Cicero
Irma Correa
Lorena De La Torre
Michelle Felix
Jason McKnelly
Yvonne Perez
Mayra Salcedo
Mary Tawfall
Title
Administrative Specialist—Supervisor
Administrative Specialist
Supervisory Dental Assistant
Supervisory Dental Assistant
Administrative Analyst
Administrative Assistant—Supervisor
Patient Biller
Programmer/Analyst
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Unit
Periodontics—Faculty Practice
Dental Center—Administration
Financial Services
Advanced Education In General Dentistry
Pediatric Dentistry
Straumann Surgical Dental Clinic
Dental Center—Billing Office
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic
Knowledge Management
Date
08/31/06
04/01/07
07/10/06
04/12/07
04/01/07
03/01/07
01/08/07
10/15/06
07/18/06
02/15/07
11/01/06
More than a job,
a career.
Staff Retirements
Staff Member of the Year
Supervisor of the Year
Yolanda Delacerda
Position: Registered Dental Assistant
Sandy Laderas
Evelyn Marques
Sandy Laderas
achieved
35 years of
service before
her retirement
in FY 06-07;
S h e b e g an
working at
t h e S ch o o l
in 1965 as a
lab assistant.
Later, she became a dental auxiliary utilization
instructor, and then a dental assistant
supervisor. At the conclusion of her career,
Sandy was a management services officer with
diverse responsibilities. She made significant
contributions to teaching and curriculum
development in the areas of infection control and
ergonomic practice. Over the years, she fulfilled
many roles in the general clinic, including those
of infection control officer and interim director
of the volunteer program. In addition, she was
a long-term member of the Patient Care and
Health and Safety committees. Sandy was
always willing to take on new challenges, and
to offer her assistance wherever it was needed.
For example, when the dental school launched
SOE in the clinics, she was asked to serve as a
troubleshooter and instructor. Outside campus,
Sandy served on the California State Board of
Dental Examiners from 1996-2000 where she
very capably represented UCLA. For many
decades, Sandy served as an excellent staff role
model for professionalism and teamwork. Faculty
respect for her many contributions resulted in
her selection for Honorary OKU Membership
in 2001 and her strong finish as runner-up
for the Chancellor’s Award of Excellence.
Ev i e i s an
ex ample of
someone
who
has
successfully
worked her
way up the
career ladder
at the UCLA
School of
Dentistry. She
began here as an administrative assistant and
now she serves as the supervisor for the Office
of Student Affairs. In her role as office manager,
she oversees the team that provides all student
services. She is knowledgeable about each area
in the office and able to step in whenever there
is a need. Evie coordinates major events for the
School including Commencement, the White
Coat Ceremony, Orientation, the Senior Banquet,
and the UCLA booth at the CDA convention.
She also coordinates outgoing and incoming
applications for postgraduate programs. In
addition, she provides administrative support
for the Student Performance, Student-Faculty
Liaison, and Program Directors committees.
Evie performs her duties with professionalism,
collegiality, meticulous attention to detail, and
a willingness to work evenings and weekends
whenever necessary. She supervises through
her own example of hard work and personal
accountability and a strong commitment to
fairness, effective teamwork, and good office
morale. Evie takes a personal interest in the
professional and personal well-being of each
student and promotes a “Students Come First”
policy of customer service.
Marsha Hood
Position: Administrative Assistant III
Sandra Laderas
Position: Management Services Officer I
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IN MEMORIAM
Edward Della Maggiore
The UCLA School of Dentistry family
was saddened at the news that Dr. Edward
Della Maggiore passed away on Wednesday,
January 24, 2007. Dr. Maggiore was an Adjunct
Associate Professor in the Section of Public
Health Dentistry.
Highly educated, Dr. Maggiore earned
his D.D.S. degree at UC San Francisco in 1959
and an M.P.H. in health administration at the
UC Berkeley School of public health in 1964.
He received his Ph.D. in public health from the
University of Michigan in 1977, then earned
an M.A. in counseling and guidance from
Eastern Michigan University in 1981. Finally,
he received a second M.A., this one in clinical
psychology, from Antioch University in 1991.
Dr. Maggiore was recruited to the
UCLA School of Dentistry in 1981 to serve as
director of the UCLA Venice Dental Center, a
position he held for 15 years. He also served
as a clinic group director from 1985-1993. He
coordinated the USC/UCLA Mobile Clinic and
filled the role of faculty advisor to several student
groups. A mentor to many, he developed a
Dental Spanish Selective very popular among
students. He officially retired in 1994, but
remained active in many School activities.
Dr. Maggiore was a kind and giving
man who dedicated the better part of his career
to promoting oral health in the poorer areas of
the world. He was a consultant for the W.H.O./
Pan American Health Organization Ministry of
Health in Bogotá, Colombia in July and August
of 1975; a consultant for Dental Public Health in
Brazil in 1977, 1979 and 1980; and a member of
the first American Dental Association delegation
to the Peoples’ Republic of China in 1984.
Most notably, Dr. Maggiore served
in various capacities with Project HOPE, both
on board the SS HOPE and on land. His
service for Project HOPE began in 1966 and
continued throughout the years taking him to
locales around the globe. In 1984, Dr. Maggiore
became a dental consultant for Head Start
Programs, Region IX, and remained so until
his death. Ed Maggiore’s devotion to the most
vulnerable populations of the world is inspiring.
He will be greatly missed by all.
Joseph Matyas
Former staff member and longtime
UCLA School of Dentistry laboratory volunteer
Mr. Joseph Matyas passed away suddenly on
March 19, 2007. He was 71 years old.
Joseph practiced as a dentist in his
home country of Romania where he also played
on the national soccer team. He emigrated to
Edward Della Maggiore
Joseph Matyas
the United States and began working at the
School in the early 1970s as a senior research
associate in the Biomaterials Section.
During Joseph’s years in that Section,
he worked alongside Dr. Angelo Caputo and
his functions were varied because of his
background and extensive knowledge. One of
his major duties was to serve as a liaison among
faculty, students, and dental laboratory support
staff. Joseph fulfilled laboratory and lecture
teaching responsibilities in Dental Morphology
and more extensively in Dental Materials.
Further, he performed research projects with
Dr. Caputo and in collaboration with other
faculty and students. These projects included
basic materials testing and biomechanical
investigations. As a result of his contributions,
Joseph is listed as a co-author in approximately
twenty articles published in refereed dental
journals. He also presented his findings at
numerous international dental meetings.
Joseph is survived by his wife, Dr.
Anna Korda-Matyas, and his three children.
His passing has been a tremendous loss for
our School and our thoughts and prayers are
with his family and friends.
Dudley Hillel Glick
Faculty, staff and students were
saddened to learn that Dr. Dudley Hillel Glick
passed away on June 27, 2007 at the age of
87. Born in 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio, Dr.
Glick graduated from John Adams High School
where he competed against the legendary Jessie
Owens on the track team.
He attended college at Ohio University
prior to being drafted into the U.S. Army in
December of 1939. Deployed to Europe, he
fought in the Battle of the Bulge and received
two Purple Hearts and the Silver Star for bravery.
After World War II, Dr. Glick moved
with his family to Los Angeles in 1945. He
graduated from the University of Southern
California and then entered dental school at
USC where he graduated in 1953. Dr. Glick
became the first full-time endodontist in Los
Angeles. He began his practice in Beverly Hills
and continued teaching, lecturing, publishing
scientific articles, inventing new endodontic
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Dudley Hillel Glick
instruments, and serving on numerous
committees for the American Association of
Endodontics. He was a life member of the
AAE, served as its president, and received the
Edgar D. Coolidge Award in 1988 for exemplary
dedication to dentistry and to endodontics.
Formerly a USC instructor, Dr. Glick
joined the UCLA faculty in 1995. He taught
predoctoral and postgraduate students in both
didactic and clinical courses. Dr. Glick served
as an inspiration to so many of us. He was a
gifted clinician and a dedicated teacher who
taught continuously for more than 54 years.
Yet Dr. Glick was more than a teacher and we
learned far more from him than simply how
to perform an endodontic procedure. We
had the opportunity to observe his passion
for teaching, his compassion for his patients,
and the successes and failures that he willingly
shared with us. He endeared himself to us
with his gentle spirit, his mild manner, and his
dedication to nurturing a specialty that at the
time of his graduation from dental school was
just in its infancy.
Dr. Glick’s arrival each Tuesday and
Thursday was always cause for a celebration.
Faculty and staff would warmly greet him and
students would rush to gain some additional
knowledge from him. The Class of 2007
honored Dr. Glick with both the “Distinguished
Teacher of the Year” and “Pierre Fauchard”
awards presented to the faculty member that
had the greatest influence on them during their
four-year dental education.
Dr. Glick was one of the pioneers of
endodontics and served to enhance both its
growth as a specialty and its credibility within
the dental community. He also was a devoted
family man, a wonderful husband, and an
incredible role model for his three sons. UCLA
will truly miss Dr. Glick’s many contributions
to the specialty of endodontics, his humanity,
his humility, his friendship, and his utmost
concern for the welfare of his patients, students,
colleagues and fellow endodontists whose lives
he has truly enriched during these many years.
by Dr. Kenneth Trabert
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
David Wong, DMD, DMSc
Associate Dean of Research
F
iscal year 06-07 was a very exciting year
for research at the School of Dentistry; our
overall grant funding received was $12,911,796.
It was a busy twelve months for students and
faculty alike during which we enjoyed many
opportunities to discuss the School’s research
activities. Much talked about at the end of
the year was the exciting announcement that
UCLA received a grant from the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute to implement a pre-college
science education program for students from
disadvantaged backgrounds. We learned
further good news that beginning FY 07-08,
the School will be funded by the Maternal
Child Health Bureau. We eagerly await the first
results of these projects. In the meantime, it
feels appropriate to reflect proudly on the year
just past.
In National and International News
American Association for Dental Research
(AADR), American Dental Education Association
(ADEA) and International Association for Dental
Research (IADR)
The UCLA School of Dentistry made
excellent showings at the AADR, ADEA and
IADR annual meetings in New Orleans, March
17-24. We were well represented at the scientific
sessions with a total of 45 oral and poster
presentations by both students and faculty.
We also were represented at the ADEA annual
meeting with three presentations. This year,
third-year dental student Jeffrey Kim earned a
2007 AADR Student Research Fellowship. This
is a tremendous accomplishment in that only 19
awards were given to dental students across the
country. Congratulations to Jeff!
Think the future is exciting?
Wait until you see what we discovered today!
We made a strong showing in the
exhibit hall. Ms. Moira Stovall and the students
of UCLA School of Dentistry operated our
booth. Again, this has proven to be one of the
highlights of the meeting. This year’s group of
students represented a very diverse segment of
the program here at UCLA. We continue to be
a highly visited booth, providing much needed
information regarding dental education and
research at UCLA. Thank you to the many
students and faculty members who donated
their time to make the booth a success!
On the Local Front
Dental Research Institute (DRI) & Research
Advisory Committee Seminar Series (RAC)
What do your faculty members
research when they aren’t teaching? What is
happening in your colleagues’ laboratories on
other floors of the dental school building? How
is UCLA leading the field of dental medicine?
This year, the DRI and the Research Advisory
Committee implemented a monthly seminar
series to showcase the research being
conducted at the dental school. This seminar
is held on the first Monday of each month and
is entitled “Translational Research Powered by
the Faculty at the UCLA School of Dentistry.”
Dean Park served as our inaugural speaker. In
subsequent meetings, faculty members have
collaborated to present new and innovative
research and research concepts to the faculty,
students and staff of the dental school. To date,
we have had the following seminars:
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December 4, 2006
Dean No-Hee Park
“A New Tumor Suppressor and Cancer
Development”
January 22, 2007
Drs. Diana Messadi & David Wong
“Innovative Diagnostic Oral Cancer Research”
February 5, 2007
Drs. Ting-Ling Chang & Takahiro Ogawa
“Implant Treatment: What We Know Now and
the Direction for the Future”
March 5, 2007
Drs. Ichiro Nishimura & Alan Felsenfeld
“Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: Clinical Manifestations
and an Oral Mucosal Osteoimmunology
Hypothesis”
May 7, 2007
Drs. Marvin Marcus & Fariba Younai
“The HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study:
The Realm of Health Services Research”
June 4, 2007
Drs. Eung-Kwon Pae & Ronald M. Harper
“Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Implications for
Dentistry”
These seminars have proven to be very
informative. They allow the School as a whole
to be aware of the direction and progress of
active research programs within the School. We
thank all those who have participated and we
are excited about the lectures to come.
Faculty/Student Research
Information Reception
Combining the efforts of the Research
Advisory Committee and the Dental Research
Institute, we launched a new annual event this
year. On the evening of February 22, 2007,
the Student/Faculty Research Information
Reception introduced students to the
various research projects that are currently
being conducted in the labs of our faculty
members. Our researchers made a total of 17
presentations covering a number of fields of
study and disciplines. This successful event
allowed students to make connections with the
exceptional faculty members at the School of
Dentistry. We anticipate an even larger turnout
for our next reception.
Grant Writing Workshop
The UCL A School of Dentistry
distinguishes itself, in part, due to its cuttingedge research programs. In an effort to make
our faculty members even more competitive in
the art and science of preparing, submitting
and obtaining grants to further their research,
the School sponsored a one-day grant-writing
workshop this year. The workshop was held
April 23, 2007 at the Covel Commons and
conducted by Dr. Russell from Grant Writers’
Seminars and Workshops, LLC who instructed
36 attendees how best to organize and structure
a proposal in an effort to receive a fundable
priority score from reviewers. The information
was well received and created a buzz after the
meeting, with faculty members that were not
able to attend inquiring about the next session.
We look forward to tracking the progress of
those who attended this first session in hopes
of further strengthening the research program
in the School of Dentistry.
Student Research Poster Competition
To close the year in research, the
School of Dentistry’s annual Student Research
Poster Competition and Awards Ceremony
was held the evening of May 10, 2007. We
were fortunate to have visiting with us that day
Dr. Albert Avila from the National Institute of
Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at
the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr.
Avila is a program director at NIDCR and he
met with a number of faculty members, dental
students, graduate students and postdoctoral
fellows throughout the day. During the lunch
hour, he made a very informative presentation
on how best to strategize a plan for obtaining
the many fellowships, career development
awards and individual training grants available
to students and faculty members. This lecture
was well attended and inspired many individuals
to further investigate opportunities available
through NIDCR/NIH.
Dental, graduate and postdoctoral
students competed in two categories displaying
the research posters they presented this past
year at the AADR, ADEA, CDA and other
scientific meetings. Cash prizes were funded by
the School. Among our dental students, prizes
were awarded to:
First Place
Karen Potter, Mentor: Dr. Shane White
“Kallikrein-4 Overexpression in Developing
Murine Enamel Profoundly Re duce s
Hardness”
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Second Place
Kevin Andrus, Mentor: Dr. Karen Lefever
“Student-Initiated Curriculum Development”
Third Place
Brandon Seto, Mentor: Dr. Shane White
“Measurement of the Change in Elastic Modulus
Over Time of Adhesive Luting Cements”
Among graduate students and residents, prizes
were awarded to:
First Place:
Avina Paranjpe, Mentor: Dr. Ana Jewett
“N-Acetyl Cysteine Protects Dental Pulp
Stromal Cells from HEMA-Induced Apoptosis
by Inducing Differentiation of the Cells.”
Second Place:
Noh Jin Park, Mentor: Dr. David Wong
“The Science Behind Saliva mRNA”
Third Place:
Wael Att, Mentor: Dr. Takahiro Ogawa
“L ight-induce d Enhancement of the
Osteoconductive C apacit y of Implant
Materials”
Photos left to right, opposite page: Dr. Karen
Lefever discusses the dentist’s role in recognizing
elder abuse and neglect; Drs. Sotirios Tetradis and
Tara Aghaloo discuss data while Drs. Stacey Woo
and Clara Magyar perform an experiment. Photos
left to right, this page: Dr. Zhanzhi “Mike” Hu
prepares a real-time polymerase chain reaction
experiment; Dr. Marvin Marcus shares the results of
recent public health research; A busy lab.
Grant Funding Statistics
New Grants 2006-2007
Total Award
Prinicipal Investigator and Project
Tara Aghaloo and David Berrios, Osseous Healing With BMP-2 and Oxysterols American Association of Endodontists Foundation (AAE), April 1, 2007-June 30, 2008
$18,000
Bradley Henson, Role of RHOC and GALR2 in the Metastasis of Oropharyngeal Cancers
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, September 1, 2006-August 31, 2008
$197,208
Shen Hu, Quantitative Salivary Proteomics for Human Oral Cancer
$154,500
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, April 4, 2007-March 31, 2009
$338,800
Shen Hu, Serum Proteome Analysis of Oral Cancer Metastasis
National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, May 7, 2007-April 30, 2008
Anahid Jewett and Midori Tachibana, The Effects of Fusobacterium Nucleatum on Human Pulp Stromal Cells
American Association of Endodontists Foundation (AAE), March 1, 2007-April 30, 2008
Mo Kang, Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy on Telomerase Function in Human Oral Epithelium
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, March 1, 2007-February 29, 2012
$12,000
$1,776,750
$54,980
Mo Kang, BMI-1 Overexpression is an Early Diagnostic Marker of Oral Cancer
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation, March 1, 2006-February 28, 2007
Marvin Marcus, Developing a Sustainable Model that Integrates Community-Based Dental and Primary
$1,113,331
Care Services on Los Angeles’ Westside - Phase Two
UniHealth Foundation, July 3, 2006-July 2, 2009
$1,375,420
Wenyuan Shi, Intercellular Signaling in Myxococcus Xanthus
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, May 1, 2007-April 30, 2011
Wenyuan Shi, Targeted Antimicrobial Peptides
$480,000
UC Discovery Grant - Biotechnology, May 1, 2007-April 10, 2010
Wenyuan Shi, Targeted Antimicrobial Peptides
$740,000
C3 JIAN INC., May 1, 2007-April 10, 2010
David Wong, Salivary Proteomic and Genomic Biomarkers for Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
$2,147,230
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, April 1, 2006-June 30, 2007
$7,630,361
David Wong, Oral Fluid NanoSensor Test
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, September 1, 2006-June 30, 2011
Grand Total of New Awards: $16,038,580
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UCLA School of Dentistry Annual Extramural Funding Trend 1997-2007
$14,000,000
Funding Received
00-01
$12,911,796
99-00
$10,826,930
$6,273,734
98-99
$7,240,384
$6,017,928
$4,728,497
$4,000,000
$5,966,396
$6,000,000
$8,698,125
$8,000,000
$10,175,391
$10,000,000
$11,869,484
$12,000,000
$2,000,000
$0
Fiscal Year
97-98
01-02
02-03
03-04
04-05*
05-06*
06-07
*Fiscal year 05-06 figures have been modified to reflect previously unaccounted for funds. Additionally, awards
erroneously booked in fiscal year 04-05 in a prior report have been carried over to the appropriate year, 05-06.
Total 2006-2007 Grants by Funding Source
2006-2007 NIH Grants by Institute
5%
83%
13%
6%
1%
4%
4%
2%
82%
Federal
$10,804,327
Foundation
$1,636,336
Industry/Private
$471,133
National Institute of General
Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
$520,093
National Institute on Drug
Abuse (NIDA)
$672,632
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
$139,554
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
$367,812
National Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengeering (NIBIB)
$188,587
National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
$8,474,661
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The increase in green color in the panels at the far
left shows Parathyroid hormone (PTH) activation
of protein kinase A signaling cascades in osteoblasts
(bone forming cells). This signaling cascade regulates
the expression of many osteoblastic genes, including
NGFI-B and E4BP4, as identified by microarray
technology. Dr. Stacey Woo, Arpi Siyahian, and other
scientists in the School of Dentistry are conducting
research on bone formation.
NIDCR/NIH Fundamental Clinical Research
Training Grant (T32) Program
H
ere at UCLA, we have been fortunate to
host the NIDCR/NIH training grant program
known as the T32 Training Grant. We are
currently in our second cycle and are applying
for renewal of the program later this year.
This particular grant is in place to allow
researchers at various levels the opportunity to
advance their research programs. There are
four different tracks. The first is a Short-Term
Training Program (STTP) for dental students; this
is a 3-month appointment to introduce students
to research. The next track is called the Dentist/
Scientist Training Program (DSTP); this is a dual
degree program that allows a dental student
the opportunity to earn both a D.D.S. degree
and a Ph.D. concurrently. The third track is the
Long-Term Training Program—the predoctoral
track for those students who are interested in
earning their Ph.D. Finally, the fourth track is
for postdoctoral fellows.
We have had more than 4 0
individuals from various disciplines participate
in this program. Some have progressed
from one track to another and obtained
faculty appointments at UCLA and other
institutions throughout the United States.
T32 Trainees for the 2006-2007 Grant Year:
Short-Term Training Program (STTP)
Jacob Cragun, Mentor: Dr. Shane White
Measuring the Modulus of Elasticity of Cements
and Sealers Bryan Houlberg, Mentor: Dr. Robert Lindemann
Practice and Patient Management
Silva Megerdichian, Mentor: Dr. Wenyuan Shi Conducting Assays to Develop Peptides Based
on the Sequence of Dentin Phosphoprotein
Jane Rafela, Mentor: Dr. Sotirios Tetradis
Androgens in Prostate Cancer-Induced Bone
Metastasis
Anne Reeves, Mentor: Dr. James Crall
Association Between Body Fatness and
Caries Experience Among Young Children &
Adolescents
Lori Watkins, Mentor: Dr. Karen Lefever
Ticket to Smile
Gregory Werner, Mentor: Dr. Angelo Caputo
Stress Distributions of Microimplants
Jeanne Wong, Mentor: Dr. Kang Ting
Recombinant Human Fibromodulin Production
and Confirmation of its Bioactivity
Dentist/Scientist Training Program (DSTP)
Stacey Woo, Mentor: Dr. Sotirios Tetradis
Glucocorticoid Regulation of Transcriptional
Repressor E4bp 4 Gene E xpression in
Osteoblasts
Jeff Kim, Mentor: Dr. David Wong
p12 Oral Cancer
Nini Chaichanasakul, Mentor: Dr. Sotirios Tetradis
Generating Deletion and Modification Constructs
Method to Study the Effect of Cis-Regulating
Element Between Hox Genes
Long-Term Training Program (LTTP)
Predoctoral Fellows
Catherine Cowan, Mentors: Drs. Kang Ting & Ben Wu
Craniofacial Biolog y and Biomedic al
Engineering
Chris Kaplan, Mentor: Dr. Wenyuan Shi
Oral Bacterial Pathogenesis
Arpi Siyahian, Mentor: Dr. Sotirios Tetradis
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) and its Effects on
NGFI-B
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Prasanna Ramachandran, Mentor: Dr. Joseph Loo
Identifying Glycoprotein Biomarkers for
Diseases
Long-Term Training Program (LT TP)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Noh Jin Park, Mentor: Dr. David Wong
Using mRNA in Saliva as a Diagnostic Tool for
Types of Cancer
Jianghua Wang, Mentor: Dr. David Wong
Oral Cancer mRNA Biomarkers in Saliva
2006-2007 PIs and Co-PIs
with Active Grants
In the February 23 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Dr. Shane White and fellow scientists
reported for the first time that a transgenic animal (mouse) had been used to engineer hard dental tissues
superior to those found in nature. Their research showed that the sialophosphoprotein Dsp increased
the hardness of tooth enamel by 20 percent. This finding holds promise for ongoing efforts to engineer
replacement teeth resistant to decay or wear, and is one example of the ways in which UCLA School of
Dentistry research may improve oral health in the future.
NIH K and F Awards Programs
T
he NIH’s K awards are for career development
while F awards are independent fellowship
awards. Listed below are the individual(s)
supported by the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) through the K and F award system during
2006-2007:
Dr. Tara Aghaloo (K08)
The Role of VDR in PTH and Vitamin D3
Synergy
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research (NIDCR)
Dr. Deng Hongyu (K22)
A Novel Herpesviral Vector for Oral Gene
Delivery
Research (NIDCR)
Dr. Bradley Henson (K08)
Role of RHOC and GAKR2 in the Metastasis of
Oropharyngeal Cancers
Research (NIDCR)
Dr. Mo Kang (K22)
Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage and Cellular
Aging
Research (NIDCR)
Dr. Shane White (K22)
Dentino-Enamel Junction Genetic-Structural
Correlation
Research (NIDCR)
Dr. Wenyuan Shi/Dr. Marielena Chavira (F31)
Programmed Cell Death During Development
of M. Xanthus
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
(NIGMS)
NIH/HRSA Awards Program
T
he Health Resources and Ser vices
Administration (HRSA) award system supports:
Dr. James Crall (U54)
Oral Health Policy Center
Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)
Dr. James Crall (D59)
Residency Training in General and Pediatric
Dentistry
Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)
Dr. Jeanne Nervina (K08)
RAMP Involvement in PTH Regulation of Bone
Metabolism
Research (NIDCR)
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Tara Aghaloo
Kathryn Atchison
David Berrios
Mentor: Tara Aghaloo
Angelo Caputo
Robert Chiu
James Crall
Hongyu Deng
Melanie Gironda
Susan Haake
Bradley Henson
Shen Hu
Anahid Jewett
Mo Kang
Karen Lefever
Carl Maida
Marvin Marcus
Diana Messadi
Jeane Nervina
Ichiro Nishimura
Takahiro Ogawa
Shen Pang
No-Hee Park
Christine Quinn
Nancy Reifel
Vivek Shetty
Wenyuan Shi
Ki-Hyuk Shin
Igor Spigelman
Midori Tachibana
Mentor: Anahid Jewett
Sotirios Tetradis
Kang Ting
Shane White
David Wong
Xioafeng Zhou Publications July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007
Aghaloo TL, Cowan CM, Chou YF, Zhang X, Lee H, Miao S, Hong N, Kuroda S, Wu B, Ting K, Soo C. Nell-1-Induced
Bone Regeneration in Calvarial Defects. Am J Pathol 2006;169(3):903-15.
Aghaloo TL, Le AD, Freymiller EG, Avera S, Shimizu K, Nishimura RD. Immunohistochemical Analysis of Cortical
and Cancellous Bone after Radiation and the Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma on Autogenous Bone Grafting. Int J
Oral Maxillofac Implants 2006;21(4):535-42.
Aghaloo TL, Moy PK. Which Hard Tissue Augmentation Techniques Are the Most Successful in Furnishing Bony
Support for Implant Replacement? Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2007;22 (supplement):49-66.
Aita H, Ohata N, Ogawa T. Titanium Enhances Bone-Related Gene Expression of Rat Bone Marrow-Derived
Osteoblastic Cells in Non-Osteoinductive Culture. J Jpn Oral Implantol 2007;20:124-29.
Akca K, Chang TL, Tekdemir I, Fanuscu MI. Biomechanical Aspects of Initial Intraosseous Stability and Implant
Design: A Quantitative Micro-Morphometric Analysis. Clin Oral Implants Res 2006;17(4):465-72.
Anderson MH, Shi W. A Probiotic Approach to Caries Management. Pediatr Dent 2006;28(2):151-3; discussion
92-8.
Arumugaswami V, Wu TT, Martinez-Guzman D, Jia Q, Deng H, Reyes N, Sun R. ORF18 Is a Transfactor That Is
Essential for Late Gene Transcription of a Gammaherpesvirus. J Virol 2006;80(19):9730-40.
Baker S, Yagiela JA. Obesity: A Complicating Factor for Sedation in Children. Pediatr Dent 2006;28(6):487-93.
Bartlett JD, Ganss B, Goldberg M, Moradian-Oldak J, Paine ML, Snead ML, Wen X, White SN, Zhou YL. ProteinProtein Interactions of the Developing Enamel Matrix. Curr Top Dev Biol 2006;74:57-115.
Brinkman BM, Wong DT. Disease Mechanism and Biomarkers of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Curr Opin
Oncol 2006;18(3):228-33.
Brown A, Lowe E, Zimmerman B, Crall J, Foley M, Nehring M. Preventing Early Childhood Caries: Lessons from
the Field. Pediatr Dent 2006;28(6):553-60.
Brown A, Lowe E, Zimmerman B, Crall J, Foley M, Nehring M. Building the Knowledge Base in Preventing and
Reducing Early Childhood Caries. Pediatr Dent 2006;28:553-60.
Butz F, Aita H, Wang CJ, Ogawa T. Harder and Stiffer Bone Osseointegrated to Roughened Titanium. J Dent Res
2006;85(6):560-5.
Butz F, Ogawa T, Chang TL, Nishimura I. Three-Dimensional Bone-Implant Integration Profiling Using MicroComputed Tomography. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants 2006;21(5):687-95.
Camargo PM, Carranza FA, Takei HH. Treatment of Drug-Induced Gingival Enlargement. In: Carranza FA,
Newman MG, Takei HH, editors. Carranza’s Clinical Periodontology. 10th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders;
2006. p. 918-25.
Camargo PM, Melnick PR. Clinical Crown Lenghthening in the Esthetic Zone. A Review of Clinical Techniques
and Their Applications. J Calif Dent Assoc 2007;35:487-98.
Camargo PM, Melnick PR, Suleimanagich O, Carnio JG, Camargo LM. Replacement of a Fractured Upper
Central Incisor with an Implant-Supported Crown: A Step-By-Step Approach to Achieve Acceptable Esthetics.
Contemporary Esthetics 2006;10:26-31.
Camargo PM, Wolinsky LE, Ducar JP, Lagos R, Pirih FQ, Jeffcoat M, Goodheart C. The Effect of Fibronectin and a
Bone Xenograft on Regenerative Treatment: A Feasibility Study. Compend Contin Educ Dent 2006; 27(10):5608; quiz 69, 81.
Carnio J, Camargo PM. The Modified Apically Repositioned Flap to Increase the Dimensions of Attached
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October 23, 2006
Sandra Shagat
sshagat@dentistry.ucla.edu
Creates New Weapon in Fight
Against Tooth Decay
A group of scientists representing
the UCLA School of Dentistry, the UCLA
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and
Molecular Genetics, and C3 Jian Corporation
have succeeded in creating a pheromone-guided
“smart” anti-microbial peptide capable of
selectively eliminating Streptococcus mutans,
a leading bacterial cause of tooth decay, in 30
seconds. In the future, scientists may apply
this method to eradicate unhealthy flora in
other areas of the body, such as the intestine.
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Oh WS, Roumanas E, Beumer J, 3rd. Maxillofacial Restoration after Head and Neck Tumor Therapy. Compend
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and Periodontal Putative Pathogenic Bacterial Infections in Coronary and Internal Mammary Arteries. J Periodontol
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Pathway. J Cell Biochem 2007;100(5):1131-45.
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Receives $15 Million from
the NIH to Advance Saliva
Diagnostics Research
The UCLA School of Dentistry has
received two research awards from the National
Institutes of Health which, combined with the
school’s ongoing NIH-funded saliva research
studies, are building UCLA’s reputation as a
center for excellence in oral fluid research.
A major five-year, $12.5-million UO1
grant from the National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research, an arm of the NIH,
will fuel the development of a functional
prototype of the Oral Fluid NanoSensor Test
(OFNASET), a handheld clinical device for
point-of-care saliva diagnostics.
In addition, a five-year, $2.5-million
NIH RO1 grant will support efforts to
identify the diagnostic signatures of Sjögren’s
Syndrome in the saliva of individuals affected
by that auto-immune disease.
“The UCLA School of Dentistry is
proud to provide leadership in the national
effort to investigate and innovate in the
promising area of saliva diagnostics,” said Dr.
No-Hee Park, dean of the School of Dentistry.
David Wong is the principal
investigator for both grants.
Rodriguez LV, Alfonso Z, Zhang R, Leung J, Wu B, Ignarro LJ. Clonogenic multipotent stem cells in human adipose
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Enrique Rivero
erivero@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA AIDS Institute
Researchers Find a Peptide
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December 5, 2006
Meg Sullivan
msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Six UCLA Scholars Elected
Fellows of American Association
for the Advancement of Science
Six UCLA scholars are among 449
scholars recently elected fellows by the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science, the world’s largest general scientific
society. Members are selected based on
scientifically or socially distinguished work that
helps to advance science or its applications.
As a symbol of their accomplishments,
each new fellow will receive an official
certificate and a gold science or blue
engineering rosette pin during the association’s
annual meeting in San Francisco on Feb. 17,
2007. The official announcement of this year’s
fellows was made Nov. 24 in the association’s
journal, Science.
David T. Wong, associate dean of
research for the School of Dentistry and
a doctor of medical dentistry and medical
science, is among the new fellows.
CLINIC OPERATIONS
Ronald Mito, DDS, FDS, RCSEd
There are many ways to measure success;
in our clinics, we count smiles.
Associate Dean of Clinical Dental Sciences
F
iscal year 06-07 was another banner year for
our teaching clinics. We closed the year with
an increase in revenue compared with FY 20052006. During the same period, our number of
patient visits at the UCLA Dental Center hit an
all-time high of 43,412. Our success is due to
the management skills of our program directors
and clinic leadership and the dedicated, hard
work of our students, residents, faculty and staff.
UCLA Dental Center
Photos top to bottom: A day in the UCLA Dental
Center; Adelita Mendoza, administrative assistant
in the oral and maxillofacial surgery clinic; students
from John Muir Elementary School don hard hats
for the groundbreaking ceremony at the WilsonJennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice Dental Center.
In last year’s report, we announced
that as of July of 2006 we planned to implement
a dramatic change in the organizational structure
of the general clinic—a return to “home cubes.”
The dual purpose of this restructuring was to
enhance the student experience and to be more
patient-centered in providing care. I am pleased
to state that we accomplished our goals.
The feedback that we have received,
especially from students, is that this is the most
significant change we have made to improve the
educational experience. Our data demonstrates
that in this new environment, students are less
stressed and more productive. In fact, this
year many students achieved competency and
completed requirements well in advance of our
June graduation. The reduction in the “mad
rush” to the finish was palpable.
Another significant success to report
is the dramatic influx in new patients we
experienced this year. In previous reports we
discussed the challenges we faced in recruiting
and retaining patients in the predoctoral
program. Our patients generally come from a
radius of 25 miles and many of them rely upon
public transportation. Over the past year, we
have launched a targeted marketing campaign to
attract more patients and this work has paid off.
Previously, our monthly average for new patient
acceptances was 140; since the first of January
2007, our new patient flow has increased to
more than 220 new patients per month.
The UCLA graduate student body
represents a potentially ideal patient population
suitable for treatment by student dentists.
In addition, as peers, they understand the
concept of the training environment. Our
marketing effort towards the graduate students
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continues through the work of our dental
student Marketing Selective. The credit for this
year’s accomplishments goes to Ms. Natalie
Nguyen, who is a third-year student leading
the marketing team. Natalie, along with her
Marketing Selective members, made numerous
presentations to graduate student groups.
This year, we recruited approximately 60 new
patients through this effort.
In 2005, we announced the creation
of the $100,000 patient subsidy to help offset
some of the cost of dental care for specific
patients identified by students and faculty.
The funding for this subsidy comes from gifts
to our Apollonian Society. This past year, the
subsidy was increased to $150,000, or $1,500
per student. This increase is due solely to our
successes with fundraising. The students list the
patient subsidy as the second most important
enhancement to improve their experience. Our
students, patients and faculty give our heartfelt
thanks to all of you who have made gifts to our
Apollonian Society and sincerely hope that you
will continue your support.
Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice
Dental Center
The Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield
UCLA Venice Dental Center continues to serve
as a model for community-based service and
education. The center’s mission is focused on
serving indigent patients of all ages, with many
patients referred by the nearby Venice Family
Clinic—a local, federally qualified health center.
Students now rotate to Venice one specific day
per week for an entire quarter allowing them to
develop longer-term relationships with patients
and follow up on procedures requiring multiple
appointments. The Venice experience provides
students with an environment that approaches
the private setting, with large spacious
operatories and an expectation that they will
see more patients per day.
Dr. John Yamamoto, director of the
Dental Center, deserves the lion’s share of the
credit for the positive changes occurring there.
Over the past year, his efforts have resulted in
nearly a 15 percent increase in patient visits,
UCLA Dental Center Patient Trends 2003-2007
45000
43,412
35,969
35000
30000
27,191
25,900
25000
20000
15000
2,121
10000
1,780
1,694
1,530
Number of Patients/Visits
40000
5000
0
Fiscal Year
2003-2004
2004-2005
which translates into a significant increase in oral
health care provided to the Westside community.
The Venice Advanced Education
in General Dentistry (AEGD) program plays
a critical role in the community by providing
advanced services to patients with more
challenging dental care needs. A graduate of
this program is expected to possess a breadth
and depth of the skills and knowledge necessary
to practice excellent general dentistry, and to be
comfortable coordinating care across various
dental specialties. We extend a welcome to
David Reynolds as the new director of the Venice
AEGD program beginning July 1, 2007.
We opened our new pediatric dentistry
residency program at the UCLA Venice Dental
Center on July 1, 2006. Dr. James Crall, chair
of the Section of Pediatric Dentistry, and Dr.
Kenneth Troutman, director of the pediatric
dentistry residency programs, are the visionaries
who conceived of this new program which
creates a pediatric dentistry specialist with
training in community health advocacy. To
support this new program, we recently “broke
ground” on an expansion to the Venice Dental
Center to provide new state-of-the-art clinical
space. This expansion is made possible through
the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilson and
Mrs. Peggy Bloomfield, longtime benefactors of
the School of Dentistry and UCLA.
2005-2006
2006-2007
Overall Patient Visits
New Patients
thirty practitioners including general dentists as
well as a number of specialists. It is located in
the 100 Medical Plaza building. Other faculty
practices are organized by specialty and include
the UCLA Periodontics Clinic (also located in
the 100 Medical Plaza); the UCLA Orofacial
Pain and Oral Medicine Faculty Group; the
Oral Pathology Diagnostic Laboratory; the UCLA
Dental Anesthesia Service; the UCLA Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgeons; the UCLA Maxillofacial
Prosthetics-Hospital Dentistry practice; and the
UCLA Oral Radiology Service (all located within
the Center for the Health Sciences).
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As you can see, the School of Dentistry
clinical operations continue to perform at
the cutting edge with outstanding leadership
and financial stability in every area. I cannot
emphasize enough how our successes are due
to the hard work and effort of our dedicated
faculty and staff. Thank you to all who have
invested yourselves in the School of Dentistry.
Calling Part-Time Instructors
We would like to especially recognize
and thank our part-time and volunteer
faculty who take precious time away
from their practices to share their
expertise and play an indispensable
role in our many teaching programs.
We could not operate our training
programs without you! If you are a
practitioner interested in joining our
volunteer faculty, please contact:
Dr. Richard Stevenson
(310) 794-4387
Dr. Paulo Camargo
Periodontics
(310) 825-0928)
Dr. Ting-Ling Chang
Removable Prosthodontics
(310) 206-8515
Dr. Gerald Longhurst
Endodontics
(310) 825-5248
Faculty Clinics
Our faculty practices continue to
be recognized for their high level of expertise
and quality of services. The largest faculty
practice is the Faculty Group Dental Practice,
a multidisciplinary practice consisting of nearly
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ACADEMIC UNIT: Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials
and Hospital Dentistry
John Beumer III, DDS, MS
Chair
T
he Division consists of the Sections of
Removable Prosthodontics, chaired by
Dr. Ting-Ling Chang, Biomaterials, chaired
by Dr. Angelo Caputo, and Hospital Dentistry,
chaired by Dr. Eric Sung. The Jane and
Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive
Biotechnology, a world-renowned research
enterprise devoted to the study of implant
surface science, tissue engineering and
wound healing, is directed by Dr. Neal
Garrett. Dr. John Beumer chairs the Division.
Teaching Programs
The Division’s electronic programs of
instruction have been upgraded and narration
has been added to many of the lectures and
laboratory exercises. The Division’s “Complete
Denture” electronic program of instruction has
been distributed nationally (it is being used
by a sizable percentage of the schools in the
United States) and has received much praise.
The clinical training program for predoctoral
students continues to thrive. There has been
an ample supply of patients and the Division
remains committed to our clinical competency
system for graduation.
Dr. Eleni Roumanas has accepted the
position of director of the residency program
in prosthodontics. She succeeds Dr. Joseph
Cooney who retired this past year. In turn,
Dr. Ting-Ling Chang succeeded Dr. Eleni
Roumanas as chair of the Section of Removable
Prosthodontics.
The Division plans a campaign to fund
a chair in advanced prosthodontics in honor
of Dr. F.J. Kratochvil. Dr. Kratochvil was the
architect of UCLA’s predoctoral curriculum in
removable prosthodontics. He also initiated
UCLA’s highly acclaimed residency program
in prosthodontics in 1973. The director of the
prosthodontic residency program will occupy
this chair.
Awards and Appointments
Two new full-time faculty members
were appointed to the Section of Removable
Prosthodontics this past year. Dr. Kumar Shah
received his prosthodontic training at Ohio
State University. Dr. Niki Ghaem-Maghami
received her prosthodontic training at the
West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. She
also completed the residency program in
maxillofacial prosthetics at UCLA.
Dr. Neal Garrett and Dr. Eleni
Roumanas were promoted to professor in the
regular professorial series. Dr. Garrett was
elected as only the eighth honorary fellow of
the Academy of Prosthodontics in its 88-year
history. Dr. Garrett will serve as president-elect
of the Prosthodontic Research Group of the
International Association of Dental Research
this year. Dr. Evelyn Chung was promoted to
Associate Clinical Professor in the Section of
Hospital Dentistry. Dr. Eric Sung and Dr. Evelyn
Chung have become boarded by the American
Board for Special Care Dentistry. Dr. Eleni
Roumanas was re-elected as a member of the
board of directors of the International Society of
Maxillofacial Rehabilitation.
Two postdoctoral fellows working
in Dr. Tak Ogawa’s laboratory were recipients
of prestigious international research awards
this year. Dr. Hideki Aita received the IADR
Frechette Prosthodontics Research Award
and Dr. Naoki Tsukimura received the PreProsthetic Regenerative Science Award from the
Prosthodontic Group. Additionally, Dr. Pamela
Maragliano and Dr. James Kelly, third-year
residents in Prosthodontics, tied for first place in
the research competition conducted annually by
the Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontists.
Research
The Weintraub Center for
Reconstructive Biotechnology serves as the
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Division’s research enterprise. The vision of the
Center is to become the premier research and
educational center for the rehabilitation of oral
and facial defects. Our new facility has permitted
clinical and basic science investigators to have
much greater interaction. New approaches to
the repair and rehabilitation of the damaging
effects of cancer on oral and facial structures
are being advanced. For example, our clinical
experience and research have indicated a great
need for methods to rapidly stabilize titanium
implants in bone to be able to attach various
types of prostheses to replace missing and
damaged tissues. New technologies in coating
the implants with bone growth stimulators have
been developed with the potential to reduce
the time it takes to utilize these implants from
months to days. Proteins have been identified
which may permit us to rapidly grow bone in the
appropriate size and shape to repair damaged
areas and to replace missing bone with natural
tissues. Obviously, these developments will
have applications in many areas of medicine
and our collaborations are expanding to meet
these opportunities.
As an example, Drs. Ichiro Nishimura
and Neal Garrett have developed a new research
program elucidating the pathophysiology of
Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (ONJ). The ONJ
project affinity group includes Drs. Sung, Chung,
Chang, and Aghaloo of the School of Dentistry,
and Dr. John Adams, the Director of the CedarsSinai Medical Center’s General Clinical Research
Center. This translational research program
involves patient-oriented studies and laboratory
animal studies. The group has been awarded the
Clinical Translational Seed Grant from the David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Stein
Oppenheimer Endowment which enables them
to start collecting the preliminary data on this
complex disorder. Dr. Nishimura also received
a UCLA Academic Senate Faculty Research
Grant for investigating the osteoimmunology of
ONJ in rats. The preliminary data indicate that
vitamin D insufficiency-induced deregulated
oral immune reactions may contribute to the
loss of bone activities.
A new nanotechnology-implant
surface has been developed by Dr. Nishimura
and his colleagues. Compared to conventional
microtopographies, for example the dual acidetched surface, the application of hydroxyl apatite
nano-size crystals results in a discrete nanoscale surface topography. Implant anchorage
is increased three to five times more than is
currently being achieved. This new technology
represents a significant step forward in implant
dentistry. A research article describing this new
phenomenon was the featured article in a new
journal, Nanotechnology.
Dr. Ben Wu, co-director of the
Weintraub Center, and his group continue to
make significant advances in multiple areas of
tissue engineering. One of his papers attracted
national attention when his team reported the
successful isolation of multipotent stem cells
from human fat tissues and differentiated them
into smooth muscle cells that not only exhibit the
proper surface markers and genetic profile of
normal smooth muscle cells, but also function,
contract, and respond to pharmacological
agents similar to normal, healthy smooth muscle
cells. Published in the prestigious Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences, this NIHfunded project has profound implications
for the regeneration of damaged tissues in
which smooth muscles are required. Dr.
Wu is continuing to work with oral surgeons,
gastrointestinal specialists, and urologists to
engineer clinically relevant devices for each
biological indication.
In clinical research, our group is
completing a unique study of oral cancer
survivors who have had reconstruction of their
jaws and conventional and implant-supported
prostheses. We are seeking to determine
the effects of the treatment on daily function
and quality of life. This study affects the way
we approach cancer survivors, helping us to
identify the clinical treatment options we can
recommend for their optimal rehabilitation with
current techniques, and more rapidly return
them to their “pre-cancer” daily activities.
To expand our collaborations and
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the scope of our projects, we are continuing to
develop a Web-based communication, education
and data interchange resource which we call
“The Commons.” We envision this resource
as providing a vehicle to share our educational
materials on maxillofacial rehabilitation and
prosthetic dentistry to assist both care providers
and patients in identifying treatments, permit
regular audio/video communication with our
collaborating investigators around the world,
provide opportunities for patient consultation
and development of new research projects,
and coordinate and analyze clinical and basic
science projects involving multiple sites at
cooperating laboratories and clinics.
Photos left to right, opposite page: Dr. Eleni
Roumanas, Dr. Ting-Ling Chang, Dr. Kumar Shah,
Dr. Niki Ghaem-Maghami. Photos left to right,
this page: The Commons at the Weintraub Center
for Reconstructive Biotechnology; A conventional
microtopograhy—a dual acid-etched nanotechnology
implant surface; In contrast, a discrete nano-scale
surface topography, the result of the application
of hydroxyl apatite nano-size crystals; the lab at
the Weintraub Center; Dr. John Beumer presents
a lecture to colleagues; several members of the
Division attend an offsite meeting at May’s Landing
in Malibu.
ACADEMIC UNIT: Associated Clinical Specialties
E. Barrie Kenney, DDS, MS
Chair
T
he Division contains the Sections of
Endodontics, Orthodontics, Pediatric
Dentistry and Periodontics, all of which are
involved in educational programs for dental
students, postdoctoral residency programs
for specialty education, continuing education,
faculty practice, research, and public service.
Each section functions with significant
autonomy so that each specialty controls its own
activities. The division has continued to expand
its clinical services with an increase of more
than $100,000 in clinic revenues compared to
the previous year.
Teaching Programs
The interim chair of the Section
of Endodontics is Dr. Gerald Longhurst.
Predoctoral didactic and preclinical courses
in the second and third years of dental school
provide students with the technical knowledge
required for the diagnosis and treatment of
patients with endodontic disease. The students
gain clinical experience during the final two
years of the program. Under the directorship
of Dr. Nadia Chugal, the two-year postdoctoral
training program offers a wide range of didactic
and clinical endodontic experiences, prompting
more than 100 applicants to vie for three resident
slots each year. The endodontic continuum is a
continuing education program, directed by Dr.
Bernice Ko, with a compact schedule of two
four-day sessions that makes it accessible to
practicing general dentists.
The Section of Orthodontics is chaired
by Dr. Kang Ting. The mission of the UCLA
Section of Orthodontics is to enhance the health
of the people of California by educating students
and practitioners in dentofacial orthopedics
and orthodontics; by researching the causes,
prevention, and treatment of malocclusion and
skeletal imbalances; and by providing service to
our patients and the community. The Section
of Orthodontics places a special emphasis on
providing care to disadvantaged children and
children with craniofacial anomalies. The
predoctoral program director is Dr. Jeanne
Nervina. The orthodontics postdoctoral/
residency program is 36 months long culminating
with a certificate in orthodontics and a master’s
degree in oral biology with special emphasis on
diagnosing and treating patients with craniofacial
anomalies. Dr. Won Moon is the clinic director
and Dr. Eung-Kwon Pae is the postdoctoral
director. The dedicated volunteer faculty is the
strength of this Section.
The Section of Pediatric Dentistry
is chaired by Dr. James J. Crall. The section
provides predoctoral didactic, laboratory and
clinical coursework which prepares UCLA dental
school graduates to meet the basic diagnostic,
preventive and therapeutic oral health care
needs of children. The Pediatric Dentistry
predoctoral curriculum consists of three lecture
courses and a pre-clinical laboratory course
followed by clinical experiences at the UCLA
Children’s Dental Center, CDC-Inglewood and
UCLA Venice Dental Center. Dr. Clarice Law
serves as director of the Pediatric Dentistry
predoctoral program.
operates two 25-month advanced specialty
education residency programs–one based
primarily at the UCLA Dental Center in
Westwood, which accepts five residents
annually, and a new residency program based
primarily in Venice, which accepts two residents
annually. The Venice-based Community Health
and Advocacy Training for Pediatric Dentists
(CHAT-PD) residency program, which officially
began in June 2006, is modeled on the UCLA
Pediatric Medicine CHAT residency program
and involves integrated instruction for pediatrics
and pediatric dentistry residents. The Section
of Pediatric Dentistry also currently co-sponsors
a four-year combined pediatric dentistry/
orthodontics advanced education (residency)
program in conjunction with the Section of
Orthodontics. Residents in the pediatric dentistry
and combined pediatric dentistry/orthodontics
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residency programs receive didactic and clinical
instruction and provide comprehensive dental
care to infants, children and adolescents,
including children with special health care
needs, at the UCLA Children’s Dental Center,
UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Venice Dental
Center. Dr. Kenneth Troutman serves as director
of pediatric dentistry residency programs, while
Dr. Moon is director of the combined pediatric
dentistry/orthodontics residency program.
hosted visiting preceptors from Iran and Korea
and a visiting professor from Japan in 20062007. Drs. Law and Freudenberger participate
in the Faculty Group Dental Practice.
The Section of Periodontics has
almost completed the development of a new
curriculum with increased emphasis on the
integration of basic science information into the
clinically relevant lectures and seminars. The
full-time and part-time faculty have continued
their highly valued commitment to excellence
in clinical education of dental students. This
year a change in the clinic structure with the
introduction of home cubicles has enhanced
the efficiency of student clinic utilization and
added to the quality of periodontal education.
The postdoctoral specialty program
in periodontics had a very good year with
tremendous support from our dedicated faculty
and staff as well as the diligent efforts of our
residents. An afternoon clinic session (on
alternate weeks) has been added to the clinical
experience to increase resident experience with
intravenous conscious sedation. Thanks to Dr.
Thomas Sims for providing this additional clinic
coverage. We are in the final stages of evaluating
desktop computers for chairside evaluation of
patient images (radiographs, photographs, scans,
etc.) and educational programs. We anticipate
that the addition of chairside computers
will offer many benefits to our educational
program for both residents and patients.
The reputation of UCLA Periodontics
throughout the world continues to build with
many international students attending our
postdoctoral clinic as preceptors. Study clubs
with emphasis on hands-on clinical education
have been very successful within the United
States and with the expansion of the courses
offered in Japan.
Research
Dr. Shane White’s research focuses on
how genes and their expressed proteins make
functional teeth. His team recently reported
that over-expression of dentin sialoprotein
significantly and uniformly increased the
hardness of mouse enamel. This marks the
first time that a transgenic animal has been
used to engineer hard dental tissues that are
superior to those found in nature, and could
have implications for ongoing efforts to engineer
replacement teeth that are resistant to decay or
wear. Dr. White authored five papers and made
presentations at four major meetings this year.
Dr. Mo Kang has received a new RO1
grant from the NIDCR/NIH for the project titled
“Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy on Telomerase
Function in Human Oral Epithelium.” This is a
five-year grant in the amount of $1,776,750. Dr.
Kang also will serve as co-mentor for a five-year
KO8 grant awarded to Dr. Reuben Kim in the
amount of $573,387. The title of the project
is “Combined Effects of HIV and HPV in Oral
Cancer.” This year, Dr. Kang published several
scientific articles in publications such as The
International Journal of Oncology, Methods in
Molecular Medicine, Experimental Cell Research
and The British Journal of Cancer.
Dr. Nadia Chugal’s current project
focuses on understanding the relationships
between Candida “infections” and root canal
infections in HIV/AIDS patients with the purpose
of developing more effective therapies and
improved endodontic prognosis for this group
of patients. Dr. Nadia Chugal was the coinvestigator with Dr. Wenyuan Shi, PI, on a pilot
study (supported by Pfizer) to explore in vivo
dental biofilm.
Dr. Jeanne Nervina is co-principal
investigator on an ongoing $1,600,000 NIH R01
grant awarded to Dr. Sotirios Tetradis. She also
is the Principal Investigator on a $540,000 NIH
KO8 grant.
Dr. Kang Ting has an ongoing
$1,800,000 NIH R01 as the PI and a $310,000
NIH R21 grant as a co-PI. He also is the co-PI
of a new $400,000 UC Discovery grant and
a $125,000 MTF grant in collaboration with
the UCLA Departments of Orthopedics and
Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Ting’s research
paper “Overexpression of Nell-1 Induces Massive
Apoptosis, Exencephaly, and Cranioskeletal
Deformities During Embryonic Development”
was on the cover of Laboratory Investigation in
July 2006.
Dr. Crall continued to serve as director
of the UCLA HRSA/Maternal and Child Health
Bureau’s (MCHB) National Oral Health Policy
Center, one of only four MCHB-funded policy
centers in the US, during the 06-07 academic
year. As director, Dr. Crall oversees research
and development activities that seek to inform
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and influence policies related to improving
maternal and child oral health. The National
Oral Health Policy Center is co-located in the
UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families
and Communities in order to take advantage of
collaborative relationships with faculty from the
UCLA Schools of Medicine, Public Health and
Public Policy. The Policy Center was awarded
$325,000 for the 06-07 budget period.
The UniHealth Foundation awarded a
three-year grant to the UCLA School of Dentistry
to support implementation of community oral
health activities, including the new CHAT-PD
residency program at the UCLA Venice Dental
Center, beginning in July, 2006. Year one (0607) funding in the amount of $172,140 was
awarded for the Pediatric Dentistry portion of
the UniHealth grant to provide salary support for
three faculty members and three administrative/
clinical support staff members at the Venice
Dental Center. Dr. Crall serves as PI for the
pediatric dentistry portion of the UniHealth
grant. Additional research support for pediatric
dentistry activities during 06-07 included grants
from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
The California Endowment.
Photos left to right, opposite page: Dean No-Hee
Park congratulates Dr. E. Barrie Kenney on receiving
the 2007 Educator Award presented by the American
Academy of Periodontology; Dr. Nadia Chugal and
Drs. Jason Wong, Joy Rivero, and Vladimir Shuster
at the Endodontic Residency Reception. Photos left
to right, this page: Dr. Kenneth Troutman and Dr.
Sherry Sami discuss pediatric dentistry; Dr. Clarice
Law gives a second opinion on a patient case; Dr.
Irma Perez Martinez and a pediatric dental patient
on the go.
Dr. Susan Kinder Haake’s NIHfunded research program continues to
focus on molecular analysis of microbial
pathogens involved in periodontal diseases.
The establishment of genetic systems to study
the Gram-negative anaerobe Fusobacterium
nucleatum has enabled studies to clarify the
role of specific proteins in properties that are
involved in periodontal disease mechanisms.
Investigations on colonization of periodontal
pathogens and the use of beneficial bacteria
to block their colonization may lead to new
strategies for the management of periodontal
diseases. A new area of investigation, supported
by a grant from the Pathogen Functional
Genomics Resource Center at the J. Craig
Venter Institute and sponsored by NIAID and
NIDCR at NIH, involves the use of microarrays
to understand the ability of Fusobacterium
nucleatum to respond to environmental stimuli
and interact with other bacteria in dental plaque
biofilms. Dr. Haake is a member of the Oral
Dental and Craniofacial Study Section at the
NIH and was an invited participant in the NIH
Roadmap Human Microbiome Project Workshop
held in Bethesda, MD in April 2007.
Dr. Paulo Camargo continues to study
the effects of prostanoid agents on periodontal
regeneration as well as on the preservation
and augmentation of alveolar ridge dimensions
following tooth extraction. His research currently
utilizes an animal model and is funded by the
NIH/NIDCR.
Dr. Perry Klokkevold continues to
evaluate the factors responsible for bone loss
around implants in a clinical study of patients
treated in the postdoctoral periodontics
program over the last 10 years. He also has
IRB approval and commercial funding to
study the effect of bovine bone to preserve
alveolar dimensions following tooth extraction
in preparation for implant placement. The
study protocol is in the final stages of approval
by the UCLA Office of Contracts and Grants.
Patient recruitment for this study is anticipated
soon. Dr. Klokkevold also is conducting two
animal studies: One evaluates the effect of
bisphosphonates on extraction socket healing
and the other analyzes the effect of ultrasound
therapy on bone healing. Earlier this year, Dr.
Klokkevold published the results of a systematic
review of the literature evaluating the effect of
smoking, diabetes and periodontal disease
on implant outcomes for the International
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants.
Collaborative studies conducted
with the University of Belgrade continue
to be productive with papers published on
mucogingival surgery and the role of periodontal
pathogens on coronary artery atherosclerosis.
Recruitments, Retirements and Promotions
Dr. Mo Kang was promoted to
Associate Professor.
New faculty in the orthodontic clinics
include Dr. Darin Iverson and Dr. Peter Jeon who
provide clinical instruction at the orthodontics
postgraduate clinic where Dr. Won Moon has
accepted the position of clinic director. The
orthodontic clinic has an additional staff
member, Maria Sagrero, to help improve the
quality and efficiency of patient care. Dr. Leroy
Vego retired after 15 years of serving in the
postgraduate orthodontic clinic. He directed
the postgraduate program from 2002-05.
Recruitment for a full-time pediatric
dentistry faculty position continued during the
past academic year, and an offer is pending. Dr.
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Sherry Sami, a dual-trained pediatric dentist/
orthodontist and a fellow at the MCHB National
Oral Health Policy Center, was appointed as a
lecturer during 06-07, primarily to assist with
the CHAT-PD residency program.
Awards and Other Activities
Dr. Kang has been nominated to be
a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of
the Journal of Endodontics. Dr. Shane White
served a second term as chair of the UCLA
Academic Senate Faculty Welfare Committee.
The cubicles in the undergraduate clinic
are now equipped with Global Microscopes
provided through a generous donation from the
Apollonian Society. The Section of Endodontics
continued the Distinguished Lecturer Series with
Dr. Kenneth Hargraves and Dr. John Yagiela as
the guest speakers. Dr. Hargraves is professor
and chairman of the Department of Endodontics
at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Their
topic was “Pain Management in Endodontics.”
Dr. Nadia Chugal was appointed to the Research
and Scientific Affairs Committee of the American
Association of Endodontists and was also
elected secretary of the Pulp Biology Group of
the International Association of Dental Research.
Two of the first-year endodontics residents, Drs.
David Berrios and Midori Tachibana, received
research grants, in the amounts of $18,000
and $12,000 respectively, from the American
Association of Endodontics.
Dr. Ting was inducted as an ADEA
Leadership Institute Fellow.
Dr. Sara Ghaemmaghami was awarded
a 2007 Graduate Student Research Award by
the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Foundation for a research project conducted
in collaboration with Drs. Jason Eberle and
Donald Duperon. Dr. Sherry Sami was named
the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Sam Harris Management Fellow for 06-07. Drs.
Sharon Freudenberger and Corina Ramirez were
awarded Diplomate status (board certification)
by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. Crall was reappointed as the Child Advocate
for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
and member of the Academy’s Board of
Trustees. Dr. Crall gave an invited presentation
entitled “Optimizing Oral Health throughout
Childhood: the Importance of Caries Risk
Assessment and Strategic Interventions” at
the Federation Dentaire Internationale (FDI)
Prevention Symposium in Shenzhen, China,
in September 2006. The HRSA /MCHB
National Oral Health Policy Center sponsored a
National Symposium on Oral Health and School
Readiness in Washington, DC November 2-3,
2006. Dr. Troutman gave a keynote presentation
entitled “Pediatric Dentistry Advanced Specialty
Education: 2006 and Beyond” at the UCLA
Pediatric Dentistry Alumni Day in August 2006.
Dr. Troutman also gave a continuing education
presentation entitled “Pediatric Oral Health
and Pediatric Medicine: an Alliance for Child
Health” at the Thousand Oaks Kaiser Hospital
Department of Pediatric Medicine Grand
Rounds in December 2006.
The 10 th Edition of Clinic al
Periodontology has been released complete
with an innovative approach used in a dental
textbook for the first time—online updates
via the e-edition. This electronic version is
fully searchable with an image library, video
demonstrations, links to references and other
resources. The content is continuously updated
with new knowledge of current research and
important developments in the industry.
Dr. Doina Panaite ’03, Cert, Perio
’06 received the Kramer Scholar Award for
Excellence given by the AAP Foundation to
the candidate who demonstrates personal
motivation for excellence in both character and
academic achievement. Three of our recent
graduates passed part II of the American Board
of Periodontology Exam during 06-07 earning
Board Diplomate status.
Dr. Camargo was elected a fellow of
the American College of Dentists. Dr. Haake was
promoted to full Professor and served as director
of knowledge management for the School of
Dentistry. Dr. Henry Takei was honored with
the Master Clinican Award at the annual meeting
of the American Academy of Periodontology, a
recognition of his leadership and extraordinary
skills as a periodontal surgeon. Dr. E. Barrie
Kenney received the American Academy
of Periodontology outstanding teacher and
mentor award. Dr. Michael Newman retired as
Adjunct Professor in June 2007 after decades
of dedicated excellence to UCLA Periodontics.
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Photos left to right, opposite page: Drs. Daniel
Nobel, Anna-Lynn DeGuzman, Philip Trask, NoHee Park, James Crall, and Les Latner at the
groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation
of the Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice
Dental Center; Dr. Doina Panaite; Dr. Nobel
treats a patient at the Venice clinic. Photos left to
right, this page: Dean No-Hee Park congratulates
Karen Potter ’07 and her mentor, Dr. Shane
White, on winning First Place in the student poster
competition; new Global Microscopes are a gift
from the Apollonian Society.
ACADEMIC UNIT: Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences
John A. Yagiela, DDS, PhD
Chair
T
he Division of Diagnostic and Surgical
Sciences comprises the Sections of
Dental Anesthesiology, Oral and Maxillofacial
Pathology, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology,
and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. As a
group, these Sections share many common
interests with their medical counterparts.
Correlating the basic science
curriculum with clinical dental practice is a
particular strength of the Division’s predoctoral
curriculum. All Sections of the Division are also
heavily involved in postgraduate education, and
two Sections, Dental Anesthesiology and Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS), offer residency
programs of study. Diagnostic services are
provided through the Oral Pathology Diagnostic
Laboratory and patient care is provided in the
predoctoral and postgraduate clinics, the
Faculty Group Dental Practice, the UCLA
Medical Center’s main hospital and outpatient
surgical center, and private practitioners’ offices.
Finally, members of the Division are strongly
engaged in basic and clinical research, often in
collaboration with colleagues in the Schools of
Dentistry, Medicine, and Engineering.
difficult when curricula from a multiplicity of
specialties must be blended into a new systems
approach to teaching. Dr. John Yagiela, currently
chair of the Faculty Executive Committee
and chair of the Basic Science Liaison SubCommittee, is assisting Dr. Freymiller in this
effort. Our hope is that the School’s new
curriculum will be introduced in the fall of 2008.
Dr. Peter Moy continues to direct the
UCLA Surgical Dental Implant Center which
includes the Straumann Surgical Dental Implant
Clinic and the Nobel Biocare Surgical Dental
Implant Fellowship program. Nobel Biocare
made a generous $2.5 Million endowment to
the Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
to create the Nobel Biocare Endowed Chair in
Surgical Dental Implants. A search committee
has been formed to identify candidates for this
prestigious new faculty position. Meanwhile
surgical implant fellow Dr. Doina Panaite, (a
UCLA dental school alumnus and graduate of
the UCLA periodontics residency program) won
first place in the poster research competition at
the Nobel Biocare World Tour in Las Vegas in
May 2007.
the following directions: (1) development of
novel gene delivery vectors based on murine
gammaherpesvirus 68; (2) identification of
protein-protein interaction network of murine
gammaherpesvirus 68; and (3) characterization
of cellular signal pathways regulating reactivation
of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus.
She has also mentored a Ph.D. candidate in the
oral biology program.
Dr. Christine Quinn was principal
investigator for the project entitled “A Phase
One, Multicenter, Open-Label Study of NV-101
to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics and Safety in
Children Undergoing Dental Procedures with
General Anesthesia or Sedation.” NV-101 is a
dental cartridge formulation of phentolamine
mesylate intended to reverse lip and tongue
anesthesia after dental treatment.
A $14,0 0 0 gif t was awarded
to Dr. Clara Magyar to study the effect of
Ostene, a water-soluble bone wax intended
for use as a hemostatic. Dr. Magyar has
presented two research papers on the
product, which appears to be clinically
effective without inhibiting bone healing.
Teaching Programs
Research
Clinical Activities and Community Service
The teaching offerings of the Division
are little changed this past year. Much of our
creative efforts are engaged with the schoolwide effort to remake the predoctoral curriculum
for the 21st Century. Dr. Earl Freymiller, as
chair of the Core Theme Committee on Oral
and Systemic Disease, has perhaps the most
challenging role in this endeavor. Coming up
with new ways to teach more material better
and in less time is sufficiently challenging in a
single discipline; it becomes considerably more
Dr. Sotirios Tetradis is the principal
investigator on two NIH grants pertaining
to osteoblast function and cementoblast
differentiation. His laboratory is active with
numerous dental, graduate, and postdoctoral
students. During this year, his third Ph.D.
student completed her training under his
direction. He and his laboratory published three
manuscripts, mostly pertaining to his NIH grants.
Dr. Hongyu Deng has in the past
year been focusing her research efforts in
UCLA OMS faculty and residents,
along with several UCLA dental students,
volunteered with the Thousand Smiles
organization and traveled to Ensenada, Mexico
on three separate occasions in the last academic
year (August 2006, February 2007, and May
2007) to perform surgery on children born with
cleft lip and palate deformities. Dr. Sanford
Ratner, a part-time OMS faculty member, and
resident Dr. Benjamin Walline traveled to Nepal
for one week in February 2007 to provide oral
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and maxillofacial surgical services to children.
The Oral and Maxillofacial
Radiology Clinic continues to benefit from
new technologies. In particular the number
of patients for cone-beam imaging has been
growing rapidly. This practice has been
recently stimulated by the introduction of a
3DX Accuitomo machine made by J. Morita to
supplement the NewTom. The Morita machine is
particularly attractive because of the very highly
detailed images it provides of bone and teeth.
Our practice consists of patients referred for
imaging of the temporomandibular joint, alveolar
bones for implants or periodontal assessment,
facial structures for orthodontic treatment
planning, and teeth for cracks or other disease.
Dr. Russell Christensen has joined
with his Department of Pathology colleagues at
the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
in a major new clinical outreach enterprise in
which they now provide expert consultations
on a nationwide basis. This new contract
immediately increased the Section’s ability to
review rare and difficult cases and will further
establish the UCLA Oral Pathology Service
among the country’s elite diagnostic centers.
The School has also interviewed several excellent
candidates for the position created by Dr. Sapp’s
retirement. The applicants interviewed all have
specialty board certification and very strong
research qualifications. We hope to have a new
person on board soon.
Awards and Other Activities
The American Association of Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgeons awarded the prestigious
Laskin Award in Education to Dr. Harold Hargis
at their annual meeting in September 2006.
Dr. Hargis was recognized for his years of
excellence in teaching oral and maxillofacial
surgery to dental students and residents.
Dr. Tara Aghaloo received her Ph.D.
degree this year after defending her thesis
entitled “Parathyroid hormone and 1 ,25dihydroxyvitamin D3 regulation of the vitamin D
receptor in osteoblasts.” She is the only faculty
member at UCLA with the D.DS., M.D., and Ph.D.
degrees. This past year she served as president
of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Group of
the International and American Association for
Dental Research, and she even found the time
to give birth to a second beautiful daughter.
The OMS residents also were very
productive. Four residents (Drs. Walline,
Kupferman, Kim, and Olsen) had a total of five
babies (Dr. Walline with twins) this past year.
During 06-07, two OMS faculty
provided exceptional service to organizations
beyond the dental school. Dr. Alan Felsenfeld
continued this year as editor of the Journal of
the California Dental Association. Dr. Vivek
Shetty served as Chair of UCLA’s Academic
Senate. These are the only dental school
faculty members to ever hold their respective
and important positions.
Drs. Yagiela and Christine Quinn
attended the 11th International Dental Congress
on Modern Pain Control of the International
Federation of Dental Anesthesia Societies
(IFDAS) held in Yokohama, Japan this past
October. Both gave invited keynote addresses
at the triennial meeting as well as research
presentations. Dr. Yagiela also was honored by
receiving the Horace Wells Award, the highest
award given by IFDAS, for his career contributions
to anesthesia and pain control in dentistry.
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Dr. Quinn was elected presidentelect of the American Society of Dentist
Anesthesiologists. She is the first woman to
be elected to that post. Dr. Yagiela was elected
vice president of the American Dental Board of
Anesthesiology (ADBA) for a second term; Dr.
Quinn preceded him in this position, which is
responsible for preparing and administering the
board examinations for the ADBA.
Dr. Magyar was appointed Assistant
Researcher. Dr. Deng was awarded a change
of series to Assistant Professor in Residence.
L astly, Dr. Stuar t White was
given the title of Distinguished Professor
by UCLA. To receive this advancement, a
professor must be “of the highest distinction,
whose work has been nationally and, where
relevant, internationally recognized and
acclaimed.” Congratulations to Dr. White!
Photos left to right, opposite page: Dr. John Yagiela
(far right of image) receives the Horace Wells
Award, the highest honor given by IFDAS; UCLA
oral surgeons, residents and students volunteer their
time in Mexico with Thousand Smiles. Photos this
page: Using 3DX Accuitomo, cone-bean examination
of unerupted third molar shows encroachment of
roots onto mandibular canal in sagittal plane (left)
and coronal plane (right).
ACADEMIC UNIT: Oral Biology and Medicine
Lawrence Wolinsky, PhD, DMD
Interim Chair
T
he Division of Oral Biology and Medicine in
the School of Dentistry is made up of two
Sections: the Section of Oral Biology and the
Section of Oral Medicine and Orofacial Pain.
Oral Biology is that area of knowledge
that deals with the development, structure,
and function of the oral tissues and organs
and their interrelationships with other organ
systems in both normal and disease states.
It is a multidisciplinary field that includes
cell biology, virology, molecular biology,
biochemistry, morphology, neuroscience,
immunology, pathobiology, microbiology,
immunoneuroendocrinology, and evidencebased dentistry.
The Section of Oral Biology serves
multiple functions within the School of
Dentistry: it provides basic science classes in
the disciplines mentioned above for the dental
students, provides graduate-level science
classes in these same areas for the oral
biology master’s and doctoral degree students,
and conducts seminal research to find novel
therapies for dental diseases. The objective
of the dental school classes and the graduate
program is to provide all students with a sound
foundation in the sciences, whether basic or
in-depth, so that they are equipped to pursue
academic, clinical or research careers.
The Section of Oral Medicine and
Orofacial Pain is comprised of two separate
specialties. Oral Medicine is the specialty of
dentistry that deals with the diagnosis and
non-surgical management of medically related
disorders and oral diseases affecting the oral and
maxillofacial region. The specialty of Orofacial
Pain deals with the prevention, evaluation,
diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of chronic
orofacial pain disorders and jaw dysfunction.
Graduate Programs
The Oral Biology Graduate Program
offers both a terminal master’s degree and a
Ph.D. This program also offers four different
articulated degrees including the combined
D.D.S./M.S. or D.D.S./Ph.D. program and the
combined Certificate/M.S. or certificate/Ph.D.
program. Our goal is to train scientists who
will undertake groundbreaking research in oral
biology and expand the understanding of the
processes in the oral cavity.
Master’s Degree Program
The 21 incoming master’s degree
students (nine women and twelve men) include
eight UCLA School of Dentistry residents and
one dental student. Eight of the master’s
program students began their studies in the
spring quarter of 2007. They joined the 41
other master’s students already enrolled in our
program. The remaining students accepted this
year will begin their studies in the fall of 2007.
Nine master’s degree students
graduated in June of 2007. We are extremely
proud of these students, their dedication and
their achievements! Please enjoy the wonderful
breadth of oral biology research projects
completed by these M.S. students:
Mita Naveen Jethwani: “Triggering EGF Receptor
is Responsible for Increased Lysis of Oral Tumor
Cells: Contributory Role of Immune Effectors,”
Committee chair: Dr. Anahid Jewett
James Aaron Kelly: “Osseotite and Nanotite
Implant Placement in a Healthy Rat Model and
in a Vitamin D Deficient Rat Model,” Committee
chair: Dr. Ichiro Nishimura
Hao-Fu Lee: “Stress Analysis of Maxillary
Expansion in Customized FEM Models,”
Committee co-chairs: Dr. Kang Ting and Dr.
Robert Chiu
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Brett Peter Lent: “Perceived Chewing Difficulty
in Dentate Persons and Complete Denture
Wearers,” Committee co-chairs: Dr. Neal Garrett
and Dr. Douglas Junge
Trang Thuy Nguyen: “Characterization of Genes
that Upregulate Mutacin I Production in
Streptococcus mutans,” Committee chair: Dr.
Wenyuan Shi
Hyun Jung Park: “HIF-1a Expression Under
Intermittent and Sustained Hypoxia in
Cerebellum,” Committee co-chairs: Dr. Jeanne
Nervina and Dr. Eung-Kwon Pae
Sheldon Kelvin Salins: “Parathyroid Hormone
Induces rhogap8 mRNA in Primary Mouse
Osteoblasts Via the MAPK and cAMP-PKA
Pathways,” Committee chair: Dr. Jeanne
Nervina
Nichole Hong Sun: “An Investigation on the
Interaction Between Ad-Nell-1 and Ad-BMP2 on Adipose Derived Adult Stromal Cells,”
Committee co-chairs: Dr. Kang Ting and Dr.
Jeanne Nervina
Wend y Yang : “A n E xp l o r at i o n of t he
Differentiation or Death of Stem Cells,
Smooth Muscle Cells, and Epithelial Cells
in the Absence or Presence of Immune
Cells,” Committee chair: Dr. Anahid Jewett
Ph.D. Degree Program
The incoming Ph.D. class includes
four students, one of whom also will be in
UCLA’s orthodontics residency program. All
Special Awards & Activities
the Ph.D. students will begin their programs
in the fall of 2007. They will join the other nine
graduate students already in the program.
Three Ph.D. students graduated
in June of 2007. We are extremely proud of
these students, their years of dedicated work,
and their achievements! Below are the titles
of their doctoral dissertations–seminal work
by each of these women will add greatly to the
understanding of the processes in the oral cavity
and lead to better treatments for oral diseases:
Tara Lyn Aghaloo: “Parathyroid Hormone and
1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 Regulation of the
Vitamin D Receptor in Osteoblasts,” Committee
chair: Dr. Sotirios Tetradis
Schryl Duadico Castaneda: “Characterizing the
Regulatory Role of the dif Chemotaxis Operon
in Exopolysaccaride Production and Motility in
Myxococcus Xanthus,” Committee chair: Dr.
Wenyuan Shi
L in Zhu : “Phy si o l o gic al and G enetic
Characterization of Surface Components
Involved in Adherence and Pathogenesis in
Streptococcus mutans,” Committee chair: Dr.
Wenyuan Shi
Faculty News
Appointments/Change in Series:
Yan-Shan Dai, Visiting Associate Researcher to
Associate Researcher, Step I, Retroactive to
12/01/06
Bradley Henson, Visiting Assistant Professor
to Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Step II,
Effective 07/01/07
Yong Kim, Assistant Researcher/Lecturer
to Adjunct Assistant Professor, Effective
07/01/07
Ting-Ting Wu, Assistant Researcher, Step IV,
Effective 12/01/06
Promotions:
Francesco Chiappelli, Associate Professor, Step
IV, to Professor, Step I, Effective 07/01/07
Shen Hu, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Step IV, to
Adjunct Associate Professor, Step I, Effective
07/01/07
Dr. Diana Messadi was promoted to Professor,
Step II, in July 2006
Dr. Craig Woods was promoted to Adjunct
Professor, Step I, Effective 07/01/07
Dr. Steven Graff-Radford was promoted to Adjunct
Professor, Step I, in July 2006
Dr. Fariba Younai was promoted to Clinical
Professor, Step II, Effective 07/01/07
Dr. John Reeves was promoted to Adjunct
Professor, Step II, Effective 07/01/07
Merits:
Anahid Jewett, Associate Professor, Step II,
to Associate Professor, Step III, Effective
07/01/07
Shen Pang, Adjunct Associate Professor, Step II,
to Adjunct Associate Professor, Step III, Effective
07/01/07
Jun Song, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Step I, to
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Step II, Effective
07/01/07
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Dr. George Bernard was honored
as Distinguished Alumnus of the Year by
Washington University School of Dentistry.
Dr. Diana Messadi was a speaker at the
UCLA Global Research Institute with a
presentation entitled “Oral Cancer Detection
and Chemoprevention: A Global Perspective.”
Dr. Avina Paranjpe, Ph.D. student, was awarded
First Place in the annual poster competition. Dr.
Sarnat was honored as a Marshall of the David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA graduation
ceremony. Dr. Midori Tachibana, a postdoctoral
student and a resident in the endodontics
program, received an American Association
of Endodontics (AAE) grant under Dr. Anahid
Jewett’s mentorship. Dr. David T. Wong was
selected as a 2006 Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. In
2007, Dr. Wong received honorary membership
in the American Academy of Oral Medicine and
was named the 2007 Saliva Researcher of the
Year by the International Association of Dental
Research. Dr. Craig Woods was a guest editor of
the Journal of the California Dental Association
in March 2007 for the issue covering the
psychology of the dentist-patient relationship.
He was also a speaker on the same topic at the
CDA’s Anaheim meeting.
Photos left to right, opposite page: Dr. Anahid
Jewett’s research demonstrates that N-acetyl cysteine
protects the pulp cells from undergoing cell death
and growth inhibition after composite restorations
in vivo. Image (A) shows no restoration, (B) shows
composite restoration, and (C) shows composite
restorations with NAC applied; Dr. Cun-Yu Wang
is the new chair of the Division of Oral Biology
& Medicine; Dr. Schryl Duadico Castaneda and
fiancé Anthony Alonso; Dr. Bernard Sarnat served
as Marshall at the 2007 commencement ceremony
for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Photo this page: staff member Pauli Nuttle and oral
biology graduate students at commencement.
ACADEMIC UNIT: Public Health and Community Dentistry
Marvin Marcus, DDS, MPH
Chair
T
hrough the Division of Public Health and
Community Dentistry’s teaching programs,
research, grant funding and community service,
we continue to meet the challenge of providing
oral health care to the community.
Teaching Programs
The Division has an active didactic
teaching program that consists of coursework
in ethics, behavioral sciences, cultural
awareness, regulation, preventive dentistry,
practice management, health policy and quality
assurance. Many of our courses are taught in
small groups and we appreciate the number of
volunteer faculty who help with these. They
bring to the classroom their own experiences in
community health which are greatly appreciated
by our students.
Dr. Nancy Reifel adapted a new
technology to our fourth-year course, Quality
Assurance. The Calibrated Peer Review
program developed by UCLA was used as a
platform to instruct students on how to find
and apply published professional standards
of care, conduct quality of care chart reviews,
and communicate with their peers on quality of
care issues. Students used these new skills to
develop a quality improvement plan for a dental
clinic. The course presented challenges for
students and faculty as we learned to use the
computer programs together. The Class of 2007
students are to be congratulated for persevering
with the technology. The quality improvement
plans they developed demonstrated that the
class as a whole had learned fundamental
principles of quality assurance that will serve
them well in their future practice of dentistry.
Our clinical teaching program is housed
in the Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice
Dental Center where the fourth class of residents
in the one-year advanced education in general
dentistry (AEGD) program has completed its
term. We also have completed a fourth year
of the UCLA Post-Baccalaureate Program
funded by the California Endowment. Six postbacc students successfully completed the
2006-2007 academic portion of the program.
Community Service
Under the direction of Dr. Nancy Reifel
and Dr. Vladimir Spolsky we have provided oral
health services at twenty community health
fairs since July 1, 2006. We screened the oral
health of 1,396 people, provided 1,146 sealants
to 205 people, and provided topical fluoride
to 508 people. Seventy-five dental students
participated in these fairs. Additionally, twice
a month this year, students provided dental
services to teens at Common Ground in Venice.
Common Ground provides comprehensive
social services and public education programs
to Westside residents living with and at risk for
HIV. They ensure that people of diverse cultural
backgrounds, those living in poverty, youth, and
people who are homeless are able to access
their services. The Division’s faculty members
provide supervision at community health fairs
held on Saturdays and Sundays and at Common
Ground on Tuesday evenings.
The UCLA Oral Health Promotion
Program (Promotoras) was in operation from
July 1, 2006 to February 30, 2007. During that
time, the staff provided oral health education
and preventive services to 325 children and
their families. The program worked with the
Volunteers of America Child Care Resource
Center, Head Start programs and the Urban
Education Partnership School Readiness
program to provide services at sites throughout
the San Fernando Valley. We are delighted to
report that the UniHealth Foundation will be
continuing support of this well-received program.
Patient Care
The Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield
UCLA Venice Dental Center directed by Dr.
John Yamamoto has been undergoing a
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transformation since early 2007. The main goal
of the clinic renovation is to expand the pediatric
dental practice by adding a dedicated pediatric
wing with seven dental chairs, three of which
will be located in private rooms. Other patientfriendly improvements are also being made.
The renovations are expected to be completed
in the fall of 2007.
Through our Division, the UCLA
School of Dentistry provides dental services
at two other community clinics: The UCLA
Dental Clinic at the Addie Klotz Student Health
Center at CSUN, in operation since July 2005,
and Mission Community Hospital in San
Fernando, in operation two days per week since
December 2005. Both have a UCLA faculty
dentist as the director. Under the direction of
Dr. Thomson Sun, the CSUN clinic provides
clinical experiences for third- and fourth-year
dental students on a rotation basis as well as
volunteer opportunities in front office and chairside assistance for pre-dental students. The
groundwork has been laid for student rotation
at the three-chair Mission Clinic to serve the San
Fernando community.
Research Projects and Grant Funding
Division faculty published thirteen
journal articles and book chapters during
academic year 06-07. Our research continues
to highlight our goal to care for the community.
UCLA School of Dentistry is one of
four California dental schools funded by the
California Endowment since March 2003 for
participation in the Pipeline, Profession and
Practice: Community-Based Dental Education
(Dental Pipeline) program. Dr. Marvin Marcus
is the PI. These funds enable the Division
to recruit and retain an increased number of
underrepresented minority students; reform
the curricula to integrate community-based
practice experience and courses in cultural
competency, public health, and the social and
behavioral sciences; establish communitybased clinical education programs; and create a
state and national policy agenda that will sustain
the efforts of the Dental Pipeline program.
The fourth year of the UCLA PostBaccalaureate Program is completed. One of
the 06-07 post-baccalaureate students will be
attending dental school in the fall at Howard
University in Washington, D.C. Of the eleven
UCLA School of Dentistry post-bacc students
who completed the program during the first
three years, six are currently attending or have
been accepted to a California dental school, two
have been accepted to dental school outside
California, and one has been accepted to a
Master’s of Public Health program.
We received a $1.7-Million, threeyear grant from the UniHealth Foundation in
2006 to assist the Venice Dental Center and the
Venice Family Clinic to integrate and facilitate
the care between these two local clinics in order
to increase the access to dental services in the
Westside community. Dr. Marvin Marcus is the
prinicipaI investigator.
Dr. Kathryn Atchison serves as the
PI of an RO1 grant, “Patient Preferences for
Treatment of Mandibular Fracture,” and of
an RO3 “Health Literacy” study in which she
is examining the effect of culture and health
literacy on accessing preventive services in a
dental clinic.
Dr. Melanie Gironda is the PI on
the Archstone Foundation’s Elder Abuse and
Neglect Initiative. This two-year project helps to
increase dental health professionals’ awareness
of elder abuse and self neglect.
At the end of the academic year, the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute informed
PI Dr. Marvin Marcus that the UCLA School
of Dentistry was the only dental school in the
country to be awarded a 2007 Biomedical
Research Institutions Initiative grant. The
award, which grants a total of $748,337 over
five years, will enable the School to implement
an extensive pre-college science education
program to introduce gifted high school juniors
and seniors from disadvantaged backgrounds
to careers in oral health and scientific research.
This project will involve a number of faculty
members in various divisions in the School of
Dentistry and is yet another example of how
the interest of the community is served through
innovative educational programs.
Faculty News
Dr. Kathryn Atchison and Dr. Vladimir
Spolsky provided service to our national dental
organizations. Dr. Atchison served as president
of the American Association of Public Health
Dentistry (AAPHD) from 2006-2007, and is
now immediate past president. As president,
she promoted the ongoing collaboration of
professional organizations in dentistry to seek
funding to develop the methods and metrics
for conducting evaluations of workforce
demonstrations. Dr. Spolsky is an elected
councilor for the Section of Community and
Preventive Dentistry, American Association of
Public Health Dentistry and is the American
Dental Education Association’s representative
to the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force.
Dr. Ian Coulter serves as the chair of the UCLA
Senate Committee on Education Abroad. Since
his return from a leave of absence during which
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he served as director of the Samueli Institute for
Information Biology’s (SIIB) Clinical Research
Program and Integrative Medicine, Dr. Coulter
now holds the title of vice president for Integrative
Medicine and Clinical Research for SIIB. The
SIIB is a non-profit, non-affiliated organization
that conducts and supports health care research
in areas such as patient-centered approaches,
healing environments, complementar y
therapie s and traditional medicine s.
Dr. Carl Maida served as president of
the American Association for the Advancement
of Science/Pacific Division for the term July
2006-June 2007.
Dr. Marvin Marcus was honored with
the UCLA School of Dentistry award for the
Distinguished Faculty Member of 2006-2007
at the commencement ceremony of the Class
of 2007.
Dr. Edward Maggiore, a faculty
member in the Division of Public Health and
Community Dentistry since 1981, passed
away on January 24, 2007. A remembrance
ceremony was held at the Venice Dental Center
on February 12, 2007 where a plaque was
presented in his memory.
Photos left to right, opposite page: Dr. Nancy
Reifel provides a fluoride treatment to a Head Start
student enrolled in the Promotoras program; Postbaccalaureate students present their preventive
dentistry poster. Photos left to right, this page:
Students demonstrate the fundamentals of toothbrush
design; The plaque in honor of the late Dr. Edward
Maggiore that will hang at the renovated Venice
Dental Center.
ACADEMIC UNIT: Restorative Dentistry
Richard G. Stevenson III, DDS
Chair
T
he Division of Restorative Dentistry
encomp as s e s the pre clinic al and
clinical areas of operative dentistry, fixed
prosthodontics, esthetics, clinical applications of
dental morphology and occlusion, and geriatric
dentistry. The Division’s postdoctoral program
is the Advanced Education in General Dentistry
(AEGD) program which offers both one-year
and two-year postdoctoral training for dentists
seeking additional instruction in all phases of
general dentistry. In addition, the Center for
Esthetic Dentistry offers a two-year Master Lab
Technician Program and a one-year Esthetic
Dentistry Preceptorship.
Teaching Programs and Responsibilities
The chair is Dr. Richard G. Stevenson
III ’86 and the vice-chair is Dr. Edmond Hewlett
’80. The Division currently has eight full-time
faculty members with a substantial share of
the teaching responsibility carried out by more
than 100 part-time and volunteer faculty. The
full-time faculty includes Drs. Janet Bauer (who
chairs the geriatric dentistry course), Edmond
Hewlett (who chairs the esthetic dentistry
course), Robert Lindemann, Edward McLaren,
William Morgan (who chairs the preclinical fixed
prosthodontics course), Reuben Kim, Richard
Stevenson (who chairs the courses clinical
applications in dental morphology and occlusion,
and advanced restorative dentistry, and also
leads the restorative dentistry clinic), and Jay
Watson. Part-time faculty member Dr. Andy
Wong chairs the preclinical operative course.
The restorative dentistry teaching
clinic underwent a radical change beginning
July 2006 with the reconfiguration of the clinic
setting. The implementation of “home cubicles”
for predoctoral students in conjunction with
“same day appointment” periodontics coverage,
has tremendously increased clinic productivity,
made visits easier for patients, increased the
number of students achieving competency in
a timely manner, and dramatically decreased
student stress. The home cubicle arrangement
was made possible with an increase of faculty
coverage and the appointment of group directors
whose responsibilities include more direct
involvement on the clinic floor.
The Division’s major efforts in
community service continue through both its
pre-doctoral and AEGD residency programs.
The AEGD program continues running its two
programs, one at Westwood and one at the
Venice Dental Center, with six residents in each
location. The Senior Select program for our
predoctoral students at the Venice Dental Center
continues for the fifth year under the direction
of Dr. William Morgan.
In association with the Division of
Public Health and Community Dentistry and
under the direction of Dr. Thomson Sun, predoctoral students have the opportunity to treat
patients at the Klotz Student Health Center at
California State University, Northridge. The
program is in its third year.
Dr. Joseph Dautremont continued
of fering his Non- Confrontational Case
Presentation selective this fall, winter and
spring to third- and fourth-year students to
develop their skills in treatment presentation
and acceptance.
Dr. Todd Schoenbaum started a
General Practice Study Group in the spring.
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Recruitments and Promotions
During FY 2006-2007, the Division
recruited 18 volunteer faculty members to
replace some faculty and to help support the
Division in the general clinic and the pre-clinical
courses. Six part-time paid faculty have been
hired. This brings our total part-time paid
faculty to 39 and our part-time volunteer faculty
to 64.
Service on Committees
Drs. Stevenson and Hewlett chair
two sub-committees of the School of Dentistry
Curriculum Reform Committee: the Form,
Function and Esthetics Sub-committee and the
Caries Track Sub-committee, respectively. This
year, Dr. Lindemann was elected to UCLA and
national committees. At UCLA, he served as
chair of the Five-year Review Committee–Dean,
School of Public Health. For the University
of California, he participated in the Loan
Repayment Assistance Program Committee and
the Summit on Faculty Diversity in the Health
Sciences. And on a national level, he served as
an ADEA/AADR Mentor for the Academic Dental
Careers Fellowship Program.
Research
Dr. Reuben Kim has been awarded
two grants: a Faculty Research Grant in the
amount of $10,000 to make progress on the
identification of hsp90-interacting proteins that
play a determinant role in hTERT transcription
activation; and an NIDCR /NIH Career
Development K08 Award in the amount of
$573,387 to study the combined effect of HIV
and HPV in oral cancer.
Recognizing the Dedication of Our Part-Time Faculty
Special Recognitions
Dr. Richard G. Stevenson III obtained
Board Certification in Operative Dentistry from
the American Board of Operative Dentistry.
Only 55 people in the world have obtained this
recognition and he is the first UCLA faculty
member to do so. He received this award at
a ceremony in Chicago in February 2007. Dr.
Gilda Banta recently completed the Postgraduate
Program in Esthetic Dentistry. Dr. Joseph
Dautremont received his MAGD award from the
Academy of General Dentistry on June 30 at the
Annual Meeting in San Diego. Dr. Donald Fisher,
Professor Emeritus, and Dr. Michael Gritz were
selected by the Class of 2007 as their favorite
preclinical teacher and their favorite clinical
teacher, respectively, at the Senior Awards
Ceremony on June 1, 2007. Dr. William Morgan
was honored as Alumnus of the Year by the
UCLA School of Dentistry Alumni Association.
Photos left to right, opposite page: Dr. Donald
Fisher teaches a student in the preclinical lab; Dr.
Esteban Bonilla surrounded by attentive students.
Photos left to right, this page: Before and after:
another pleasing smile courtesy of Restorative
Dentistry; Dr. Bill Morgan; Dr. Isabel David and
former staff member Glorianne Macklin; Drs.
Stevenson and Hewlett; Dr. Stevenson presents a
plaque to Dr. Mitra Mogharabi; Dr. James Uhrik;
Dr. Sue Spackman.
Our first annual Division dinner, organized by Restorative Dentistry administrative
assistant Manuela Britsch, was held June 4, 2007 at the Faculty Center. This event
provided us with an opportunity to look ahead to the coming changes in the caries
curriculum. It also gave us the chance to look back, and reflect on the dedicated
efforts of our faculty. That evening, we recognized part-time faculty with plaques
and certificates to honor their longtime involvement in our teaching program.
Honored for 25 years of service was Dr. Michael Gritz. Honored for 20 years of
service were Drs. James Callahan and Mark Ozaki. Honored for 15 years of service
were Drs. Kenneth Harada, Mitra Mogharabi, James Uhrik, and Eva Yancey. Honored
for 10 years of service were Drs. Esteban Bonilla, Dave Famili, Allen Inouye, James
Lim, Firouzeh Manesh, Ray Padilla, Hyon-Young Park, Sue Spackman, and Abraham
Urbach. Honored for five years of service were Drs. Yosi Payam Behroozan, Joseph
Dautremont, Connie Ho, Philip Jen Kin, Kambiz Kohani, Richard Maitin, Pezhman
Mansourian, Harold Perlaza, Mark Perez, Saeid Razi, John Wayland, and Jason Yoo.
Course chairs also were recognized for their long-standing efforts. Dr. Janet
Bauer received a plaque recognizing her work on the courses Long-Term Care and
Gerontology and Long-Term Care and Geriatric Dentistry. Dr. Edmond Hewlett was
recognized for his work leading the course in Esthetic Dentistry. Dr. William Morgan
was recognized for his work leading the course in Fixed Prosthodontics. Dr. Andy
Wong was recognized for his work leading the course in Operative Dentistry. Finally,
although Dr. Michael Gritz no longer chairs Operative Dentistry, he was recognized
for his early contribution and involvement in the development of the course.
We hope to gather the Restorative faculty family again next year for another evening
of good company, fine food, informative lectures and, of course, heartfelt appreciation.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
William Yancey, DDS
Assistant Dean of Continuing Education & Alumni Affairs
T
he School of Dentistry is proud to
acknowledge that UCLA has become the
worldwide leader in advanced dental education.
As such, we will consistently seek to grow and
expand our advanced educational programs so
that we will serve as a model for others and set
the standard far into the future. We have the
facility, the educators, and the curriculum that
help the dental community elevate its healthcare
knowledge, skills, and delivery.
During this past fiscal year, the
Continuing Education (CE) program continued
to expand and thrive. Its success was due to the
ongoing commitment of the staff and leadership
that helped provide dentistry professionals with
the latest information (as it is all about content)
taught by the finest educators in the world.
The Continuing Education program
conducted more than 67 courses offered to
members of the UCLA alumni family and to the
local dental community. CE also offered more
than 36 faculty development courses during
06-07. Our cutting-edge classes in aesthetics,
endodontics and implants, which are presented
in continuum format and provide opportunities
for hands-on learning, continue to be extremely
popular. These courses have become a staple
of our curriculum of higher learning.
Our annual Hawai’i program (which
is always offered on the 4th of July holiday
weekend) was held in Kauai this year and yielded
a sell-out event. We had a pre-conference at
Princeville followed by the main symposium
at the Grand Hyatt. This program attracts a
growing number of UCLA alums each year (why
not have your class reunion out there?), so be
sure to contact the Continuing Education Office
if you are interested in joining us next year in
Maui from June 30 to July 4, 2008. We will
have a pre-conference in Lanai on Saturday,
June 28.
For more information about Continuing
Education at the UCLA School of Dentistry,
please contact us at (310) 206-8388 or send
an email to: cde@dentistry.ucla.edu.
Photos top to bottom: Dr. Brian LeSage lectures to dentists enrolled in the Aesthetics Continuum; The
focus of the day moves to an observation of a procedure; In the Bisco Dental Teaching Lab, dentists gain
hands-on experience in the new technique.
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ALUMNI AFFAIRS
David Altman, DDS
Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs & Continuing Education
O
ur Dental Alumni Association had another
very successful year. Participation by our
alumni was up and we added new events and
programs to our calendar.
Cocktail Reception at the ADA in Las Vegas
On the evening of October 17, 2006
during the ADA convention in Las Vegas, the
UCLA Dental Alumni Association hosted a
cocktail reception at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.
More than 200 alumni and friends stopped by to
say hello and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.
Motivated by the success of this event, we will be
hosting a second annual ADA cocktail reception
in San Francisco on September 28, 2007 at the
Westin San Francisco from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. We
would love to see you there.
Annual Alumni Breakfast and Lecture
Our annual alumni breakfast and
lecture was held on Saturday, November 4,
2006. Dr. Shahriar Parvizpour ’95 spoke to
us on the topic of current implant restorative
materials and techniques. In addition, Dr.
Ronald Mito ’76 gave us his perspective of
the dental school from his unique point of
view as both an administrator, an educator, a
practitioner and, or course, the immediate past
alumni president. After the program, Dr. David
Altman ’78 escorted the group on a tour of the
school. To cap the day, everyone headed to
the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center for the
all-dental school picnic where food and fun were
in abundance.
Reunion and Awards Luncheon
We hosted our annual reunion and
awards luncheon this year at the Anaheim
Marriott Hotel on May 5, 2007. A record
300 alumni, students and friends gathered to
reconnect and to honor Bill Morgan, D.D.S. ’73
as our alumnus of the year; John Campbell,
Ph.D. as our honorary alumnus of the year; and
the classes of ’72, ’77, ’82, ’87, ’92, ’97 and
2002. The event was enlivened this year with
a slide show featuring the honorees.
Dean’s Reception
Dean No-Hee Park hosted a CDA
reception the evening of May 5 from 5:00 - 7:30
p.m. A huge crowd of more than 600 people
joined Dean Park in a hotel ballroom for hors
d’oeuvres and cocktails. Everyone had a great
time visiting with fellow alumni and friends.
Silent Auction
Our auction kicked off during the CDA
luncheon and concluded during the Dean’s
Reception. This year, attendees bid on 28
items, from coveted sports and theater tickets
and luxury hotel packages to private flights,
high-end cosmetics and dentistry-related items.
The auction yielded $7,530 which will be used
to fund alumni activities and student support.
Dental Student General Practice Study Group
The UCLA Dental Alumni Association
is working closely with Dr. Todd Schoenbaum
’05 to support the newly organized general
practice study club for alumni and dental
students. To date, the group has held two
meetings. The first focused on a realistic
approach to seeking employment and featured
a panel of recent and not-so-recent grads who
gave advice and examples to members of the
Class of 2007. The topic of the second meeting
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was risk management. Representatives of The
Dental Insurance Corporation were present to
advise how to minimize exposure to risk in a
dental practice and explain the ins and outs of
dental malpractice insurance.
As our alumni family increases
in number each year, we look forward to
attendance at alumni events growing as well.
We hope all this year’s graduates, whether from
the D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., or residency programs,
think of UCLA as home.
Photos left to right, this page: Bailey Andrus and
Elisa Manwaring, children of dental students Kevin
Andrus and Richard Manwaring, respectively,
embrace at the School Picnic; Drs. Robert Lindemann
and Roger Lent congratulate Dr. William Morgan ’73
on receiving the honor of Alumnus of the Year. Photo
next page: Dr. John Campbell beams as he holds
aloft his award for Honorary Alumnus of the Year.
Update Your Email Record
Help Us Help You
Help us update our alumni email
database. A few of our alums have
mentioned that they have not been
receiving our email event notices and
newsletters. In October 2007, we plan
to send a “test” email to all our alums. If
you do not receive it, please let us know
by emailing Dr. David Altman at:
daltman@dentistry.ucla.edu.
Every day, we get several calls
from people throughout the country
Every day, we get several calls from
people throughout the country looking
for a UCLA graduate to be their dentist.
To respond to this need, we are in the
process of adding a “Find a UCLA
Dentist” section to our website. To
date, more than 300 alums have signed
up to become a part of this free referral
service. To be included, all we need
is your name, office address, office
phone number, and email address. If
you would like to participate, please
contact Dr. David Altman by email at:
daltman@dentistry.ucla.edu.
The Search for Lost Alumni
Since the very first graduation ceremony
in 1968, the UCLA School of Dentistry has
amassed a huge alumni family. We can
count nearly 4,000 D.D.S, M.S., Ph.D. and
residency program graduates to date. So
it makes sense that in forty years, we would
lose touch with a small number of alumni.
If you recognize any of the names
that appear at right, please do us the favor
of reminding your former classmates
that the Alumni Affairs Office is here for
them. Please encourage “lost” alumni to
contact Dr. David Altman at (310) 206-1022
or daltman@dentistry.ucla.edu. We will
update our database with their current
address and keep them informed about
School events!
LOST DDS ALUMNI
Daniel J. Brooks ’90
Michelle L. Cabret ’96
Tracy S. Cheung ’93
Thomas Danos ’69
Wayne A. Engbretson ’73
John S. Evered ’90
Anzhela Faradzhyan ’99
Peggy Fard ’04
Lance L. Forsythe ’71
Lisa J. Grossman ’91
Sue E. Ko ’04
Robert C. Lincoln ’78
Shahriar Motamed ’03
Garrett S. Nelson ’99
Harry K. Okamoto ’77
Hyung W. Paek ’98
Judith A. Salcedo-Aldaz ’00
Faranak S. Selki ’97
Sang J. Shim ’79
Greg Shinnerer ’76
Peiman Soleymani ’97
Craig K. Sommer ’78
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Dr. Jay R. Stevens, Jr. ’71
Kristian P. Tjon ’05
Thuy C. Truong ’94
Risto J. Tuominen ’85
Patricia H. Wilkes ’80
LOST MS ALUMNI
Constantinos Alexandridis ’79
Fernando Baldioceda ’88
Geber T. Bittar, Jr. ’92
Heloiza E. Blanc ’86
Dermot W. Canavan ’94
Michele J. Dimaira ’95
Erwin T. Egloff ’89
Ricardo P. Filho ’92
Eiji Ichida ’84
Susan W. Maina ’93
Eamonn A. Murphy ’01
Evaelia Papazeannoulisa ’79
Andrea Pilloni ’92
Efstratios Poumpros ’92
Gloria Premoli De Percoco ’85
Julio C. Sa Ferreira ’86
DEVELOPMENT
Thomas H. Mitchell, PhD
Director of Development
A
little more than two years into the UCLA
School of Dentistry’s 10-year endowment
campaign, we have now met almost 25 percent
of our $30 Million goal. During FY 06-07, the
School received gifts and pledges of more than
$4,500,000, placing it among the top ranks
of dental schools in the nation with respect to
philanthropic support.
The generosity of the UCLA School of
Dentistry’s many benefactors among its alumni,
friends in the community, and the corporate
and foundation sectors enables the institution
to advance its mission of practicing excellence
in the realms of teaching, research, and patient
care. The creation of new endowed academic
chairs, scholarships, research and special
projects funds and an endowment for the
institution itself will secure the School’s position
at the forefront of dental medicine now and in
the future. Highlights of the past year include:
David and Miki Lee Endowed Scholarship Fund
Photos left to right: Mr. Bob Wilson; Mrs.
Peggy Bloomfield; the Rosen family presents a
scholarship to Neilesh Patel; Dr. Thomas Barber;
Dr. David Lee and Dean No-Hee Park.
The School received a very generous
pledge of $1 Million from Dr. David Y. Lee and
his wife Dr. Miki Nam Lee ’83 for the creation
of the David and Miki Lee Endowed Scholarship
Fund. This fund will provide scholarships for
students in our predoctoral program who
demonstrate outstanding academic excellence,
leadership, and public service. In the past, the
Lees have donated cubicles in the general clinic
and the Bisco Teaching Laboratory and have
supported many other fundraising initiatives.
In recognition of this new pledge, the D.D.S.
students’ simulation laboratory will be named
in their honor.
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Dental Center Expansion
The School of Dentistry hosted
a groundbreaking ceremony the morning
of February 21, 2007 to celebrate a major
expansion and renovation of the WilsonJennings-Bloomfield UCLA Venice Dental
Center. This important project, made possible
by the generosity of Bob and Marion Wilson
and Peggy Bloomfield, will add a seven-chair,
dedicated pediatric dentistry wing to the clinic
and also will modernize the building’s façade
and general patient waiting area. Completion
of the work is expected in the fall of 2007 at
which time the School of Dentistry plans to host
a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community open
house. The donors’ continued support is crucial
to the growth of this vital community clinic.
Dr. Sherwin Z. Rosen Scholarship
A new annual scholarship recognizing
service to the community was established by
family and friends in memory of Dr. Sherwin
Z. Rosen, who served for more than a decade
as an adjunct professor at the UCLA School
of Dentistry. Four generations of the Rosen
family were present for the inaugural awarding
of the Rosen Scholarship at the School’s Annual
Scholarship Awards Ceremony April 25, 2007.
Dr. Rosen’s wife, Mrs. Debora Rosen, presented
the scholarship to Neilesh Patel ’08. The UCLA
School of Dentistry thanks the Rosen family for
its thoughtful generosity in establishing this
scholarship which will honor Dr. Sherwin Rosen
in perpetuity.
Join us
in our mission.
UCLA
SchoolofofDentistry
Dentistry Fundraising
UCLA
School
Fundraising1997-2007
1997-2007
$6,000,000
99-00
Funding Received
Campaign to Establish an Endowed Chair
in Pediatric Dentistry
In the spring of 2007, a campaign
co-chaired by Dr. Mark S. Lisagor ’73, Cert,
Pediatric Dentistry and Dr. Scott T. Jacks ’76,
and fueled by alumni of the Pediatric Dentistry
residency program, reached its goal of gifts
and pledges of $500,000 for the creation of
a new Term Endowed Chair. The School will
shortly initiate the process for the creation of
this new chair to be named in honor of Dr.
Thomas Barber, who served as the director of
the Pediatric Dentistry residency program for
many years.
00-01
01-02
02-03
$3,207,042
98-99
$3,646,611
97-98
$2,665,487
0
$1,782,734
Fiscal Year
$1,801,054
$1,000,000
$947,247
$2,000,000
$3,264,631
$3,000,000
$4,534,411
$4,625,428
$4,000,000
$5,359,398
$5,000,000
03-04
04-05
06-07
05-06
2006-2007 Donations by Purpose
2006-2007 Donations by Source
6%
9%
11%
1%
27%
32%
26%
56%
6%
Apollonian Society
In fiscal year 06-07, Apollonian
Society and Apollonian Society Parents’ Fund
contributions totaled $230,374. Additionally,
the Apollonian Society received more than
$100,000 in in-kind gifts from several
corporate partners. During the last three
years, the Apollonian Society, co-chaired
by Dr. Ronald S. Mito ’76 and Dr. Thomas J.
Rauth ’73, has raised nearly $1,000,000
and has made possible many important
innovations and improvements on behalf of
students including the creation of an annual
white coat ceremony for first-year students,
a patient care fund that helps low-income
patients continue their treatment and enables
students to complete their clinical requirements,
the establishment of a student research
publication, the purchase of ten endodontic
microscopes, and many other initiatives.
E ach donation repre s ent s a
commitment to a new generation of dentists and
an investment in the future of the profession.
We thank everyone for their support.
26%
Non-Alumni
$252,185
Alumni
$1,448,852
Independent Foundations
$1,174,845
Corporations
$1,239,992
Other Organizations
$418,567
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Students
$1,173,190
Faculty
$290,750
Programs/Research
$2,535,970
Capital
$58,081
Discretionary
$476,450
Honor Roll July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007
T
he UCLA School of Dentistry wishes to
recognize and thank the following individuals
corporations, academic institutions, and
foundations whose extraordinary generosity
enables us to pursue our mission of excellence
in teaching, research, and community service.
The generous support of all of our donors is
deeply appreciated.
Restricted Gifts and Grants
$250,000 and above
The California Endowment
Dr. David Y. Lee & Dr. Miki Nam Lee
Lifecore Biomedical
Nobel Biocare AB
Philip Morris U.S.A.
UniHealth Foundation
$100,000 to $249,999
BioHorizons
Bisco Charitable Foundation
C3 Jian, Inc.
Dr. Howard Y. Chen
Implant Innovations, Inc.
Ms. Monica Keasun Nam
Dr. Norman J. Nagel
Dr. & Mrs. Felix Chi-Ming Yip
$25,000 to $99,999
Dr. Stephen S. Berger
The Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies Foundation of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund
Dr. Ronald J. Bills
Dr. Lisa D. Brennan & Mr. Albert E. Cosand
California Society of Pediatric
Dentistry Foundation
Dr. Peter C. Chiang
Coltène Whaledent
Delta Dental Plan of California
Dentium, Inc.
Dentsply International Dimensions
Dr. Stephen T. Finger
Dr. Lynn K. Fujimoto
Japan Medical Materials Corporation
John Wayne Institute for Cancer Treatment and Research, Inc.
Dr. Bruce R. Molen
Dr. Stephen T. & Mrs. Susan A. Moriguchi
Nobel Biocare USA
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation
Mrs. Debora S. Rosen
Mrs. Shirley L. & Mr. Ralph J. Shapiro
Tech 101-Arcus, Inc.
$10,000 to $24,999
Ceremed, Inc.
Eastman Kodak Company
Ito Co., LTD
Japan Medical Science Exchange Association Medical Corps
Dr. Jonathon E. Lee
Dr. Mark S. Lisagor
Nara Bank
Oral-B Laboratories
Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation
Dr. Patrice S. Punim & Dr. Daniel E. Levin
Santa Monica Breakfast Club
Saudi Arabian Government
Scholarship Program
Dr. Tamara L. Schneidmiller
Dr. Darrell K. Spilsbury Dr. Martin R. Steigner
Mrs. Peggy Yamaguchi
$5,000 to $9,999
Dr. Michael P. Adams
American College of Prosthodontists
Dr. Tim Auger
Dr. Stephen M. Blain
California Dental Association
Dr. Wanda I. Claro
Discus Dental Impressions, Inc.
Dr. Howard R. Dixon
Dr. Donald F. & Mrs. Donna J. Duperon
Dr. Naomi L. Ellison
Dr. James H. Gallagher
Gang Tyre Ramer and Brown
Charitable Foundation
Dr. Soon-Ho Hong
Implant Innovations Japan, Inc.
Dr. Peter D. Jeon
KLS Martin, L.P.
Dr. Stephen C. McAuliff
Dr. Michael J. McDonald
Dr. Elizabeth McNabb
Dr. Hal C. & Mrs. Rosalind S. Millstone
Oahe Foundation
Dr. Scott Ohmart
Dr. Michael Papademetriou
Dr. Ana M. Planells
Dr. Yvonne M. Rochon
Dr. Neophytos L. Savide
Dr. Robert E. Sheffield
Sullivan-Schein Dental
Dr. Junji Suzuki
Dr. & Mrs. Russell I. Webb
$2,500 to $4,999
American Dental Education Association
Dr. Roy M. Beam
Dr. Jeffrey I. Berger
Dr. William J. Black
Mrs. Margaret M. Bloomfield
Dr. Sidney Brownstein
Dr. Robert M. Cuenin
Dr. Sam Gilani
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Dr. Mark L. Glyman
Ms. Roxana C. & Mr. John L. Graves
Dr. John C. Griffiths
Dr. Stephen S. Kallaos
Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Kim
Dr. Kevin G. Landon
Dr. Kasey K. Li & Ms. Carolyn K. Orida
Mr. Carl H. & Ms. Bette G. McBain
Dr. Robert W. Oliver
Dr. Eleanor R. Padnick
Dr. No-Hee Park
Dr. David M. Perry
Dr. Sukhjit S. Purewal
Dr. Thomas J. Rauth
Dr. Elliot P. Schlang
Stryker Instruments
UCLA Affiliates
Dr. & Mrs. Jack A. Weichman
$1,000 to $2,499
Dr. Thomas R. Bales
Drs. Carol A. & John D. Bibb
Ms. Madeleine D. Brandli
Dr. David M. Butsumyo
Dr. Tamara L. Clauson
DentalEZ Group
Exxon Mobil Foundation
Mr. Nathan Golden
Dr. Joseph B. Gordon III
Dr. Robert L. Groesbeck
Dr. Christoph F. Haar
Dr. Tracy C. Hagan
Dr. T. Lant Haymore
Dr. Mai-Phuong N. Huynh
Dr. Philip R. & Mrs. Shirley M. Jen Kin
Dr. Andrew J. Kapust
Dr. Kevin N. Kieu
Dr. George T. Lin
Dr. Lonnie R. & Ms. Janet W. Lovingier
Dr. Larry S. Luke
Dr. Michael Mashni
Ms. Farideh Mehrdad
Michael Cohen Charitable Trust Foundation
Dr. Ronald S. & Mrs. Millicent Mito
Mrs. Donna P. & Mr. John C. Moffitt
Dr. Richard Molen
Dr. William W. & Mrs. Teresa Morgan
Dr. Lenny W. Naftalin
Dr. Son Nguyen
Dr. Jason W. Pair
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart
Oliver & Hedges, LLP
Dr. Michael R. Ricupito
Dr. Gerald & Ms. Barbara Rosen
Dr. Mark M. Rosenblatt
Mr. Haim & Ms. Cheryl Saban
Dr. Brian J. Saunders
Dr. Andreia M. Silvera
Dr. Dave L. Smith
Dr. Paul J. Styrt
Dr. Reuben & Mrs. Raegan Turner
Dr. Greg Vaughn
W.M. Schmidt Company, Inc.
Drs. David T. & Sharon Wong
$500 to $999
American Academy of Pediatric
Dentistry Foundation
Dr. Eunha Cho
Mr. & Mrs. Buzz Dixon
Dr. Robert A. Lindemann
Dr. Yen P. Miao
Dr. Steven J. Niethamer
Dr. Shamala L. Pizza
Sultan Healthcare, Inc.
Below $500
Axis Dental Corporation
Ms. Helen Brand & Friends
Brasseler U.S.A., Inc.
Dr. Paulo M. Camargo
Mr. & Mrs. Bud Erhardt
Mr. Daniel J. Freed
Dr. Susan Kinder Haake & Dr. David A. Haake
Dr. Lindon K. Kawahara
Dr. Gerald Kushner
Dr. Sora Lee
Dr. Richard M. & Ms. Harriet Maitin
Dr. Marvin Marcus & Dr. Norma Pariewski
Dr. Thomas H. Mitchell
Mr. Jerry D. & Mrs. Joy Monkarsh
Mr. Morris & Mrs. Cynthia T. Muscatel
Dr. Ichiro Nishimura
Ms. Michelle L. & Mr. David I. Popowitz
Mr. Kelly A. & Ms. Michelle Ramage
Dr. Robert G. Rifkin
Dr. Elena S. Rumack
Dr. Donald H. Salk
Dr. Heddie O. Sedano
Mr. Joshua T. & Mrs. Margarita Sostrin
Synthes U.S.A.
Dr. Patricia Turley
United Way Silicon Valley
Dr. Abraham Urbach
Dr. Jay F. Watson
Dr. Craig D. Woods & Dr. Michelle A.
Stich Woods
The UCLA School of Dentistry $30 Million Endowment Campaign
Goal: $30,000,000
Goal: $30,000,000
Goal: $30,000,000
$30,000,000
Goal:
$7,370,000
$7,370,000
$3,650,000
FY06-07
06-07$3,650,000
FY
$3,650,000
FY 06-07
06-07 $3,650,000
FY
$3,720,000
FY 05-06 $2,220,000
$2,220,000
FY05-06
05-06$2,220,000
$2,220,000
FY
05-06
FY
FY 04-05* $1,500,000
$1,500,000
FY
04-05*
FY
$1,500,000
FY04-05*
04-05*$1,500,000
Total to Date: $7,370,000
$7,370,000
Total to
to Date:
Date: $7,370,000
Total
*Total
Campaign to
began
January 1,$7,370,000
2005
Date:
**Campaign
Campaign began January 1, 2005
began January 1, 2005
$7,370,000
$7,370,000
$3,720,000
$3,720,000
$3,720,000
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
0
0
0
0
*Campaign began January 1, 2005
About the Campaign
A
s historic Campaign UCLA drew to a successful close, the UCLA School of Dentistry
launched a 10-year campaign of its own designed to increase its endowment by at least
$30 Million to ensure the continued financial stability and innovative success of the School.
Unlike expenditure funds, endowments feature a permanent principal intended to generate a
yearly payout that can be utilized or re-invested. Endowments help ensure that areas of critical
importance, such as scholarships, research funds, and department chairs, will continue to
thrive even in times of budgetary constraints.
Our $30 Million goal is ambitious, but clearly within reach. Thanks to the generosity
of several alumni and friends, we have already raised more than $7 Million since the campaign
began. If you would like to join the endowment campaign, there are a variety of ways to
contribute. Please consider:
• Naming opportunities to honor your family or a beloved faculty member;
• Forming a group to collectively endow a chair or scholarship fund;
• Converting a $50,000 money market account into an annuity to be allotted for endowment; or
• Providing a future gift of real estate through a trust agreement.
Please contact Thomas H. Mitchell at (310) 206-6079 for more information.
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The Apollonian Society
F
ounded by alumni and friends in 2004, the Apollonian Society is a membership organization
dedicated to funding initiatives that enhance the student experience and strengthen the
reputation of the UCLA School of Dentistry.
Key
Gifts Below $100
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$100 - $299
*
Member
$300 - $999
(Recent Graduates $100+)
Patron
$1,000 - $2,499
Sponsor
$2,500 - $4,999
Benefactor $5,000 - $9,999
$10,000 and above
Class of 1968
Dr. Arthur R. Hand &
Dr. Maija I. Mednieks
Dr. Michael L. Mandell
Dr. David A. Mendes
Dr. Margaret C. Pan
Dr. Robert L. Pike
Dr. Stuart C. White Dr. James D. &
Ms. Linda F. Yeomans #
#
Class of 1969
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Dr. Kenneth R. Greenbaum
Dr. William D. Harrison, Jr.
Dr. Dennis K. Kinoshita Dr. William J. Kline
*
Dr. Dennis E. Lowe Dr. Efren Q. Peyron w
Dr. Richard S. Rutkowski Dr. Richard K. Sugita Dr. Ronald D. Tremmel
Class of 1970
Dr. David W. Black, Jr.*
Dr. Daniel W. Cardon
*
Dr. William M. De Priest *
Dr. Patrick H. Dillon Dr. R. Kent Farnsworth
Dr. George E. Janeway, Jr.
Dr. Alan G. Lurie*
Dr. Richard A. Mandel
Dr. Robert L. &
Mrs. Barbara A. Merin
Dr. Brian M. Smith
Dr. Stephen F. Smith
Dr. Edward N. St. George*
Dr. James A. &
Ms. Joyce A. Tamborello
Dr. Jerald Wilson
*
Class of 1971
Dr. Stephen S. Chung
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Dr. Ronald M. Gerecht
Dr. Richard A. Harmetz
*
Dr. Roger S. Kingston
Dr. George &
*
Ms. Sharon Naidus
Dr. Larry A. Okmin
Dr. Stephen J. Pothier *
Dr. Straty Righellis
Dr. Terry L. Vincent
Dr. John A. Yagiela
Class of 1972
Dr. James D. Beller
Dr. William Chin Dr. Richard J. Cook
Dr. Robert C. &
Mrs. Lori Daby
Dr. Frank P. Gussman *
Dr. Fred W. Kamansky Dr. Calvin B. Low*
Dr. Donald B. Mikami
*
Dr. Michael G. &
Mrs. Susan L. Newman
Dr. Thomas N. Sims
Dr. Warren A. Steiner
Dr. Lawrence S. Trudgeon
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Class of 1973
Dr. Lawrence A. Buss
Dr. Charles L. Duchscher, Jr.*
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Dr. James D. Garol
Dr. Lewis H. &
Ms. Martha B. Leavitt
Drs. Mark S. &
Terri E. Lisagor Dr. Diane J. Milberg
Dr. William W. &
Mrs. Teresa Morgan
Dr. Thomas J. Rauth
Dr. Berge Roubinian Dr. Marc P. Salomone &
Ms. Monique Schaeffer-Salomone
Dr. Brian K. Sibbald
Dr. Jerome G. Turner
*
Dr. Robert L. Wong
Class of 1974
Dr. Leslie H. Apody*
Dr. Michael R. Becker Dr. Morris A. &
Ms. Renee L. Budak
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Dr. Philip M. Camfield Dr. Craig T. Downen Dr. Alan L. &
Mrs. Shirley E. Felsenfeld
Dr. Kenneth D. Greenstadt
Dr. Randall K. Harwood
Dr. Marvin S. Kobori*
Dr. Kevin G. Landon
Dr. I. Mark Leavitt Dr. Larry A. Moe
Dr. Wilson S. &
Ms. Mayumi S. Morishita
Dr. Craig T. Olson *
Dr. John J. O’Neill IIw
Dr. Anthony H. Savage
Dr. & Mrs. William W. Savage, Jr. Dr. Manuel A. Savedra
Dr. Elliot P. &
Mrs. Setha E. Schlang Dr. George B. Shinn, Jr.
*
Dr. Jack H. Stansfield
Dr. Charles E. Stratton &
Ms. Nina A. Muzzini-Stratton
Class of 1975
Dr. Kerry A. Booth
Dr. Bruce D. Bowling
Dr. Michael A. Clarke
Dr. Terrell Cohen Dr. Gordon H. &
Mrs. Cathie C. Dixon
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Dr. James M. &
Mrs. Evelyn Finley Dr. Robert E. Gandin
Dr. Alexander J. Gonzales
Dr. Salvatore A. Lombardi Dr. James M. Raymer
Dr. & Mrs. Max D. Swancutt, Jr.
Dr. Michael T. Vehawn*
Dr. Stephen D. Willens
Dr. Sol M. Zira
Class of 1978
Dr. David A. &
Ms. Judy I. Altman
Drs. Carol A. & John D. Bibb
Dr. Valerie R. Lee
Dr. Kenneth R. Marti
Dr. Ira R. Matloff
Dr. James F. Mattson*
Dr. Lawrence H. &
Mrs. Anita K. Ota w
Dr. Jac W. Pedersen II w
Dr. Paul R. Santoyo Dr. John C. Shafer
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Dr. Timothy S. Shahbazian Dr. Ray Tsuyuki, Jr. Waiting in the clinic has become a more entertaining experience for patients. The Class of 2007 purchased a
flat screen TV for the UCLA Dental Center. The gift will be officially recognized in the FY 07-08 honor roll.
Dr. Richard L. Grabowsky
Dr. John L. Hammonds
Dr. Jerald M. Hong
Dr. Michael T. Johnson*
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Dr. William T. Pelton
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Dr. Ronald E. Semelsberger Dr. Lee J. & Ms. Kristy Slater Dr. Douglas L. Smith
Dr. Wesley N. Young Class of 1976
Dr. Jack S. Broussard, Jr.
Dr. Ronald W. Evans *
Dr. William A. Fong
Dr. Douglas &
Mrs. Ann Gordon
Dr. & Mrs. Frank D. Grossman, Jr.
Dr. Randall W. Halliday
(Cert, Oral Surgery)
Dr. Eddie K. Hayashida
Dr. Leonard R. Holguin
Dr. Gary B. Jacobsen
Dr. Jerome S. Kamei
Dr. Karl &
Mrs. Jean Kawakami
Dr. Starrie Ming
Dr. Ronald S. &
Mrs. Millicent Mito
Dr. Stephen W. Nelson
Dr. Joan Otomo-Corgel
Dr. Joseph G. Rimio
Dr. Stuart B. Smith*
Dr. E. Keith Stutznegger
Dr. David L. Wilson
Class of 1977
Drs. George W. &
Angela T. Brazeal
Dr. Pamela A. Everson*
Dr. Roger P. Fieldman Dr. Daniel P. Kiley
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Dr. Anna M. Korda-Matyas
Dr. Robert A. Kumabew
Dr. Daniel T. Kus
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Class of 1979
Dr. Marilyn R. Calvo
Dr. Dana A. Carlton
*
(Cert, Periodontics)
Dr. James W. Correa Dr. Robert E. Darnell, Jr.*
Dr. Charles R. Dobeck
Dr. Richard J. Ewing
Dr. Ronald J. &
Ms. Diane E. Fair
Dr. Susan L. Gordon *
Dr. Maurina L. Kusell
Dr. Wayne T. Matsuura
Dr. Jesse T. &
Ms. Mary P. Mc Vay
Dr. Dennis D. &
Mrs. Tamara Miller
Dr. Robert E. Murphy
Dr. Stephen L. Murphy
Dr. Gerald P. Roodzant
Dr. Roberta Z. Rule*
Dr. Steven M. Stoecklein *
Dr. David J. Wolfe
Dr. Robert S. Wylie
Dr. Kirk K. &
Ms. Shirley C. Yen
Class of 1980
Dr. Thomas F. Armstrong
*
Dr. Tim R. Avedovech
Dr. Arnold R. Balber
Dr. Samuel S. Berro
Dr. Philip R. &
Mrs. Tarese Devore
Dr. John W. Given
(Cert, Oral Surgery) Dr. Emanuel Gottlieb
Dr. Robert T. Higashiyama *
Dr. Stuart R. Holmes*
Dr. Richard Massoth (Ph.D.) Dr. Jack C. Melvin
Dr. Michael C. Montgomery Dr. Stephen T. (Cert, Pedodontics) & Mrs. Susan A. Moriguchi
Dr. Charles L. Rico, Jr.
Dr. Kenneth A. &
Ms. Nancy Silva
Dr. Janet F. Statman *
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Dr. Jacquelyn M. Williams
Dr. Ronald C. &
Mrs. Karen T. Woo
Class of 1981
Dr. Naomi L. Ellison Dr. Kevin R. Frawley
Dr. Gary K. Kanemura
Dr. Larry J. Moore &
Dr. Holly J. Moon
Dr. Lisa Rowe Quinn &
Mr. Paul Quinn
Dr. Ronald L. Singer
(Cert, Pedodontics)
Dr. Karl A. Smith &
Dr. Jayne Delaney
Drs. Stephen R. &
Carol W. Snow
Dr. Christina M. Varwig
Dr. Merilynn Yamada Class of 1982
Dr. William L. Boyer, Jr. Dr. Harry C. Brown Dr. Jean Chu
Dr. Steve R. &
Ms. Donna M. Curtis
Dr. Laurence A. Darrow
(Cert, Pedodontics) Dr. Joseph L. Dautremont III
Dr. Terrie K. De Bord
Dr. Gary L. Devian
Dr. Mark S. Douglas
Dr. Leslie R. Fish Drs. Nancy L. &
*
Dan M. Goebel
Drs. Dean K. &
Mary M. Mizono
Dr. Craig R. Mundy
Dr. Kenneth Y. Natsuhara
Dr. Kenneth J. Shay
Dr. Elaine S. Symonds *
Dr. David J. Taft*
Dr. Joseph E. Wheatley &
Dr. Janine A. Welch
Class of 1983
Dr. Frank B. Cortez
Dr. Diane L. Edge
Dr. Douglas S. Field Dr. Roger L. Gillespie
Dr. Suzanne B. Honeyman
Dr. Scott W. &
Mrs. Sandy Huseth
Dr. Arthur A. Kezian &
Dr. Narine Tashjian
Dr. John D. &
Mrs. Jo Ann La Joy
Dr. Sue D. Lehoang
Dr. Darwin F. Lum*
Dr. Vicente O. Miramon*
Dr. Kathy R. Mulligan
Drs. Arthur (Cert, Prosthodontics) &
Susan S. Nimmo
Dr. Robert S. Rhodes
*
Dr. Eugene I. Sugita
Dr. Darrell T. Teruya Dr. Kazuo Tomimatsu
Class of 1984
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Dr. Thomas D. Brant Dr. Jonathan S. Brown
Dr. David M. Butsumyo
Dr. Tamara L. Clauson
Dr. Russell F. Coser
Dr. Laurene K. Duke
Dr. Michael Z. Hopkins
Dr. T. Gordon Hum
Dr. Jerry K. Maa
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Dr. John D. Neuenswander Dr. Cindy L. Novak*
Dr. Jeffrey J. Petron*
Dr. Warren P. &
Ms. April Vallerand Dr. David W. Wedell
Class of 1985
Dr. Paul S. Avolese Dr. David S. Brunell
Dr. Mark A. &
Mrs. Susand Da Re Dr. Lawrence J. Hashimoto
Dr. Jeffrey S. Jang
*
Dr. Rex Y. Kido*
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Dr. Robert W. Kohrt III
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Dr. Treva D. Lee Drs. Susan S. &
Arthur Nimmo
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Dr. Steven W. Rippy
Dr. Kenneth H. Sakurai
Class of 1986
Dr. Linda Brogmus-Segal &
Mr. Peter S. Segal
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Dr. Michael W. &
Mrs. Suzonne M. Burke
Dr. Timothy M. Gomez
Dr. John &
Ms. Deborah H. Lombardi
Dr. Charles C. &
Mrs. Brenda Q. Low
Dr. Ronald F. Miller Dr. Stephanie E. Steckel &
Dr. Steven P. Artz
Dr. Rick K. Yamada
(Cert, Oral Surgery) Class of 1987
Dr. Afshin Fallah*
Dr. Daniel N. Galaif
Dr. Craig A. Israel
Dr. Perry R. Klokkevold
(Cert, Hospital Dentistry)
Dr. Roger R. Li
Dr. E. Orlando Morantes Dr. Craig Noblett Dr. Raffi Yessayantz
Class of 1988
Dr. Edgardo M. Alazraki
Drs. Rod M. &
Grace M. Blenderman
Dr. Tim Buckley Dr. Kevin N. Kieu
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Dr. Stephen E. Ludwig Dr. Kenneth T. Miyasaki
(Cert, Periodontics)
Dr. Ramin Sadighi
Dr. Paul J. (Cert, Orthodontics) & Ms. Stacey L. Styrt
Dr. Lori A. Walker Dr. Marta L. Ward Class of 1989
Dr. Lisa Beck
Dr. Manuel A. Carin
Dr. Michael Papademetriou
(Cert, Orthodontics)
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Dr. Roger R. Yang Class of 1990
Dr. Norman D. Fuller III
Dr. Bich-Thuy Hoang & *
Dr. Peter V. Le
Dr. George A. Moraga, Jr.
Dr. Carl R. Runyon
(Cert, Oral Surgery)
Class of 1991
Dr. Richard L. Botzbach II
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Dr. Gregory Costopoulos Dr. Russell H. &
Ms. Kathy Masunaga
Dr. Lakshmi Subramanian*
Dr. Carol M.K. Wong
Class of 1992
Dr. Jack B. Du Clos*
Dr. Christoph F. Haar (Cert, Orthodontics)
Dr. Bernice T. Ko
Dr. Holly J. Moon &
Dr. Larry J. Moore
Dr. Gayane Mooradian Dr. Daniel J. Sones
Dr. Jerry Wang
Class of 1993
Dr. Katherine S. Ahn
Dr. Kathleen M. Bennett *
Dr. Matthew S. Cowman Dr. Huong T. Davidsson
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Dr. Nick Devani
Dr. Bryan L. Dunn
Dr. Glenn P. Frial
Drs. Steve T. &
*
Bridget M. Hurst Dr. Kim B. Keller
Dr. Emily Q. Letran
Dr. Afsaneh Malaekeh &
Dr. Brian LeSage
Dr. James D. Meinert *
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Dr. John C. Platts
Dr. Steven Y. Shiba
Dr. Sonja J. Sommer
Class of 1994
Drs. Linda J. &
Steven W. Baba
Dr. Mark S. Bowles
Dr. Victor J. Diamond
(M.S., Oral Biology) Dr. Janice S. Lee &
Mr. Pete Curran
Dr. Thomas O. &
Mrs. Hollen Y. Smith Dr. Kenneth A. Tjon*
Class of 1995
Dr. Stephen S. &
Ms. Cristina Kallaos
Drs. Andrew C. &
Quy P. Kim
Dr. Robert &
Ms. Cristie I. Sheffield
Dr. Robert A. Sunstein
Dr. Alexander K. Yuen
(Cert, Orthodontics)
Class of 1996
Dr. Chad W. &
Ms. Marcia C. Smart A new look is in store for a familiar place. The Class of 2006 has donated nearly $6,000 to the renovation of
Room 13-041, the main lecture hall. The gift will be officially recognized in the FY 07-08 honor roll.
Class of 1997
w
Dr. Chad D. Arthur
Capt. Dorothy C. Dury
(M.S., Oral Biology) w
Dr. Mona Entezam
Dr. Darryl L. &
*
Mrs. Trina Morris
Dr. William D. Nguyen
Dr. Mark J. Redd
Dr. Diane C. Tarica Class of 1998
Dr. Phuoc H. Phan Class of 1999
Dr. Christopher J. Eitzen
Dr. Oscar M. Pena
w
Dr. Marsha Tavakoli Levi
Drs. Amy Thu & Loc Tran
Class of 2000
w
Dr. Trung K. Doan
Dr. Amy K. Monti Dr. Edith M. Pallencaoe
Class of 2001
Dr. Beggxis H. Liebergw
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Class of 2002
w
Dr. David S. Amid
Dr. Bart R. Boulton Dr. Mary C. Cooke
Dr. Andrew T. Harner
Dr. Jung Lim
Dr. Jared D. Mccune
Dr. Cat-Hien T. Nguyen
w
Dr. Hien P. Nguyen
Dr. Walter Rong
w
Dr. Marnie S. Salazar
Dr. Ryan R. Vahdani
Class of 2003
Dr. Jeremy I. Factor Dr. Jason M. Pambrunw
w
Dr. Michael I. Shnayder
Class of 2004
Dr. Anna Chandsawangbhuwana
Class of 2005
Dr. Parnaz Aurasteh
Dr. Elena S. Rumack
(Cert, Pediatric Dentistry)
Dr. Daniel K. Tang Dr. Jessica I. Tsai
Class of 2006
Dr. Jennifer M. Chen Dr. Joel B. Henriod
Dr. Sabrina Mahil
Faculty Members
Dr. Fermin A. Carranza, Jr.
Dr. Joseph P. Cooney
Dr. Ian D. &
Ms. Sylvene S. Coulter
Dr. Alan L. &
Mrs. Shirley E. Felsenfeld
Dr. James R. Freed
Dr. Jeffrey M. Goldstein
Dr. Krishan K. &
Mrs. Althea Kapur
Dr. E. Barrie Kenney Dr. Perry R. Klokkevold
Dr. Bernice T. Ko
Dr. Karen H. &
Mr. James P. Lefever Dr. Robert A. Lindemann
Dr. Gerald E. Longhurst Dr. Carl A. Maida
Dr. Marvin Marcus &
Dr. Norma Pariewski
Dr. Ronald S. &
Mrs. Millicent Mito
Dr. William W. &
Mrs. Teresa Morgan
Dr. No-Hee Park
Dr. Bruce &
Ms. Barbara P. Sanders
Dr. Henry H. Takei
Dr. Sotirios Tetradis
Dr. Robert P. Thye
*
Dr. Stuart C. White
Dr. Lawrence E. Wolinsky
Drs. David T. &
Sharon Wong
Dr. John A. Yagiela
Dr. John M. Yamamoto Friends
Dr. Robert G. Bleier
Mr. & Mrs. Buzz Dixon*
Mr. Daniel W. &
Mrs. Nanette S. Douglass
w
Mrs. Dorothy M. Good
Dr. Warren E. Kaufman Dr. Mark B. &
Mrs. Janice B. Lieberman
Ms. Patricia A. McDonald
*
Dr. Sherman M. &
*
Mrs. June B. Mellinkoff
w
Dr. Robert H. Propper Dr. Harry C. Schwartz*
Dr. Lewis J. Turchi Drs. Joseph & Audrey Yoon Corporations, Foundations, Associations
a-dec Alpha Omega Dental
Fraternity, Regency 14 Brasseler U.S.A. Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
TDIC Insurance Solutions
Apollonian Society Parents’ Fund
Dr. Mitchell C. Austin
The Baxter International
*
Foundation Mr. Cesar D. &
*
Mrs. Rosemille S. Capio Mr. Richard J. Carlson *
Mr. Long N. Dang*
Dr. Alain G. &
Mrs. Myra R. Gabbay Mr. William A. &
*
Ms. Pamela A. Grella Mr. Dennis &
*
Mrs. Claudia Heaps Ms. Shu Fen Hung *
Mr. Myoung H. &
*
Ms. Soon Y. Kim Mr. Cau A. &
*
Ms. Sanh T. Lao Mr. Michael N. Nguyen *
Mr. Kalu &
*
Mrs. Nena Onwuka w
Mr. Morris Pessah Dr. Thomas J. Rauth Dr. Bradley G. Seto *
Mr. Mark &
*
Mrs. Brenda Shamburg
Dr. Phi K. &
*
Mrs. Jeannie D. Tran
Mr. Patrick &
*
Mrs. Sally Traynor Unitrin, Inc.
Mr. Kent &
*
Mrs. Shauni C. Young Please note that this Honor Roll lists all financial
contributions received by the UCLA School of
Dentistry between July 1, 2006 and June 30,
2007. The Development Office makes every
effort to ensure the accuracy of this report. If
you note an error or omission, please notify us by
writing to the Development Office, UCLA School
of Dentistry, CHS 53-038, Box 951668, Los
Angeles, CA 90095-1668, calling (310) 2066079, or e-mailing tmitchell@support.ucla.edu.
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2006-2007 BOARD OF COUNSELORS
Who They Are
Dr. Naomi L. Ellison ’81, Chair
Dr. Russell I. Webb ’78, Vice Chair
Mr. Craig I. Bloom
Mr. Jae Min Chang
Daniel W. Douglass, Esq.
Mr. Lawrence Farrell
Mrs. Roxana C. Graves
Mr. Benjamin Hong
Dr. David Y. Lee, MD
Mr. Harold M. Matheson
Dr. Elizabeth G. McNabb ’75
What They Do
T
he UCLA School of Dentistry’s Board of Counselors was established by Dean James R. Hooley
for the purpose of raising funds for the creation of a dental outreach facility in Venice, California.
Dean Hooley’s vision became a reality with the establishment of the Wilson-Jennings-Bloomfield
UCLA Venice Dental Center. Once that goal was achieved, the Board expanded both in size and
scope. Today, the Board functions as a non-governing body of advisors that provides invaluable
counsel to the dean and service to the dental school in the form of philanthropic leadership.
Board members serve for a minimum of one three-year term on a volunteer basis and with no
compensation. Often active behind the scenes and with limited recognition, the various members
of the Board of Counselors have played a major role in helping the School of Dentistry to carry out
its mission in the past three decades.
To date, Dr. Bud and Linda Tarrson, Dr. Tom Bales and Dr. Jack Weichman deserve
credit for the creation of three endowed chairs. The Board successfully completed two major
capital campaigns to renovate our general clinic (The Robin and Steve Kim Dental Clinic) and our
preclinical teaching laboratory (The Bisco Dental Teaching Laboratory), and spearheaded numerous
fundraising initiatives for the creation of the Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, the
Bales Orthodontic Clinic, the Yip Center for Oral/Head and Neck Oncology Research, the Peggy
and Jim Schaefer Student Lounge and other projects. Numerous cubicles and benches throughout
the School are a testament to their generosity, as is the junior faculty support fund. Some Board
members have established their own scholarships while many others became founding members
of the Apollonian Society. A tour of the School reveals the positive contributions that the Board
of Counselors has made. It is our pleasure to take this opportunity to recognize and thank all the
members of the Board of Counselors for their continued and indispensable support.
Professor Jun Miyata
Dr. Hal Millstone
Meet the New Members
Dr. Joan Otomo-Corgel ’76
Dr. Thomas J. Rauth ’73
Dr. Gerald P. Roodzant ’79
Dr. Elliot P. Schlang ’74
Dr. Byoung I. Suh
Ms. Linda Tarrson
Mr. Don L. Waters
Dr. Jack A. Weichman
Dr. Elizabeth G. McNabb,
former president of the UCLA
Orthodontic Alumni Association
Mr. Robert S. Wilson
Dr. Thomas J. Rauth, co-chair
of the Apollonian Society
Dr. Elliot P. Schlang, former
president of the UCLA Dental
Alumni Association in two
separate terms
Dr. Felix C. Yip
Dr. No-Hee Park, ex officio
Thank You For Your Service
O
n behalf of the UCLA School of Dentistry community, Dean No-Hee Park wishes to thank Dr.
Thomas Bales, Mrs. Robin Kim and Dr. Berge Roubinian for their many years of dedicated
service as members of the Board of Counselors.
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2006-2007 ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
Bruce Sanders, DDS
Assistant Dean of Outreach & Diversity
No-Hee Park, DMD, PhD
Dean
Associate Dean of Academic
Programs & Personnel
Rick Valdivia, CPA
Assistant Dean & Chief Financial Officer
Carol Bibb, PhD, DDS
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
William Yancey, DDS
Assistant Dean and Director
of Continuing Education & Alumni Affairs
Ronald Mito, DDS, FDS, RCSEd
Associate Dean of Clinical
Dental Sciences
Thomas H. Mitchell, PhD
Director of Development
David Wong, DMD, DMSc
Associate Dean of Research
Susan K. Haake, PhD, DMD
Director of Knowledge Management
Michelle Popowitz, JD, MPH
Assistant Dean of Administration
& External Affairs
Sandra Shagat, MA
Senior Public Information Officer
Dean’s Suite
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Box 951668, 53-038 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668
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