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Advanced Education
Graduation
On June 22,
2012, the 39th class of
advanced education
students graduated from
the LSUHSC School of
Dentistry. Twenty-seven
certificates were awarded
in the specialties of
endodontics, oral and
maxillofacial surgery,
orthodontics, pediatric
dentistry, periodontics,
and prosthodontics.
Sixteen additional
certificates were awarded
to residents who completed
the General Practice
Residency Program, which
focuses on hospital-based
dentistry and care of
medically compromised
patients. Seven of the
certificates were awarded
to fellows who completed
one-year programs in oral
and maxillofacial surgery
and dental implants. Dr.
Eric Hovland, director of
the Office of Advanced
Education, moderated the
certificate-awarding
ceremony.
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Endodontics
department:
Drs. Van
Himel, head;
Alan Simmons,
Sara Macway,
Chelsea
Accardo,
Rodney
Isolani, Kent
Sabey, program
director
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Dr. Ronald
A. Bell, professor in
pediatric dentistry and
orthodontics at the
College of Dental
Medicine, Medical
University of South
Carolina, delivered the
graduation address. His
entertaining talk, "A
Three Minute Record,"
cited lyrics of rock and
roll tunes to remind the
graduates of the
importance of finding a
balance between
profession, family, and
friends. A graduate of
LSUSD programs in
dentistry (1973) and
pediatric dentistry
(1978), Dr. Bell was named
Alumnus of the Year in
2000.
During the
ceremony, three residents
received awards for their
presentations at Research
Day on April 27:
first place, Ioannis
Tsourounakis,
periodontics; second
place, Steven Black,
endodontics (2011); third
place, Sarah Macway,
endodontics. Since 1974,
LSUSD has awarded 1,046
certificates in advanced
education programs.
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Dr.
Hovland
presents the
first-place
Research Award
to Dr.
Tsourounakis
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2012
Graduates
Endodontics:
Chelsea Accardo, DDS;
Rodney Isolani, DDS; Sara
Macway, DMD; Alan Simmons,
DDS
General Practice
Residency:
Antwan Bates, DDS; Paul
Beyt, DDS; Julia Cheuk,
DDS; Rajat Diwan, DDS;
Maderia Hatcher, DDS; Nina
Jayakrishnan, DDS; Summer
Ketron, DDS; Michael
Maher, DDS; Patton Minkin,
DDS; Sara Monrad, DDS;
Ruby Nhan, DDS; Brennan
O’Brien, DDS; Shemika
Sample, DDS; Shahin
Sultana, DDS; Marquita
Wallace, DDS; Osyria
Webster-Taylor, DDS
Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery:
Alfredo Arribas, DDS;
Christopher Bradley
Dickerson, DDS, MD; Waheed
Mohamed, DDS, MD; Kevin
Fakheri, DDS (fellow);
Billy Laun, II, DDS
(fellow); Joseph Zeidan,
DDS (fellow)
Orthodontics:
John Andrews, Jr., DMD;
Benjamin Foster, DDS;
David Guidry, DDS; Son
Nguyen, DDS
Pediatric
Dentistry:
Christopher Marc Jones,
DMD; Christen Massey, DDS;
Jordan Prieto, DDS;
Michael Von Gruben, DDS
Periodontics:
Samuel Reid Lester, DMD;
Caesar Sweidan, BDS;
Ioannis Tsourounakis, DDS;
Thanh Xuan Bui Nguyen, DDS
(fellow); David Wilson,
DDS (fellow)
Prosthodontics:
Arnau Aparicio, DDS, CDT;
Todd Slogocki, DMD; Cramin
Wiltz II, DMD, CDT; Elias
Rivera, DDS, MS (fellow)
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