Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine has received a major gift that will provide the resources to help build the School’s leadership role in global oral (public) health. A $5 million gift from Penn Dental Medicine alumnus Dr. Garry Rayant (GD’77) and his wife, Dr. Kathy Fields, will create a new endowed professorship at the School...
Philadelphia – With the shared vision to transform the future of oral health care, Penn Dental Medicine and Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have united to form the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD). The new Center marked its official launch on January 22 with a virtual program celebrating the goals and...
Philadelphia – Penn Dental Medicine recently announced the promotion of two long-standing members of the School’s faculty to the level of Professor — Dr. Bekir Karabucak (GD’97, D’02) has been promoted to Professor of Endodontics and Dr. Faizan Alawi to Professor of Pathology within the Department of Basic and Translational Sciences. “Dr. Karabucak and Dr....
Philadelphia—With a one-to-one initiative that provides every dental student with an iPad, a robust program of faculty-developed AppleBooks that tackle complex dental topics, and the use of software that makes taking notes and exams easier and more convenient, Penn Dental Medicine is wholeheartedly embracing the concept of digital learning and transforming the way it delivers...
Philadelphia – Third-year Penn Dental Medicine student Ola Adel Farrag (D’21) has been recognized for her innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, taking first place in the third annual Shils Stars Dental Student Competition. Presented by the Dr. Edward B. Shils Entrepreneurial Fund, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to innovation in health care, the Student Competition included...
Philadelphia — Addressing the latest techniques and technologies in the field of endodontics, Penn Dental Medicine’s Department of Endodontics presented the 19th Penn Endo Global Symposium – Update in Endodontics A to Z, June 13-15. With the goal of educating and training general dentists and endodontists worldwide in advanced scientific concepts that translate biological principles...
Philadelphia — The state-of-the-art in dental microscopy took center stage at Penn Dental Medicine, September 28-30, as the School partnered with the Academy of Microscope Enhanced Dentistry (AMED) to present the AMED-Penn Dental Microscopy Meeting 2018, “Details Matter.” The three-day program was also the 17th Annual Meeting & Scientific Session of AMED, drawing nearly 150...
A paper by faculty within the Department of Endodontics is being recognized by the Journal of Endodontics as its best clinical research publication in 2017.
