Philadelphia – Research underway within Penn Dental Medicine and how students can be part of it was spotlighted as the School’s Vernon Brightman Research Society (VBRS) presented its inaugural VBRS Research Expo. The event was held virtually in six sessions, running between Oct. 19 and 27. “Our goal with the Expo was to build awareness...
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 – Two students within Penn Dental Medicine’s postgraduate prosthodontics program – Dr. Nupur Patel (GD’21) and Dr. David Kim (GD’21) — were recently recognized for their research, taking first place in the poster competition at the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics 66th Annual Meeting, held in Miami, October 26-29. Their collaborative study was titled...
Philadelphia –Penn Dental Medicine’s Dr. Rabie Shanti, Assistant Professor of Oral Surgery and Pharmacology, has been honored with the 2019 Relationship-Based Care Award by Pennsylvania Hospital (PAH). The award, presented to one individual annually, recognizes outstanding clinicians who fully embody the tenets of Relationship-Based Care: leadership, teamwork, professionalism, care delivery, resources and outcomes. The relationship-based...
Philadelphia — Penn Dental Medicine patients in need of replacing a single missing tooth as well as those with or about to get lower dentures looking for a more stable solution can now receive care at greatly reduced fees thanks to a recently launched, grant-supported implant program. The initiative was developed to provide a service...
Philadelphia — With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that more than 130 people in the United States die each day from overdosing on opioids, the misuse of and addiction to opioids has become a national health crisis. In conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Academies of Sciences,...
Penn Dental Medicine faculty/staff members were honored for excellence in teaching by the School’s graduating class of DMD students with the 2018 teaching awards
The Philly Inquirer talked to Dr. Hersh in its coverage of the recent policy released by the ADA on opioids. He noted that opioids should not be the first line of pain relief.
