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NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE SPRING 2019 Leading the Way Q&A WITH NYSDA PRESIDENT BRENDAN DOWD AND TREASURER FRANK BARNASHUK p16 2 UBDentist SPRING 2017 ON THE COVER: IN Brendan P. Dowd, ’86, President of the New York State Dental Association THIS Photo by Douglas Levere ISSUE SPRING 2019 UBDentist News from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine UB Dentist is published three times a year by the School of Dental Medicine. Spring 2019 | 19-DEN-001 9 12 16 SDM EDITORIAL GROUP MAKING A DIGITAL IT’S ALL ABOUT THE A CONVERSATION IMPRESSION MOUTH GUARDS WITH DRS. DOWD Pamela C. Jones, PhD AND BARNASHUK Assistant Dean A student’s online updates Two UB dental alumni School of Dental Medicine about life at dental school have been providing the Leading the New York are bringing UB global State Dental Association Sherry Szarowski best protection for the Alumni Coordinator attention. Bills’ and Sabres’ teeth. has been a rewarding UB Dental Alumni Association experience for both men. Joseph L. Rumfola, ’02 Clinical Assistant Professor 4 ALUMNI PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Grove Potter Managing Editor 5 NEWS BRIEFS 8 SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY David Donati Art Director and Designer 20 STUDENT RESEARCH DAY 22 CE COURSE CALENDAR Office of the Dean 24 325 Squire Hall FACULTY REMEMBRANCE Buffalo NY 14214-8006 (716) 829-2836 26 ALUMNI NEWS [email protected] dental.buffalo.edu 28 CLASS NOTES / IN MEMORIAM UB Dental Alumni Association 337 Squire Hall 30 DEVELOPMENT NEWS Buffalo NY 14214-8006 800-756-0328, ext. 2 (716) 829-2061 Fax: (716) 829-3609 [email protected] Publication of UB Dentist is made possible by the generous support dental.buffalo.edu/alumni of the University at Buffalo Dental Alumni Association. Dear Fellow Alumni, This past year has been an enjoyable experience as President of the University at Buffalo Dental Alumni Association (UBDAA) and I am looking forward to the upcoming year as well. There have been many accomplishments and changes over the past year that I would like to review. One of our biggest changes has been the reorganization of our staff at UBDAA. Lisa Jerebko, who had been our Buffalo Niagara Dental Meeting (BNDM) Coordinator the past 13 years, resigned to take on a new position outside the University. Her efforts have certainly helped in keeping the BNDM a premier event and we thank her for her service and wish her all the best in her new position. Leanne Walters, who was our part-time administrative assistant, also left for a full-time position. She did a wonderful job and we wish her a bright future as well. These changes allowed us to reorganize the staff responsibilities and hire Jaclyn Soda as administrative assistant to our alumni coordinator, Sherry Szarowski. Dean Joseph Zambon and the dental school have been very helpful during this transition, and it allows UBDAA to support our school on a higher level. These changes are only possible because of the excellent job Sherry has done and continues to do for UBDAA. Our Executive Council continues to impress me with all the efforts on behalf of UBDAA and our mission of advancing the activities of the School of Dental FROM Medicine and its alumni all for the betterment of our school, alumni and profession. We have been lucky to add some new, more recent alumni to the Council, which is so important in keeping our organization forward looking THE with new ideas and energy. I would also like to thank you, our alumni, for your support by being a member of UBDAA President and your financial support of the dental school through your donations. The completion of the Pre-Clinical Simulation Center, the remodeling of the clinics and the support of so many school projects depends on alumni engagement. I thought it would be interesting to list some of the projects and endeavors your participation through UBDAA helps support: BOCA Charity Auction, Billy Barue Golf Tournament, 100 Days Party, Student Awards, Commencement Gifts, Orientation Activities, Talent Show, Run for Smiles 5k Race, ASDA Pre Dental Scholarship, and Saving Smiles. We also support the school financially throughout the year in conjunction with discussions with the Dean. Our most recent commitment has been to the dental school through the Boldly Buffalo Campaign. I hope many of you have considered a gift through this campaign, as well as on an individual basis. In closing, your UBDAA plays an important part in the continued success and accomplishments of our school and students. As alumni, you share in the success of the past and the continued accomplishments of the future. In my final year as your president, I look forward to continuing the tradition of excellence of your UBDAA. Sincerely, Joseph Modica, DDS ’82, President 4 UBDentist SPRING 2019 NewsBriefs New Leadership Roles for Faculty Bush began teaching full time at Program Director of the Post UB as an Assistant Professor in Graduate Program in Periodon- Anne Meyer, Program “With this appointment, my 2006. She earned her DDS tics, Coordinator of the SDM’s Director of Master of primary goal is to transition the degree from the University at International Advanced Dental Science in Biomaterials Biomaterials Graduate Program Buffalo School of Dental Medi- Education Scholar Program, and 1 Anne Meyer, (M.S.) to a collaborative relation- cine in 1999. After returning to Associate Director for the SDM’s PhD, Associate ship with research and clinical teach full time as an Assistant Center for Dental Studies. colleagues having a focus on Professor in 2006, she earned Dean for In 1989, Shibly earned his Bac- implantology,” says Meyer. “A promotion to Associate Professor Research, calaureate degree in Islamic has been key element of this transition with tenure in 2012. will be the development of a and Arabic studies from the Col- appointed Her research focus has been in lege of Islamic Dawah at Abu Program Director for the leadership succession plan for the program’s future. I also look the area of forensic dentistry. Al-Nur Foundation Damascus, Biomaterials Graduate She has published numerous Syria, and went on to earn his Program. forward to continuing to work with SDM faculty to maintain peer-reviewed journal articles, Masters Degree in Periodontol- Meyer has worked at UB SDM the excellent quality of the and has contributed to various ogy from Damascus University. textbooks. She lectures widely on for 32 years, following a 12-year Biomaterials Graduate Program Shibly became an American the topic of forensic odontology, career as a chemist and section as demonstrated by the students Diplomate of Periodontology including an invited presentation head with the Calspan Corpora- who are attracted to our program in 2004. tion Advanced Technology Cen- and by the many program at a Congressional hearing on ter in Buffalo. She is a Fellow of alumni who have advanced to Capitol Hill entitled ‘Scientific Throughout his career, Shibly the American Institute for Medi- PhD research programs, DDS Rigor in the Courtroom’ and a has been involved in promoting cal and Biological Engineering clinical programs, and/or presentation before President understanding and cultural (AIMBE), and a Fellow of the leadership positions in industry Obama’s Council on Assistance compatibility between the West International Union of Societies or academia.” for Science and Technology, and the East based on shared for Biomaterials Science and which guided the President on common values. Since the crisis Engineering. Meyer is a recipient scientific issues. in Syria began in 2011, he has Mary Bush, Assistant organized and participated of AIMBE’s Fellow Advocate “I am honored to be an alumnus Dean of Clinical Affairs in numerous medical missions Award and the C. William Hall and current faculty member of Mary Bush, ’99, to help Syrian refugees in Award from the Society For Bio- the SDM. Implementation of an AEGD Cert. Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon. materials (U.S.). She was presi- electronic health record is criti- ’00, Associate Earlier this month, Shibly dent of Society For Biomaterials cal to the upward trajectory of Professor helped create the first dental in 2004/05. the school, and I am happy to Department clinic to serve the Yezidi refu- be part of this exciting process Over the years, Meyer’s industry- of Restorative gees in the Khanke Camp, as we continually move together sponsored research has focused Dentistry has been appointed Dohuk, Kurdistan, Iraq. on interfacial aspects of materi- Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs. on our path forward,” says Bush. als in biomedical and environ- Bush also serves as Clinical “I’m honored to assist the mental applications. She served Group Director and Discipline Othman Shibly, Assistant University and the SDM’s as chair and co-chair of several Monitor for Operative Dentistry. Dean for Diversity and efforts to promote diversity SBIR/STTR review committees Inclusion and create a culture of inclu- She will coordinate and direct all sive excellence that will for NIH and NSF during the Othman Shibly, clinical aspects of the school’s strengthen diversity in our 1990s. She currently serves on ’99, MS Oral Sci. electronic health record, axiUm, school and create a welcoming the editorial boards of “Biofoul- ’95, Perio Cert. act as a liaison between clinical environment in which all ing” and “Journal of Biomedical ’03, Clinical affairs and Information Resources, faculty, staff, and students Materials Research.” She re- Professor, and oversee the newly created are valued, respected and ceived her PhD from Lund Uni- Department of axiUm training and clinical empowered to achieve their versity’s Faculty of Odontology, Periodontics, has been appointed which subsequently became a support team. She will work with highest potential,” says Shibly.