FALL 2018 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DENTAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION VOL. 44, NO.2 DentalAlumninews HIGH FLIERS Our students bring amazing backgrounds to our School

n NEW INTERIM DEAN n AFFILIATES HONORED n PEPTIDE RESEARCH Dr. Gary Chiodo Drs. Abolofia, Cohanim A promising new takes the reins win Hungate Awards remineralizing product Dear Fellow Alumni:

As graduates of the University of Washington School of Dentistry,th we should be proud of the outstanding education that we received. Our School continues in to the have world. an impressive reputation – currently ranked fourth in the United States and 14

However, the School faces many challenges. And to maintain its tradition of excellence, it urgently needs support from all of us.

The UW Dental Alumni Association is always looking for ways to support and strengthen the School of Dentistry. In the summer of 2017, we began our Dental Alumni Class Challenge.

The Class Challenge creates a Dental Alumni Endowed Faculty Fund for Excellence. All alumni are being asked to contribute to this permanent fund, which will provide faculty fellowships throughout the School, with an emphasis on supporting junior faculty.

Funding for faculty is a particularly urgent need. In the last four years, the School has moved to a year-round curriculum to accelerate learning and provide more clinical experiences for students. This new curriculum helps keep our School on the cutting edge, but it creates tremendous strain for faculty in an environment of limited state funding and research support. In addition, budget cuts have placed even more pressure on our faculty.

This is our association’s third Class Challenge. The first one helped remodel and create the D-1 Simulation Clinic for our students. The second one created the Dental Alumni Endowed Scholarship Fund for our students, generating $60,000 in scholarships each year.

Now, with this third Class Challenge, we seek to give meaningful support to our faculty. We are proud of these outstanding dental educators, who are among the world’s finest, and we must do everything that we can to support them.

For those who have already given to this Class Challenge, we thank you. If you have the means, please consider adding to that donation. We are requesting that you consider an annual donation of $2,000 per year for the next five years. Any pledge amount made to the faculty fund will be appreciated. The $2,000 annual gift means membership in the UW President’s Club and our School’s Dean’s Club. More importantly, your gift recognizes the importance the School of Dentistry plays in your life and returns support to a premier institution.

Thank you for your consideration of the Class Challenge. We hope you will continue to be generous in your support of the institution that has given all of us so many opportunities for success.

Sincerely yours, Rick Crinzi, Class of 1972 Dave Minahan, Class of 1975 PAST PRESIDENT, UW DENTAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CAMPAIGN CHAIR DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DENTAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

NEWS 9 9 A new interim dean Dr. Gary Chiodo of Oregon Health & Science University is appointed to lead our School after Dr. James Johnson steps down 10 School pares deficit While more progress must be made, our School achieved a major reduction in its operating shortfall in fiscal year 2018

11 11 Affiliate faculty stars Dr. Bobby Cohanim and Dr. Jeffrey Abolofia receive Hungate Awards for Teaching Excellence 12 Dr. Chi earns national honor Dr. Donald Chi of our faculty is named Pediatric Dentist of the Year by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 13 Farewell to Dr. Fales Dr. Martha Fales, an iconic leader of our dental hygiene program, is mourned 12 20 A special effort Faculty, staff, student and alumni volunteers pitch in to help at the Special Olympics dental screenings in Seattle 21 The whole tooth Our faculty are part of a research project that has led to a promising new remineralization product

FEATURES 13 24 Cover story: Prologue to pre-doc Even before enrolling, our students have often compiled remarkable life stories

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

5 Alumni President’s Message 38 Legacy Gifts As our School confronts tough challenges, alumni Dr. Rod Wentworth and Jill DeMarco support is more critical than ever 24 39 History Project: Dr. Norbert Hertl 7 The Dean’s Corner 42 Profile in Partnership: Our new interim dean outlines his goals Washington Dentists’ Insurance Agency 31 Faculty Updates 43 Research Update 32 Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Georgios Kotsakis 44 Class Notes/Reunions 33 Profiles in Service:Dr. E. David Engst 45 In Memoriam 34 Partners in Excellence/Annual Donors 46 CDE Spotlight/Schedule of Courses

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Dental Alumni Association Officers DentalAlumninews Online: https://dental.washington.edu/ alumni-friends/connect/magazine/ DENTISTRY ADVANCEMENT AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS STAFF ALUMNI RELATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT

RANDY NEWQUIST Jason Bourne ’01 Jeremy Chaison ’06 Oleg Shvartsur ’11 Assistant Dean, Advancement and External Affairs Phone: (206) 616-0716 President President-elect Treasurer Email: [email protected]

2018-2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOUG DAY Associate Director of Advancement Donald Raleigh ’50 Teresa Yagi ’86 Phone: (206) 543-6017 Email: [email protected] H. Sam Anderson ’51 Janice Ikeda ’88 GREG CROAK Burton Goodman ’53 John Hixson ’89 Assistant Director of Advancement Phone: (206) 616-0986 Larry Stone ’55 Beth O’Connor ’90 Email: [email protected]

Joseph Grillo ’56 Carrie York ’91 SARAH MARTIN Advancement Coordinator Richard Westin ’58 Ross Drangsholt ’92 Phone: (206) 616-0938 Fred Hasegawa ’59 Mike Kern ’93 Email: [email protected] Robert Monsen ’60 Mark Grace ’94 COMMUNICATIONS Al Leonard ’62 Alicia Chou ’96 STEVE STEINBERG Director of Communications Thomas Jones ’63 Kelly Garwood ’97 Phone: (206) 616-0827 Email: [email protected] Thomas Ware ’64 Sarah Fraker ’98 CONTINUING DENTAL EDUCATION Martin Anderson ’65 Nhi Pham ’99 SALLY GEE Robert D. Allen ’66 Jason Bourne ’01 Director of Continuing Dental Education Phone: (206) 616-0990 Chester Woodside ’67 Michael George ’02 Email: [email protected]

Alan Carr ’68 Alex Kang ’03 JOY PARK Dexter Barnes ’69 Jessica Swoboda ’04 Program Coordinator, Continuing Dental Education Phone: (206) 221-2636 Patrick Fleege ’70 Kim Santiago ’05 Email: [email protected] T. Michael Doyle ’71 Jeremy Chaison ’06 ADVANCEMENT PHONE: (206) 685-9350 or (866) 550-2977 Richard Crinzi ’72 Theron Baker ’07 ALUMNI PHONE: (206) 543-7297 ALUMNI FAX: (206) 616-6269 Fred Wemer ’73 Garret Yamaguchi ’08 ALUMNI EMAIL: [email protected] CDE PHONE: (206) 543-5448 Sherwin Shinn ’74 Parker Haley ’09 DENTAL ALUMNI NEWS EDITORIAL OFFICES David Minahan ’75 David Dean ’10 University of Washington School of Dentistry Bryan Edgar ’76 Oleg Shvartsur ’11 Box 357137 Charles Brown ’77 Rusty Johnson ’12 Seattle, WA 98195-7137 EDITOR: Steve Steinberg J. Michael Hardy ’78 Karim Banani ’13 ART DIRECTOR: Peter Tucker Brewster Bede ’79 Tyler Rumple ’14 © 2018 University of Washington Dental Alumni Association Ross Fraker ’80 David Ludwig ’15 Dental Alumni News is published twice each year by the UW School of Dentistry and sent to alumni, faculty, staff, graduate Thomas E. Jacka ’81 Chris Wagner ’16 students and friends of the School. Please send class notes (including marriages, births, professional news, awards, travel and Mike Johnson ’82 Emily Yepez ’17 photos), correspondence, death notices and remembrances (250- word maximum) and address changes to Dental Alumni News, UW Robert E. Johnson Jr. ’83 Daniel Estrada ’18 School of Dentistry, Box 357137, Seattle, WA 98195-7137. Mark Drangsholt ’84 Diane Daubert ’82, Dental Hygiene ON THE COVER: Kris Harris pilots his jet during his service LaRae Vanderschelden ’85 as a Marine before enrolling at our School.

4 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 President’s Message Our faculty need and deserve your support “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill Don’t miss the Hawaii reception! If you plan to attend the ADA’s 2018 meetings in Honolulu, ello, colleagues! What an honor it is for me make sure you swing by our School’s reception on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, 2259 to begin my term as president of the Dental Kalakaua Ave. in Honolulu. Please RSVP by Oct. 5 at 206- H Alumni Association, and to follow Rick Crinzi 543-7297 or email [email protected]. at that! My first order of business is to thank Rick for his outstanding leadership over the past two years. World University Rankings our School remained He is a true giant in our state’s “dental realm,” and I No. 14 in the world and moved up a spot to No. 4 in aim to serve with the same dedication, wisdom, and the United States. Lastly, the Class of 2018 – just like resourcefulness that Rick has the Class of 2017 – had an aggregate score on Part II embodied over his tenure. (clinical proficiency) of the national boards that placed Thank you, as well, to Dr. Jim them in the top two or three classes in the country. Johnson for his work as interim These are accolades that we can all be proud of. dean. He stepped in last fall, These achievements would not be possible without was charged with some difficult our incredible faculty, who continue to guide and tasks, and served with prudence train our students to excel in all aspects of dentistry. and principle. His devotion to I know that we are all grateful for the team of our school is duly appreciated. educators that made us the dentists we are today, and Jim will be re-assuming his role as the chair of the I’m sure we all have those specific faculty members Department of Endodontics, so be sure to swing by that changed us as an individual – our knowledge of the D-wing on the sixth floor if you’re at the School dentistry, our appreciation of our craft, or even our and thank him for his service. Stepping in as the new outlook on how we can create change in the world interim dean is Dr. Gary Chiodo, coming to us from through our profession. So let’s show them how much the Oregon Health & Science University School of we are indebted to them, and give back to the school Dentistry. He brings a wealth of experience, and I during the ongoing Class Challenge campaign. These invite all the alumni to welcome and support him in funds will go directly to the faculty, and to the faculty his new and vital role at our School. only, so they can truly help our wonderful educators. There is no doubt that Dean Chiodo will continue Our School has gone through many phases since the progress made in tackling our school’s financial its inception, but I think we can all agree that we have difficulties that Dr. Johnson initiated. The headway entered a period of significant change. It is my goal our School has made recently on this has been as Dental Alumni Association president to continue significant (see page 10), and even more progress is the Association’s support of our School during this expected in fiscal year 2019. This is great news for change, and to support the culture of excellence that our school, which despite some monetary struggles, our School embodies. Your involvement is critical, and continues to shine as one of the elite dental programs I hope that you will join us in our efforts to sustain in the world. Our School was ranked No. 3 in the this outstanding institution. world in the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Jason Bourne (’01) Universities, and in the 2018 Quacquarelli Symonds UW Dental Alumni Association President

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 5 Our team is here for you Our Office of Advancement, Alumni Services, and Continuing Dental Education works to help you support and stay informed about our School of Dentistry, connect with one another, and assist you in your professional development. We’re always happy to hear from you!

RANDY NEWQUIST Randy, who has been at the UW since 1986, was our longtime Director of Assistant Dean of Advancement Alumni Services before becoming Assistant Dean in early 2018 and leading and External Affairs our office. He oversees our School’s fund-raising operations and also remains closely involved in Dental Alumni Association activities. 206-616-0716 [email protected]

DOUG DAY Doug started at our School in 2016 after extensive experience in corporate Associate Director of Advancement sales and working with non-profits in fund-raising and philanthropy. He assists 206-543-6017 our alumni, faculty, and friends in their philanthropy with a focus on major gifts and planned giving, and also helps alumni to increase their level of [email protected] engagement with the School.

GREG CROAK Greg joined us in 2017 after working as Director of Graduate Affairs for Noble Assistant Director of Advancement and Greenough School, a private high school in Boston. His primary focus and Alumni Services is building relevant programming for recent DDS alumni while engaging corporate partners. Greg also serves on the University Advancement Equity 206-616-0986 team, which strives to make the UW more diverse, welcoming, and inclusive. [email protected]

SARAH MARTIN Sarah came to us in 2016 a few months after starting at the UW in Gift Advancement Coordinator Services. Before that, she spent 10 years at the Kansas Historical Society in 206-616-0938 her home state managing the National Register of Historic Places program. An architectural historian and public historian by training, she also works part time [email protected] as a consulting historian throughout King County. In our office, her roles include tracking gift activity, managing donor lists, supporting fund-raisers, and more.

STEVE STEINBERG Steve joined us from the Seattle Times in 2008 after 35 years as a Director of Communications professional journalist, editing and writing for national magazines and 206-616-0827 newspapers including the Dallas Morning News. He writes and edits the Dental Alumni News, posts material on our School’s website and social [email protected] media, works with news media, writes news releases for external publication, produces videos, and assists the Dean’s Office with communication.

SALLY GEE Sally started at our School in 2002 working for Pediatric Dentistry, then moved Director of Continuing Dental to CDE a year later. She lived in France for nearly two years after graduating Education from the UW, then came home and worked for a printing software firm. As CDE director, she plans new courses, maintains accreditation, oversees 206-616-0990 marketing, and develops course ideas based on industry needs, participant [email protected] requests, and dental organization partnership possibilities.

JOY PARK Joy started with us as a UW student assistant majoring in anthropology in Program Coordinator, Continuing 2007, then became a CDE temp, then a full-time office assistant, and now Dental Education program coordinator. She assists in CDE program planning, dealing with logistical details and compiling course materials, and monitors the CDE 206-221-2636 registration system. [email protected] The Dean’s Corner Challenges, opportunities, and change

ince being selected as Interim Dean, I have been those challenges on both the revenue and expenditure making frequent use of the words “honored,” sides of the ledger and cannot be successful in doing S “thrilled,” “enthusiastic,” and “pleased.” This is so without collaboration from all stakeholders. truly a great honor for me, and I am sincerely humbled Department chairs need detailed and clear data to by the trust and confidence that the UW leadership partner with me in addressing fiscal issues, and they and School of Dentistry have placed in me. will receive it. At the same time, I have been an interim dean of • We need strategic plans for the short, a dental school before and I recognize that, while intermediate, and long term. I do not want this to be opportunities abound, they come with challenges identified as “Dean Chiodo’s Strategic Plan” and will and that change is not always embraced. One of the include representatives from faculty, alumni, student early challenges for a new dean coming in groups, executive leadership, and organized dentistry from the outside is learning the concerns in a collective process. and hopes of the faculty, students, and • I will have a laser focus on our clinical operations staff. This is a critical part of learning the and opportunities for enhanced patient care. I believe “culture” of an organization. I feel a bit that these opportunities exist in the pre-doctoral, of an advantage in this regard in that the graduate, and faculty practice clinics. All who are recent external review of the School by involved in any element of patient care will be the Deloitte consulting group provided oriented to a strong “delight the customer” philosophy. some limited exploration and insight into Effective methods of soliciting patient experience that culture. While that report will be feedback will tell us if we are, in fact, delighting the useful in informing my areas of focus for customer. the next few months, my immediate tasks will include • The School has a history of being a research personally collecting, categorizing, and synthesizing giant, and I will work with our research community information from all groups. to explore creative ways to stimulate even greater This is a “listening tour” and will include initial development in this area. I will work with department one-on-one interviews with many faculty; group chairs to establish “program development” accounts meetings with other faculty; meetings with students, that can be used to help fledgling investigators get staff, and post-doctoral resident groups; and enhanced started. patient feedback systems. In addition, I will be • Our students are the reason that we are privileged reaching out to our Dental Alumni Association and the to have a school of dentistry and are our future state’s dental community. colleagues and alumni. I want to ensure that no student The dean’s office will be a bi-directional point of leaves our school feeling that he or she was treated communication. The information that I receive from unfairly or subjectively. I also will work hard to control all of these sources will be reflected back to you and tuition and other expenses so that we are competitive to all stakeholders in a transparent way, along with and sustainable. my conclusions and plans. I will ask you, from your The above is part of my short list. There is so perspective, what is working well, what is not working much more for us to face and conquer, but I am so well, and what you see as the top three priorities. already confident that we will be a formidable team In addition to listening, learning, and in addressing these challenges, maximizing our communicating, I have quite a few other short-range opportunities, and welcoming the change. I am indeed and intermediate goals. These include: delighted to be joining this team and pledge to be your • Regular communication of the School’s fiscal enthusiastic partner as we move forward. stability and financial challenges. I recognize that Gary T. Chiodo, DMD, FACD much has been written about this. I plan to address Interim Dean

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 7 WSDA/Dental Alumni Mentor Program Mentors make a tremendous impact on our students. They demonstrate professional behavior and ethics. They give students real-world knowledge of dental practice that the classroom — and even school clinic — can’t always provide. They are a powerful force in directing the future of the dental profession.

DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Contact Randy Newquist at the School of Dentistry: [email protected] or 206-616-0716.

Mark your calendar for this year’s Mentor Reception: Thursday, Oct. 11 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Husky Stadium’s Touchdown Terrace news Dr. Gary Chiodo becomes interim dean Dr. Gary Chiodo of Oregon Health lated peer-reviewed articles. In 2002, he & Science University (OHSU) was ap- was elected as a Fellow of the American pointed interim dean of our School of College of Dentists. Dentistry, effective Aug. 1. He has also served on committees Dr. Chiodo was assistant director of with the Oregon Health Division and the Center for Ethics in Health Care the Oregon Health Authority, and on and professor emeritus in the De- the board of the Oregon Public Health partment of Community Dentistry at Association, and has held member- OHSU. He succeeded Dr. James John- ship in the American Dental Associa- son, who stepped down as interim dean tion, Academy of General Dentistry, in April and resumed his earlier duties and Oregon Dental Association. He has as chair of the Department of End- received OHSU’s Distinguished Faculty odontics. Award for Leadership and the Ecumen- Dr. Johnson had taken over from Dr. ical Ministries of Oregon HIV Honor Joel Berg last October after Dr. Berg re- Award. signed from the deanship, which he had “I am sincerely honored to be join- held since 2012. ing the University of Washington “Dr. Chiodo is a highly respected School of Dentistry leadership team at and capable dental education leader a critical time of transformation,” Dr. who will provide the focused, knowl- Chiodo said. “The school has consis- Interim Dean Gary Chiodo edgeable, dedicated, and collabora- tently been rated as one of the very tive leadership needed by the School time faculty member in the Department best, nationally and internationally. It of Dentistry at this time,” University of Public Health Dentistry, earning pro- is my intent to firmly secure that rat- of Washington President Ana Mari motion to full professor in 1992. ing and continue to drive us forward. Cauce said in a joint announcement Dr. Chiodo served as OHSU’s chief We certainly have challenges to ad- with Provost Mark Richards. “We are integrity officer from 2000 to 2011, dress as we resolve operational issues confident that he will engage faculty, overseeing health care compliance, hu- and improve our infrastructure. After staff, and students in transforming the man and animal subject research, and meeting with department chairs, fac- School into an organization that is several other areas. He received his ulty, staff, students, and UW executive committed to excellence, accountabil- bachelor’s degree in biology from Port- leadership, I am confident that we are ity and sustainability.” land State University in 1974 and his well prepared to meet these challeng- From 2012 to 2014, Dr. Chiodo DMD from the University of Oregon es. I will be an enthusiastic partner in served as interim dean at the OHSU Health Sciences Center in 1978. He this effort.” School of Dentistry, where he worked earned a certificate in health care eth- In recent years, the School has con- to solve financial challenges. He is ex- ics from the UW School of Medicine fronted a rising operating deficit. How- pected to serve as our interim dean for in 1992. ever, a series of measures taken in the at least two years before the university For two decades at the start of his past year substantially pared the annual conducts a search for a new permanent career, he practiced at a Portland public shortfall (see page 10). dean. health dental clinic that treated the ma- “We all owe a great many thanks to From 2014 to 2017, Dr. Chiodo jority of identified HIV-positive persons Dr. Johnson and the rest of the School’s served as vice president and system in Oregon and southwest Washington. leadership for the progress they have compliance officer/organizational integ- He has served on state and national made in addressing these financial chal- rity with PeaceHealth, a nonprofit chain committees related to public health, lenges,” Dean Chiodo said. “Now we of hospitals, medical clinics and labo- ethics, and infectious diseases. He has must build on their work to ensure that ratories located in Alaska, Washington, lectured internationally on these issues the School has the stable, sound founda- and Oregon. At OHSU, he was a long- and has published more than 100 re- tion we require.”

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Major headway made on deficit

Our School of Dentistry reduced its sage, saying: “The FY2018 deficit re- for our state’s most vulnerable, we need operating deficit for fiscal year 2018 by flects some one-time adjustments that our state lawmakers to help support the more than 80 percent from FY2017, we will not have in FY2019, and that significant numbers of Medicaid and School officials reported in August. means we still have a great deal of work uncompensated patients we treat in our The deficit for FY2018, which remaining to achieve our goal of elimi- clinics every day,” he said. ended on June 30, was $1.85 million, nating any annual deficits in depart- The School began receiving pay- compared with a deficit of $11 million mental budgets going forward.” ments from the Professional Services in FY2017. The deficit in FY2016 was He also said that he did not believe Supplemental Payment program early $6 million. that the School could rely solely on this year. The federal program helps The progress in reducing the deficit budget cuts to eliminate its deficit, and make up the losses Medicaid provid- was especially noteworthy in light of ers sustain because of low reimburse- initial projections made last fall, which “…We still have a ment rates. However, while it gives our forecast a figure ranging from $10 mil- School a substantial boost, it still does lion to $16 million. great deal of work not fully cover the losses incurred by “A great deal of credit goes to Dr. our heavy Medicaid patient load, which James Johnson, my predecessor, along remaining to achieve has risen over the last several years to with our School leadership and staff about half of total patient visits. who worked diligently and took the our goal of eliminating In addition to the state request, In- difficult steps needed. They all should terim Dean Chiodo also said that one be justifiably proud of this signifi- any annual deficits in of his top priorities would be to revive cant accomplishment,” said Interim departmental budgets the faculty practice, which was closed in Dean Gary Chiodo in a message to the the spring due to operating losses and School in August. going forward.” disparities in faculty compensation. Since last fall, the School eliminated Dr. Chiodo will convene a faculty a number of faculty and staff posi- – Interim Dean Gary Chiodo practice work group and request fast- tions through a combination of layoffs tracked recommendations. “A healthy and attrition. The number of associate that further reductions must be strate- and flourishing faculty practice is essen- deans was trimmed from seven to four, gic and not compromise programs or tial, and we will rebuild it aggressively and the School also reduced adminis- growth. To that end, Dr. Chiodo plans on both the main campus and at the trative salary supplements. In partner- to lead development of “a coherent, Sand Point clinic,” he said. ship with the UW Provost, a historic detailed strategic plan to grow our rev- Operating improvements will also shortfall in the School’s summer tuition enues, fortify our faculty resources, and continue with a focus on patient bill- allocation has been resolved. Tuition in sustain our educational excellence.” ing and collections processes as well as the pre-doctoral program was also fro- At the request of the UW President improving the patient experience. Dr. zen for the upcoming academic year in and Provost, Dr. Chiodo is submit- Chiodo plans to explore ways to make recognition of sharp increases over the ting a state operating budget request our clinics more inviting and accessible last several years. to increase support for clinical opera- to patients, including soliciting patient Interim Dean Chiodo, however, tions. “In order to remain a safe, stable satisfaction and experience data for all sounded a note of caution in his mes- and high quality provider of oral health of our clinical operations.

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Dr. Jeffrey Abolofia, Dr. Bobby Cohanim honored for affiliate teaching Dr. Bobby Cohanim and Dr. Jef- work of emeritus or senior faculty. the Restorative affiliate faculty. He frey Abolofia were honored with Dr. Cohanim, who received his has been nominated several times for Hungate Awards for Teaching Excel- DDS and orthodontics certificate at a Hungate Award, and consistently lence, our School’s highest recogni- the University of Southern Califor- earns his students’ highest ratings for tion for affiliate faculty members, nia, along with an MSD in craniofacial his teaching. during the Ernest Jones Memorial biology, taught at USC from 1990 to “Jeff, more than any other affiliate Lecture on March 23 at Kane Hall on 1995. He returned to Seattle, where he faculty member [I know], sets supe- the UW campus. had attended the UW as an undergrad- rior standards for his students,” wrote Dr. Cohanim, an affiliate profes- uate, and joined our affiliate faculty, on Dr. James Newman of the Restorative sor in our Department of Ortho- which he has served for 21 years. faculty in a nominating letter. Another dontics, received the 2018 Hungate He teaches biomechanics to first- Restorative colleague, Dr. Thomas Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. year Ortho residents and is active in Quickstad, wrote: “Jeff loves dentist- Abolofia, an affiliate professor in our departmental research. He also lets ry and it shows when he is working Department of Restorative Dentistry, senior graduate students shadow him with students. He shows them that the received the 2018 Hungate Lifetime in his private practice to learn about work they are doing is important to Teaching Award. practice management. success in their time in dental school The awards, inaugurated in 2014, “Dr. Cohanim is an effective, pas- and beyond.” honor the memory of Dr. William P. sionate teacher who has greatly con- The Hungate Awards were institut- “Mitch” Hungate (’78), a beloved af- tributed to the educational mission ed to formally acknowledge the efforts filiate faculty member for 33 years of the Department of Orthodontics of affiliate faculty, who are indispens- who was well known for his dedi- and School of Dentistry,” wrote Dr. able to our School’s educational and cation to excellence in and out of Roozbeh Khosravi of the department’s clinical mission. In any given year, dentistry. An avid outdoorsman and faculty in a nominating letter. “He is between 500 and 600 dentists serve on triathlete, he died in an avalanche in a very worthy recipient of this teach- the affiliate faculty, for compensation the Cascades in 2013. The awards are ing award to recognize excellence and that covers little more than the cost of supported by donations from friends, dedication among our affiliate faculty.” parking at the UW. family, and colleagues. Dr. Abolofia (’75), who also re- The Distinguished Teaching Award ceived his undergraduate education Above: Dr. Mark Drangsholt (left) of the Hungate Awards selection committee and Dr. Jeff Parrish is given to recognize outstanding ju- at the UW, has taught dental anato- (right), chair of the committee, join Dr. Jeffrey nior or mid-career faculty, while the my and occlusion to more than 3,300 Abolofia (second from left) and Dr. Bobby Co- Lifetime Teaching Award honors the students in the course of 44 years on hanim after presentation of their awards.

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appointment in the UW School of AAPD names Dr. Donald Chi Public Health, holds a PhD in health services research from the University of Iowa in addition to his DDS from Pediatric Dentist of the Year our School. He has published more Dr. Donald Chi (’06), associate B. Miller Crest Oral B. For the Kids than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, professor of Oral Health Sciences, has award from AAPD’s Healthy Smiles, abstracts, and book chapters. His wide- been named Pediatric Dentist of the Healthy Children foundation. ranging research interests include Year by the American Academy of Pe- Dr. Chi’s recent research includes access to dental care services, Alaska diatric Dentistry (AAPD). the first long-term study of dental Native pediatric oral health dispari- The award, which was presented at health aide therapist utilization, which ties, oral health of low-income children AAPD’s annual meetings in May, goes he based on data collected from 2006 with special health care needs, and the to a pediatric dentist who has made to 2015 in Alaska’s Yukon Kuskokwim relationship between medical and den- significant contributions to the dental Delta. His study, which was published tal care utilization. profession and the specialty of pediat- in January in the Journal of Public He is the first dentist and UW fac- ric dentistry through clinical practice, Health Dentistry, found that greater ulty member to be named a William access to the therapists’ services in T. Grant Foundation Scholar, and in Alaska resulted in more use of preven- 2013 he received the International As- tive dental services and fewer extrac- sociation for Dental Research Colgate tions among adults and children. In Community-Based Research Award addition, fewer children with more ac- for Caries Prevention and the Bengt cess required extractions of their four Magnusson Memorial Prize in Child front teeth. Dental Health from the International Dr. Chi, who also holds an adjunct Association of Pediatric Dentistry. Sea Mar launches new scholarship Sea Mar Community Health Cen- tal, and behavioral health clinics and ters, one of Washington state’s leading a wide range of nutritional, social, providers of broad-based health care and educational services. While the and other critical services to under- community-based organization serves served communities, has bolstered our the entire community regardless of School’s scholarship resources with a ability to pay, it focuses on diverse new award. communities, especially Latinos in The Sea Mar Community Health Washington state. Dr. Donald Chi Centers Diversity Scholarship, Care at its dental clinics includes academics or policy development over launched with a five-year pledge, exams, urgent-care visits, restorative the past year. Recipients also have de- helps to support one or more den- procedures, limited orthodontic treat- voted extensive volunteer leadership tal students demonstrating financial ment, and oral health education. Sea service to the dental profession and need. Preference is given to students Mar also provides follow-up care from their specialty. with deep personal ties and connec- community Head Start program visits Dr. Chi’s previous awards include tions with diverse cultures, especially and refers patients to medical provid- the 2017 International Association for those of Latin America. This year’s ers. Sea Mar’s dental director is UW Dental Research’s Young Investigator initial award, which was announced at dental alumnus Dr. Alejandro Narvaez Award; the American Dental Associa- our School’s Scholarship Luncheon in (’82), who has been an active contribu- tion’s 2015 Evidence-Based Dentistry June, went to second-year RIDE stu- tor to our School as a donor and an af- Faculty and Practice Award; the initial dent Mariany Morales. filiate faculty member and through his Sunstar Americas Pediatric Prevention Founded in 1978, Sea Mar encom- extensive involvement in our Partners Award in 2013; and the 2016 Jerome passes more than 90 medical, den- in Diversity program.

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in oral biology. “She was an integral Dental hygiene icon part of the initial study on public wa- ter fluoridation in Michigan in the Dr. Martha Fales mourned 1940s when she was working on her master’s in public health. Dr. Martha Howard Fales, who with dental students, and participated “Martha was honored at the 50th chaired the Department of Dental in treatment planning and treatment anniversary of public water fluori- Hygiene at our School of Dentistry in clinic with students,” recalled Dr. dation, one of the top 10 advances from 1961 to 1986, died on April 29 Glen Johnson, professor emeritus of in public health in the 20th century. in Olympia, Wash., just weeks before Restorative Dentistry at our School. When she came to Seattle, she worked her 102nd birthday. “This program was a model for hy- hard on the campaign for fluorida- Dr. Fales joined the School’s facul- giene education worldwide, and a very tion here, rounding up all the hygiene ty in 1959 and assumed leadership of well-functioning program through students and dental students to [ring] the Dental Hygiene Department from which hygiene students, patients, and doorbell[s] for the campaign.” its founder, Dr. Esther Wilkins, one of dental students benefited greatly.” “Martha was larger than life,” Dr. the most influential figures in mod- In 1990, the Washington Dental Johnson said. “Those of us who knew ern dental hygiene. Dr. Fales also left Hygienists’ Association established her will never forget her.” an indelible mark on the profession the Martha Fales Award to honor her Dr. Fales was born in Ludington, through her continuing advocacy on and recognize other hygienists for Mich., to Mabel and Peters Howard. health and dental hygiene issues and outstanding contributions to their After she earned her bachelor’s degree her oversight of an outstanding four- profession. in dental hygiene from the University year dental hygiene degree program “Martha was indeed a special per- of Michigan, she worked as a hygienist at the UW. The program also offered son and an inspiration for many gen- in the Flint, Mich., public schools. She an option for a master’s degree. erations of dental hygienists,” said went on to earn a master’s degree and “The hygiene students took sev- Dr. Diane Daubert, who received her PhD from the University of Michigan. eral basic science courses in parallel bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene Her doctoral work focused on the his- from our School in 1982 before ob- tory of dental hygiene education. taining her master’s degree and PhD In 1946 she married Kenneth Frank Fales, whom she had met while In 2015, Dr. Martha Fales visited the School of working as a field hygienist in Maine. Dentistry and paused by a bust of Dean Maurice They settled in Connecticut and later Hickey. During his tenure, she served as chair of Massachusetts, then moved to the the Department of Dental Hygiene. Seattle area when her husband was of- fered a job at Boeing. After living in Bellevue, they moved to the Montlake neighborhood in 1970, which allowed Dr. Fales to walk to our School. Dr. Fales became professor emeritus in 1986, continuing to lecture and act as a proponent of dental education. Her husband passed away in 2006. Dr. Fales is survived by her daugh- ter, Jane Fales Goldberg, and son-in- law, Larry, of Aberdeen (Wash.); four grandchildren, Amy Goldberg Rowley (Scott) of Olympia, Carrie Goldberg of Brooklyn (N.Y.), David Goldberg (JJ) of Seattle, and Lauren Goldberg of Los Angeles (Calif.); and five great- grandchildren.

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one of their final joint appearances to raising funds for the $250,000 endow- ment, and followed it up with a sub- stantial personal gift. Dr. Walker was president of the Washington State Dental Associa- tion in 2004 and Seattle-King County Dental Society in 1994-1995, and has also been an American Dental Asso- ciation delegate from Washington. Dr. David Mathews (left) receives his He was president of the Washington award from his old Oral Health Foundation from 2000 to friend and longtime 2002, president of the SKCDS Foun- lecture colleague, dation in 1995-1996, and chaired the Dr. Frank Spear. ADA Council on Governmental Af- fairs in 2009-2010. He has served on the Dean’s Club Board of Trustees, Drs. Mathews, Walker honored and has volunteered with Medical Re- lief International and Medical Teams International for the past decade. at annual Dean’s Club dinner Members of the Class of 2018 were Dr. David Mathews (Perio ’74) and the end of their collaboration, the trio special guests. Evan Mitchell, presi- Dr. Mark Walker (’81) were honored created the Kokich Mathews Spear dent of the Student Council, received on May 5 at our annual Dean’s Club Endowed Fund for Academic Lead- the Jack E. Nichols Student Leader- Dinner, which took place at the Bell ership in Dentistry, which supports ship Award, while Kristofer Harris, Harbor International Conference instruction for our faculty in the art class president, received the John- Center on downtown Seattle’s scenic and science of effective presentation. ny N. Johnson Student Leadership waterfront. In 2009, the three lecturers devoted Award. Dr. Mathews received the 2018 Dean’s Club Honorary Lifetime Member Award, the club’s highest rec- ognition, while Dr. Walker received our Dental Alumni Association’s 2018 Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Sidney Gallegos (’81), President of the Dean’s Club Board of Trustees, and Dr. Susan Hollinsworth (’78), a fellow board member, shared hosting duties at the gala event. Dr. Mathews served as Clinical As- sistant Professor on our Periodontics faculty from 1974 to 1982, and then in 2010 rejoined the faculty as Af- filiate Associate Professor. For more than 25 years, he traveled the world Dr. Mark Walker (left) with Dr. Frank Spear and the late Dr. receives his award Vincent Kokich as one of dentistry’s plaque from his good friend Dr. Deck Barnes. most celebrated lecture teams. Near

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Dr. Sidney Gallegos, the dinner’s co-host, presents the Jack E. Nichols Student Leadership Award to fourth- year student Evan Mitchell.

Dr. Susan Hollinsworth shared the Judy Allen and Dr. Robert Allen (’66) hosting duties.

Dr. Rick Crinzi (’72, left), outgoing president of our Dental Alumni Association, received a plaque of ap- Fourth-year student Kris Harris received the Johnny N. preciation from Dr. Jason Bourne (’01), the incoming Dr. Karen Sakuma (’79) and Dr. Carrie York Johnson Student Leadership Award. president. (’91, GPR ’92)

Lisa Hess and Dr. Tim Hess (’94) Dr. Jim Ribary (’75) and Linda Ribary Mark Konings and Dr. Alejandro Narvaez (’82)

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Class of 2018 earns its hoods GRAD IMAGES

Sixty-five members of our Class of and life – and that is change,” he told the 2018, including those in the Internation- graduates. He urged them to find fulfill- al DDS program, received their DDS de- ment by balancing their professional du- grees at the annual Investiture of Hoods ties, spirituality, family life, and recreation. ceremony at the UW’s Meany Hall on Dr. Ricardo Schwedhelm, associ- June 2. ate dean for clinical services, welcomed Dr. James Johnson, chair of our De- guests to the ceremony, and Dr. Kristofer partment of Endodontics, who had re- Harris, class president, delivered a short cently concluded his term as interim dean, speech liberally laced with humor. His was the keynote speaker, selected by the class distinguished itself this year with graduating class. “You will do well to rely an outstanding performance on Part II on your training and education to get you of the national board exams that placed through difficult times, but you must also them among the top two or three classes be ready for the one constant in dentistry Dr. Kristofer Harris, class president in the nation.

Dr. Isabella Wang Amar (’18) savors that special moment.

Dr. James Johnson, keynote speaker

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New clinicians mark the moment On June 23, our Class of 2020 stu- the students. Class President Micah dents took that big step forward into Bovenkamp led the students through their new roles as clinical providers with the traditional pledge of excellence and our annual White Coat Ceremony. ethical conduct. The ceremony, held at the UW’s Those taking the pledge and receiv- Kane Hall, features the presentation of ing their clinical coats included the clinical coats to rising third-year stu- newest cohort of International DDS dents, who until that point have only students, who join our other students assisted in clinic. Now, during their for the final two years of the pre-doc- final two years, the students perform toral curriculum. procedures themselves under faculty Thanks go to our UW Dental Alum- supervision. ni Association, which was the primary As he has often been before, Pro- sponsor, and the other supporters, the fessor Emeritus John Wataha of our American College of Dentists and the Department of Restorative Dentistry Dr. Tracy Popowics of Oral Health Sciences helps Washington State Fellows of the Inter- was the keynote speaker, invited by Charmaine Bui into her clinical coat. national College of Dentists. Scholarship recipients recognized Our School recognized its more than 80 annual scholarship recipients on June 1 with a luncheon at South Campus Center. This year’s event included the presentation of a new award, the Sea Mar Community Health Centers Student Diversity Term Scholarship (see page 12). Dr. Susan Coldwell, As- sociate Dean of Student Ser- vices and Admissions, hosted the luncheon, which was attended by scholarship do- nors as well as recipients.

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 17 news Perio honors Dr. Roy C. Page Our Department of Periodontics odontics, related a time when Dr. Page has renamed its research laboratory to “He is a had submitted a grant application to honor one of the School of Dentistry’s the National Institutes of Health that most illustrious faculty members and world-class scientist received a strongly negative initial re- researchers, Dr. Roy C. Page (Perio sponse. ’63). and a world-class “There was no chance this very large In a ceremony that Dr. Page and program project grant application was his wife, Patricia, attended on Aug. human being.” going to be funded,” Dr. Darveau said. 25, 2017, the depart- “At the meeting to ment also dedicated discuss what we were a display case that going to do, I had an- highlights some of his ticipated this meant awards and achieve- the end of the project. ments. During his … To my surprise, Dr. career, Dr. Page, who Page walked into the is now Professor room and said, ‘Looks Emeritus of Periodon- like we got our work tics, received honors cut out for us.’ He including the Nor- then led a discussion ton M. Ross Award on how we should ad- for Clinical Research, dress each individual the American Dental concern raised by the Association’s highest study panel. recognition for life- “The application time research achieve- was funded upon revi- ment. He was named sion and resubmission. Distinguished Scien- This lesson in con- tist by the American fidence in the work Association for Dental and determination has Research in 2001 and Dr. Richard Darveau (right), Chair of Periodontics, joins Dr. Roy C. Page and his wife, Patricia, been an inspiration for Distinguished Alum- at the dedication of a display showcasing some of Dr. Page’s many awards and achievements. me throughout my en- nus by the University tire academic career.” of Washington in 2000, and received periodontal diseases. Dr. Darveau expressed his apprecia- the Gies Award from the American At the School of Dentistry, whose tion for the ceremony and gathering to Academy of Periodontology in 1982. faculty he joined in 1967, Dr. Page es- Dr. Sam Narayanan, who initially con- He has also served as president of tablished the Regional Dental Research tacted Dr. Darveau to propose the idea. the American Association for Dental Center in 1990, and was renowned for Dr. Narayanan, Professor Emeritus in Research and the International Asso- his prowess in attracting grant funding UW Medicine’s pathology department, ciation for Dental Research. – more than $40 million in the course taught pathology with Dr. Page and Dr. Page holds a prominent place in of his career. worked with him on grants. oral biology, with work that includes During a ceremony preceding the Dr. Darveau also extended his ap- seminal studies on the biochemistry dedication of the display case, col- preciation to Perio affiliate faculty of periodontal connective tissue and leagues, faculty, staff, and friends also members Dr. Dave Engel and Dr. Allen the role of the cementum matrix in paid tribute to his stature as a teacher Chen, a close friend and neighbor who periodontal regeneration. His work is and mentor, as well as his personal qual- was part of Dr. Page’s research group; credited with spurring numerous other ities. “He is a world-class scientist and a and to Perio staff members Margaret studies and significantly broadening world-class human being,” one said. Collins and Meghan Guillen for their the understanding of inflammatory Dr. Richard Darveau, Chair of Peri- organizing efforts.

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could be adequately prepared for each clinical rotation. “The Step 1 medical board exam was a large hurdle, as we were reliant com- pletely on self-study for the content,” Dr. Zemplenyi says. But UW predoc- toral training provided an edge. “The most valuable component of my pre-doctoral dental training was my experience with surgical proce- dures and experience with patients,” Dr. Ludwig says. “This experience put me at an advantage when compared to my OMS residents hit MD milestone medical student colleagues who were just entering the clinical part of their In May, our School’s Department The new program immediately at- curriculum.” of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery tracted outstanding candidates, he says. The residents say they thoroughly marked a milestone with the awarding “Since implementing the program, we enjoyed their clinical medical train- of MD degrees to three of its resident have had some of the strongest ap- ing. “We were delivering babies in OB/ trainees – the first in a quarter-cen- plicant pools that I have ever had the GYN rotation, stabilizing gunshot vic- tury. Drs. David Ludwig (’15), Karen privilege of evaluating and interviewing tims in the Emergency Department, Zemplenyi (’15), and Rodney Nishi- for our program.” and removing gallbladders on General moto received their medical degrees, Beyond strengthening OMS training Surgery all without further worry of marking the completion of the first at the UW, Dr. Dodson explains the ra- grades or letters of recommendation,” part of their six-year OMS residency tionale for the new program: “Concep- Dr. Zemplenyi says. “For the first time after enrolling in 2015. tually, OMS is a surgical subspecialty. As in our careers, we were able to learn for Dr. Thomas Dodson, Chair of OMS, such, it seems to make educational sense the sake of learning.” formally proposed the MD/OMS cer- for surgical subspecialists in any field to Maintaining dental skills was a chal- tificate program in 2014, with the new have solid grounding in the principles lenge, however, with dental moonlight- six-year program replacing the former and practices of general surgery and ing discouraged. Says Dr. Nishimoto: four-year residency. The new program care of the surgical patient.” “The OMS program and Dr. Dodson incorporates the final two years of The residents, based on their dental wanted us to focus 100 percent on ex- medical school and two years of general training, start with advanced standing celling in medical school. As the first surgery residency, with eight months in medical school. They rotate at UW class to go through the MD curriculum, of that residency earmarked for OMS School of Medicine sites in Seattle hos- we did not want to have any excuses for electives. Those completing the pro- pitals and the WWAMI region. not being top-ranked medical students. gram may then apply for medical licen- Expanding the program posed for- We maintained our hand skills during sure and board certification in OMS. midable administrative issues, Dr. Dod- our multiple surgical rotations, includ- “Conversion to this six-year format son says. He thanked Dr. Suzanne Al- ing neurosurgery and plastic surgery.” is strategically important to the School len, School of Medicine associate dean, It could be a little frustrating to hear of Dentistry in order to further its goal and Dr. Carol Teitz, School of Medi- about dental classmates who were al- of becoming the premier OMS pro- cine professor emeritus, along with ready opening practices and enjoying gram in the Western United States and their staff, as well as OMS administra- the fruits of their education, Dr. Zem- nationally and internationally recog- tor Bridget Doyle, program director plenyi says, but the residents took that nized as a leader in academic OMS,” Dr. Jasjit Dillon, and program manager in stride – with a little help. Dr. Dodson wrote in his proposal. Susan Lael for nailing down the myriad “I have been very lucky to have the details. support of my family, who keep me Above: Dr. Thomas Dodson gathers with his residents after they received their MDs: (from left) Dr. Ludwig says it was a challenge to grounded when I can’t figure out the Dr. Karen Zemplenyi, Dr. David Ludwig, and Dr. bolster the medical knowledge he gath- difference between nephritic and ne- Rodney Nishimoto. ered while pursuing his DDS so that he phrotic syndromes at 1 a.m.,” she says.

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athletes are unaware of the condition of UW dental volunteers boost their oral health: • 46 percent have periodontal conditions. Special Olympics screenings • 36 percent have untreated tooth decay. Our faculty, staff, students, and eryone, but unfortunately, people with • 14 percent need urgent care. alumni converged on the Husky Union developmental disabilities have dif- • 12 percent have dental pain. Building during the first week in July ficulty accessing oral health care and Improving oral health and access to make the Special Olympics Summer have higher rates of untreated dental to dental care for people with special Games even more special. decay and gum disease,” said Dr. Espi- needs requires the support of the entire These volunteers helped staff the noza, who works in Oral Medicine and dental community, she added, but that’s Special Smiles dental screening pro- directs our School’s landmark Dental more easily said than done, according gram at the 50th-anniversary games in Education in Care of People with Dis- to Dr. Nelson. Seattle. As part of the Special Olym- abilities (DECOD) program. “Children and adults with disabili- pics Healthy Athletes program, Special Fellow volunteer Dr. Travis Nelson ties make up a significant portion of Smiles screenings may include oral of Pediatric Dentistry said: “The lives our population, yet dental providers hygiene instructions and goodie bags, of children and adults with disabili- are often anxious about providing care to these patients, and caregivers often face difficulty finding providers to care for their child’s oral health,” he said. Reiterating the prevailing thought among dentists, Dr. Nelson said that all patients should have access to a dental home. “The Special Smiles program focuses on screening patients for den- tal disease and facilitating connections with providers who can provide com- prehensive dental care,” he said. “While disability may impact health, Dr. Kimberly Espinoza of our faculty (second from left) joins (from left) Dr. Allen Wong, global clinical it isn’t necessarily synonymous with advisor for Special Smiles; fourth-year UW dental student Stephanie Clark; and Dr. Steve Perlman, poor oral health,” he added. “Special director of Special Smiles. Olympics and the Special Smiles pro- mouth guard fabrication, fluoride appli- ties are complicated by a wide variety gram are a great way to help athletes cation, and a dental evaluation. Athletes of physical and behavioral conditions. access oral health services. In turn, this are told if they have an urgent or emer- This can make receiving dental care can improve the individual’s overall gency dental need, and the screeners try and maintaining good oral health a quality of life.” to connect them with care. The screen- challenge.” The dental volunteer effort received ings are also used to collect information The Special Smiles program has a boost from the American Academy of that may help attract funding for treat- been a major asset to researchers, Dr. Developmental Medicine and Dentistry ment and research. Espinoza said, since it has the largest (AADMD), Dr. Espinoza said, crediting With more than 4,000 athletes, database on the oral health of people AADMD’s Special Olympics coordi- coaches, and families on hand for the with developmental disabilities. And it nator, fourth-year student Stephanie games, it was a major undertaking. Spe- clearly shows that dental issues are a Clark, with a stellar student volunteer cial Smiles also helps focus attention on widespread problem. recruitment effort. In addition, Dr. the importance of oral health for peo- “Special Olympics data show high Espinoza said, the UW’s AADMD stu- ple with special needs, says Dr. Kim- rates of oral pain among athletes in ad- dent chapter has been especially active berly Espinoza, who led our School’s dition to untreated dental decay,” she this year, with two other Special Smiles volunteer effort. said. The Special Smiles screenings events under its belt before the Sum- “Oral health is important for ev- have found that a large number of the mer Games.

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gestion from former School of Den- Faculty helps develop new tistry Dean Martha Somerman several years ago. remineralization product “I asked myself: Instead of using amelogenin as is, could I sequence it A University of Washington re- in the UW Department of Materials differently to improve remineraliza- search team that includes faculty mem- Science and Engineering, and Den- tion?” he said. He had to investigate bers from our School of Dentistry and iz Yucesoy, a graduate student in the the different ways in which cells uti- UW Materials Science and Engineer- UW’s Genetically Engineered Materi- lized hydroxyapatite to make proteins ing has designed a natural product us- als Science and Engineering Center. in tooth dentin and enamel and other ing engineered short proteins called “Remineralization guided by pep- forms of bone. peptides to rebuild tooth enamel and tides is a healthy alternative to current “It’s similar to the way in which all heal carious lesions and possibly even dental health care,” said Dr. Sarikaya, seashells have calcium carbonate, but it cavities in their early stages. who was the lead author of the journal takes different forms,” he said. “We had The peptide product remineralizes article. “Peptide-enabled formulations hydroxyapatite-binding peptides from teeth, adding new layers to the previous research. So why not enamel or even damaged dentin use them to remineralize the or cementum, and can be used tooth surface?” in toothpaste, gels, or other ap- After studying data on more plications. It would represent an than 150 peptides, Dr. Sarikaya advance over fluoride tooth- and colleagues used bioinfor- pastes and mouthwashes, which matics to design amelogenin- strengthen existing tooth enam- derived peptides. They settled el but do not add any. on one that created enamel far The team’s product compris- The genetically engineered peptide actually forms new tooth enamel. faster than natural amelogenin, es a genetically engineered pep- which is bulkier, more expen- tide – a chain of amino acids – along will be simple and would be imple- sive, and cumbersome to handle. Each with phosphorus and calcium to form mented in over-the-counter or clinical application deposits 1 to 5 micrometers the mineral hydroxyapatite, which is products.” of new enamel on the teeth, and re- the building block of tooth enamel “As a dental faculty member, I’m peated use increases the thickness layer and its molecular scaffold. The peptide not satisfied with the old drill-and-fill by layer. is derived from amelogenin, the key model,” said Dr. Dogan. “Here, we’re The peptide is engineered to bind protein in tooth enamel development. using natural materials to address a the enamel to the teeth and not the Amelogenin is also the key to the for- global oral health issue.” mouth’s soft tissue. Dr. Dogan said that mation of cementum, which makes up Traditionally, fluoride has been used it could eliminate carious lesions, and the surface of the tooth root. topically to prevent dental caries, but possibly even repair small cavities and The team’s findings were published its inability to reverse caries leaves surface white-spot lesions. It is expect- in the journal ACS Biomaterials Sci- room for other approaches to treat and ed to be safe for daily use by adults and ence and Engineering. The team is led reduce the risk of dental disease. So children alike. by Dr. Mehmet Sarikaya, professor of the UW researchers developed their “Establishing the scientific founda- materials science and engineering and amelogenin-based peptide, which is a tions for remineralization has a high adjunct professor in the Department chain of 15 amino acids. Their product potential to empower practicing den- of Chemical Engineering and Depart- formulations (gels, pastes, solutions) tists to address caries-related dental ment of Oral Health Sciences. Journal incorporate the remineralizing peptide problems due to demineralization, the co-authors include Dr. Sami Dogan, along with the component ions that origin of most dental ailments,” Dr. associate professor in our Department form the mineral that mimics human Dogan said. of Restorative Dentistry and Dr. Greg tissues. The research was funded by the Huang, chair of the Department of “There’s a surprising lack of remin- Washington State Life Sciences Discov- Orthodontics. Other co-authors are eralization studies,” said Dr. Sarikaya, ery Fund and our Department of Re- Dr. Hanson Fong, a research scientist whose interest was sparked by a sug- storative Dentistry’s Spencer Fund.

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Speakers gather with Dr. Timothy DeRouen (holding plaque), the Center’s namesake founder, and Dr. Ana Lucia Seminario (second from left), the Center’s director. From left: Dr. Joseph Zunt, Dr. Waranuch Pitiphat, Florencia Vasta, Dr. Jorge Luis Castillo, and Dr. Arthur Kemoli.

versidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru, who spoke on “From the Andes to the Amazon: Connecting the Peru- vian Oral Research Community to the National Institutes of Health.” DeRouen Center holds first • Dr. Arthur Kemoli of the Univer- sity of Nairobi in Kenya, who spoke on global oral health symposium “Advocating for HIV Research In Chil- dren and Adolescents: The AFRICA With the support of a grant from the • Fundamental gaps in knowledge Project.” National Institute for Dental and Cra- and understanding of the factors related • Dr. Joseph Zunt of the UW and niofacial Research, our School’s Timo- to oral health. Seattle’s Fred Hutch Center for AIDS thy A. DeRouen Center for Global • Lack of priorities developed with Research, who spoke on “Oral Health Oral Health held its first symposium the active participation of the commu- Is Relevant to Global Health: Existing on global oral health on July 31 on the nities in need. Opportunities Through Fogarty Fel- University of Washington campus. • Limited research in implementa- lows and Scholars.” The symposium, titled “Interpro- tion and integration sciences of oral • Florencia Vasta, associate program fessional Health Care: Adding Oral health. officer with the Global Development Health to Interdisciplinary Global Key speakers were: Program of Seattle’s Bill & Melinda Health Projects Worldwide,” sought • Dr. Waranuch Pitiphat of Khon Gates Foundation, who spoke on “In- to provide a framework for global oral Kaen University in Thailand, who ad- vesting in Nutrition Is Investing in health research that extended beyond dressed “Faculty Development: The Global Health.” oral health alone. A key theme was Impact of National Institutes of Health In addition to those attending live, global inequalities in the distribution Funding on the Training of Thai Re- the symposium reached about another of and access to care for oral diseases. search Leaders.” 700 people worldwide who watched a Speakers discussed: • Dr. Jorge Luis Castillo of the Uni- live Facebook feed. Dr. Stiefel honored at dental meeting Dr. Doris Stiefel (’54, Oral Bio ’71), who directed our Dental Education in Care of Persons with Disabilities (DECOD) program from 1975 until retiring in 1994, was honored during Gathering at the Washington Athletic Club were (from left): Dr. David Itzkoff; Lynn Frandsen, RDH; the 30th annual meeting of the Special Dr. Sam Zwetchkenbaum; Patty Doyle, RDH; Dr. Doris Stiefel; Mae Chin, RDH; Dr. Roseann Mulligan; Care Dentistry Association in Seattle Dr. Kim Espinoza, current DECOD director; Dr. Jerry Klaponis; and Dr. Ray Lyons. on April 28. Dr. Stiefel was named an Honorary ternationally recognized center of pa- former DECOD colleague Patricia Diplomate of the American Board of tient care and professional education. Doyle, RDH, for Special Care Den- Special Care Dentistry, in recognition After the day’s session, Dr. Stiefel tistry colleagues at the Washington of her role in making DECOD an in- joined a dinner party hosted by her Athletic Club.

22 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 news Heads up! Dr. Michael Baldwin named Magnuson Scholar Dr. Michael Baldwin (’15), a PhD candi- breathing and feeding. Current treatments We still need date in oral biology at our School, has been are limited to invasive surgeries that have only those skulls named a UW Magnuson Scholar for 2018-19. mixed success. Thanks to our donors who A recipient is chosen annually from each Dr. Baldwin, who received his BS in busi- continue to send human skulls of the university’s Health Sciences schools for ness management at Brigham Young Univer- to Dr. Sue Herring of Oral Health the $30,000 award, which is one of the UW’s sity in 2011, practices general dentistry in the Sciences for instructional use at our School of Dentistry! Since highest. Criteria include academic perfor- Seattle area while pursuing his studies. He our last issue, she’s received mance and potential contributions to research skulls from Dr. John Simpson in the health sciences. (’85), Dr. Bradley Brown (’78), Dr. “I am very grateful and honored to receive James Menzies (’64), Dr. Lorin Peterson (’80), Dr. Christopher H. this award,” Dr. Baldwin said. His PhD dis- James (’77), Dr. Peter Joss (’63), sertation project is titled “The Causes and and Dr. Michael Doyle (’71). Consequences of Midfacial Hypoplasia in Dr. Herring, who also teaches the Yucatan Minipig” and is mentored by Dr. in our Department of Orthodon- tics, uses the skulls as one of Susan Herring and Dr. Zi-Jun Liu of our De- several instructors in a School of partment of Oral Health Sciences. Medicine pre-doctoral His career goal, he said, is to be a dentist- course on medi- scientist in the fields of craniofacial biology cal and dental anatomy. She and orthodontics. Specifically, he hopes to Dr. Michael Baldwin received his DDS at the UW in 2015. also uses them be a professor of orthodontics and plans on in her School of specializing in orthodontics after completing was previously recognized for his research Dentistry post- graduate course his PhD. with the International Association for Den- on head and “Over the course of my career, I hope to tal Research Craniofacial Biology Award in neck anatomy. improve our knowledge about how to prevent 2017, American Association of Oral Biolo- The School’s and better treat craniofacial malformations; gists Award in 2015, and the American Den- collection of train exceptional, highly qualified scientists tal Association Warner-Lambert Research skulls is aging, and skulls have grown prohibitively and clinicians; and help advance dental educa- Conference Award in 2013. expensive in a time of shrinking tion and research,” he said. “Dr. Baldwin’s selection as the 2018-19 budgets, Dr. Herring said. She Dr. Baldwin’s research focuses on midfa- Magnuson Scholar is well deserved,” said Dr. noted that decades ago, dental students often bought skulls, cial hypoplasia, a condition characterized by Douglas Ramsay, Chair of the Department of and those would be prime can- underdevelopment of the upper jaw, nose, and Oral Health Sciences. “I am very impressed didates for donation if they’re no cheek bones. with Michael’s ongoing research in craniofa- longer in use. She also said that The primary mechanism of this condition cial biology, which will advance our under- the newly donated skulls are al- most always in better condition is not well understood, he said, but its effects standing of facial growth, a topic of obvious than the rest of the collection. can be life-threatening, including impaired importance to the field of orthodontics.” The skulls must be actual human specimens – not plastic – and in reasonably good condi- Ernest M. Jones Memorial Lecture tion, with no major parts missing Dr. Barry Raphael (second from right) of or broken, she said. New York City’s Mount Sinai School of Skulls may be sent directly Medicine delivered the Ernest M. Jones to Dr. Herring at the School Memorial Lecture at the UW on March of Dentistry’s Department of Orthodontics, 1959 N.E. Pacific 23 with a presentation titled “Alternate St., Box 357446, Seattle, WA Perspectives in Dentistry: Airway Or- 98195. If a tax deduction is thodontics.” Joining him during a break desired, donors should state in the lecture were (from left) Dr. Sara their valuation of the skull in an Gordon, our associate dean of academic email or in writing. (Dr. Herring’s email is [email protected].) The affairs; Dr. Rick Crinzi (’72), outgoing School can then provide an Dental Alumni Association president; official acknowledgement of the and Dr. Deck Barnes (’69), director of donation. speaker selection for the lecture.

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 23 BY STEVE STEINBERG DENTAL ALUMNI NEWS EDITOR

PROLOGUETO PRE-DOC The fascinating backgrounds students bring to our School o some extent, our pre-doctoral students’ lives blend together. Classmates take the same courses. Outside the Tclassroom or clinic, they swap notes and discuss what they’re learning. They wear scrubs, a uniform of sorts. They hang out and relax together. But these students had lives before dental school – unique, compelling, even remarkable lives. Sometimes these lives didn’t even hint at a future in dentistry. And yet they have all intersected at Montlake. A Marine jet pilot. A tortilla factory worker. A firefighting smokejumper. A Russian adoptee. An Israeli soldier. A symphony musician. This year, all of them were students at our School. KRIS HARRIS as treating your first live patient a little daunting? Try making your first jet landing at sea. W Dr. Kris Harris, president of our Class of 2018, did that and more as a Marine aviator and flight instructor. He also served in Qatar, where he was a senior offensive duty officer supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He scanned satellite images and helped coordinate Predator drone strikes. Memorable moments during flight training included his first boat landing, in a T-45C Goshawk. “We’re taught to go full power as soon as the wheels hit the deck of the ship so that if we don’t catch a wire and stop, the engine will spool up and we’ll just take off again,” he says. “After my first arrested landing, coming to a sudden stop from 120 knots, I was terri- fied and elated and smiling from ear to ear. And I also left my As a Marine pilot, Kris Harris flew Harrier jets and also served as a power all the way up, the engine roaring while sitting stationary flight instructor.

24 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 “I just wanted the challenge [of the Marines] and to serve my country.” — KRIS HARRIS

missions Test, he signed up for a review course that met once a week from 9 p.m. to midnight. And he and his wife, Alison, had their hands full with a growing family. Commencement day here was a little different for him than for most of his classmates. As soon as he received his doctoral hood, he dashed off to change into his dress whites to be for- mally recommissioned into the Navy. There, at the naval base in Bethesda, Md., he has begun an endodontics residency, ac- companied by Alison and their three children. He gravitated to endodontics in part because of the urgency of patients’ need. “People come to you when they need you the most – they’re in terrible pain,” he says. “And we’re uniquely situated to help relieve them.” He also likes the technical as- pects of endodontics, and there’s this: “Our Department of Endodontics faculty are great ambassadors for their specialty.” After his residency, he’d love to return to Puget Sound – maybe an assignment to Whidbey Island or Bremerton. His Kris Harris was president of our Class of 2018. parents are now retired in Lakewood, his sister is a nurse in Spokane, and his brother is an ear-nose-throat specialist in on the flight deck. In my reverie, I failed to notice the many Anacortes. Who knows? We may see Navy Lt. Harris make hands on deck frantically trying to signal to me to bring the his next landing on our Endo faculty. engine back to idle. Finally, the sarcastic voice of the Air Boss over the radio – ‘Umm ... if you want to get out of the wire, ALBA WEAVER I’m going to need you to bring your power back’ – brought lba Weaver, a RIDE student in our Class of 2019, was me back to earth.” born and raised in La Paz, a coastal state capital near He was always drawn to being a military officer, he says. His Athe southern end of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. father was an Army general surgeon for 20 years. His Uncle Her father was a truck driver who was killed in a car accident Mike was a Marine officer in Vietnam, and Kris knew which in 2003 at the age of 38. Her mother is a cook. branch of service he wanted. “It was the Marines’ pride in their Alba and her two sisters and two brothers had a good child- service, the difficulty, their high standards. I just wanted the hood, she says. “We were poor, but we would always find ways challenge and to serve my country.” In all, he spent 11 years in the Marines. As his eight-year commitment to flight duty drew to a close, he wasn’t looking forward to the likely prospect of staff work. What might his options be outside the service? His family did have a medi- cal background. Aside from his dad, his mom and sister were nurses, and his brother was a doctor. But he remembered his father often being gone on call when he was growing up, and decided he’d prefer dentistry as a way of helping people and making an impact. Born and raised in Lakewood, Wash., “I had a strong attrac- tion to being a Husky,” he says. His dad had gone to the UW School of Medicine, his mom to the UW School of Nursing. Before he could enroll, however, he had to do some serious makeup work after being out of college for 10 years. While stationed in Mississippi as a flight instructor, he took physics and microbiology at a community college. For the Dental Ad- Alba Weaver during an Alaskan summer

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 25 PROLOGUE TO PRE-DOC “I would also like to be in a position to influence other young people, especially those from underserved backgrounds, to realize nothing is impossible.” – ALBA WEAVER to keep ourselves entertained – climbing trees or going to the money to pay for her dentures, her life changed completely. beach, which was often, especially in the summertime.” … The day she looked at herself in the mirror was magical. She thrived at school early on, but that changed. “As I grew Her eyes were full of life. She smiled from ear to ear without older, I soon realized that education in Mexico didn’t mean covering her mouth. My mom became outgoing, friendlier, much. None of my family members had gone beyond a sixth- and happier. I thought, ‘That’s what I want to be able to do grade education and struggled finishing middle school. … No for others in the future.’” excuses, but I just did not see any future or value in pursuing Her goals were modest at first – dental assistant, or perhaps an education.” even dental hygienist. “But as my education evolved, I realized Alba attended high school for two semesters, then quit and that with the right amount of work and help from family, I went to work making corn tortillas in a factory for $5 a day. could actually become a doctor of dental medicine.” She eventually married and moved to Alaska in 2004 with That help started with her husband. “He is always there to her husband, Joe, who built log cabins. For two years they support me and encourage me. In addition, I have been very lived out in the bush in a small camper with their three dogs, lucky to meet people who have helped me in ways that I can- cooking over a fire. She refined her English skills, and the stay not even begin to describe. Many of them are instructors in in Alaska lasted 12 years. undergrad and now in dental school. These are individuals In 2007, a new acquaintance asked her, “So what do you who truly care about me doing well. They give me words of do?” That casual question stopped her in her tracks. encouragement, and they show me ways to improve my clini- “That moment was – and still is – a moment of clarity and cal skills and dental judgment.” impact,” she says. “To this point, I don’t know why that ques- Alba and Joe had a daughter in 2016, her second year of tion clawed at my core, but it pushed me to get my GED and dental school. “A handful already with a full plate, but well enroll at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.” She earned her worth it. She softens every difficult day. Without my husband, bachelor’s degree and was already interested in dentistry. my daughter, and those teachers, I wouldn’t be here.” “My mom lost most of her teeth at a young age,” Alba re- Alba wants to pursue an AEGD residency in Eastern Wash- calls. “She went through her 30s covering her mouth when ington in an underserved community to sharpen her skills and she smiled or talked to people. When we finally had enough start giving back to people in need. She hopes that her family can make their lives in a small rural community. “Although at this time I don’t see myself owning my own practice, I feel my strength is in community clinic work,” she says. “I would also like to be in a position to influence other young people, especially those from underserved back- grounds, to realize nothing is impossible – no matter where you come from.” ROBERT ROSENTHAL obert Rosenthal, a RIDE student in our Class of 2021, studied classical languages at Macalester College in St. RPaul, Minn. Isn’t that what you’d expect from someone who parachuted into forests to fight wildfires? “My best friend from high school and I decided at 19 that we wanted to become smokejumpers,” he says. “We loved working hard, being a part of a team, and being outdoors, so naturally smokejumping seemed like a great fit.” After three years of training with a crew in California, they hired on in 2010 at a base in Washington’s Methow Val- ley, where Robert worked until 2017. “Bad stuff happened to some of the people I worked with, ranging from fire-crippled Alba Weaver’s plans include an AEGD residency. trees falling on people, to parachute malfunctions, to broken

26 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 PROLOGUE TO PRE-DOC “Bad stuff happened to some of the people I worked with … But I was very lucky over the years.” —ROBERT ROSENTHAL bones from rolling boulders,” he says. They made it into the target meadow “But I was very lucky over the years.” without trouble and went to work. He had his share of nerve-racking Born and raised in Tucson, Ariz., he moments, though. “It was in my second had a strong connection to our School: year during a fire jump in the Three His father, Dr. David Rosenthal, was a Sisters Wilderness of central Oregon. 1980 graduate whose work profoundly I was very green and I had just watched influenced Robert. “I remember be- two veteran jumpers miss the jump ing impressed when someone asked spot from the window of our plane. him if dentistry seemed boring after Both of these old jumpers ‘treed up,’ all the years,” Robert says. “And he which means that they were dangling responded that he wished it was bor- from the large conifers like human ing, that a boring day is a great day, Christmas ornaments. and that it’s the exciting days that “As I put on my helmet and cinched keep you up at night. That seemed down the harness leg straps, I looked intriguing, and I am starting to see at my jump partner, another old- what he means.” Cutting a burning tree during a forest fire timer, and he raised his eyebrows His sister Sally also drew him to as if to say, ‘Well, this is where the rubber meets the road.’ I dentistry. She had received her DMD from the Arizona School took another look out the window at the fire, the jump spot, of Dentistry and Oral Health and practiced pediatric dentist- and the two previous firefighters in the trees, and walked to ry in that state. Tragically, she died from B cell lymphoma in the door of the plane. 2015. “When I first decided to become a dentist, it was with “I was nervous, but luckily my jump partner had a reputa- the thought of working with her,” he says. “She was a truly tion for being an accurate toggler, so I thought that I would amazing big sister.” just copy what he did in the air, and that’s just what I did.” Now he’ll be the one carrying on the family dental tradi- tion. He’s set his sights on an AEGD residency after gradua- tion. After that, he’d enjoy working at a community clinic in rural Washington, or he might buy a practice from a retiring dentist. The ideal would be to find a place where his fiancé, Erin, can pursue her current work for the U.S. Forest Service, which she’s been doing in Naches, Wash., near Yakima. They had their first child on Aug. 13, during Robert’s RUOP rotation. “I asked Erin to give birth after 6 p.m. so I wouldn’t miss too much time at the clinic, but she said it’s not quite that simple,” he says. Yes, he went there. Wouldn’t smokejumping have been safer? OLGA HLAVATY-LAPOSA lga Hlavaty-Laposa, from our Class of 2019, was born in Smolensk in western Russia. She wanted to Obe a ballerina and dance at the Bolshoi in Moscow, but it wasn’t to be. Just before Olga turned 12, she and her two sisters were adopted by an American couple in Snohomish, Wash. Their birth mother, in ill health, had died when Olga was 9, and their birth father was absent. Both of her adoptive parents served in the Army Reserve; her dad was an engineer at AT&T Robert Rosenthal says he’d enjoy practicing in rural Washington. Wireless, while her mom worked for FEMA. The couple al-

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 27 PROLOGUE TO PRE-DOC “I feel I have a sense of responsibility to do meaningful and valuable work because I was given an opportunity that my friends in Russia did not get.” —OLGA HLAVATY-LAPOSA ready had one child. “The hardest part of coming over to the United States was making the adjustment to a new country and also becoming a family,” Olga says. “The fact that I had my sisters by my side made the process much easier. We leaned on each other for support, and I think that is what I liked most about our new life here – my sisters were with me. … We are all very close and I couldn’t imagine not having them in my life.” While Olga and her sisters built new lives, their new par- ents were looking back to their Eastern European roots. They were on the board of directors of an organization called For the Children, which served children from Ukraine who had been affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. American families hosted these children for the summer, not only hous- ing and feeding them, but making sure they received medical, dental, and vision care. Olga had started working for a dentist when she was 19. “He was kind enough to provide free dental care to many of the children that stayed in the United States through the orga- Olga Hlavaty-Laposa enjoys both pediatric and general dentistry. nization. Most of the children that stayed with us through the “That truly was the moment when my interest in dentist- organization had never seen a dentist and had overwhelming ry started,” she says. “I was also going to college while I was medical and dental needs.” working, so I had the opportunity to explore other interests like psychology, engineering, and health administration, but I truly enjoyed working in the dental field the most.” She gradu- ated from UW Bothell with a degree in community psychol- ogy and started giving serious thought to becoming a dentist. “It was a bit of a scary decision, because I was working almost full time while attempting to complete my BA,” she says. “It certainly was not an easy path, because most people who work while in school will tell you there is little sleep and lots of work.” Now she’s close to realizing her goal. After graduation, she may split her time between pediatric and general dentistry. “I love working with a pediatric population, but also enjoy the complexities of working on adults and addressing their oral concerns. I am also evaluating the idea of doing a GPR or AEGD because I find both can be extremely valuable if it’s the right program.” No matter what, she’ll still work with For the Children, not only providing dental care directly but helping in other ways, such as lining up host families. “I feel I have a sense of responsibility to do meaningful and valuable work because I was given an opportunity that my friends in Russia did not get,” she says. “My parents have been incredibly supportive of my goals and ambitions. There Olga (standing, second from right) and her birth sisters with their were so many people along the way that went above and be- adoptive family yond to ensure I succeed.”

28 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 PROLOGUE TO PRE-DOC “This was the first time I got to be in an environment that rockets were flying over my head all day long.” —OMRI MARGALIT OMRI MARGALIT uch gets thrown at our students very quickly, but it’s nothing like what Omri Margalit of our Class of M2021 used to face: rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails. As a native-born soldier in the Israeli army, Omri undertook mandatory service from 2005 to 2008 that sent him into all kinds of tense situations. “I served mostly in the West Bank, but also spent some time on the Israeli-Lebanese border and a short time on the border with Gaza,” he says. While he was training as a noncommissioned officer in 2006, he served at the fence between Gaza and Israel. “This was the first time I got to be in an environment that rockets were flying over my head all day long,” he says. “At first, every whistle and every explosion in the distance makes you uncom- Omri Margalit is interested in interdisciplinary practice. fortable, but as time goes by you get used to it.” He spent six more years in the reserves after his active duty. He had received his undergraduate degree at Tel Aviv Uni- At a job fair for newly discharged soldiers, he came across versity, and took his dental school prerequisites in Arizona. It a Jewish Agency for Israel booth. The agency was seeking vol- had taken him a while to view dentistry as a calling, though. unteers to be summer camp counselors in North America, and “When I was a kid, I used to be petrified by dentists, and Omri was eventually assigned to Tucson, Ariz. The job came we always had to travel to a nearby city in order to get seen by with a bonus: At the camp, he met his future wife, Rachel. a pediatric dentist,” he says. “When I started my undergrad, I thought I wanted to go to medical school, but very quickly I realized that there are too many things in medicine that are not for me. One of my friends at work was attending dental school at the time and opened my eyes to the field.” A DDS is still more than two years away, but he has an idea of what he wants to do. “I hope to specialize in prosthodontics, but I also know I need more exposure to all fields of dentistry and give them all a try before making a final decision. I hope to have big specialty clinic with my friends that we can all to- gether serve all of our patients’ needs without having to make them jump around between different specialists and locations. That will also help me with being able to have very meaningful outreach and volunteering events for the community here in Seattle that so far has been nothing but welcoming and warm to my family and me.” He and Rachel now have two young boys. Some of the lessons he learned as a soldier will serve him well as a dentist, he believes. “I remember many challenges that I can look back to and think of how complicated things can get, and how important it is to keep a high level of train- ing and alertness.” LIZ FLOODEEN hen it comes to four-handed dentistry, Liz Floodeen of our Class of 2019 should be a natural. As a sym- Wphony musician, she already knows the ins and outs Omri is shown on duty near Hebron in the West Bank in 2014. of ensemble work.

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“It is so fun to play and each take turns playing together and then taking the lead to stand out. It’s like a wonderful dance of sound.” —LIZ FLOODEEN

playing together and then taking the lead to stand out. It’s like a wonderful dance of sound. “And when it’s time to perform, I absolutely love the adren- aline and energy that gets added to the music. It’s a fantastic feeling to walk out onto the stage in the spotlights and then make beautiful music together. Perhaps the best feeling is re- leasing the final note after a great performance and listening to it echo, holding your breath, and waiting for the applause. There is that brief moment of silence before hands start clap- ping where you know you have just accomplished something wonderful.” As powerfully as music still attracts her, she knew after getting her master’s that she didn’t want that to be her career. After Arizona, she worked for her father’s practice in Kirk- land, Wash., as a surgical assistant, which tugged her toward oral and maxillofacial surgery. “I absolutely love surgery, and here is a profession where I can both support my family and make an impact in my community,” she says. “I enjoy working Liz Floodeen (far left) has played the oboe professionally with with people and helping them, especially those with urgent or symphonies and other groups. emergent needs and dental anxieties.” After getting her DDS, she plans to enter an OMS resi- An oboist, Liz has played with the Tacoma Symphony, North- dency. “Through the last three years, I kept an open mind to west Symphony, and Tucson Symphony and has backed up per- other specialties, but I have discovered I love surgery more formers such as Ronnie Milsap, Judy Collins, and Bernadette than anything else. … Right now I am most interested in Peters. Even with the demands of dental school, marriage, and trauma and reconstruction, but I have a feeling once I enter a toddler, she’s found time to play with the Washington Wind a residency I will learn about many other facets of the field Symphony of Redmond. She’s a top performer in school too – that I enjoy as well.” recipient of an Omicron Kappa Upsilon scholarship this spring. Count on this: Her patients will be in very skilled hands. Liz, whose family moved to Redmond, Wash., when she was 4, received dual degrees in biology and music perfor- mance at Pacific Lutheran University, and then a master’s in music performance at the University of Arizona. Her dad was a Navy general dentist who went on to complete an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency. After retiring from the Navy, he entered private practice and is now mostly retired. He also taught at our School as an affiliate faculty member for several years. Mom has been a high-school English teacher, scientific journal editor, and freelance writer, and holds a master’s in pastoral arts and a doctorate in ministry. She has worked with several ministry organizations. Liz says she most enjoys playing in a wind quintet: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon. “My favorite thing about playing with this type of group is how all of the different parts fit together. Each instrument lends a different voice and color, and sometimes instruments combine in different ways to make an entirely new tone. It is so fun to play and each take turns She hopes to enter an OMS residency.

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“I wanted a career that rewarded me for my efforts and where I had the ability to make an impact on people.” —RYAN WAHLIN

RYAN WAHLIN applied to,” Ryan says. “I feel very entists, of course, have to be privileged to live so close to and at- adept at business. And Ryan tend one of the most well-respected DWahlin of our Class of 2020 dental schools in the nation.” should feel right at home after spend- Now he’s on his way toward ing more than a decade in corporate fulfilling his lifelong wish to own finance before dental school. his own business. He’s on an Air He majored in finance at the Uni- Force scholarship, and after ful- versity of Minnesota, then landed a filling his commitment once he spot as a financial analyst at Honeywell graduates, he plans to move back in Golden Valley, Minn. He moved to to Washington. He hopes to own Seattle in 2005 “for the mountains, a practice, perhaps in a rural area. ocean, and a girl – Michelle.” They’d “I cannot think of a more fulfill- met in San Diego while she was fin- ing career that will allow me to put ishing college there. my life’s experience and business “I figured if things did not work out background to use while enabling with the girl, at least I’d still have the me to work with my hands,” he mountains and ocean nearby,” he says. says. “It has taken me many years But it worked out very well indeed, to come to the conclusion that and the two were married in 2007. dentistry is my place in life, but as Now they have one son and another one dentist told me, ‘It is never too on the way. Ryan Wahlin during his buttoned-down days at late to make your life’s enjoyment Northwestern Mutual In Seattle, he went to work for North- your life’s employment.’ ” western Mutual as a financial planner. But after nearly nine years, he’d grown restless. “The question was no longer whether I could make it in the business, but rather ‘Is this where I want to hang my hat for the rest of my working life?’ ” Even at Honeywell, he’d had doubts. “Being part of a multibillion-dollar company, it was hard to feel like I was making a significant difference. I wanted a career that rewarded me for my efforts and where I had the ability to make an impact on people.” As a kid, he’d loved going for checkups – “I thought the dentist was where you went to play with Legos.” As a high school freshman, he’d scored in the 95th percentile on an aptitude test for finger dexterity, and dentistry was one of the careers suggested to him. In 2013, he began volunteer- ing with Medical Teams International, and his time in the dental van made an impact. “It has been a great learning experience and very rewarding to be part of a greater cause.” With him and Michelle raising their family in Seattle, our School was a natural choice. Michelle grew up in Mount Vernon, Wash., with her family and friends still within easy reach. She also teaches chemistry at Seattle’s Lakeside School. “I feel very privileged to live so close to and attend one of the most well- “UW was my first choice and the only dental school I respected dental schools in the nation,” Ryan says.

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 30A PROLOGUE TO PRE-DOC

“I was drawn to RIDE because I foresee myself working in rural and underserved clinics.” —JAMES LOVELACE

JAMES LOVELACE However, he’d wanted to be a dentist uring my childhood, I can tell ever since he finished his initial hygiene you I never dreamed of den- training, and RIDE looked like an ex- “Dtistry,” says James Lovelace of cellent match. “I was drawn to RIDE our RIDE Class of 2021. “More like race because I foresee myself working in car driver or fighter pilot.” rural and underserved clinics, as I have California-born James’ childhood was been working in such a clinic for many anything but ordinary. His father was a years with the Tulalip Tribe,” he says. Navy Seabee non-commissioned officer He sees a future for himself in peri- who married a woman from Taiwan. When odontics: “I feel that this discipline is the Dad went off on deployments, James and most natural progression of my clinical the rest of the family would move back to experience – I have been treating and Taiwan and stay with his mom’s family. “I maintaining periodontal health for over have some great memories of living there,” 10 years. I am so excited to expand my he says. “It was also a good jumping off repertoire of treatment modalities.” point for touring many other parts of Asia, He looks forward to starting a prac- but I still have lots to see.” tice or traveling to rural clinics around The family eventually made its way to Washington. Washington, where James’ father retired Working in rural and underserved to Marysville; his mom died from breast James Lovelace with Dr Rama Oskouian at areas is especially appealing, he says. cancer in 2011. In high school, James en- the Tulalip Dental Clinic “I think care in these facilities is much tered the Running Start program, which lets juniors and se- more enjoyable for me, because we get to make such a pro- niors take college courses. Although he’d considered a career found difference for people.” in information technology, Running Start piqued his interest in dentistry. “I realized that I enjoyed the basic sciences, with a special interest in human physiology and microbiology,” he says. “I also enjoy working with my hands, so dentistry seemed to be a great match to my natural interests.” He completed dental hygiene training at Yakima Valley Community College in 2006 and went to work as a hygienist. He spent seven years working with the Tulalip Tribes, which was an eye-opening experience. “It has been a blessing and I have learned so much about dentistry from that practice,” he says. “It is a clinic that will provide care to any member of a federally recognized tribe. Thus for many it serves as a clinic of last resort. Caring for this population is a huge departure from your typical private practice setting, and to be honest, I find it more enjoyable, although it can be more challenging in many ways as well.” Along the way, he continued to work toward his BS in dental hygiene, which he earned in 2013. “I have worked many locations in the King, Snohomish, and Skagit County areas,” he says. “I have enjoyed it and have seen how many practices operate. I think this will be a great addition to my own vision for a practice.” He’s also worked as a hygienist for the Navy, which was also useful. “This was a great chance for insight into care delivery with a large volume.” James (foreground) with his RIDE classmates

30B DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 faculty updates

Dr. Wendy Mouradian, who created our fields of technology, making major ad- nationally recognized Regional Initiatives vancements in traditional fields of medi- in Dental Education (RIDE) program, cal and biological engineering, or devel- fully retired from the School this spring. oping/implementing innovative ap- In 2014, Dr. Mouradian stepped down proaches to bioengineering education. from her full-time post as Associate Dean for Regional Affairs, Curriculum, and Ed- Dr. Greg Huang, Chair of Orthodontics, is ucational Technology, but continued to co-editor for the newly released second serve part time as an advisor on curricu- edition of the textbook Evidence-Based lum revision, interprofessional education, Orthodontics, which delineates the prin- and RIDE. To date, RIDE has returned Dr. Mouradian looks on at her retirement ciples and practices of the title subject. celebration in June as colleagues honor her more than 70 percent of its graduates to The new edition, published by Wiley, achievements. practice in rural and underserved areas adds several sections to make it easier to of Washington, and has been honored with a Gies Award, use as a quick and comprehensive reference. It also dental education’s highest distinction. A pediatrician by includes practical strategies for incorpo- training, Dr. Mouradian was an early advocate for involv- rating evidence-based orthodontics into ing pediatricians in oral health care, and in 2008 organized daily practice. Co-editors were Dr. Ste- the first national summit meeting on children’s oral health phen Richmond of the Cardiff University in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics. School of Dentistry in Wales, U.K., and She also played a significant role in the landmark 2000 Dr. Katherine W.L. Vig of the Harvard U.S. Surgeon General Report on Oral Health in America. School of Dental Medicine. In her honor, her colleagues have created the Wendy Mouradian Fund for Excellence for RIDE to support The Institute of Translational Health new initiatives and areas of greatest need in the program. Sciences (ITHS) highlighted dental Donations can be made at https://dental.washington.edu/ studies conducted by two investigators alumni-friends/give/make-a-gift/. through our Regional Clinical Dental Research Center (RCDRC). Dr. Christy Dr. John Sorensen of Restorative Den- McKinney of the Oral Health Sciences tistry received the 2018 Kaplan Scholar adjunct faculty was principal investigator Award from the University of Florida for “Impact of the Seattle Sugar Sweetened Beverage College of Dentistry. This is an annual (SSB) Tax on Dental Caries in Adolescents,” which was lectureship with multiple presentations the first study to examine the impact of a tax on dental to specialty program students, faculty, caries. Dr. McKinney worked with a consortium of part- Restorative Sciences Department, pre- ners including Seattle Children’s Hospital, ITHS, RC doctoral students, and alumni, and culminates in the DRC, Delta Dental, and our School that school’s Spring Synergy research day. Dr. Sorensen also put the study out in just over six months received the Clinician/Researcher Award from the Ameri- after collect-ing baseline data on 454 ad- can College of Prosthodontists, which also honored Dr. olescents. Also highlighted was research Chandur Wadhwani of our affiliate faculty with a Distin- by Dr. Peter Milgrom of Oral Health Sci- guished Lecturer Award. ences, whose studies of silver diamine fluoride resulted in “breakthrough thera- Dr. Daniel Chan, Chair of Restorative py” designation by the Food and Drug Administration. Dentistry, was inducted into the Ameri- can Institute for Medical and Biological Dr. Susanne Kölare Jeffrey joined the Department of Re- Engineering’s College of Fellows. Fel- storative Dentistry faculty in July, with responsibilities in lowship honors those who have made comprehensive care supervision as well as the geriatric outstanding contributions to engineering rotation. Dr. Jeffrey has also held an appointment in our and medicine research, practice, or edu- Department of Oral Health Sciences, where her research cation, and to the pioneering of new and developing interests have included saliva as a diagnostic fluid.

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 31 faculty spotlight Dr. Georgios Kotsakis Assistant Professor of Periodontics

A researcher who sees the big picture

s a teacher and a clinician, Dr. Georgios Kotsakis of is becoming a center for this research.” He sees the potential Periodontics sees the trees. As a researcher, he sees for a breakthrough in the possibility that dentists treat the A the forest, and it’s quite a view. disease in a way that damages the implant surface and may Dr. Kotsakis, who joined our faculty in 2015, conducts perpetuate the inflammation. big-picture studies, such as his collaboration with dozens of He has also conducted pre-clinical and clinical studies other researchers worldwide that resulted in an article in The that investigate bone response to host-related factors, such Lancet Public Health in July. Dr. Kotsakis, the article’s cor- as diabetes, and to local factors, such as titanium surface con- responding author, and his colleagues documented the dev- tamination and osteo-stimulative biomaterials. astation that harsh austerity measures wrought on Greece’s Born in Athens, Greece, he found that dentistry and re- public health, including a spike in mortality rates. They search came naturally to him. Both parents and two of his relied on data from the 2016 Global Burden of Diseases, In- uncles are dentists, and he practiced with his parents for a juries, and Risk Factors (GBD) study by spell after earning his DDS at the Uni- the UW’s Institute for Health Metrics versity of Athens in 2009. “It’s interest- and Evaluation. ing,” he says with a smile. “You’re not “We’re not just researching one as- used to looking at them as colleagues.” pect of the translational spectrum. We Science was an early passion, too. try to get from conception to human “I always had curiosity about scientific applications to population-level health,” discovery, and spent a lot of time in the Dr. Kotsakis says. “At the population library doing extracurricular reading in level, we can really see the importance of my interests,” he says, with biology high oral health.” on the list. Periodontology was an attrac- The GBD study was a powerful tool tive field, he says, with its strong link be- to drive that message home, showing tween biology and clinical applications. that oral diseases are among the world’s One of his current collaborations is most prevalent non-communicable with the UW Department of Global diseases. Health on the university’s Population Dr. Kotsakis has a strong focus on ep- Health Initiative project in Peru. His lab idemiological aspects of periodontal and is trying to find ways to assess periodon- peri-implant diseases. “The accrued data tal disease in limited-resource settings, says that periodontal disease requires treatment by a dentist, especially in low-income to middle-income countries. but it really falls into a class of non-communicable diseases It’s quite a challenge, he says. “A standard periodontal that should be considered a continuum based on inflamma- exam takes about 30 minutes to do correctly with good light- tion,” he says. ing and proper technique, training, and calibration. Imag- He’s also curious about diet and periodontal disease. “We ine doing that in a poor favela!” Apart from his research, know diet’s effect on caries, but we haven’t really looked he thrives on the rewards of teaching. “I was inspired to get closely at its effect on periodontitis,” he says. into academic dentistry by my mentors,” he says, and now His attention is further drawn to peri-implantitis, which “I really enjoy mentoring younger dentists.” He was thrilled occurs around implants and produces inflammation, bleed- when Dr. Rachel Black and Dr. Katherine Roll, who finished ing, and bone loss. It’s a relatively new disease that he says their Perio residencies here this year, became two of the four was not really acknowledged until the ’90s. national finalists for the American Academy of Periodontol- “We don’t specifically know the cause,” he says. “We’ve ogy’s biggest research prize, the 2018 Balint Orban Memo- been trying to treat it like periodontitis, but that doesn’t al- rial Award. ways work well. We’re starting from scratch in trying to re- “Nothing gives me greater gratification than that,” he define peri-implantitis and develop new treatment. The UW says.

32 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 profiles inservice

times. “Also, the Philippine Special Forces unit that recently accompanied David had lost two members the week before in skirmishes with ISIS-backed militants,” Dr. Van Ness said. Dr. Engst paints a vivid picture of what he faces, as with his work in Honduras’ La Moskitia region along the Mosquito Coast. There, he says, the Honduran Navy provided an es- cort in motorized canoes. The guards carried machine guns and grenade launchers because the area has no local police and is a hub of drug trafficking. In his work abroad, Dr. Engst focuses on the most urgent need, practicing oral surgery rather than orthodontics. To prepare, he returned to our School after selling his practice to study as a fellow in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Dr. E. David Engst Surgery, which let him customize his post-doctoral program. “I studied late into the night and spent hours at my din- Making a world ing room table, practicing on my suture board,” he told the PCSO Bulletin. of difference Even for an experienced dentist, the pace in a humanitar- ian clinic can be breathtaking. “I try to remove an average t the age of 56, after 26 years as an orthodontist, Dr. of 15 teeth per hour,” he writes. “Full-mouth extractions are E. David Engst (’72, Ortho ’77) of Bellingham, Wash., often indicated.” At the same time, he has maintained a high A sold his practice in 2003 to take up travel. standard of care, with only one minor postoperative infection He didn’t envision sightseeing. In the years since then, Dr. in his last 3,000 extractions. Engst has treated thousands of patients as a dental humanitar- Emergencies are rare, he told the PCSO Bulletin, “but ian in Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, the Dominican Repub- over the last decade I have administered every emergency lic, Cambodia, and the Philippines. He has worked in river drug in my kit.” communities in remote jungle areas that Along the way, he has worked with a have never seen a dentist. He has treated “My work gives me variety of colleagues, including a non- Mexican Zapatista rebels in an abandoned governmental group from the University hospital. After the Honduran military coup immense personal of Cincinnati College of Medicine and in 2009, he moved his operation from Latin faculty from Havana’s Latin American America to Asia. He now spends about six satisfaction. School of Medicine. months per year in the Philippines, often In May, the American Association of with army soldiers standing guard outside I volunteer because Orthodontists (AAO) recognized Dr. his clinics. He also has taught at the new Engst’s work with its 2018 AAO Humani- dental school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I enjoy the work and tarian Award. The award, which recognizes In the Philippines, he has written, “I because the people significant contributions to improve the now work solo, setting up my clinic in a quality of human life extending beyond school, church, and sometimes outside are so grateful.” the usual scope of private orthodontic under a palm tree. I have made my own practice, was presented at the AAO’s an- portable dental chair and adapted other equipment. nual session in Washington, D.C. “Every day is an adventure. Often I feel like I am ‘living on “My work gives me immense personal satisfaction,” he told the edge.’ I have survived countless mosquito bites, diarrhea, the PCSO Bulletin. “I volunteer because I enjoy the work and a hurricane, and have been robbed at gunpoint.” because the people are so grateful.” Even at that, says a friend and colleague, Dr. Engst mini- “I feel privileged to have Dave as one of my closest friends,” mizes the risks he has faced and continues to face. In an article Dr. Van Ness told the Bulletin. “The honor of the AAO Hu- in this summer’s Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists (PCSO) manitarian Award is well-deserved.” Bulletin, Dr. Allan Van Ness of our Orthodontics affiliate Dr. Engst might also deserve an award for understate- faculty said that Dr. Engst’s life has been threatened several ment. As he writes: “Traveling with dental instruments is a challenging and satisfying way of meeting people in places Above: Dr. E. David Engst with some young friends unseen by regular tourists.”

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 33 Our Partners in Excellence Honoring the extraordinary generosity of donors who have given a total of $50,000 or more to Dentistry

PRESIDENTIAL LAUREATE Kaiser Permanente PATRON (GIFTS OF $10,000,000 OR MORE) Nakanishi Dental Laboratory, Inc. ($50,000 TO $99,999) Nestle Purina Delta Dental of Washington J. Martin Anderson & Lynn Gabriel The Pew Charitable Trusts & Arcora Foundation H. Sam Anderson Washington State Dental Association Larry & DeAnne Baer William T. Grant Foundation UW LAUREATE Joel Berger Xytronyx, Inc. ($1,000,000 TO $9,999,999) Florence Bowen Zimmer Biomet Anonymous Douglas & Connie Cameron Guillermo Chacon & Molly Raybuck-Chacon Lloyd & Katherine Chapman UW BENEFACTOR Kyle & Alyse Christensen L. David & Margaret Engel ($100,000 TO $249,999) Floyd Jones / Floyd & Delores Jones Francis Collins & Gabrielle O’Connell Collins Foundation Scott & Lisa Andrews Richard & Debra Crinzi Michael & Annelle Miroue Kyoko Awamura & Thomas H. Morton Jr. Thomas & Sarma Davidson Sarah Morell Ernest Barrett James U. & Janice C. Down Mark & Barbara Walker Bertha Barriga James & Barbara Elder Jr. Rod Wentworth & R. Jill DeMarco Dale Bloomquist & Heidi Horwitz Gary & Linda Feldman • Raymond Chalmers Michael & Donna Fey Anonymous Mark & Kristine Grace Brett & Susan Fidler Procter & Gamble Co. Charles & Marion Hodson Fred & Kumiko Hasegawa Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Thomas & Kim Hohl Fred & Beryl Hassig UW Dental Alumni Association Roland & Donna Hublou Susan Hollinsworth & George Adams UW Orthodontic Alumni Association Cheryl Hungate Janice Ikeda & Gary Anderson James D. Johnson & Kathleen McNally Kerry & Joni Ishihara FOUNDING BENEFACTOR Johnny N. & Patricia T. Johnson Mark Konings & Paige Chernow ($500,000 TO $999,999) Vincent & Marilyn Kokich Samuel & Lori Lake James & Janice McGraw Cory Liss Georgina Hack Dan & Mical Middaugh Dale & Ann Miller William & Dorothy Kipple James & Joyce Oates David & Susan Minahan Aubrey Martin Wilbur Ricketts & Shirley Ricketts Wright Byron & Connie Mizuha Dean & Margaret Spencer Karen Sakuma & Gary Ikeda David & Crystal Molen Richard & Elaine Tucker Gail & Peter Shapiro Alton & Myrna Moore • Joseph & Carole Spinola Paul & Julie Nelson 3M Patrick & Frances Taylor Robert Nieman & Karen O’Malley Nieman Anonymous David L. & Judith Clark Turpin Wesley & Mae Odani AstraZeneca Jay Reed West Arthur & Joan Ponti Battelle Memorial Institute • Bruce & Patricia Rothwell Firsthand Technologies The Anderson Foundation Robert & Lucy Sherman Nobel Biocare USA, Inc. Beverly J. Jewell Family Foundation Timothy Shields Philips Oral Health Care, Inc. DSG Issaquah Dental Lab Martha Somerman & Norman Schiff Straumann GlaxoSmithKline Alberta Y. Tefft Group Health Cooperative Paul L. Tefft DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTOR Pacific Continental Bank Douglas Walsh & Kathy Blain ($250,000 TO $499,999) Permanente Dental Associates John & Christine West Bryan & Linda Edgar Psi Omega Alan & Donna Wilson Farrell & Anne Hinkle The Seattle Foundation/Ethel Wittig Davis Witt Area of Interest Fund David & Kim Nakanishi • Seattle-King County Dental Society Kirby & Connie Skavdahl B&B Ceramic Arts, Inc. Silver Anniversary Symposium David H. Wands Class of 1951 Stryker Corporation • Northwest Dentists Insurance (NORDIC) Tucker Family Foundation Advantage Professional Management Seattle-King County Foundation Washington Academy of Pediatric Dentists Bristol-Myers Squibb Washington Dentists’ Insurance Agency (WDIA) Burkhart Dental Supply Washington State Dental Hygienists Henry Schein Association

34 DentalAlumninews FALL 20162018 Annual Donors 2017-2018 Names in boldface have been Dean’s Club members for the last five years or more

BENEFACTOR Bryan & Linda Edgar E. Randy & Janalee Tierney $100,000 - $249,999 Jay & Nikki Enzler Christine & David Tweedy Joseph & Carole Spinola Mark Erickson Mark & Barbara Walker Gary & Linda Feldman Douglas Walsh & Kathy Blain PATRON Brett & Susan Fidler Timothy & Catherine Wandell $50,000 - $99,999 Carol & Thomas Friedel Rod Wentworth & R. Jill DeMarco Paul L. Tefft Preston Gomez John & Christine West David Hanson Alicia & Wallace Wong PRESIDENT’S CLUB GOLD Fred & Kumiko Hasegawa Brandon & Kathy Yamamura $10,000 - $49,999 Greg & Shu-Fen Huang Carrie York & Mark Williams Philip & Michelle Anderson Louis & Claudia Isquith Charles & Ilona Brown Doris Johnson DEAN’S CLUB Kyle & Alyse Christensen Stacy & Rose Kanda $1,000 - $1,999 Thomas & Roberta Doyle Akiko Kumagai Mannie Badyal L. David & Margaret Engel Edmund & Amy Kwan James & Rebecca Bagley Joseph & Jerrilou Grillo Jr. Eric Law Dexter & Mary Ann Barnes James D. Johnson & Kathleen McNally Christopher & Maria LeCuyer John & Sandra Barney Marilyn Kokich Jenny Lee Kenji & Marci Beppu Mark Konings & Paige Chernow G. Galia & Cameron Leonard Melanie Bian Lee & Dae Lee Byron & Connie Mizuha John Linvog Gordon Block & Heidi Ellsworth David & Crystal Molen Walter Long Dale Bloomquist & Heidi Horwitz David & Kim Nakanishi Dayton & Joan Lum Charles & Mamie Bolender Robert & Lucy Sherman Cody Mast Dennis & Jean Brender Michael & Jessica Maxfield Bradley Brown & Delene Brandt PRESIDENT’S CLUB PURPLE Sonja McCoy-Valrey & Marvin Valrey Wallace & Patricia Brown $5,000 - $9,999 Tyler McDonald Mike & Merilee Buehler Rafael Alcalde & M. Gabriela Orsini Robert & Mary Merrill David & Robyn Bunkall Kyoko Awamura & Thomas Morton Jr. Gary & Susan Morita Arthur & Susan Carlson Peter Gauger Patrick & Alissa Mullally Larry & LaDonna Carlson Janice Ikeda & Gary Anderson Roger Nakanishi & Teresa Yagi Guillermo Chacon & Molly Raybuck-Chacon Kerry & Joni Ishihara Dorothy & Casey Nelson Darlene & Gregory Chan James & Janice McGraw Jennifer & Alfred Noriega Susan Coldwell & Ross Porter Wendy Mouradian & Jean-Louis Dethier Gary & Dana Ostenson Alexander Collins Paul & Julie Nelson Stephen Ottosen Richard & Debra Crinzi Karen Sakuma & Gary Ikeda Tiina Oviir & Don Vendetti William Dahlberg Patrick & Frances Taylor Avina Paranjpe T. Kevin Dang & Michelle Ngo John & Diane Townsend Lorin & Karen Peterson Thomas & Sarma Davidson Christopher & Emily Piper Azar Dehkordi & Saman Azodi PRESIDENT’S CLUB Gregory & Monica Plancich Colin & Danelle Del Rosario $2,000 - $4,999 Stanford Prince Timothy & Cheryl DeRouen Robert & Judy Allen Jerald & Misty Pruner Jasjit & Rick Dillon J. Martin Anderson & Lynn Gabriel Donald & Alda Raleigh Gary & Carrie Dodobara Gary & Cathy Backlund James Reed Thomas & Ellen Dodson Larry & DeAnne Baer James & Linda Ribary Mark Drangsholt & Heather Woloshyn Karen Baker Patrick J. Rooney Ross Drangsholt & Beth O’Connor Joel & Tiffany Berg Patricia Rothwell & Stephen Knaup Arthur Dugoni William & Sharon Bethel Dale & Carol Ruemping Theron & Jennifer Eichenberger Barbara Billings & Ernest Vogel Eve & Brent Rutherford James & Tekla Ellingsen Jason & Danica Bourne Jennifer Scott & Robert Hubler Laurie Fan Jeanette & Oyvind Brandal Herbert & Elaine Selipsky Henry & Anne Fields Jr. John Carssow Bradley & Marla Seto Gregory & Kathy Fjeran Craig & Miaesun Chilton John Simpson Natasha Flake & Larry Zweifel Thomas & Laura Curtis James & Salli Sledge Larry & Susan Forsythe Eric Dixon Joseph & Brooke Stout Sarah Fraker & James Jensen Patricia Doyle Maureen Swift & Charles Young Richard & Mary Frank

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 35 Annual Donors 2017-2018

Sidney Gallegos Curtis & Ruby Smith Todd Fairbanks Beatrice Gandara & Jeff Hummel Judith Smith Devin Fisher Donald & Julie Gardner Denny Southard Burton & Edna Goodman Sara Gordon Benjamin Spiger & Kendra Wilde David Hannula Mark & Kristine Grace David & Patricia Steiner Roger & Linda Kiesling Roy & Barbara Gunsolus III Doris Stiefel Sally Kim-Miller Katherine & Harold Hakes Ben Studebaker Jamie Kuo & Vincent Ball Don & Kathleen Hallum Jun Sun & Barry Chung Clark & Janet Kvistad J. Michael & Ann Hardy Burleigh & Katherine Surbeck Benoit Lalonde Charles & Cree Henderson Kris & Elizabeth Swanson Dennis & Sharon Lanigan Norbert & Nancy Hertl Robert & Diane Tanner Robert & Jackie Lee Timothy & Lisa Hess Alvin & Aurelia Thien Karen Leighty Gary & Cynthia Heyamoto Cindy Tseng Laurene Marks-Wolf & Howard Wolf John Hixson & Susan Bick Richard & Christina Tucker Mehdi Matin Susan Hollinsworth & George Adams David & Judith Turpin Donald Mayer Kregg & Kimberlee Hoover Robert & Nancy Uhlmansiek Richard & Erlys McCoy Ronald & Misty Hsu LaRae VanDerschelden Patrick & Elke McKenzie Philippe Hujoel & Anne-Marie Bollen Andrew & Terrie Vorono Robert Monsen Joseph & Valerie Hwang Louis Wagner Jr. David & Gail Movius John Ive David H. Wands James & Barbara Newman Jr. Laura Iwasaki Michael Wasson Vicky Nguyen Robert E. & Linda Johnson Jr. Heather Weber Richard & Lori Nii Cameron & Angela Jolley Roger & Judith West Lena Omnell Richard & Teresa Jones Steven Widman Evan & Kathryn Perry Peter & Diane Joss Priscilla Wig Sandra & Ivan Phillips Patricia R. Kelly Melvin & Miriam Wilenzick Thomas Quickstad & Allison McLean Bracken & Kate Killpack Philip & Ruth Worthington Rich & Terri Radmall Lisa Kinney & Ralph Hoard Ryan & Meagan Wynne Paul & Marjorie Robertson William & Dorothy Kipple Erica Yang Ann & Michael Rosato Stephen & Julie Kurumada Seung Yu Ahmed Rozi & Nesreen Kashgari John Liu & Kari Jordal Brian Rubens & Karen Trimmer Garrick & Lisa Lo DEAN’S CLUB – YOUNG ALUMNI Estelle & Raymond Scheetz Sapna Lohiya Kwansoo Lee Gayle Schneider Philip & Marilyn Mihelich Imahn Moin Justin & Courtney Sikes David & Susan Minahan Christian Okafor David Snyder John & Elaine Mizukawa Arbia Zainvi Milton Stark Paul & Danielle Murphy Robert & Coralee Stark Jr. Alejandro Narvaez & Norma Zavala $500 - $999 James Stephens Jeffrey & Marsha Nemitz Michele & Eric Anderson Karlyn Taylor Amanda Ngan Erik Balinghasay Katherine Tekolste & David Tempest Todd Okazaki Lauren Basile Andrew & Carolyn Tolas Sheila & Melvin O’Neal Owen & Sheryl Beirne Russell & Elizabeth Tom Victoria & Dana Otterholt James & Frances Bogden Richard & Joy Ulrey Jeffrey & Jo-Ann Parrish Carl & Sandra Botvinick Judson & Amelie Werner David & Patti Petersen Daniel Bruce Cardon Willis Jeromy Peterson & Kevin Stroman Mark Carlson Judith Peterson Teresa Castner $250 - $499 Nhi Pham Daniel Chan & Eve Hui Jason Bressler Richard & Karen Prince Donald & Brenda Chapman Daniel & Kristen Burr Eldon Richard Lloyd & Katherine Chapman Sara & Ryan Cassidy James & Vivian Rosenwald Esther Chen Julidang Chue-Gomez Bradley Sainsbury Donald Chi Sterling & Sandra Clarren Robert Seghi Scott Cohen Beverly Dale-Crunk & Frederick Crunk Brandon Seto Maureen Craig Diane Daubert & Kip Wiebusch Oleg Shvartsur & Nikole Young George & Christel Deitrick Jay & Tracy Deiglmeier

36 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 Patricia & Ronald Ellingsen Philip & Beverly Clement Nathan & Raya Morgan Braden Giswold Rachelle Cohen Mark Nehring David Goerig Suzanne Corbett Justin Newberry Gary Gregg G. Frans Currier Randall Newquist Michael Han Virginia Daugherty Harold & Emily Odegard Gerald & Madeline Harrington Mindi D’Elia Enrique Oltra Esplugues J. Scott & Karen Henricksen Dennis Di Julio Rosario Palacios Thomas & Kristen Jacka Jane Dieveney-Hinkle Fotinos Panagakos Obren & Lindsay Kokich Darrel Dreke Eugene & Anita Peeples Wayne Lemley John Dumars Robert & Denise Perkins Linda LeResche & Michael Von Korff Samuel & Mona Dworkin Ralph & Sharon Peterson Sabrina Mandich & Robert Levenson Jr. Mark & Lisa Egbert Joseph Piecuch & Michele Potvin-Piecuch Gary & Carmen Marshall John & Marcia Evans David & Sandra Pitts Joanne Nichols Nikolaos Giannakopoulos Susan Rivera Peter & Claire Nichols Lindsay Gianni Howard & Ruth Rosenberg Kent & Phoebe Palcanis Jennifer Grant Marilynn & Martin Rothen David & Norma Priebe Sandra Griffith & William Osmer Darrell & Dona Ruef Stephen Russell Jr. Joseph & Eve Gruss Alan Sato Steven & Anne Schwager Ross & Carla Haddow Douglas & Judith Schaad Robert Shaw Carol & Larry Harvey Ana Lucia Seminario Steve & Sandra Steinberg Thomas Henry James & Kristi Shoe Chi Tran Charles & Marion Hodson Robert Simon Ashley Ulmer Sharon & Robert Ironmonger Nicholas Skalabrin Christina & John Vanosdoll Mary Jennings Janice Snyder Douglas & Margaret Verhoef John W. Johnson Martha Somerman & Norman Schiff Adam & Diana Welmerink Vaughn & Patricia Johnson Robert Sproat Fred & Cristel Wemer Philip Jones B. Janice Stamey Perry Jones III John & Jenness Starks $100 - $249 Michael & Cristina Jorgenson George & Mariana Stephens Ayman Al Dayeh Robert & Jacqueline Juhl Sheryl & Mark Stiefel Joseph Albert & Maurene Cronyn Tamara Justus Stephanie Su Steven Albright & Paula Cipolla Mikael & Christie Kautsky Richard & Mary Sundberg Dorthea & Olav Alvares Danielle & Jeremiah Kennedy Wayne & Cynthia Tanaka Gregory Anderson & Patsy Dickinson Stephen & Laura Kern Claire Tangvald Kelly Anderson Donna & Glen Kilburg Linda & Richard Troyer Vu Hoa Anh Dien William & Susan Kirschner Ebingen Villavicencio Jack & Karen Armstrong Richard Kuniyuki Richard & Laury Volwiler Donald & Tena Arstein Tony Lanphear Hans & Sharon Wehl Gerald Baldasty Charles Lansing Lauren Weiss John & Linda Beatty Andrew Lee Brian Wenk Carol & John Belton Douglas Leen Lynn & LuAnne Whimpey Vivian Bennett & Tommy Fong Nancy Lerch Nancy & Bruce Whittaker Maralyn Bingham Robert Lewis Jr. Amy & Santtu Winter Fleur & William Blethen Wai-Ping Li-Landis & Steve McDannel John J. Yae George Bourekis Ronald Lo Gary Yuen James & Alma Bryant Jr. Dean & Marycarol Luddington James Zimmerman John & Lucia Burkhart Sophia Malik Richard & Marilyn Campbell Shirley McCarter Lawrence Chen Robert McCulloch Samuel Cheng Kim McGinnis & Charlanne Dunn-McGinnis Hashim Chothia Christy McKinney Gordon & Rella Christensen Roger & Sheila Meyer Russell & Claudia Christensen Mike & Joanne Michael Edward & Mary Alice Christopherson James & Nancy Miller Michael Clarke David & M. Elaine Moberly

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 37 legacy gifts

Rod Wentworth and Jill DeMarco Doing the right thing by our School

r. Rod Wentworth (’81) has their entire estate upon their passing, to Dentistry [graduate],” he says. a long-standing reputation be divided equally between our School “I have been impressed with the dedi- D for doing the right thing – and the UW Department of Human cation and hard work of the faculty, par- and encouraging others to do it as well. Centered Design & Engineering at the ticularly with the change in curriculum. President of the Washington State Den- College of Engineering. At our School, Serving on the Curriculum Committee tal Association from 2011 to 2012, the they hope that their gift will establish an as the Ethics and Professionalism Thread Bellevue general dentist teaches dental endowed professorship, which would be Champion cemented my admiration of ethics at our School, and has served on awarded to a faculty member teaching these dedicated individuals. I’ve seen the American Dental Association Council professional ethics and jurisprudence. At firsthand what they do for the school and on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs. He the same time, they want to support our felt the need to contribute for the future.” has also chaired WSDA’s Committee on Oral Medicine faculty. Dr. Wentworth Oral Medicine, furthermore, has al- Judicial Affairs, Ethics, and Peer Review explains: ways been close to his heart, he says. and Seattle King County Dental Society’s “Both of us feel fortunate to have “Spending 10 years in the Dental Ur- Ethics Committee. had a phenomenal educational experi- gent Care Clinic alongside the late Dr. Now he and his wife, Jill DeMarco, ence at the UW – Jill with her master’s Micki Griffith was a joy. Drs. Ed True- feel that the right thing is to present the from the College of Engineering, and I love, Mark Drangsholt, Bea Gandara, University of Washington with a gift of as an undergraduate and UW School of Rolf Christensen, Michael Martin, and David Dean all made me feel welcome and are great mentors. “The Oral Medicine faculty has also really embraced incorporating dental eth- ics into their courses. To that end, our gift is earmarked to fund Oral Medicine faculty that will focus on teaching dental ethics and professionalism.” Dr. Wentworth knows that the gift from him and his wife is especially meaning- ful at this particular time: “We all know the financial challenges the school faces. I also am proud of how the School of Dentistry has continued to rank as a top school internationally. Our gift is a drop in the bucket of what is needed, but if we all can do just a little, the sum will help future generations get the high-quality education we received.” Want to know more? If you would like more information about a planned gift to our School, please contact Doug Day at [email protected] or Greg Croak at [email protected]. Dr. Rod Wentworth and his wife, Jill DeMarco, will support our School with a major bequest.

38 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 The HistoryProject Remembering our School, our people, our times The History Project captures the memories of our alumni and selected senior or emeritus faculty members, with excerpts appearing in the Dental Alumni News. To see the full versions, please go online to https://dental.wash- ington.edu/. Click on “Connect” in the “Alumni & Friends” pull-down menu, then look for “History Project.” If you’d like to share your memories, please send a note to [email protected] with “History Project” in the subject line. Dr. Norbert Hertl Endodontics Class of 1979 Dr. Norbert Hertl served on our af- should be the basis for our textbooks filiate faculty for two decades. He also col- and for the treatment of our patients. laborated with the late Dr. James Steiner We were encouraged to do our own on a detailed history of our Department of research project, which I did under Endodontics, a link to which can be found the patient guidance of Dr. Henry Van on the department’s homepage at https:// Hassel and Dr. Jack Nichols. dental.washington.edu/dept-endo/. Here he Our training was consistent, detailed, shares his memories, which include many all-encompassing, research-based, firm, of the department’s most iconic figures. and kind. Dr. Eugene Natkin, the chair As a refugee of World War II and a of the department, was on sabbatical young immigrant from Germany living during my first year. Dr. Gerald Har- in Huntsville, Ala., with my sister’s fam- rington was in charge with the support ily, I joined the U.S. Air Force in 1962. of Dr. Robert Oswald, Dr. Van Hassel, After some training, my sergeant made and Dr. David Pitts. Their knowledge it possible for me to go to a course for and patience seemed endless. We were dental assistants instead of becoming treated with respect. I don’t remember a medical orderly. My four years in a any major disagreements or unkind words. large dental clinic at Langley Air Force They made the lectures interesting, the Base in Virginia were very enjoyable and seminars stimulating, and they gave us educational. My work habits seemed to accepted. Ironically, on the first day of much freedom while treating patients. please the oral surgeon who was sta- class I read a note on the inside of my Dr. Harrington was an expert in pro- tioned there. He recommended that locker door: “It is never too late for viding us with patients with the right I take college courses in the evening forestry.” difficulty level to match our abilities. offered by the College of William and My study habits and my interest in Dr. Van Hassel had a PhD in physi- Mary, and he encouraged me to apply the subject helped me graduate in 1973 ology and biophysics. He was on the to Ohio State University, where he had near the top of the class of 150. There full-time faculty from 1967 to 1981. attended. He also offered financial help were no women or students of color. We benefited greatly from his recent if I should need it. After four years as a dentist in the research and expertise in pulp physiol- After a bachelor’s degree in zoology Public Health Service in Boston and ogy. I always admired the precision of at Ohio State University, I still hesitated Washington, D.C., I was accepted to the his scientific arguments. He was a great to take on the daunting task and cost Graduate Program in Endodontics at calming influence during the frustrating of dental school. The National Forest the University of Washington in 1977. periods of my research project. Between Service could be another option. I ap- We learned to no longer rely only on 1965 and 1980, the U.S. Public Health plied to dental school anyway and was textbooks but on research data, which Service sent one commissioned officer

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 39 TheHistoryProject

because I enjoyed his style of teach- ing. In 1962 he was the first graduate of the program. He joined the faculty in that year and became Chair in 1967. One of his many accomplishments that benefited students was the development of self-instructional syllabi for the pre- doctoral courses. We graduate students also had to read them, and we gained a great deal of detailed understanding in our field. It was a pleasure to attend lectures on his favorite topic, dental radiology. From left: Dr. Gerald Harrington, Dr. Hertl, Dr. David Pitts, Dr. Robert Oswald, and Dr. Eugene Dr. John Ingle was Chair of the De- Natkin at Dr. Pitts’ retirement celebration in 2009 partment of Periodontics and Endodon- per year to our program and paid all sion Ridge during our yearly ski-endo tics from 1959 until 1964. He created the expenses. Dr. Van Hassel was the meetings which he helped to organize. the Graduate Program in Endodontics first student from the Public Health Dr. Pitts had just graduated from the in 1959. In 1964 Dr. Ingle left to be- Service to graduate, in 1967. It was my program and joined the faculty in 1977. come Dean of the School of Dentistry turn from 1977 to 1979. I remember him mostly from the clinic at the University of Southern Cali- Dr. Harrington had been on the fac- where he patiently guided us through fornia. I remember attending several ulty since graduating from the program difficult procedures. I still remember his of his lectures during his many return in 1969. He seemed to know every en- demonstration of the best way to trim a visits to Seattle. He also used some of dodontist on the faculty of other dental gutta percha point and the proper time my clinical cases for his textbook on schools and every major researcher in to dip it into chloroform before form- endodontics. dentistry. He also seemed to know ev- ing it in the root canal. For about 20 years while in private ery pertinent research article ever practice, I volunteered as an published which related to our Affiliate Associate Professor, field. He was able to pass on his supervising graduate students knowledge and wisdom in such in the graduate clinic. It was a a gradual and measured way as small way to pay back what the to not overwhelm us and make School had done for me. My other us feel discouraged. No one will contribution to the School was ever know how he found the time in 2012, writing the history of to teach all the courses, do all the the Department of Endodontics, research, write all the articles, which Dr. James Steiner and I supervise all those students, and had started but which I had to fulfill all his administrative duties finish after his death in 2010. All as Director of the Endodontic of the above-mentioned faculty Graduate Program and later as and the new faculty members Chair of the department. under Dr. James Johnson, the Dr. Oswald had joined the new Chair, were of great help Dr. Hertl and Dr. James Steiner in 2009 faculty in 1974 after graduating in this project. Dr. Steiner also from Columbia University. He was very Dr. Natkin was back during my sec- joined my Rotary Club in Edmonds involved in research at the time of my ond year in the program. He had this after his retirement. stay, but always had time for us. He was wonderful combination of extensive Students can never thank their teach- very patient and supportive in the clinic. knowledge in his field and the ability ers enough for the positive impact they I remember his many debates with Dr. to transmit it to students during lively have on their lives. Teachers should Van Hassel on various subjects. After and stimulating lectures. I remember know that students are very thankful I entered private practice, we met for attending some of his lectures to the and appreciative but don’t often take several years on the ski slopes of Mis- undergraduate dental students just the time to express it.

40 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 BUSINESS PARTNERS2018

The UW School of Dentistry relies on the annual contributions from our many Business Partners in support of students, faculty and programs. We encourage alumni and friends to consider these organizations that give so generously to our School.

GOLD PARTNERS 3M Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Advantage Professional Management, LLC Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Institute American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Research Seattle King County Dental Society Anderson Foundation KLS Martin, LLP Seattle King County Dental Foundation Arcora Foundation Kuraray Noritake Dental, Inc. Straumann USA B&B Dental Ceramic Arts, LLC MCNA Dental Sunstar Americas Beverly Jewell Foundation Nakanishi Dental Lab, Inc. Tucker Family Foundation Burkhart Dental Supply Co. Nobel Biocare USA, Inc. UW Dental Alumni Association Columbia Bank Pacific Hospital UW Orthodontic Alumni Association Delta Dental of Washington Pew Charitable Trusts Washington State Dental Association DentaQuest Phillips Oral Health Care, Inc. Yoshida Dental Mfg. Floyd & Delores Jones Foundation Sea Mar Community Health Centers Zimmer Biomet

PURPLE PARTNERS A-dec, Inc. Bybo Dental Group Washington Academy of Pediatric Dentists American Dental Association Foundation Guardian Dental Life Insurance Washington AGD America’s ToothFairy Permanente Dental Associates, P.C. Washington State Dental Hygienists The Bartell Drug Co. Stryker Corporation Association BioLase Technology, Inc. UltraDent Zuga Medical, Inc.

PARTNERS American Association of Endodontists International College of Dentists Washington Dentists’ Insurance Agency FISH of Cowlitz County Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc. Washington State Academy of Pediatric Dentists Garfield Refining Co. Pacific Underwriters Corp. Henry Schein, Inc. Society of American Indian Dentists

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 41 profile inpartnership

ith the Washington Den- in the future of dentistry in Washing- tists’ Insurance Agency ton state. W (WDIA), our state’s dentists “WDIA also supports dental stu- know they have a partner they can rely dents by ensuring that all students on. So does our School of Dentistry. will be able to excel in the dental pro- WDIA is one of our Business Part- the dental community. For dentists in fession and be able to purchase prac- ners – a group of businesses serv- practice, this means selling insurance tices. WDIA has brokered disability ing the dental community who also products that best serve the needs of programs that guarantee students directly support the School and its Washington dentists. disability coverage when they gradu- faculty, students, and programs. In an “Being a Business Partner gives ate regardless of their health histories. era of decreased state funding, this WDIA the opportunity to support Having their disability protection kind of support has been critical to in place right after graduation helps the School’s mission. new graduates protect themselves and Students get to know Matt French, BUSINESS their families while also having insur- WDIA’s Director of Insurance Ser- ance in place that may be needed to vices, and Kerri Seims, Assistant Di- PARTNERS2018 purchase a practice.” rector of Insurance Services, while “We’re grateful to our Business they’re still in school. After graduat- the profession by helping future Partners for their support,” says ing, they can then turn to WDIA to dentists become strong members of Randy Newquist, Assistant Dean of protect their livelihood as they enter organized dentistry. As part of the Advancement and External Affairs. the world of practice. dental community, WDIA wants to “WDIA and our other partners know French says: “As a subsidiary of encourage students to become lead- the importance of dental education, the Washington State Dental Asso- ers in the dental profession when and they show it in a very meaningful ciation, WDIA has a mission to serve they graduate and take an active part way with their contributions.”

Kerri Seims and Matt French

42 DentalAlumniAlumninews FALL 20122018 research update

A sampling of current studies at the School of Dentistry (some abstracts may be condensed)

Reducing Sugared Fruit Drinks in Alaska state of human MAIT cells, ex vivo (AIM 1) by comparing the Native Children differences in gene transcription between MAIT cells collected in peripheral blood (naïve) vs. tissue (activated) via RNAseq analysis. PI: Dr. Donald Chi, Department of Oral Health Sciences It will then try to determine if proximity to the implant surface Funding: NIDCR controls MAIT cell functional responses utilizing laser-capture Yup’ik children in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta consume microscopy and RNAseq techniques and analysis (AIM 2). This 50 teaspoons of added sugar each day, 16 times the American study will help determine if a newly identified T cell population Heart Association’s recommended maximum. Most of this added (MAIT cells) that has been isolated from peri-implant tissues is sugar is from sugared fruit drinks (mostly Tang and Kool-Aid) hyper or hypo-functional. This research will fill a critical gap in consumed at home. Consequently, Yup’ik children experience our understanding of how host T cells contribute to the initiation, tooth decay rates that are 16 times the U.S. average and suffer amplification or propagation of the inflammatory response during from oral health inequalities compared with children from better- peri-implant diseases and help develop therapeutic regimens off communities. We propose a two-arm quasi-experimental designed to mitigate the destructive component of the host behavioral trial in three rural Alaska Native communities to test response. the hypothesis that community health worker-led health education and self-efficacy training for caregivers will decrease child added Investigation of Periodontal Ligament sugar intake. The specific aims are to: (1) refine and finalize the Mechanics under Orthodontic Tooth Loading: health promotion intervention; (2) implement the intervention and A Combined Fiber Optic Experimental and determine outcomes; and (3) identify intervention improvement Mechanical Modeling Approach strategies and disseminate findings. The primary outcomes at the child level are sugared fruit drink intake (caregiver-reported 24- PI: Dr. Tracy Popowics, Department of Oral Health Sciences hour recalls) and added sugar intake (through a validated, non- Funding: American Association of Orthodontists Foundation invasive biomarker) measured at baseline and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 In the use of orthodontic treatment to correct tooth months. Secondary outcomes include percentage of total energy misalignments, the response of the periodontium to the applied intake from added sugar and caregiver self-efficacy to provide loads is of great interest. In particular, the induced stress-strain alternatives. This work has the support of the Yukon Kuskokwim state within the periodontal ligament (PDL) is critical in that it Health Corporation, which will maintain and disseminate the drives the bone remodeling that allows for tooth movement during program if it is effective. treatment. While this heightened stress-strain state is necessary to generate tooth movement, it is also critical that it not surpass The Effect of Peri-Implantitis on Innate-Like an upper threshold where detrimental effects such as root T Cell Function and Antibacterial Immunity resorption arise. While significant research in the literature exists towards the experimental and theoretical investigation of the UW PI: Dr. Douglas Dixon, Department of Periodontics PDL mechanical response to applied loading, a comprehensive Funding: NIDCR program directly linking the mechanical response to stimulated Conducted in collaboration with investigators at Fred biological effects remains elusive. The overarching focus of this Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Center Award is to develop a Center between the University of The aim of this proposal is to determine the functional state Washington and University of Alberta whereby rigorous ex vivo of human MAIT cells during peri-implant diseases. MAIT cells and in vivo experimental methods are coupled with advanced are a specialized T cell subpopulation that uniquely responds modeling techniques to couple mechanical and biological to bacterial metabolites via the invariant T cell receptor (TCR) responses of the periodontium under orthodontic loading. through MHC-related protein 1 (MRI). Once activated, MAIT cells rapidly acquire effector function and secrete pro-inflammatory For details on any study at the School of Dentistry, contact Dr. Linda molecules such as interferon-α and also have the ability to LeResche, Associate Dean of Research, at [email protected]. directly kill target cells by secretion of the cytolytic molecule edu, or Mary Beth Cunningham at [email protected], or the granzyme B. The research will initially determine the functional principal investigator.

FALL 2018 DentalAlumninews 43 class notes reunions MELISSA LIWANAG UW dental alumni celebrated a promotion at the Naval Branch n CLASS OF 1973 Health Clinic at Naval Base San Diego in May. From left: Raoul San- The Class of 1973 held its 45th-year reunion on July 7 at Kris Over- tos (’98), who was promoted to captain; Capt. Jeffrey Ant (’94), who by’s Tacoma home on Commencement Bay. Twenty classmates and is also with the Naval Branch Health Clinic; Cmdr. Garin Liu (’03), 16 spouses or significant others attended, including people from who is with Area Dental Lab San Diego; and Capt. Chad Lee (’96), Alaska, Idaho, Arizona, Florida, and Canada. There was no program, who is with the Navy Dental Detachment supporting the Marine but Kris’ three outdoor decks and multiple shops made for lots of Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. time to tell embellished dental school stories and talk over old times and current ailments. Kris and his wife, Karen, put on a great steak n CLASS OF 1972 (GRAD PROS) barbecue with multiple salads. Kris took almost half of the group Dr. David Wands, Olympia, Wash.: on a trip around Commencement Bay in his boat. Kris generously I achieved not only a personal record funded the full expense and donated the money we had collected to but the all-time Hoodoo Lodge re- the Dental Alumni Association. cord when I caught a 47-pound king salmon near Cold Bay on Alaska’s Aleutian island chain early this sum- mer. It measured 48 inches in length and 25 inches in girth, and took about half an hour to carefully bring it to the net. The photo shows my guide and friend Tony struggling to hold the salmon for the shot before we released it. And of course I plan on going again next summer! n CLASS OF 2002 n CLASS OF 1989 The Class of 2002 had a class reunion on June 2 at the home of Dr. Greg Plancich, Tacoma, Wash.: Dr. Plancich and his son Bryce Theron Manson on Mercer Island. It gave everyone a great chance went on Dr. Plancich’s annual mission trip to Peronia, Guatemala, early to catch up with each other and fun was had by all. this year. The trip, bringing oral health care to underserved communi- ties, was organized through Spear Education’s nonprofit Open Wide n CLASS OF 2008 Foundation. Dr. Plancich and his son have now made the trip for seven We had a great class reunion this summer at the Thompson Hotel in years. More than 500 volunteers have provided care to more than downtown Seattle. The event went from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. It was 125,000 patients through the foundation. heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar. About 75 percent of our class were able to attend. Many were from out of town and spent the entire weekend enjoying Seattle and getting together with classmates.

44 DentalAlumninews FALL 2018 in memoriam We are saddened to note the passing of classmates, colleagues and friends. For a fuller accounting of their lives, please go online to https://dental.washington.edu/alumni-friends/in-memoriam/.

DR. JOHN B. HOLMES DR. CARL N. COLLIER III CLASS OF 1954 CLASS OF 1971 Rear Adm. John Bernard Holmes, Dental Corps, Dr. Carl Nathaniel Collier III passed away on U.S. Navy (Ret.), a board-certified prosthodon- June 27, 2018 in his Sunriver, Ore., home af- tist, passed away on Feb. 23, 2018 in Lowell, ter a courageous battle of nearly seven years Vt. He was 88. Dr. Holmes commanded personnel for naval with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 73. Dr. Collier dental operations of the Atlantic Fleet and retired after 28½ started and maintained a dental practice in Bothell, Wash., years of military service. He then served as Associate Dean for more than 35 years. He was active in the Bothell com- and Clinical Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Chair- munity and enjoyed nearly 20 years with the Connecticut man, Division of Removable Prosthodontics at the University Dental Study Club. of California, San Francisco dental school. He taught at the Loma Linda dental school residency program before retiring DR. DONALD SOLTERO in his late 70s. His 1970 paper “The Altered Cast Impres- CLASS OF 1972, ORAL MEDICINE CLASS OF 1977 sion” remains a standard in dental school textbooks. Dr. Donald “Don” Soltero passed away on May 19, 2018 in Issaquah, Wash., with his three DR. THOMAS H. MacGEORGE daughters at his side. He was 72. CLASS OF 1954, ORTHODONTICS CLASS OF 1964 Dr. Thomas Hamilton MacGeorge passed away DR. WILLIAM BETHEL peacefully on March 4, 2018, surrounded by his CLASS OF 1974 family. He was 90. He began his 26-year career Dr. William Bethel passed away on March in orthodontics in Shoreline, Wash. 16, 2018 at his home. He was 69. Dr. Bethel opened his practice in 1974 in Renton, Wash., DR. ROY S. MAR and for 44 years considered his staff and generations of pa- CLASS OF 1956 tients as family. Dr. Roy S. Mar passed away on March 14, 2018, surrounded by his closest loved ones. DR. CECIL M. FITZGERALD He was 90. Dr. Mar became the first Chinese- CLASS OF 1974 American to graduate from the School of Dentistry. He es- Dr. Cecil Michael “Mike” Fitzgerald died peace- tablished his successful practice on Beacon Hill and retired fully on Feb. 5, 2018 in Ketchikan, Alaska. He in 2013. For numerous years, he was active in the Seattle- was 77. King County Dental Association, holding various positions, including president. DR. EUGENE CHOY PROSTHODONTICS CLASS OF 1976 DR. RONALD S. GUSA Dr. Eugene Choy passed away on April 6, 2018. CLASS OF 1957 He was 79. Dr. Ronald Stuart Gusa passed away at his home in Mill Creek, Wash., on July 1, 2018. He was 85. He practiced for more than 40 years on Queen Anne Hill. He was especially proud of his involvement in The Academy of R.V. Tucker Study Clubs.

DR. WILLARD J. FILION CLASS OF 1961 Dr. Willard J. Filion passed away on Feb. 1, 2018, surrounded by his immediate family. He was 87. He practiced in the Tukwila, Wash., area for 53 years.

SPRINGFALL 20182015 DentalAlumninews 45 n continuing dental education fall 2018 n FRIDAY, OCT. 5 SPOTLIGHT COURSE CE1811: Money Makes the World Go Round, But Drugs n SATURDAY, NOV. 17 Can Make It Spin! Patient Assessment, Drugs and Herbal How to Eat Candy Interactions (offered in partnership with Washington Mark Donaldson, BSP, ACPR, PHARMD, FASHP, FACHE Academy of General Dentistry) Mountaineers Club, Seattle 7 credits Depriving cariogenic bacteria of sugar is the cornerstone of traditional caries management, n SATURDAY, OCT. 6 yet the science of CAMBRA (Caries Management CE1812: Illicit Drugs and the Dental Patient By Risk Assessment) takes cariology to a whole Mark Donaldson, BSP, ACPR, PHARMD, FASHP, FACHE new level. If you’re still telling patients to “brush, floss, and use fluoride toothpaste,” you’re going UW Health Sciences Center, Room D-209 to be surprised by the myriad of treatment 4 credits options available today. Streptococcus mutans n FRIDAY, OCT. 26 has more to fear than stronger fluoride and more of it, as dentistry embraces oral health care. CE1818: Improving the Oral Health of Your Aging Patients LOCATION: UW Health Sciences Center, (course limited to 50 participants) Room D-209 O. Ross Beirne, DMD, PhD; Bea Gandara, DDS, MSD; Susanne Kölare TIME: Registration and continental breakfast: Jeffrey, DDS, PhD; Kurt Labberton, DDS; and Rod Wentworth, DDS 8-8:30 a.m. Walla Walla, Wash. 7 credits COURSE: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. n FRIDAY, OCT. 26 TUITION (includes lunch) Until Oct. 31 ($25 more after): Better, Faster, Stronger, Prettier: Direct Composites With $250/Dentist the Injection Molding Technique $150/Team member (RDH, DA, front office staff) David Clark, DDS Fife, Wash. INSTRUCTOR: Brian Nový, DDS 7 credits Register through Seattle-King County Dental Society Since graduating from Loma (www.skcds.org) Linda University School of Dentistry, Dr. Nový has lectured n SATURDAY, NOV. 3 around the world on dental CE1823: Peri-Implantitis caries and dental materials. He Diane Daubert, RDH, MS, PhD and Georgios Kotsakis, DDS, MS practices in Massachusetts at the DentaQuest UW Health Sciences Center Institute and has faculty appointments at 7 credits Loma Linda University, Western University, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He has n FRIDAY, NOV. 16 published numerous papers in journals including CE1813: The Business of Dentistry and Winning at JADA and the Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice. In 2016 he was appointed the Insurance Game consumer advocate on the U.S. Food and Drug Kim McCleskey and Leah Lochner, Avitus Dental Group Administration Dental Products Panel. Mountaineers Club, Seattle 7 credits REGISTER: Download course application form at http://dental.washington.edu/wp-content/ n FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 1-2, 2019 media/conted/cde-gen-app-form.pdf or register Oral Surgery for the General Dentist: Making It Easier, online with Washington Academy of General Faster, and More Predictable Dentistry (until Wednesday before the course) at (hands-on workshop offered in partnership with Washington Academy https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/ eventReg?oeidk=a07efm95wawff9870a2&oseq of General Dentistry) =&c=&ch= Karl R. Koerner, DDS, MS Washington AGD Educational Center CREDITS: 7 Seatac, Wash. 16 credits For registration information, visit www.uwcde.com or call 206-543-5448.

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alumni calendar of events n SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 n SATURDAY, OCT. 20 n FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Dental Alumni Football Event School of Dentistry ADA Reception Ernest Jones Memorial Lecture Time: TBD 5-7 p.m. 8:30-4:30 p.m. Game: UW vs. BYU Location: Royal Hawaiian Hotel Kane Hall, UW campus I Wing Rotunda/Husky Stadium 2259 Kalakaua Ave. Honolulu, Hawaii n SATURDAY, MAY 4 n THURSDAY, OCT. 11 Dean’s Club Dinner Dental Alumni/WSDA Mentor Reception n MONDAY, NOV. 5 6-9:30 p.m. Time: 6-8:30 p.m. Dental Alumni Full Board Meeting Museum of Flight Touchdown Terrace, Husky Stadium 6:30-8:30 p.m. Washington Athletic Club, Seattle

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