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From the desk of the President of the Temple Endodontic Alumni Association(back to top)
| 4/30/2011 |
Dear Colleagues, It's been two weeks since I returned from the AAE annual session in San Antonio, TX. It was really a blast to see so many familiar faces in the exhibit halls, in selected courses and at the Alumni reception on Thursday evening. I often comment about how the annual session helps recharge me for another year. Listening to a cutting edge topic or trying out new equipment is always fun. Buying something new for the office is even better! So many of you had great stories to tell about families and friends. Each of you looked particularly happy to be an endodontist despite the economy and the obstacles facing our profession. I am particularly proud to announce that at this meeting Dr. Omar Porras and Dr. Aneel Belani successfully completed the oral examination and were awarded Diplomate status by the ABE. Also, our recent graduate Avedis Encioiu passed the oral examination. He now only needs to submit cases for his award. Congratulations to all of you. You continue to show the endodontic community how Temple shines as a graduate program. We may not be perfect, but we do a pretty good job. But your commitment and hard work is really the cornerstone of your success. We are all very proud of you. As summer nears, we begin the process of oral examination for both classes. This is always a tense few weeks as final preparations begin and the last of the cramming of authors comes to an end. We have scheduled a graduation dinner for our students on July, 14 2011. Some of you have asked about contributing to the building fund for the dental school renovations. The specifics for that program are still developing and I will continue to bring you new information as I get it. More importantly, we need to fund the alumni account from which we help our students. As you know, we continue to use money from the Seltzer Fund to support student research and the purchase of necessary items from time to time. As you can imagine, the interest from this account is not very much these days. We also get support from the manufacturers and suppliers that visit the school and solicit our residents. Companies like Dentsply, Brassler, Global and Zeiss have all contributed to our alumni fund for the annual graduation dinner. I would like to make a request for donations to our alumni fund at this time. Money from this fund helps to cover the cost of the student registration to the annual session ($200 per student), occasional lunches when we bring in a special speaker and breakfast during the Thursday morning student case presentation. Getting money from the Seltzer Fund for these types of events is very difficult. Unfortunately the Alumni account is shrinking and therefore I need your help. In the past many of you have made contributions. I ask that you again consider helping our current students by making a contribution. Any amount is appreciated. Just ask what the program meant to you and what you can do to give back. If it's $100.00 that's great, if it $1,000.00 that's even better. Please help us continue to support our newest colleagues as they finish their educational path. Debt is so high today that every little bit helps. They will remember what you do for them and they will do the same for future classes. You can start the cycle of success and appreciation. So don't just say someone else will do it. Make it your responsibility. Please consider making a contribution to the "Temple Endodontic Alumni Association" and send it to the attention of:
Have a great summer everyone. I'll talk to you soon. Bruce Terry |
If you wish to make a donation to the Alumni Association please make your check payable to: Temple Endodontic Alumni Association and send to Temple Endodontic Alumni Association c/o Dr. Bruce Terry, Dept of Endodontics, Temple University School of Dentistry, 3223 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19140.
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Incisor Club ($500)
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AAE 2011 - San Antonio, Texas(back to top)
Graduation Dinner 2010(back to top)
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What's Up!(back to top)
Dr. Bruce Terry Climbs The Alps
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| At Gran Paradiso | At Mount Blanc |
What did you do this summer? Dr. Bruce Terry ('88) made it to the top of Gran paradiso and Mount Blanc
Dr. Alan Gluskin Elected to the American Association of Endodontists Board of Directors
Alan H. Gluskin, D.D.S., was elected to the American Association of Endodontists Board of Directors during the organization’s recent Annual Session in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Gluskin represents AAE District VII, comprised of California.
Dr. Gluskin currently serves as the professor and chair of the department of endodontics at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, Calif., a position he has held since 1990. Since becoming an AAE member in 1974, Dr. Gluskin has served the AAE by volunteering on the Annual Session Planning Committee , which he chaired in 2009-2010. Additionally, he has been a member of the Educational Affairs and Research and Scientific Affairs Committees. Dr. Gluskin also served on the Peer Review Committee of the California State Association of Endodontists from 1992-1998. He received his D.D.S. from the University of the Pacific in 1972 and his Certificate in Endodontics from Temple University in 1976.
New Diplomates
Omar Porras (‘05) and Aneel Belani (‘10) have become Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics.
New graduate of class of 2010 becomes one of the youngests Board-certified endodontics in American Board of Endodontics history
At the age of 28, Aneel Belani D.D.S., is one of the youngest Board-certified endodontics in ABE. Additional information available at www.aae.org/communique.
Passing The Boards 2011
Congratulations!! The department is pleased to announce that the members of the class of 2011 who took the written ABE boards this June all passed.
Sheerin Yusuf
Andrew Cho
ChinChai Hsiao
Alan Tengonciang
Christian Lehr
Kuo-Wei Lin
Avedis Encioiu (’10) has completed the written and oral portions of the endodontic boards.
Recent Teaching Appointments
Kristina Shagramanova (’09) UCLA
Avedis Encioiu (’10) U of Toronto
Elaine Lam (’08) U of British Columbia
Michael Sha (’10) U of British Columbia
Mahmoud, Ektefaie (’08) U of British Columbia
ChinChai Hsiao (’11) Kornberg School of Dentistry
Christian Lehr (’11) Kornberg School of Dentistry
Kuo-Wei Lin (’11) Kornberg School of Dentistry
Ramya Ramamurthy (’09)UCSF
Herbert Ray (’90) – Director of Graduate Program, U of Pittsburgh
Aneel Belani ('10) University of Illinois at Chicago School of Dentistry
Nicholas Addiego ('00) Kornberg School of Dentistry
Jay M Goldberg ('85) Kornberg School of Dentistry
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