Arizona
California
Colorado
LMC Dental AEGD developed a
second year position for matriculation
on July 1, 2014 at the Arizona
School of Dentistry & Oral Health
in Mesa, AZ. The clinical curriculum
offers a wide range of experience
in multiple dental specialties. Dr.
Maureen Romer, AEGD Assistant
Program Director developed this
program with emphasis on practice
of comprehensive dentistry treating
medically complex patients.
In December, 2013, AEGD residents
in LMC Dental’s California region
participated in a workshop designed
to enhance their AEGD residency
experience under the direction
of Dr. Huong Le, LMC Dental
Director of Asian Health Services in
California. The workshop, sponsored
by BioHorizons and Sybron/Kerr,
included instruction in implant
dentistry and was held at the
University of California, San Francisco.
L MC Dental training sites were
approved to increase residency
positions for the program year
beginning in July, 2014. The CODA
approved increases were granted at
the CODA 2013 winter meeting.
Sites that were approved:
Fifteenth Anniversary noted
Successful CODA visits
Dr. Anthony Caputo, DDS, MA, FACD,
FICD, was named Senior Associate
Director, Lutheran Medical Center,
Department of Dental Medicine’s
AEGD Program. He celebrated his
15th anniversary with LMC Dental.
New sites approved by CODA
LMC Dental training sites were
approved to increase residency
positions for the program year
beginning in July, 2014. The CODA
approved increases were granted at
the CODA 2013 winter meeting.
Sites that were approved:
• Arizona School of Dentistry and
Oral Health in Mesa and Glendale,
Arizona
» Increased
by 2 residents
(for a total of 12)
» Also, approved increase of 2
additional residents in 2015
(for a total of 14)
• El Rio Health Center sites in Tucson
Arizona
» Increased by 2 residents
(for a total of 5)
• Tucson Indian Health Service
Hospital in San Xavier and Sells,
Arizona
» Increased by 1 resident
(for a total of 2)
Florida
• Fort Myers – Family Health Centers
In April, 2014, AEGD Central California
of SW Florida, Inc. which has
training sites, Clinicas del Camino Real
67 operatives and launched its
and APLA successfully completed a
affiliation with LMC Dental by
special-focused CODA site visit. Drs.
accepting 6 residents who started
Anna D’Emilio, Denise Frances and
in July, 2014. Residents will rotate
Huong Le along with Dental Director
between 8 training sites within our
of Clinicas, Drs. Jaspreet Bal and
affiliates network.
Steven Vitero, Dental Director of APLA
received no recommendations during Hawaii
the accreditation visit not needed.
New facilities open in Hawaii
LMC Dental training sites were
• Waikiki Health Center – a new
approved to increase residency
eight chair dental facility became
positions for the program year
operational in Feb of 2014 and will
beginning in July, 2014. The CODA
accept two new AEGD residents
approved increases were granted at
commencing July 1, 2015. Dr.
the CODA 2013 winter meeting.
Suzan Ly (AEGD KKV 2008) and
Sites that were approved:
MPH, University of Michigan
• E astside Dental Service in Santa
Barbara, California
» Increased by 2 residents
(for a total of 4)
AEGD welcomes FHCN
In July, 2014, LMC Dental partnered
with the Family HealthCare Network
Program (FHCN) in California to
establish an AEGD dental residency
programs. The new dental residency
program built on more than 20 years
of dental experience offered by
FHCN— which has six dental sites
across multiple counties in their
California region. A seventh site is
scheduled to open in December.
New sites approved by CODA
• San Diego
• Santa Barbara
• Ventura
• Visalia
18
• Marillac Clinic in Grand Junction,
Colorado
» Increased by 1 resident
(for a total of 2)
was appointed Dental Director
along with staff dentist Dr. Rachel
Dipasquale.
• Dental facility at University of
Hawaii, Maui College
» An 18-chair dental health center
is currently under construction,
projected completion January, 2015.
Ten of the 18 chairs with be reserved
for The School of Dental Hygiene and
Dental Assisting, with the remaining
eight chairs to be used for patient
care. Recruitment is underway for
a dental director and a staff dentist
with the goal of adding two new
AEGD residents for July, 2016.
• Honolulu
Grants Approved
• A grant of $118,000 was awarded to
Kokua Kalihi Valley Health Center
and the AEGD Residency Program by
Hawaii Dental Service