where the team treated pediatric
patients with special needs.
Dr. Hussam Gharraph,
In March, 2014, LMC-Pediatric Dental/
Massachusetts
2013 graduate
was the recipient
of the 2013
Richard. C. Pugh
Award which is
conferred upon
graduates who scored in the Top 3%
of the American Board of Pediatric
Dentistry written qualifying exam.
Dr. Ryan Jenkins,
LMC Dental Periodontics resident
in Brooklyn, NY,
was selected
and sponsored
by Straumann
to be part of
the Implant
Complications
Symposium in Dallas, TX on Friday,
May 9, 2014.
Dr. Yusuf Bhatti, Dr. Judyth Lee,
and Dr. Leslie Slowikowski
Dr. Marjorie Baptiste, DMD,
Program Director of the Advanced
Program in
Periodontics
at Lutheran
Medical
Center and a
Diplomate of
the American
Board of Periodontology was
accepted for Fellowship in the Pierre
Fauchard Academy for outstanding
leadership in the profession. She
was inducted on Friday, May 30,
2014 in New York City.
Dr. David Reznik,
AEGD Associate Director, Georgia
was a finalist
in the Atlanta
Business
Chronicle’s
Community
Outreach HealthCare Hero Award.
Reznik has devoted more than 20
years to advocating and caring for the
dental needs of people with AIDS and
partnered with Grady Health System
on the nation’s first oral health clinic
for people living with AIDS.
Dr. Ken Reed,
Dr. Anna D’Emilio presented
Dr. Sam Ishimura
with the
Outstanding
AEGD Program
Assistant Director
Award during
the Endodontic
Symposium held
in Hawaii on March 6, 2014. The award
was given in recognition of over 10
years of leadership and dedication
towards the development and
enhancement of LMC postdoctoral
dental education programs in Hawaii.
•R
eceived his
Certificate
in Dental
Anesthesiology,
Lutheran
Medical Center,
Brooklyn, NY
• Appointed Associate Director of
the LMC Dental Anesthesiology
Residency program in May, 2014.
• Appointed Associate Director of
the LMC Dental Anesthesiology
Residency program in Arizona in
June, 2014.
• Became President-Elect, ADSA
(American Dental Society of
Anesthesiology).
(PGY 1 Pediatric Dental Resident/
Maryland, 2014), Dr. Judy Ѡ