Presentations & Conferences
Dr. Anthony Caputo
Dr. Anthony Caputo, DDS, MA, FACD,
FICD, Senior Associate Director,
Lutheran Medical Center, Department
of Dental Medicine’s AEGD
Program. He presented at the 22nd
International Association for Disability
& Oral Health conference on October
2-4, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Dr.
Caputo was one of three presenters
representing a global perspective of
anesthesia administered in the dental
office setting. One presenter from
Asia, the second from Europe and Dr.
Caputo represented The Americas.
Dr. Susan Dietrich
Dr. Susan Dietrich, Vice President,
Graduate Dental Education and
Distance Learning respectively,
presented “Residents’ Expectations
Regarding Use of an Electronic
Portfolio in a Pediatric Dental
Residency Program: A Pilot Study”
at the International Association for
Pediatric Dentistry Meeting in Seoul,
Korea in June, 2013.
Dr. Neal Demby, DMD, MPH
Dr. Demby, Senior Vice President
of Lutheran HealthCare, presented
in Fort Worth, Texas on April 29,
2014 at the National Oral Health
Conference and the American Board
of Dental Public Health Symposium.
Dr. Demby’s presentation was
entitled; “Equity: Service Learning;
Post Doctoral Residency Training;
Educational Entrepreneurship and
Disruptive Innovation as a Workforce
Initiative.”
Dr. David Okuji
Dr. Okuji, Associate Director of
Pediatric Dentistry presented,
“Strategies to Assure Access and
Equity: The Impact of Pediatric
Dental Residency Training Programs
on Access to Care for Vulnerable
Populations” at the International
Association for Pediatric Dentistry
Meeting in Seoul, Korea in June, 2013.
Dr. Walter Psoter, DDS, PhD and
Ms. Andrea Levy, MPH, MA
Dr. Psoter, Director and Ms. Levy,
Assistant Director of LMC Dental
Research presented a poster session
“Assess U.S. State level public health
and emergency planning leadership
views of the dental profession as a
surge response resource” at the IADR
10th World Congress on Preventive
Dentistry in Budapest, Hungary in
October, 2013.
Dr. Walter Psoter, DDS, PhD
Dr. Psoter presented the following
findings at the American Association
of Dental Research in Charlotte, NC in
March of 2014:
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avilanes-Méndez R, Díaz Rubayo
D, Elías A, García O, Psoter WJ.
Recommendations to Dental
Curriculum for Increasing OCS: A
Qualitative Approach. American
Association of Dental Research,
Charlotte, NC, 2014
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guilar ML, Sandow P, Napoli AC,
Lopez J , Werning J, Psoter WJ.
Support Referral patterns in HNC
Survivors. American Association of
Dental Research, Charlotte, NC, 2014
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soter WJ, Morse DE. Increasing
In-office Oral Cancer Screening:
findings from Focus Groups
American Association of Dental
Research, Charlotte, NC, 2014
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Dr. Psoter also presented
“Recommendations to Dental
Professionals on a Social and
Organizational Level for Increasing
OCS: A Qualitative Approach” at
University of Puerto Rico, Medical
Sciences Campus Research Fair in
2014. Co-Authors: Díaz Rubayo D,
Gavilanes-Méndez R, García O, Elías A.
Drs. Reed and Okundaye
provided a tutorial in Brooklyn in 2014
to run Sim Man Emergency Training
sessions for the dental anesthesiology
residents. This was a significant
opportunity for the residents to learn
from dental anesthesia experts.
Dr. Marc Kunin
Associate Director of LMC Dental’s
Endodontic Program
Dr. Kunin received a Best Poster
Award on May 15, 2014 for his
poster “Comparing Face-to-Face,
Synchronous, and Asynchronous
Learning Styles: Postgrad Resident
Preferences,” during the Lutheran
HealthCare sponsored Research
Award Competition. Co-authors;
Kell N. Julliard, MA, Tobias E.
Rodriguez, PhD.
Dr. Ken Reed
chaired the American Dental Society
of Anesthesiology (ADSA) meeting
held in Las Vegas, February 14-15,
2014. He gathered an impressive array
of nationally recognized speakers
who presented on office based and
ambulatory anesthesia related topics.