Winter 2012-13 - College of Dental Medicine - Columbia University

IN memoriam
James E. McIntosh, DDS
Dr. James E. McIntosh a dedicated,
long-time faculty member at the Columbia
University College of Dental
Medicine, passed away on July 27,
2012. Dr. McIntosh first joined Harlem
Hospital Center (HHC) in 1984 when
the department of dentistry was
a division under General Surgery.
Under his leadership and direction,
he brought dentistry to departmental
status at HHC, where he was Director
of Dentistry for many years. A proposal
has been submitted to name
the HHC Department of Dentistry
and Oral Surgery as the “Dr. James
E. McIntosh Department of Dentistry
and Oral Surgery” in recognition of
his dedication for over 40 years on
behalf of the Harlem community.
During the late 1980s, in cooperation
with Dean Emeritus Allan J. Formicola
of the School of Dental & Oral
Surgery (now the College of Dental
Medicine), Dr. McIntosh established
a program that trained more than
30 dental professionals as minority
specialists. During his career, he
was mentor to more than a hundred
minority general dentists, most of
whom returned to practice in underserved
areas of the country.
Dr. Kenneth C. Deesen, Associate
Clinical Professor in the Division
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
for over 50 years, passed away on
September 12, 2012. A graduate of
MIT, Dr. Deesen earned his DDS in
1948 at Columbia's School of Dental
and Oral Surgery, later serving in the
Korean War. Dr. Deesen was also
an inventor who patented a computer-assisted
method for coaching
students and designed specialty
dental cameras for magnified photography.
The latter revolutionized
clinical teaching and evaluation of
both tooth preparation in operative
dentistry and lesions in oral medicine.
Dr. Georgina Zabos, former Assistant
Professor of the Division of Community
Health and the Director of
the Advanced Education in General
Dentistry Program, passed away on
March 11, 2012, in her native country,
Hungary, where she had retired. In
addition to her academic services,
she made a notable contribution to
the care of those living with HIV/AIDS
in New York City. Early in the epidemic,
when little was known of the disease,
or risks for those treating it, Dr.
Zabos recognized the importance of
providing oral health care to patients
with the virus. She trained a cadre
of young dentists to do this work,
helping them to understand compassion
and dedication, the deepest
meaning of serving as a health care
professional.
Dr. McIntosh, Dr. Deesen, and
Dr. Zabos will be remembered
by colleagues and students for
their significant contributions to
Columbia and to the profession.
George J. Mullen Jr. ‘34
Sarah Swanson, Hyg ‘35
Mrs. Loretta-Ann Murphy, Hyg ‘38
Bertram E. Gerzog ‘38 (CC),
'43, Ortho ‘45
Mrs. Evelyn P. Feeney, Hyg ‘39
Mrs. Vita F. Gellin, Hyg ‘39
Mrs. Mildred Henkin, Hyg ‘40
Sidney Russell ‘40
Leonard E. Koenig ‘41
Alexander Leff ‘41
Robert B. Buchsbaum ‘43
Henry I. Caltabiano ‘43
Jospeh M. Medaglia ‘43
Paul N. Baer '45, Perio ‘55
Kenneth C. Deesen ‘48
Mrs. Gladys Potter Bush, Hyg ‘49
James P. Kerrigan ‘49
Mrs. Jacqueline H. David, Hyg ‘52
Frank Miele ‘54 (CC) ‘58
Richard H. Sands '54, Ortho ‘56
Henry Muller III ‘55
Gerald M. Galvin Jr. ‘56
Leonard M. Goldfarb ‘57
Kenneth D. Levin ‘58
Robert M. Tublin ‘58
Mrs. Gloria Verdi Kane, Hyg ‘59
Rudolph E. Micik ‘61
Carl E. Rodenburg ‘61
Mrs. Marjorie Browner Flanz, Hyg‘64
Sonya K. Simenauer ‘64 (CC),‘70
Francis X. Judge II, Ortho ‘64
Robert Schoor, Perio ‘66
Richard B. Kaplan ‘72 (CC),‘76
Samuel Malkin Peds ‘75, Pedo ‘76
Barbi Kantor-Goldenberg ‘78
Brenda Sue Martin, MS Hyg ‘88
Michael Paul Winkler ‘91
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