Fall 2006 - College of Dental Medicine - Columbia University

p. 05 •Tissue Engineeringp. 10 • Center for Oral, Facial, and Head Painabove: Model for the tissueengineeredcondyle construct fromDr. Jeremy Mao's laboratory at CDM,shown with a human jaw bone.p. 13 • Insights into Temporomandibular Joint Disorderp. 16 • Bisphosphonate Therapy andOsteonecrosis of the JawCDM at Work

gery and attempts to adapt to many ill-fitting anddysfunctional artificial substitutes for his own jaw.Mechanical constructions reproducing body parts inartificial materials were generally incompatible withthe sites they were intended to fill, inefficient in carryingout their purpose, and uncomfortable for thepatient.At the turn of the last century, medical sciencebegan to experiment with the use of living organs toreplace those that were diseased or damaged.Methods pioneered by 1912 Nobelist Alex Carrshowed that living cells could be kept alive outsidethe body indefinitely, making them available fororgan transplantation. Although skin grafts, kidney,liver, and pancreas transplants were accomplishedwith varying degrees of success in the ensuing years,anatomical replacement remained difficult, engenderingserious immunologic complications.For a surgeon ... to improve the matchbetween regenerated body parts and theneeds of human anatomy and physiology,the development of engineered tissueswas the logical next step.In 2004, a National Science Foundation (NSF)report on the relatively new field of TE summed upthe problems faced by surgeons who haveattempted to save their patients with insufficientmechanical means or unstable transplantations, andconcluded that, “For a surgeon ... to improve thematch between regenerated body parts and theneeds of human anatomy and physiology, the developmentof engineered tissues was the logical nextstep.” The idea of fabricating living replacementparts in the laboratory from biological rather thanman-made components – a significant challengebecause the body’s complex and refined natural tissuesare hard to imitate – arrived gradually duringthe second half of the 20th century. In 1987, theNSF sponsored a meeting on the topic of “TissueEngineering,” but its program was still largelyfocused on the manipulation and movement of tissuewithin or between bodies, and the re-engineeringof prostheses made of materials fromnonhuman sources. The concept of tissue engineeringas an independent field did not becomewidely accepted until a 1993 article in Sciencedemonstrated that scientists working in a variety ofresearch areas were involved in projects that couldall find a common home under this heading. Theburst of stem cell research that arrived in the finaldecades of the 20th century, fueled by successfulcell cultivation, increased the understanding of conditionsnecessary to go beyond using living cells forskin grafts alone. And, in the same period, a methodusing resorbable polymer matrices as a vehicle forcell transplantation was published. Tissue engineering,then, descends from cell scientists and biotechnologistson the one hand, and from traditionalpolymer and chemical engineers on the other. Thefirst published overview of craniofacial tissue engineeringprinciples appeared in 1999.In the NSF’s 2004 publication, “The Emergence ofTE as a Research Field,” the authors place emphasison the polymer matrix’s contribution to the newdiscipline, saying, “On the face of it, the work ... representeda modest advance ... a logical combinationof existing approaches – cell-seeding of two-dimensionalmatrices of biological origin, as in the earlywork on artificial skin; three-dimensional cell cultureon synthetic matrices; and selective cell transplantation,as in the early work on islet cell transplantation.06primus2006

The method of seeding cells on resorbable polymerscaffolds was, however, unique, and rapidly becameboth the most important enabling technology andthe most important organizing concept in the field,serving as a common element across lines ofresearch addressing a wide range of therapeuticchallenges. As a technique for building tangibleobjects,TE also became a vehicle for enhanced publicvisibility – if not enhanced public understanding –of the field and its goal of “growing organs.”Fundamentally, TE approaches understanding andreproducing the way in which cells are assembledinto tissues during their development by workingwith the three elements of tissue: cells, the extracellularmatrix, and growth factors. Craniofacial TE targetsmesenchymal cells (MCs), from which themajority of craniofacial structures derive. In arecent article (Journal of Dental Research, November2006), Dr. Mao, writing with TE colleagues from theUniversity of Michigan, Stanford University, andNIDCR, describes the versatility and broad capabilitiesof the mesenchymal cell. “During development,MCs originating from the neural crest are known tomigrate, differentiate, and subsequently participatein the morphogenesis of virtually all craniofacialstructures, such as cartilage, bone, ligaments, cranialsutures, musculature, tendons, the periodontium,and the teeth.” Once the MCs have undergone variouschanges in the process of morphogenesis, andbirth has occurred, they become mesenchymalstem cells (MSCs), and remain in the craniofacial tissues– where they respond to injury by regeneratingtissue.Dr. Mao and his coauthors go on to say that thecapacity of MSCs in the de novo formation and/orregeneration of craniofacial structures seems to besuch a natural strategy that its lack of substantialexploitation before the past decade is surprising.Nevertheless, they point out that the task of growinghuman craniofacial tissues and organs “is by nomeans a small task.” They describe the effort ashaving been, in fact, insurmountable until several“seemingly unrelated disciplines – such as cell andmolecular biology, polymer chemistry, molecularJeremy M. Mao, DDS, PhD

lage- and bone-like tissues ... grown from a singlepopulation of adult stem cells.”genetics, materials science, robotics, and mechanicalengineering – converged into the self-assemblingfield of tissue engineering.” The useful interaction ofthese various disciplines in TE is made clear in theauthors’ description of the steps necessary to engineera functional biological structure: “...cells mustbe instructed to differentiate and receive positionalcues, and to synthesize the appropriate extracellularmatrix molecules in the overall shape and dimensionsof the diseased or missing tissues/organs.Biomimetic scaffolds are frequently needed toenable cell growth and differentiation to occur in anenvironment reproducing principles found in developmentalbiology, but previously unfamiliar to eitherbiologists or engineers.”Nearly 30 million Americans suffer acutely fromtemporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems, and findinga way to alleviate their pain has been a longtimeobjective for dental surgeons. The mandibularcondyle’s primary function is to integrate the movementof the mandible with the maxilla. It is anadaptable structure, capable of remodeling in reactionto changes in the maxilla and the constant loadingof the mandible. In spite of its ability to modifyunder stress, this jaw joint can be prone to severearthritis, a type of TMJ damage for which there hasbeen no solution. As Dr. Mao notes, “People ...often have large condyle defects, so the entirecondyle needs to be replaced.” But attempts to tissue-engineerreplacements for the mandibularcondyle had been unsuccessful until Dr. Mao’s lab, inhis own words, produced for “the first time, ahuman-shaped articular condyle with both carti-Dr. Mao’s laboratory experiment began with bonemarrow taken from rats. The marrow wasprocessed to obtain adult mesenchymal stem cells(MSCs), which were chemically induced for differentiation.One culture laced with growth factor transformedthe MSCs into cartilage (chondroblast) cells,while the other was treated with chemicals thattransformed the cells into bone (osteoblast) cells.Each cell type was then suspended in a hydrogelpolymer/photoinitiator solution that solidifies whenexposed to ultraviolet (UV) light (photopolymerization).A layer of chondrogenic cell culture waspoured into several plastic molds derived fromhuman mandibular condyles, followed by a layer ofthe MSC-derived osteogenic cells in the remainingspace. After photopolymerization, the small boneandcartilage-striated condyle constructs, wereremoved from the molds and implanted into thebacks of immunodeficient mice for several weeks,where they grew and absorbed nutrients from thesurrounding fluids. When removed from themouse, the tissue-engineered structures had developedinto condyles with two layers of cartilage- andbone-like elements, closely resembling the naturaltissues.Stem cell molding like this has never been achievedbefore. But, Dr. Mao believes there is much more tobe done, saying,“For one thing, the potential implantshad grown a relatively even distribution of bony cellsand cartilage-like cells, raising the question of08primus2006

whether this or some other proportion of cells ismost desirable.” And, even though microscopicexamination of slices taken from the completedcondyles showed tissues similar to natural bone andcartilage, which expressed genes and producedchemicals characteristic of its tissue, as well as showinga normal increase of bone tissue calcium contentover time, Dr. Mao realized that the engineeredcondyles were not sturdy enough to replacecondyles in human patients. He described them asbeing “about as strong as those found in newbornbabies,” and added that “the strength and durabilityof the engineered tissue must be addressed beforemedical applications can be considered.” To increasemechanical strength in the condyles, Dr. Mao proposesadministering additional slow-release chemicalgrowth factors to the cells, thereby promoting furthertissue growth and maturation. A secondapproach applies mechanical stresses to cells at varioustimes during production of the condyle. “Welaboratory can be put to good use in the manufacturingof soft tissue to supplant deficiencies causedby disease, surgery, or trauma in craniofacial regionsand other areas of the body.Dr. Mao’s studies demonstrate that in comingdecades scientists may be able to seed a threedimensionalscaffold with a patient’s own adult stemcells, thereby generating cell types for both boneand cartilage tissue that could build an entirely newjaw, knee, or hip for someone who has lost thesestructures to disease or injury. The completedbody part could then be returned to the body as animplant without fear of triggering an immuneresponse.plan to mechanically stress the stem cells while theyare still in cell culture and then later mechanicallystress the osteoblasts and chondroblasts locatedwithin the gel,” says Dr. Mao. “These treatments mayincrease the rate of tissue formation and strengthenthe extracellular matrix between the cells.”In the course of developing the mandibular condyle,Dr. Mao also grew human soft tissue from stemcells. His explanation for this approach was that thesame cells he used to engineer the cartilage in histemporomandibular joint also make adipose tissue,or – fat! As he points out, fat cells produced in theIllustrations of the engineeredneogenesis of a human-shapedmandibular condyle from mesenchymalstem cells on pp. 8 and9 (courtesy of Jeremy Mao, DDS,PhD and Journal of DentalResearch, 85 (11) November2006); and details from anengraving of the human mandibleby John Hunter (1728-1793),Natural History of the HumanTeeth, London 1771, on pp. 6 and8 (courtesy of Archives and SpecialCollection,Augustus C. LongHealth Sciences Library, ColumbiaUniversity Medical Center).primus2006 09

“I don’t want you to have pain...”Lori Kraus is a kindergarten teacher. Ms. Kraus had never suffered from headaches or jaw pain until the dayin March, 2004, when she woke up with a terrible toothache. She went to her family dentist and then to aperiodontist, but neither found anything wrong and could suggest nothing to help, except for the usualpainkillers.A few days later, in spite of being “miserable,” she and her husband left on a Caribbean vacation. Ms. Kraus,however, was unable to bear the pain and “couldn’t get home fast enough!” By that time, she had a burningsensation in her lips and her teeth felt “swollen.”After seeing an eye, ear, nose, and throat doctor, who diagnosed sinus trouble and gave her a CAT scan thatrevealed nothing wrong, Ms. Kraus could find relief only when she slept. Next, she made an appointment witha neurologist who ordered an MRI of her head; he was looking for lupus, Lyme disease, or a possible tumor –none of which showed up. She was then started on an antiseizure medicine, which didn’t help until the dosewas raised to a very high level. By the time an antidepressant was added,“to get her mind off the pain,” Ms.Kraus’s nose, eyebrows, and scalp all hurt. Still, she went on teaching everyday, finding it was the only way shecould function.When a neurologist suggested she could have surgery, she was so upset she says,“I yelled at my husband thathe had to find me help!” And he did, calling hospitals all over New York, without really knowing what to askfor, until someone told him about Columbia’s Oral, Facial, and Head Pain Center at the College of DentalMedicine.Lori Kraus answers questionsfrom students in a class onorofacial pain at CDM, led byJames Uyanik, DDS.Lori Kraus was treated by Dr. James Uyanik, “a wonderful man [who told me] I don’t want you to have pain.”Best of all, he really listened to her – very carefully. Concluding that, in spite of her atypical symptoms, Ms.Kraus’s trigeminal nerve was involved, Dr. Uyanik prescribed medication that began to reduce her pain. Shewas soon reporting a 90% improvement, was able to stop taking one medication, and will shortly give up theother. But her doctor’s “gentle, wonderful manner” may have been the most important part of Lori Kraus’streatment at CDM.12primus2006

Many CDM Experts Share Careat Oral, Facial, and Head Pain Center“THE WORD ‘PAIN’ COMES FROM THELATIN POENA, MEANING PUNISHMENT, AFINE, A PENALTY” MERRIAM-WEBSTERFor the 10 to 15 percent of adults in the UnitedStates afflicted, chronic orofacial pain must certainlyfeel like a punishment. Their unremitting, sometimesincurable, misery is responsible for many thousandsof visits to both dentists and physicians, and its costto the nation can run into billions of dollars annually.In response to a growing awareness of this widespreadproblem, the College of Dental Medicine atColumbia University established its Center for Oral,Facial, and Head Pain. Because orofacial pain can betraced to a number of clinical problems, CDM initiateda multidisciplinary team approach, drawing painmanagement and other specialists from acrossColumbia University Medical Center’s dental andmedical spectrum to the new Center’s faculty. Inaddition to the dental subspecialties of endodontics,adult dentistry, and oral and maxillofacial surgery,the faculty includes specialists in acupuncture, anesthesiology,behavioral psychology, complementaryand alternative medicine, endocrinology, headache(neurology), integrative medicine, medical psychology,neurology, neurological surgery, neuroradiology,and ophthalmology.The craniofacial region is filled with a multitude ofnerve endings sensitive to numerous triggers.Considering this complexity of anatomical densityand mechanisms of referred pain, it is not surprisingthat the causes of orofacial pain, especially thoseinvolved in chronic suffering, have been considereddifficult to differentiate and diagnose. At ColumbiaUniversity’s Center for Oral, Facial, and Head Pain,patients are evaluated for a range of conditions,including: musculoskeletal disorders of the head,face, and neck, temporomandibular disorders(TMD), trigeminal neuralgia, cranial neuralgia,headache, and burning mouth and tongue syndromes,among others. Following the evaluation ofindividual patients, staff members meet to discuss adiagnosis and set up a treatment plan. Rather thanapplying piecemeal treatment to one facet of theproblem at a time, the Center designs care toencompass the entire scope of probable causes forthe individual patient’s pain, including the possibilityof comorbid influences and psychological pathology.For ease and convenience, Center patients haveaccess to all specialists and technology necessary formanaging their comprehensive course of therapy atthe single location provided by the Center.Ninety percent of Center patients are dentist- orphysician-referred. The complaint, such as earache,dizziness, accompanying muscle pain, sinus pain, andheadache, would naturally prompt the patient tomake a medical appointment initially. Conversely,apparent dental problems – pain in and around theteeth, jaw, and mouth – may actually arise from acondition which originates outside the maxillofacialarea. Cardiac ischemia, for instance, can refer pain tothe oral cavity, and a diagnosis of Lyme disease maybe missed because one of its side effects,TMD, mayovershadow the underlying cause. In addition, manyorofacial pain complaints – tension headaches,trigeminal neuralgia, temporal arthritis, and dystonia,for instance – may be mistakenly called TMD – orvice versa. If any of these diagnoses are incorrect,improper treatment planning may follow.Fortunately, ongoing research in orofacial and painmanagement, has allowed clinicians at CDM’sCenter to use specific diagnostic methods and standardizedclassification systems to discover the rootcause of such symptoms, so that their patients canbe treated more accurately and with higher successrates.Although temporomandibular disorders are onlyone group of conditions in the category of chronicorofacial pain disorders and dysfunctions, it is nowonder they are often suspect. Trouble can comefrom an unstable bite, or because of missing orpoorly aligned teeth. In such cases, the muscles mustprimus2006 11

Dr. Uyanik listens to a PainCenter patient describe hersymptoms.work harder to bring the teeth together, which mayinduce muscle spasms in the head, neck and jaw.Clenching or grinding teeth (bruxism), trauma tothe head and neck, or working under poorergonomic conditions, can all provoke TMJ pain.Pain can develop in ears, eyes, sinuses, cheeks, or theside of the head, and clicking – or even locking –may strike while moving the jaw. Psychological factorslike stress, depression, and panic attacks canalso play an important role in the etiology and maintenanceof orofacial pain symptoms. When jawpain deprives patients of their ability to chew, swallow,and sleep, they experience a debilitating deficitin their quality of life and may become withdrawn ordepressed. It is even possible for chronic orofacialpain to outlive being defined as a symptom and takeon the role of a disorder. Chronic orofacial pain suffererscould also become more susceptible and irritableto new stimuli.While the clinical management of temporomandibulardisorders has progressed rapidly fromthe 1920s to today, its future should be evenbrighter as scientists focus their efforts on identifyingthe biological, psychological, and genetic riskdeterminants that lead to muscle and joint pain.The National Institute of Dental and CraniofacialResearch (NIDCR), directed by Lawrence Tabak ’77,“... recognizes a unique opportunity ... with theemergence of genomic, proteomic, and other powerfulinformation-generating technologies, to definein greater detail the genetic and molecular basis ofpain [which should allow] future clinicians to moreselectively and efficiently control the pain process.”

New Insights Into TMD’sPathology and Treatment“...A WILDLY MOBILE ... HULA-DANCINGHINGE THAT GOES SIDE TO SIDE,BACKWARD, FORWARD, UP, DOWN.A picturesque description of thesometimes temperamental temporomandibularjoint (TMJ) appeared in theApril 2006 Health Section of the New York Times. Itwas written following a discussion of TMJ problemsbetween the reporter and Dr. Heera Chang,Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry in theDivision of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery atColumbia’s College of Dental Medicine. Bothwriter and doctor had suffered their own bouts oftemporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) and, typically,both are women. As Dr. Chang explainedduring the interview, “Women come in right away,”when they feel pain or experience movementproblems in the jaw joint, but, “men come in andsay, ’I’ve had this problem for nine years.’“IT CAN EXERT650 TO 1000POUNDS OF FORCEPER SQUARE INCH...”Dr. Chang’s personal experience with TMDoccurred in college and was responsible for herdecision to pursue a career in science and dentalmedicine. She attended the University ofWisconsin, graduating with a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in 1992. She became Dr. Chang in 1998,when she earned her DDS at Columbia’s Collegeof Dental Medicine, receiving numerous studentawards for research. A decision to go on for a seconddoctoral degree, in medicine, took her to theUniversity of Connecticut, where she honed hersurgical expertise. Today, in addition to trainingOMFS postgraduates at CDM, she is a clinical specialistin reconstruction and implantation, and thetreatment of maxillofacial trauma and temporomandibulardisorders. She has remained dedicatedto research as a means of strengthening her understandingof the field in which she practices.As interesting as the psychological rationale forgender differences in reporting TMD may be, Dr.Chang has focused her recent research efforts onexamining the biochemical pathology of this syndrome.In the June 2005 issue of the Journal of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. Chang and her coauthor,Dr. Howard Israel, published results fromtheir study “to find a correlation between biochemicalmarkers and joint pathology” for TMD.Before its publication, Dr. Chang presented materialfrom the article, for which she won the bestresearch abstract of the session, at the 2003 annualHeera Chang, DDS, MD,examines a TMD patient.primus2006 13

meeting of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.Researchers exploring the pathogenesis of TMDover the past decade had already identified somekey immunological regulators. But, by using whatthey believed to be more appropriate controls,Drs. Chang and Israel were seeking to demonstratea clearer distinction between disease andhealth in the temporomandibular joint than hadbeen shown previously.Twenty TMD patients with “severe pain and limitationof mandibular movement that had failed toimprove with at least three months of a full courseof nonsurgical therapy” and 13 members of a controlgroup were examined arthroscopically forsigns of osteoarthritis, synovitis, internal derangement,disc perforation, or adhesions. Next, theresearchers analyzed the level of three specificinflammatory mediators in lavage samples fromthe temporomandibular joint synovial fluid of bothpatient and control groups. Their work revealedthat degenerative conditions found in the TMJs ofsymptomatic subjects were “almost always”accompanied by significantly elevated levels of synovialinflammation, which can cause destruction tothe joint tissues by stimulating inflammatory activitythat has the potential to damage the articulardisc surface. Earlier research had tended to sidestepbiochemical and tissue changes that may precedecartilage destruction in the joint space.Not only did their results help to clarify the pathogenicmechanisms of TMDs in patients with severesymptoms, but the authors also point out that themethodology used in the study could lead to beneficialresults for TMD patients. They concludedthat, “Lavage of the joint space via arthrocentesisassists in the removal of inflammatory mediatorsand antigenic sources. Arthroscopic surgery alsoprovides lavage of the joint space while enablingdirect visualization and treatment of inflamed synovialtissues, osteoarthritic cartilaginous tissues, thephysical removal of adhesions and mobilization ofthe articular disc. The end result of a successfularthroscopic surgery is a joint with reduced inflammatorymediators and a reduction of cartilagebreakdown products in the synovial fluid. Thisleads to a decrease in antigen load and a decreasein inflammation, which ultimately results inimproved maximum opening distance and reducedjoint pain.”Dr. Chang has also explored pharmacologicaltreatment for TMD. Writing in the December2005 issue of Dentistry Today, she discusses botulismtoxin (BTX) use for this purpose. A blocker ofneuromuscular transmission, BTX received FDAapproval in the 1980s for use in cases of focal dystonias.Subsequently, BTX has found medical applicationin many areas, including subcategories ofTMD, like bruxism, clenching, masseteric hypertrophy,recurrent dislocation, oromandibular dystonia,and myofacial pain. Dr. Chang summarizes studiesthat show a growing body of evidence for successin treating these TMJ problems with BTX, althoughshe adds that there have been some reports of difficultyin swallowing, which could lead to moreserious problems. In closing, she points out thatthe effects of the treatment are reversible and itsadministration is minimally invasive.Whether through elucidating the causes of TMD atthe cellular level, or determining the best course oftreatment to give them relief, Dr. Chang’s focus ison helping her patients. Her attitude is made clearin the New York Times article, which quotes her assaying, “...if someone comes to you with pain, theyhave pain. I don’t give patients the runaround andsay it is imaginary.”Dr. Chang in her office in the Division of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery at CDM.14primus2006

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Seeking Scientific Evidence ofBisphophonates have been used for almost 20 yearsin preventing and treating postmenopausal andsteroid-induced osteoporosis, Paget’s disease ofbone, hypercalcemia of malignancy, and multiplemyeloma, and in preventing bone metastases associatedwith breast, prostate, lung, and other soft tissuetumors. Bisphosphonates strengthen bone and preventfractures by inhibiting bone loss (resorption) inskeletal long bones, but may act somewhat differentlyon the jaw bones, interfering with theosteoblast/osteoclast balance important to boneremodeling. Recent research has related the biochemicalinteraction that makes BPs very effectiveinhibitors of bone resorption to the chemical structureand molecular action of inorganic phosphate,which regulates bone metabolism by initiatingosteoclast destruction. BPs are currently approvedfor the treatment and prevention of skeletal-relatedevents in breast cancer patients with bone metastases,as well as in cases of prostate, lung, and othersoft-tissue cancers. Breast cancer accounts forapproximately 30 percent of all new cancer cases inwomen, half of whom develop bone metastases,with 40 to 70 percent experiencing bone pain,pathological fracture, or spinal cord compression.Associate Professor of ClinicalDentistry Regina Landesberg,DMD, PhD, is an oral andmaxillofacial surgery researchscientist at CDM.IN 2003, A LETTER TO THE JOURNAL OF ORALAND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY DESCRIBED ASTILL UNCOMMON CONDITION, OSTEO-NECROSIS OF THE JAW (ONJ), AS “AGROWING EPIDEMIC.” THE CONCLUSIONWAS BASED ON THE CASES OF SEVERALDOZEN CANCER PATIENTS WHO HADBEEN RECEIVING INTRAVENOUS BISPHOS-PHONATE THERAPY AND PRESENTEDWITH “PAINFUL BONE EXPOSURE [IN THEJAW] ... [THAT WAS] UNRESPONSIVE TOSURGICAL OR MEDICAL TREATMENTS.”Investigators at the College of Dental Medicine(CDM) have been awarded one of the first NIH-supportedgrants to study the incidence and risk factorsfor developing osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancerpatients undergoing bisphosphonate therapy to preventbone metastases. Associate Professor of ClinicalDentistry in the Division of Oral and MaxillofacialSurgery Regina Landesberg, DMD, PhD, andProfessor and Director of the Division of OralBiology and the Center for Clinical Research inDentistry John T. Grbic, DMD, MS, MMSc, are coinvestigatorsfor the two-year study grant.Our knowledge of ONJ comes primarily from casereports that are limited by the lack of a consistentdefinition for ONJ. ONJ is characterized by anexposure of the jaw bone that fails to heal and isoften found at the site of a previous invasive surgicalprocedure, such as an extraction. Other symptomsinclude: painful, swollen, or infected gums; mouthsores that heal poorly; loose teeth; numbness andtingling in the lips or jaw, or a “heavy” feeling jaw.Such a lesion may, however, be painless and notapparent to the patient. Because these case reportslacked the scientifically based examination necessaryto draw accurate conclusions on the concomitantrisk factors, predictive markers, etiology, and pathognesison ONJ, Drs. Landesberg and Grbic, workingwith colleagues from the College of Physicians &Surgeons as well as the Mailman School of PublicHealth, have designed a clinical study to investigatethese and other variables that could contribute tothe condition.16primus2006

BP/ONJPotential risk factors for the development of ONJare therapy with corticosteroids, a history of periodontaldisease, and poor oral hygiene. Currently,the best approach to the management of ONJ is toprevent it from occurring. Excellent oral health careand preventive maintenance, with continual monitoringof active carious lesions and/or periodontaldisease, are essential when there is an increased riskfor development of ONJ. Unfortunately, if a patientdevelops ONJ, there are presently no adequatetreatment therapies for the condition.Using data compiled in an incidence density, casecontrolstudy and a prospective cohort-design longitudinalstudy, researchers at the ColumbiaUniversity Medical Center (CUMC) will test thehypothesis that an intravenous BP (zolendronate)used in cancer chemotherapy is associated withONJ. Analysis of results from these studies will allowthe researchers to begin defining the natural history,risk factors, and predictive biomarkers for ONJ. Inaddition to determining the rate of new ONJ casesin the study population, CUMC’s researchers willaddress the supposition that BP use imparts risk forONJ, independent of that associated with poor oralhygiene, extraction of teeth, oral surgical manipulation,or abnormal prechemotherapy bone scans.They will also consider whether individual variablesincrease risk of ONJ, if factors of treatment and caremodify risk for ONJ development, and if biomarkersand findings in prevalent ONJ cases differ fromthose in persons who develop ONJ. They expect tofind that biomarkers of skeletal turnover will provideearly identification of patients at risk for thedevelopment of this condition.Columbia’s BP/ONJ multidisciplinary research teamis made up of specialists representing the departmentsof oncology, endocrinology, radiology, nuclearmedicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics,and oral biology.Dr. Landesberg confers with her co-investigator on theBP/ONJ study, John T. Grbic, DMD, MS, MMSc. whodirects the Division of Oral Biology and theCenter for Clinical Research in Dentistry at CDM.

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Jeanette Grauer ’88Amazonian DentistRedheaded and statuesque, Jeanette Grauer ’88 isknown as “the tall fire lady” among the people towhom she brings dental care in Peruvian towns andtribal villages along the Amazon River. Dr. Grauerformed her nonprofit Amazon Dental Project in2004 after several years as a medical volunteer inPeru. Now, she and a core of four dental studentsfrom the Universidad Nacional De La Amazoniatreat approximately 1200 children for two weekseach summer in remote regions along the Amazon.The areas Dr. Grauer’s team visits are difficult toaccess. They must travel for hours above the jungleby plane, then for many more in a river boat, followedby a long hike inland. But, as she says, “Theycan’t come to me, so I go to them.”A native of Uruguay, Dr. Grauer began her dentaltraining in South America before earning her DDSat Columbia. She is fluent in both Spanish andPortuguese, helping to increase rapport with herPeruvian patients. “It is a very spiritual experience,and I am committed to an ongoing relationship withthe community,” says Dr. Grauer. “[Although it] ismy vision, ... I am just a conduit. The people in Peruare the real heroes!” Dr. Grauer says she neverexpects anything in return for her services andnever imposes her own ideas on the groups shetreats, simply asking what they need. She believesher Amazon Dental Project can support these ruralPeruvians during a period in which they will learn totake care of their health themselves, and is instructingthe villagers – teachers, nurses, and other willingadults – in basic dental skills. One local nurselearned so quickly that, in just a few days, he wasable to refit his mother’s dentures. “That’s what theywant,” she says, “and we want to engender sustainablehealthcare through resources that are culturallyand environmentally respectful, in partnership withthe native Amazon people.”support needed for her project, while also tendingto her practice in Union, New Jersey. Her officethere provides patients with a wide range of services,including orthodontic, endodontic, and cosmeticdental treatment. Recipient of theConsumer’s Research Council of America TopDentist for Cosmetic & Family Dentistry award in2003 and 2004, Dr. Grauer is also advocacy chairfor the Rachel Coalition, a New Jersey group dedicatedto preventing domestic violence, and directsWomen’s Smiles,Women’s Power, a program of freedental treatment for women victims of violencewho wish to reenter the work force.Although a lifelong competitor in track and field, volleyball, and soccer, Dr. Grauer has never beendrawn to water or water sports – an oddity sheponders during her long trips on the world’s secondlargest river.A young Peruvian patient givesDr. Grauer a loving greeting.When she is not moving along the Amazon or bushwhackingthrough the jungle, Dr. Grauer uses herevidently unbounded energy to raise the financialprimus2006 19

Ronald Odrich ’59, Perio ’63Life Without Missing a BeatGoogle the name of Ronald Odrich and, unless youknow him well, you may find the results confusing.You will find so many references to that name that itmay be hard to decide which one is your target. Ifyou are looking for a New York periodontist, with aPark Avenue office and patents for dental inventions,you will find them all under Odrich. If youwant a jazz clarinetist, who jams, concertizes and hasrecorded with New York’s most celebrated musicians(including his late friend and patient, LeonardBernstein), you will find him under the same name,along with the Odrich in music publishing. Or, youmight want Odrich, the author, cited for his recentlypublished mystery, Perfect Pitch, as well as for a numberof scientific articles.So, who is the real Ronald Odrich? It is no surpriseto most who know him that the same Dr. Odrichembodies all these roles. And, his celebrity is notconfined to the United States; the Italian dentalorganization equivalent to the ADA, named himtheir 2006 “dentist of the year” at a ceremony inNaples, followed by a jazz concert starring Dr.Odrich on clarinet. The honor recognizes Dr.Odrich’s many years of teaching and carrying outclinical research in Italy. Much of the credit goes tohis Neapolitan grandfather, who gave him Italian lessonsdaily, with a report card on the results. Dr.Odrich recalls, “I couldn’t go out to play ball, until Idid my homework.”Family and Columbia have been central to Dr.Odrich’s success as a polymath. Son of a cellist whodoubled on reeds, played with Toscanini and ArtieShaw, and earned multiple college degrees; brotherof a Columbia PhD in Education, pianist, and composer;father of two sons who are Columbia-educatedophthalmologists teaching at Columbia; and ofa daughter who is a Columbia-educated nurse, he ismarried to a graduate of the former ColumbiaDental Hygiene Program. His mother, though not amusician, still has at 102, says Dr. Odrich,“simply thebest ear in the family.”Although his first instrument was cello, at thirteen,young Ron switched to clarinet after hearing“Rhapsody in Blue.” He chose Queens College forhis BA so he could keep playing jazz in New York,then segued to Columbia for his DDS and certificatein Periodontics. A part-time faculty member atCDM (SDOS) for 27 years, Dr. Odrich has fondmemories of Columbia. He practices periodonticsthree days a week and music every day!Ron Odrich seen in two of hismany personas, on campus andon a record cover.20primus2006

Barnett Gillman ’24Ortho, Law, and.... Boxing!One hundred and four years ago, Barnett Gillmanwas born in Russia. At the age of eight, his parents,Max and Molly, brought him and his two brothers toBrooklyn, New York. Ten years later, Barney enteredColumbia’s dental school directly from high school,because professional schools did not yet require acollege degree for admission.He graduated in the class of 1924 and had hisfather’s name, Max, added to his own on thediploma he received, as a symbol of the respect andadmiration he had for his parents, and in gratitudefor the opportunities they had made possibledespite their own lack of education and money.The practice he set up in Brooklyn became a success.But, when the Great Depression of 1929 setin, many of Dr. Gillman’s patients were having troublepaying for their dental care, so he simplystopped charging them. Nevertheless, since marryingin 1927, his own financial responsibilities hadbegun to rise, so he decided to enter Brooklyn LawSchool as a road to a new career. He received hisLLD in 1931 and soon applied his new legal knowledgeto expanding the margins of his dental practiceby patenting a number of dental techniques of hisown invention, including an early form of bonding.After moving his office to New Hyde Park, Dr.Gillman decided to focus his practice on orthodontics,a specialty in which he also received numerouspatents for appliances he designed. His inventiveand practical mind created the Gillman MedicalSurgical Plan, a precursor of the current HMO, tocover his New York patients. Even after becoming afull-time orthodontist, Barney Gillman was alwaysavailable to advise or represent friends and patientswho needed legal counsel.admired heavyweight champion. In addition, heserved his community on its school board and byrunning after-school athletic programs for neighborhoodchildren.Retirement for Dr. Gillman, as he entered his 80s,gave him time to represent senior citizens in malpracticesuits and to support their rights in manycauses. He helped to win millions of dollars worthof settlements as an attorney and expert witness forthe elderly.Today his life is less active, but Barney Gillmanremains keen about world affairs and loves adebate on politics with his grandchildren.Barney Gillman, DDS, LLD,before retirement, and (below)on his 104th birthday, with hisgrandson, Evan Gillman.Barney Gillman not only mixed his dental and legalcareers with great success, but also managed toenjoy a third area of interest as an avid, competitiveboxer. His participation in the sport led to a treasuredfriendship with Jack Dempsey, America’sprimus2006 21

Alumni NotesIRVING KITTAY ’41 was made an Honorary Fellow bythe American Academy of Craniofacial Pain in July. Dr.Kittay was honored for “contributions to dental educationas demonstrated by his lifetime achievementsand his skill, knowledge and experience in the diagnosisand treatment of Craniofacial Pain andTemporomandibular Joint Disorders.” Dr. Kittay is anadjunct assistant professor in the Division of Oralamd Maxillofacial Surgery at CDM, an assistant clinicalprofessor in the Division of Oral Biology andPathology at Stony Brook University, and a lecturerand assistant attending at Mt. Sinai Medical Center.NORMAN MENKEN ’43 is still practicing dentistrypart time and teaching at the Rose Kennedy Centerof Albert Einstein College of Medicine.ALEXANDER B. SMITH ’43, ORTHO ’61 reportsthat he is now 88 years old.HAROLD BAURMASH ’48, ORTHO ’53, a retiredclinical professor who taught at CDM for 40 years, isstill actively writing and publishing scientific papers,the majority of which have been published in theJournal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.JEANO M. DEMARTIN ORTHO ’58 reports that heretired in 2003.JOEL M. FRIEDMAN ’68 is an elected member of theBoard of the New York State Society of Oral &Maxillofacial Surgeons and an alternate delegate toAAOMS. In addition, he is a governor of NYSDA,representing the Bronx. He was inducted into theInternational Academy for Dental Facial Estheticsand the New York Academy of Dentistry.PAULA K. FRIEDMAN ’74, Associate Dean forAdministration at the Boston University School ofMedicine, was elected to serve as Guest BoardMember on the Board of Trustees of theMassachusetts Dental Society.ALBERT KURPIS ’74 and his daughter, LAURENKURPIS ’89, visited relatives and friends in Europethis summer, spending one day in Gdansk, Poland,with close family friend, Lech Walesa, the formerPolish President and Nobel Peace Prize winner(above). Dr. Kurpis reports that, while just “hangingout” in President Walesa’s backyard, they spent thetime discussing politics and, what else? – “dentistry!”TIMOTHY TURVEY ’74 has been awarded honorarymembership in the Hellenic Association of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgeons. The induction took place inAthens in November 2005 at the 19th AnnualConference of the Hellenic Association of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery, where he presented several lectures.Dr. Turvey is professor and chairman of theDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at theUniversity of North Carolina School of Dentistry.ROBERT J. EISENBERG ’76 was awarded Fellowship inthe American College of Dentists in October 2005.SYNGCUK KIM ’76, ENDO ’78 was presented withthe Ralph F. Sommer Award by the AmericanAssociation of Endodontists at the Annual Sessionheld in Hawaii in March 2006. He was honored forhis pioneering research on pulpal physiology andmicrocirculation and its profound effect on modernendodontics. Dr. Kim is chairman of theDepartment of Endodontics at the University ofPennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.MICHAEL KURTZ ’77 is coauthor of an updatedchapter on Dental Injuries in a book entitled SportsMedicine:A Comprehensive Approach. In 2005, he wasmade a Fellow of the Academy for Sports Dentistry,which has so honored only 35 other fellows worldwide.22primus2006

VINNIE MASCIA ’80, ORTHO ’81 is currently pursuingan MPH at the University of Virginia to gain abetter understanding of national health policy issues.Dr. Mascia has also earned an MBA fromCambridge University, and formed a film productioncompany in partnership with a Hollywood director.DEBRA KOEHN, HYG ’81 went on to complete dentalschool at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in1986. She has a private practice in upstate New York.DANIEL WEINSTEIN ’81 is married and lives inGreat Neck, NY. He has a daughter, Emma, who is13 and a son, Samuel, who is nine. He has a generalpractice in Long Island City, NY.ADAM FREEMAN ’92 was honored in May with theDistinguished Service Award by the ConnecticutState Dental Association House of Delegates for hishelp in disaster relief for Hurricane Katrina.FARIBA KALANTARI ’92 is in private practice inHollywood, California, having relocated fromCliffside, New Jersey.SHAILA GARASIA ’95 and her husband are activelyinvolved in the National Health Service Corps(NHSC). They serve as Community Ambassadorsand are also on the NHSC team that interviewsNHSC Scholars with the goal of recruiting dentistsand physicians to work in underserved areas.ERIN LACEY-SPECTOR, AEGD ’04 and MICKEYSPECTOR, PERIO ’04 are assistant professors at theUniversity of Iowa College of Dentistry.VINCENT B. ZICCARDI ’89 has been selected forthe seventh annual class of the ADEA LeadershipInstitute, a yearlong program to develop the nation’smost promising dental and allied dental faculty asfuture leaders in dental and higher education. Dr.Ziccardi received his MD in 1993 from theUniversity of Pittsburgh. He is an associate professorin the Division of Plastic Surgery at the NewJersey Medical School.CHRISTOPHER BONACCI ’92, MD ’95 was inductedinto the American College of Dentists at theirAnnual Meeting in Las Vegas. He is shown belowwith fellow inductee Dr. Sidney Eisig, Director ofthe Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.FARISA (SURATTANONT) MULVEY ’01, PEDS ’03and THOMAS MULVEY ’96, PEDS ’98, are the proudparents of Sadtha Mulvey, a baby boy born onOctober 13. They also have a young daughter,Rosemary.JONATHAN SHENKIN ’96 was invited by the Instituteof Medicine to participate in a study of school foodsfor the federal Centers for Disease Control andPrevention in Atlanta. In 2003, he served on theCommission to Study Public Health in Bangor, Maine,a group focused on the issue of obesity.SANDRA POKHAI ’97, PERIO ’00 is moving with herphysician husband to Chania on the Greek island ofCrete. Dr. Pokhai will be practicing periodontics, andher husband will be associated with a hospital andprimary care center in a village outside the city.primus2006 23

TASIOS VAKKAS ’00 and SONIA VARLAMOS ’00were married recently. Tasios is an oral surgeon inNew York City, and Sonia is practicing periodontics.CATHERINE SANTIAGO ’01 and JAHANGIRMOZAFFARI ’01 were married in the summer of2005, and have a son named Camron Jon.BRYANT TO ’03 writes that he has learned to appreciatethe education he received at Columbia, discoveringthat it has made his practice of dentistryboth easier and more enjoyable.AMY BRYER ’04 (standing far right in photo below,left) is a Navy Lieutenant on the USS Enterprise carrier,treating patients in restorative and preventivedentistry. Dr. Bryer was recently asked to be aDistinguished Visitor Tour Guide for the SecretaryGeneral of NATO. She has traveled to Malaysia,Hong Kong, Greece, South Korea, and Croatia.MARTIN DAVIS, STUART EPSTEIN, LAWRENCEGOLUB, LAWRENCE GELB, ROBERT GOLDMAN,and LEONARD SKOPE, met this past summer fortheir annual Class of ’74 tennis tournament reunionat Dr. Epstein’s home in Connecticut.BENJAMIN F. LEVENE ’41KENNETH F. LEVENE ’72, ORTHO ’76A FAMILY PRACTICE CENTENNIALDr. Benjamin F. Levene ’41 recently rounded out100 years of continuous service to dental patientsby his family. In June of 1905, Dr. Levene’s father wasgranted a license to practice dentistry in New York.Thirty-six years later, there were two Dr. Levenestreating patients in the same Manhattan dental officeoverlooking Central Park at 57th and Fifth. The thirdprovider in this family of dentists, Dr. KennethLevene, received a DDS at Columbia in 1972, andfinished his postdoctoral orthodontics training atCDM (SDOS) in 1976.Still working two days a week, Dr. Benjamin Levene,is also still treating patients who began their dentalcare with his father. One family has been coming tothe Levene office for five generations. Dr. KennethLevene, although limiting his own practice to orthodonticsrather than offering the variety of servicesthat both his father and grandfather made available,has been granted the privilege of carrying on thefamily record for service longevity.24primus2006

ObituariesCHESTER KUPPERMAN ’40ALVIN MOONEY ’42SAMUEL PLOTNICK ’43WILLIAM LEONARD ’44WILLIAM QUAST JR. ’44DANIEL BLATMAN ’45JULIUS LIEBERMAN ’45MELVIN L. MOSS ’46ROBERT WALSH ’47PAUL ARSLAN ’48. Dr. Ivin B.Prince shares the news that “ourclassmate and dear friend, Dr.Paul Arslan, passed away on July12, 2006. We are all saddened,and feel warm sympathy forNancy and family.”CHARLES JURKA ’48MORTON S. LOEB ’48LIONEL E. REBHUN ’48LYNDON M. “BINDY” VIRKLER,ORTHO ’48CHARLES LEVIN ’50JAMES T. O’CONNOR ’51JULIUS TARSHIS, ORTHO ’52 wasa clinical professor in the Divisionof Orthodontics. A dedicatedteacher and clinician, Dr. Tarshisserved on faculty for over 50years. He was actively involved inthe Orthodontic Alumni Societyand was a member of many professionalorganizations.LAWRENCE ROSEN ’54VINCENT E. LYNCH ’56, ORTHO ’69held assistant professorships atColumbia and Stony Brook Universities.For more than 20 years,Dr. Lynch had a private orthodonticspractice in Patchogue,Long Island. He served as presidentfor both Brookhaven MemorialHospital Dental Surgery andthe Long Island Academy ofOdontology. Dr. Lynch was committedto preserving and fosteringappreciation of Long Island’s naturalenvironment and local history.He was president of the Friendsof Fire Island National Seashoreand past commodore of theDomino Yacht Club.LEONARD A. SHERR ’50HENRY SELIGMAN ’60ARA PEZESHKIAN, ORTHO ’61DON PEYTON WHITED, ORTHO ’64IRVING FRIED, ENDO ’70. Dr.Fried was a part-time facultymember for many years in theDivision of Endodontics; later heheld a full-time position at NYU.Dr. Fried cared greatly about hisstudents and will be missed by allwho knew him.BARBARA ANDOH ’01was anassistant professor in the Divisionof Pediatric Dentistry at CDMand was appointed to the fulltimefaculty in 2003. Dr. Andohwas a staff dentist at the OssiningOpen Door Family Medical/DentalCenter. The first enrollee inthe CDM Minority Dental FacultyDevelopment Program, Dr.Andoh was pursuing an EdD inHealth Education at Teacher’sCollege.COMMEMORATIVE PROGRAM FORDr. Melvin MossOn October 16, more than 200 friends and colleaguesof Dr. Melvin Moss, Professor Emeritus ofAnatomy and Oral Biology in the College ofPhysicians & Surgeons, Professor Emeritus ofDentistry, and former Dean of the College ofDental Medicine, gathered at Columbia UniversityMedical Center’s Alumni Auditorium for a celebrationof his life and achievements.Those attending listened as a number of Dr. Moss’sfellow academics, who had worked with him over hislong and productive research, teaching, and administrativecareer, shared their memories of an extraordinaryman. CDM’s Dean, Ira B. Lamster and AssistantDean for Extramural Hospital Programs Louis Mandelopened the program. Other speakers includedProfessor Gautam Dasgupta and Professor and ViceDean Morton B. Friedman, both from the ColumbiaUniversity Fu Foundation School of Engineering andApplied Science, and Associate Professor Ernest W.April from the Department of Anatomy and CellBiology at Columbia. Professor of Anthropology atPennsylvania State University Joan T. Richtsmeier, andDistinguished Professor Stephen C. Cowin from theDepartments of Biomedical and MechanicalEngineering at City College also spoke of their friendshipwith Dr. Moss. The program concluded with avideo tribute to Dr. Moss, presented by SeniorAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs and Edwin S.Robinson Professor of Dentistry (in Anatomy and CellBiology) Letty Moss-Salentijn, Dr. Moss’s widow. Areception followed at the CUMC Faculty Club.primus2006 25

Melvin L. Moss ’46, PhD Anat ’54Melvin L. Moss ’46, PhD Anat ’54Melvin Lionel Moss DDS, PhD, was born in Manhattanin 1923. He had earned an AB from New YorkUniversity by the time he was 19, and four years later,in 1946, received his DDS from Columbia’s dentalschool. After serving in the Army Dental Corps duringWorld War II, he entered private practice for ashort period before returning to Columbia as a PhDcandidate in anatomy, with an emphasis on physicalanthropology. He joined the Columbia faculty in1952, was made assistant professor in anatomy in1955, and in 1967 became a professor of oral biology.He remained at Columbia throughout his career,earning the admiration of many generations of medicaland dental students for his outstanding courses inhuman anatomy.“THE NEWS OF DR. MELVIN MOSS’S DEATHIS A GREAT LOSS TO THE SCHOOL AND TOME PERSONALLY, AS HE HELPED SHAPE MYCAREER AT SDOS DURING MY STUDENTDAYS...” ROBERT RENNER ’68, PROSTH ’71A prolific scientist and author, with more than 50years of publications, Dr. Moss contributed to thestudy of dentistry and anatomy, and to physicalanthropology and zoology as well. His wide interdisciplinaryknowledge and keen perception of significantareas of biologic interaction led to otherdiscoveries in morphometrics, comparative calcification,marine biology, comparative histology of calcifiedtissues, and evolution.“THE DENTAL PROFESSION HAS TRULYLOST ONE OF [ITS] GREATEST TEACHERS.MY FONDEST MEMORY IS HOW DR. MOSSCOULD UNFLINCHINGLY EAT A HAM ANDCHEESE SANDWICH WITH HIS RIGHTHAND,WHILE HE UNERRINGLY DISSECTEDA CADAVER WITH HIS LEFT.WHAT A MAN!”LEWIS GROSS ’79Dr. Moss’s seminal work was the development ofhis “Functional Matrix” theory, which explained howthe jaw, cheekbones, and other facial bones growand coalesce. He tested and verified the hypothesisin his own lab, as did many other scientists throughoutthe world.“Mel’s important early insight was that bones per sehave no biological reality,” said Dr. Letty Moss-Salentijn, writing on her husband’s life in research forthe Journal of Dental Research in 1997. Describing Dr.Moss’s development of the functional matrix hypothesis,she says “[It became] readily apparent to Mel thatgrowth of the neurocranium was a response to the26primus2006

DEAN OF DENTAL SCHOOL 1968-1973primary growth of the neural mass and that thesutures were sites of secondary, compensatory skeletalresponses to that growth.” Introduced in 1962, thistheory became known internationally as the majorsource for a shift of research emphasis that gave newlife to studies of craniofacial growth and development.It stands as a milestone in orthodontic research.The complex biologic concept also developed profoundclinical importance, earning its own entry inDorland’s Medical Dictionary. Dr. Moss’s ground-breakingwork resulted in the orthodontic application oforthopedic forces, and led to changes in the surgicaltreatment of craniofacial anomalies, including a newprocedure for treating children with premature cranialsynostosis. The procedure of the recent separation ofthe cranially-conjoined twins from the Philippines byDr. James Goodrich (a former student of Dr. Moss)also was much influenced by Dr. Moss’ work.In the mid-1960s, following a change in policy causingthe removal of basic science training from its curriculum,the dental school suffered the loss of full accreditation.Dr. Moss was asked to accept a jointappointment at the School, as well as in theDepartment of Anatomy, to oversee an expandedprogram in Oral Biology. His leadership in this arealed to his appointment as Dean of the School in 1968,and the new direction resulted in increased resourcesand faculty growth. Dr. Moss encouraged researchand added numerous new courses during his fiveyears as Dean, a period widely considered to haveshaped the success of the school that exists today.Mel Moss was an extremely popular teacher. His lectureswere always widely attended and are wellremembered by his students and others. To hear Melspeak,” wrote Dr. Moss-Salentijn, “was... an experience..[especially,when he would] use some of his“Mossisms: ’Bone is stupid, you can fool it,’ and ’Thereare no genes for bones.’ He used these simple statements,which contained basic elements of truth, sheexplained,“to stimulate discussion from the audience.”“I SPOKE TO THE INCOMING CLASS ATBOSTON UNIVERSITY IN AUGUST,ANDTOLD THEM SOME OF THE THINGS THATDR. MOSS TOLD OUR CLASS. HE WAS A WISEMAN, AND TAUGHT ME LIFE LESSONS ASTHEY PERTAIN TO THE DENTAL PROFES-SION.THE ANATOMY LESSONS WERE SEC-ONDARY, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OFTHINGS.” ALAN S. GOLD ’83, PRESIDENT,MASSACHUSETTS DENTAL SOCIETYSpeaking of the years following her husband’s serviceas Dean, Dr. Moss-Salentijn writes that his work“gradually became focused on ... the kinematics ofcephalic growth. He ... had the good fortune tomeet Richard Skalak ... a Professor of CivilEngineering, ... interest[ed] in bioengineering. Fornearly 10 years, the two worked together productively;they learned a common vocabulary, establisheda well-funded program project with a team ofbright young people, and produced a series of landmarkpapers on the finite element analysis ofcephalic growth.”“DR. MOSS WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUEN-TIAL PROFESSORS IN MY LIFE. I HAD THEGOOD FORTUNE OF LEARNING GROSSANATOMY... FROM HIM AND HE WILL ALWAYSBE IN MY HEART AND MIND. HIS WORKETHIC AND PASSION FOR THE PROFESSION ISSURPASSED BY NO ONE. ONE OF HIS GREAT-EST QUOTES [WHICH] I USE FOR MY OWNCHILDREN TODAY IS TO “STUDY WELL ANDPLACE THINGS IN DEEP MEMORY.” MAY GODBLESS,AND MY DEEPEST SYMPATHY TOLETTY,” CHARLES VALICENTI ’84Melvin Moss’s research contributions were recognizedby his peers in 1990, when the InternationalAssociation for Dental Research presented him withits Craniofacial Biology Research Award.In addition to Dr. Moss-Salentijn, his wife of 36 years,who is a professor of dentistry (in anatomy and cellbiology) and a senior associate dean at Columbia, Dr.Moss is survived by two sons, Noel and James, and agranddaughter Kristina.primus2006 27

Student NewsEUGENE KO ’10 was a 2006 summer intern at theNational Institute of Dental and CraniofacialResearch, where he conducted research on theinteractions between streptococcus gordonii andactinomyces naeslundii. He described the experienceas “perfect for those who ... need ... genuineresearch experience [as a] catalyst or inhibitor for ...pursuing that avenue.” It worked for Ko, who is nowplanning a career in dental research.SOULTANA CHATZOPOULOS ’07 and PETERTRINH ’07 have an article in the Fall 2006 issue ofMOUTH, the American Student Dental Association’snational journal. Authors Chatzopoulos and Trinhwrite about persuading dental patients to stop theiruse of tobacco and how to support them in thatdecision, under the title “Helping Patients Kick theHabit.”More than 200 faculty and students gathered towatch the seniors defeat the juniors at the College’sannual Fall BBQ’s interclass softball contest. It was themost heavily attended picnic in more than a decade.Seen below are Associate Dean MARTIN DAVIS (farleft) and Assistant Dean JOSEPH MCMANUS (farright), who shared pitching and umpire duties for thegame, with Assistant Professor RICHARD LEHRER ’73(middle, back row) and team members for this portrait.Each class will have a “game ball” displayed inCDM’s trophy case. The Association of Dental Alumnigraciously donated baseball caps in different colors tohelp identify players for each team.Dean Ira Lamster and Associate Dean Martin Davispresented KEITH DA SILVA ’09 with the PierreFouchard Award (below, center) for excellence inscholarship and leadership. Keith, who was alsohonored with the Van Woert Award after maintainingthe number one slot in his class for three years,will go on to postdoctoral training in pediatrics.WAYNE STEPHENS ’09 recently spent six weeks inWashington, DC, on a National Health PolicyExternship, working in the offices of the AmericanDental Association. Wayne was chosen for theaward after competing in a field of applicants fromall over the nation. Assigned to some issues inRegulatory Policy and Congressional Affairs, he wasalso involved with drafting a position paper on theneed to retain critical services, including dentalcare, in upcoming revisions for Medicaid. Waynespent time on Capitol Hill in meetings and lobbyingefforts connected with the ADA, where he metwith elected officials, including MassachusettsSenator Edward Kennedy, shown here (below, right)with Wayne. After receiving his DDS from CDM,Wayne intends to earn his MBA, with a focus onhealthcare management, in a dual degree programwith Columbia’s Graduate School of Business.CDM ASDA RECEIVES AWARD FORCREST HEALTHY SMILES PROGRAMA panel of clinical and public health faculty from dentalschools across the nation honored ColumbiaUniversity’s American Student Dental Association28primus2006

(ASDA) chapter for its involvement with the CrestHealthy Smiles Program. The award was one of sixgiven to participating schools for outstanding implementationof the Crest children’s oral health educationprogram in a community setting. Columbia’s firstand second delegates to the 2006 ASDA annual sessionin Baltimore, WAYNE STEPHENS ’09 and NEERUSINGH ‘08 (below, left), accepted a $600 contributionfrom Crest, as well as a commemorative plaque.CDM’s ASDA chapter looks forward to repeating theprogram next year on an even larger scale.CDM’S SNDA CHAPTERWINS NATIONAL AWARDMARVIN BAPTISTE ’08 is the CDM chapter presidentof the Student National Dental Association (SNDA),the student organization that focuses on communityservice. During the ‘05-’06 academic year, SNDAparticipated in sixteen different community serviceevents, reaching over 3,000 children, high school, andcollege students. During SNDA’s annual meeting inJuly in Nashville,Tennessee, the CDM chapter, underMarvin’s leadership, was selected to receive the“Most Improved Chapter” award. Marvin was alsochosen as President-Elect of the national SNDAorganization at the meeting and is the first CDM studentin over a decade elected to a national studentorganization presidential office.MARVIN BAPTISTE ’08 and RICHARD ANSONG ’08both served this summer as Resident/TeachingAssistants for the Summer Medical/DentalEducation Program (SMDEP), a six-week summerenrichment program for underrepresented collegestudents, funded by The Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation at 12 medical centers around thenation. The program, operated by the Office ofDiversity and Multicultural Affairs, is offered at bothP&S and CDM. Dr. Dennis A. Mitchell, CDM’sAssociate Dean for Diversity and MulticulturalAffairs, directs SMDEP at the College, which hasbeen one of the two leading national sites for thisimportant and effective program.THE LANG YOUTH MEDICAL PROGRAM is a NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital science enrichment andmentoring program for Washington Heights youthfrom ethnic backgrounds underrepresented in thehealth professions. Seventh-grade through ninthgradestudents undergo a rigorous process to gainacceptance to the program. Program advisors arestudents from Columbia’s dental and medicalschools, who plan, supervise, and facilitate scientificinvestigations and discussions, as well as hospitalMembers of the 2006 SMDEPsummer program at CDM.below, volunteers for CDM’sSNDA Crest Healthy SmilesProgram.primus2006 29

elow, left:Tanya Oks,YaseminKilicak, Jennifer Castro, andPeter Frandsen, all class of ’09,sightseeing in Ephesus,Turkey,following their externship weekin Ankara.below, right: Karam Ashoo ’03,ready for the weather in Iqaluit,near the Arctic Circle.tours and field trips. The objective is to educate thestudents about the human body and to help themunderstand the causes and treatments of illness.HANNAH AHN ’08, a volunteer for the LangProgram, says, “The opportunity to work with childrenin the process of educating them appealed tome ... it’s my goal to motivate them ... to help themdevelop social, personal and academic skills, and –perhaps – serve as a role model for pursuingcareers in the health profession.”EXTERNSHIPS IN ANKARAFOR FOUR CDM STUDENTSIzmir-born YASEMIN KILICAK ’09, who, following afew years in Saudi Arabia, has lived in the UnitedStates since the age of nine, decided she had to goback to Turkey last summer – to see how dental studentswere educated there. It was only natural: hergrandmother, now retired, was one of the firstwomen dentists in Turkey. At Yasemin’s request, theDean and faculty of the University of Ankara’s dentalschool invited her and three other CDM students,TANYA OKS ’10, JENNIFER CASTRO ’10, and PETERFRANDSEN ’10, to spend a one-week externship ontheir campus. The group found their time in Ankaraenlightening and interesting. They observed proceduresin every specialty and made friends withTurkish dental students, who were both knowledgeableand helpful. All four called the week “an amazingexperience!” Traveling through the country aftercompleting their externship week was made easybecause Yasemin speaks Turkish, although (so hercousins say) with an accent!KARAM ASHOO ’03FREEZING, BUT FUNKARAM ASHOO, president of the Class of 2003 andcurrently a first-year CDM postdoctoral endodonticsstudent, recently returned from treating dentalpatients in Iqaluit, Canada, not far from the Arctic circle.A fellow Canadian, who had built a clinic in thisfast growing town, capital of the new Nunavut territoryon Frobisher Bay, offered him a chance to spendtwo months treating dental patients in Iqaluit, wheretemperatures can linger around minus 40 degreesfahrenheit. Karam’s love of adventure led him to signon for April and May of 2006.Dr. Ashoo’s patients sometimes traveled great distancesand many days from outlying areas ofNunavut across frozen waters by komatik, a big“sort of wooden Santa Claus sled,” pulled by snowmobile.Like his patients, Karam learned to wearlayers of protection against wind and snow: “twopairs of socks, two pairs of pants, four layers on mytorso, two layered gloves, Russian-style hat (withear flaps), scarf, ski goggles, and snow boots,” which,he adds, “saw more use in two Iqualuit weeks, thanfor two winters in Boston.” When the Tundraspring arrived, raising the temperature slightly30primus2006

School Eventscloser to freezing, Karam found the effect on Iqaluitinhabitants amusing. “Children wore t-shirts andshorts, and people took walks outside ... and somedidn’t show up for dental appointments ... theywere out hunting .... for caribou and polar bears.”He sums up his time in Iqaluit, saying,“I will miss theArctic... the silent snow-blanketed town and crunchingsnow beneath my boots, even in May. I will misstreating the community, from the tattoo artist tomembers of parliament, judges, biologists, geologists,hunters, carvers, and air traffic controllers ... and I willalways remember the closeness of this small, arctictown, and the warmth of its people.”WHITE COAT CEREMONYFOR CDM CLASS OF 2010At a white coat ceremony held during orientationweek in August, College of Dental Medicine Facultyjoined in robing members of the Class of 2010 (left,top). The annual rite welcomes future doctors intothe profession, offering them an opportunity topledge their commitment to the compassionatepractice of dentistry and medicine. Dr. Leslie Seldin'66 was keynote speaker for the occasion, when theClass also heard from a representative of the NewYork State Dental Association and received gifts fromthe CDM Association of Dental Alumni.DR. GOTTSEGEN HONOREDAS RECIPIENT OF CDM'SFIRST LIFETIME AWARDDR. ROBERT GOTTSEGEN ’43, PERIO ’48 receivedthe College of Dental Medicine's first LifetimeAchievement Award at the Periodontal AlumniHomecoming Day Luncheon in June 2006. He isseen (left, center) with Dean Lamster and Panos N.Papapanou, chairman, Section of Oral and DiagnosticSciences, at the ceremony, where generations ofalumni, as well as friends, family, and colleagues, gatheredto honor Dr. Gottsegen for his many years ofloyal service to the College, and for his significantcontributions to the profession of dentistry.DR. THOMAS J. CANGIALOSI, Chairman, Section ofGrowth and Development and Director, Division ofOrthodontics at the Columbia University College ofDental Medicine, received the Distinguished ServiceAward of the Eastern Component of the Edward H.Angle Society at its 2006 meeting in Washington, DC(left, bottom). Dr. Cangialosi was recognized forextraordinary service to orthodontics: as an educatorand administrator at Columbia University; asDirector and President of the American Board ofOrthodontics; as Chairman of the American Associationof Orthodontists Council on OrthodonticEducation; for his service in organized orthodontics atthe local and national levels; and as a hardworkingmember of the Angle Society. The Award was presentedby Dr. David Musich, Director and NationalVice-President of the Angle Society.primus2006 31

On Oct. 17, 2006, SIDNEY B. EISIG, GeorgeGuttmann Professor of Craniofacial Surgery,Chairman, Section of Hospital Dentistry, Director,Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Chief ofDental Service, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, andSTEVEN CHUSSID, Director, Division of PediatricDentistry, were inducted into the American Collegeof Dentists (ACD) at the organization’s annual meetingin Las Vegas. Dr. Louis Mandel nominated Dr.Eisig and Dr. Stanley P. Freeman nominated Dr.Chussid. The ACD was founded in 1920 and recognizesdentists who have made significant contributionsto the advancement of dentistry.The College of Dental Medicine recently signed anagreement with Biolase Technology, Inc. to integratewaterlase dentistry into its course curriculum.“Clinical dentistry is constantly improving, due inlarge part to advances in technology, noted DeanIra Lamster. “We recognize that it is essential forstudents in training to be familiar with the latest clinicaladvances. The use of lasers and laser technologyis one such advance, and we greatly appreciatethat Biolase is working with the College to introducetheir devices into the dental school curriculum.”DR. SHANTANU LAL, Director of thePredoctoral Pediatric Dentistry Program, who is incharge of the waterlase program, is described byDean Lamster as bringing “both passion and experienceto this role.”Assistant Clinical Professor and Faculty Advisor Albert J.Thompson ’60 chats with students at one of the two ProfessionalSociety Receptions held in October to welcome newstudents and faculty to the school.The Societies were formedby Dean Ira Lamster to promote and encourage informalinteraction between students and faculty.On September 19, 2006, a state-of-the-art dentalsuite was opened at the ISABELLA GERIATRIC CEN-TER. CDM faculty member Dr. Gregory Bunza and agroup of AEGD fellows, who provide dental care toIsabella Center patients as part of ColumbiaUniversity's ElderSmile program, will work in the newfacility. ElderSmile, launched at CDM in 2004 “toaddress the oral health care needs of older adults,”offers a program to train future dentists in geriatricdentistry, and combines outreach, education, prevention,and treatment for elderly patients at IsabellaCenter and several other sites in NorthernManhattan. Dean Lamster thanked Henry Schein Inc.President and CEO Stanley Bergman for the company’songoing role as a major supporter of theCollege's “access to care” programs. Their contributionof $50,000 worth of state-of-the-art components– dental chair, hand-held equipment, apanoramic x-ray system, fixtures, and cabinetry –were essential in helping to create the Isabella dentalsuite. Schein Vice President Steve Kess, a member ofCDM's Advisory Council, said that his company isproud of its long-lasting relationship with the dentalschool and is “happy to help Isabella” meet the growingneeds of the surrounding community. Joining theribbon-cutting ceremony (above) for the new facilitywere: (left to right) Adriano Espaillat, AssemblyMember, 72nd Assembly District; Mr. Kess; Mr.Bergman, Ira Lamster, DDS, MMSc, Dean, ColumbiaUniversity College of Dental Medicine, and Mark J.Kator, President and CEO of Isabella Geriatric Center.32primus2006

Faculty NewsDEAN IRA B. LAMSTER was a guest speaker at twoprofessional meetings in the fall of 2006. He presenteda paper on “Analysis of Gingival CrevicularFluid as Applied to the Diagnosis of Oral andSystemic Diseases” to a New York Academy ofScience meeting held in October at Lake LanierIslands, Georgia. Dean Lamster also spoke at theNovember PerioAid ’06 Symposium,“The Relationshipof Periodontitis and Systemic Diseases,” sponsoredby DentAid, an oral health company in Spain.The meeting was held at the World Trade Center inBarcelona and hosted by Professor of Periodontologyand Director of Periodontics at the Universityof Barcelona CARLOS MENDIETA ’89, PERIO ’85.Dean Lamster’s subject was, “The BidirectionalRelationship of Diabetes Mellitus and Periodontitis:Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Considerations.”Dean Lamster was recently appointed to the Boardof Directors of The New York State DentalFoundation. The Foundation supports numerouspublic projects in oral health throughout the state,including the Percy T. Phillips Visiting Professorshipat Columbia, which is now in its 26th year. DeanLamster is also guest editor of a supplement to theNovember 2006 edition of the Journal of theAmerican Dental Association. He is also the authorof an article in the supplement, “AntimicrobialMouthrinses,” an important topic for both childrenand adults.Associate Dean for Extramural Programs STEPHENE. MARSHALL has been granted an award of$210,000 by the Fan Fox and Leslie R. SamuelsFoundation to begin implementation of CDM’sElderSmile clinical network.BURTON EDELSTEIN, DDS, MPH, Chairman of theSection of Social and Behaviorial Sciences, has beenappointed to a Committee of the Institute ofMedicine/National Research Council that willaddress issues in adolescent health care services.Dr Edelstein is the only dentist on the panel, whichincludes professionals from adolescent medicine, anethicist, a social-psychologist, a pregnancy expert, achild welfare expert, an epidemiologist, an economist,a program health finance evaluator, and a qualitysystems engineer. Adolescent health care is acritically underserved area, in which oral health is asubstantial issue.DR. ALLAN FORMICOLA ISFIRST ’COMMUNITY HERO’Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved,a national W.K. Kellogg Foundation initiative, namedDr. Allan Formicola as its first ‘Community Hero,’during a celebration held at Columbia University’sItalian Academy last spring. It was also an occasionto mark the fifth anniversary of Columbia’s Centerfor Community Health Partnerships (CCHP), aswell as honoring Dr. Formicola, the Center’s ViceDean and also former dean of CDM (SDOS). TheCenter serves as a catalyst for creating academiccommunitypartnerships that help to improve thehealth of the community. A number of distinguishedguests, including political representatives, northernManhattan community leaders, and Columbia staffand professors were in attendance. During the ceremony,Columbia University President Lee Bollinger,the Honorable Commissioner of Health for NewYork Dr. Antonia Novello, and Manhattan BoroughPresident Scott Stringer all spoke of Dr. Formicola’svision, leadership, and commitment with high praise.JOHN M. SCAROLA ’60, Clinical Professor ofDentistry in the Division of Prosthodontics, wasinducted as President-Elect of the American Collegeof Dentistry at the annual meeting in October.Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry and Directorof the third-year predoctoral clinical program LAU-REEN A. ZUBIAURRE, DMD is a current Fellow at theleft to right: Scott Stringer, Mrs.Formicola, Dr.Antonia Novello,Dr. Formicola, and PresidentBollinger.primus2006 33

Leadership Institute of the American DentalEducation Association. Dr. Zubiaurre will join otheroutstanding academics (see p.23, Vincent B. Ziccardi'89) selected to participate in one of the nation’s topleadership development programs for health professionseducation. Working individually and in teamsduring their fellowship year, participants network attheir home institutions and with each other to gatherinformation on educational organization and management,and also to develop personal and professionalgrowth. This year’s select group of 17 Fellows is theseventh annual class of the Institute.The American Academy of Pediatrics and theAmerican Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recentlyintroduced the Oral Health Risk Assessment PreceptorshipProgram. It is intended to help those medicalsites where some patients may not be able to afford apediatric dentist when needed. The AAP/AAPD programhas identified pediatric dentists who will providetraining in oral health care to staff at such sites. DR.KAVITA KOHLI, Director of Advanced Education inPediatric Dentistry for CDM and Children’s Hospitalof New York, is working with the program to makethis service available at sites in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Events Calendar & CE CoursesAlumni Reception: Boston Yankee Dental CongressFriday, January 265:30 to 7:30 p.m. Boston College Room, Boston Marriott Copley PlaceThursday, February 1Sunday, February 11Friday, February 23Thursday, March 1Saturday, March 10Friday, March 16Friday, March 23Wednesday, April 1Friday, April 20Tuesday, April 24Thursday, April 26Wednesday, May 2Young Alumni and Student Reception. 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Divine Bar, 236 West 54th Street, NYCAlumni Luncheon Reception at Charley's Crab Palm Beach. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Palm Beach, FloridaSinus Elevation Surgery. Lecture & Hands-on. 6 Credits13th Annual Dental Alumni Evening Seminar. 5:45 to 9:00 p.m., Rosie O’Grady’s, 800 7th Ave, NYCPatricia McLean Symposium in Dental Hygiene. 5 CreditsIntegrating the CEREC System Into Your Practice. 6 CreditsPostdoctoral Endodontics Program 40th Anniversary Celebration. Including Irving Naidorf Lecture,luncheon and evening event. Columbia University Medical CenterTransition Your Practice:The Time to Plan is Now. 4 CreditsManaging the Patient with Diabetes Mellitus in the Dental Office. 5 CreditsAlumni Reception: Greater Long Island Meeting 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Hilton Hotel, Melville, NYEndodontics Alumni Reception at American Association of Endodontics Meeting6:00 to 9:00 p.m., Philadelphia MarriottIntegrating Modern Orthodontic and Endodontic Concepts into the Dental Practice. 4 CreditsFriday, May 4 Class Reunion Day for 5-year reunion classes 1937 to 2002Monday, May 7Friday, May 11Wednesday, May 16Thursday, May 17Saturday, May 26Wednesday, June 13Friday, June 15Saturday, October 206th Annual Henry Chang Jr. ’74 Memorial Golf OutingRockland Country Club, Sparkill, NYAging and Oral Health: Preparing for the Baby Boomers. 3 CreditsColumbia University Commencement. 10 a.m. Columbia University Morningside CampusCollege of Dental Medicine Graduation. 11 a.m. Columbia University Medical Center GardenPediatric Dentistry Alumni Reception, San Antonio,TexasOral Health and the Cancer Patient Including an Update on Bisphosphonates. 3 CreditsPostdoctoral Graduation. 10:00 a.m. Columbia University Medical CenterMark your fall calendars for the College of Dental Medicine 90th Anniversary Gala!This festive, black-tie affair at Low Library will feature fabulous entertainment, distinguished honorees,and an opportunity to support our alma mater.34primus2006For further information regarding these events and courses, please contact Melissa Welshat 212-305-6881 or mmw7@columbia.edu.

CDMDevelopmentReport2005-2006p. 36 • Sam Pritz DDSp. 37 • IRA Gift Minus Taxes• Supporting Dental Education Nationally

Samuel Pritz, DDSA Happy, Generous LifeDr. Sam Pritz says he got into dentistry without anyidea what it was all about.That may be true, but thousands of people whohave known him after a notably long and brilliantlysuccessful career would find his claim hard tobelieve. Colleagues, students and patients characterizehim as a consummate dental practitioner, awise man who continues to share a substantial bodyof knowledge with upcoming generations in theprofession.After college he applied to Columbia’s DentalSchool and, although he says his grades were notacceptable, he and the Admissions Dean establisheda rapport, and because of this he was accepted.Upon graduation, he became an instructor in theProsthodontics Department. After two years ofteaching, he resigned and went into practice.His first office was at 57th and Fifth Avenue and thefirst four years he was supported by his father, whoalso paid the rent. Things changed in the fifth yearbecause Dr. Robert F. Loeb, the Chief of Medicine,and Dr. Dunnington, the head of ophthalmology,took an interest in him and sent many patients hisway. From that point on, things went very well. Thepractice ultimately became one of the most prestigiousin the country.About 15 years ago, Dr. Pritz came back toColumbia to teach in the operative department andhe says these years have been happy ones. He isalso a member of the CDM AdmissionsCommittee. Dr. Pritz says the school is one of thebest in the country and requires considerable fundsto maintain this enviable position, which is the reasonhe and his wife have made a pledge of one milliondollars to the College of Dental Medicine.

IRA DONORS OVER 70 1 ⁄2 FIND PHILANTHROPY LESS TAXINGFor philanthropists, age 70 1 ⁄2 or older,making a gift from an individual retirementaccount (IRA) has recently becomeeasier and more financially attractive. Inpast years, using IRAs – as resources forpersonal philanthropy – has been complicatedand had minimal tax advantages.Now, a change in the charitable tax lawsgives the donor a gift, if he or she will be70 years or older by December 2007.If you must take a minimum distributionfrom your IRA, you will pay income taxeson that withdrawal. If instead you make agift directly from your IRA to a charitysuch as the Columbia University Collegeof Dental Medicine of any amount up to$100,000 per person by December 31,2007, the transfer will not be taxed asincome. Additionally, you may count thegift amount toward fulfilling the IRA’srequired distribution in the year the giftis made. There will, of course, be nocharitable deduction for the gift.Called the Pension Protection Act of2006, the new charitable tax regulationsallow a gift if:• You are age 70 1 ⁄2 or older• You make an outright charitable gift ofup to $100,000• You transfer funds from an IRAdirectly to a tax-exempt organizationsuch as Columbia University Collegeof Dental MedicineHere is the scenario: Dr. Dan Tell, whocelebrated his 70th birthday in April, hasan IRA totaling $500,000. He and his wifehave been annual supporters ofColumbia’s College of Dental Medicine,but had not felt financially ready to makea major contribution until the advantageousrewriting of the IRA tax law. Nowhe is able to fulfill the couple’s desire tohelp CDM by instructing his plan administratorto make a transfer of $100,000from his IRA, and he may do so withoutadverse tax complications.The College of Dental Medicine invitesfriends and alumni to consider this verysensible method of making a gift duringtheir lifetime, so that they may enjoywatching their generosity benefit CDM’sstudents, faculty, and the communitiesthey serve. Donors should consult theirtax advisors about charitable distributionsfrom an IRA and the advisability ofmaking such contributions.RAISING AWARENESS FOR DENTAL EDUCATION:A National Effort to Support Partner Organization FundraisingA 2005 study supported by the JosiahMacy Jr. Foundation says the dental professionwill enter a crisis situation withinthe next ten years if current issues facingdental schools are not addressed. DentalEducation: Our Legacy – Our Future is anational effort to raise awareness of thesechallenges, which include faculty shortages,lack of diversity, aging physical andclinical facilities, lagging federal and stategovernment support, and escalating costs.Our Legacy – Our Future, which is not afundraising entity itself, plans to help itspartner organizations collectively raisemore than $500 million between July 1,2004 and December 31, 2014.There are three types of partners:•RECIPIENTS: institutions that raise theirown funds and maintain dental educationprograms accredited by the ADACommission on Dental Accreditation.They include dental schools, graduatedental education programs, hospitalbaseddental residency programs, andallied dental health programs.•FACILITATORS: organizations that solicit,hold and redistribute funds for dentaleducation.•DONORS: for-profit corporations andnonprofit or philanthropic organizationsthat financially support dentaleducation.Among 61 current partners, there are 44dental schools and 17 dental and specialtyorganizations, including the ADA Foundationand the American Dental EducationAssociation (ADEA). Dr. Leslie W. Seldin,’66, former ADA vice president, has beennamed as a Vice Chair for the campaign.“Our Legacy – Our Future,” is underwrittenby the ADA Foundation with additionalsupport from the American DentalAssociation, and will showcase all opportunitiesand fundraising campaigns bypartner organizations, helping donorsdecide where to send their money andhow to direct its use.primus2006

1852 SocietyColumbia University College of Dental Medicine(CDM) traces its origins to 1852, the year in whichthe New York State legislature chartered the NewYork College of Dentistry, subsequently renamedthe New York College of Dental and Oral Surgery.When the University accepted dentistry as an integraland important part of the health sciences and atrue university discipline, Columbia created CDMby absorbing the College and, later, creating mergerswith other dental institutions from the area.The 1852 Society’s name commemorates the earliestdate connected with the history of the College andrecognizes the College’s most honored benefactors. Itis composed of CDM alumni and friends who makegifts of $1,000 and more to CDM during the fiscalyear, of the College’s newest alumni, whose contributionsfor the year are from $250 to $499, and of thosewho have been graduates for between six and tenyears, whose annual gifts are between $500 to $999.LEADER’S CIRCLE($25,000 AND ABOVE)American Heart Association, Inc.Colgate-Palmolive CompanyCommunity Health Foundation3i Implant Innovations, Inc.The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationNobel Biocare USA, LLCProcter & GambleCharles S. Solomon DDS’58StraumannFOUNDER’S COUNCIL($10,000 - $24,999)Mrs. Jack KlatellMr. and Mrs. David A. KlatellMrs. Joseph M. LeavittDavid M. Momtaheni DDSNew York State Dental FoundationEnnio L. Uccellani DDS’48DEAN’S CIRCLE($5,000 - $9,999)ADA FoundationLaura S. Bardach DDS’80Thomas J. Connolly DDS’77, PD’80The Ettinger Foundation, Inc.Flagler System, Inc.James Geduldig DDS’82Robert Gottsegen DDS’43, PD’48Letty Moss-Salentijn DDS, PhDOrthodontic Alumni SocietyAMBASSADORS($2,500 - $4,999)American Dental Education AssociationArrow Electronics, Inc.Ms. Reva GoldenMr. and Mrs. Robert KlatellAlbert J. Kurpis DDS’74Fidelity Charitable Gift FundHenry I. Nahoum DDS’43, PD’52New York Academy of Dentistry, Inc.Murray Schwartz DDS’53Nathaniel Wharton Fund for ResearchRalph N. Wharton MDBENEFACTORS($1,000 - $2,499)David A. Albert DDS, MPH’87Robert H. Alexander DDS’33, PD’41Mark L. Apfel DDS’87Arthur Ashman DDS’61B L Seamon CorporationSukumar Balachandran DDS, PD’94Michael L. Barnett DDS’67Howard Benatovich DDS, PD’70Norman W. Boyd, Jr. DDS’68Michael S. Bubon DDS, PD’88Peter H. Cain DDS’73, PD’74Vincent P. Capasso DDS’79Amos C. Chang DDS’86David C. Christian DDS’71Francis H. Chung DDS’95Gwen S. Cohen DDS’96Samuel D. Cohen DDS’74Richard S. Corbin DDS’89George M. Coulter DDS’54Colleen Cournot DDS’78Anthony J. Curinga DDS’66Joseph J. D’Onofrio DDS’67Martin J. Davis DDS’74, PD’75Allan S. Deutsch DDS, PD’76Carlos Diaz-Albertini DDS, PD’95Camille P. DiPaola DDS’77Vicky Evangelidis-Sakellso DDS’87, PD’90Ms. Cassandra FieldsAllan J. Formicola DDSJohn M. Fox DDS’76Eric P. Gibbs DDS’83, PD’85Gilbert H. Sokal DDSGreater N.Y. Academy of Prosthodontics FoundationRobert B. Goldman DDS’74, PD’75Carolyn F. Gray BS’73, MS’75John T. Grbic DDS, MMScJoseph G. Haggar DDS’82Alphonze J. Homicz DDS’7138primus2006

Island Dental Supply Company, IncLois A. Jackson DDS’77, PD’80Margot H. Jaffe DDS’80, PD’81, PD’85James E. McCormick DMD, MSJonathane S. Jeon DDS’89, PD’91Norman Kahn DDS’58Irving A. Karel DDS, PD’60Ralph S. Kaslick DDS’59, PD’62Mitchell Kellert DDS, PD’79Robert M. Knepper DDS’74, PD’81The Jacques & Margot W. KohnFoundationJeffrey M. Kotsubo DDS, PD’94Evanthia G. Lalla DDS, PD’97Ira B. Lamster DDS, MMScEugene P. LaSota DDS’61Gabriela N. Lee DDS’87Dieter W. Leipert DDS’76Marc S. Lemchen DDS, PD’74Benjamin F. Levene, Jr. DDS’41Renee F. Litvak DDS’02, PD’04John J. Lucca DDS’47Howard S. Markowitz DDS’79Ernest J. McCallum DDS, PD’95Christopher McCulloch DDS, PD’78Guy Metcalf, Jr. DDS’75, PD’76Marc W. Michalowicz DDS, MScMrs. William J. MillerRobert D. Miner DDS’67Michelle S. Mirsky DDS’77Thomas D. Mondello DDS’86Dennis N. Morea DDS’70Michael R. Moynihan DDS’91, PD’94Peter J. Notaro DDS’55, PD’57One Source Mortgage CorporationPanos N. Papapanou DDS’01Leon Perahia DDS, PD’52Michael A. Perrino DDS’76Karl H. Perzin MDPfizer FoundationJoseph A. Pianpiano, Jr. DDS’62David P. Pitman DMD, PD’88Ivin B. Prince DDS’48Samuel P. Pritz DDS’33Henry J. Rankow DDS’72, PD’75Sarina A. Reddy DDS’93Morton C. Rennert DDS’58, PD’67Victor M. Rivera DDS’51Jack S. Roth DDS’81Michael B. Savin DDS, PD’70John M. Scarola DDS’60Arthur Schrager DDS’41Steven S. Scrivani DDS’48Leslie W. Seldin DDS’66Jeffrey S. Senzer DDS’73, PD’75Yin-Yin Shang DDS’90Nathan Shapiro DDS’74Joseph Shyong DDS’78Kenneth L. Siegel DDS’64, CFT’66Cleber P. Silva DDS’98Allan C. Silverstein DDS’64Terry W. Slaughter DDS’61Gilbert H. Sokal DDS’70Ms. Gail E. Steimer-Henry BS’71Mayra Suero-Wade DDS’88Shahrzad Tajtaraghi DDS’89, PD’90Paul J. Tannenbaum DDS’61, PD’67Albert J. Thompson DDS’60William Wallert DDS, PD’62Herbert Weiss DDS, PD’58Whip Mix CorporationDaniel L. Zedeker DDS’83YOUNG 1852(RECENT GRADUATES)Sun-Young Sarah Ahn DDS , PD’00Michael E. Ayoub DDS’97, PD99Angie Papandrikos Bayiokos DDS’98Brian S. Bosonac DDS, PD’98Justin S. Boyd DDS’01Amy L. Bryer DDS’04Sandra Burkett DDS’97, PD’98Heera K. C. Chang DDS’98Jason Ching Shun Chang DDS, PD’99Wisanu Charoenkul DDS’00, PD’03Ian Cheng DDS, PD’00Sandra Sung Yoon Choo-Stevo DDS,’99M.P.H.Francis Hyunjin Chung DDS’95Gwen Stacey Cohen DDS’96Julie Anne Connolly DDS’01, PD’05Carlos Diaz-Albertini DDS, PD’95Evan Disick DDS’02Richard N.Fernandes DDS’05Joseph J. Fertucci DDS’97Robert J. Gallois DDS, PD’01Paul J. Ganjian DDS’97Kathy Garcia-Najarian DDS, PD’96Gordon S. Groisser DDS’00Yuan Hung DDS’00Kyung Kyle Y. Jeon DDS’00Grace Juan DDS’02Myung Jean Ke DDS’93, PD’96Brian T. Kim DDS’01Hyung-beom Kim DDS, 00Catherine Lei Kuo DDS’00Shantanu Lal DDS’01, PD’05Anne R. Lee DDS’00Renee F. Litvak DDS’02, PD’04Ernest J. McCallum DDS’95Zana I. Mihovilovic DDS’00Jahangir Mozaffari DDS’01Scott Nawy DDS’94, PD’97Panos N. Papapanou DDS’01Brijesh J. Patel DDS’00, M.D.David M. Petrarca DDS’96Paul A. Romano DDS’03Cleber P. Silva DDS’98Julia Starobinets DDS’02, PD’05Robert A. Sunstein DDS, PD’98Stephen P. Tigani DDS’95Maiko Tomizawa DDS’03Louis Tran DDS’98, PD’01Arthur Volker DDS’03Richard K. Yoon DDS’98, PD’01Yuying Zhu DDS’96primus2006 39

Patrons, Fellows, AssociatesPATRONS($500 - $999)Martin Asness DDS’59Paul N. Baer DDS’45, PD’55Angie Papandrikos Bayiokos DDS’98Barry L. Behrens DDS, PD’74Joseph M. Behrman DDS’83Justin S. Boyd DDS’01David J. Caponigro DDS’84Steven J. Cennamo DDS’80Jason C. Chang DDS, PD’99Stuart E. Chassen DMD, PD’80Steven Chussid DDSHarold R. Connelly, Jr. DDS, PD’67Paul D. Cronin DDS’81Joseph C. De Lisi, Jr. DDS’81Mr. Daryl J. De Los ReyesAlexander Dell DDS’59Dentsply Shared Services CenterFrank T. DePinho DDS’89Douglas I. Doben DDS, PD’72Sidney B. Eisig DDSStuart R. Epstein DDS’74Joseph J. Fertucci DDS’97Jerald S. Friedman DDS’87Joel M. Friedman DDS’68Kathy Garcia-Najarian DDS, PD’96Joseph G. Giuliano DDS’79, PD’80David A. Goldberg DDS, PD’82Robert S. Goldman DDS, PD’70Stewart J. Gordon DDS’84Albert L. Granger DDS, PD’93Richard A. Greenberg DDS’68Robert E. Griffin DDS, PD’68Mr. Walter HoTimothy J. Hobbs DDS’74John M. Hulbrock DDS’79Kyung Kyle Y. Jeon DDS’00Ilhyun Jung DDS’93John Kallis DDSPaul R. Kamen DDS’75Myung J. Ke DDS’93, PD’96Eung-Soo Kim PD’93Steven F. Kornhaber DDS’82Melvyn M. Leifert DDSChristina L. Liu DDS’92Douglas L. Marion DDS, PD’76Joseph M. McManus DDSMMC Pediatric Sunshine FundJahangir Mozaffari DDS’01Ms. Irene Mundo-Scartozzi BS’89James P. Murphy DDS’84Azita Naghavi DDS’90, PD’92Scott Nawy DDS’94, PD’97Harvey S. Nisselson DDS’72Mark Obernesser DDS’84Mr. Jose OliverasPeriodontal Associates of New York, PCDavid M. Petrarca DDS’96Norman Pokley DDS, PD’73Gina M. Prokosch-Cook DDS’94Paul T. Rasmussen DDS’66, PD’70Karen R. Reisner DDS’92Robert P. Renner DDS’68, PD’71Michael A. Rubin DDS’69Catherine Santiago DDS’01Frank P. Scartozzi DDS’88Gail E. Schupak DDS, PD’85Thomas R. Shannon, III DDS’72, PD’74Sidney Shapiro DDS’48Stephen Wan MDJoel Storm DDSSultan Chemists Inc.Robert A. Sunstein DDS, PD’98Laurence D. Sussman DDS’79Steven B. Syrop DDS’80T & W Restaurant Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. WaltmanAlan J. Wasserman DDS’73Joseph D. Wirtenberg DDS’56Richard K. Yoon DDS’98, PD’98Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. YuYuying Zhu DDS’96FELLOWS($250 - $499)Sun-Young S. Ahn DDS, PD’00Ms. Josephine AlausaAmerican Medical StudentJane F. Arena DDS’90Robert M. Averne DDS, PD’71Michael E. Ayoub DDS’97, PD’99Charles Azzaretti DDS’81Bruce K. Barr DDS, PD’81Paul R. Bjorklund DDS’61Howard E. Bloom DDS’84William C. Bobolia DDS’55Roy Boelstler DDS’59Salvatore M. Bonanno DDS’79, PD’82Brian S. Bosonac DDS, PD’02Robert D. Calabria DDS, PD’77Carl S. Caravana DDS’84Mark A. Castagna DDS’87Steve B. Cela DDS, PD’80Charles M. Chayes DDS’41Ian Cheng DDS, PD’00Roger L. Cho DDS’77Sandra S. Choo-Stevo DDS’9940primus2006

and Friends of CDMJulie A. Connolly DDS’01, PD’05Nancy E. Cosenza DDS’90David S. Dane DDS’87Evan Disick DDS’02John E. Dulski DDS’78David F. Elliott DDS, PD’92Walter F. Engel, Jr. DDS’48Caswell A. Evans, Jr. DDS’70Richard N. Fernandes DDS’05Joel Fischer DDS’75Paul Fitzgerald DDS’80Marshall B. Fleer DDS’84, PD’88Peter R. Gabow DDS’84Kathleen A. Gallimore DDS, PD’76Robert J. Gallois DDS, PD’01Joseph J. Gaudio DDS’84Paul J. Getreu DDS’82The Gillette CompanyRobert L. Ginsberg Foundation, Inc.Ronald G. Golden DDS, PD’65Joshua M. Greenberg DDS, PD’77Charles F. Guelakis DDS’69Farhad Hadavi DDSClifford Hames DDS’84Denise A. Harburg-Johnson DDS’85Ms. Ouida C. HarrisonSuzy B. Harrison DDS’87Ellen G. Holliday DDS’81Robert I. Howes, Jr. DDS’67James G. Hunt DDS’81Alfred Jaffe DDS’43, PD’48Sachin S. Jamdar DDS’96Joyce M. Johnson DDS’87Fariba Kalantari DDS’92Kristin Kalwara DDS’80Jenny A. Kanganis DDS’92Stephen R. Katz DDS’68Steven J. Kerpen DDS, PD’84Ms. Mahzad Z. Khavari BS’75, MS’76Brian T. Kim DDS’01Hyung-beom Kim DDS, PD ’00Ms. Debra A. Koehn BS’81Rima Kopelman MDMary L. Kordes DDS’86Allen Kozin DDS’75Walter J. Kucaba DDS’71William B. Kuen DDS, PD’77Catherine L. Kuo DDS’00Shantanu Lal PD’01, DDS’05Lester A. LeBlanc DDS’90,PD’93Marc R. Leffler DDS’82Lexus of EnglewoodDonald A. Liebers DDS’87Robert M. Liebers DDS’56Guido M. Lometti DDS’43Ms. Dominga LopezMalcolm J. Mallery DDS’72Irwin D. Mandel DDS’45Rosa M. Martinez-Rosenberg DDS’81James J. McLees DDS’80Kenneth H. Meierdierks DDS’55Frank L. Mellana DDS’62The Merck Company FoundationDennis A. Mitchell-Lewis DDSStanley Mondshine DDS’43Joshua M. Most DDS’80, PD’84Ronnie Myers DDS’79, PD’80George H. Nahas DDS’74Brijesh J. Patel DDS’00Dinesh P. Patel DDS’85Ms. Sara H. PattersonMaya Prabhu DDS’91,PD’93Procter & Gamble CompanyMonroe H. Rackow DDS, PD’73Judith A. Rapiejko DDS’88, PD’89Edward M. Ras DDS’62Charles E. Ray DDS’53Edward J. Reynolds DDS’59Stacey C. Reynolds DDS’99William C. Riecker DDS’76Jonathan Roberts DDS’79Paul N. Rogow DDS’71Gary A. Rosenfeld DDS’84Roger G. Rosenstein MDMurray S. Rosenthal DDS, PD’71Mr. Richard A. RumseyStephen A. Sachs DDS’70Anthony Salierno DDS, PD’79The Rosa and Henry Segal Foundation, Inc.Leonard Seidenberg DDS’51Jay Sher DDS’76Michael S. Shreck DDS, PD’88Anita B. Skolnick DDS’79Marvin Solomon DDS, PD’69Rory J. Spearing DDS’88Steven Spivack DDS’81Francis Stapleton DDS’78Jeffrey I. Stein DDS’81Michael G. Steinberg DDS, PD’71David J. Stevens DDS’85Jeanette M. Tejada DDS’76Howard W. Tolk DDS’63Bernard B. Tolpin DDS’60Maiko Tomizawa DDS’03Maria C. Torres DDS, PD’95Louis Tran DDS’98, PD’01Robert M. Tublin DDS’58Robert A. Turano DDS’68primus2006 41

Ultradent Products Inc.Arthur Volker DDS’03Michael J. Voskian DDS, PD’90Ms. Shirley V. Walters BS’72Ronald Weiner PD’72, PD’74Nelson A. Wollek DDS’85Steven Yee DDS’89Ms. Marierose M. Zwerling MS’74ASSOCIATES($100 - 249)Serena J. Apfel DDS’83Fred P. Appelbaum DDS’75, PD’77Gabriel I. Auerbach DDS’48Travis Austin DDS’03Allen F. Avrutin DDS’78Matthew A. Bagnulo DDS’99Abraham Beder DDS’85Stanley Berger DDS’57Frederick Berlin DDS’60, PD’62Melvin G. Berman DDS’43Renuka R. Bijoor DDS’03, ’05Ms. Judith M. Blazer MS’84Ms. Ellen K. Blockley BS’77Mrs. Diane Costas-Bokron BS’79Peter H. Brenn DDS, PD’91Ashley M. Brown DDS’60Victor L. Bruzzi DDS’86Janice C. Burns BS’75Jose Cayetano I. Cadiz DDS’95Neil D. Campman DDS’71Natalie A. Capan DDS, PD’00Philip S. Caplan DDS, PD’62Alvin D. Cederbaum DDS, PD’59Alison Chan DDS’89David Checkoff DDS, PD’70Young Chen DDS’95, ’05Monica L. Chmiel DDS’04Mindy M. Cho DDS’04Christina Y. Chun DDS’03Sung S. Chung DDS’98Sabastian G. Ciancio DDSArnold M. Cochin DDS’77Christina Cocozzo DDS’95Jerome T. Cohen DDS, PD’68Denise Y. Colbert DDS, PD’94Seymour C. Conarck DDS, PD’55Earle F. Cote DDS, PD’58Stephen LW’73 and Susan SW’73 CrimminsMs. Christine Dalapas MS’73Mr. Carl DefreitasJoan Casanelli DeMicco BS’79Howard I. Deutsch DDS’78Anthony E. Dibartolo DDS, PD’64Donald Disick DDS’48Marie Doulaverakis DDS’97, PD’01Claudine P. Drew BS’77, MS’80David R. Dudley DDS’70Jason J. Eberle DDS’02Epstein Practice Brokerage, Inc.Mark S. Ericson DDS’03Dr. and Mrs. Frederick F. FakharzadehRamin Farzam DDS’98Barry A. Feldman DDS’65, PD’70Rohini Fernandes DDS’96Celestine K. Fernandez DDS’04Selig Finkelstein DDS’41Ms. Joan Fiorillo BS’81Mrs. Louise B. Fishback Hyg’38George A. Florentine DDS, PD’59Edward U. Friedman DDS’51Michael Gelb DDS’60Andrew Gershon DDS, PD’75Joseph A. Gibson, Jr. DDS’42Richard J. Gochman DDS’83Lawrence P. Golding DDS’59Eugene J. Gormley DDS’44Joseph R. Gould DDS, PD’38Dicran Goulian DDS’51Greg D. Greenberg DDS, PD’87Laura D. Greenwald DDS’03Matthew G. Guido DDS’52Mrs. Nancy L. Gummersall Hyg’49Rahul Gupta DDS’01Eric V. Haney DDS’00Ms. Rosemary D. Hays BS’74, MS’82Ms. Ann G. Heft BS’72Richard C. Heinl DDS, PD’69Morvia T. Helmer DDS’52Harold Herbst DDS’62Edward Herzig DDS’60Charles S. Hill DDS’53Burton J. Hochberg DDS’64Hudson City Savings BankMr. Tim IrwinRobert DDS’58, PD’62 and Barbara BS’56 IsaacsonKarim Jarjoura DDS, PD’02, PD’04Ms. Linda L. Kacanich BS’81Glen A. Kan DDS’89Brett A. Kastin DDS’01, PD’03David J. Katz DDS’82Bernard Keller DDS’53Mohammed Abdul R. Khan DDS’93Brian D. Kiernan DDS, PD’89Jerome L. Klaif DDS’42Mrs. Marilyn E. Knapp Hyg’49Leonard E. Koenig DDS’41Raymond L. Kotch DDS’4642primus2006

Mrs. Irma K. Kronman BS’50Chester S. Kupperman DDS’40Leonard J. Lai DDS, PD’52Dennis W. Lam DDS’01Ernest C. Laug DDS’60Teresa S. Lee DDS’01, ’02Numjit June B. Lehv DDS’00, PD’02Ms. Gwen Hickey Leibel BS’75Wilfred Leven DDS’47Ms. Isabella L. Levenson BS’66Ms. Janet S. Levinson-Schub BS’82Michelle A. Lieberman DDS’02Jerome E. Light DDS’55Nicole S. Litizzette DDS’02John and Karen LittlefieldRobert Loring DDS’58, PD’63Fredric A. Lubit DDS’74, PD’76Fred S. Maier DDS’74Samuel Malkin DDS’75, PD’76Stanley M. Mand DDS’48Louis Mandel DDS’46, PD’51Cheryl P. Marcus DDS’79Jill C. Markos DDS’87Mrs. Ethel R. Marks Hyg’45Olivia Masry DDS’75John C. McCabe DDS’85Edward S. McCallum DDS, PD’66Terrance J. McCulle DDS’64Robert F. McIntyre DDS’71Mrs. Geraldine A. McKenna Hyg’45Malcolm E. Meistrell, Jr. DDS, PD’67Sol Merl DDS’58Mrs. Kathleen Silko Miller MS’69Raksha Mirchandani DDS’91Allison A. Moise DDS, PD’02Jerald J. Morganstein DDS, PD’57Justin V. Morris DDS’04Howard B. Moshman DDS, Cert OS’48Mark A. Moynier DDS’05Virginia K. Murray DDS, PD’74Miss Anna Neglia Hyg’30Jonathan E. Okon DDS, PD’99Cristina S. Oliveira DDS’93Mrs. Barbara E. Paige MS’67D. C. Papasikos MS’79Ms. Joan M. Pellegrini MS’72Mrs. Eleanor M. Peltier Hyg’40Stacy T. Piedad DDS’02Miss Louise A. Platt BS’72Daniel A. Ponce DDS’04Paul M. Ponte DDS’71Benjamin Porras DDS, PD’87Sidney Prager DDS’55Michael A. Prisco DDS, PD’96Miss Mary F. Prokorym BS’78Joseph Rahabi DDS’87Anil K. Reddy DDS’94Arthur C. Reed DDS, PD’61Ms. Rita K. Resha BS’66William M. Reyer DDS, PD’73Bernard Riklin DDSHerbert D. Rod DDS’64Arman Rokhsar DDS’96Mrs. Josephine Rosa BS’72, MS’73Marshall B. Rubin DDS’83, PD’85Myron H. Sachs DDS’39Ronald P. Salyk DDS’88John D. Sanborn DDS’57Milton M. Sandler DDS’37Richard H. Sands DDS’54, PD’56Mr. Adrian A. SathananthanRebecca S. Schaffer DDS’84Larry R. Schectman DDS’67Dr. Sheryl K. Schiraldi MS’80Mrs. Renee A. Schlesinger BS’66Adam B. Schulhof DDS, PD’03Jerome Selinger DDS’51Mrs. Mindelle K. Seltzer BS’56Joseph Shainbaum DDS’83Nathan M. Sheckman DDS’38Molly A. Siegel DDS, PD’01Elliot J. Silberman DDS, PD’64Alexander B. Smith DDS’43, PD’61David J. Smith DDS’44Mrs. Irene R. Stenzler BS’79Irving B. Stern DDS, PD’56Leo Stern, Jr. DDS’45Roy Stevens DDS’76Edward F. Sugarman DDS, PD’66John D. Suomi DDS’53Peter W. Swallow DDS’70Khanitha Tangnavarad DDS’92Robert Tauber DDS’62Robin J. Taubman DDS’84Bryant L. To DDS’03Lewis Towsky DDS’75Chen Wen Tseng DDS’00Elena V. Tsymbalova DDS’04Jenny Tu-Zhao DDS’00, ’01Richard P. Udall DDS, PD’58Tasios G. Vakkas DDS’00Charles J. Valicenti DDS’84Joseph R. Valinoti, Jr. DDS’46, PD’49Mrs. Ricarda Van Drew MS’78Sonia E. Varlamos DDS’00Veronika Vazquez DDS’05Mrs. Barbara R. Vella BS’53Ms. Ruth M. Vishniavsky BS’76, MS’78primus2006 43

Carina V. Vora DDS’00Ms. Myra A. Voves BS’83Allan Wallshein DDS, PD’55Earl M. Warman DDS’58Bertram J. Weissman DDS’46Mrs. Marva O. White MS’68Thomas R. White DDS, PD’66Dana L. Wolf DDS, PD’05Timothy R. Wolfenden DDS’86Mrs. Maria B. Workman MS’82Aretha Yamusah DDS’95Ms. Susan Meyer Yawger BS’77Charles J. Young DDS’69Mrs. Marjorie R. Young BS’60Tarek O. Zaki DDS’83, PD’86Mrs. Selene O. Zamer BS’50John L. Zimmerman DDSMrs. Rosemarie L. Ziolkowski BS’55This report includes alumni, faculty and friends who made giftsthat were received between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006.Although we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of theselistings, please bring any errors or omissions to our attention.Please report corrections to:Nancy MathiasenDirector of DevelopmentColumbia University College of Dental Medicine630 West 168th StreetNew York, NY 10032Phone (212) 342-5612email: nm2310@columbia.edu44primus2006

Dean’s Advisory CouncilLeslie Seldin ‘66, ChairmanLawrence Bailey, DDS, MPH ’86Michael Barnett ’67Alexander Dell ‘59Vicky Evangelidis-Sakellson ‘87, MPHJoel Goldin, DMDLois Jackson ’77, Peds ‘80Steven Kess, Henry Schein, Inc.Kenneth Klimpel, PhD, Colgate PalmoliveMarc Crawford Leavitt, Esq. (Columbia JD ‘74)Gabriela Lee ‘87James Lipton ‘71, Ph.D.Madeline Monaco, PhD, Johnson & JohnsonRonnie Myers ‘79, Peds ’80David Pitman, DMD, Perio '88Dave Rubino, Procter & GambleHilary Schmidt, PhD, sanofi-aventisRobert Singer, PhDDwight Smith, M.R. Beal & Co.front cover: Illustrations of the engineered neogenesis of a human-shapedmandibular condyle from mesenchymal stem cells (courtesy of Jeremy Mao, DDS,PhD and Journal of Dental Research, 85 (11) November 2006; details from engravingof human mandible by John Hunter (1728-1793), Natural History of theHuman Teeth, London 1771, (courtesy of Archives and Special Collection,Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library, Columbia University Medical Center).

PRIMUS notableQ. Dr. Kucine, you graduated at the top of your class from Columbia’sdental school; does that mean you wanted to be a dentist when you ALLAN J. KUCINE ‘82grew up?A. When I was growing up in Brooklyn, the guidelines for success usuallymeant being a doctor. I had good enough grades for medical school,but I noticed that my family dentist had a very nice life. He lived in awhite house with green shutters, had a wife who brought his lunch tothe office every day, and he took her on vacation to some warm islandevery year. So, I thought,“I could do that!”Q. So, why did you give up your successful private practice as an oraland maxillofacial surgeon in exchange for full-time academic and administrativepositions at Stony Brook University?A. I love my specialty -- and still treat patients at the University Hospitalat Stony Brook and the School of Dental Medicine Faculty Practice. ButI discovered I was happiest when teaching. Helping students fromdiverse backgrounds acquire knowledge and skills, and to develop asprofessionals-- is exciting! It’s especially rewarding when one of themreturns later in life to say,“that was a great education.”Q. What makes a good teacher?A. Well, I had wonderful teachers in dental school: Irwin Mandel, SteveRoser, and Ed Cain, who, when I told him I was going to be an “oral surgeon,”said,“Remember, Kucine, we’re ALL surgeons!” Like them, I teachmy students to think through problems, not just to memorize answers.Every patient the student encounters offers an opportunity to considerthe risk/benefit ratio for various treatments in determining the ultimatecourse of therapy.Q. Since coming to SUNY/Stony Brook’s School of Dental Medicine inthe early 1990s, you have held posts as Director of Pain Control,Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Education, Associate Dean forCurriculum and Postdoctoral Programs, Associate Dean for AcademicAffairs, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, and both Vice Chairman andActing Chairman of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.Is there any other role you can fulfill there?A. In fact, I have taken on responsibility for Information Technology.Many schools still use paper records in their clinics, but Stony BrookUniversity has “gone electronic” as intelligently as possible, developingsystems for assessment, quality assurance, and patient care. Our nextproject will be data mining, which may uncover significant, and possiblyunexpected, relationships among our demographic and treatment statistics.We also hope to have kiosks in our clinics soon, where patientscan enter information electronically.Q. You also just shepherded your school through an ADA site visit.How did it go?A. Wonderfully. We received no recommendations and a number ofcommendations; I’m very pleased.The Primus Notable feature appears regularly in CDM publications, focusing on a graduate of distinction who has maintained a close interest in the College throughout his or her career.