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Alumni andSchool Newsp. 19 • Jeanette Grauer ’88p. 20 • Ronald Odrich ’59, Perio ’63p. 21 • Barnett Gilman ’24p. 22 • Alumni Notesp. 25 • Obituariesp. 26 • Melvin L. Moss ’46, PhD Anat ’54p. 28 • Student Newsp. 31 • School Eventsp. 33 • Faculty News
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
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