Faculty News

• Dr. Philippe Hujoel , Professor of Dental Public Health Sciences, was recently appointed to the American Dental Association's Council on Scientific Affairs and to the Evidence-Based Dentistry Advisory Committee.

• Dr. Tar-Chee Aw , Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry and Adjunct Associate Professor of Dental Public Health Sciences, is the new Director of the Dental Fears Research Clinic (DFRC). Dr. Aw has served as Attending Dentist and Clinical Associate Director of the DFRC since 2003. He is assuming administrative duties from Dr. Peter Milgrom who has served as Director of the clinic since its inception in 1982. Dr. Milgrom is stepping down to become the United Kingdom Society for the Advancement of Anesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD) Visiting Professor in Pain and Anxiety. He will continue as Professor of Dental Public Health sciences at the UW and become the Associate Director of the clinic.

• We are pleased to announce that Beverly Dale-Crunk, PhD, Professor, Oral Biology is the newest elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Please join us in congratulating Dr. Dale-Crunk.

• The American Pain Society (APS) has awarded Samuel F. Dworkin, DDS, PhD, DSci (Hon) Professor Emeritus with one of their most prestigious prizes, The Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award . The award is presented to an individual whose total career achievements have contributed significantly to clinical practice. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Dworkin.

• Graduate Prosthodontics Program Featured in Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry Journal

• Dr. Greg King, Chair, Orthodontics, has been selected the sixth Washington Dental Service Foundation Distinguished Professor in Dentistry. This is the highest honor that the School of Dentistry can confer upon a member of the faculty. Established in 1985, the endowment for the Washington Dental Service Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Dentistry was funded by a $250,000 gift from Washington Dental Service Foundation that was matched by the State of Washington.
• Dr. Samuel F. Dworkin, Professor Emeritus of Oral Medicine, has won the 2005 Norton M. Ross Award for Excellence in Clinical Research for his work addressing the diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and orofacial pain. This is the first time the ADA has bestowed this award on a researcher in the behavioral, social or public health sciences. Dr. Dworkin will be honored at the ADA board meeting in August. Dr. Greg King, Chair, Orthodontics, has been selected the sixth Washington Dental Service Foundation Distinguished Professor in Dentistry. This is the highest honor that the School of Dentistry can confer upon a member of the faculty. Established in 1985, the endowment for the Washington Dental Service Foundation Distinguished Professorship in Dentistry was funded by a $250,000 gift from Washington Dental Service Foundation that was matched by the State of Washington.
• The Graduate Prosthodontics Program at the UW was the focus of the May issue of the Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry Journal (PPAD). With 70,000 subscribers in 40 countries, this a first time a peer-reviewed journal such as the PPAD has dedicated a complete issue to a graduate program with four peer-reviewed clinical articles written by grad students and faculty. Dr. Ariel J. Raigrodski, Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Prosthodontics, Department of Restorative Dentistry, served as the guest editor. The featured authors were Dr. Raigrodski; Drs. Michael Waliszewski and Jim Janakievski (department of periodontics); Dr. Oscar I. Ramirez, Dr. Ralf Schuler (department of periodontics), Mr. Harald Heindel; and Dr. Alex Shor (affiliate assistant professor, Graduate Prosthodontics).
• Dr. Michael Waliszewski won first place award in the Graduate Students competition at the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics at Marina Del Rey, and is the first recipient of the David H. Wands Fellowship in Prosthodontics. Dr. Rosario Palacios won a second place award in the same competition.
• Dr. E. Ricardo Schwedhelm, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, received a recognition award from the Washington Academy of General Dentistry for his role in the creation of a Comprehensive Patient Care Presentation, the use of Digital cameras in the undergraduate clinic and mentoring students to participate in the Howard Prize Award Competition. Dr. Schwedhelm was also awarded Faculty of the Year by the Class of 2005 and participated at the Hooding 2005 ceremony as Marshal.
• Second-year resident Dr. Yoo-Lee Yea was chosen for the 2005 - 2006 OMNII Pediatric Dentistry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Recipients. Three pediatric dentistry post-doctoral residents are selected annually to receive a year-long research fellowship, and complimentary Annual Session registration for themselves and one guest, air travel and hotel expense reimbursement, a cash award, plaque and are honored at the Annual Session.
• Jeffrey E. Rubenstein D.M.D., M.S. was inducted Vice President of the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the 52nd annual meeting held in Ottawa, Canada October 23-26, 2004. He will be responsible for organizing the scientific program for the 53rd annual session which will take place at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles October 23-25, 2005. The American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics is the voice of the subspecialty of Maxillofacial Prosthodontists, a subspecialty group of prosthodontists whose focus is the oral/facial rehabilitation by artificial means (prostheses) of patients who have experienced, tumor surgery, trauma, or birth disorders in the region of the head and neck. The organization currently has 260 members that service these patient treatment needs across the U.S.

Student News and Awards

• The Department of Restorative Dentistry, Division of Prosthodontics, selected first-year student Ryan Kidman as the recipient of the American Prosthodontic Society (APS) Foundation Scholars Award . To date, Ryan has also received the Kirby and Erna Speyer Scholarship (2003), the Psi Omega Scholarship (2004), and the Alumni Services Support Scholarship (2005), and was recently selected by Restorative faculty to receive the Oates Award. He will be recognized at the annual Honors and Awards assembly in June 2006.
• Third-year student Daniel Brady was chosen as a finalist for the Academy of Dentistry International's Tanaka Student Humanitarian Award. The Tanaka Award is given to one senior dental student each year in recognition of their outstanding exemplary volunteer services during their prior three years in dental school.
• Full listing of honorees from the 2005 Awards and Honors Ceremony
• Dr. Orapin Veerayutthwilai (Graduate Student, Oral Biology) has been seected as one of six recipients for the 2005 - 2006 Magnuson Scholars for the Schools of the Health Sciences. These individuals were selected on the basis of academic performance and their potential contributions to research in the health sciences.
• Michael Layton has been selected as the first WSDA-sponsored Congressional Intern. He will intern in the Washington DC office of Congressman Rick Larsen for four weeks in August and September prior to his junior year at the University of Washington School of Dentistry.

  WSDA initiated this program as an in-depth learning experience for dental students to expand their awareness of the impacts of government on dentistry. It will also serve to position future dentists to assist organized dentistry's lobbying efforts.

• Jeremy Horst, DDS/PhD student, took first place in the Junior Category and received both the IADR Unilever Hatton Awards and the AADR Hatton/Pfizer Competition, sponsored by Pfizer Inc.

Jeremy Horst and Matthew Miller, both D1 students, research abstracts were selected from heavy competition to present their research for the junior AADR Hatton/Pfizer Competition, sponsored by Pfizer Inc.

Read more about Jeremy’s latest achievements in WSDA News.