Jawbreakers Win Intramural Hockey Championship
The GSDM intramural ice hockey team, the Jawbreakers, defeated Saucy and Frothy (3-2) to win the 2012 Boston University Intramural Championship Game on Wednesday, November 7. Team members included GSDM students: Julian Camastra, Rob Cauley, Christopher Chan, Adrian De Vincenzo, Richard “Trip” Egan, Tony Faraco-Hadlock, Kyle Ivy, Alan Jue, Tom Keeling, Sara Mandell, Dan Moynihan, […]
Students Accept Externship Challenge and Achieve Success in San Marcos
The Hollywood-style Coca-Cola sign that Ilya Garibyan DMD 13 and Anya Pukhovitskaya DMD 13 saw in the hills near Tegucigalpa, Honduras, at the start of their dental mission with Cape Cares Central American Relief Efforts foreshadowed the poor state of oral health they would encounter in their work there from October 19 to October 28, […]
Nothing Personal Wins Flag Football Intramurals and Places Fifth in Regional Championship
The men’s intramural flag football team, Nothing Personal, and its Co-Rec team won the 2012 intramurals this past weekend, claiming the top spot in both the Men’s AA Championship and the Co-Rec Championship on Sunday, November 11, 2012. Nothing Personal team members included DMD students: Andrew Brattain, Eamon Chory, Christopher Connell (co-captain), David Garazi (co-captain), […]
ADSO Shares Growth Plans at First Meeting of School Year
On Wednesday, November 7, 2012, the first general meeting of the GSDM chapter of the Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO) was held for the 2012-2013 school year. The organization is relatively new to GSDM, with this being its second year on campus. The mission of the ADSO is to promote collegiality and collaboration among dental […]
Challenges Become Opportunities on Mexico Mission
As you might imagine, coordinating an international externship is a feat when unexpected challenges happen. That was the case when Erik Engelbrektson, Patrick Moore, and Josephine Verde, all DMD 13, set out for San Blas, Mexico from October 4 to October 15, 2012, with LIGA International. Mission supervisor Dr. Fred Kalinoff was forced to cancel […]
Students Explore Culture and Clinic on Guatemala Externship
Jennifer Rubin DMD 13 and Elizabeth Ponder DMD 13 volunteered for two weeks in Comitancillo, Guatemala (Comi), with Dentistry for All (DFA) and its founder, GSDM alum Brad Krusky DMD 93. The experience was educational in not only a clinical, but also a cultural sense. Rubin and Ponder immersed themselves in the traditional Mayan culture […]
Grand Rounds Presentation Sparks Ethics Discussion
Blake Rogers DMD 13 presented Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 31, 2012, based on a case during his externship at Dental Healthworks in Keene, New Hampshire. The case presented both unique medical and ethical challenges. “The case raises a lot more than what most of us think are our responsibilities as dentists,” said Dr. Carl […]