ADSO Celebrates the Year of the Dragon
The Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO) in collaboration with CHP volunteered at Tet In Boston 2012. The festival is an annual Vietnamese new year festival organized by the Vietnamese-American Community of Massachusetts and the Intercollegiate Vietnamese Student Association that every year attracts 700+ attendees and hundreds of vendors. This year’s festival celebrated the beginning of […]
Students Discover One-of-a-Kind Learning Experience in Guatemala
Three fourth-year dental students: Melissa Lowry, Dee Gulis, and Lucinda Barry recently returned from a trip to Poptun, Guatemala with LIGA International. The trip took place from January 12 to 23. While in Guatemala the students, along with alum Kevin Acone DMD 07, and trip organizer Dr. Fred Kalinoff, spent five days treating patients of […]
Dental Students Join Brigade
Three adventurous students, Alana Gilgurd DMD 12, Nicholas Bacos DMD 12, and Sarah Courtney DMD 12, signed on with the BU chapter of Global Brigades to travel to Honduras from January 10 to 16. A playlist of video clips from their trip, narrated by Bacos, is available on GSDM’s YouTube channel. Global Brigades is the […]
Sheede Khalil DMD 12 Brings Diabetes Awareness to the Barbershop
A barbershop may seem like an interesting place to talk about your health, but Sheede Khalil DMD 12 learned during her externship rotation at the Dimock Center, with preceptor Dr. Lagina Bickham, that often more is taking place there than just haircuts. “The barbershop in many communities is not just a place for a haircut, […]
ASDA and USSDA Double Toy Donations
ASDA continued their tradition of making the holidays more joyful for Boston children in need by once again hosting their toy drive prior to Intersession. Assisting ASDA with the drive this year were students from the GSDM chapter of USSDA. The groups collected 119 new, unwrapped toys, as well as $50, which they donated to […]
ADSO Gives Thanks with Area Youth Organization
On behalf of the Asian Dental Student Organization (ADSO), three DMD students, Tam Nguyen DMD 13, Andrew Pham DMD 15, and Jason Pan DMD 14, helped celebrate Thanksgiving with youth members of the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC).The event, held prior to Thanksgiving Day on November 22, attracted about 35 youth members between the ages […]
GSDM Counts Down with D.W.
GSDM volunteers got involved at D.W. Counts Down to Kindergarten, a 30 minute play with audience participation, held at Project Hope in Roxbury on November 16. Volunteers included Elizabeth Ponder DMD 13, Rakshith Arakotaran Ravikumar DMD 13, Sahar Abtahi DMD 12, CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri and Pre-dental intern Devin McClintock. This event […]
Making a Difference in the Community One Person at a Time
American Student Dental Association (ASDA), in cooperation with Community Health Programs (CHP), volunteered at the Notre Dame Educational Center (NDEC) Dental Health Fair on November 9. Fransheska Ovalles DMD 13 and Jenny Lorenzo DMD 13 took the lead in organizing the event on behalf of the ASDA Community Outreach Committee. Ovalles said, “Our event at […]
Long-Serving Orthodontic Faculty Surprised at NESO Meeting Reception
A GSDM Orthodontic Alumni Reception was held on November 11, during the Northeastern Society of Orthodontists (NESO) Annual Meeting, at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. As an added twist to the Reception, the Department surprised four of their long-standing faculty members: Drs. Kenneth Drizen, Victor Dietz, Michael Blau, and John Bednar, with Anthony A. Gianelly […]
GSDM Residents Play an Unexpected Role in the OR
“A few years ago, Dean Hutter approached me about a friend of his (with special health care needs) who needed root canal treatment done in the operating room, so I contacted the Endodontic Department and arranged for an Endodontic resident to come and do the treatment at Franciscan Hospital for Children,” said GSDM Director of […]