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Alumni Profile Q&A:  Dr. Mindy (Greenblatt) Streem, DMD, MS (orthodontics), ABO

November 25, 2024

Mindy Streem’s credentials as a lifelong high-achiever are undeniable. After graduating from high school in three years in her hometown of Toledo, Ohio, she enrolled at age 17 at the University of Michigan. In a dual, 5-year program, she earned a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Bachelor of Musical Arts in voice performance. …

Dental School’s Reunion Weekend draws large turnout of alumni who return to demonstrate their Maize and Blue Pride!

November 8, 2024

Fifty years of dental excellence is an immense achievement, and deserves to be celebrated across the U-M community. Our Class of 1974 spent Reunion Weekend (Thursday, September 26, through Saturday, September 28) reminiscing with their colleagues in a series of events that convened 50-plus years of School of Dentistry alumni. Reunion Weekend is more than just …

Alumni Profile Q&A:  Dr. Timothy Bizga, DDS (2006), FAGD

October 16, 2024

Dr. Timothy Bizga is a general dentist practicing in Cleveland, Ohio, with special interests in implants, cosmetics and facial aesthetics. He earned his DDS in 2006 from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, where he received the Francis B. Vedder award for excellence in prosthodontics. After graduation, he joined the practice of his father, Dr. Chester …

Alumni Profile: Dr. Amy Winston, DDS Class of 2002 – A leader in both practicing and teaching compassionate care for special needs dental patients

May 21, 2024

This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. ________________ The origin story for Seattle Special Care Dentistry sounds like an impossibly complicated idea that could have easily failed, but Dr. Amy Winston’s plan was based on a simple proposition: Everyone in society, no matter their physical, intellectual …

Alumni Profile: The ongoing international educational journey of Dr. Esam Tashkandi, MS in Prosthodontics (1993), PhD in Oral Health Sciences (1999)

March 23, 2024

This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. ___________________________ Dr. Esam Tashkandi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Prosthodontics at the College of Dentistry at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A native of Riyadh, he completed dental school and a general practice internship …

Donor Profile: Major gift opens endowment for dental patient fund

December 14, 2023

Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 14, 2023 – A new School of Dentistry endowment fund that will support the dental care of underserved patients has been established with a major gift from a Michigan dentist. Supporting the Victors Care Dental Patient Fund is a natural fit for Dr. Brian Rathke, who has long worked to make …

Reunion Weekend: Series of events welcome alumni ‘Back Home’

December 8, 2023

Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 8, 2023 – Dentists and dental hygienists who graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry returned for the annual Reunion Weekend in November to share countless memories and catch up on the lives of their classmates and friends. Alumni celebrating the 50th anniversary of their graduation in the Class …