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____________________________ This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry faculty, students and alumni. ____________________________ School of Dentistry faculty member Dr. Renée E. Duff will be the school’s next Senior Associate Dean, beginning June 1. She will advise Dean Jacques Nör on issues throughout the school, represent the dean at the university …
____________________________ This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni and students. ____________________________ Brent Frey can pinpoint his interest in dentistry to the day when, as a boy, he tagged along to his brother’s orthodontics appointment. He was fascinated by the orthodontist’s demonstration of “bending wire” that day, and he eventually …
Dr. Gregg Lurcott credits his parents and growing up in Buffalo, New York, with generating the lifelong work ethic that today keeps him on track in his career as a busy Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon with three offices in the Denver, Colorado, metro area. Work ethic is necessary if you are a newspaper delivery boy …
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. …
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 …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 25, 2024 – The main predoctoral clinic used by dental students at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry has been named in honor of U-M Provost Laurie McCauley, the former dean of the dental school. The naming was announced Thursday by school leaders in recognition of a major equipment donation …
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 …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 16, 2024 – The importance of scientific inquiry related to oral health was celebrated at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry Oct. 4 as the school marked the 30th anniversary of the founding of its PhD program. In the three decades since the program’s inception in 1993, the school has …
Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 18, 2024 – There was no denying the broad smile that came across Leo Merle’s face as he looked up into the massive stadium crowd after he crossed the finish line of the 1,500-meter run at the Paralympics in Paris on Sept. 7. He had finished in sixth place, three seconds …
This profile is one in an ongoing series highlighting School of Dentistry alumni, donors and students. _____________________ Dr. Khaled Sinjab wanted to learn more about dental implants when he approached the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 2015 about a fellowship in the Periodontics and Oral Medicine Department. He was accepted for the one-year …
