Trojan Dental Family members retool lab to 3-D print masks rated higher than N95 during the coronavirus crisis. AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS’ SPREAD, business had already begun to slow at Burbank Dental Lab, a family-owned lab that fabricates dental restorations, including dental implants, crowns and dentures. But, on March 19, when California Governor […]
Stefan Zweig DDS ’86, ENDO ’92 has been elected vice president of the American Association of Endodontists. The AAE is a global resource for knowledge, research and education for the profession. The Ostrow clinical associate professor will take office as vice president in April 2020 and will automatically become the president in 2022. As AAE […]
After 20 years at the helm of the Board of Councilors, Ralph Allman to step down, take on prestigious chair emeritus title. There’s a change in leadership of Ostrow’s Board of Councilors as Carol Gomez Summerhays DDS ’78 takes the reins from longtime chair Ralph Allman Jr. ’57, ’60, DDS ’62, MS ’66 to […]
Ostrow alumna and Board of Councilors member Carol Gomez Summerhays DDS ’78 has earned a prestigious 2018 Alumni Merit Award from the USC Alumni Association for her longtime contributions to both the university community as well as the dental profession. The distinction, which has been previously awarded to such USC luminaries at Neil Armstrong, Frank […]
Allman follows in the footsteps of Ostrow legends Rex Ingraham DDS ’41 and Richard Kahn DDS ’64, becoming the third USC alumnus ever to earn such a distinction. Above: Ralph and Sigrid Allman with USC President C. L. Max Nikias and First Lady Niki Nikias at the 2012 Friends of Dentistry Gala (Photo: Steve Cohn) On Oct. […]
Four Ostrow alumni endow scholarships to help future generations of dental students pursue their dream careers. This year, as Ostrow held its Friends of Dentistry Scholarship Recognition Dinner — an annual event that brings scholarship recipients face-to-face with their benefactors — there were four new faces among the donors. Drs. Bradley Baum, Jerald Medway and Gary and Jay […]
Jack Lytle DDS ’58, MD ’65 was awarded the Alumni Service Award this week by the University of Southern California Alumni Association for his longtime contributions to USC dentistry. Above: Jack Lytle DDS ’58, MD ’65 Jack Lytle DDS ’58, MD ’65 was awarded the Alumni Service Award this week by the University of Southern […]
The USC dental alumni join scholarship donors and awardees for the 2015 Friends of Dentistry Scholarship Recognition Dinner, a unique event bringing Ostrow students face to face with their generous benefactors. GIVING BACK IS IMPORTANT to the Adishians. Throughout the years, Lee Adishian ’78 and Scott Adishian ’75, DDS ’79, PROS ’82 have given […]
Carol Gomez Summerhays DDS ’78 will serve as president-elect for a year before ascending to presidency in 2015. Above: Carol Summerhays DDS ’78 The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry has yet another alumna landing in high places. The American Dental Association announced Oct. 13 that Carol Gomez Summerhays DDS ‘78 has been elected president of […]
Above: Morris N. Poole DDS ’76 Ostrow alumnus Morris N. Poole DDS ’76, an orthodontist with offices in Logan and Smithfield, Utah and Preston, Idaho, has been elected the 2014-15 president-elect of the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO), the world’s oldest and largest dental specialty organization with more than 17,000 members. The election was recently […]
