Above: All Star Award honorees Helen Gonzales, Edith Huerta, Paula De Wet, Eileen Guzman, and Sharon Uyeda with Ostrow Dean Avishai Sadan. (Not pictured: Rachelle Bautista) Six Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC staff members were recognized with All-Star Awards, a new quarterly award for Ostrow staff members who have gone beyond the call […]
Clinical training for Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC students will become even more state-of-the-art thanks to an unprecedented donation from dental equipment company Bien-Air USA, Inc. Bien-Air USA will donate and install 308 new electric handpiece systems in clinics and simulation laboratories throughout the school. The in-kind donation is worth more than […]
Gerald Lee Vale, a forensic dentistry expert as well as an alumnus and retired faculty member of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, passed away July 19, 2013 at the age of 87. Above: Gerald L. Vale MDS ’54 Born July 14, 1926, Vale obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from New […]
Robert K. Avakian, an alumnus, former faculty member, and supporter of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, passed away July 1, 2013 at the age of 84. Above: Robert Avakian ’50, DDS ’54 (center) receives a custom USC cane from Dean Avishai Sadan and Scott Adishian ’75, DDS ’79, PROS ’82 during the […]
The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC received the most funds of any private dental school from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in 2012, according to rankings released by the NIDCR June 19. Above: Ostrow Associate Dean of Research, Yang Chai Ranked eighth overall among all public and private dental institutions, […]
Ostrow School of Dentistry part-time and volunteer faculty members were honored with a dinner and awards ceremony on May 29. Above: Dean Avishai Sadan (fifth from left) with the evening’s faculty honorees. Held at the Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles, the event celebrated years of service milestones as well as service awards for outstanding […]
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Professor Emeritus of Pediatric Dentistry Hugh M. Kopel passed away May 22, 2013 at the age of 94. Above: Professor Emeritus Hugh M. Kopel Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Kopel was born in 1918. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan and his DDS […]
Above: Professor Songtao Shi The International Association of Dental Research honored two scientists from the Ostrow School of Dentistry at the IADR General Session opening ceremonies on March 20 in Seattle, Wash. The honorees, Professor Songtao Shi and Postdoctoral Research Associate Carolina Parada, are researchers in Ostrow’s Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology. Shi, an internationally […]
Above: Dean Avishai Sadan, Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry Kian Kar and wife Nakisa Nowroozi, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry Alon Frydman. Ostrow School of Dentistry faculty member Kian Kar DDS ’95, PERIO ’99, MS ’00 has been named a recipient of a 2013 USC Mellon Mentoring Award for being an outstanding mentor for […]
Above: Kenneth Smith DDS 2015 won first place for best undergraduate DDS basic sciences project. From understanding the developing human tongue to addressing the challenges facing kids with autism, innovative research was on full display during the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Annual Research Day on February 20. The event celebrated the scientific […]
