Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries, to offer commencement address to Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry’s Class of 2024. AT FIRST BLUSH, Father Greg Boyle acknowledges he’s a seemingly odd choice to offer the Commencement address to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC’s Class of 2024. After all, Boyle has been a […]
USC dental student uses training from being a member of the Dr. STAT/IV team — a team of 20 to 30 third- and fourth-year dental students trained to administer anesthesia, nitrous oxide and perform life-saving first aid care at the dental school — to save infant’s life in baby-and-mother fitness class. ON A CRISP DECEMBER MORNING, Blake […]
Investment banker and Ostrow Distance Learning student Collin Concepcion plans a career change to dentistry, where he hopes to make a difference in the lives of others. IT WAS DURING A DENTAL CLEANING that Collin Concepcion began to reconsider his life’s work. The Los Angeles corporate banker had always gravitated toward helping others since he […]
Even while providing high-quality radiographic images to students and residents, the Oral Radiology team likes to have fun making TikTok-like dance videos. WHO SAYS WORK HAS TO BE a grind? Not the team of radiological technicians, residents and students hard at work in Ostrow’s Oral Radiology Department. Amid the flurry of X-rays they take for […]
Sam Sheridan reflects on “four of the best years of his life” as he prepares to embark on a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery. THE ROAD TO A DENTAL CAREER was not without its winding curves for Sam Sheridan DDS ’23. While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Bucknell University, Sheridan spent a […]
Brian Acevedo didn’t follow a traditional path to dental school. Still, he arrived exactly where he needed to be. TRUTH BE TOLD, Brian Acevedo never had interest in becoming a dentist. When the South Los Angeles native accepted a dental assistant job at his family dental office after high school, he was motivated by practical […]
Originally from the Middle East, Albatniji is the class president for the Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists (ASPID) Class of 2023. AS LONG SHE CAN REMEMBER, Mona Albatniji dreamed of being a dentist. “There is no backstory,” she says, with a laugh. “It’s just what I wanted to do from the beginning.” Following that […]
Keyoni Mbroh DDS ’23 wanted to be a dentist since her elementary school years. Fueled by her time at Ostrow, Mbroh is now prepared to fulfill that vision. EVER SINCE HER CHILDHOOD YEARS IN OKLAHOMA, Keyoni Mbroh knew she wanted to pursue dentistry. She did not waver from that mission while majoring in health science […]
Natalie Black DH ’19, DDS ’23 follows in her grandfather’s footsteps, graduating from USC and becoming a Trojan dentist. FOR NATALIE BLACK, DENTISTRY IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. More than 60 years after her grandfather John Wallace Black ’58 DDS ’62 completed his studies at USC, the Class of 2023 graduate is following in his footsteps. […]
Baezconde-Garbanati is best known for her prolific research analyzing health disparities among underrepresented communities. THE HERMAN OSTROW SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY OF USC WILL WELCOME Dr. Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati to deliver the keynote at its satellite ceremony for the 2023 Commencement on Friday, May 12 beginning at 11 a.m. “Providing treatment to underserved populations to help address […]
