NESO has thirteen orthodontic education programs.

Columbia University
Dr. Thomas J. Cangialosi

It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Dr. Nicholas DiSalvo, Professor, Emeritus at the College of Dental Medicine.  Nick was the Orthodontic Division Director for thirty years and was a friend and mentor to many students and faculty members, including myself. He will be sorely missed by all.

Once again we have enrolled an excellent class of new students who began their program on July 1st with Typodont Courses and introductory lectures in Diagnosis and Treatment planning as well as Cephalometrics.  They began patient care in the clinic in August and the core curriculum in September.

The Sidney L. Horowitz endowed lecture was successfully held on June 13th. The speaker was Dr. Charles Burstone, Professor and former Chairman of Orthodontics at the University of Connecticut.  His topic was, “The How and Why of Successful Biomechanics.”  The lecture was preceded by a tribute to Dr. Horowitz who passed away last December.  It was very well attended by students, alumni and faculty.

Our post-doctoral program will be site visited in November of 2009 by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.  This fall we began the process of self-evaluation which will lead to a self-study report which we must send to the Commission prior to the site visit.  This will give us the opportunity to look inward at every aspect of the program to make sure that we are in compliance with Commission standards.  It also is a time to evaluate and make recommendations for change and enhancements to the program.  Our program is highly respected both nationally and around the world and it is important that we keep on the cutting edge. 

Our campaign to fund the Leuman Waugh Endowed Chair in Orthodontics is close to meeting our goal.  Thus far, we have approximately $1,820,000 of the $2 million needed.  I thank the generous and loyal alumni who have contributed. 

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dr. Anthony Maganzini

As one of their requirements for graduation, all seven members of the Class of 2007 successfully completed the ABO Written Exam that was administered at designated testing sites. They are now board-eligible and each has applied for board certification. In March of 2008, several of these recent graduates will present six cases that they completed during their residency program to the Board and as such will fulfill the requirements for the Case Report Exam of their Initial Certification. The remainder of these graduates have opted for the first-time limited Certificate path towards ABO certification. 4

The responsibility to see that the residents are given the tools to be successful in these efforts falls directly on the program and the Director. I am happy to report that our three-year curriculum, large and diverse patient pool, required ABO mock-boards, state-of-the- art facilities and dedicated faculty have made this an achievable goal.

Class of 2007 (L to R):
Francis Picon, Peter Suffield, Shauna Fung, Megan Lovell, Kate McGilloway, Alan Wong, Rahul Renjen

After six months at Montefiore, our eight first-year residents in the Class of 2010 are finally getting acclimated. The clinical expectation of starting 100 active cases can be daunting to the new orthodontist even with the assistance of advanced digital diagnostics. This year we have installed an I-CAT Cone Beam CT scanner with 3D reconstruction software that will be integrated and networked with the Dolphin imaging software. These new diagnostic systems, and the installation or the OraMetrix (suresmile) robotic wire bending system with its virtual treatment capabilities will allow our residents to start their orthodontic training with the latest orthodontic technologies.

Installed in 2007:
I-CAT Cone Beam CT, Dolphin Imaging and Suresmile scanning and virtual treatment software.

The present second and third year residents have also had busy schedules. Five members of the Class of 2009 attended the GORP meeting in St. Louis this August and they then survived the intensive two-week Tweed Course in Tucson this September. The sixth member, Dr. Ashi Adamjee, was equally busy while on maternity leave. All will be attending an off-site Surgical Anatomy course in January.

Class of 2009 (L to R):
Ian Thomas, Rachel Kreiner, Courtney Ullrich, Kelly Endsley, Sunny Dhingra (on top)

Nineteen of our residents attended the NEWRES at the NESO in Boston this October and they enjoyed the program for “new and young orthodontists” on practice management. Dr. Brian Peters (chief-resident) Class of 2008 presented at the scientific poster-board portion of NESO and received the second place award for his efforts.

While the 1st year residents are just developing their research topics, the residents in the Class of 2009 are working hard on their mandatory research requirements and all members of the Class of 2008 are completing their theses. We expect that these efforts would prove useful to the profession and result in several peer-reviewed publications. We would like to congratulate Dr. Ibrahim Alhussain, Class of 2006 on the acceptance for publication in the NYSDJ of a case report entitled “Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with a Combined Orthognathic-Orthodontic Approach Assessed by Nocturnal Polysomnography” and to Dr. Rahul Renjen, Class of 2007 for having a portion of his thesis, “Root and Pulp Response after Intentional Injury from Mini-Screw Placement,” accepted for publication in the AJO-DO.
 
The Class of 2011 is already upon us; we received 280 completed applications by September 15, interviewed 40 exceptional candidates in October and placed our selections in Match by November. We welcome the successful results of that process: Dr. Camille Walker from The University of Minnesota and the US Navy, Dr. Edward Wenda and Dr. Sarah Schroetter from the University of North Carolina, Dr. Clifton Speaks from the Medical University of South Carolina, Dr. Gilda Duarte from Columbia University, Dr. Michael Molisani from SUNY at Buffalo, Dr. Kevin Lehnes from UMDNJ and Dr. Bradley Schnebel from the University of Pennsylvania.

As promised to our alumni, a hands-on mini-implant course was held at Montefiore on September 21, 2007. With the help of Rocky Mountain Orthodontics the day consisted of a morning seminar given at Cherkaski Auditorium and after lunch we proceeded to the Orthodontic Clinic where twenty patients awaited. With our eight chairs humming, those CE participants with NY licenses who wished to place button-top implants on our patients proceed to place a total of over forty implants during a vigorous three-hour period. Our intention has been and remains that orthodontists must be trained in the placement of these aids if they are really to be added to the orthodontic armamentarium.

Alumni officers remain: Dr. Steven Zombek Class of 2005, Dr. Eric Sacks Class of 2006, Dr. Michael Connelly Class of 2004 and Dr. Nikki Clemente Class of 2003. For those alumni attending the AAO in Denver, we invite you to party at the Monte cocktail reception on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 7:00-9:00 PM.  Check the on-site program for the location. Please try to come and enjoy the camaraderie.

Keep in touch and feel free to come spend some time with us. We invite all interested alumni to entertain thoughts of teaching at their alma mater. Send all updated information to the department coordinator Ms. Cheri Williams at Chewilli@montefiore.org and please visit us at our website montefioredental.com .

New York University
Dr. Robert W. Carter

New York University College of Dentistry hosted the CETO Group from France.

There were 35 dentists who attended the 5 day presentation entitled, “Current Concepts in American Dentistry: Advances and Innovations in Clinical Orthodontics.”

The presentation was given in English and translated in French. Out-of-town lecturers were Dr. Anthony Gianelly, Boston University, and Dr. Jackie Berkowitz, Ohio State University.

The speakers from the Department of Orthodontics were:  Dr. Mani Alikani, Dr. Michael Apton, Dr. Christina Carter, Dr. Stanley Gersch, Dr. Seong Han, Dr. Michael Katz, Dr. Elliot Moskowitz and Dr. Terry Sobler.

Dr. George Cisneros announced that Dr. John Haze, Randolph NJ has joined the part-time faculty.

Dr. Christina R. Carter became a Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. She is a Diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontists. She was appointed to the faculty of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry.

Dr. Christina Teixeira is continuing her research in “Engineering Growing Bone” with funding from the N.I.H. She recently opened a private practice office in Hoboken, NJ.

Dr. Mani Alikani has been appointed Director of P.G. Residents’ Research. His responsibility is to guide and mentor the research of the P.G. Residents. The senior residents will be presenting their research in late spring. The residents and their research projects are:

• Dr. Sara Bigagli - Comparison of Soft Tissue Cephalometric Outcomes in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients, with and without Presurgical Nasal Moldings

• Dr. Lori Gitig - Development of a Standardized Methodology for the Evaluation of Movement of Impacted Maxillary Canines Subjected to Orthodontic Forces

• Dr. Marzieh Karkhanechi - Effects of Fixed Versus Removable (Invisalign®) Orthodontic Appliances on the Periodontal Microbial Flora as Measured by BANA Score

• Dr. Shehzad Khan - Evaluation of Short- and Long-Term Effects of Faculty Calibration Training in a Preclinical ‘Invisalign® Lab Course’

• Dr. Amal Kharbouch - Evaluation Factors that Influence Student Outcomes in a Competency- based Predoctoral Orthodontic Course

• Dr. Tom Lien - Objective Assessment of Mandibular and Maxillary Growth Potential Based on Cervical Vertebral Changes

• Dr. Seth Merguiles - Damage to an Enamel Substitute During Debonding Procedures

• Dr. Natalie Nebblett - Oral Heath-Related Quality of Life, Treatment Motivations, and the Treatment Expectations in Adults, Young Adults and Children Seeking Orthodontic Care

• Dr. Ian Sobler - 3D Cephalometric Facial Visualization, Quantification, Recognition and Prediction - Pilot Study

• Dr. Christina Tyriakudou- The Counterpart Analysis and its Utility for Understanding Developmental Cause of Malocclusion: Evaluation of a Revised Template

The graduation of residents will occur in July.

University of Rochester Eastman Dental Center

Sanibel Harbour Resort and Spa in Fort Myers, Florida was the site of the All Alumni Reunion for the Eastman Dental Center.  The event was held November 7-11, 2007.  During the Welcome Reception and Dinner, orthodontists displayed their unmatched alumni presence and devotion not only through the number of attendees, but also with the amount of departmental recognition.  Dr. Daniel J. Subtelny was fondly acknowledged by colleges during the Installation Ceremony for the Subtelny Professorship.  Upon receiving standing ovations, Dr. Subtelny and Dr. Robert Baker, Sr. then installed Dr. Stephanos Kyrkanides (Class of 1994) as the first J. Daniel Subtelny Professor.  Congratulations to Dr. Kyrkanides on this great honor.  Dr. Joseph Sweet (Class of 98) presided over the presentation of the “Orthodontic Divisional Award of Excellence” and the “Director’s Award for Alumni” to Dr. Robert Baker, Sr.  Thank you, Dr. Baker, for all your dedication to our department. 

(Drs. Kyrkanides, Sweet, Baker, Bellohusen, and Subtelny)

We would like to recognize and congratulate Dr. Marshall Deeney (Class of 1977) who organized the student research presentations that included posters that represented the best of each program’s research at the NESO meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.  He diligently managed to conjure up willing judges during the first day of the poster displays and helped to judge the posters on the second day.  Also, Dr. Todd Moore (Class of 2008) represented Eastman with his scientific poster titled: “Functional Matrix: In the Face of the Cranial Base.”  Dr. Moore’s poster was well received and successfully shed some light on the basic science of midface retrusion.

Congratulations to our recently excepted residents (Class of 2010) who will begin their new careers in orthodontics at the Eastman Dental Center.
Dr. Genevieve Abi-Nahed from the University of Montreal.
Dr. Matt Barriste from Stony Brook University.
Dr. Jennifer Haskell from the University of Louisville.
Dr. Yolanda Kieser from the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Thomas Lim from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Dr. Renee Roland from the University at Buffalo.
Recent Guest Lecturers at Eastman Orthodontics – Thank you!

• A half-day presentation was given by Dr. Barry Sessle from the University of Toronto, “Characterization of Orofacial Pain.”
• A half-day presentation was given by Dr. Toru Hoshino (‘94) from Tokyo, Japan, “Open-bite Treatment Using the Damon Appliance.”
• A half-day presentation was given by Dr. Maria Piancino from Torino, Italy, “Expansion Treatment Using a Myofunctional Type of Expander.”

St. Barnabas Hospital 

St. Barnabas wants to congratulate the members of the Class of 2011 who were matched to our program.  They are Dr. Shao-Chi Chiou and Dr. Daryoush Haghihi from New York University, Dr. Andrew C. Everett from Columbia University, and Dr. Manisha Sisodia from University of California – Los Angeles.  We are very excited to have them join our program and wish them the best of luck.

We have recently added Dr. Andrew Hoch of Matawan, NJ to our faculty.  Dr. Hoch graduated from St. Barnabas Hospital, Division of Orthodontics in 2005 and is very excited to come back to the program and teach. 

In October, Dr. Jeff Kozlowski came to St. Barnabas Hospital to give all of the residents and faculty a lecture titled “Facial Driven Treatment Planning with the Damon System”.

In November, all of the residents attended NYU College of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics and Orthodontic Alumni Association’s lecture at the Greater New York Dental Meeting.  The lecture was titled, “Real Orthodontic Problems and Real Orthodontic Solutions”. The morning featured excellent lectures including Dr. Roberto Justus on the anterior open bite: conservative orthodontic treatment with stability; Dr. Elliot Moskowitz on indirect bonding – an important step in achieving clinical excellence; Dr. Anthony Gianelly on midline discrepancies: significance and treatment; Dr. Wick Alexander on treatment guidelines for orthodontics; Dr. Orhan Tuncay on fine points of treatment with Invisalign®; and Dr. Joseph Ghafari on real problems and compromised solutions. 

St. Barnabas Hospital in conjunction with the Children’s Aid Society, opened the first Orthodontic Clinic located in a public school, at Salomé Ureña de Henríquez Campus in Washington Heights in New York City. This program is the first in the country where the orthodontist goes to the patient. This is a very exciting venture and St. Barnabas and its’ residents are proud to be a part of this revolutionary program. 

Stony Brook University

This past year has been both exciting and dynamic for the Orthodontic Program at Stony Brook. Dr. Alexander, who was Department Chairman and Director of Postgraduate Orthodontics, resigned and moved up north to Boston to be Director of the Pediatric Dental Department at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Richard Faber was appointed Program Director for the Postgraduate orthodontic program. The entire part-time faculty has stepped up to the plate and increased their commitment to the program in support of the teaching and clinic coverage. This has worked to the advantage of the residents in the program. In June we had our research presentation day and the graduating residents presented their thesis’s and final cases, all with rave reviews from the faculty. We then followed with a golf outing and dinner to honor our graduates. This year all three remained in the area and are in private practices. We wish the best for Dr. Jonathan Schecter, Dr. Jeffrey Drayer and Dr. Maria Pouliezos on the launching of their orthodontic careers.
 
In July we welcomed our new class of residents: Dr. Ari Pillar, a Stony Brook Dental School graduate, Dr. Benjamin Murry, a University of Connecticut Dental School graduate, and Dr. Kirsten Trandem, a Stony Brook Dental School graduate. They are a great group and immediately fit in with the program. The entire group of residents attended the NESO meeting in Boston and as a group presented a research project poster presentation on Impacted Cuspids that was directed by one of our own faculty, Dr. Robert Schindel. All of our faculty and current residents are engaged in research projects at this time. We also introduced the new Vistadent program into the clinic with rave reviews. Our clinic is almost entirely paperless with the exception of study models which are the next step on the agenda. We have been using digital radiographs and the charting is totally computerized with the Axium System. This has worked out well with a computer terminal at each chair in the clinic able to access all of the information. All of the consent forms and medical histories are also on the computer. The patients sign the forms on the computer. This is helping to prepare the residents for the world of paperless practice and electronic records.

Our Match for next year went well with three new recruits: Dr. Tamara Kroboth from Stony Brook, Dr. Rouzbeh Vossoughi from UCLA, and Dr. Inderpreet Virdee from the University of Toronto. We are looking forward to their arrival this summer.

Tufts University
Dr. Barry S. Briss

Well, things continue to move ahead with the program. The most exciting news to report is that Dr. Leslie A. Will has joined the program at the rank of professor and in the capacity as Program Director.

Dr. Will has been the Chair and Program Director for the past nine year at Harvard. When we heard of changes in the wind on Longwood Avenue, we made an effort to recruit her for Tufts. With help from the Dean, we were successful in our endeavor and she joined the faculty officially in October. What this means is that I will remain as Chairman, running the administrative aspects of the program, while Dr. Will will assume responsibility for running the post doctoral program itself. In addition, her presence gives us an entirely new opportunity to increase the level of the research aspects of our program. This has been continually identified by our resident, faculty and alumni as a weakness in the program.  I can assure everyone, however, that we will not sacrifice the clinical aspects of the program with the coming changes.

The next most notable event with regard to the faculty is the retirement of Dr. Melvin Brockman after many, many years as a devoted teacher. Dr. Brockman, who is possibly one of the nicest people I know, wishes to spend more time with his family now. Although I truly wish he would stay on, I respect his wishes and wish him well.

The admissions process has just ended as our incredible admissions committee (Harold Kaplan, Norman Diamond, Tracy Maloney, Lokesh Suri, Pete Eagles, Vicky Cartsos and Marcy Korn) screened over three hundred applicants. Forty were interviewed and the Match list was submitted.   Past experience tells us that the matching process works quite well as we have been fortunate to have had great classes in the program the past couple of years.

The upcoming TAO meeting in Bermuda looks to be a great success. Dr. Vince Kokich will be the speaker, and, if there are no hurricanes, we might just get to play a little golf. The future of the TAO is assured because we have a great line-up of future presidents in the pipeline; they are: Dr. Paul Fitzgerald, Dr. Vicky Cartsos, Dr. Lisa Giarrusso, Dr. Scott Hartsflied and Dr. Bryan Began.

On Saturday April 12, 2008, we have engaged Dr. James McNamara as a guest speaker. Under the auspices of the Continuing Education department and the Development office, Jim will deliver the Herbert I. Margolis Memorial Lecture. We expect to have a terrific turnout for this event so keep the date open on your calendars.

Plans for the new building proceed on schedule with a construction start date in March, 2008 just after Accreditation. We will move to the twelfth floor and share space with the department of Endodontics. All spaces have been preserved in that we will continue to have the Shapiro library and the Margolis room. But it will be ALL brand new. We have been “charged”, if you will, with achieving a goal of raising $2.5 million. This, to be certain, is a lofty goal, but realistic given the $56-60 million price tag for the build-up.

Each year, during the time of our high holidays, it is traditional for Jewish people to visit their deceased relatives and to pay their respects. Everett, by pure chance, rests near my folks in a cemetery just south of Boston. Each time I go there, I make a point to visit Everett and pay my respects to the man that made it all possible for me and made it possible many of us to practice this wonderful specialty. After all this is our legacy. While I am not prone to talking to the deceased and, in spite of the fact that Everett might get a good laugh knowing that I do it, I speak to him anyway and tell him that things re OK at Tufts. I’d like to believe that he is listening.

University of Buffalo
The Department of Orthodontics at the University at Buffalo will be graduating its penultimate class of residents who enrolled for the thirty-month course in advanced orthodontic education. In the future, the courses, now of thirty-six-month duration, will graduate at the end of June, which will bring the Department of Orthodontics into line with the other graduate departments in the School of Dental Medicine at Buffalo. There is no doubt that the move to increase the length of the course by six months has been long overdue. This extra time will not be used to do “more of the same old thing” but rather, it will afford the residents a greater opportunity to undertake more meaningful research projects while also completing more of the treatment that they prescribe for the family of patients. For some time, the thirty-month course has presented a major obstacle for our international students who, upon returning to their countries of origin, found that they were unable to register as orthodontic specialists due to a shortfall in time. In keeping with the recommendations of the Erasmus commission, the majority of courses in Graduate Orthodontics outside of the United States are now of a minimum duration of three years.

All members of this year’s graduating class have, as has been the case during the past few decades, passed part two of the examinations of the American Board of Orthodontics at the first attempt. This examination represents graduation requirement for the didactic component of our graduate course in orthodontics. It is hoped that in the future, certification with the American Board of Orthodontics will provide the exit examination for the clinical part of the graduate course in orthodontics of the University at Buffalo.

This year’s class of graduates is made up of fine group of orthodontists who will, no doubt, make a positive contribution to America’s oldest dental specialty. Dr. Ben Gregg is in the process of purchasing an established practice in Ohio, while Dr. Mark Clauss will become an associate in an orthodontic practice in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Babak Yousefi has elected to spend time in Los Angeles while completing a one-year fellowship in advanced orthodontic techniques. Dr. Hazem Makhsida is still undecided about his future movements, while Dr. Nancy Pancko has decided to remain on the East coast as she joins an orthodontic practice in New Jersey as an associate. Dr. Rob Bolton will continue his Navy career while moving to a post in Japan.

The following residents will commence their third year of study in the Department of Orthodontics in January 2008: Dr. Omar Fetouh (Egypt), Dr. James Gleason, Dr. Neal Jones, Dr. Guan Guogiang Ph. D., Dr. Debby Wong and Dr. Michael Caban. These residents completed their Tweed course during the past year and found the experience to be valuable in a theoretical, and technical sense. We thank the Tweed instructors for their dedication and hard work. Our new second year residents for 2008 are: Dr. Jared Condie (U Louisville), Dr. Robert Aszkler (U Buffalo), Dr. Michelle Stanislowsky (U Connecticut), Dr. Jeremy Molon (U Buffalo), Dr. Elias Wael (Ph D) (Saudi Arabia) and Dr. Waseem Kassas (Syria).
The Match process for 2007 has been completed and new residents have been selected for the academic year starting 2008. They are: Dr. Wendy Chu Tandar, who completed a general practice residency at the University of Utah; Dr. Kersden Lorentoni, who obtained her DMD degree at the Boston University; Dr. Amy Bowman, who has been attached to the US Armed Forces for the past four years; and Dr. David Majeroni, a graduate of the University at Buffalo. These American residents will be joined by two international students: Dr. Houman al-Koussa (Syria); and Dr. Athari al Alameeri (Kuwait).

Dr. Judith Lampasso resigned from the department and her place has been taken by Dr. Sawsan Tabbaa, who originally completed her graduate orthodontic studies in Damascus, Syria. Sawsan subsequently became an orthodontic resident at our school where she also obtained a Masters degree at the University at Buffalo Medical School. It is hoped that the department will make two further faculty appointments in the next few months.
During the past year, our faculty presented continuing education courses and lectures in America as well as Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The department wishes all of our alumni, colleagues and friends a very happy and successful 2008.

Université de Montréal

The orthodontic department of the Université de Montréal has increased the class size from three to four residents per year.

The department also recently established a formal alumni association that will host its first annual conference. Dr. Charles Burstone will be speaking for a full day conference. All alumni as all QAO members are invited to assist.  Dr. Burstone will also address the residents at the orthodontic department the day prior to the conference.