RSDM received the 2022 ADEA Gies Vision Award for its work advocating for LGBTQ students and raising awareness of issues facing the LGBTQ community in dental academia and healthcare.LEARN MORE
Advancing Equity
Dean Feldman: Medicare Should Include Dental Coverage
Since Medicare was created, oral health care has been deemed non-essential and excluded from coverage plans, perpetuating an arbitrary and harmful division between medical health and oral health. It's time for that to end, says Dean Cecile A. Feldman. Read her op-ed on NJ.com. LEARN MORE
CODE of Compassion
Trauma-Informed Care Helps
Dental Patients With HIV/AIDS
The large and small acts of sensitivity staff have integrated into RSDM's South Jersey extramural clinics help all feel comfortable and welcome. But their Trauma-Informed Care approach has been especially valuable for the nearly 600 HIV/AIDS patients who visit the sites, which receive federal Ryan White funding and treat additional underserved patients as well. LEARN MORE
Student Spotlight
Combining Knowledge of Nutrition
With Oral Health Care
Sydney Pannella’s background as a dietician gives her special insight into the link between nutrition and oral health.“People don’t always realize how it affects the oral cavity. There are so many things you can fix just by changing your diet,'' says Pannella, a third-year student. LEARN MORE
Alumni News
Dean's Update, Digital Dentistry News
Reaches Nationwide Audience of Alums
Alumni from all over the country joined the RSDM Alumni Association last month via Zoom to hear Dean Cecile A. Feldman share the latest RSDM news, along with a digital dentistry presentation by Dr. Heba Elkassaby ’20. Dr. Elkassaby shared details of the latest innovations in digital dentistry and how they are being implemented at the school. The association also celebrated the induction of new alumni officers and exciting alumni programs ahead for this coming year. Thank you to all who were able to join them live and participate in the discussion. The association is pleased to share the recording here.
Alum of the Month
He Wrote the Book
On Dental Tech
As a six-year-old visiting the dentist, RSDM alumnus Dr. John Graeber was fascinated by the chairside gear and machinery.“I was amazed by the hardware of the office,’’ remembers Dr. Graeber, Class of ‘72. “I’ve probably always been a techie.” His love of technology inspired him to write a textbook on the subject. LEARN MORE
