From: Durham, Erika
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:45 PM
Subject: UTDB eflash (weekly edition) -- Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

ACD and ICD fellows announced among DB family

• Leslie Roeder, D.D.S., associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor in the department of Diagnostic Sciences, was inducted as a fellow in the American College of Dentists during the American Dental Association annual meeting on Thursday, Oct. 6. Janet Harrison, D.D.S., UTDB alum and former faculty member, was her sponsor. The American College of Dentists recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the advancement of dentistry. Fellowship in the college is by invitation and is based on demonstrated leadership and what the honoree brings to the profession.
  
• Catherine M. Flaitz, D.DS, dean and professor in the department of Diagnostic Sciences, and John Valenza, executive associate dean and associate professor of Diagnostic Sciences, were inducted as fellows in the International College of Dentists during the American Dental Association annual meeting Friday, Oct. 7. S. Jerry Long, D.D.S., president of the UTDB Alumni Association, was their sponsor. The International College of Dentists is the pre-eminent honorary organization of the world’s outstanding dentists who have, by their actions, demonstrated an abiding interest and concern for their profession.

Congratulations to Drs. Roeder, Flaitz and Valenza for these achievements.

Mocha Delites closes at Dental Branch

Mocha Delites food service operation at the UT Dental Branch ends at the close of business Thursday, Oct. 13. The French Corner was selected as the university’s new food service provider and will be opening locations in the School of Nursing and Student Community Center and the Medical School in the near future. Updates will follow as work progresses.

Texas Medical Center to honor former Dental Branch dean with street

The Texas Medical Center will honor former Dental Branch dean and TMC founder, Frederick C. Elliott, D.D.S., with a street bearing his name. The ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 14, in the Dental Branch lobby, with guests walking to the nearby street sign and returning to the school for a reception. Please join the celebration.

Elliott served as dean from 1932-52 and was instrumental in breathing life into the young and struggling dental school. He helped generate funding for the construction of our current building, which at the time it opened was a state-of-the-art facility. In addition to his efforts in dentistry, Elliott was the lead visionary and one of the founders of the Texas Medical Center.

Hygienists take on tobacco in October

Sponsored annually by the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA), October is National Dental Hygiene Month. Each year ADHA chooses a dental hygiene-related topic to focus on. The 2005 topic is Tobacco and Heart Disease.

ADHA encourages all dental hygienists and dental hygiene students across the nation to get involved in the 2005 effort to increase public awareness of these tobacco-related risk factors, and how dental hygienists save lives by recognizing symptoms of life-threatening diseases before they become serious.

For more information or to get involved contact the School of Dental Hygiene at (713) 500-4086 or visit the ADHA Web site at: http://www.adha.org/

Wanted: 100 walkers for 100 years of dentistry

Be one of 100 walkers to represent the UT Dental Branch and the UT Health Science Center during this year’s Heart Walk. Let’s show Houston that oral health is an important part of overall health, by representing dentistry in a big way. During our Centennial we not only want to celebrate our past contributions to health care, but also demonstrate the Dental Branch’s commitment to future health.

Join the team of Dental Branch walkers for breakfast, exercise, fellowship and lots of fun at 8 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 5, at Sam Houston Park.

Contact: Mamie.L.Ellis@uth.tmc.edu, (713) 500-4221 or Scott.R.Makins@uth.tmc.edu, D.D.S., (713) 500-4224. Visit http://www.uthouston.edu/community/heartwalk/ for more details.

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