Gwen Aubry
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DB People is a new feature
of the UTDBeflash which will highlight a student,
resident, employee or member of the faculty each week.
Their profile will showcase how they are advancing
oral health education, research or patient care.
Often the first person a patient of the Dental Branch
will meet is Gwen Aubry. In her they find a friendly
smile and listening ear.
Aubry, senior support assistant, who works the first
floor reception desk at the Dental Branch, spends
her day registering patients, providing information
and taking payments for dental care. On an average
day she will see 200 patients — a busy job,
but she enjoys doing it.
“I love helping people,” Aubry said.
“Many times patients are in pain and frustrated.
They want to be greeted with a smile and met by people
who act like they care.”
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Aubry feels that a positive attitude and helpful demeanor
are important for anyone in a front-line position such as
hers. “We want them to have a good experience here
at the school so they will continue to come back,”
she said.
Before joining the Patient Services team at the Dental
Branch, Aubry worked with students in the Alief Independent
School District.
She has three children, Roderick, Olivia and Christopher.
As a family they enjoy visiting museums, having picnics
in the park or watching movies at home.
“My children spent so much time in the library when
they were young that they grew up loving to read,”
she said. “Sometimes we will just go to Barnes and
Noble to enjoy some books and a good cup of coffee.”
If you know anyone in your department who would make a
good DB People profile, send the name to dbnewsdesk@uth.tmc.edu.
Kamal Fawzy Busaidy, D.D.S., is a recipient of one of the
10 International Program Awards given this year, sponsored
by the Office of International Programs at the UT Health
Science Center at Houston.
International Programs Awards provide seed money to the
most worthwhile endeavors of international collaboration
and increase the individual and collective awareness of
the importance of international programs within the UT Health
Science Center.
Busaidy’s program will offer residents of an Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program in Oman, located
in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, an
opportunity to train at the Dental Branch for six months
during their program. The program also includes faculty
from the Dental Branch visiting Oman to provide workshops
and lectures on specified topics to the Omani trainees.
The Omani residency program is sponsored by the Ministry
of Health.
Potential benefits to the program including the potential
for establishment of stronger international clinical and
educational ties, particularly with the Middle East.
The International Programs Award seeks to reward projects
that foster international collaboration between various
constituencies of the UT Health Science Center and academic
institutions of higher learning throughout the world. Congratulations
to Dr. Busaidy.
Jerre K. Iversen has joined
the Dental Branch Dean’s Office as a Special
Development Advisor. Iversen is helping to coordinate
future fund-raising efforts for the construction of
the new building and the increasing of endowments,
scholarships and research funds.
Once a new Director of Development
is hired, Iversen will help to familiarize him or
her with the UT Dental Branch and its direction. Iversen
will serve as a tremendous asset in this role having
just served five years as the Vice President for Development
at the health science center.
In addition to this most recent
position, Iversen has held numerous leadership positions
in development offices across the country, including
Yale University, Georgetown University Medical Center
and Baylor College of Medicine.
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Jerre Iversen |
In his spare time he enjoys reading about and visiting
historical sites related to the Civil War and Native American
History. He also enjoys SIM City, a software program for
building computerized cities.
He and his wife Beverly have one daughter, Heather, and
two grandchildren, Alexander and Shelbie.
Iversen is located in Room 152 and can be reached at Jerre.Iversen@uth.tmc.edu,
713-500-4024.
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The mobile dental van has
a new agreement with ETHAN (East Texas Health Access
Network,) which is taking it to East Texas two days
each month to provide dental care.
The first trip, Aug. 23-25,
was to Woodville, an extremely underserved area. Thirty-three
patients were seen.
Participants were Tracey Godwin,
D.D.S.; Maria Martinez, dental assistant; Pat Henshaw,
dental assistant; Jeff James, fourth-year dental student;
and Kevin Sameti, fourth-year dental student.
Wish our dental van team well
as they expand their service area and continue to
provide care where it’s needed most.
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One million people in Lebanon have been displaced and more
than one thousand have been killed from the conflict in
Lebanon - you can help.
Donate toys, clothes, diapers, food or medicine to the
effort by delivering these items to the drop-boxes in the
basement of the Dental Branch, across from the bookstore.
For more information visit http://www.aama-houston.com/Lebanon%20Humanitarian%20Relief%20Links2.htm.
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