The University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston will
have much, and many, to be proud of during today’s
Faculty Honors Convocation, sponsored by The University
of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Twenty-five Dental Branch faculty members will be appreciated
for the prestigious honors they have received in the 2006
academic year.
The highlight of this afternoon’s festivities will
be the President’s Scholar Awards for Research and
Teaching, which Dental Branch Dean Catherine M.
Flaitz, D.D.S., received in 2004. This year’s
awardees are Ponnada A. Narayana, Ph.D. and Ferid Murad,
M.D., Ph.D., (Research), along with Henry Strobel, Ph.D.,
(Teaching). Cleverick Johnson, D.D.S.,
professor in Restorative Dentistry, served on this year’s
selection committee.
The honors convocation is an esteemed awards ceremony.
Congratulations to the following faculty of the Dental
Branch.
International or National Honors in Teaching
Gissela Anderson, D.D.S., clinical
associate professor in Periodontics
*Elected to Omnicron
Kappa Upsilon National Dental Society
Kamal Busaidy, D.D.S., assistant professor,
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
*Recipient of the Faculty
Educator Development Award from the American Association
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Foundation
Jeryl English, D.D.S., professor and
chair, Orthodontics
*Recipient of the Yellen-Schoverling
Award 2006 given by The University of Texas Orthodontic
Alumni Association
Maria Fiocchi, D.D.S., clinical assistant
professor, Periodontics
*Recipient of an American Academy
of Periodontology Foundation Fellowship, Institute of
Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions
Sheila Koh, D.D.S., associate professor,
department of Restorative Dentistry,
*Elected Vice President
for Hospitals and Advanced Education Programs for the
American Dental Education Association
W. Bonham Magness, D.D.S., clinical
professor, Orthodontics
*Recipient of the Dale B. Wade
Award of Excellence presented by the American Board of
Orthodontics.
Lisa Thomas, D.D.S., clinical
associate professor, Diagnostic Sciences
*Inducted into
the Sigma Phi Alpha Dental Hygiene Honor Society
International or National Honors in Clinical
Service
Jerry Bouquot, D.D.S., professor
and chair, Diagnostic Sciences
*Honorary member of the
Canadian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
and Medicine
Robert Engelmeier, D.D.S., associate
professor, Prosthodontics
*Named the Civilian National Consultant
for Prosthodontics to the Air Force Surgeon General
Jeryl English, D.D.S., professor and
chair, department of Orthodontics,
*Named director of the
American Board of Orthodontics
Catherine M. Flaitz, D.D.S., professor,
Diagnostic Sciences and dean
*Named Texas Dentist of the
Year by the Texas Academy of General Dentistry
H. Philip Pierpont, D.D.S., professor,
Prosthodontics and associate dean for Student and Alumni
Affairs
*Named fellow of Pierre Fauchard Academy, the International
Honorary Dental Organization
Leslie Roeder, D.D.S,
associate professor, Diagnostic Sciences and associate
dean for Academic Affairs
*Elected Fellow of the American
College of Dentistry
John Valenza, D.D.S., associate professor,
Diagnostic Sciences and executive associate dean
*Elected
fellow in the International College of Dentists
International or National Honors in Community
Service
Catherine M. Flaitz, D.D.S., professor,
Diagnostic Sciences and dean
*Elected fellow, International
College of Dentists
Holly Rice, R.D.H., M.E.D., clinical
associate professor, Periodontics,
*Elected President of
the Texas Dental Hygiene Educators Association
Leslie Roeder, D.D.S., associate professor,
Diagnostic Sciences and associate dean for Academic Affairs
*Elected Vice President of Omnicron Kappa Upsilon, Supreme
Chapter National Level
Anna Salas-Lopez, D.D.S., clinical
associate professor, Orthodontics
*Named director of
the Texas Association of the Orthodontics Board of the
Texas Association of Orthodontics
Kishore Shetty, D.D.S., associate professor,
Restorative Dentistry
*Named to the board of directors for
the Academy of Dentistry for People with Disabilities
Outstanding Achievements in Teaching
Karen Adler Storthz, Ph.D., professor,
Diagnostic Sciences and associate dean for Research
*Selected
as Administrative Mentor of the Year by the Committee
on the Status of Women
Gary Frey, D.D.S., clinical assistant
professor, Restorative Dentistry
*Recipient of the Dr.
Burton J. Kunik Award for service and volunteerism
Jayne
McWherter, R.D.H., M.E.D., clinical
associate professor, Periodontics
*Recipient of the Lorna
J. Bruning Award for Clinical Teaching Excellence
James Ferguson, D.D.S., associate professor,
Restorative Dentistry
*John H. Freeman Award
Richard Bebermeyer, D.D.S., professor
Restorative Dentistry
*John P. McGovern Award
Fellows in The University of Texas Academy of Health
Science Education
Leslie Roeder, D.D.S., associate professor,
Diagnostic Sciences and associate dean for Academic Affairs
Award of Tenure
Peter Triolo, Jr. D.D.S.
Restorative
Dentistry
Promotion to Professor
Yahuan Lou, Ph.D.
Diagnostic Sciences
Promotion to Associate professor
Holly Rice, R.D.H., M.E.D.
Periodontics
Pedro Trejo, D.D.S.
Periodontics
Robin Weltman, D.D.S.,
Periodontics
All faculty are encouraged to attend. Come
support your colleagues
Time: 4 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 18.
Place: The annual convocation of The
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will
take place in the Beth Robertson Auditorium in the new
Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building, home of the Brown Foundation
Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human
Diseases.
