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STUDENT I NEWS

Video to Depict the Student Experience at the SDM Seven second-year dental students have embarked on a project to make a five-minute promotional video as a way to recruit future dental students to the School of Dental Medicine.

The video will chronicle the journey of a typical dental student - from acceptance to graduation - and show the sense of community at the SDM, through faculty perspectives and com­mentary from current students. The video will feature the simulation lab, dental clinics, the anatomy program in the Basic Sciences building (where viewers can watch a cadaver dissection in progress), and the Department of Radiology, with its Cone Beam Comput­erized Tomography and digital x-ray equipment. The video also will include an introduction and closing statement by Dean Ray Williams.

The students working on the video are Emily Kim and Dmytro Zhurakovskyy, who head the technical crew, and Vincent Badali, Keren Etzion, Ali Mehrabian, Anthony Prudenti and Alex Sadak, who are in charge of content. The group is recruiting additional SDM students to work on the video.

"It was exciting to showcase our school in a way that will carry on the tra­dition of attracting well-rounded, diverse students to the SDM," said Prudenti.

The promotional video, which will be completed later this year, will be located on the SDM website: dentistry.stonybrookmedicine.edu.

Fn:mt1·ow (l.-1·.): Emily Kim, Ke;ren Etzion, Antlwny Prudenti; Back row (l.-r.): Alex Sadnlc, Dmyt:ro Zhttrak()1Jskyy, Vincent Badali, Ali MehraiYian

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Ceremony Marks Students' Transition to Patient Care

Top,fro1n left: Navid Eghbali '15, Preethi Chavhan '15, Elliot Zharnitsky '15 Bottom,from left: D1: Dimitrios Kilimitzoglou, Cu1'tis Hansen '15, Monica Chan '15

On April 19, 2012, the School of Dental Medicine held its traditional White Coat Ceremony - which marks a first-year dental student's transition from the class­room to the clinic and patient care - for the first time in the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics. Faculty, staff and families of the students gathered in the auditorium along with officers of the Suffolk County Dental Society: Dr. Guenter Jonke, president; Dr. Nick Vittoria, president-elect; Dr. Scott Firestone, secretary; and Dr. Paul Markowitz, executive director.

The program began with opening remarks by Dean Ray Williams, who reminisced about his personal struggles as a first-year student, which elicited chuckles from the students.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Dimitrios Kilimitzoglou, vice president of the School of Dental Medicine Alumni Board and clinical assistant professor in the Department of General Dentistry. Dr. Kilimitzoglou encouraged the students to view their patients as family and friends.

"Render to your patients the treatment you would want for your sister, brother, mother or favorite uncle," he said . "Take the time to empathize with them and acknowledge their apprehensions."

Dr. Stepha nos Kyrkanides, professor and chair of the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, led the students in the recitation of the Hippocratic Oath . Dr. David Paquette, associate dean for education, gave the concluding remarks, which was followed by a reception.

Class Notes 1980 Bernard Fialkoff recently returned from a trip to Havana, Cuba, to assess the public health needs of that country for a follow-up visit to provide dental care and supplies. He was accompa­nied by his daughter Meghan Fialkoff, director of the Fialkoff Dental Study Club; Bob Schwartz, executive direc­tor of the Disarm Education Fund and founding director of Global Health Partners; and Javier Bajana, director of the Disarm Education Fund's Latin American program. This was Dr. Fialkoff's first visit back to Havana since his family emigrated from Cuba to the United States in 1962.

1983 Francine Raxenberg recently completed an MPH at Stony Brook University.

1999 lnna Gellerman was appointed to the board of trustees for The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York. This past spring she was a sponsor of the museum's 15th annual Long Island's Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum exhibition, a pres­tigious juried exhibition featuring works of art from Long Island high school students in grades 9 through 12.

2002 Dimitrios (J immy) Kilimitzoglou, a clinical assistant professor at the School of Dental Medicine, recently earned an MAGD (mastership) desig­nation from the Academy of General Dentistry - its highest honor - and was named a fellow of the International Congress of Orallmplantologists. In addition, he achieved the rank of major in the U.S. Air Force and now is a diplomate of the American Board of Orallmplantology/lmplant Dentistry.

ALUMNI I NEWS

From top (left to right): Bob Schwartz, Meglmn Fialkoff and Dr. Bema1'11 Fialkoff in front of a cathedraL in OLd Havana, Cuba; bottmn left: Dr. Inna Gellerman; bottom 1ight: Dr. Dimit1ios Kilimitzoglmt

What's New? Tell us and your fellow classmates what's been going on in your professional and personal lives.

Visit www.stonybrook.edu/sdmclassnotes or email Class Notes to Marguerite.Baldwin@sbumed.org

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Investing in Stony Brook

Dr. Dimit1ios (Jimmy) Kilimitzoglm' (left), who recently donated $3?',500 to establish a scholanhip fund, was inspired by the generosity of Marilyn and Jim Simons.

Last December New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced a transformational $150 million gift

to Stony Brook University from Jim and Marilyn Simons and the Simons Foun­dation to fund three major priorities: research excellence in the School of Medicine, faculty hires through new endowed professorships, and recruit­ment of top-level graduate and under­graduate students. Part of that investment is a $50 million challenge grant for academic excellence, including a specific dollar-for-dollar match for first­time alumni donors.

Upon hearing of the Simons gift, Dr. Dimitrios (Jimmy) Kilimitzoglou '02, who had been considering making a

donation for the past few years, knew the time was right. "You have to jump on great opportunities," he said. "You don't ever want to look back and say, 'I wish I had.' " In honor of his experience at the School of Dental Medicine and as a way to make an impact on the future of the University, the field of dentistry and students, Dr. Kilimitzoglou made a $37,500 gift to establish the Kilimitzoglou Endowed Scholarship Fund.

"My Stony Brook professors gave me such a wonderful gift - the ability to practice dentistry," said Dr. Kilimitzoglou, who also serves on the SDM Admissions Committee and is vice president of the SDM Alumni Board. "The least I can do is give something back - something

GIVING

that allows the school to continue to attract high-caliber candidates who not only get a great education, but also con­tribute to the field and the University."

With the Simons gift match, the total impact of Dr. Kilimitzoglou's donation will be $75,000. The proceeds of the endowment will help attract promising students who will be encouraged to be "open-minded Mure dentists who will allow their virtues to drive their work," said Dr. Kilimitzoglou.

"I feel that students are our future ­for Stony Brook, for Long Island and for the profession as a whole," he continued. "I am hoping my gift will inspire students and other alumni and make them as enthusiastic as I am about dentistry and Stony Brook, and that my love for both will affect them in a positive way."

The Simons gift was not the only good news for Stony Brook: Gov. Cuomo also approved Stony Brook University's $35 million NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant application. The challenge grant will enable Stony Brook to recruit top faculty, and together with the Simons gift, help fund the construction of a life sciences research building, the Medical and Research Translation (MARn center. This will position Stony Brook to obtain the prestigious designation of a National Cancer Institute from the National Insti­tutes of Health.

Materialise Dental Donates $300,000 in Products, Services

M aterialise Dental recently made an in-kind gift of nearly $300,000 to the Advanced Education

Program in Periodontics (AEPP). "This generous grant of software

and other products and services from Materialise Dental will have a signifi­cant impact on how we train postdoc­toral periodontal students in treatment planning and guided surgery for dental implants," said Dr. Vincent J. Iacono,

director of the Advanced Education Program in Periodontics. "This donation will enhance our entire implantology curriculum."

Materialise Dental specializes in 3D digital implantology and offers a range of products and services to implant professionals and their patients. The software will provide AEPP residents with detailed information, such as the width and density of a patient's jawbone

and the exact location of nerves and neighboring tooth roots.

With such precise data, residents can pinpoint the ideal location for implants, which will improve patient outcomes. The software also will enable residents to create an image on screen, showing patients their proposed treatment plan. As a result, patients will be able to see how their new teeth will look - even before treatment.

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