Patient Care Eastman Institute is First in U.S. to be Named an Oral Health Age-Friendly Health System Participant By Karen Black May. 25, 2023 Eastman Institute for Oral Health’s Specialty Care Clinic is the first oral healthcare provider in the nation to be recognized as an Age-Friendly Health System Participant.
Education Dr. Cynthia Wong Named Chair, Eastman Institute Pediatric Dentistry By Karen Black Apr. 12, 2023 After an extensive national search, Associate Professor Cynthia Wong DMD, MS (Pedo ’13, MS ‘15) has been named chair of Pediatric Dentistry, Eastman Institute for Oral Health. She has been serving as ...
People Dr. Bill Calnon Honored for Distinguished Service By Karen Black Apr. 6, 2023 William R. Calnon, DDS (GPR ’79), Eastman Foundation Board president, URMC trustee, professor and past EIOH interim director, was presented with the prestigious 2023 Dr. Mark J. Feldman Distinguished ...
Education Dr. John Vorrasi Named Chair, EIOH Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery By Karen Black Mar. 9, 2023 John S. Vorrasi, DDS, has been named chair, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Eastman Institute for Oral Health. The associate professor also serves as the department’s program director for ...
Patient Care Man with LVAD Heart Pump Travels Four Hours for Each Eastman Dental Visit By Karen Black Mar. 7, 2023 Throughout Eastman Institute, faculty and residents treat patients with a wide range of complex medical issues, like Loren Vinal, who has an LVAD heart pump. He travels four hours round trip to ...
Research Combining Pregnancy and Dental Check Ups By Karen Black Feb. 8, 2023 Thanks to a University of Rochester Medical Center grant, Eastman Institute for Oral Health Associate Professor Jin Xiao, DDS, PhD, will use artificial intelligence and digital technology to help ...
Patient Care Ithaca Man Travels to Eastman Institute for Complex Dental Treatment After Cancer Surgery By Karen Black Dec. 5, 2022 By the time the surgeon was done removing the cancer in the base of his mouth, Jack Reid had a lot of soft tissue removed and had only three bottom teeth left. His dentist strongly recommended Jack ...
Education Dr. William McHugh Dies at 93 By Karen Black Oct. 10, 2022 Dr. William McHugh, who served as the third director of Eastman Dental Center from 1970-1994, has passed away.
Patient Care Team of Specialists Treat Baby Born with Two Unusual Conditions By Karen Black Sep. 21, 2022 Freddie's case is rare. He was born with both cleft lip and palate and craniosynostosis. His team of URMC specialists, including experts from dentistry, plastic surgery and nuerosurgery, worked ...
Research Eastman Institute Ushers in New Era of Research By Karen Black Sep. 16, 2022 Thomas Diekwisch, D.M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., has been named the founding chair of the Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, part of Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the University of Rochester ...
