Dental Images Summer 2012

M A R Q U E T T E U N I V E R S I T Y S C H O O L O F D E N T I S T R Y

Far Ahead of the Curve

GRADUATION 2012

S U M M E R 2 0 1 2

2 D E N TA L I M A G E S

Powerful momentum

So far, 2012 has been

a good year for the

Marquette School of

Dentistry. Months ago,

the dedicated faculty members

who serve as our representa-

tives on ADEA’s Commission on

Change and Innovation commit-

tee decided to share more

broadly with our colleagues in

dental education our approach to

educating dentists. The perspec-

tive they had gained from attend-

ing national conferences on dental

education translated to a clear

understanding that Marquette was

quite innovative on a number of

curricular fronts. So they set out

to let people know about it.

Their submission to the Ameri-

can Dental Education Association

led to an award that I maintain

belongs not to one person, but to

all in the dental school who have

worked hard to collectively imple-

ment and advance Marquette’s

integrated, patient-centered,

comprehensive care model of

dental education. I share the

William J. Gies Award for Vision,

Innovation and Achievement with

my colleagues, without whom it

would not be possible to provide

the forward-thinking educational

experience that defines Marquette.

(As I said in my remarks at the

Geis Award reception, I’ve been

quite overwhelmed by any

personal attention from this

award, but I’m very pleased with

the attention it has brought to

Marquette and

our program!)

It’s one thing to

have a vision for a

curriculum that will

produce accom-

plished dentists,

able to adapt to the rapid changes

that continue to keep the profes-

sion interesting and challenging.

It’s quite another to implement it.

When we laid out our plans in the

late 1990s to move dental educa-

tion forward in a manner to benefit

both students and patients, I knew

that the only way we could achieve

such monumental change would

be to work together. And together,

we have advanced Marquette to

the forefront of dental curriculum

reform. This gives me great confi-

dence that we can continue this

collaboration to innovate, adapt

and evolve in a way that sustains

our leadership into the future.

Sometimes, however, even well-

laid plans don’t evolve as one

expects. That was the case with the

dental rounds aspect of our curric-

ulum—until a smart, creative and

committed group of faculty here

took a good, hard look at how we

could make rounds a vital founda-

tion of the student experience.

They developed, and Marquette

faculty has implemented, a dental

rounds program that we feel is

unparalleled. It addresses key

areas of student development,

brings students of all skill levels to

work together, teaches the vital

aspect of turning to the scientific

evidence to help solve a problem,

and places the highest priority on

the best possible patient care. I’m

extremely pleased with this year’s

inaugural implementation of the

new dental rounds program. You

can read all about how we got

there on pages 6-7.

Also, because so much of what

we accomplish here at the Dental

School is made possible by the

generous support of our alumni

and friends, I want to update you

on a recent exciting development

in our Building for the Future

campaign. Dr. Rick Kushner, D ’77,

along with his wife Cindy and his

company, Comfort Dental, have

pledged $1 million toward the

campaign, with the hope that

other alumni would make a pledge

as soon as possible. Equally

worthy of note, Dr. Jeff Moos,

D’ 83, and his wife Beth, PT ’79,

increased their personal giving to

the $1 million mark, as well. We

are grateful for their overwhelm-

ing generosity and hope you’ll join

them in supporting the campaign.

For more important information

and an update on our progress,

see page 10.

I have to say the momentum

here at Marquette is truly palpa-

ble, and it’s an exciting time for

the school. As you read about

our curricular leadership and

campaign advancements, remem-

ber that we welcome your ideas

and feedback as we provide the

best possible education to the

next generation of dentists.

Dean William K. Lobb, D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.

DEAN’S MESSAgE

D E N TA L I M A G E S 1 1D E N TA L I M A G E S 3

SUMMER 2012Editor

Carol Trecek, Director, Continuing Education and Alumni Relations

Committee

William K. Lobb, Dean

James Brozek, Photographer

Kate Bruns Gibson, D ’99

Donald D. Kynaston, University Advancement

Dave O’Neill, Director, Development Programs

John L. Sadowski, D ’68

Nicolas J. Shane, D ’71

Kristi Strode, Managing Editor

Paula K. Wheeler, Contributing Writer

Marquette University Dental Alumni Association Board of Directors 2011–12

President Nick Nelson, D ’84

Vice President Michael S. Kopecky, D ’89

Treasurer Michael L. Hanneman, D ’82

Immediate Past President Dennis Connor, D ’73

Directors

Tom Albiero, D ’82

M. Scott Connor, D ’00

London Cooper, D ’02

Lance Hashimoto, D ’88, Grad ’04

Susan Meinerz, D ’84

Dan Ross, D ’07

Ronald Santilli, D ’70

Marquette University Alumni Association Board Member

M. Sandra Casper, Nurs ’71, D ’86

F E AT U R E

4 Far Ahead

of the Curve With Dean Lobb’s vision and

a faculty willing to embrace change, Marquette leads the nation in curricular innovation

10 Campaign Update News from the Marquette

University School of Dentistry Development Office

Submissions to Dental Images may be sent to

[email protected].

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

I N S I D E

8 ALUMNI AWARDS

9 ALUMNI PROFILE

10 DEVELOPMENT

12 CLASS NOTES

13 COMMUNITY SERVICE

14 GRADUATION

18 FACULTY AND STAFF ACCOLADES

21 STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

22 IN MEMORIAM

23 CALENDAR

Dental

CORRECTION

In the last issue of Dental Images, it was reported that the Dental School distributed 967 toothbrushes and completed 16,200 root canals in 2011. Those figures were inadvertently switched. Dental Images regrets the error.

From left, Spencer Morgan, Jonathan Kelley and Bradley DeGroot celebrate their graduation.


the 1962 Dental School D.D.S. program.

Percentage of women in the 2011 Dental School D.D.S. program.

MOVE OVER, MENPercentage of women in

Dr. Gary Stafford remembers how he and his colleagues became determined to shed some serious light on just what

was going on at the Marquette School of Den-tistry. They were attending an annual American Dental Education Association (ADEA) meeting of the Commission on Change and Innovation (see sidebar, page 5), listening to representatives from another dental school wax poetic about what they perceived as a pioneering curricular approach.

“We were sitting there thinking, ‘Marquette’s been doing this for 12 or 13 years!’” says Stafford, who chairs the Dental School’s Department of General Dental Sciences. The approach – upgrad-ing from a procedural-based curriculum to a more patient-centered, comprehensive care curriculum – was adopted by Marquette in 1999 for the entire student body. The presenting school at ADEA, by contrast, had just recently implement-ed it, and only for their fourth-year students.

This wasn’t the first time Stafford had heard other schools discuss curricular initiatives that

seemed “innovative to them, but kind of standard for us,” he says, adding that he’d had similar experiences every year since 2007, when he began attending the CCI meetings. It had become crystal clear to him that Marquette and its dean, Dr. William Lobb, were “far ahead of the curve.”

Earlier in 2011, Stafford and his colleagues had also witnessed the presentation of the annual William J. Geis Award for innovation in dental education. “We said, ‘The Dean has to get this. He’s done so much,’” Stafford says.

Stafford and his CCI colleagues decided to nominate Lobb for the 2012 Geis Award (see page 20). Having served in the School of Dentistry since 1994, Lobb has been the driving force behind what Stafford, in the nominating letter to the Geis Foun-dation, described as Marquette’s “groundbreaking and dynamic” approach to dental education.

NOT DONE DEVELOpINg

Inspired in part by the Institute of Medicine’s 1995 report calling for curricular change in dental education nationally, Lobb devised a new curricular

model for MUSoD that the school began adopt-ing in 1999. It embraced the comprehensive care approach, early clinical experiences, integra-tion of content and instruction, community outreach, evidence-based decision making, and a rounds education model. It served as a blueprint for the 2002 building, which was designed specifically to enable implementation of the plan’s progressive elements. In keeping with the Jesuit values of the University as well as Lobb’s personal commitment to community outreach education, the curriculum also emphasized com-munity service and care for underserved popula-tions. (This remains a curricular cornerstone: Marquette School of Dentistry clinics serve 27,000 patients annually, and the school remains one of Wisconsin’s largest Medicaid providers.)

Lobb and the Marquette faculty continu-ally evaluate the curriculum to ensure that it remains true to the 1999 plan’s vision and at the forefront of dental education. This ongoing audit also seeks out and accommodates new approaches that support student learning. Lobb

Far Ahead of the CurveWith Dean Lobb’s vision and a faculty willing to embrace change, Marquette leads the nation in curricular innovation

Far Ahead of the CurveWith Dean Lobb’s vision and a faculty willing to embrace change, Marquette leads the nation in curricular innovation


recently appointed a faculty subcommittee to ex-amine and redesign a key element of the original plan: dental rounds. Having debuted in the fall of the 2011-12 academic year, the school’s newly revamped rounds program (see story, page 6) is already attracting national attention.

“What I like about Dr. Lobb is, he’s still supporting that our curriculum is dynamic and subject to change,” says Dr. Frederick Sutkie-wicz, director of assessment and institutional outcomes for the Dental School, who serves on CCI with Stafford. Sutkiewicz led a curricular review when he joined Marquette in 2008. “We looked at things like, is it contemporary? Is it best practice? Is the learning just-in-time? Are there too-large gaps between didactic instruc-tion and clinical application? We need to make sure we are using time effectively and offering the most powerful learning experience for students, so that we can also make as much room as possible for their clinical time. So it’s not like we’re done developing.”

Marquette’s approach is something Stafford and others are excited about sharing with the greater dental community. The Geis Award, Stafford says, is already elevating the Dental School’s profile, garnering the school and its Dean some well-deserved recognition for leader-ship in educating tomorrow’s dentists.

AgENTS OF CHANgE HELp DENTAL EDUCATION EVOLVE

rounds projects, all of their research, photographs of procedures and more create a body of evidence showing the quality and depth of their work that can serve as an extended resume once they leave school.

Another requirement is self-reflective writing about procedural and clinical experiences. “Instead of students doing a procedure and having that looked at and critiqued, with the portfolio they do more self-reflective writing. I want to know, for example, where the students stumbled, how they recovered, what they learned from that experience,” Stafford says. “Say they do something like taking a dental impression. And they have to do it four times. Well, what happened on the fourth time to finally capture it? What did they do differently so that it worked? They have to think about it, reflect on what they gained from the process. It makes for a better practitioner.”

Kevin Greene, a D1 student, is enthusiastic about the portfolio requirement and enjoys creating a tool that will help him recall his time in dental school and seek a job when he’s finished. “I think it’s great that the school is having us do this, because it’s just going to help us in the end,” he says. “It’s a great thing to have when you graduate, along with your CV. It shows whoever’s reading it so much more about who you are, and it’s going to help me remem-ber my thoughts about the things I did here. Like the first time I assisted, it was harder than I thought it would be. I reflected on that, and it humbled me and made me want to work harder.”

As agents of change for the Dental School, the Marquette liaison team for ADEA’s Commission on Change and Innovation (CCI) is charged with questioning the status quo. Drs. Gary Stafford, Frederick Sutkiewicz, Sheila Stover and Moaiwa Kassab were hand-picked by Dean William Lobb to represent MUSoD in a collaborative idea exchange among U.S. dental schools, aimed at helping dental education evolve.

Not all schools have CCI representatives, but the Marquette CCI team takes the job seri-ously. “We have functions at the annual ADEA meeting, but then we have a separate summer meeting that’s just for the liaisons at all of the schools,” Stafford explains. “We share, give presentations and do a lot of workshops.”

Charged with developing institutional projects that move the curriculum forward, the CCI team has spent several years designing and implementing its current initiative: the professional portfolio as an alternative model of student assessment.

Though Stafford says MUSoD is not unique in using portfolio assessment, he is quick to add, “I like our model better! Ours is modeled after a promotion and tenure dossier, and all the artifacts that come in go under one of three domains: research, service or learning. So our students are seeing how an academic dossier is being put together.”

From the first year of dental school, students begin adding material to their portfolios. Their

The inaugural Grand Rounds program took place in the Weasler Auditorium in the spring.


New Dental Rounds Model Grounds Students in Science

curriculum, though efficient, was already

quite full and there was nothing the

administration saw fit to let go.

“At first, people said, ‘There’s no way we

can do this.’ To add something more to

the curriculum was quite an endeavor. But

we actually pulled it off,” Thompson says.

“Dr. Lobb had envisioned us doing rounds

better than anybody else, and he was the

driving force.”

The evidence-based approach that

anchors Marquette dental rounds aims

to form students into critical consumers

of scientific literature. Upon graduation,

the students are able to uncover, evaluate

and apply scientific evidence for a

particular treatment approach, and then

balance it with the patient’s needs and

desires, as well as with their own level

of experience.

Integrated clinical case seminars

(ICCS) take place in the fall and spring.

Under guidance from a faculty group

leader, the D4s lead a vertical team and

bring forth a case from their own patient

population. They present the case and

background, and act as a mentor to the

more junior students. The D3s delve

into formulating research questions in a

way that will extract the most relevant

evidence on treatment option outcomes

from scientific databases like PubMed.

The D1s and D2s address case-related

basic science and pathology topics,

respectively.

When Dean William Lobb and the

faculty designed a new curriculum

for Marquette’s Dental School in 1999,

evidence-based dental rounds were a

centerpiece of the plan.

“When we adopted Dr. Lobb’s compre-

hensive care and integrated curricular

model, rounds was supposed to be the

glue that would pull everything together

and encourage students to discuss cases,”

says Dr. Toni Roucka, assistant professor

of general dentistry, who led a subcom-

mittee to reinvent the rounds program

in 2010. “But rounds ended up being

more of a small lecture venue for topics

not found elsewhere in the curriculum. It

became more like a catchall for content

that needed to be taught somewhere.”

With its focus on scientific research and

evidence assessment, “The rounds model

gives you a way to consider just about

any problem that’s in front of you,” says

Dr. Geoffrey Thompson, director of the

graduate program in prosthodontics

and head of the dental rounds program.

But before Marquette’s program

was revised, “It wasn’t as penetrative

throughout the curriculum as the dean

had imagined, and there was a distinct

lack of specialty participation.”

Lobb enlisted Roucka and her

subcommittee to revisit the original

plan and redesign the rounds program.

A first step was to research the

approaches of other schools, and

Roucka found that very few incorporate

rounds into the curriculum.

Her group liked New York University’s

formation of vertical student teams

(one from each year, D1 through D4)

working together to tackle different

aspects of a patient’s case. But true to

form, Marquette faculty took things a

few steps further, to create what the

faculty insist is the most robust rounds

program in dental education today.

A well-rounded model

What Roucka’s subcommittee ultimately

proposed was an ambitious, three-

tiered plan that demands commitment

from both students and faculty. Rounds

happen outside of the typical class

schedule, either at 7 a.m. or in the late

afternoon. Roucka and Thompson say

this was the best option, as the regular


ultimately receives the recommended

treatment plan.

For grand rounds, the entire student

body and many of the faculty come

together to hear presentations from the

outstanding ICCS team or teams, as well

as from a keynote speaker. The inaugural

grand rounds took place this past spring,

and Roucka says, “It went really well,

people were happy with the format. It

will be an annual event.”

A foundation for lifelong learning

After completing four years of dental

school, all of today’s D1 students will have

the full rounds experience under their

belts. And although the new rounds model

is more demanding in terms of student

research requirements, it gets generally

high marks from students, even those from

this year’s graduating class who experi-

enced rounds in its previous form.

“I really enjoyed the new rounds format,”

says Stacy Michels, a D4 student, who

led one of the presenting teams from the

spring grand rounds (topic: Squamous

Cell Carcinoma Treatment Options in the

Elderly Population). “It gave us, as D4s, a

chance to interact with the D1s and D2s,

which we don’t get to do often because

they are not in clinic with us. It was

formatted as sort of a mentor relationship,

which I really liked, and I know when I was

a D1, I would have loved to have upper-

classmen friends to ask questions. Our

Involving the D1s and D2s in this

vertical team allows them to “see over

the horizon,” Thompson says. “So while

they’re immersed in their books, they

can witness what they are studying

being applied to the patient in the chair,

which is a beautiful thing.”

Each vertical team presents its case

to the other students in their clinic

subgroup, and for each session, a

specialist who has also performed the

relevant literature search is on hand to

challenge the students with his or her

own questions.

During summer, the focus shifts to

treatment planning rounds. “Even

though our students are in the clinic

really early, it’s still a big transition for

the D2 students when they go from

being more of an assistant caregiver to

a full caregiver in the D3 year. They tend

to have trouble with treatment planning,

because it’s very complex,” Roucka

explains. “During summer rounds, the

students work in vertical teams of just

three students. The D3 serves as a

mentor and it’s their patient case, the

D2 is responsible for the treatment

plan, and the D1 is more of an observer,

with some assigned readings to help

them learn the process of treatment

planning.”

As with medical rounds models, the

patient is fully present for the student

presentation and faculty input, and

group really bonded and ended up

getting together outside of planning

our rounds. Also, the format of the

presentations emphasized evidence-

based dentistry more than the old

rounds model, and this forced us to

practice searching for and finding the

most relevant articles. Overall, the new

rounds model, while more challenging,

was also more rewarding intellectually

than the old model.”

Thompson, Roucka and others are

pleased that the new model seems

to be fulfilling the dean’s original

vision and significantly enhancing the

students’ training and preparation for

professional practice.

“This is a model for lifelong profes-

sional learning and decision making,”

says Thompson, adding that the

consideration process students practice

during rounds will serve them well in

determining best practices for patient

care, material selection and procedures

as dentistry evolves. “The dentistry

students are learning today is not going

to be the same dentistry they are doing

in 20, 30, 40 years. I would argue that

in addition to clinical skills, you have

to be a scientist, because your clinical

skills from dental school are not going

to hold you up for an entire career. The

field is going through an explosion of

change, and if you don’t change, you’re

going to be left behind.”


Two outstanding Dental School alumni

were honored during Marquette’s 2012

Alumni National Awards Weekend,

April 26-28. The annual event honors

distinguished alumni from every

college and school who embody the

heart, soul and spirit of Marquette

University.

dental needs. He even makes housecalls

to his elderly, housebound or hospice-

based patients. He credits his father,

Ventura, as well as Marquette, as influ-

ential in shaping his worldview and values

of faith, responsibility, leadership, hard

work and persistence.

Charles F. “Chuck” Bohl, D ’71, of

Brookfield, Wis., received the Distin-

guished Alumnus in Dentistry Award.

An orthodontist in private practice,

Bohl has taught in the Dental School

and is a member of several local

professional associations as well as the

American Dental Association. He was

also among the first Wisconsin ortho-

dontists involved in Smiles Change

Lives, which provides life-changing

orthodontic treatment to children from

low-income families.

Richard V. Escobar, D ’70, of

Tucson, Ariz., was recognized with the

Outstanding Dental Service Award. In

addition to his private practice, Escobar

has volunteered at a local clinic, minis-

tering to underprivileged patients with

Dr. Bohl shows his award to his grandchildren.

Award winners Richard Escobar,

left, and Charles Bohl, far right,

with Dean William Lobb.

Class of 1971 classmates, from left, Nicolas Shane, Charles Chenoweth, Michael Connor, Charles Bohl, Dean Crow,

Frank Marinelli, Daniel D’Angelo and Frank Micek.

To nominate someone for a future award, forms are available online:www.marquette.edu/dentistry/nominationform.

ALUMNI AwARDS

Drs. Bohl and Escobar Honored with National MU Alumni Awards

Richard Escobar, right,

is congratulated by

Sherman, D ‘70, and

Harriet Berger.

Class of 1970 classmates, from left,

Ronald Santilli, James Guttman,

Richard Escobar and Sherman Berger.


ALUMNI pROFILE

You might think a full-time pediatric dentist and mother of two

young children would be too busy to take on extra roles as volunteer,

teacher and advocate within her profession. But Allison Dowd,

D ’01, manages to make room in her schedule.

“There are lots of people out there with needs,” she says simply.

“The most important thing coming out of dental school is to learn

how to serve and to take care of the people who really need it.”

Dowd, who practices with Children’s Dental Center of Madison,

Wis., was drawn to pediatric dentistry during

her Marquette years. Providing services during

rotations at the former Johnson Clinic in

Milwaukee, she saw firsthand the need for

dental services among children from under-

served populations. Encouraged by faculty

mentors, she began to focus her clinical hours

on pediatrics, and upon graduation she earned

her certificate in pediatric dentistry from

Children’s Hospital in Denver.

After settling into her practice and starting

her family, Dowd mentioned to a colleague that

she wanted to get more involved with organized

dentistry. Knowing Dowd’s commitment to charitable work, he

suggested the Mission of Mercy (MOM), which the Wisconsin

Dental Association (WDA) was, at the time, working to bring to

the state.

“I went to Iowa to experience one of their events,” Dowd

remembers. “And, well, the first patient threw up on me and wasn’t

all that cooperative. But he was a good kid, and the family was so

grateful that the work was being done for free, and he needed a lot

of work. His mom explained how she didn’t have the funds to get

it taken care of in a dental office. So afterward, I was like, ‘I got

thrown up on, and I actually kind of enjoyed the experience.’”

Dowd volunteered to head up the pediatric section of the WDA’s

first MOM event in 2009 in LaCrosse, Wis. — recruiting other

pediatric dentists, organizing equipment and supplies — and has

continued chairing this section annually.

“I petitioned to have (MOM) in Madison for this year, because

we invite legislators to come and see what we’re doing,” Dowd says,

adding that the public is invited as well. “I think people need to be

made aware of the problem before it can be fixed. Dental health has

never really been a priority for our government,

and I think it’s about time they see what’s in their

own backyard — the problems with access to care,

and the people in need.”

In addition to her MOM work, Dowd helps

educate dental residents as chief of Pediatric

Dentistry at the Max Pohle Dental Clinic at

Meriter Hospital, serves on the cleft lip and

palate team at Dean Medical Clinic, is a clinical

instructor at the University of Wisconsin Medical

School, and conducts a lecture series on the

dental care of special-needs children through

the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin.

Furthermore, she serves on the Dane County Dental Board and on

the bylaws committee for the WDA.

It’s a more-than-full plate, but Dowd is as grateful for the oppor-

tunities as her patients are for the care she gives. “Some of these

things do take time from my life, but I feel very blessed in my life,”

she says. “I don’t have to worry whether I can afford the co-pay for

my kids’ medical appointments, medication or dental work. Those

are things that I just take for granted, and so many people don’t

have that luxury. So I look at it like a sacrifice that I make, just

because it’s the right thing to do.”

“The most

important thing

coming out of

dental school

is to learn how

to serve and

to take care of

the people who

really need it.”

A l l i s o n D o w D : i n s p i r e D t o s e r v e

Marquette gave Allison

Dowd “a really diverse

education, and a great

desire to serve.”

1 0 D E N TA L I M A G E S

DEVELOpMENT

CAMpAIgN UpDATEThanks to the generosity of hundreds of our alumni and friends, we are pleased to report that the “Building for the Future” campaign now has commitments totaling more than $5 million. We need to secure the remaining $3 million in commitments by August 31 if we want a chance to break ground in September and be open in time for the fall 2013.

wISCONSIN CHALLENgEThe Wisconsin Dental Association has challenged its members and component orga-

nizations to raise $500,000 for the project. When successful, the WDA will earn the

naming rights to the new high-tech CE classroom space that will be found in the ex-

pansion. We are truly grateful to the WDA for their continued friendship and support.

$8 MILLIon

$5 MILLIon

SpECIAL THANKS1977 alumnus Dr. Rick Kushner, his wife Cindy and Comfort Dental recently pledged a

very generous $1 million toward the project and are challenging our alumni to match

their efforts.

1983 alumnus Dr. Jeff Moos and his wife Beth, PT ’79, have made an additional

pledge bringing their personal giving to the project up to $1 million.

“gET IT DONE” – pART IIJohn Bergstrom, Marquette University Trustee Emeritus and

chair of the last dental campaign’s “Get It Done” committee, has

come back to chair a second effort to make our needed expan-

sion a reality. John is a Marquette alumnus and the father of a

MUSoD alum.

John is involved because, in spite of the fact that Marquette

Dental School graduates, faculty and students do incredible

work providing oral health care to tens of thousands of under-

served children and their families each year, there are still many,

many children who need access to care. He also believes we must

continue to provide excellence in dental education. To grow, advance

and continue to serve more patients, we need to expand our dental

class by 20 students a year, build research capacity and add an

additional patient care clinic.

Please join John in helping us “Get It Done” once again. Go to

www.marquette.edu/dentistry/building-for-the-future-dentistry or

contact John about making your gift at [email protected] or

920.725.3094.

HOw YOU CAN HELpHave you made your gift or pledge yet?

Can we count on your support as we

“Build for the Future” of Marquette’s

dental school? Pledges can be made up to

over five years. Donor recognition is avail-

able to those who contribute $5,000 or

more. Recognition opportunities are also

available.

If you are interested in making a pledge

or learning more about naming opportuni-

ties or the expansion in general, go to our

website at www.marquette.edu/dentistry/

building-for-future-dentistry.

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NEWS FROM THE MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

DOLLARS & SENSE

2012

FOR MORE INFORMATIONIf you have any questions or need any additional information on how you can support the School of Dentistry, contact Dave O’Neill, director of development, at [email protected] or 414.288.6048.

IS IT YOUR REUNION YEAR?If you graduated in a year ending in a

2 or 7 (such as 1967 or 1972), this year

marks your class reunion at Marquette

Dental School! The reunion will take place

the evening of Saturday, September 15th.

There will also be an opportunity for you

to participate in a Continuing Education

course.

Reunion classes have made contribu-

tions to both demonstrate their pride in

their class and to support the school’s

continued success in educating and pre-

paring tomorrow’s dentists. Ina friendly

competition among reunion classes, the

School of Dentistry will be honoring the

class that raises the most funds!.

The winning class will be recognized by

Dean William Lobb at the reunion dinner,

and listed on a plaque hung prominently

in our building. Contributions can be for

the expansion campaign, class or named

scholarships, technology upgrades or

other student needs. More details will be

available closer to reunion time. Please

call 414.288.3093 with any questions.

DEAN’S CIRCLE RECEpTIONThe Eighth Annual

Dean’s Circle Recog-

nition Reception will

be held from 6 – 8 p.m. Friday, Septem-

ber 14, 2012 in the Robert & Judith M.

Sullivan Atrium at the School of Dentist-

ry. The Dean’s Circle was established to

recognize donors who have made a gift

of $1,000 or more in the last fiscal year.

At Marquette, we talk about “Being the

Difference” and as our most generous

and loyal contributors, these individuals

are truly making the difference for the

Dental School.

pLANNED gIVINgTax Savings and Retirement plansDo you have money saved in an employee retirement plan, IRA or tax-sheltered

annuity? Each of these retirement plan assets contains income that has yet to be

taxed. Your beneficiaries will owe the income tax at your death, totaling up to 35

percent, which may be reason enough to consider giving your loved ones less

heavily taxed assets and leaving your retirement plan assets to charity .

JUST A REMINDERWhen you make a gift to the School of

Dentistry, 100% of your gift is used for

the purpose(s) you intended. No fees,

charges, etc. are deducted from your

gift. So feel comfort-

able that your gift is

“making the differ-

ence” for us here at

the Dental School.

To retain flexibility, you can leave a gift to Marquette University in your will or

living trust. You are free to change your mind at any time to adapt to unfore-

seen circumstances.

To receive an income tax deduction, consider creating and funding a chari-

table remainder trust. You’ll receive payments from the trust for your lifetime

(and/or the lifetime of another beneficiary you choose) or a fixed number of

years. Thereafter, we will use the trust’s balance for our charitable mission.

To ensure the future of your favorite cause, you can create a named endow-

ment at Marquette. You make a gift, we carefully invest the money and then,

annually, a portion of the endowment is used to meet our needs. The rest of

the endowment remains invested to keep it healthy and growing. Your name

and your support of our cause will live on long after you’re gone.

To provide for your loved ones, make sure their inheritances don’t carry an

unnecessary tax burden. Qualified retirement plans and IRAs are the biggest

offenders. Naming Marquette as beneficiary of these types of assets avoids

that problem since we are tax-exempt, and you can leave less tax-burdened

assets to your loved ones.

We would be happy to assist you and your professional advisors in creating the ideal

charitable combination for you.

Now, see which type of gift matches your priorities.

Chart Your Charitable path If you would like to make a gift to support the long-term future of Marquette

University School of Dentistry, you’ll want to start by assessing your goals and

wishes. To see which planned giving options suit you best, try ranking these

benefits in order of importance to you:

(rank one through four)

Receive an income tax deduction

Ensure the future of my favorite cause

Provide for my loved ones

Retain flexibility


CLASS NOTES

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1960sJames R. Masuhr, D ‘62,

this year celebrated his 50th

anniversary as a practicing

general/family dentist. Masuhr

has maintained dental licenses

in Wisconsin and California,

where he currently practices out

of Riverside County. He and his

wife, Carole, have been married

52 years and have four children,

four grandchildren and one

great-grandson.

1980sMary Eileen geary, D ’80,

received the 2011 Academy of

General Dentistry Mastership

Award. The organization’s

highest honor recognizes her

completion of 1,100 hours of

continuing dental education.

Christopher g. Halliday, D ’87, became the inaugural

dean of the new Missouri

School of Dentistry and Oral

Health of A.T. Still University

on June 1, 2012. Previously,

Halliday was Assistant

Surgeon General and Chief

of Staff to the U.S. Surgeon

General.

1970spatrick L. Roetzer, D ’74, has

been appointed Director of

Operative Dentistry at UOP/

Arthur A. Dugoni School of

Dentistry.

2000sJaime Marchi, D ‘00, was

honored with two awards

in May 2012 from Coastal

Connections, the Young Profes-

sionals Network of Sheboygan

County in Wisconsin. Dr.

Marchi, who owns Just Kids

Dental, was named Young

Professional of the Year, and

Entrepreneur of the Year.

Just Kids Dental now treats

more than 3,500 patients, and

Marchi regularly volunteers for

free dental clinics, Give Kids

a Smile, and Mission of Mercy

programs. Marchi’s colleague

and sister, Andi Igowsky, D ‘08,

was also named as one of 10

Top Young Professionals by the

organization.

James R . Masuhr

Christopher G. Halliday


All Smiles: Marquette Students Help Fight Childhood Tooth Decay

approximately $14,000 in free services.“Events like Give Kids a Smile get young

patients excited about their dental health and help build enthusiasm at home,” Fischer says, adding that volunteering for events like these is as important to the community as it is to her education.

“As a dental professional, it is important for me to remember that improving oral health is not something that can only be done in an operatory,” she says. “Providing basic education and instilling the importance of oral hygiene will provide far more important impact on a patient’s oral health than I could ever do with a hand piece.”

As for the 2-year old girl and her father, Fischer ran into them again about two hours later. “I saw the bottle hanging from the baby’s mouth,” she says. “But the difference this time was that there was water in the bottle.”

COMMUNITY SERVICE

When Melissa Fischer, D2 student, noticed a 2-year-old girl sipping from a baby bottle filled with orange liquid, she seized the opportunity to educate the girl’s father about the importance of dental hygiene.

As a dental student and one of more than 1,000 volunteers in 55 communities statewide who participated in this year’s Give Kids a Smile event, Fischer was keenly tuned in to the key issues surrounding tooth decay in young children. She approached the dad and gave him an early childhood cavities brochure.

“I began talking to him, and [he] seemed shocked to learn about how bad it was to send his baby to sleep with a bottle,” Fischer says. “I also talked to him about frequency of exposure to juice and how he should be brushing his daughter’s teeth with an infant toothbrush and water. He was very receptive and thankful for the information.”

Give Kids a Smile is a children’s dental access program organized by the Wisconsin Dental Association (WDA) with state and local government agencies and community organizations. In addition to providing services for low-income Wisconsin children, the event, now in its 10th year, educates people on the importance of good oral hygiene.

The School of Dentistry campus clinic was one of this year’s event sites. In January, more than 100 dental students, 20 WDA dentists and faculty members, and Marquette undergraduate student translators volunteered to screen 368 children, ages two to 12. Then, in February, students like Fischer treated more than 51 children assigned from the screening day. During the two days, MUSoD provided

“pROVIDINg BASIC EDUCATION AND INSTILLINg THE IMpORTANCE

OF ORAL HYgIENE wILL pROVIDE FAR MORE IMpORTANT IMpACT

ON A pATIENT’S ORAL HEALTH THAN I COULD EVER DO wITH A

HAND pIECE.”


Hooding & Graduation

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1 Class of 2012. 2 Spencer Morgan leads the class in the

Dentist Pledge. 3 Tracy Engelmann receives her diploma

from Dean William Lobb. 4 Peter Stanek is hooded by his

father Scott Stanek, Arts ’77, D ’82. 5 Katie Hansen and Gina

Grenfell. 6 Faculty hooders Jim Glore and Gary Stafford

with Ashley Zoeller. 7 First row: Kristin Tussing and Katelyn

Modjeski. Second row: Caitlin Miller, Ashley Hankinson, Amy

Inman and Emily Ann Bugger. Third row: Carolyn Gardiner

and Stacy Michels. 8 James Kellner is hooded by his sister

Crystal Kellner, D ’09, and father Donald Kellner. 9 Allison

M. Lehman is hooded by her father Matt Lehman and her

fiancé Michael Payne, HSci ’08, D ’11. 10 Students recite the

Dentist Pledge. 11 Brian Hodgson, Arts ’83, D ’87, swears in

the graduates entering the military: Christopher Fall, William

Bates, Mitchell Oliver, Schuyler Sessions and Brandon

Jones. 12 Brandon Jones and Melanie Nesbitt with friends

and family. 13 Mena Ghaly, Mitchell Oliver, Craig Sonneveld,

William Bates, Erin Clemens, Thomas Tessendorf, Brando

Bruner and Sameet Thakrar. 14 Jared Robertson receives

his degree from Dean William Lobb. 15 Michael Dienberg

is hooded by Jim Glore and his mentor Paul Mahn, D ’84.

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16 Aanal Parikh, Savanna Smolinski, Zohra Metalwala, Himanshu Sharma and Keyur Parikh. 17 Christopher Potrykus is hooded by his father Neal Potrykus, D ’84, and brother Jason Potrykus, D ’09. 18 Stephen Syrjamaki is hooded by faculty members Jim Glore and Gary Stafford. 19 Christopher Streff, a happy MUSoD graduate. 20 Brendon Reddinger, Joseph McNiel, Brett Voegele, Mark Erickson, Peter Stanek, Brian Swanson, Thomas Steinbach and Christopher Goettl. 21 Michael Bennett receives his degree from Dean William Lobb. 22 An exuberant class of 2012 graduates.


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23 Paul Covello, Nicole Brinkman, Andrea Mier, Michael Brammeier and Brenton Soltys. 24 Row 1: Kristin Tussing, Stacy Michels, Amanda Olejniczak and Katie Hansen. Row 2: Allison Lehman, Caitlin Kudlata, Jordan Lunak, Gretchen Kelley, Emily Bugger, Katelyn Modjeski and Carolyn Gardiner.

25 Brittany Burger, Caitlin Kudlata, Nicole Vilter and Cathleen Raz. 26 Trenton Burrup, Schuyler Sessions, William Bates, Courtney Jackson and Ryan McAffee. 27 Brenton Soltys, Michael Brammeier, Nichole Brinkman, Andrea Mier and Vy Le. 28 Mark Erickson is hooded by his mentor Jim Glore. 29 Danielle Musso, Jordan Lunak, Alyssa John, Hira Chughtai, Evon Heaser and Mansi Upadhyaya.

30 Gretchen Kelley, Emily Bugger, Cathleen Raz, Stacy Michels, Kristin Tussing, Amanda Olejniczak and Nicole Vilter. 31 Emily Bugger, Amy Inman, Gretchen Kelley, Kristin Tussing, Group Leader Hugh Murdoch, D ’64, Carolyn Gardiner, Ashley Hankinson, Stacey Michels and Caitlin Miller.


Research from Christopher Okunseri, associate professor of

public health, was cited in the April

30, 2012 New York Times story

“E.R. Doctors Face Quandary on

Painkillers.” The story explored how

emergency room (E.R.) health care

providers deal with patients who

may complain of tooth pain as a

way to get narcotic prescriptions.

Okunseri’s analysis of the National

Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care

Survey (published online in January,

2012 in the journal Medical Care)

found that from 1997 to 2007,

painkiller prescriptions rose 26

percent, and were prescribed in

three of every four E.R. visits.

Denis Lynch, professor and

associate dean for Academic

Affairs, received an honorary

doctorate in May 2012 from Victor

Babes University of Medicine and

Pharmacy (Timisoara, Romania).

Lynch also co-authored a chapter

FACULTY AND STUDENT ACCOLADES

At the 2012 National Oral Health Confer-ence, April 30-May 2, 2012, in Milwaukee, a number of Marquette faculty and a group of students shared presentations relevant to dental public health issues:

• Christopher Okunseri presented on his analysis of data regarding painkiller pre-scriptions in emergency rooms for patients complaining of tooth pain. He also pre-sented as part of a multi-institutional team on dental procedures received by children enrolled in public and private insurance plans in the Milwaukee area.

• Students Joon-Jae Park, Adam Pasono and Bradley Wurm, under the guid-ance of faculty Christopher Okunseri, Christopher Dix, D ‘76, and Frederick Sutkiewicz, Grad ‘01, demonstrated Marquette’s dental rounds model through their written and oral presentation ad-dressing the effectiveness of water fluorida-tion in reducing dental cavities in children.

• Sheila Stover, D ’97, Grad ’03 and Sarah Chambers, D ’10 gave a joint presentation on the Marquette University School of Dentistry Rural Oral Health

Fellowship Program. The one-year post- grad-uate training program prepares students for practicing in rural areas that may lack other dentists or dental specialists. Eight of the nine participants since inception in 2007 currently serve patients in Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas with rural designations in the state of Wisconsin.

• Jadwiga Hjertstedt presented a poster en-titled “Improving Oral Health Literacy in the Geriatric Population” looking at the impact of a community-based geriatric dentistry rota-tion on older adults’ oral health literacy and oral hygiene.

• William Lobb and Frederick Sutkiewicz did a poster presentation entitled, “Dental Student Job Placement Location Relative to State/Area of Origin.” The presentation revealed that the vast majority of MUSoD students who were Wisconsin residents at the time of admission remained in the state to practice dentistry; however, they were more likely to migrate to a different WDA region to practice than they were to return to their WDA region of origin.

entitled, “Dental Developmental

and Oral Soft Tissue Conditions” in

the British Dental Association’s A

Clinical Guide to Oral Diagnosis and Treatment Planning (2012).

The 2012 School of Dentistry

Part-Time Faculty Teaching Award

went to Adjunct Associate Professor

of General Dental Sciences peter Schelkun, D ’56.

Toni Roucka, assistant professor of

general dentistry, published “To Treat

or Not to Treat…That is the Question,”

in the March/April 2012 issue of

Academy of General Dentistry.

Alberta Abena, Law ’08, gay Derderian, Richard Hagner, Arts ’76, D ’80, Moawia Kassab, Thomas Smithy and Joseph Vitolo have

been promoted to clinical associate

professor effective July 1, 2012.

Brian Hodgson, Arts ’83, D ’87, and Dawei Liu have been promoted

to associate professor with tenure

effective July 1, 2012.

Aaron Cho, assistant professor, General

Dental Sciences, recently published “The

Effect of Multiple Firings on the Marginal

Integrity of Pressable Ceramic Single

Crowns,” in The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, featured with the cover article

in the January 2012 issue.

Steve Koutnik, graduate resident, prost-

hodontics, was awarded a 3M scholarship

to attend the Dawson Academy, located

at St. Petersburg Beach, Fla.

geoffrey Thompson was promoted

to director of the graduate program in

prosthodontics,

effective July 1, 2012.

Thompson joined the

School of Dentistry

in April of 2010

after a distinguished

military career. He

has served as the

assistant director of

the graduate prost-

hodontic program and as the course

director of the new rounds model.

Peter Schelkun, D ’56


Omicron Kappa UpsilonMarquette University School of Dentistry recognizes faculty

members who have made outstanding contributions to the art,

science and literature of dentistry. The name and key of this

Front row: President Elect Joseph Best, D ’89; Student Inductees Christopher Streff, Thomas Steinbach, Tracy Engelmann, Chad Seubert and Alyssa John; Faculty Inductee Paul Luepke; and Vice President Elect Ron Santilli, D ’70.

Back row: Past President David Martyn, D ’89; Vice President Thomas Smithy; Honorary Inductee David Dray; Student Inductees Brandon Reddinger and Cathleen Raz; President Gary Stafford; Student Inductees Mark Erickson and Bradley DeGroot; Lifetime Member Denis Lynch; and Secretary Treasurer Richard Hagner, Arts ’76, D ’80.

society are based upon three words that represent the

dental ideal: conservation, teeth and health.

Several

students

were

inducted into Alpha Sigma

Nu, The Honor Society of

Jesuit Institutions of Higher

Education, on April 14, 2012.

From the class of 2012:

Brenton Soltys and Brett

Voegele. From the class of

2013: Kaitlyn Darcy, Jennifer

Fehrman, Sarah Graesser,

Jon Irelan, Christina Jahnke,

Carissa Molina, Lauren

Montoure and Michael Nick.

Research Day The Dental School’s annual

Research Day, held in February

2012, featured oral presentations

by faculty, an open poster session,

awards, vendor displays and a

keynote address by Dean William

Lobb titled, “Research and Schol-

arship in Contemporary Dental

Education.”


2012 William J. Gies AwardDean William K. Lobb was recognized for his innovation as

a dental educator with the coveted Geis Award for Vision,

Innovation and Achievement at the American Dental Education

Association Annual Session and exhibition in Orlando, Fla., in

March. Hundreds gathered at a reception at the Dental School

to honor and celebrate with the dean. Gary Stafford, Dean William Lobb, Sheila Stover, D ’97, Grad ’03, and Fred Sutkiewicz, Grad ’01, at the Gies Award dinner. Stafford, Stover and Sutkiewicz are members of the Marquette team for ADEA’s Commission on Change and Innovation.

Dean Lobb with his wife Denise and son Jeffrey.

Dean Lobb gives his remarks at a reception to celebrate the award at the School of Dentistry.

Dean Lobb and Rev. Scott Pilarz, S.J., President of Marquette University.

Ron Stifter, D ’67, Jack Sadowski, D’68, Dean Lobb and Julio Rodriguez.


STUDENT SpOTLIgHT

When Jon Kelley, D ’12, arrived on

the Marquette campus from Idaho,

he told himself, “Okay, now, it’s time

to stop.”

The former high school student

body president and college

committee junkie planned to stop

joining organizations, running for

office and immersing himself in

activities that might detract from his

studies.

But early in his D1 year, Kelley found

himself running for, and clinching,

the position of class president — a

position he’s held each year during

dental school.

“I always get drawn to it one way

or another,” Kelley says of extra-

curricular involvement. Despite

some hectic times, he found a way

to balance his presidential respon-

sibilities (acting as an intermediary

among students, staff and faculty

to help resolve student concerns

and serving as an ambassador for

the Dental School), his involvement

in the American Student Dental

Association, and his day-to-day class

and lab work. “I learned to manage

a larger plate,” he says, adding that

he even found time to marry fellow

D ’12 student Gretchen (Faile) Kelley

during a two-week school break last

August.

The son of a dentist who worked

for Indian Health Services in Utah and

Idaho, Kelley enjoyed accompanying

his dad during emergency calls or

weekend visits to the reservation

as a youngster. As he continued to

shadow his dad and other dentists,

Kelley became more fascinated

by the profession, noting how a

dentist’s attitude and personality

could put fearful patients at ease. It’s

a challenge he’s embraced during

dental school, and he’s happy when

initially nervous patients leave his

chair feeling more relaxed.

The Jesuit mission, early clinic

and simulation lab exposure, and

generally upbeat atmosphere he

noticed during his interview visit

attracted Kelley to Marquette.

Opportunities like making dentures

as a D1 for lower-income patients,

seeing Medicaid patients during

clinic rotations and helping under-

served populations throughout

Wisconsin made a deep impact.

As Kelly, his wife and another

D ’12 friend prepare to join a D ’10

graduate in his Albuquerque, N.M.,

family dentistry practice, Kelley

says he looks forward to partici-

Class of 2012 President Can’t Help But Get Involved

2012 graduate Jon Kelley calls his dad, Delmar Kelley, his “role model.”

pating in that state’s annual Mission

of Mercy and to providing care at

Medicaid clinics. Not surprisingly, he

also plans to get involved with the

national and state dental associa-

tions.

“An important part of my

education is the perspective I

gained as a class officer,” Kelley

says. “Dentistry is much more

than oral health, there’s a whole

community aspect to it. The more

you’re involved, the more rapport

you build up in the community for

the issues that need to be tackled.”

“Dentistry is much more than oral health, there’s a whole community aspect to it.”


IN MEMORIAM

REMEMBERINg OUR OwNThe Marquette University community joins in prayerful remembrance of those who passed away between January and June 2012. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Eternal rest grant unto them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

1943Earl G. Berger Green Bay, WIRichard E. Gladziszewski Charlotte, NC

1944Donald H. Ketterhagen Delavan, WI

1945Warren J. Hoots Mequon, WI

1947Domingo Donate-Torres San Juan, PR

1948Clayton M. Ingham Valparaiso, INWarren H. Wong Honolulu, HI

1951Harold J. Gruber Sheboygan, WI

1952Joseph A. Faupl Nashotah, WI

1954Arthur H. Bunten Glenview, ILWilliam C. Bush Ripon, WIJames M. LaLiberte Eau Claire, WI

1955Clare L. Garner Pompano Beach, FL

1956Robert J. Stark Hot Springs Village, AR

1957 Kaye V. Reese Las Vegas, NV

1960Richard C. Connell Dunnellon, FL

1962Richard D. Jewell Madison, WIJames E. Rogall Muskego, WI

1963Frederick C. Stelmack Kenosha, WI

1965Donald T. Glaesner Tamarac, FLJohn L. Scaduto Greenfield, WI

1968James E. Stowell Hartland, WI

1969Paul R. Hohenfeldt Milwaukee, WI

1980Fred T. Tenuta Pleasant Prairie, WI


September 14 Continuing Education — Drugs and Dentistry

Co-sponsored by Lord’s Dental Studio

Karen Baker

September 14 Dean’s Circle Reception

September 15 Alumni Reunions — MUSoD classes ending in 2 and 7

September 28 Continuing Education — Dermatology for Dentists

Drs. Denis Lynch and Barbara Wilson

October 3 Continuing Education — Molars, Incisors and Fights, Oh My! Sinking Your Teeth into Dental Office Disputes

Dr. Patrick Knapp

October 19 Alumni Reception at ADA Annual Session — San Francisco

Marriott Marquis San Francisco, 6 - 8 p.m.

October 26 Continuing Education — Clinical Dental Update 2012

Coordinator: Dr. Ken Waliszewski

October 30 Continuing Education — Stress, Health and Performance: A Cardiologist Invades the Brain

Dr. Bruce Wilson

MARK YOUR CALENDAR Continuing Education and Alumni RelationsFor more information on these and other events, call 414.288.3093 or visit www.marquette.edu/dentistry.

CALENDAR

November 14 Continuing Education — Review of Common Medical Conditions for Dentists

Dr. Joseph Best

November 28 Continuing Education — OSHA

Dr. Kathy Schrubbe

November 30 Continuing Education — OSHA

Dr. Kathy Schrubbe

December 7 Continuing Education — Photo Documentation: Simplifying Photography and Case Presentation

Dennis Braunston

February 22 Alumni Reception at Chicago Midwinter Meeting

Hyatt Regency Chicago, 5-7 p.m.

March 10-17 MUSoD/WDA Western Caribbean Cruise — Honduras, Belize and Cozumel

April 26 Marquette University School of Dentistry Alumni Awards Dinner

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MUSoD students, faculty and alumni were among the more than 2,000 volunteers at the 4th Annual Mission of Mercy free dental clinic in Madison at the end of June. In two days, Mission of Mercy served 3,595 patients and did 1,205 cleanings, 2,567 fillings, 2,822 extractions, 80 root canals and 153 partial dentures, representing $1.75 million in free care. Among those who contributed their time were faculty members Lisa Koenig, D ’87, and Rod Daering, with students Kevin Greene, Luke noble and Kimberly Bauknecht.

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