School of Dental Medicine
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Recent News
May 16, 2023
Nearly two decades ago, Karla Coburn gave up a career in dentistry to pursue her dream of becoming an educator. As that mid-career pivot demonstrated, her desire to lead and care for students comes from deep within. “Teaching is my true passion,” said Coburn, “and my goal is to offer the best…
May 11, 2023
The School of Dental Medicine is grateful to Kari A. Cunningham, DMD (DEN ‘10 ‘12), who is concluding her term as President of the CWRU School of Dental Medicine Alumni Association Board of Directors on June 30. During her term, Dr. Cunningham negotiated the challenges of the pandemic, mastering…
May 11, 2023
The Delta Dental Foundation provided a grant allowing five School of Dental Medicine students—Erin Madar, Gina DeLeonibus, Rhea Pate, Laura Smith and Derek Fickes—to attend the Special Care Dentistry Association (SCDA) 35th Annual Meeting in Special Care Dentistry in Dallas, Texas, April 27 through…
May 02, 2023
Members of the APP community are invited to join the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship for an AI Speaker Series event featuring Tarek Elshebiny (DEN '16), assistant professor at the School of Dental Medicine. Elshebiny will present “Orthodontics, Dentistry and AI”…
April 19, 2023
Mark Hans, DDS, MSD, and CWRU Professor and Chair of the Orthodontics Department, delivered the 2023 John Valentine Mershon Award Lecture at the AAO 2023 Annual Session in Chicago. The presentation, Two Score and Two Years-Lessons Learned, drew upon 42 years of clinical experience and more than…
March 23, 2023
Thomas Van Dyke, DDS, PhD, a APP School of Dental Medicine alum, will deliver the address for this year's diploma ceremony. After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Science from Case Western Reserve (CWR '69), Van Dyke went on to receive his Doctorate of…
March 15, 2023
This article originally ran in the winter 2023 edition of the School of Dental Medicine's magazine. In a classroom at the Health Education Campus of APP and Cleveland Clinic, a small group of second-year School of Dental Medicine students stand in a circle around a…
February 28, 2023
In a classroom at the Health Education Campus of APP and Cleveland Clinic, a small group of second-year School of Dental Medicine students stand in a circle around a digital cadaver. Together, they dissect the virtual three-dimensional body—removing layers of skin,…
February 22, 2023
Congratulations to the Class of 2023, the first School of Dental Medicine class that has prepared for and taken the INBDE, as they have all achieved a 100% first time pass rate—zero failures. This is the first time in recent (50-year) history that the school has had a 100% pass rate on a National…
February 09, 2023
With a background that includes time spent as a senior organist and choir director—and a high school friendship with one of the most successful R&B artists of all time—the dean of APP School of Dental Medicine’s talents and interests involve much more than…