Department news Dental educational services Frank Cortez-Flores, PhD, DDS, MS, MA, MPH, has been invited to serve as a participant in the peer review meeting for the primary care and oral health grant program, Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service, Health Resources and Services Administration, bureau of health professions office of extramural program review. He will serve as a peer reviewer for the primary care and oral health cooperative agreement program: “Primary Care and Oral Health, an Interdisciplinary Educational Approach to Meeting the Needs of High Risk Young Children.” Financial administration Josue Razafindrabe has joined financial administration as an accountant. Please join the School family in welcoming Mr. Razafindrabe. Prosthodontic residency program Program faculty and staff welcome the new residents: Drs. Amir Khatami and Saeda Basta. Congratulations to Dr. Mauricio Malo and his wife, Tatiana on their new baby girl, Isabella. This is their second child. International Dentist Program Dr. Liuning Yu, International Dentist Program class of December, 2001, was primary author for a paper titled “The N-terminal and C-terminal domains of RAP1 are dispensable for chromatin opening and GCN4-mediated HIS4 activation in budding yeast,” which was accepted for publication June 15, 2001 by the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Dr. Yu received her PhD in molecular genetics from SUNY at Albany, New York, in 2000. Orthodontics In June, V. Leroy Leggitt, SD’84, MS’92, associate professor of orthodontics, traveled to Paris, France, to present a paper at the 3rd International Congress of Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Distraction. The paper was titled, “Magnetic resonance imaging of normal lateral pterygoid muscles in brachyfacial, mesofacial and dolychofacial adults.” Six new residents joined the graduate orthodontic program in June: Drs. Samuel Demirdji, Eunice Hong, Jack Kavanagh, and Shawn Kim are all 2001 LLUSD graduates. Dr. Jon Robinson is a 1993 graduate of Oregon Health Science University. Dr. Monica Witte graduated from University of Texas, Arlington in 2001. Dr. In-Hyang Park, an orthodontist trained in Korea, has been accepted for a 12-month fellowship. Restorative dentistry An article by Dr. Fred A. Berry, associate professor, “A Forced Rapid Extrusion Technique for Comprised Teeth,” was published in the June 2001 edition of Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry.     New employees & employee update The School family welcomes the following new employees: Tammy Aceras, RDH, faculty dental office and periodontic residency program; Rob Holland, educational computer tech, educational support services; Brandie Noyola, patient care coordinator, clinical services division; Veronica Rubio, dental insurance specialist, patient business office; and Rafik Rofael, office aide, Center for Dental Research. Carrie Lopez, patient business office, has transferred to clinic administration. Thank you The staff of Surgery Center for Dentistry wish to give thanks to everyone in dental maintenance, graphics, and sterilization who provided assistance with the preparation for the recent JACO accreditation. Faculty Advance Seminar schedule Following is a schedule for the Faculty Advance Seminar/Faculty Council for the year 2002: Friday, March 15, 2002, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 7, 2002, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 13, 2002, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 13, 2002, 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. All meetings are currently scheduled to meet in the Slate/Peterson Rooms at the Wong Kerlee International Conference Center. Please mark your calendars! University | Medical_Center | LLU&MC_home | Search | Employment | News_&_events | Academics | Our_mission | Admissions | Registration | Research | Alumni | Student_resources All contents copyright © 2001 Loma Linda University. All rights reserved. Revised February 14, 2001 Send comments and questions to webmaster@univ.llu.edu  URL: http://www.llu.edu