Dentist from China enters International Dentist Program
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| Larry Wu, BDS (Bachelor of Dental Science), is now completing six months of intensive training in the International Dentist Program. |
Sir Run Run Shaw, a Hong Kong film magnate now in his mid-90s, dreamed of building a Western-style hospital in his native Zhejian Province in the People's Republic of China.
Because of his deep love for the people of his province, he provided partial funding to the Zhejian Provincial Government for the construction of a hospital in its capital of Hangzhou. His only request was that he partner with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in operating the hospital.
"Sir Run Run Shaw became acquainted with the Adventist health-care system many years ago when his mother was treated at an Adventist hospital by Dr. Harry Miller, one of the first Seventh-day Adventist physicians to work in China," says Joan Coggin, MD, MPH, vice president for global outreach, LLUAHSC. "He never forgot the excellent care his mother received from Dr. Miller."
Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (SRRSH), which opened May 2, 1994, is a 400-bed hospital that provides Western-style services. The hospital employs 1,000 individuals.
Lloyd Baum, DMD, emeritus professor of dentistry, was instrumental in establishing the dental clinic at SRRSH.
Larry Wu, BDS, is the clinic's director, and has been with the SRRSH clinic since it began. He is now living his dream of pursuing six months of intensive training in the LLU's International Dentist Program, and will return home in March.
Dr. Wu has seen the SRRSH clinic expand from five dentists when the clinic opened, to nine. In addition, Dr. Wu oversees a staff of 5 assistants; 1 sterilization technician; 1 x-ray technician; and 4 dental technicians.
Dr. Wu has appreciated learning new approaches to pain control and infection control. Though dental hygiene is currently not recognized as a profession in China, Dr. Wu sees the possibility of beginning to train dental hygienists at SRRSH.
Keeping current with technology and dental research is important to the dentists at SRRSH. Ten dentists attended the clinic's first continuing education program several years ago, and the program has expanded each year to dentists within the Zhejiang province, and throughout China.
According to James M. Crawford, SD'60, MPH, executive associate dean, School of Dentistry, and dental director for the health ministry department, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Dr. Wu joins a special group of dentists from India, Africa, Asia, and Moscow who have traveled to the School to enhance their service to the world. According to Dr. Crawford, the School of Dentistry and NASDAD work together to provide funding for the individuals who travel to LLU to complete the advanced six-month training program offered through International Dentist Program.
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