Department news
ODRP
The ODRP department welcomes Dr. Kandasamy Rengasamy as a full-time faculty
member. He joined the department as an assistant professor in January,
and is originally from Sri Lanka, a small island south of India. Kannan,
as he likes to be called, graduated from Annamalai University School of
Dentistry. After graduating from dental school, he practiced dentistry
in India and Sri Lanka.
In 1996, Kannan came to the United States and joined the University of
Connecticut School of Dental Medicine, where he completed a residency
in oral and maxillofacial radiology in 1998. He has also completed a two-and-a-half
year residency program in advanced education in general dentistry. During
that time, he was involved in patient care and teaching radiology to dental
students.
He is single and enjoys travel to historical places and hiking in the
mountains. The whole School of Dentistry family welcomes Dr. Rengasamy.
Orthodontics
Congratulations to Dr. Timothy Elisen, first-year orthodontic resident,
and his wife, Jennifer, on the birth of their daughter, Jill Jacqueline
Elison. Jill weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz., at birth.
Periodontics
The department of periodontics welcomes Dr. Yong Liu as a new faculty
member. She received her dental degree at West China University of Medical
Sciences, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China in July, 1992, and
her master’s degree in biomedical sciences, University of Connecticut
Health Center and attended the Clinical certificate and master of science
program in periodontology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Her last position was as a teaching and research assistant for the
periodontics department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
New employees
The School welcomes the following new employees:
Andrea Forsell, Student I; Oral Surgery department;
Nancy Forsell, senior PBX; Clinic;
Erica Taylor-Morris, Lab Helper, Sterilization.
A baby
Congratulations to Lisa DeGeorge and her husband, Ron, on the birth of their daughter, Katie Renee. Katie was born Saturday February 10th, at 7:23 a.m. and weighed 6 lbs, 2 oz.
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