Oral & maxillofacial surgery hosts alumni dinner
by Phillip Boyne, DMD, and June Barrientos, administrative secretary

Drs. Frederick Mantz; Thomas Scott; Lawrence Day; L. Albert Lewis. Dr. Day is the first graduate of the program.

The first department of oral and maxillofacial surgery alumni dinner was held Saturday evening, February 8, at the Redlands Country Club.

In attendance were present full-time OMS faculty, Dr. Alan Herford, chair & program director, Dr. Philip Boyne, past program director, and Drs. Liviu Eftimie and Wayne Tanaka.

Many part-time members of the attending staff were also present. All current OMS residents hosted the following OMS alumni: Drs. Lawrence Day ’69, Thomas Scott ’71, Lawrence Hundley, Jr. ’73, Frederick Mantz ’73, Frederick Bunch ’76, L. Albert Lewis ’78, Jon Shafqat ’84, Frederick Mathews ’87, Mark Womack ’91, Harvey Zalsman, Jr. ’94, Gary Chan ’95, Liviu Eftimie ’98, and David Gilbert ’99.

Following the dinner, Drs. Herford and Cooper gave a presentation on the current status of the department and changes in the residency program. Dr. Boyne presented a short review of the latest research productivity of the department including results of recent studies on bone induction and distraction osteogenesis.

Dr. Herford welcomed and thanked Dr. & Mrs. George Gamboa for their generous financial support of the OMS alumni meeting, and Dr. & Mrs. Boyne for their recent gift to LLU establishing a fund subsidizing medical school tuition costs for the new MD-OMS residents.

Faculty, residents, and alumni of the oral and maxillofacial surgery program pose for a group photo.