Sixth annual
Buell Endodontic Surgery Conference held
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| A surgery demonstration is performed by Dr. Shahrokh Shabahang, assistant professor of endodontics (seated) assisted by second-year endodontic resident Dr. Nishan Odabashian (far right); Debbie Catino, clinic supervisor (far left); and Stella Suba, assistant clinic supervisor, endodontic clinic. Top photo: Making sure the videotaping is going smoothly are Richard Cross (left) and Amy Alexander, assistant in the endodontic clinic. |
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The Sixth Annual Buell Endodontic Surgery Conference was
held in Coleman Pavilion December 3 and 4. The Conference was attended
by nearly 250 dentists from all over the United States and Canada, and
even from as far away as South Africa, Lebanon, and Japan.
The conference is named after Dr. Ronald Buell, a pioneer in endodontics
and one of the early professors of endodontics in the School.
A share of profits from the Conference is dedicated to the Buell Endodontic Fund, which has been developed to eventually fund a professor chair in the School of Dentistry. Currently the Buell Fund is the largest endowed fund in the School at about $500,000.
Coordinator of the surgery conference was Mahmoud Torabinejad, DMD, MSD,
PhD, director of the advanced education program in endodontics. Dr. Torabinejad
has been the Conference coordinator for all six conferences, which have
become very popular with both practicing endodontists and residents in
endodontic programs around the United States.
The speakers are leaders in their fields and covered topics including
comparisons of various procedures.
Besides Dr. Torabinejad, the other speakers were Drs. Donald Arens, Noah
Chivian, James Gutmann, Kenneth Hargreaves, Jeffrey Hutter, Frederick
Kahn, Jaime Lozada (PG’87, director of the implant dentistry program),
Peter Nordland (MS’82, assistant professor of periodontics), Samuel
Kratchman, John Ricci, Richard Rubinstein, Barnet Shulman, John Stropko,
Jack Weichman, and John West.
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| Enjoying dinner after the course were the following speakers (clockwise from top): Dr. Noah Chivian; Dr. Frederick Kahn; Dr. Mahmoud Torabinejad; Dr. James Gutmann; Dr. Harmon Katz; Dr. Jeffrey Hutter; and Dr. Donald Arens. Note: The photos from the conference were taken by Dr. Robert Hsu, first-year resident in endodontics. |
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