News Release
May 2, 2007
Contact: Carolyn Pennington, 860-679-4864
e-mail:
cpennington@uchc.edu
Media Invited
Dean, School of Dentistry, University of
California, to Speak at UConn Medical and Dental Schools Commencement May 13
FARMINGTON, CONN. – Charles N. Bertolami, D.D.S., D.Med.Sc., dean
of the School of Dentistry and professor in the Department of Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of California, San
Francisco, will speak at the UConn School of Medicine and School of
Dental Medicine commencement exercises Sunday, May 13, at 1 p.m. at
the Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford.
Dr. Bertolami has more than 25 years of experience and commitment
to oral health. He has served as vice president and president of the
American Association for Dental Research, and was recently named
president-elect of the American Dental Education Association. Dr.
Bertolami co-chaired the National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research Workshop on Biometrics, Tissue Engineering and
Biomaterials, and later its blue-ribbon panel on Research Training
and Career Development. He served as a member of the Dental Panel
for the Committee on Monitoring the Changing Needs for Biomedical
Research Personnel of the National Research Council, National
Academy of Sciences, exploring current and future needs of dental
biomedical and behavioral research personnel.
Early in his career Dr. Bertolami served as an assistant
professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the
Health Center before accepting a position at the Harvard School of
Dental Medicine in Boston. In 1989, he moved to the West Coast,
where he held numerous appointments at the School of Dentistry,
University of California at Los Angeles, having reached the position
of associate dean for faculty affairs before leaving for his current
position as dean of the UCSF School of Dentistry.
Medical degrees will be awarded to 76 graduates and dental
medicine degrees to 36 graduates. Degrees will also be conferred to
graduates of master’s programs in public health, dental science, and
science and biomedical science.
The University of Connecticut Health Center includes the schools of
medicine and dental medicine, the UConn Medical Group, University
Dentists, and John Dempsey Hospital, a Solucient Top 100 Hospital®
2006. Founded in 1961, the Health Center pursues a mission of
providing outstanding health care education in an environment of
exemplary patient care, research and public service. To learn more about
the UConn Health Center, visit our website at
www.uchc.edu.
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