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NYU Names New Dental School Dean
 Charles N. Bertolami, D.D.S., D.Med.Sc. |
Dr. Bertolami is currently the dean of the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry. During the 12 years he has served in that post, the UCSF School of Dentistry has led the nation in overall NIH funding for dental schools. In addition to expanding the school's research capacity, he has also enhanced the school's clinical and teaching programs.
Robert Berne, NYU's Senior Vice President for Health, said, "If you go to a dentist in the United States, chances are 1-in-12 that you will be cared for by a graduate of the NYU College of Dentistry. We have an obligation, therefore, to ensure that the leader of the school is among the best in the country, a person who can set an agenda for excellence in research, education, and clinical care delivery and envision new possibilities for the role of the profession within the health care field. The search committee did an outstanding job, and we are very grateful and pleased that Charles Bertolami will be taking on the deanship. This is a great day for the Dental College - its students, its faculty, and its patients."
Executive Vice President Michael Alfano, former dean of the Dental College, said, "I have known Dr. Bertolami for over a decade and I could not be more pleased that he will be the next dean of the Dental College. Charles has succeeded at every challenge he has taken on, and he will use his intelligence, wisdom, and experience to take the NYU Dental College to the next level."
Dr. Bertolami said, "I never thought I would leave the University of California, but I was absolutely astonished by the quality and character of the faculty, the students, the staff, and the senior administration at NYU. I was completely unprepared for their excellence, their commitment, and their vision. I see this as a great opportunity as the next chapter in my life where I hope to be able to make a substantive contribution."
Dr. Bertolami previously was Professor and Chair of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Section at the University of California-Los Angeles School of Dentistry and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Chief of the Dental Service at the UCLA Medical Center. From 1983-1988, he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the School of Dental Medicine and in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine at the University of Connecticut.
A native Ohioan, Dr. Bertolami received an A.A. degree with distinction from Lorain County Community College, majored in liberal arts at the Ohio State University, and then received his D.D.S. degree, summa ***** laude, from Ohio State in 1974. Subsequently he began graduate work at Harvard, receiving a Doctor of Medical Sciences (D.Med.Sc.) degree in 1979. He received specialty training in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, serving as chief resident from 1979-80.
SOURCE: New York State Dental Association
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