Education

1970 - 1974

University of Detroit; Detroit, Michigan; BA, Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude

1974 - 1978

University of Detroit School of Dentistry; Detroit, Michigan; D.D.S

State Licensure

 

State of Michigan

Professional Activities

1978 - present

General Practice of Dentistry; Dearborn, MI

Academic Appointments

1992 - present

Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Prosthodontics
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

1981 - 1992

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Prosthodontics
University of Detroit School of Dentistry

1978 - 1992

Instructor
Department of Prosthodontics
University of Detroit School of Dentistry

Professional Organizations

1978 - present

American Dental Association, Member

1978 - present

Michigan Dental Association, Member

1978 - present

Detroit District Dental Society, Member

1978 - present

Detroit Dental Clinic Club — Prosthodontic Section

1981 - 1987

Secretary

1988 - 1989

President

2002 - 2004

Secretary

1984 - 1991

Detroit Dental Clinic Club Foundation, Member

1991

President

 

Detroit Alumni Association, Board of Directors,
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

1983 - 1987

Member

1993 - 1996

Member

1987 & 1996

President

1995 - 1996

National Alumni Board of Directors,
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

1984 - present

Omnicron Kappa Upsilon, Nu Nu Chapter

1988 - 1996

Executive Committee

1995 - 1996

Section President

2015 - 2016

Section President

1983 - present

Pierre Fauchard Academy

1996 - present

University of Detroit Mercy Engineering & Science Council, Member

Awards & Honors

1978

Pierre Fauchard Award to Senior Dental Student

1984

Omnicron Kappa Upsilon, Nu Nu Chapter

1998

Outstanding Part-Time Clinical Faculty Award, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

1999

Dental Alumnus of the Year Award, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

2003

Alumnus of the Year Award, College of Engineering and Science, University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

2010

Pierre Fauchard Academy Instructor of the Year Award

Teaching Responsibilities

Dental Undergradutate

2005 - 2007

Instructor, Pediatric Dentistry Preclinical Laboratory
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

2002 - 2004

Course Director, DCD 829 — Complete Denture Laboratory
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry

1982 - 1992

Course Director, DCD 821 — Complete Denture Laboratory
Course Director, DCD 828 — Partial Denture Laboratory
University of Detroit School of Dentistry

1978 - 1981

Instructor, DCD 821 — Complete Denture Laboratory
Instructor, DCD 828 — Partial Denture Laboratory
Instructor, DCL 831 — Summer Denture Clinic
Instructor, DCL 842 — Summer Partial Denture Clinic
University of Detroit School of Dentistry

Dental Mentoring

1996 - present

Michigan Dental Association

1997 - present

University of Detroit Mercy College of Engineering and Science

Table Clinics

1979

Detroit Dental Clinic Club, Removable Prosthodontics Section,
Preprosthetic Management of the Complete Denture Patient

1980

Detroit District Dental Society, Southwest Component,
Importance of Diagnostic Models in the Treatment of the Prosthodontic Patient

1982

Michigan Dental Association Meeting, Southwest Component,
Altered Mast Cast, Removable Prosthodontic Impression Technique

1983

Detroit Dental Clinic Club, Present Body Program,
Jaw Relation Records for Complete Denture Procedures