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News from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

Name of the Program Director/Department Chairman /Division Director:

  • Program Director: Takako I. Tanaka, DDS, RCSEd.
  • Assistant Program Director: Roopali Kulkarni, DMD, MPH
  • Department Chair: Thomas Sollecito, DMD, RCSEd.

Calendar of upcoming events:

  • November 2024 – Interviews for new residents
  • December 2024 – Department and school holiday celebrations

Outgoing/incoming residents:

Current Residents:

PGY-2

  • Dr. Kavya Alluri
  • Dr. Naheel Alkhudiri
  • Dr. Mashael Ben Rashed
  • Dr. Rachel Boice
  • Dr. Colton Cannon

PGY-1

  • Dr. Clayton Blackwell
  • Dr. Hayden Han
  • Dr. Sai Vejella

Information, announcements, photos:

  • Dr. Katherine France, Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine, and Dr. Sunday Akintoye, Professor of Oral Medicine, mentored students in the Penn undergraduate research mentoring program and supported students during their poster presentations at the annual expo.
  • Dr. Eric Stoopler, Professor of Oral Medicine, was featured as the keynote speaker at the 38th annual Veterinary Dental Forum.
  • Dr. Roopali Kulkarni, Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine, was inducted as a Fellow in the International College of Dentists. 

Personal contributions on topics related to our discipline:

  • Dr. Thomas Sollecito, Professor and Chair of Oral Medicine, was featured in an article regarding oral adverse effects of chemotherapeutic agents at breastcancer.org

Career info or open positions in oral medicine/other disciplines:

  • The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine is seeking applicants for a full-time Clinician-Educator Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology.