In This Issue
2022 Outstanding Research Faculty Award
2022 graduate’s worldview drives passion for access to care
Remembering Dr. Roger Weed
2022 ACOMS William H. Bell Predoctoral Achievement Award
Southwest Society of OMS Byrd/Tilson/Walker awarded to Dr. Jason Jones
UT Health San Antonio receives $2.4 million NIH grant
Digital dentistry at UT Dentistry on Kens 5 Great Day SA
The Oral Health Program for Elders gets new wraps on their freightliners
Compassion Path dedication
A night of appreciation and inspiration!
DENT ECHO session | Managing the Diabetes Patient: An Oral Surgeon's Perspective
UT Health San Antonio Graduation 2022
 
2022 Outstanding Research Faculty Award

The School of Dentistry’s Outstanding Research Faculty Award was established in 2020 to recognize outstanding contributions by dental faculty.

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2022 graduate’s worldview drives passion for access to care

Alaa Diab, class of 2022, shares how her past has shaped how she views health care.

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Remembering Dr. Roger Weed

On Friday, April 29, 2022, Roger Martin Weed, DDS, FACD, a valued and much-loved educator at our School of Dentistry for more than 40 years, passed away.

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Education
 
2022 ACOMS William H. Bell Predoctoral Achievement Award

The 2022 William H. Bell Award for Predoctoral Achievement in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery was presented to third-year dental student, Kathryn Ellis.

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Southwest Society of OMS Byrd/Tilson/Walker awarded to Dr. Jason Jones

UT Health San Antonio’s OMS training program has won the award five times out of the ten years it has taken place.

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Research
 
UT Health San Antonio receives $2.4 million NIH grant

NIH awarded a $2.4 million grant to UT Health San Antonio and ADA Science & Research Institute to study responsible antibiotic use. The study will be led by principal grant recipient and investigator Georgios Kotsakis, DDS, MS, PhDc.

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Patient Care
 
Digital dentistry at UT Dentistry on Kens 5 Great Day SA

UT Dentistry offers the latest technology in dentistry, which means a faster, more convenient and comfortable experience for patients.

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The Oral Health Program for Elders gets new wraps on their freightliners

The School of Dentistry's Oral Health Program for Elders (HOPE) is a mobile oral health program providing oral health care services to qualified nursing home residents living in and around the San Antonio area at no cost.

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Community
 
Compassion Path dedication

The UT Health San Antonio Compassion Path was dedicated in a special ceremony which included a visit from Mayor Ron Nirenberg.

Eleven trees have been planted along the jogging trail of the Long Campus to create a "compassion trail." One of the trees, a Bigtooth maple, was dedicated to the School of Dentistry.

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A night of appreciation and inspiration!

Congratulations to UT Health San Antonio employees celebrating milestone anniversaries of service from five to 50 years who were honored May 10 at the Service Anniversary Celebration — the first held in person since 2019.

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In the News
 

The student dental clinic, Dr. Guest and a happy patient were recently featured in this news story about dental savings.

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Dr. Mark Miller is highlighted for his work with patients that have Apert syndrome.

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Event Calendar
DENT ECHO session | Managing the Diabetes Patient: An Oral Surgeon's Perspective

Join the upcoming May 2022 DENT ECHO Session on May 26, 2022. During this session Felix Amarista, DDS, will present on "Managing the Diabetes Patient: An Oral Surgeon's Perspective."

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UT Health San Antonio Graduation 2022

More than 1,000 students — 807 in May and 224 this summer — have applied to graduate from UT Health San Antonio. This year’s ceremony will be held again at the Alamodome for an all-schools commencement ceremony, with keynote speaker Henry Cisneros.

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