Lasting Impressions | Summer 2016

14 x NSU LASTING IMPRESSIONS Disney characters, and there was even a tooth fairy who comforted nervous patients. “It makes it fun for them,” said Adam Saltz, a third-year CDM student who also serves on the ADA Council on Access, Prevention, and Interprofes- sional Relations. “It is rewarding to be a part of these experiences, because we are on the frontline delivering these services to patients.” The college’s student-organized and student-led Give Kids A Smile program also includes monthly maintenance visits at local schools. CDM faculty members supervise the student volunteers. “Every year, we try to expand the event and do it better than before. Last year was the first year we provided care for special-needs patients,” Saltz said. “This year, we wanted to expand care. We have an incredible team of more than 500 student volunteers.” Additions this year included educational stations with information on poison control, hand-washing, personal hygiene, and proper nutrition. “These events teach kids that dentists are there to help and that prevention skills—brush- ing for two minutes, twice a day, with a fluoride toothpaste and cleaning in between the teeth each day—go a long way in fighting dental disease,” Summerhays said. To commemorate the honor of being the kickoff for the 1,500 Give Kids A Smile events scheduled to take place throughout the year, the CDM held a reception the night before the event that included representatives from the event’s sponsors, such as Henry Schein Cares; Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; the KaVo Kerr Group; and the ADA. For more information about the Give Kids A Smile program, call (407) 291-KIDS. Give Kids A Smile is one of the world’s largest oral health charitable programs. Annually, it provides dental care to more than 350,000 children. ◆ FLORIDA’S CHILDREN FIRST HONORS FRED LIPPMAN Fred Lippman, R.Ph. , Ed.D., chancellor of NSU’s Health Professions Division, was honored by Florida’s Children First for his lifetime of work on behalf of children in Broward County. “Dr. Lippman’s career has set the example for all child advocates—from his tenure in the Florida Legislature until most recently when he chaired the group that fought to create and ensure the perpetual existence of the Chil- dren’s Services Council of Broward County,” said Fort Lauderdale attorney Howard M. Talenfeld, president of Florida’s Children First’s Board of Directors. As HPD chancellor, Lippman is responsible for overseeing all the HPD colleges, includ- ing dental medicine, health care sciences, medical sciences, nursing, optometry, and pharmacy, as well as the recently established College of Allopathic Medicine, the M.D. counterpart to NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, which offers a D.O. degree, in addition to several master’s degrees. Lippman joined Southeastern University College of Pharmacy in 1987 as vice president for pharmaceutical affairs. In 1989, he was promoted to vice president for external affairs for Southeastern University of the Health Sciences, which merged with Nova University in 1994 to create NSU. He was appointed chancellor of NSU’s Health Professions Division in 2004. ◆