Lasting Impressions | Summer 2017

NSU COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE © 13 FACULTY MEMBERS Following is a list of current faculty members who have been with the CDM since its first four years. FULL TIME • 1996 Peter Keller • 1997 Abby J. Brodie • 1998 Steven M. Kelner • 1999 Diane E. Ede-Nichols Audrey Galka Jodi Kodish Stav PART TIME • 1997 Edward Fellows Arthur Kapit Barry Matza Malcolm Meister Edward Neuwirth Ramon Sanchez Larry Shapiro Sigmund Stahl • 1998 Mark Forrest Ira Freedman Jeffrey Ganeles Isaac Garazi Judith Gartner David Glassman Allen Horowitz Gilbert Jacobson Mel Krohn Norman Levy Paul Richman Morton Rosenbluth James Satovsky Diane Stern • 1999 Rodolfo Acasta-Ortiz Marvin Golberg First 20 Years STEVEN M. KELNER, D.M.D., M.S. Associate Dean of Institutional Affairs and Professor Full-time faculty member since 1998 WHY HE CAME TO THE COLLEGE: At the time the CDM opened, I was working in Chicago, Illinois, for the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA)—the professional accrediting body for all dental educational programs. The CDM’s founding dean, Dr. Seymour Oliet, was a mentor and friend of mine for many years. Shortly after the school opened, he persuaded me to move to Florida to lead the effort in becoming an accredited dental school and offered me the position of associate dean and professor. At that time, my parents were still alive and retired in Boynton Beach, so this provided me with an additional incentive to move down here. MOST MEMORABLE CDM MOMENT: My most memorable moment occurred in 2002, when the college received full approval from CODA for the predoctoral program and all of the postdoctoral programs. With those designations, the NSU College of Dental Medicine became a fully accredited dental school. DIANE EDE-NICHOLS, D.M.D., M.H.L., M.P.H. CDM Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Community and Public Health Sciences and Associate Professor of Public Health at the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine Full-time faculty member since 1999 WHY SHE CAME TO THE COLLEGE: After my dental residency, I chose to remain in an aca- demic health science center to pursue my professional career. My first appointment was at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center at Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine, which I loved. When I relocated to South Florida, the University of Florida was the only dental school in the state. I was ecstatic when I heard NSU was opening a new dental college in my neighborhood. I often say it was so nice of NSU to open the dental school especially for me. MOST MEMORABLE CDM MOMENT: There have been so many wonderful moments over the past years. Some of my most memorable include working with dental students in our past affiliated nursing homes. Watching the students and the elderly patients interact was often funny and heartwarming. Our international and state mission trips are always memorable, because the students blossom from being nervous students to confident practitioners. Another hallmark during my tenure was starting the program in special needs dentistry, which is currently housed in the Henry Schein Special Needs Clinical Suite in North Miami Beach. It has become a much-sought-after clinic throughout Florida for dental care of people with disabilities and is operated by amazing faculty and staff members, residents, and students. It is truly one of the brightest gems in the CDM’s crown.