Lasting Impressions | Summer 2017

44 © NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Student Impressions Dental school takes a huge commitment of time, energy, and financial resources. Add to that the rigorous medical courses leading to a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, and you have a commitment that few students are willing to make. Only five students have committed to the NSU College of Osteopathic Medicine and the NSU College of Dental Medicine D.O./D.M.D. dual- degree program since its inception in 2007. Two students received the dual degrees in 2013. One student is on track to receive the two degrees in 2022. And at graduation ceremonies in May, sixth-year students Ryan Semensohn, M.B.A., and Dmitriy Kravchenko, M.P.H., received D.O. and D.M.D. degrees. Mixing Dentistry with Osteopathic Medicine BY DAVID SCHWARTZ Ryan Semensohn, left, and Dmitriy Kravchenko are among the small group of students who have committed to the D.O./D.M.D. dual-degree program since its inception in 2007.