Eastman Institute for Oral Health
From the Director
Since we launched the Eastman Institute for Oral Health last summer, I promised ongoing transformative change for the betterment of our clinical, research, and educational efforts. I’m pleased to report substantial progress.
On the clinical side, we’ve been bursting at the seams due to the increase in patient visits each year for the last nine years. To cope with the increase, we are in the process of expanding and renovating our facilities. Eastman Dental Downtown renovations are now finished! We’ve added four more chairs, allowing us to double capacity over the next 2.5 years.
Renovations are nearly complete for the new Eastman Dental Urgent Care, opening to the public in early April. Renovations of the Periodontics/Prosthodontics/Faculty Practice waiting room are well underway.
By September we will have completed the expansion and renovations of the General Dentistry, Pediatric and Orthodontic Clinics and the beautification of our Atrium. We are working hard to improve customer service and clinic operations.
We are now offering a revamped Master’s program to include additional basic science options and a new translational option. Our challenges in the research arena are to bring together the basic and the clinical scientists to facilitate increased translational research activity. We are working on bridging gaps between basic and clinical areas to encourage cultural changes and collaboration.
We are excited by the progress to date and the opportunities just ahead.
Cyril Meyerowitz, D.D.S., M.S.
Director, Eastman Institute for Oral Health
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