Dental News - AAID president-elect named vice dean at Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Dental Tribune USA

Tue. 25 February 2014

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NEW YORK, N.Y., USA: After an extensive nationwide search, AAID President-Elect John Da Silva, DMD, MPH, ScM, AFAAID, has been named vice dean at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Dean Bruce Donoff stated that Da Silva’s “extensive institutional knowledge and experience in [HSDM’s] three focal areas — research, education and patient care — will be of great value as HSDM continues its strategic planning process.”

Da Silva serves on the board of trustees of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and is currently the president elect. He is also chair of the Bylaws Committee and serves on the Education Oversight and Nominating committees. He has received widespread recognition during his academic career, including being named an honored fellow of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry and receiving the HSDM Distinguished Junior Faculty Award.

He has published numerous journal articles and lectured nationwide.
Da Silva has made major contributions in research and the area of color science. He has also been involved in curricular changes to improve content on substance-abuse screening and brief interventions.

Da Silva was born in New York City and attended Williams College as an undergraduate. He received his dental degree from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and his MPH degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. He later returned to the School of Public Health and received an ScM in health policy and management.

Da Silva completed specialty training in implant dentistry and prosthodontics at HSDM in 1992. He has been a faculty member there since 1993.

(Source: AAID)

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