I'm not actually sure what qualifies me to have a blog page, other than that I paid money to a company for a URL.  This is the first web page I've ever set up by myself, and it probably shows, but the folks at HostGator have tremendous customer service and have been wonderful at walking me ("crawling me?") through the entire process.

My grade school resume:  I skipped second and fourth grades and finished high school at 16.  I was a pretty competitive kid, and I still remember my SAT scores, class rank, etc.   Yep, pretty competitive.

I attended Harpur College, which begat SUNY Binghamton, which begat Binghamton University.  I have never in my life been associated with such a smart bunch of people.  Some of the kids from Bronx Science and Stuyvesant High Schools were scary bright. 

At Binghamton, I honed my frisbee skills to a high art, played a lot of cards (especially a game called "pitch," which is sort of like bridge for people who don't want to have to think so much), and learned a lot about life from late-night bull sessions.  Surprisingly, my grades were good enough to get me into an excellent dental school.

I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (founded by Ben Franklin, who discovered lightning and invented bifocals, the panelled rec room, and the rocker-recliner) School of Dental Medicine in 1969.  This makes me slightly less old than dirt.

My parents instilled a love of knowledge in me, and I've spent over 365 days sitting in classrooms and at workshops, learning ever more about dentistry.  This gives me a unique ability to provide you with dental information.

As a dentist, I have lectured internationally (I just LOVE using that phrase, which means that I've taught a course and it was in the Bahamas).  Because my office has an unusually nurturing staff, my practice has always attracted a lot of dental phobics.  To better help my phobic patients, I received training in sedation dentistry in 2000, and I take frequent continuing education in that and other areas of dentistry.  I also maintain my training in CPR and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.  My office has some pretty nifty machines for patient safety, but I don't want to get into the specifics because it might sound like bragging.  OK, actually this whole section is bragging, so this would be a good time to wrap up this page.


Dental information---Resume