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Dean Assael Assumes Position
Arriving on campus Wednesday August 20, Dr. Leon Assael, new Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry celebrated the new academic year by attending the annual UKCD Convocation. Prior to becoming Dean of the College of Dentistry, Dr. Assael's professional career covered 22 years in clinical dental experience as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, educator, administrator, and research scientist.
After touching down in the bluegrass he was off to Seattle, Washington to be the moderator of the "Symposium on Third Molar Removal: Indications for Care" for the 79 th Annual Meeting, Scientific Sessions and Exhibition of the American Association of Oral and Maxillfoacial Surgeons. The symposium was a huge success with standing room only. His comments about the CATS in front of the national audience left little doubt that his blue blood WILDCAT conversion was on track.
Dr. Assael was born in Manhattan, NY. He is married to Linda Buck Assael and they have three children Rachel, Jeanne and Julia Assael. Dean Assael welcomes the opportunity to meet all UKCD alumni. Appointments can be make by calling Assistant to the Dean, Susan Hampson, 606-323-5786.
Below is a brief excerpt from Dr. Assael's curriculum vitae:
OF
LEON A. ASSAEL, D.M.D.
EDUCATION:
Columbia University, Columbia College A.B.(Government) 1967-1971
Harvard University, School of Dental D.M.D. 1971-1975
Medicine
Vanderbilt University, Residency in Oral 1975-1978
& Maxillofacial Surgery
CURRENT POSITION:
Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of
Dental Medicine and Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, School of
Medicine, University of Connecticut.
Chairman, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental
Medicine, University of Connecticut.
Director of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program, School
of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center
SPECIALTY BOARD:
Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1980
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral and 1994-1997
Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Medicine
and Associate Professor, Department of Surgery,
School of Medicine, University of Connecticut.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial 1989-1994
Surgery, School of Dental Medicine and Associate
Professor, Dept. of Surgery, School of Medicine,
University of Connecticut Health Center
Associate Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, 1989-1990
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Associate Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 1988-1990
School of Dental Medicine, State University of New
York at Stony Brook
Associate Professor of Dentistry, The Mt. Sinai 1988
School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry, The Mt. 1981-1987
Sinai School of Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial 1980-1981
Surgery, Marquette University School of Dentistry
Assistant Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 1980-1981
Medical College of Wisconsin
Assistant Clinical Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial 1978-1980
Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, Southern Illinois
University
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Dental Association
Connecticut State Dental Association
Hartford Dental Society
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
International Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
New York State Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons1981-1988
Dental Society of the State of New York 1981-1988
Northeast Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
Society of Educators in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Connecticut Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
The Association for the Study of Internal Fixation
(Arbeits Gemeinschaft Fur Osteosyntheses Fragen)
American Association for Dental Research
American Association of Dental Editors
International Association for Dental Research
American Association of Dental Schools
International Team for Implantology
Academy of Osseointegration
American College of Dentistry
British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
HONORS:
National Honor Society, 1966
New York State Regents Scholarship, 1967-1971
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Merit Scholarship, 1971-1975
Harvard Medical School, Biostatistics Academic
Achievement Award, 1973
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Honors Graduate, 1975
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Advisory
Committee Award, 1989
Outstanding Service Award, New York State Society or Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgeons, 1988
Fellow, American College of Dentists, 1993
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