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A look at the future
FROM THE DEAN’S DESK — HEBREW UNIVERSITY
A Look at the Future
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ince the inauguration of the Bella and Harry Wexner Building for Dental Medicine and the establishment of the Dr. Isadore I. Cabakoff Center for Advanced and Continuing Education in Dentistry and the D. Walter Cohen, DDS, Middle East Center for Dental Education nearly 10 years ago, our dental school in Jerusalem has made giant strides and has developed into one of the leading dental schools in the world. The number of students accepted to our dental school each year is on the rise, and in coming years we anticipate a national demand for ever-increasing numbers. This is due, on the one hand, to Israel’s growing population and, on the other, to the anticipated retirement of older dentists from the former Soviet Union who joined the country’s dental ranks during the large wave of immigration in the 1990s. Exasperating this situation is a lack of sufficient dental specialists in Israel. To fill this gap we are increasing the number of graduate students each department accepts for its specialization program. The growing numbers of students on the campus (during the first 3 years of their 6-year study program, the lecture halls and seminar rooms serve both the dental and medical students, as well as School of Pharmacy students, B.Sc. students of Medical Sciences and others) underline the urgent need for continuing physical development of the teaching facilities. The Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, considered the best in this region and ranking high among the world’s hospitals, boasts a dental school that is the main caregiver in Israel for patients with special dental needs. These include children with developmental disabilities, children at high risk or medically compromised trauma patients, victims of terrorist attacks, as well as patients with cancer who require facial reconstruction, performed as a unique service by teams in our dental school. The training of skilled clinicians who will provide high-level treatment for such patients and others is achieved in the different clinical departments under the auspices of the Dr. Izador I. Cabakoff Center for Advanced and Continued Education in Dentistry. However, the academic development of these young
doctors also calls for their involvement in outstanding clinical research. For this purpose we need to develop more facilities, such as a clinical research center and a research laboratory for clinicians. The present four-story Bella and Harry Wexner Building for Dental Medicine allows the erection of an additional nine stories. Hindsight shows how prudent was the decision to invest in the solid foundation of this building, erected on the last available lot in the center of the Ein Kerem campus. To meet the growing demands associated with all the activities mentioned above we now seek to add two more stories to the Bella and Harry Wexner Building. According to our plans, the sixth story will include a stateof-the art auditorium with 230 seats (which will be the second largest on the campus), as well as a main faculty conference room, two seminar rooms and offices. A bridge will connect the auditorium’s foyer with the nearby Medical School building, allowing a smooth flow of traffic between the two buildings. The fifth story will include a Center for Esthetic Dentistry and Clinical Research, a state-of-the-art simulator laboratory for preclinical studies in dentistry, a research laboratory designed for special research projects to be performed by clinicians and two seminar rooms for graduate students from the Isadore I. Cabakoff Center. The additional two stories, with a total area of 9,000 square feet, are expected to fulfill our present requirements. We do hope that all Alpha Omegans will have the opportunity to see this exciting addition to our physical facilities during their visit with us at the Centennial Convention in 2007, to be held in Israel. Fraternally, Prof. Adam Stabholz Dean The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine Founded by Alpha Omega Fraternity
A Look at the Future
S
ince the inauguration of the Bella and Harry Wexner Building for Dental Medicine and the establishment of the Dr. Isadore I. Cabakoff Center for Advanced and Continuing Education in Dentistry and the D. Walter Cohen, DDS, Middle East Center for Dental Education nearly 10 years ago, our dental school in Jerusalem has made giant strides and has developed into one of the leading dental schools in the world. The number of students accepted to our dental school each year is on the rise, and in coming years we anticipate a national demand for ever-increasing numbers. This is due, on the one hand, to Israel’s growing population and, on the other, to the anticipated retirement of older dentists from the former Soviet Union who joined the country’s dental ranks during the large wave of immigration in the 1990s. Exasperating this situation is a lack of sufficient dental specialists in Israel. To fill this gap we are increasing the number of graduate students each department accepts for its specialization program. The growing numbers of students on the campus (during the first 3 years of their 6-year study program, the lecture halls and seminar rooms serve both the dental and medical students, as well as School of Pharmacy students, B.Sc. students of Medical Sciences and others) underline the urgent need for continuing physical development of the teaching facilities. The Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, considered the best in this region and ranking high among the world’s hospitals, boasts a dental school that is the main caregiver in Israel for patients with special dental needs. These include children with developmental disabilities, children at high risk or medically compromised trauma patients, victims of terrorist attacks, as well as patients with cancer who require facial reconstruction, performed as a unique service by teams in our dental school. The training of skilled clinicians who will provide high-level treatment for such patients and others is achieved in the different clinical departments under the auspices of the Dr. Izador I. Cabakoff Center for Advanced and Continued Education in Dentistry. However, the academic development of these young
doctors also calls for their involvement in outstanding clinical research. For this purpose we need to develop more facilities, such as a clinical research center and a research laboratory for clinicians. The present four-story Bella and Harry Wexner Building for Dental Medicine allows the erection of an additional nine stories. Hindsight shows how prudent was the decision to invest in the solid foundation of this building, erected on the last available lot in the center of the Ein Kerem campus. To meet the growing demands associated with all the activities mentioned above we now seek to add two more stories to the Bella and Harry Wexner Building. According to our plans, the sixth story will include a stateof-the art auditorium with 230 seats (which will be the second largest on the campus), as well as a main faculty conference room, two seminar rooms and offices. A bridge will connect the auditorium’s foyer with the nearby Medical School building, allowing a smooth flow of traffic between the two buildings. The fifth story will include a Center for Esthetic Dentistry and Clinical Research, a state-of-the-art simulator laboratory for preclinical studies in dentistry, a research laboratory designed for special research projects to be performed by clinicians and two seminar rooms for graduate students from the Isadore I. Cabakoff Center. The additional two stories, with a total area of 9,000 square feet, are expected to fulfill our present requirements. We do hope that all Alpha Omegans will have the opportunity to see this exciting addition to our physical facilities during their visit with us at the Centennial Convention in 2007, to be held in Israel. Fraternally, Prof. Adam Stabholz Dean The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine Founded by Alpha Omega Fraternity