EDUCATION

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Dentistry: 

• DDS (2010); MS & Certificate in Prosthodontics (2008).

• Univ. of Medicine and Pharmacy “V. Babes” at Timisoara, Romania, Sc. of Dental Medicine: PhD (2000); Certificate in AEGD (1995); DMD (1991).

• Foreign records certified by ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators).

• Commonwealth University, School of Dentistry.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2015: Outstanding Pros Faculty, Class of 2015.

• 2014: Omicron Kappa Upsilon faculty membership, Kappa chapter.

• 2007: G. Randolph and Ann Babcock Fellowship - Dental Foundation of N. Carolina.

• 2006: Freedland Advanced Dental Education Fellowship – Dental Foundation of N. Carolina.

• 2006: Academy of Prosthodontics Foundation – Research Grants Committee.    

• Second place – partial support for MS thesis project. 

• 1997: Helicon Editor’s Prize for “The Dento-Maxillary System. Clinical and Functional Morphology Data” (textbook).

• 1995: Romanian Academy Prize “Gheorghe Marinescu”for “Dental Materials” (textbook).

Implant Dentistry, Patient Management, Dental Esthetics, Digital Technologies, and Ethics in Dental Profession.