Alumni Impact
Pam Waites Wade, Class of 1986
Pam Waites Wade retired from her position as professor of dental hygiene and freshman clinic coordinator at Tyler Junior College Department of Dental Hygiene on Aug. 31, 2013, after 42 years of teaching. Among those present to celebrate Wade’s retirement ... Read More
Dr. Jacqueline Plemons, Class of 1986, 1988
Dr. Jacqueline Plemons was recently named the Dallas County Dental Society 2014 Dentist of the Year for her invaluable service and contributions to organized dentistry. Plemons, a professor in periodontics, has been teaching at the dental school for more than ... Read More
Dr. Myron Guymon, Class of 1988, 1990
Dr. Myron Guymon, an orthodontist with offices in Logan and Hyrum, Utah, was elected to serve as the representative for the Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists on the Board of Trustees of the American Association of Orthodontists. Read More
Dr. Chad Allen, Class of 2004, 2007
Dr. Chad Allen received the Outstanding New Dentist Leader of the Year Award from the Texas Dental Association. Allen, who received a dental degree from Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry in 2004, followed by a certificate in prosthodontics ... Read More
Drs. Kim Self and Jonathan Oudin, Class of 2009, 2011
Drs. Kim Self and Jonathan Oudin welcomed a bundle of joy to their family with the birth of Elijah on May 6. He weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. The family now lives in Eagle River, ... Read More
Dr. Despoina Bompalaki, Class of 2014
Dr. Despoina Bompolaki received the Dr. Robert Staffanou Memorial Prosthodontic Award. The honor, which includes a plaque and a cash award, is given annually to a third-year graduate prosthodontic resident to defray the costs of the American Board of Prosthodontics ... Read More
Dental hygiene lunch date
Discussion during the annual dental hygiene luncheon focused on service. It’s something Caruth students and alumni understand well. Read More
Dr. Connie Hastings Drisko, Class of 1961
Dr. Connie Hastings Drisko, a graduate of Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry’s Caruth School of Dental Hygiene, passed away June 22, 2014, in Augusta, Ga. Drisko was a highly regarded dental educator who retired in 2013 after serving ... Read More
Family tradition
2014 dental graduate Dr. Spencer Mack is the sixth Mack family addition to the dental profession and part of the third Mack generation to graduate from TAMBCD. If history repeats itself, chances are good we’ll see more of this family in the decades to come. [...] Read More
Orthodontic alum wins national award for case study
When surgery is not an option, orthodontic treatment has the potential to achieve dramatic results and positively impact the patient’s quality of life, an award-winning case study from Dr. Bryan Hsu ’13 (Ortho), shows. During the American Association of Orthodontists ... Read More