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Department of NYU College of Dentistry. She haspracticed dentistry for 10 years, including privatepractice in New Jersey and public health dentistryin Maryland.The announcement of Dr. Crawford-McKendall’sappointment was made by Dr. Janice Townsend,interim chair of the department. “She has a uniquecombination of experiences that includes privatepractice, public health, and academic training,” saidTownsend. “She’s even taught predoctoral studentsin a mobile dental van, which is challenging. I haveenjoyed learning her perspective on motivating thedental students while watching her cover the clinic.”LSUHSC’s Farrar Selected as ADEALeadership FellowSuzanne Farrar,R.D.H, M.S.H.C.M.,associate professor anddirector of clinical staffand patient services atLSU Health SciencesCenter New OrleansSchool of Dentistry, isthe only dental hygienistamong the 24 dentaleducators in the nationnamed to the 2012 Classof the American DentalEducation Association (ADEA) Leadership Institute.The ADEA Leadership Institute is a yearlongprogram designed to develop the nation’smost promising individuals at academic dentalinstitutions to become future leaders in dental andhigher education.Farrar was also awarded the ADEA/Colgate-Palmolive Company Allied Dental EducatorsFellowship for her strong leadership qualities indental hygiene and higher education administration.She will apply the $4,000 stipend that comes withthe fellowship to the ADEA Leadership Institutetuition and fees.LAMMICO Supports LSU Dental SchoolLAMMICO recently contributed $2,500 to theLSUSD to help support the school’s capital campaignto construct new pre-clinical laboratories on its NewOrleans campus.“We make this contribution because of ourlong term commitment to Louisiana’s healthcarecommunity,” said Thomas H. Grimstad, M.D.,LAMMICO president and chief executive officer. “Weare pleased to see that the LSU-HSC Foundation has(From left) Dr. Henry Gremillion and Dr. Thomas Grimstad.pledged a dollar-to-dollar match to raise additionalfunds for this important project.”On Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, Dr. Grimstadpresented a check to Dr. Henry Gremillion, thedean of the LSUSD.In addition, the company recently awarded theLAMMICO Dental School Scholarship to an incomingstudent at the LSUSD for the fifth consecutive year.LDA Website:www.ladental.orgSpring 2011 37