From lawsuits and monetary donations to new location openings, here are eight dentists making headlines:
- The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit filed by Hieu Pham, MD, DDS, alleging retaliation against UC San Francisco.
- Yonathan Nigatu, DDS, spoke with Becker's about his decision to join Aspen Dental after graduating from Nashville, Tenn.-based Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry.
- Giles Willis, DDS, opened a practice in his Arkansas hometown to increase access to affordable dental care.
- Gordon Brady, DMD, and Vincent Montgomery, DMD, joined U.S. Oral Services Management's clinical governance board.
- Penn Dental Medicine received the first half of a $20 million gift from Carol Corby-Waller. The gift honors her father, alumnus Arthur Corby, who earned his dental degree from Penn Dental Medicine in 1917.
- Aspen Dental opened a new location in Marinette, Wis.,the company's 23rd in the state, led by Katherine Leyes, DDS, and Sandra Swing, DDS.