From a state agency appointment to a large school donation, here are six recent dental newsmakers:
- Attorneys for Albert Hazzouri, DDS, who was charged June 29 with indecent assault and harassment, requested an order of protection for the dentist's phone following a search warrant that was granted to obtain the item.
- Longtime dental industry leader Herbert Yee, DDS, recently died of pneumonia at the age of 96.
- Alireza Moheb, DMD, has been accused of taking part in a drug trafficking scheme and was charged with distributing a controlled substance and conspiracy to acquire prescription pills by fraud.
- Kaz Rafia, DDS, was selected as the Oregon Health Authority's new dental program director.
- Minyoung Lee, DDS, recently donated $25,000 to the Hunt School of Dental Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso to fund multiple student scholarships.
- Ruben Cohen, DDS, was found in the wreckage of a private plane July 4 after a crash that took place near Aspen, Colo.