Alumni and Friends

Equal parts educational and festive, the UCLA School of Dentistry’s 60th Anniversary Celebration brought together a diverse cross-section of the Dental Bruin community on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Geffen Hall.

Following an informal lunch on the Revive Café patio, the focus moved inside for a four-part academic program centered on the School’s four pillars of excellence on which it was founded in 1964: Education, patient care public service, and research.

Oariona Lowe, D.D.S., P.D. ’84, M.P.H. ’16, commenced her two-year term as chair of the UCLA School of Dentistry’s Board of Counselors on July 1, 2024, with Mitra Mogharabi ‘86, D.D.S. ’90, serving a concurrent tenure as vice-chair.

Sima Habrawi, D.D.S. ’24, spent just over two years at the UCLA School of Dentistry, but more than left her mark on our community during those 25 months. Arriving in May 2022 as a member of the Professional Program for International Dentists – a rigorous two-year curriculum for foreign-trained professionals to obtain certification to practice in the U.S. – marked Dr. Habrawi’s fourth international relocation in the past decade.

***This story appears in the UCLA School of Dentistry's Spring 2024 Magazine***

By Cyndy Lee Calverly

Mark Ortega ’05, D.D.S. ’15, M.S.D., a dedicated pediatric dentist based in Long Beach, Calif., has earned the UCLA School of Dentistry’s 2024 Alumnus of the Year Award.

The honor was presented Friday, May 17, in Anaheim, Calif., during the School’s annual alumni celebration held in conjunction with CDA Presents the Art and Science of Dentistry.

In addition to fillings, extractions, and bridges, there’s been plenty of romance fluttering through the halls of CHS over the past 60 years!

In advance of Valentine's Day, we put out the call to Bruin alums and students, asking for your UCLA School of Dentistry love stories. From Class of 1977 alums approaching their golden anniversary to a couple who found each other on the first day of D1 orientation last September, thanks for sharing your heartwarming tales of matches made in heaven … and scrubs.

On Wednesday, Jan. 17, the annual UCLA School of Dentistry Board of Counselors' Leadership Institute (BOCLI) welcomes its 2024 student cohort.

At each UCLA School of Dentistry commencement ceremony, graduates recite the Dentist’s Oath, which in part reads: I further commit myself to the betterment of my community for the benefit of all society.

The UCLA School of Dentistry is honored to announce Anh Le, D.D.S. ’92, Ph.D./O.M.F.S. ‘98 as its 2023 Alumnus of the Year.