ROBERT SPIELMAN

Experienced dentist, orthodontic resident and former antitrust and regulatory attorney with over 15 years of varied legal professional experience. Switched careers into dentistry and looking to broaden on my dental skillset.

• Class Council President - D3
• DARE Student Research Program - D1, D2, D3
• Annual Research Day - D2, D3
• Admission Ambassador - D2, D3
• Peer Mentor - D2
• Peer Review Board - D1, D2
• SGA Graduate & Masters Student Issues Committee
• Lecturer on Genomics & Law for D3 Elective in Precision Medicine

• Florida Dental License # 29598
• Washington State Bar # 37148

Geopolitics & Macroeconomics | Meditation | Yoga | Cooking | Auto Mechanics | Travelling | Ballroom & Salsa Dancing | Tarot Cards | Hiking & Rock Climbing

Strengths:

• Writing and editing skills
• Team-player
• Maturity & discernment
• Sense of humor
• Open to critical feedback

Weaknesses:

• Impatient with needless lack of progress or productivity
• Fastidious focus on details

Papers Published:

• Lepor A, Spielman RD, and Spielman A. (2023). A model for teaching History of Medicine and Dentistry to dental students - The NYU experience. Journal of the History of Dentistry 71(1):31-42. DOI: 10.58929/jhd.2023.071.01.031
• Elson N, Spielman R, Ameh G, Brandes I, Berkowitz L. (2023). Challenges in differential diagnostic and treatment of cervical root resorption vs. root caries. International Clinical Case Reports and Reviews. 1(1):1-11. DOI: 10.59657/2993-0855.brs.23.001
• Bergamo ETP, Balderrama IF, Ferreira MR, Spielman R, Slavin BV, Torroni A, Witek L (2023). Osteogenic differentiation and reconstruction of mandible defects using a novel resorbable membrane: an in vitro and in vivo experimental study. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part B, Applied Biomaterials, 111(11), 1966-1978. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.35299

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Papers Edited with Acknowledgement:

• Spielman AI, Koshki J, Lepor A, Shaner A. (2023). John Greenwood’s sidenotes on a 1778 John Hunter text at the New York Academy of Medicine. J Hist Dent. (In press).
• Koshki J. and Spielman AI. (2023) The changing life of a dental student - A survey of 140 years. (Winner of AAHD Student Research Award 2022). J Hist Dent. 71(1): 20-30. DOI: 10.58929/jhd.2023.071.01.020.
• Spielman, AI (2023). The Dental Therapist. J Acad Disting Edu (JADE). Invited review. In press.
• Ayroso V. and Spielman AI. (2023). The changing scene of practicing dentistry: A survey of the past 200 years. J Hist Dent 71(2):74-88. DOI:10.58929/jhd.2023.071.02.001
• Spielman AI. (2022). A tribute to serendipitous outcomes - editorial. J Hist Dent. 70(3):146-147.
• Xu W, Sunavala-Dossabhoy G, and Spielman AI. (2022). Chemosensory loss in COVID-19. Invited review - Oral Diseases 28(S2):2337-2346. DOI:
  10.1111/odi.14300
• Spielman AI. (2022). Teaching History of Dentistry in dental curricula - Survey of 393 dental schools in 100 countries. J. Hist. Dent. 70(1):3-29.
• Jaafar M, Vafamansouri R. Tareen M, Kamel D., Ayroso V, Tareen F, and Spielman AI. (2021). Elixirs of the past - quackery, claims and cures - Snake oil. J Hist Dent. 69 (3):205-215. PMID: 35238745.
• Kamel, D., Tareen, M., Vafamansouri, R. and Spielman, AI. (2021). Elixirs of the past: quackery, claims and cures - Magnetism. J Hist Dent. 69(3):191-199. PMID: 35238743.
• Kakos, E., Jaafar, M., Ayroso, V., Vorrath, A., Tareen, F. and Spielman, AI. (2021). - Elixirs of the Past - Quackery, Claims and Cures - Electricity. J Hist Dent. 69(2):138-145. PMID: 34734799