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A Salute to 15 Years: Free Dental Clinic’s Anniversary A Success


Dr. Bernie Dishler, HealthLink Dental Clinic Board President, presents the Eugene Jackson Humanitarian Award to Dean Amid Ismail of the Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University on September 21, 2016 at the clinic’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Cocktail Party.

Over 100 members of the community gathered on Wednesday, September 21st to celebrate a free clinic’s decade and a half commitment to the health of our underserved neighbors.

Dean Amid Ismail of the Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry at Temple University was honored with the Eugene Jackson Humanitarian Award in recognition of his commitment to oral and overall health issues facing the underserved. In March, HealthLink and Temple University entered into a collaboration expanding the free dental services available to clinic patients to include root canals performed by Dental students and overseen by faculty. Dean Ismail was instrumental in developing this partnership.