UCSF School of Dentistry NEWSBRIEF

Dr. Deborah Greenspan, BDS, DSc, Professor of Clinical Oral Medicine and Interim Chair of the Department of Orofacial Sciences at the UCSF School of Dentistry, and Clinical Director of the Oral AIDS Center, has been permanently appointed Chair of Orofacial Sciences effective immediately by Interim Dean John D.B. Featherstone, who asks that the School community join him in congratulating Dr. Greenspan on her appointment.

Click here to view Interim Dean Featherstone's announcement letter as an Adobe Acrobat PDF.

One of the leading investigators and clinicians in oral infectious diseases, Dr. Greenspan has long worked with colleagues throughout the world to improve oral and general health. Her international work includes training a generation of clinicians, many from resource-poor countries, both in clinical care and in developing research programs. She has made crucial discoveries concerning oral health, delineating new lesions assosciated with HIV infection, new ways of treating the mouth problems in HIV-positive people, and in charting changes in the AIDS epidemic since its beginning in San Francisco.

Her discovery of hairy leukoplakia opened up new aspects of AIDS research worldwide as well as Epstein-Barr virus research. Her group pioneered effective oral care for the millions of people worldwide with HIV infection, and set an example for delivery of dental care for that group. She led UCSF School of Dentistry’s effort to protect patients and health care providers against transmission of bloodborne infections, establishing the global standard, and has made major contributions to improving mouth comfort for people with oral cancer who have been treated with radiation therapy.

Dr. Greenspan is an international leader in oral science and has spoken extensively on oral cancer, oral candidiasis, AIDS, the oral manifestations of HIV infection and infection control, serving as a consultant to numerous organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control.

Honored multiple times just this year as a Research!America Paul G. Rogers Society Global Health Research Ambassador and, most recently, as an honorary DSc recipeient of King's College London, Dr. Greeenspan is additionally President of the International Association for Dental Research and is Immediate Past Chair of the San Francisco Division of the University of California Academic Senate. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences and in 2000 received the Silver Medal of the Ville de Paris.

In 1989, she was named the Seymour J. Kreshover Lecturer by the National Institute for Dental Research and also received the Samuel Charles Miller Award from the American Academy of Oral Medicine. That same year she was awarded the Certificate of Commendation from the Assistant Secretary for Health for her work with AIDS. The Sc.D(hc) was conferred on her in 1990 by Georgetown University and the FDSRCS (Hon) by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1994.



	Deborah Greenspan Appointed Orofacial Sciences Chair

	Dr. Deborah Greenspan, BDS, DSc, Professor of Clinical Oral Medicine and Interim Chair of the Department of Orofacial Sciences at the UCSF School of Dentistry, and Clinical Director of the Oral AIDS Center, has been permanently appointed Chair of Orofacial Sciences effective immediately by Interim Dean John D.B. Featherstone, who asks that the School community join him in congratulating Dr. Greenspan on her appointment. Click here to view Interim Dean Featherstone's announcement letter as an Adobe Acrobat PDF. One of the leading investigators and clinicians in oral infectious diseases, Dr. Greenspan has long worked with colleagues throughout the world to improve oral and general health. Her international work includes training a generation of clinicians, many from resource-poor countries, both in clinical care and in developing research programs. She has made crucial discoveries concerning oral health, delineating new lesions assosciated with HIV infection, new ways of treating the mouth problems in HIV-positive people, and in charting changes in the AIDS epidemic since its beginning in San Francisco. Her discovery of hairy leukoplakia opened up new aspects of AIDS research worldwide as well as Epstein-Barr virus research. Her group pioneered effective oral care for the millions of people worldwide with HIV infection, and set an example for delivery of dental care for that group. She led UCSF School of Dentistry’s effort to protect patients and health care providers against transmission of bloodborne infections, establishing the global standard, and has made major contributions to improving mouth comfort for people with oral cancer who have been treated with radiation therapy. Dr. Greenspan is an international leader in oral science and has spoken extensively on oral cancer, oral candidiasis, AIDS, the oral manifestations of HIV infection and infection control, serving as a consultant to numerous organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control. Honored multiple times just this year as a Research!America Paul G. Rogers Society Global Health Research Ambassador and, most recently, as an honorary DSc recipeient of King's College London, Dr. Greeenspan is additionally President of the International Association for Dental Research and is Immediate Past Chair of the San Francisco Division of the University of California Academic Senate. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Institute of Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences and in 2000 received the Silver Medal of the Ville de Paris. In 1989, she was named the Seymour J. Kreshover Lecturer by the National Institute for Dental Research and also received the Samuel Charles Miller Award from the American Academy of Oral Medicine. That same year she was awarded the Certificate of Commendation from the Assistant Secretary for Health for her work with AIDS. The Sc.D(hc) was conferred on her in 1990 by Georgetown University and the FDSRCS (Hon) by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1994.