“I come from a family of doctors who influenced and inspired me early on. I understood the importance of education and how it can affect an entire generation,” says Dr. Lara Bakaeen, ’98, who practices in Jordan and recently won her second award from the American College of Prosthodontics (Shown here after winning her first ACP award in 1995).
IN PAKISTAN WHERE Dr. Thobhani grew up, his grandmother always had trouble at meals. The situation wasn’t unusual in a country where healthcare, especially oral care, wasn’t the highest priority. Her issue was dentures, full ones, top and bottom. Of course, she was fortunate that she could eat at all. But Dr. Raheel Thobhani remembers,...
HIS BUSINESS MODEL WOULDN’T work everywhere, admits Dr. Paul Melchiorre. But in Palm Beach, Florida, where the clientele want high accessibility, he’s grateful that they’re looking for what he is ready to deliver. It’s the concierge structure, so personalized that Melchiorre does almost everything himself. “It’s me and one employee who handles the front...
