Summer 2023 – Page 2

Two nursing students give a vital signs demonstration to an incoming student with a manikin in a hospital-style bed.

New Era for Nursing

The College of Nursing has significantly increased the number of seats in its bachelor of nursing program.

Dr. Chrysi Stavropoulou stands in a clinic next to a dental chair.

Implant Investigator

As a periodontist, Dr. Chrysi Stavropoulou [MDent/18] is a specialist who focuses on the gums and bone that support teeth.

UM President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Michael Benarroch congratulates Dr. Preetha Krishnan on receiving her PhD.

For nurse practitioner Preetha Krishnan [BN/03, MN/07, PhD/23], deprescribing – the process of reducing or eliminating a medication to improve a patient’s health – is just as important as prescribing.

Sandra Webber holds a pickleball racquet and leans over a net.

Measuring Pickle Power

Sandra Webber [BMRPT/90, M.Sc./96, PhD/10], a lifelong sports enthusiast, started playing the burgeoning sport of pickleball about five years ago. Now she’s on the court three or four times per week

Dr. Aaron Kim performs a dental procedure on a patient.

A Dream of Service

When Aaron Kim [DMD/87] was in Grade 1, his teacher asked each student what they wanted to be when they grew up. He declared that he wanted to be a doctor to help people in Africa.