NEOMED launches dental program to improve statewide oral health access
Aug. 8, 2025
NEOMED’s new Bitonte College of Dentistry will embed dental students in Ohio communities to improve access and address shortages in rural and urban oral health care.
New dean appointed
May 6, 2025
Sorin T. Teich, D.M.D., M.B.A., has been appointed dean of the college. He will join NEOMED on July 1.
Dr. Teich joins us from the Medical University of South Carolina School of Dental Medicine in Charleston, where he served as a professor and the associate dean of clinical affairs.
Ignite magazine: Developing NEOMED’s newest college
April 20, 2025
The Bitonte College of Dentistry will help fill a gap in Ohio’s workforce.
NEOMED appoints Beck to lead the Bitonte College of Dentistry
Nov. 30, 2022
Northeast Ohio Medical University has appointed M. Frank Beck, D.D.S., FAAHD, as the inaugural dean of its recently announced Bitonte College of Dentistry, which will be just the third dental college in the state of Ohio.
NEOMED receives $10 million commitment from Bitonte Family Foundation to establish a College of Dentistry
Sept. 29, 2022
Drs. Gary and David Bitonte, sons of Dr. Dominic A. and Helen M. Bitonte, made a $10 million commitment to the Bitonte College of Medcine. The commitment is the largest individual amount that the NEOMED Foundation has ever received.
Northeast Ohio Medical University to pursue dental college
Sept. 26, 2022
Northeast Ohio Medical University announced that it will pursue the development of a College of Dentistry. The University presented a needs assessment to the NEOMED Board of Trustees during its quarterly meeting held Thursday, Sept. 15 and was granted approval to add a dental college to improve health in Northeast Ohio and beyond.
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A family tradition of philanthropy
The Dr. Dominic A. and Helen M. Bitonte Family Foundation’s recent $10-million commitment to NEOMED’S future dental college is just the latest of many gifts in support of higher education.
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