>> I went to University of Maryland.
I was fortunate.
As a psychology major, being the son of a psychiatrist, I thought that was a good major
to be in because I wanted to be a dentist since I was in high school.
I had relatives, a couple relatives that were dentists.
One is a role model for me.
He was also a periodontist in Florida but I thought psychology would be the study
of your patients and of people in general
and I found it has been very helpful in my line of work every day.
When I graduated from dental school, I practiced for a year
in corporate dentistry setting in Lehigh Valley.
I ran a dental center in Bethlehem.
I had a lot of fun, became-- Went from two patients in a day
to 17 patients my first day in practice.
So I gained some speed, gained some confidence.
I do recommend-- I did run the peri department at Einstein Hospital for 20 years,
which is a general practice residency, and I do recommend a general practice residency prior
to doing general dentistry or prior to doing a specialty because of the medicine you get.
My general practice residency was the year in general practice prior to going back
to the University of Pennsylvania for my postgraduate periodontal training.