Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Omega Chapter
The Omega Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, was established by charter on June 6, 1929, as a component of the National Dental Honorary Society. This chapter strives to promote a spirit of high scholarship and good character among students of dentistry while conforming to professional standards of conduct or ethics and demonstrating integrity in morals of behavior and expression as deemed proper by the active membership of Omega Chapter. Finally the chapter strives to honor, in an appropriate manner, those who have distinguished themselves in these qualities.
Omega Chapter is interested in the accomplishments and activities of our members. Please let the Chapter Secretary know of your newsworthy activities, appointments, awards, etc. Also please advise the Secretary if you are planning an address change so that we can keep our roster current. You can reach the Secretary at: okuomega@gmail.com.
OKU National Dental Honor Society Inducts Members of the Class of 2025 and Installs New Slate of Officers
On Thursday, May 8, 2025, the Omega Chapter of Omicrom Kappa Upsilon (OKU) hosted the 96th Annual Convocation and Induction Ceremony at the Harvard Club. saw the induction of 48 members of the Class of 2025, 2 faculty members, and 3 lifetime members, and included the installation of a new slate of officers.
Executive Committee
President
Marjan Moghadam, DDS, MA
NYU College of Dentistry
380 2nd Avenue, room 302
New York, NY 10010
(212) 998-9154
mm4694@nyu.edu
President-elect
Vera W.L. Tang, DDS
NYU College of Dentistry
345 E. 24th Street
New York, NY 10010
vera.tang@nyu.edu
Vice President
Maria Madonna, DDS
NYU College of Dentistry
345 East 24th Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 683-8288
mm12710@nyu.edu
Secretary/Treasurer
Seung-Hee Rhee, DDS
NYU College of Dentistry
345 East 24th Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 683-8288
shr1@nyu.edu
Immediate Past-President
Marci Levine, DMD, MD
NYU College of Dentistry
345 East 24th Street, room 3W
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-992-7109
mhl6@nyu.edu
Kenneth Allen
Lisa Antonoff
Paul Baker
Joe Bastadjian
Gary Berkowitz
Charles Bertolami
John Bowley
Barnett Bucklan
Lorel Burns
John Calamia
Igor Chikunov
Mijin Choi
Alper Comut
Dominick Congiusta
Elena Cunningham
Ralph Cunningham
Steven David
Angela De Bartolo
Lucretia DePaola-Cefola
Elise Eisenberg
Denise Estafan
Lauren Feldman
Michael Ferguson
Jill Fernandez
Debra Ferraiolo
Sumir Gandhi
Morey Gendler
Kamen Genov
Nicholas Giannuzzi
Thomas Giugliano
Robert Glickman
David Glotzer
Ben Godder
Gerald Hoch
Leila Jahangiri
Vasiliki Karlis
Analia Veitz-Keenan
James Keenan
Gerald Klaczany
Mabel Kwok
Wayne Kye
Yon Lai
Marci Levine
James LoPresti
Maria Madonna
Kenneth Magid
Maureen McAndrew
John McIntosh
Eugenia Mejia
Marjan Moghadam
Roya A. Mohajer
Amr Moursi
Peter Mychajliw
Olivier Nicolay
Michael O'Connor
Anabella Oquendo
Chrystalla Orthodoxou
Liliana Ortiz
Leena Palomo*
Bapanaiah Penugonda
Cheryline Pezzullo
Jarrett Pikser
Scott Podell
George Raymond
Steven Resnick
Seung-Hee Rhee
Linda Rosenberg
Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet
Arthur Schackman
Andrea Schreiber
Stuart Segelnick
Asgeir Sigurdsson
William Skiba
Aaron Soeprono
Andrew Spielman
Silvia Spivakovsky
Cristian Stefan
Huzefa S. Talib
Vera Tang
Denise Trochesset**
Michael Turner
Farhad Vahidi
Richard Valachovic
Roger Warren
Johanna Warshaw
Rachelle Wolk
*President, OKU Upsilon Chapter, Case Western Reserve University
**Past President, OKU Sigma Tau Chapter, Stony Brook University
The Kaufman Award was established by the NYU Dentistry Omega Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon to honor Dean Emeritus Kaufman on the occasion of his retirement in 1998. The award celebrates the excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service that defined Dr. Kaufman's career, culminating in his deanship from 1985 to 1998. It is presented annually to the student who has attained the highest grade point average during her or his freshman year.
The award recognizes both Dean Kaufman's personal scholarly distinctions as a leader in the fields of dental materials and prosthodontics at the national and international levels and his initiatives to promote academic excellence at the NYU College of Dentistry. These include the Dean's Research Awards, which provide funds for student research, and the Dean's Merit Scholarships, created in 1988 to provide incentives for high academic achievers to make the NYU College of Dentistry their dental school of choice.
1929-30 Ellison Hillyer
1931 Leo Winter
1932-34 Allen T. Newman
1935 D. Austen Sniffen
1936 Alfred Walker
1937 Merrill G. Swensen
1938 Samuel C. Miller
1939 Thaddeus V. Joseph
1940 Finn J. Bronner
1941 Sidney Sorrin
1942 Vincent R. Trapozzano
1943-46 Samuel Hemley
1947 Walter B. Mullon
1948 Morris Cohen
1949 Otto H. Reisser
1950 Milton Hyman
1951 Henry W. Musterman
1952 David H. Cohello
1953 Louis Steinfelder
1954 Samuel S. Wald
1955 George A. Buckley
1956 Arthur H. Morrison
1957 Anthony S. Mecca
1958 Harold K. Addelston
1959 J. Lewis Blass
1960 Max Levy
1961 Morris B. Auerbach
1962 Harry Schneider
1963 Harry Blechman
1964 Herbert Grinnell
1965 Samuel Ravinett
1966 George J. Witkin
1967 Robert Gluck
1968 Irving Salman
1969 Eugene A. Rothchild
1970 William F. Harrigan
1971 Herbert M. Parker
1972 Edward G. Kaufman
1973 Howard L. Ward
1974 George Silling
1975 Oscar Ginder
1976 Louis Blatterfein
1977 Sidney Silverman
1978 Edward Epstein
1979 Herbert H. Frommer
1980 Irma Tuck Weiss
1981 Laurence Salman
1982 Stanley Antonoff
1983 Herbert Sherman
1984 Robert Sussman
1985 Martin Feingold
1986 Francis Panno
1987 Ormond Mitchell
1988 Stephen F. Bergen
1989 Joseph C. Miglino
1990 Jonathan Ferencz
1991 Stanley Hoch
1992 Ira Gulker
1993 Michael Bral
1994 Paul Rosenberg
1995 Gerald Borell
1996 Stuart Hirsch
1997 Stan BB Dawkins
1998 Milton Palat
1999 Peter Furnari
2000 Gary R.Goldstein
2001 Ashok Soni
2002 Robert Glickman
2003 Alan S. Broner
2004 Anthony Vernillo
2005 Warren Scherer
2006 Harvey I. Wishe
2007 Arthur Schackman
2008 Robert J. Boylan
2009 John Calamia
2010 Denise J. Estafan
2011 Martin Roy
2012 Jill Fernandez
2013 Mark Wolff
2014 Elise Eisenberg
2015 David Glotzer
2016 Kenneth Allen
2017 Michael B. Ferguson
2018 Maureen McAndrew
2019 Bruce Brandolin
2020 Steven Resnick
2021 Martine Mandracchia
2022 Lucretia DePaola Cefola
2023 Gerald Klaczany
2024 Analia Veitz-Keenan
2025 Marci Levine