USC ORTHO

KAWATA BBQ

2011-07-10T17:53:00.000-07:00

Dr Kawata invited the senior class for an afternoon of BBQing.

2011 SENIOR GRADUATION

2011-04-10T19:24:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Dr's Banh and Schacter who were selected by the graduating class as best clinical instructors.

Class of 2011
Donald, Soraya, Elaine, Nicole, Sam, Lindsey

Dr Lee Visits from Korea

2011-03-21T17:57:00.000-07:00

SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

2010-12-13T19:39:00.000-08:00

Sr Sameshima met up with us to speak at SNU. Dr's Roncone and Fernandez were traveling with him.

SNU Residents

AROUND SEOUL

2010-12-10T14:14:00.000-08:00

Korean War Memorial

Seoul Tower

This Way to LA....

On the subway.

YONSEI UNIVERSITY

2010-12-09T19:28:00.000-08:00

These residents came to visit USC.

They took us out to a nice lunch on the first day.

We presented cases and research at the University.

It snowed while we were there.

A pic with the program chair.

Yonsei residents and faculty.

Walking back to the subway we would pass this street vendor. She made these cinnamon sugar tasty goodness treats.

SEOUL KOREA

2010-12-01T18:17:00.000-08:00

Finishing my presentation in the airport in Tokyo.

Our hotel room in Korea.

Welcome to Seoul!

DR DOUGHERTY ENTERS THE USC HALL OF FAME

2010-11-20T21:58:00.000-08:00

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=JohnJeromeDDS&target=ALBUM&id=5541795807408417681&authkey=Gv1sRgCN2IuZ6GkIysoQE&feat=email

DINNER AT MORTONS

2010-11-17T22:29:00.000-08:00

(Back-Soraya, Dr Mah, Bita, John, George, Virginia, Dr Moon, Dr Banh,
Front-Elaine, Thao, Sam)
Kodak put on a Dinner and Learn with Dr Mah as the keynote speaker.

DOUGHERTY AND TANAKA FOUNDATION MEETING 2010

2010-10-29T23:26:00.000-07:00

TIME LAPSE

2010-10-28T20:33:00.001-07:00

SI SE PUEDE @ USC

2010-10-24T22:41:00.000-07:00

So Pres Obama came to speak at USC for a rally. I really didn't want to go deal with the crowd, but someone forced me to. We walked around the whole dental school looking for the end of the line. Then when we found out we didn't need a ticket to get in we walked up to the font and merged in at the front of the line. This Pic was taken By Dr Schacter, one of our instructors, who managed to get pretty close.

ORTHO RESIDENTS TAKE OVER AYUDA

2010-10-23T21:29:00.000-07:00

(L-R) George, Dr Done, John, Scott

AYUDA is a free clinic for kids in LA and Orange County, along with a yearly international trip to places such as Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico City, Honduras, El Salvador, and Panama.

You might ask, what do Ortho residents have any business going to a children's dental clinic? The 3 of us have been involved in Ayuda for many years now. We had to take the brunt of Dr Done's jokes saying how orthodontist don't have hand skills. It brought back a lot of memories.

I Actually found a few patients that needed Ortho referrals to USC. It's always fun seeing old friends and helping the kids out.

CLASS of 2014 INTERVIEWS

2010-10-21T22:07:00.000-07:00

Who is going to make the cut? Last night was the interview social with the interviews held today. It was as a lot of fun talking to all of the applicants. Of course everyone said they wanted to go to USC, but who wouldn't....

The video below is what I whipped together to show the interviewees at lunch.

LOOK TO THE COOKIE

2010-10-12T22:01:00.000-07:00

George took me to his favorite Jewish Deli in the Valley.

Heart Attack on a plate.

The best part about the deli was my first look at the black and white cookie. I had to buy one in honor of Seinfeld.

THE ANDREWS COURSE - San Diego

2010-10-09T19:16:00.001-07:00

(Front) Dr Will Andrews, Stefan (USC), Laura (USC), George (USC), John (USC), Maria (Germany), Byron (UCSF), Dr Kim (ATSU), Beau (UCSF), Dr Park (ATSU Chair)

(Back) Dr Larry Andrews, Krista(UCSF), Cathy (UCSF), Yoshi (UCSF)

USC attends The Six Elements Orthodontic Philosophy Course in San Diego

Chairs older than me.

Fight on!

DR TROTTER

2010-09-15T19:54:00.000-07:00

George, Dr Trotter, John

We spent the morning in Dr Trotter's office in Redondo Beach and then he took us to lunch. Dr Trotter is one of USC's top instructors.

ELECTRIC KARMA

2010-09-13T15:16:00.000-07:00

John, George, Thao, Virginia

We went to George's favorite Indian restaurant. This was the first time I can remember having Indian Food. We only sat at this table for 5 mins, then moved to a real table.

DR UPATHAM

2010-08-18T19:35:00.000-07:00

For the first part of our break, George and I spent the morning down in San Diego with Dr's McLaughlin and Upatham.

THE BOILING CRAB

2010-08-11T19:45:00.000-07:00

George has been talking about going to The Boiling Crab for months now. We finally made it over there and it was worth the trip.

Some of the new first yrs tagged along.
(L-R) Thao, John, George, Virginia, Scott

Your order comes in bags and everyone just takes from the bag and eats on the table.

Scott is having some Crawfish brains.

George admires his accomplishment.

DR BANH

2010-08-02T19:25:00.000-07:00

I was free one afternoon so I hitched a ride to Dr Banh's office. Dr Banh bought the practice of my Orthodontist and treated my cousin in Covina. Sorry for the blurry pic, but I can't take them all :)

EL CHOLO COVERT OPERATION

2010-07-28T13:20:00.000-07:00

The guys took a covert operation to El Cholo to meet with a Rep since USC has banned all Lunch and Learns.

DR WILSON

2010-07-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

This was the 2nd lecture from Dr Libby Wilson on Cleft Lip/Palate.

After our lecture we went to Dim Sum with Dr Sameshima. This pic was taken on the way out. I think they are trying to figure out what we just ate. It was good though.

THANKS DR LOOS!

2010-07-14T18:58:00.000-07:00

Dr Loos provided Pizza and cake for the clinic as a celebration for the 1st yrs completing their first lab course. In return the 1st yrs bought a USC tie for him.

WELCOME CLASS of 2013

2010-07-11T17:38:00.000-07:00

Class of 2013 Welcoming Brunch
@ The Oakmont Country Club

(L-R Back) Nathan Coughlin (USC), Bita Moalej (USC), Ryan Hecht (UNLV)
(L-R Front) Thao Nguyen (UCLA), Scott Morita (USC), Virginia Pham (UCSF)

Thanks to the USC Ortho Alumni Association for providing gift bags to the incoming residents.

Class of 2013

(L-R) Virginia Pham (UCSF), Bita Moalej (USC), Nathan Coughlin (USC), Thao Nguyen (UCLA), Ryan Hecht (UNLV), Scott Morita (USC)

Lindsey, Donald, Nicole representing the Class of 2011

Bay 5
Lindsey, John, Thao

2010-07-10T21:48:00.000-07:00

KOREAN BBQ

2010-07-08T20:16:00.000-07:00

For the past few weeks we have had some visitors from Yonsei University in Korea. For their last night out we took them to Korean BBQ. It's delicious, but the smell stays with you for a while.

I HEAR THEY GOT SOME TASTY BURGERS.....

2010-06-28T23:34:00.000-07:00

After clinic today we headed to The Father's Office for a burger that George has been ranting and raving about for the last 6 months.

It's a little like ordering from the soup nazi for all of you Seinfeld fans that can relate. First off you order from the bar. Second, if you order a burger it pretty much comes as is. You don't pick and choose what you want on it. Third, There's NO Ketchup! Sounds a little strange but that was a tasty burger.

Mike went to the bar to order and asked "what kind of burgers do you have?" Their reply was "We have 1...." Luckily he did not get "No Burger for you....NEXT!"

George, Dr Sameshima, John, Mike

"Well, if you like burgers give 'em a try sometime. I can't usually get 'em myself because my girlfriend's a vegetarian which pretty much makes me a vegetarian. But I do love the taste of a good burger. Mm-mm-mm. You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with cheese in France?"---Name that Movie quote.

TRIP TO DR KAWATA'S OFFICE

2010-06-21T17:17:00.000-07:00

Well I forgot my camera so this is the best i could come up with. Today we had a day off since the new first years are starting today and we are not allowed near the clinic. Dr Sameshima probably doesn't want anyone corrupting the newbies.

George and I went out to Corona to spend the morning in Dr's Kawata's and Matsumoto's office.

DR VARGERVIK FROM UCSF

2010-06-18T18:15:00.000-07:00

Garrett, Laura, Dr Vargervik, Stefan, George, John

Dr Vargervik, from UCSF, came to lecture to us on cleft lip and palate treatment. You will note that Stefan no longer wears a tie bacause it chaffes his neck. He's a little sensitive.

LUNCH

2010-06-18T13:14:00.000-07:00

So George called me and said "Do you want anything from Panda Express?" Of course I said get me some Orange Chicken. This is the little box he came back with. Who doesn't get rice or chow mein? Luckily Garrett had some rice from somewhere else to lend me.

DR McLAUGHLIN COURSE TAKE II

2010-06-05T21:24:00.001-07:00

USC 2nd and 3rd yrs along with UCLA 2nd yrs went down to San Diego for a course with Dr McLaughlin. Of course we hit up Phil's BBQ a few times.

BLEED FOR TWEED

2010-04-23T10:29:00.000-07:00

The Class of 2012 attended the Charles H. Tweed Orthodontic Study Course for the last 10 days. The following is a brief summary of our time in Tucson AZ.

The course was a labor intensive ecercise in wire bending and wax work. Each of us had a typodont with teeth mounted in wax. You would bend the wire, place it in the typodont, dip it in warm water bath and watch the teeth move through wax.

Laura and John showing off their skills. Dr. Jim Vaden was our instructor the first day. He used to be the director at the Univ of Tennessee. He wore his USC shirt the day he was our instructor. Interesting that he never wore any other schools shirt.

Dr Diguilio is our instructor from USC. He demanded perfection from us that day. Mike is clearly a little frustrated.

The Class of 2012 enjoying a our last night out to dinner as a class. We found a pretty good Mexican food place called El Charro.

Mike showed off his cooking skills one night. Too bad he was wearing white skinny jeans.

Here is a collection of all the wires we had to bend. It was about a total of 30 archwires. Doesn't sound like much but trust me it was. Our days went from 8am-7PM. Luckily we were one of the faster schools so we would finish early a few days.

The Class of 2012 with Asst course director Dr Jim Vaden and the course director of some 30 yrs Dr Klontz. Dr Tweed is in the picture on the the wall.

All of us appreciate going to the course and are glad that it is over. Our fingers are calloused from all of the wire bending, our minds are spent from all of the lectures, and our backs are sore because of the benches we sat on for many hours.

We made friends from Residencies all over the US and all over the world.

SENIOR GRADUATION

2010-04-09T20:31:00.000-07:00

The Seniors had a graduation banquet held in Palm Springs. I did not take many pics. Since I was working on the video all weekend. The following is the video that. was show at the banquet. Mike and I drove all night to Tuscon right after the video. We arrived at 430AM, slept till 630AM in a smoking room, then started class at 8AM.

EXTERNAL REVIEWER

2010-04-08T16:21:00.000-07:00

Dr Cangiolosi from Columbia University came to USC as the external reviewer for USC. He met with each of the Seniors individually and looked at 10 of their cases. He then attended the presentations of the seniors research and presented himself.

DR FRY VISIT

2010-04-03T18:12:00.000-07:00

We went to Kansas City to visit Dr Fry and have an Invisalign Certification Course. Stefan and I went out early to play at the duck lodge. We shot guns, road 4 wheelers, and much more.

(L-R) John, George, Mike, Dr Fry, Dr Jeremy Fry, Stefan, Laura, Garrett

EDWARD H. ANGLE SOCIETY MEETING

2010-03-21T19:50:00.000-07:00

All the members bring 2 cases for everyone to look at.

Soraya, Jenny, Garrett, Nicole, George
Dr Sameshima and Dr W. Schacter enjoying lunch.

Dr R. Schacter showed up to see his son Dr W Schacter present his cases for membership in to the Angle Society.

Spent the last 3 days in meetings. Now back to work tomorrow.

USC ORTHO

2010-02-17T21:32:00.000-08:00

As the Class of 2010 are getting ready to graduate and leave the nest, I thought I would just post this collage I made for something else.

TADs Lab

2010-02-17T21:25:00.000-08:00

Mike was in charge of getting some pig jaws for our TADs lab. They made him buy the whole head which he then had to dissect out the mandibles. Oh how funny is that story....

EMODELS

2010-02-17T21:18:00.000-08:00

USC Ortho is trying out E-models.

Dr Banh

2010-02-17T21:14:00.000-08:00

Dr Banh is one of our awesome Friday faculty. The funny thing is that he took over the Ortho practice of the Orthodontist who treated me. Dr Banh also treated my cousin. Small Ortho world...Here he is working up a treatment plan with George, Garrett, and Laura.

5 Guys...1 Girl

2010-01-25T21:00:00.000-08:00

For the last few months we have been asking Dr Sameshima to go to 5 Guys. We finally had a long lunch break and made the trek which was definitely worth it.

USCSD GETS A NAME for 35 Million!

2010-01-20T22:38:00.000-08:00

Trip to Mountain High

2010-01-17T20:08:00.000-08:00

First Break

2010-01-12T21:06:00.000-08:00

No it's not my thumb, but one of the 2nd yr residents took a little spill on the slopes and broke her thumb. I think she was kind of excited to have a broken bone.

USC ORTHO 2009

2009-11-05T20:37:00.000-08:00

HALLOWEEN @ USC ORTHO

2009-11-05T19:17:00.000-08:00

DR DIGULIO TWEED COURSE

2009-08-17T18:11:00.000-07:00

Here we are displaying our wire bending skills.
We were one with our pliers!

Garrett, Stefan, George, Dr Digulio, Mike, John, Laura.

GORP-GRADUATE ORTHODONTIC RESIDENTS PROGRAM

2009-07-31T18:15:00.000-07:00

We flew to Minnesota the land of 10,000 lakes for the 21st annual Graduate Orthodontic Residents Program or GORP.

Of course in Minnesota there is not too much to see. Somehow we ended up at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.

There was a formal banquet Fri night.

Saturday was filled with lectures, bbq, vendor fair and most importantly the T-shirt competition.

Front of our shirt.

Back of our shirt.

If you think our shirt is bad check out the link of some other schools.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29354&id=1020510372&l=df112438ee

USC and UCLA working together. Of course USC is on top!

The Mall of America is the only thing Minnesota has to offer the Union.

Mike and Stefan thought they could conquer the gallon challenge.

Stefan, under his lactose intoxication, wishing he never attempted the challenge. He only made it half way. Allegedly it was is first time vomiting.

Mike was able to get it all down within the hour, but held it down for 18 seconds. I think more than a gallon came back up. I'll save you from the video.

I came away from GORP a proud winner of 100 retainer cases.

DR McLAUGHLIN COURSE IN SAN DIEGO

2009-07-25T18:04:00.000-07:00

We went down to San Diego for a day and a half lecture from Dr McLaughlin.

George, Stefan, Laura, Dr McLaughlin, Mike, Garrett, John

We ate at Phil's BBQ with some of the UCLA Residents. Of course everyone loved it!

DR LOOS LAB COURSE

2009-07-13T17:58:00.000-07:00

We put braces on plastic teeth and moved them through wax. It is a prerequisite to moving teeth through bone.

Shabu Shabu Japanese Restaurant
You put the thinly slices beef in the boiling water and it cooks within a matter of 30 secs or so.
Dr Loos, Stefan, George, Laura, Mike, John, Dr Sameshima, Garrett

ALUMNI BRUNCH

2009-07-12T12:22:00.000-07:00

The Alumni Association threw a brunch to welcome the incoming residents.

The 2011 class presented us with a gift.

Here we are with our new USC T-shirts and mugs.

CEPHALOMETRICS CLASS WITH DR MOON

2009-06-24T17:53:00.000-07:00

MEET THE USC ORTHO 2012 CLASS

2009-06-22T17:40:00.000-07:00

(L-R Top to Bottom)

Stefan Alexandroni DDS (UOP 2008)

Garrett Fong DMD (Harvard 2009)

George Abichaker DDS (USC 2009)

Laura Harshbarger DDS (USC 2009)

John Jerome DDS (USC 2006)

Mike Meru DDS (USC 2009)

HAPPY FESTIVUS!

2008-12-20T19:22:00.000-08:00

IT'S OFFICIAL

2008-12-03T07:31:00.000-08:00

After a long night of intermittent sleep, I got the email at 0624. Congratulations! You have been matched to UNIV OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

This will be my blog for the next 3 years. I look forward to posting pictures and "briefly" sharing my life experiences. I hope you enjoy it!