Alumni

2021 School of Dental Medicine Award Recipient

Rhona Sherwin DDS '78

At Rhona Sherwin’s college graduation, in 1973, it was disclosed that she was New York University’s youngest graduate. She was honored by raising NYU’s Torch of Learning to lead the entire University’s graduation procession. She then was accepted into the second graduating class at Stony Brook University’s School of Dental Medicine and was one of 22 graduates in what was a 3 1/2-year dental program. Following graduation, she completed a 2-year hospital residency program in Pediatric Dentistry at the Beth Israel Medical Center. After, she became a Clinical Instructor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and at the New York Medical College where she taught the General Dental Residents at  Metropolitan Hospital. She then became a Clinical Assistant Professor at NYU’s College of Dentistry and soon became the Program Director of the Advanced Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry. After taking a sabbatical to raise 2 children she began at Stony Brook’s School of Dental Medicine in 1992. Having taught for 30 years at Stony Brook, she earned the academic ranking of Clinical Professor. She then decided to pursue her true purpose, to make a difference in the underserved children in our local community by taking over the mobile dental clinic program. Twice she stepped up to be the Interim Program Director for the Stony Brook’s Advance Program in Pediatric Dentistry.