Dr. Steven Lepowsky, senior associate dean for education and patient care at the UConn School of Dental Medicine, has been awarded the 2012 Faculty Recognition Award by the UConn Health Center Board of Directors.
Lepowsky, of Simsbury, is credited with being a driving force in the growth and expansion of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program, now the largest of its kind in the United States. He also has been influential in the development and expansion of community-based activity throughout Connecticut, initiating resident placement in community sites, having an active role in predoctoral students’ community-based experiences, and recruiting and placing junior clinical faculty through contractual arrangements with community sites.
Lepowsky also is responsible for a significant expansion of patient care to adults with acquired and developmental disabilities, between direct patient care and partnerships he initiated with the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services. He also is a senior consultant to the Commission on Dental Accreditation and serves as a liaison to the Connecticut Department of Public Health and Department of Social Services.
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He also was instrumental in establishing the Connecticut Comprehensive Education and Practice Team, which opened in the UConn Health Partners West Hartford office last fall.
“I am extremely honored to be the recipient of this very special award,” Lepowsky says. “It is particularly rewarding to be recognized for doing what you love to do.”
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He will be presented with the award during commencement exercises Sunday at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.
Lepowsky joined the UConn Health Center faculty in 1993 as an assistant professor and director of advanced education in general dentistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 2001. He accepted the additional role of the dental school’s associate dean for clinical affairs in 2003, and became associate dean for education and patient care in 2007. Lepowsky was promoted to senior associate dean last year. He also has served as chair of the Division of General Dentistry since January 2005.
The Faculty Recognition Award, presented annually since 2003, recognizes academic, administrative and/or clinical excellence.
