ROOTSTOWN, Ohio – Northeast Ohio Medical University has appointed Dr. Sorin T. Teich as dean of the University’s Bitonte College of Dentistry.
Teich comes to NEOMED from the Medical University of South Carolina School of Dental Medicine in Charleston, where he served as a professor and the associate dean of clinical affairs. He will join NEOMED on July 1. The Bitonte College of Dentistry will welcome its inaugural class in August.
“Dr. Teich is a highly respected leader in dental education and oral health,” said NEOMED President Dr. John Langell. “I am confident that his distinguished record of achievements and commitment to the success of students make him the right person to guide the university’s new Bitonte College of Dentistry.”
Dr. Forrest Faison, NEOMED provost, said it was a privilege and honor to meet Teich during the national search for a Bitonte dean.
“His record of accomplishments and leadership achievements made him the clear choice to take the college forward into the future,” he said. “I am looking forward to working with him and seeing the great things he will accomplish.”
Teich also holds adjunct academic appointments at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California and the School of Dental Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He previously was a professor and an associate dean at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine in Cleveland.
“I am honored and grateful to be named as the founding dean of the Bitonte College of Dentistry,” Teich said. “I look forward to being part of the NEOMED community, welcoming high-performing students who will have access to the latest innovations in dental medicine.”
Teich has published over 70 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals focusing on evidence-based dentistry and dental materials, and lectures about these topics in the U.S. and overseas. He also is a scientific associate editor of Quintessence International Journal, Journal of Dental Traumatology and a former member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Dental Education.
After a period of military service, Teich earned his Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry degree from Hebrew University – Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem and obtained a certificate in prosthodontics from the same institution. He also graduated from the Kellogg-Recanati International Executive M.B.A. program with a joint degree from Tel Aviv University in Israel and Northwestern University in Chicago.