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Foundation Honors Eisenbud

The Board of Trustees of the New York State Dental Foundation recently honored the memory and outstanding achievements of
Dr. Leon Eisenbud, with a contribution of $1,000 to a campaign renovate and rename the dental department at Long Island Jewish
Medical Center in his name.

“Dr. Eisenbud,” explained Foundation Chair Dr. Edward Downes, “will long be remembered by members of our Board as well as
the leadership of the New York State Dental Association as the ‘father of the modern dental residency program.’”

In a letter written in the fall of 2002 to Roy E. Lasky, NYSDA executive director, Dr. Eisenbud referred to passage of the “PGY1”
legislation as “a grand achievement,” and referred to the state board exam process as archaic and unfair.

States Dr. Downes, “Dr. Eisenbud’s impeccable reputation and his ability to instruct and inform others without a doubt helped
NYSDA in its efforts to remove the exam requirement in New York State.”

A committee has been formed at Long Island Jewish Medical Center to spearhead the campaign to honor Dr. Eisenbud by
renaming the dental department in his honor. It is the committee’s hope that everybody in the dental community will do what they
can to ensure that Dr. Eisenbud’s legacy would be appropriately memorialized.

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