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In March 2009, Dr. Firestone received the Lions International President’s
Award for his volunteer work.
In April 2009 Dr. Firestone was appointed as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Stony Brook School of Dentistry.
EDUCATION:
College:
S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook - 1976
Bachelor of Sciences with High Honors
Dental School:
Emory University School of Dentistry - 1980
Valedictorian
Awards:
Outstanding Achievement in Periodontics
Outstanding Achievement in Radiology
Excellence in Scholarship
Honor Society:
Omicron Kappa Epsilon
GENERAL PRACTICE RESIDENCY:
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS AND TEACHING POSITIONS:
S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook Dental School
Assistant Clinical Professor: 2009 to present
Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica NY
Attending 1981– 1998 (General Practice Residency Program Discontinued)
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Assistant Clinical Professor 1992 – 1998
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Attending 1981-1995
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Dental Association
New York State Dental Association
Suffolk County Dental Society
Academy of General Dentistry
Fellow
American College of Dentists: American Society for Dental Ethics Section
Long Island Academy of Odontology
Fellow
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Fellow
American Society of Forensic Odontology
Suffolk Society of Forensic Dentistry
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Homeland Security
Disaster Mortuary Operations Team (DMORT) Region II
1996 to present
World Trade Center Disaster
Hurricane Katrina
Armed Forces of New York State
Major - New York Guard
Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office
Mass Disaster Forensic Dental Identification Team
Suffolk Society of Forensic Dentistry
TWA Flight 800 Aircraft Disaster Dental Identification Team
U.S. Department of Justice
Technical Working Group for Mass Disaster Identification
Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps
Providing free dental care to those in need around the country
Lions Club International Service Organization
Our mission is to empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs,
and promote international understanding.
Donated Dental Services and Save-A-Smile Volunteer Dental Service Provider
Volunteering to provide dental service to those with special needs
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
American Society of Forensic Odontology
Secretary 2005 to 2006
Suffolk County Dental Society
Alternate Delegate to the American Dental Association
Member of the Peer Review, Education and Membership Committees
Chairman, SCDS Council on Dental Practice
New York State Dental Association
Suffolk County Dental Society Representative to the Council on Dental Practice and member of the House of Delegates
Melville Lions Club
Secretary 1995-96, 1998-99, 2004-07
President 1996-97
LECTURES and PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Lecturer: Digital Dental Radiography in Mass Disasters 2000, 2001
North Shore University Hospital –
Lecturer: Digital Dental Radiography in Mass Disasters 2000
American Society of Forensic Odontologists
Article: Digital Dental Radiography in Mass Disasters 2003
Forensic Magazine
Article: Digital Dental Radiography in Mass Disasters 2005
American Academy of Forensic Sciences National Meeting Presentations
2003: Use of the T-Scan® for Bitemark Identification Part 2
2002: Use of the T-Scan® for Bitemark Identification Part 1
2001: Dental Implants as a Means of Dental Identification
1998: Digital Dental Radiography in Mass Disasters
HOBBIES:
Motorcycling
Model Train Operating and Collecting
Home Improvement