{"id":3327,"date":"2022-05-11T10:59:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T15:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/foundation\/?p=3327"},"modified":"2022-06-14T15:02:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T20:02:50","slug":"chandra-memorial-educator-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aae.org\/foundation\/2022\/05\/11\/chandra-memorial-educator-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Names First Recipient of Dr. Anil Chandra Memorial Educator Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">The Foundation for Endodontics announced Dr<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> Rebeca Weisleder-<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Urow<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics at the Univ<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">ersity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> of Missouri-Kansas City, as the inaugural recipient of its first named Full Time Educator Development Grant (FTEDG), which honors the late Dr<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> Anil Chandra of India who succumbed to COVID in 2021.\u202fThe Chandra FTEDG memorial award is first of its kind being named for an educator.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW20326704 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Weisleder-Urow raises the bar for endodontic education teaching CE courses for the Univ of Texas, with special expertise in trauma, particularly managing pediatric patients.\u202f She has saved more than just the teeth of many developing young mouths.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">An international member of the American Association of Endodontics in Uttar Pratesh, India, Dr. Chandra was Dean of the Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics and a senior professor in the Faculty of Dental Sciences at King George Medical University in Lucknow at the time of his death.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Chandra\u2019s illustrious career as a dental educator and endodontist includes a global network of clinicians he mentored during dental school and graduate training; numerous publications and awards; and appointments at North American universities including UCLA, SUNY, and Rutgers.\u202fHe held four patents, edited three Indian dental journals, and served extensively in volunteer leadership roles in addition to giving presentations at dental conferences around the world. A Fellow of the American Academy of Dentistry, Dr. Chandra was a passionate advocate for advancing access to specialty training and standards of endodontic education.\u202fHe is remembered by his students as a soft-spoken, kind-hearted teacher, ever willing to help them master another dental technique. continued to make a priority of staying connected with hundreds of his students all over the globe.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Foundation\u2019s FTEDG, one of its most widely utilized grants, advances professional development of endodontic educators by affording qualified faculty access to leading conferences around the world to share knowledge and interact with pre-eminent leaders in the field.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The award naming was announced by Foundation President Dr. Margot Kusienski of Lititz, Pa., at the Foundation\u2019s annual donor reception on April 27 during AAE22 in Phoenix.\u202fShe was joined by one of Dr. Chandra\u2019s proteges, Dr. Anupam Sharma of Fremont, Calif., who initiated contact with a global network of Dr. Chandra\u2019s friends, family, and students who generously wanted to honor his memory through a purposeful gift to the Foundation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">One Chandra FTEDG award will now be given annually.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:396,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foundation for Endodontics announced Dr. Rebeca Weisleder-Urow, Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Endodontics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as the inaugural recipient of its first named Full Time Educator Development Grant (FTEDG), which honors the late Dr. Anil Chandra of India who succumbed to COVID in 2021.\u202fThe Chandra FTEDG&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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