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Celebrated as a Woman
of the Month for June 2019 by P.O.W.E.R.
Flemington, NJ, June 11, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Gloria B. Gertzman, Ph.D., D.M.D., F.A.G.D., C.C.H.P., of
Flemington, New Jersey has been celebrated as a Woman of the Month for June 2019 by P.O.W.E.R.
(Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized) for her outstanding contributions and
achievements in the field of dentistry. Each month, they feature women to represent their professions and
industries due to their expertise and success in their chosen specialty.
Previously, from 1980 through 1992, Dr. Gertzman served as a Clinical Professor of Oral Diagnosis and
Radiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, teaching clinical and didactic
treatment planning, radiology and oral facial genetics to pre-doctoral and post doctoral students and
dentists.
From 1992 through 1994, Dr. Gertzman was the Dental Director of Soundview Health Center in the
Bronx, New York. While there, she started, practiced in and managed the dental department. Dr.
Gertzman then served as Dental Director of Bridgeport Community Health Center in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, where she started a dental department and then opened a satellite dental department in
Stratford Community Health Center in Stratford, Connecticut. She practiced in and managed both dental
departments.
From 2003 through 2005, Dr. Gertzman was the Dental Director for Building Services 32BJ Health Fund
in New York City. During this time, she directed a staff of 80 people. She then served as Dental Director
for a family dental practice in New Jersey from 2005 through 2007.
In 2007, Dr. Gertzman opened her own private practice of family dentistry in Pennington, New Jersey.
She had 1800 patients of record at this practice through 2012. From 2012 through 2016, Dr. Gertzman
served as Dental Director for Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark, New Jersey.
Dr. Gertzman is a Certified Correctional Health Provider through the National Commission on
Correctional Health Care. She earned her B.A. in Education and Psychology from Brooklyn College in
Brooklyn, New York, her M.A. in Genetic Counseling and her Ph.D. in Human Genetics from Rutgers
University in New Brunswick, New Jersey and her D.M.D. from University of Medicine and Dentistry in
New Jersey. Dr. Gertzman holds licenses to practice dentistry in New Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania.
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For her dedication and talent, Gloria was awarded a Fellowship from the Academy of General Dentistry
in 1988. In recognition of her compassion and selflessness, she was honored with the American Dental
Association Award for Recognition for Service in a Foreign Country, when she volunteered to provide
dental care to residents of a kibbutz in Israel in 1980. Dr. Gertzman has 14 publications to her name and
received a patent for a nipple for a baby with cleft palate in 1986.
In the mid 1980's, Dr. Gertzman joined the organization Doctors Without Borders and traveled with other
healthcare professionals to South America, where they treated people in an under-served area for a wide
variety of oral facial disorders.
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Contact Information:
P.O.W.E.R. (Professional Organization of Women of Excellence Recognized)
S. K. Koop
516-365-3222
Contact via Email
www.powerwoe.com
Ellen Gold
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