Faculty/Attending Dentists
The General Practice Residency is directed by Mary L. Voytus, D.D.S, who is full-time at HackensackUMC Mountainside. In addition, general dentists and specialists in all disciplines play a significant role in resident education. Since these faculty consist of dentists who are all in private practice they are able to give the residents an excellent perspective on transition to a private practice setting on completion of the residency. Residents and faculty work collaboratively for the benefit of patients, the community and the resident's personal and professional growth.
Mary Lapinski Voytus, D.D.S.
D.D.S., New York University, College of Dentistry.
Director, General Practice Dental Residency Program, and Division of Dentistry, Medical Education HackensackUMC Mountainside.
General Practice Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC. Fellowship: General Dentistry, Beth Israel Medical Center.
Interests: Care of the medically compromised, special needs, and underserved patient. Active in the American Association of Hospital Dentists/Special Care Organization. Member of the American Dental Association, Essex County Dental Society, Oral Cancer Consortium of New York and New Jersey and Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Dental Honor Society. Diplomate, American Board of Special Care Dentistry. Green Belt, Six Sigma. As a general dentist, she has provided general care for special needs and medically compromised patients. Recently published a chapter on dental clinics titled, “Evaluation Scheduling and Management of Dental Care Under General Anesthesia for Special Needs Patients.”
Anthony Cannilla, D.M.D.
D.M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine.
General Practice Residency: HackensackUMC Mountainside. Practices in Pine Brook, New Jersey.
Interests: Enjoys many phases of general dentistry and has a particular interest in endodontics.
Greggory Di Lauri, D.D.S.
D.D.S., Marquette University School of Dentistry. General Practice Residency: HackensackUMC Mountainside.
Interests: Mentoring within the General Practice Residency. Recipient of the “Attending Dentist of the Year” award several times. Teaches at the residency and maintains a full time practice in Succasunna, New Jersey with a focus on restorative, preventive and implant dentistry. Lectures on Comprehensive Care, Implant Dentistry, Treatment Planning and TemporoMandibular Joint Dysfunction. An alumnus of the Pankey Institute. His website is
www.smilesnj.com
Philip Echo, D.M.D.
D.M.D., UMDNJ, New Jersey Dental School. Residency: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UMDNJ.
Interests: Oral and maxillofacial surgeon who practices in Montclair and Nutley, NJ with specialty license #3843. Provides clinical supervision for outpatients, Same Day Surgery patients and, while on-call, supervises emergency department activity. Enjoys working with residents to supervise implant placement. All of these activities and his sense of humor have earned Dr. Echo the “Attending of the Year” award at HackensackUMC Mountainside.
Michael Erlichman, D.D.S.
D.D.S. New York University, College of Dentistry. Residency Training: Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, New York.
Interests: Oral and maxillofacial surgeon who practices in Little Falls, New Jersey with specialty license #2457. Enjoys supervising the residents in outpatient oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures.
Edward Gold, D.D.S.
D.D.S. Howard University, College of Dentistry. Certificate in Orthodontics; Albert Einstein Medical Center.
Interests: Dr. Gold enjoys giving lectures to the dental residents. He has served as Chairperson for the Orthodontic Specialty Peer Review Committee for the NJ Dental Association since 2004. On several occasions, Dr. Gold has been selected as the dentist in the state of NJ to receive the "Top Orthodontist" Award in NJ Monthly Magazine.
Alan Gold, D.D.S.
D.D.S. Temple University Dental School.
Interests: all aspects of general cosmetic implant dentistry and to share his clinical experience with the residents to help prepare them for their careers.
Anne C. Hartnett, D.D.S.
D.D.S., SUNY Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine. General Practice Residency: Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Residency: University of Tennessee and Memphis VA Hospital.
Periodontist, NJ Specialty license # 3662. Areas of concentration include periodontal endoscopy, periodontal surgical and non-surgical therapy, pharmacotherapeutics, implant surgery, guided tissue regeneration, guided bone regeneration, ridge augmentation, periodontal plastic procedures and gingival grafting. She enjoys supervising surgical procedures for the residents including implant placement. In addition she lectures on periodontal therapy and is involved in treatment planning seminars.
Howard Kotkin, D.D.S.
D.D.S., University of Maryland, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. General Practice Residency: Monmouth Medical Center. Post Graduate Training: Pediatric Dentistry, Lutheran Medical Center.
Interests: Pediatric dentist who practices in Chatham, NJ with specialty license #4071. His entertaining approach to care for children and his dedication to developing the skills necessary for private practice have earned him several “Attending of the Year” awards at Mountainside Hospital.
Laurence Leff, D.M.D.
D.M.D., University of Pennsylvania. Residency Training: University of Pennsylvania, Department of Endodontics.
Interests: An endodontist who has been on staff many years at Mountainside Hospital, his interest is in providing clinical supervision and didactic training to the residents which helps develop endodontic skills. He practices in Montclair, NJ with specialty license # 3470.
Mannie Levi, D.D.S.
Specialty training in Pediatric Dentistry.
Interests: A Pediatric dentist who has a private practice in Pediatric Dentistry and works at North Jersey Developmental Center with special needs patients. He sees patients at the Same Day Surgery Unit at Mountainside Hospital and supervises the General Practice Residents in pediatric dentistry at Mountainside Hospital.
Michael Masella, D.M.D.
D.M.D. UMDNJ, New Jersey Dental School
Interests: Dr. Masella completed his General Practice Residency at Mountainside Hospital and has returned to mentor the younger residents. He maintains a general practice in Caldwell, NJ.
John Mc Girr, D.M.D.
D.M.D. UMDNJ, New Jersey Dental School.
Interests: Practices in Verona. Enjoys providing clinical supervision and leading residents through discussions of dental literature.
Richard Merkelbach, D.D.S.
D.D.S, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Interests: Practicing general dentist who works well with residents in clinical supervision and didactic training in treatment planning and implant case discussions.
Norman Metz, D.M.D.
D.M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ.
General Practice Residency: University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ.
Interests: A general dentist who practices in Milburn, NJ, he loves supervising the residents. Mountainside Hospital “Attending of the Year” 2007-2008. He enjoys his time in the General Practice Residency program and finds that a byproduct of mentoring the residents is that he learns as well.
George Papasikos, D.M.D.
Periodontist who provides clinical supervision for periodontal surgical procedures. Practices in Upper Montclair with specialty license # 3190.
Stephen Pascal, D.M.D.
D.M.D., University of Pennsylvania. General Practice Residency: Dentistry, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. Post Graduate Training: Endodontic, New York University College of Dentistry.
Interests: Works in Bloomfield, NJ as an endodontist with specialty license #2909. He is past President of the New Jersey Association of Endodontists. At Mountainside he provides clinical supervision for endodontic procedures.
Stephen Press, D.M.D.
D.M.D, University of Pittsburgh.
Interests: He enjoys supervising the residents with restorative procedures and endodontic therapy. He is currently in practice in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.
Kaivon Rahaghi D.D.S.
New York University, College of Dentistry. Postgraduate training: FDA VA Hospital and Temple University AEGD. Practice in Bloomfield, N.J.
Interests: Orthodontics, periodontics, endodontics, and general dentistry. Helping to create healthy smiles through patient education, home care and diet and, if necessary, through modern dental techniques.
William Ranucci, D.M.D.
D.M.D. UMDNJ, New Jersey Dental School. Specialty training: UMDNJ, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Interests: An Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, he practices in Montclair and Nutley with specialty license #3845 and provides clinical supervision for the General Practice Residents in the outpatient clinic and operating room. Implant treatment planning and placement are in his repertoire of activities with the residents. His dedication has earned him “Attending of the Year” at Mountainside Hospital.
Gary M Rosenblatt, D.M.D.
D.M.D., University of Pennsylvania. Residency Training: Certificate in Periodontics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ.
Interests: NJ specialty license # 3046. Provides implant services and has lectured on periodontics and implant placement. He also performs periodontal cosmetic procedures.
Steven Scrivo, D.M.D.
D.M.D., UMDNJ- New Jersey Dental School. Post-graduate training in Periodontics at UMDNJ- New Jersey dental school.
Interests: Providing supervision for the General Practice Residents at Mountainside Hospital in periodontal therapy. New Jersey Specialty permit # 3523
James Skiba, D.D.S.
D.D.S. New York University, College of Dentistry.
General Practice Residency: Mountainside Hospital. Post-graduate training in Prosthodontics, UMDNJ, New Jersey Dental School.
Interests: Co-author of the Classification System for Completely Edentulous, Partially Edentulous, and Complete Dentate patients which have been published in the Journal of Prosthodontics. Member of the American College of Prosthodontists and the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics. Dr. Skiba maintains a private practice limited to Prosthodontics (New Jersey Specialty Permit # 2959), with an in-house dental laboratory facility, in Montclair, NJ. Previously he was a Clinical Assistant Professor at UMDNJ, New Jersey Dental School in the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics. Lectured to the post-graduate students in Prosthodontics at UMDNJ, and provides the didactic education in Prosthodontics for the General Practice Residency at Mountainside Hospital.
Carol Soufanati-Idrovo, D.M.D.
D.M.D., UMDNJ New Jersey Dental School
Dr. Soufanati-Idrovo completed her General Practice Residency at Mountainside Hospital. She is interested in teaching the residents. She is in practice in Nutley, NJ.
David St. Ledger, D.D.S.
D.D.S., Columbia University.
General Practice Residency: Mountainside Hospital.
Interests: Supervises the residents in all phases of general dentistry. Practices in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. Served as president of the Western Essex Dental Association in 2002 and 2003. Currently involved in The Continuum at the Pankey Institute for Advanced Dental Education. His passions are his family, golf, wine and cooking.
Michael Sutton, D.M.D, F.A.G.D.
D.M.D., Fairleigh Dickinson School of Dentistry. General Practice Residency: Mountainside Hospital. Fellowship/Post Graduate Training: Implants.
Interests: A general dentist who provides family cosmetic dental care. His interests are skiing, baseball, basketball, coaching, and golf. He is a technology guru and shares this knowledge with the General Practice Residents.
Lidia Zemlanicky, D.M.D.
D.M.D., UMDNJ, New Jersey Dental School.
Interests: Practice management, as well as all aspects of general dentistry. Practices in Glen Ridge, NJ.