Dentist New York, NY

New York Office
230 West 41st Street
New York, NY 10036
212-398-9690

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Carl Caravana, D.D.S. - Periodontist • Implantologist Carl Steven Caravana was born in Manhattan on July 22, 1956 and raised on Long Island, New York. After graduating first in his class from Smithtown High School in 1974, he attended Columbia University receiving the B.A. Summa Cum Laude in 1978. Following a year of graduate study in organic chemistry at M.I.T., and a year as research associate in the Columbia University Department of Chemistry, he entered the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery attaining the D.D.S. in 1984 and the Certificate in Periodontics (Board qualified) in 1987. From 1987 to 2002 Dr. Caravana maintained a private practice of Periodontics in Manhattan and in March 2003 assumed ownership of the Group Health Dental Facility at 230 West 41st Street. Dr. Caravana was formerly Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics at Columbia University Dental School and continues to lecture at study groups and maintain membership in numerous professional and scientific organizations. His non-professional interests include literature, art, music and foreign languages. Dr. Carl Caravana has received the following academic awards: Herbert J. Bartelstone Award in Pharmacology 1984 William Bailey Dunning Medal in Periodontics 1984 Oral Biology Award of Excellence 1984 Clark Foundation Dental Scholarship 1980-84 Graduate Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1978-79 Dean Herbert T. Hawkes Memorial Prize 1977 Columbia College Phi Beta Kappa 1977 Columbia College Scholarship 1974-78 New York State Regents 1974-78 David U. Molinuff Memorial Prize 1974 The publications include: J. Perio. 58: 130 1987 J. Dent. Res. 65 (Special Issue): 248 1986 J. Dent. Res. 65 (Special Issue): 332 1986 J. Dent. Res. 64 (Special Issue): 233 1985 Infect. Immun. 44: 332 1984 J. Perio. Res. 19: 95 1984 J. Dent. Res. 62 (Special Issue) : 274 1983 J. Dent. Res. 61 (Special Issue) : 318 1982 Inorg. Chem. 21: 1860 1982 J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 102: 2487 1980 J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 101: 7269 1979 EDUCATION 1974 Smithtown High School East 1978 Columbia University, Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude 1979 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Science Program in Chemistry 1984 Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Doctor of Dental Surgery POST GRADUATE EDUCATION 1987 Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Certificate in Periodontology LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS 1984 New York State Dental License 1984 New Jersey State Dental License 1984 American Dental Association National Board 1984 Northeast Regional Board PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION American Dental Association Dental Society State of New York , New York County Dental Society Manhattan Study Club American Academy of Periodontology Columbia University Alumni Association Northeast Society of Periodontists American Association of Dental Research International Association of Dental Research AWARDS 1978 Columbia University Phi Beta Kappa 1984 Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, Pharmacology, Periodontics and Oral Biology Awards EXPERIENCE 1987-2002 Private Practice of Periodontics, Manhattan, New York. 2003-present Administrator and Owner of Group Health Dental Facility. Has administrative responsibility for a large multi-chair office, which has expanded and maintained its professional relationships with many of the major unions and insurance companies in the metropolitan area. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 1987-1989 Columbia University of Dental and Oral Surgery, Clinical Assistant Professor of Periodontics
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