In addition, the Dental Care Network will open an office in Media and one in Northeast Philadelphia during calendar year 1997.
"Given the growth in the number of patients served by the Penn Faculty Practice, opening new offices in locations that are convenient to employees and their family members is a logical development, and one that serves the interests of Penn employees," said Dean Raymond Fonseca.
The offices also help to ensure the vitality of the School's educational, service, and research missions, he added. "Combining traditional teaching with practice opportunities enables us to attract clinical faculty of the highest caliber. The new offices of the Dental Care Network will help us maintain our recruiting success in a competitive environment by accommodating growth in our faculty practice." In addition, the new practice sites will play an important role in the School's postgraduate education programs by giving postgraduate students continued access to a broad-based patient population for their clinical experience.
Plans are to expand the number of offices in the Dental Care Network to nine by 1999. The School has also established a PFP Plan Office and appointed a full-time plan office administrator, Carla Hultman, whose primary responsibility is to provide customer service for Plan subscribers.
Information on enrolling in the PFP Plan will be made available by the Office of Human Resources in the Open Enrollment period starting April 28. Information on the Plan and Dental Care Network's office locations can also be found on the School of Dental Medicine Web site (www.dental.upenn.edu) and will be at the upcoming University Benefits Fairs.
Ed. Note: More on Open Enrollment.
Almanac
Volume 43 Number 30
April 15, 1997
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