The Grace Marie Hudson Brown Memorial Patient Care Fund is more than a pathway for supporters of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine to aid patient care — it’s also an act of love through service.

The endowed fund was created by Dr. Benjamin Brown, a longtime North Carolina endodontist, to honor his late wife — they were married for 61 years — and to support oral health care for patients of the school’s offices and community service learning centers across North Carolina.

“I wanted to honor her in a way that carries her name, while supporting the school and its mission to provide care for people across the state and producing new dentists who are also from North Carolina,” Brown said.

Following a decades-long career in dentistry, Brown is proud that many members of his family have followed his career path, making their own mark in the profession and helping countless patients reveal their brightest, healthiest smiles. His granddaughter, Lucy Anna Sheaffer, just began her second year at the ECU School of Dental Medicine.

Read more about the Sheaffer family and their hope for the endowed Grace Marie Hudson Brown Memorial Patient Care Fund here.

You can support the fund here.

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Dr. Philip Rogers, chancellor of East Carolina University, talks with PBS NC’s David Crabtree about leading the university, adding the School of Dental Medicine and how the university is growing.

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East Carolina University’s School of Dental Medicine aims to increase sustainability and provide more patient access in western North Carolina through a grant from Dogwood Health Trust.

The three-year, $593,000 grant invests more than $85,000 in Patient Care Funds and more than $425,000 in salary support for existing and additional positions at the Sylva and Spruce Pine Community Service Learning Centers (CSLC). The grant will ensure that more uninsured individuals receive services and allow the centers to provide competitive salaries in hiring clinical staff and practice management positions.

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The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine’s Class of 2027 was honored on Friday, Feb. 28, during the school’s annual White Coat Ceremony — which ushered the students into the clinical phase of their dental education.

The students were joined by family, friends, faculty, staff, fellow students and administrators as they walked across the stage and joined the ranks of those who came before them in the dental profession.

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East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine provided 24 kids with free dental care during Give Kids a Smile day at Ross Hall on Friday, February 7.
Dental residents, faculty and local pediatric dentists were able to complete 195 procedures including cleanings, x-rays, crowns, extractions and more.
The dental school has participated in the event in the community in the past, but this was the first event hosted in Ross Hall. The event was co-sponsored by the East Central Dental Society.

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