Hank Silverman
Posted by Kam Breitenbach
on Oct 15, 2015
Meet Rotarian Hank Silverman -Hank was born in Miami Beach, FL. and later attended Univ. of Florida (Gainesville, FL) and received a degree in Journalism 1969. He then attended Boston University graduate school in Broadcasting and Film (Video). Hank worked at the University of Florida Medical and Dental Colleges producing audio-visual curriculum. He then became interested in dentistry; took the required post-graduate science courses needed for application to dental school while continuing to work at the College of Dentistry. He was accepted to dental school in 1975; graduated 1979. During my 4 years there I had the unusual experience of studying the very curriculum that I had produced while working there.
He then spent two years in Michigan (Ann Arbor and Flint) at a children's medical center and the large community hospital as a Pediatric Dental Resident where he saw many unusual things, and gained great experience in hospital dentistry and significant pediatric illnesses, as well as in Forensic Dentistry.
Moving back to Gainesville, he started a private practice in Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics. Retired in 2013 after 36 years of practice.
He has been married for 8 years to Laura Zabala (someday everyone will meet her!) and has a 30 year old daughter, Kasey, living in Chicago and attending graduate school in Speech Language Pathology. His son, Nick, is a Professional Engineer and has a Ph.D in Water Resourses/Hydrology; he, his wife (a pediatrician), and our beautiful, sweet 18 month old granddaughter, Edie, live in Missoula, MT.
He loves to hunt, travel, and enjoy photography.
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