"Henry Schein Cares Wing" opens at NYU

Henry Schein, Inc., the largest distributor of health care products and services to office-based practitioners, celebrated the opening of the “Henry Schein Cares Wing” at the NYU College of Dentistry on June 2, 2010. Housed on the second floor of the Dr. George and Ann Witkin Graduate Center for Clinical Excellence, the Henry Schein Cares Wing of the NYU College of Dentistry includes 56 dental chairs for the care of patients in the community.  There are more than 350,000 visits to the NYU College of Dentistry annually, which serves the most ethnically and culturally diverse patient population in the country.  NYU College of Dentistry students work in teams together with NYU faculty to provide the finest care to patients.

Henry Schein donated equipment, technology, and health care supplies valued at more than $2 million to support the NYU College of Dentistry through Henry Schein Cares, the Company’s global social responsibility program.  The opening of the Henry Schein Cares Wing builds on a two-decade long strategic partnership between Henry Schein and the NYU College of Dentistry.  In addition to the opening of the Henry Schein Cares Wing of the NYU College of Dentistry, Henry Schein Cares and the NYU College of Dentistry recently announced a five-year sponsorship of the dental school’s international outreach program-the NYU College of Dentistry - Henry Schein Cares Global Dental Student Outreach Program.   

WHAT: Henry Schein and the NYU College of Dentistry will open the “Henry Schein Cares Wing” of the NYU College of Dentistry. The event will include remarks by Dr. Charles N. Bertolami, Dean of the NYU College of Dentistry, Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman and CEO of Henry Schein, as well as a tour of the Henry Schein Cares Wing.

WHO: Henry Schein Cares, the Company’s global social responsibility program, is partnering with the NYU College of Dentistry.
 
WHEN: June 2, 2010, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (with a tour of the Henry Schein Cares Wing at 11:40 p.m. -12:10 p.m.)
  
WHERE: NYU College of Dentistry, 10th Floor, Weissman Building, 345 E. 24th Street, New York, NY 10010, for Dr. Bertolami and Mr. Bergman’s remarks; and NYU College of Dentistry, 2nd Floor, Dr. George and Ann Witkin Graduate Center for Clinical Excellence, 345 E. 24th Street, New York, NY 10010, for the tour of the Henry Schein Cares Wing.
                            
WHY:   The “Henry Schein Cares Wing” of the NYU College of Dentistry will contribute to the training and education of NYU College of Dentistry students and provide quality, affordable oral health care to members of the surrounding community.