Prof. Stefan Ruhl from the University at Buffalo Visits RSU

Professor Stefan Ruhl, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at the University at Buffalo, New York, has arrived at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) to participate in the international conference 100 Years of Dental Education in Latvia. 

Before the conference, Prof. Ruhl met with the Vice-Rector for Health Studies, Prof. Guntis Bahs, the Vice-Rector for Science, Agrita Kiopa, the Vice-Rector for Administration and Development, Toms Baumanis, and the Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, Assoc. Prof. Andris Ābeltiņš.

Prof. Stefan Ruhl, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, University at Buffalo

During the meeting, the participants discussed possible cooperation between lecturers, students, medical residents, and researchers. The foundations for this cooperation were laid in spring this year when a delegation from RSU visited the University at Buffalo to assess scenarios for the development of joint medical and dental education and research. The School of Dental Medicine, headed by Prof. Ruhl, is ranked ninth in the prestigious Academic Ranking of World Universities. Both universities see several touchpoints for cooperation, for example in continuing education, oral pathology and biology, and biomaterial research.

From the left: Guntis Bahs, Agrita Kiopa, Stefan Ruhl, Andris Ābeltiņš and Toms Baumanis

During his visit, Prof. Ruhl was shown around the study environment at RSU, including the Pre-clinical Dental Training Centre where around 70 ultramodern facilities are available for future dentists, including 3D dental environment simulator, 3D technologies in maxillofacial surgery, phantom head simulators for therapeutic dentistry and others. Prof. Bahs emphasised that simulation technologies have become an integral part of studies at RSU during the meeting.