Dennis P. Tarnow

After graduating from James Madison High School, he received his bachelor's degree in biology from Brooklyn College in 1968.

He attended Camp Vacamas as a child and, later in life, volunteered his time for their Hands in 4 Youth programming for close to 40 years, both as an officer and as a board member.

After a one-year GPR at Brookdale Hospital, he entered the postgraduate periodontics program at NYU, receiving his certificate in 1976.

[5] While in dental school, Tarnow held various jobs to help him afford tuition; he worked as a NYC taxi driver, a phlebotomist and a swim instructor.

He has received the Master Clinician Award from the American Academy of Periodontology and in addition, has been named New York University’s Outstanding Teacher of the Year.

Dennis Tarnow at the 2019 Columbia University alumni reception with one of his students at the New York Marriott Marquis , December 2019