2017 Member Snap Shots

Giving back to the homeland

A few years ago, CDS member Larry Abdullah went home to a place he had never seen. And when he got there, he was welcomed as a brother by inhabitants of the wester...Read More

CDS member finds his way on 500-mile pilgrimage

During a 500-mile trek in two foreign countries, through unfamiliar and sometimes precarious terrain, there will be times when a person feels o...Read More

CDS members reach out to underserved in Panama

Growing up the son of a dentist in the middle class suburbs of Chicago, Brian Burseth’s life was not one of privilege per se but certai...Read More

Keeping time with Anthony Maoloni

Adults take painstaking efforts to get kids interested in a subject. They’ll pay a bundle for music lessons, spend time carting kids back and forth ...Read More

Sahar Alrayyes goes a long distance to bring care to special needs children

As a pediatric dentist and clinical associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dent...Read More