Faculty

The General Practice Residency is directed by Mary L. Voytus, D.D.S, who is full-time at Mountainside Hospital. In addition, general dentists and specialists in all disciplines play a significant role in resident education. Since these faculty consist of dentists who are all in private practice they are able to give the residents an excellent perspective on transition to a private practice setting on completion of the residency. Residents and faculty work collaboratively for the benefit of patients, the community and the resident's personal and professional growth.

Mary Lapinski Voytus, D.D.S.

Director, General Practice Dental Residency Program
Designated Institutional Official-Graduate Medical Education
New York University, College of Dentistry, Omicron Kappa Upsilon
Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC
Fellowship: General Dentistry, Beth Israel Medical Center, NYC
Interests: Care of the medically compromised, special needs, and underserved patient. Active in the American Association of Hospital Dentists/Special Care Organization. Member of the American Dental Association, Essex County Dental Society, American Association of Public Health Dentists, Oral Cancer Consortium of New York and New Jersey.

Mountainside Hospital Committees: Graduate Medical Education, Continuing Medical Education, Library, By-Laws, Leadership Council

Thomas Butler, D.M.D.

General dentist who works with special needs patients in the Same Day Surgery unit. He enjoys working with the residents in the operating room and lecturing on the care of the special patient.

Anthony Cannilla, D.M.D.

Graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine and the  General Practice residency at Mountainside Hospital and practices in Denville, New Jersey. He enjoys many phases of general dentistry and has a particular interest in endodontics.

Greggory Di Lauri, D.D.S.

General dentist and a 1996 graduate of Marquette University School of Dentistry and 1997 graduate of the Mountainside Hospital General Practice Residency.  Dr. Di Lauri is a mentor within the General Practice Residency and has been the recipient of the “Attending Dentist of the Year” award several times. He teaches at the residency and maintains a full time practice in Succasunna, New Jersey with a focus on restorative, preventive and implant dentistry. He lectures on Comprehensive Care, Implant Dentistry, Treatment Planning and TemporoMandibular Joint Dysfunction. Dr DiLauri is an alumnus of the Pankey Institute. His web site is www.smilesnj.com.

Philip Echo, D.M.D.

An Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon who practices in Montclair and Nutley, NJ with specialty license #3843. He provides clinical supervision for outpatients, Same Day Surgery patients and while on-call supervised emergency department activity. He enjoys working with residents to supervise implant placement. All of these activities including his sense of humor have earned him “Attending of the Year” award at Mountainside Hospital.

Michael Erlichman, D.D.S.

An Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who practices in Little Falls, New Jersey with specialty license #2457. He enjoys supervising the residents in outpatient oral and maxillofacial surgery procedures.

Anne C. Hartnett, D.D.S.

Periodontist, NJ Specialty license # 3662, graduated from SUNY Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine. She completed a 2 year General Practice Residency at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY and then a Periodontics and Implant Dentistry Residency at University of Tennessee and Memphis VA Hospital.  Areas of concentration include Periodontal Endoscopy, Periodontal Surgical and non-surgical Therapy, Pharmacotherapeutics, Implant Surgery, Guided Tissue Regeneration, Guided Bone Regeneration, Ridge Augmentation, Periodontal Plastic procedures and Gingival Grafting. She enjoys supervising surgical procedures for the residents including implant placement. In addition she lectures on periodontal therapy and is involved in treatment planning seminars.

Richard B. Kaplan D.D.S.

Periodontist, NJ specialty license # 2827, practices periodontics and implantology in Caldwell.  He received his dental degree from Columbia University and his certificate in Periodontics from Farleigh Dickinson University. After his graduation, he taught as a clinical Associate Professor at F.D.U. and also is a former President of the New Jersey Society of Periodontists. He enjoys clinical periodontics. Oral medicine, and implant placement. He particularly likes supervising the residents in periodontal surgical procedures. For more information please visit www.periodontist.com.

Howard Kotkin, D.D.S.

A pediatric dentist who practices in Chatham, New Jersey with specialty license #4071. His entertaining approach to care for children and his dedication to developing the skills necessary for private practice have earned him several “Attending of the Year” awards at Mountainside Hospital.

Laurence Leff, D.M.D.

An endodontist who has been on staff many years at Mountainside Hospital. His interest in providing clinical supervision and didactic training to the residents has help develop endodontic skills for the residents. He practices in Montclair, NJ with specialty license # 3470.

John Mc Girr, D.M.D.

A graduate of the General Practice residency at Mountainside Hospital. He practices in Verona. He enjoys providing clinical supervision and leading residents through discussions of dental literature.

Richard Merkelbach, D.D.S.

A practicing general dentist who works well with the resident in clinical supervision and didactic training in treatment planning and implant case discussions.

Norman Metz, D.M.D.   

A general dentist whopractices in Milburn, New Jersey loves supervising the residents.

George Papasikos, D.M.D.

A periodontist who provides clinical supervision for periodontal surgical procedures. He practices in Upper Montclair with specialty license  # 3190.

Stephen Pascal, D.M.D.

Works in Bloomfield, New Jersey as an endodontist with specialty license #_2909. He is past President of the New Jersey Association of Endodontists. At Mountainside he provides clinical supervision for endodontic procedures.

Stephen Press, D.M.D.

A graduate of the General Practice Residency at Mountainside Hospital. He enjoys supervising the residents with restorative procedures and endodontic therapy. He is currently in practice in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.

William Ranucci, D.M.D.  

An Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, NJ specialty license #3845 who practices in Montclair and Nutley with specialty license #3845.  He is currently Director of the Department of Dentistry at Mountainside Hospital and provides clinical supervision for the General Practice Residents in the outpatient clinic and operating room. Implant treatment planning and placement are in his repertoire of activities with the residents. His dedication has earned him “Attending of the Year” at Mountainside Hospital.

John Rhee, D.D.S.

A general dentist practicing in Bloomfield, New Jersey. He enjoys supervising all phases of treatment for the residents.

Gary M Rosenblatt, D.M.D.

NJ specialty license # 3046, completed   University of Pennsylvania dental school in 1976, and received his certificate in Periodontics from UMDNJ in 1981.   He is interested in implants and has lectured on periodontics and implant placement.  He is also interested in periodontal cosmetic procedures.

James Skiba, D.D.S.

Graduated from New York University, College of Dentistry in 1976. He completed the General Practice Residency at  Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, New Jersey serving from 1976 through 1978 and his post-graduate training in Prosthodontics at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1980. He is a co-author of the Classification System for Completely Edentulous, Partially Edentulous, and Complete Dentate patients which have been published in the Journal of Prosthodontics. He is a member of the American College of Prosthodontists, and The American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics. Dr. Skiba maintains a private practice limited to Prosthodontics (New Jersey Specialty Permit # 2959), with an in-house dental laboratory facility, in Montclair, New Jersey. Previously he was a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in the Department of Fixed Prosthodontics. He has lectured to the Post-graduate students in Prosthodontics at UMDNJ, and provides the didactic education in Prosthodontics for the General Practice Residency at Mountainside Hospital.

David St. Ledger, D.D.S.

Supervises the residents in all phases of general dentistry. He completed his General Practice Residency at Mountainside Hospital and practices in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. Dr St. Ledger served as president of the Western Essex Dental Association in 2002 and 2003. He is currently involved in The Continuum at the Pankey Institute for Advanced Dental Education. His passions are his family, golf, wine and cooking.

Michael Sutton, D.M.D, F.A.G.D.

A general dentist who provides family cosmetic dental care.  His interests are skiing, baseball, basketball, coaching, and golf.  He is a technology guru and shares this knowledge with the General Practice Residents.

Lidia Zemlanicky, D.M.D.

Provides a welcome addition to the general dentistry attending staff. Her interest in practice management, as well as, all aspects of general dentistry makes her a well-rounded addition to the attending staff. Her practice is in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.