Background
Arvystas, Michael Geciauskas was born on December 18, 1942 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1961. Son of Mykolas and Antanina (Kleiza) Arvystas.
educator orthodontist sculptor
Arvystas, Michael Geciauskas was born on December 18, 1942 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Arrived in the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1961. Son of Mykolas and Antanina (Kleiza) Arvystas.
Bachelor, Colgate University, 1965. Doctor of Medical Dentistry, Tufts University, 1969.
Chief orthodontic section Morrisania City Hospital, Bronx, New York, 1973—1976. Director orthodontics center for craniofacial disorders and cleft palate center Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, since 1973. Chief orthodontic section North Central Bronx Hospital, 1976—1983.
Clinical professor New Jersey Dental School, Newark, since 1974, director, lecturer undergraduate and postgraduate students, since 1974. Visiting professor Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx. Lecturer in field; Captain Dental Corps United States Air Force, 1969-1971.
Member of American Dental Association, American Academy Esthetic Dentistry (organization committee Greater New York Dental Meeting), New York Academy Dentistry, Northeastern Society Orthodontists, American Association Orthodontists, Dental Society New York City, New York County Dental Society (board directors, president), Sigma Xi, Colgate University Alumni Association, Orthodontic Alumni Society Columbia University, Tufts University Dental Alumni Association.
Married Jane Grannis, 1969 (divorced 1978). Married Mary Ruth Buchness, November 2, 1992.