Spotlight on Staff: Hiro Shirakawa
Fall 2023
This month's “Spotlight on Staff” features Hiro Shirakawa!
Since his first day starting as an apprentice, he has demonstrated an immeasurable sense of commitment, dedication and great passion for his work. His attentive and caring personality facilitates and enhances communication and excellent working relationships.
Hiro’s outmost sense of professionalism and pursuing of excellence has made him an ideal dental technician for any dental setting. Over the years, he has grown professionally and become a true artist in his role as a dental technician.
He is always willing to help and support students, faculty members, patients, and staff, and is always very attentive to any responsibility he is assigned.
In addition to supporting the dental clinics, Hiro provides excellent dental laboratory work for prosthodontic patients by producing high quality prostheses and therefore improving their quality of life. Also, whenever students require advice, support, and extra help, Hiro will go the extra mile to respond to the demands of the busy life in the dental clinics.
For the full-time faculty within the Division of Prosthodontics, Hiro has always been a strong ally when preparing teaching aids for didactic prosthodontic courses. He has also served as an instructor in some of the preclinical courses with a heavy involvement in dental laboratory procedures and/or techniques.
Most of all, Hiro has maintained excellent working relationships with his peers and dental case room staff, always offering help when required or even without asking. When he found out he would be featured in the newsletter, Hiro said, "I have been receiving lots of kindness, favours and help from staff, faculty and student since exactly day one even though I did not have any knowledge of Dentistry. All of them have led me where I am now. So, I believe that it's my turn; I really would like to return the favour to the people and to Schulich Dentistry."
Thank you for all your hard work Hiro!
