SGVDS-Summer NL '08-A - San Gabriel Valley Dental Society

GENERAL MEETINGS
Mike Mulvehill Assumes Co-Chair of
Division IV “Primary Oral Health Care”
Dear Trojan Dental Community:
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Mike Mulvehill will
assume the leadership position of Co-Chair along with Casey
Chen for Division IV “Primary Oral Health Care” effective July
1st 2008. Mike brings to this position a number of enormous
strengths and substantial experience and I am delighted that he
will work closely with Casey to advance our education, research,
patient and community health as well as leadership programs in
the School of Dentistry. Mike will work closely with all of our
seven Divisions as well as with Sig Abelson who is our new
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Mahvash Navazesh
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and our other Associate
Deans.
“Dr. Mike” has been on the full-time faculty for almost two
decades. He has held many positions; most recently, Associate
Dean for Clinic Affairs. Beyond his dental education and
subsequent residency training, he also more recently earned his
MBA degree from the Marshall School of Business. Over the last
few years he has developed and enhanced many aspects of our
education and clinical programs that have resulted in many
improvements and efficiencies.
Please join me in welcoming Mike Mulvehill!
Harold C. Slavkin, D.D.S.
Dean
School of Dentistry
University of Southern California
Thank you to Ron Robin for this information. Dr. Mulvehill is a
Faculty member of San Gabriel Valley Dental Society and joined
in 1976. His wife, Suzanne Coulter, D.D.S., is also a member of
SGVDS.
New Dentist Conference Held
in New Orleans
Recently, I attended the ADA 22nd annual “New Dentist
Conference: Jazzed in New Orleans.” It was a well-attended
conference. The program combined both CND (Committee on the
New Dentist) leadership development and continuing education
opportunities. The ADA Board of Trustees, along with ADA
President Mark Feldman, addressed those active in CND on a state
or national level. He introduced the current Board and held an open
forum question and answer period, giving the group opportunity
In the Spotlight
to discuss current and relevant issues effecting today’s new dentist.
Student loan debt, the attrition of faculty in our dental schools, and
adult access to dental care were some of the issues addressed by
the board. The group also listened to success stories from our
colleagues around the country who have been able to draw many
new dentists into membership as well as local and state
involvement.
California was well represented by several CND committee
members (dentists and non-dental administrative staff). Our
California representatives were able to go out on the town with Dr.
Russ Webb, former CDA President, who now sits on the Board of
Trustees.
If you would like to know more about the “New Dentist
Conference,” please call or email me. If you would like to know
more about the Committee on the New Dentist, I would love to
talk to you and see how you might become involved in addressing
and representing the “New Dentists” in our local chapter.
By the way, if you did not know (and I did not know), you are
considered a new dentist if you have been practicing 10 years or
less.
Dan Romo, D.D.S.
Whittier, CA
(562) 696-2862
drromo@romodental.com
LA Pediatric Oral Health Access Program
(LA POHAP)
Participating Members: Drs. Adriana Baek-Monterey Park,
Shahriyar Behjou-El Monte, Shirley Chen-Arcadia, Lisabeth
Chiu-Pasadena, Sachin Desai-Pasadena, Justin Hwang-
Huntington Park, Alison Sung-W. Covina and Bhanumati
Toprani-W. Covina recently completed the LA Pediatric Oral
Health Access Program (LA POHAP), a unique training program
designed to increase access to care for children by training GPs to
be more skilled and comfortable treating children.
The members received 43 hours of CE in pediatric dentistry, and
as a result have expanded their practices to accept children 5 years
old and younger, including patients with special healthcare needs.
Additionally, they have agreed to provide free treatment to 18
underserved children who have restorative needs and no ability to
pay. If you are interested in the next training schedule, contact
Brittney Ryan, Program Administrator, CDA at
Brittney.ryan@cda.org or 800-232-7645. ▲
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