ORLANDO, Fla., March 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dr. Stephen K. Young, Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, was installed as the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) President-elect at the 2012 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. He will spend a year as ADEA President-elect and become ADEA President at the conclusion of the 2013 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition in Seattle, Washington, March 16-19.
“I extend my congratulations to Dr. Young as he embarks on an important journey in the leadership of the future of dental education,” says ADEA President Leo E. Rouse, D.D.S. “With his proven dedication to his profession and the future of dental education, he will serve the Association and all of its 18,000 members well in an important time of change.
With a 36-year long tenure at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Dr. Young has been involved in the full spectrum of academic dentistry from Professor to Department Chair to Dean. He is committed to increasing opportunities for faculty development as an integral part of the success of dental education.
Dr. Young graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Dentistry. He attended the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, where he received a Master’s Degree in Oral and
Maxillofacial Pathology. Dr. Young is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology.
Dr. Young previously served as the ADEA representative to the Joint Commission on Dental National Boards and American Dental Association (ADA) Council on Dental Education and Licensure, also serving both groups as Chair. He currently serves as chair of the ADEA Commission on Change and Innovation (ADEA CCI), which builds consensus among all stakeholders in dental education, research, and practice by providing leadership to a systemic, collaborative, and continuous process
of innovative change in the education of general dentists.
About the American Dental Education Association
The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) is the voice of dental education. Its members include all U.S. and Canadian dental schools and many allied and advanced dental education programs, corporations, faculty, and students. The mission of ADEA is to lead individuals and
institutions of the dental education community to address contemporary issues influencing education, research, and the delivery of oral health care for the health of the public. ADEA’s activities encompass a wide range of research, advocacy, faculty development, meetings, and communications like the esteemed Journal of Dental Education, as well as the dental school admissions services AADSAS, PASS, and CAAPID.
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