Chair General Dentistry and Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Professor, Associate Profess

The School of Dental Medicine is composed of ten administrative offices and four academic departments. The Administrative units include the Offices of the Dean, Vice Dean, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Associate Dean for Research, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Associate Dean for Extramural Clinical Practices, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Assistant Dean for Dental Education and Informatics, Assistant Dean for Academic Success and the Assistant Dean for Business Operations and Financial Affairs.

The four academic departments are Surgical Sciences, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, General Dentistry and Foundational Sciences.

Included in the mission of the School of Dental Medicine is to educate dental care providers (both dental students and dental residents) and to address the oral health care needs of the underserved population of North Carolina. The School of Dental Medicine meets these missions by operating dental clinics that provide both educational experiences for the dental students and residents and provides dental care to the residents of North Carolina.

These clinics occur in both Ross Hall in Greenville, North Carolina, as well as Community Service-Learning Centers located throughout North Carolina. To operate these clinics, appropriate dental auxiliaries and clinical staff are needed.

The Chair of General Dentistry is a senior member of the School of Dentistry management team responsible for leading and managing the General Dentistry Division of the dental school. The division works in close cooperation with the Offices of Academics Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Dental Education and Informatics and Planning and Extramural Affairs to support the School’s programs and initiatives. In addition, the division works closely with other Schools and Colleges of East Carolina University and other components of the University of North Carolina, as well as local/regional educational and clinical programs.

The Chair of General Dentistry participates in hiring, mentoring and professional development of the faculty in the general dentistry division including those at the School’s Community Service Learning Centers, and in the general dentistry residency programs. The Chair also provides coordination of didactic and clinical activities among the clinical disciplines in general dentistry. The Chair coordinates the development and implementation of the general dentistry model in the School of Dentistry and Community Service Learning Centers.

Specific duties include:

Recruitment, hiring, and mentoring of the faculty in the General Dentistry Division.

Coaching junior and senior faculty as they conduct basic and/or clinical research, and other scholarly activities that will help them qualify for appropriate promotion. This includes providing sufficient time, close monitoring and regular encouragement for these activities.

Working closely with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in curriculum development and implementation.

Working closely with the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in the development and implementation of the clinical and academic components of the electronic dental record.

Working closely with the Assistant Dean for Dental Education and Informatics and other informatics personnel to optimize the use of technology to support the general dentistry teaching programs.

Coordination of didactic and clinical activities with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.

Coordination of all academic programs among the clinical disciplines within the general dentistry division both in the school and at the community services learning centers.

Coordination of accreditation and other program documentation as needed.

Represent the general dentistry division at meetings of the School of…