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Dalhousie Dentistry's Office of Continuing Dental Education has made a commitment to the Faculty of Dentistry and the Dental Community of Atlantic Canada to provide outstanding educational opportunities for dental professionals. The Office of CDE works closely with members of faculty, dental and dental hygiene societies, and professionals working in private practice to design programs to meet the needs of dental professionals. They have arranged for a series of alumni and past/present faculty to deliver top-notch courses during the Centennial.
Dr. David Bardsley received a BSc from Saint Mary's, and a MSc and DDS from Dalhousie University. Following his residency in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, he became a clinical instructor and lecturer at the University of British Columbia. After 12 years of private practice, he retired to pursue his passions of sailing, skiing and motorcycling. Dr. Bardsley now travels throughout Canada and the United States helping parents of children and adults with behavioural and learning problems.
Michelle (Maillet) Belliveau graduated from Dalhousie University School of Dentistry in 2005 after obtaining her BSc also from Dal. After one year of private practice in Nova Scotia, she went on to her post-graduate studies in endodontics at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She now practices full-time as an associate endodontist in the north end of Halifax, and teaches part time at Dalhousie.
Dr. Tom Boran obtained his DDS in 1978 and MEd in 1989 from Dalhousie University. Tom was appointed as a part-time faculty member in 1979 and in 1984 became a full-time academic. He has been Division Head of Patient Care, Acting Department Chair of Dental Clinical Sciences and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, and was the recipient of the W.W. Wood Award for Excellence in Dental Education in 1996 and 2005.
In 2008, Dr. Boran became Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry. His initiatives as Dean have included enhancing the Faculty’s opportunities in dental education, research, outreach and reconnecting with alumni.
Dr. Marcia Boyd is well known in the circles of dental education nationally and internationally. She has been engaged in various organizations over the years and has enjoyed leadership roles, often as “the first” women in that position.
She has been active in teaching, educational research and administration for some thirty years including serving as Dean at the University of British Columbia. Participating and contributing in a variety of ways, Marcia has been a role model for others making their way in the dental education environment.
In the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) she has served as Chair of the Women’s Advisory Committee, the International Women’s Leadership Program Committee, chaired Association Reference Committees, been a mentor in the ADEA Leadership Institute and chaired the ADEA Annual Session Planning Committee. She has published extensively in the area of educational research in the Journal of Dental Education and was the founding President of the Educational Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research.
Marcia has been recognized for her contributions through prestigious awards presented by the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia, the British Columbia Dental Association, the Canadian Dental Association, the Royal College of Dentists of Canada, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, the International Federation of Dental Educators Association Gies Award, as well as the ADEA Distinguished Service Award and Presidential Citation and is an honorary member of both the Canadian and American Dental Associations. She most recently received the Gies Foundation Inaugural Award for lifetime accomplishment, dental educator.
She has received distinguished alumnus awards from the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia, several awards for excellence in teaching as well as three honorary degrees - the University of Detroit, Mercy, the University of Montreal, and McGill University.
She is a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, The Royal College of Dentists of Canada, the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the Federation Dentaire Internationale. Having served as Regent and as an Executive Officer she is Past President (first Canadian woman) of the American College of Dentists and Past President of their Foundation.
Marcia is a popular speaker and has had the opportunity to be an invited presenter around the world.
Dr. Boyd is still in private practice in Vancouver, she is “retired” as former Dean and Professor Emerita from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of British Columbia but continues to do contract work worldwide and serves as a consultant and examiner for the National Dental Examining Board of Canada. Currently she is a Senior Associate with the ROI Corporation, a national dental practice appraisal and sales corporation.
Trish (Morrison) Brady graduated from Dalhousie Dentistry in 2007 after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at St.F.X. Univeristy in 2003. Upon graduation from dental school she worked in private practice in London, Ontario for one year. Being a native Haligonian, Trish welcomed the opportunity to move back home where she continues to practice general dentistry at TriMac Dental Center with Dr. Greg MacKenzie's team.
Dr. Burton Conrod has practised general dentistry in Sydney, Nova Scotia, with his wife, Connie, since their graduation from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Dentistry in 1976. A Past President of the Nova Scotia Dental Association and the Canadian Dental Association, Dr. Conrod became president of the FDI World Dental Federation at the Annual World Dental Congress in Dubai in October 2007 and served until 2009.
One of the world’s oldest international health profession organizations, FDI is a federation of national dental associations with over 190 member associations in over 130 countries. Representing over one million individual dentists, the FDI is focused on health advocacy and promotion on a global basis and is in official relations with the World Health Organization and the United Nations. FDI also supports the development of national dental associations and provides continuing dental education around the world.
Dr. Conrod holds fellowships in the International College of Dentists, the American College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the Academy of Dentistry International. His honors and awards include the Outstanding Alumnus Award Dalhousie University 2000; the Philip S. Christie Award for Distinguished Service , Nova Scotia Dental Association 2002; Distinguished Service Award, Pierre Fauchard Academy 2006; Medal of Honor Iranian Association of Prosthodontists 2008; Medal of Honor Canadian Dental Association 2010 and Honorary Membership in the American Dental Association in 2010.
Heather Doucette received her Diploma in Dental Hygiene from Dalhousie University in 1994. Upon graduation, she became employed in private practice in Fredericton NB. She completed her Bachelor of Science with a major in Biology at Dalhousie University in 2003.
In 2006, Heather returned to Halifax, NS and accepted a position in the School of Dental Hygiene at Dalhousie University. In 2010 she graduated from Mount Saint Vincent University with a Masters in Education.
Currently, Heather is the coordinator and course director for the senior year clinical program for dental hygiene. She is also the course director for Nutrition for Preventative Dentistry for both Dental Hygiene and Dentistry, and course director for Behavioral Foundations for Dental Hygiene.
Heather has acted as an abstract reviewer for the Canadian Dental Hygiene Association. Her interests reside in clinical teaching and Tobacco Dependence Education. She provides lectures on Tobacco dependence Education to both dental hygiene and dental students. She has also presented to oral health educators and professional on this topic.
Syd Dumaresq (pictured right) is a fourth generation Architect with his own firm in Halifax: SP Dumaresq Architect Ltd. One of Syd’s greatest pleasures is practicing Architecture with his father Phil (pictured left). Phil designed the original Dental School at Dalhousie University on Robie Street and also the Dental School addition. Phil’s father designed the Medical/Dental Library and Phil’s grandfather designed the Forrest Building.
Syd lives in Chester with wife and business partner Sandy. They have raised five children, the youngest of whom is enrolled in Architecture at Dalhousie. Syd’s passions other than Architecture and family are sailing, heritage and community development. Syd is the Chair of Friends of Nature and sits on the board of MICA (Mahone Islands Conservation Association) and the Atlantic School of Theology and is a Trustee of Victoria Hall.
Peter Dykhuis has been the Director/Curator of the Dalhousie Art Gallery since 2007 and was the former Director of the Anna Leonowens Gallery at NSCAD University. Prior to that he lived and worked in Toronto holding positions at various commercial galleries as well as the Art Gallery of Ontario installing their touring exhibitions. He is also an internationally exhibiting visual artist and critical writer.
Dr. Mark Filiaggi is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Oral Sciences within the Faculty of Dentistry at Dalhousie University, with a cross-appointment in the School of Biomedical Engineering. He also serves as the Assistant Dean – Research for the Faculty. His research focuses primarily on bone-interfacing biomaterials and implants, with an emphasis on novel calcium phosphate processing approaches that facilitate localized delivery of therapeutic agents.
Dr. Foong received his BSc (Hon) and PhD in Pharmacology from the School of Pharmacy, at Portsmouth University, England. After receiving his PhD he joined Dalhousie University for two successive Post-Doctoral fellowships in the areas of Biopharmaceuticals (College of Pharmacy) and Dental Materials (Faculty of Dentistry). He was a full-time tenured faculty member at Dalhousie from 1989 to 2001. He has won research grants and published in the areas of cancer biology, drug delivery systems and dental education. In recognition of his excellence in teaching, he was awarded the W.W. Wood Teaching Award for Excellence in Dental Education (Dalhousie University). He is a consultant to the National Dental Examining Board of Canada.
Presently, Dr. Foong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, at the University of Detroit Mercy. From 2008 to 2010 Dr Foong served as Interim Assistant Dean for Academic Administration. He currently teaches and directs graduate and undergraduate pharmacology courses in nurse anesthesiology, physician assistant, dental hygiene and dentistry programs. He also actively participates in clinical teaching, providing chair-side pharmacology and therapeutics education to dental hygiene and dentistry students.
After graduating with a DDS from the University of Toronto in 1979, Dr Gerrow practiced general dentistry in Kapuskasing, Ontario. In 1981, he returned to Toronto to associate in a prosthodontic practice and to teach part time. From 1983 to 1985, he attended the University of Iowa and completed his MS and Certificate in Prosthodontics. Since joining Dalhousie University in 1985, Dr Gerrow has been Division Head of Removable Prosthodontics, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Chair, Department of Dental Clinical Sciences. At Dalhousie, he was instrumental in implementing a zero based curriculum revision and was awarded the Dalhousie University Award for Teaching Excellence. Dr Gerrow received his MEd degree from Dalhousie in 1990.
In 1994, Dr Gerrow was appointed Registrar of the National Dental Examining. In this position, he has worked with others to develop and maintain a national certification process in Canada that includes valid and reliable approaches to accreditation and examination. This has included developing and using national competencies for a beginning practitioner in Canada. He has also worked with many international Dental Programs, Councils and Boards on improving their evaluation and certification processes.
Dr Gerrow is the author of numerous articles on Prosthodontics certification, licensure and evaluation. He continues to make presentations to national and international organizations.
Dr. Sara Gordon is Director of Oral Pathology Biopsy Service and Oral Pathology Graduate Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She teaches general and oral pathology to dental and graduate students.
Sara received her BA and DDS from Dalhousie University and practiced general dentistry in Halifax for 8 years. She completed her oral pathology residency and MSc in Pathology at the University of Western Ontario. She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in Oral Pathology in 1997 and Oral Medicine in 1999. She is also a Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2010), a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (1999), a Fellow of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (1976), and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists (2007).
Dr Gordon is Past-President of the Canadian Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and Oral Medicine, and newsletter editor of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. She is also a member of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Sara has presented over 100 continuing education lectures in Canada and the United States. She has authored or contributed to about 70 scientific reports, and participated in a number of grants. Her research interests lie in prevention and early detection of oral cancer.
Ferne Kraglund DDS, MSc, FRCD (C) is an Assistant Professor of Dental Public Health and Prevention at Dalhousie University.
Dr. Kraglund received her dental degree from Dalhousie University in 2004. After graduation, she worked full-time in a private general dental practice for three years and joined Dalhousie’s Faculty of Dentistry as a part-time instructor during her last year of private practice. Dr. Kraglund received her combined M.Sc./specialty training in Dental Public Health from the University of Toronto in 2009 and became a fellow and examiner of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada in Dental Public Health.
Dr. Kraglund’s academic and research interests include caries prevention strategies and the oral health status and needs of marginalized populations. She leads an outreach education program in which dental students provide dental services to a variety of individuals who have difficulty accessing dental care. Locally, this includes street youth, working poor, and newly arriving immigrants and refugees. She also oversees student outreach where dentistry students participate in a 2-week rotation in a remote Inuit community in Labrador. Dr. Kraglund’s current research projects include assessing the oral health of Labrador Aboriginal children in order to create and implement culturally appropriate oral health promotion and oral health interventions. Dr. Kraglund is affiliated with several dental organizations. She is currently a media expert in fluoride for the Nova Scotia Dental Association and the Canadian Dental Association, and a member of the Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry.
Chris J. Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Dental Clinical Sciences and the Director of the Emergency Dental Clinic at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Dr. Lee received his Master’s degree in Pharmacology from the University of Ottawa (1999). He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery from Dalhousie University (2004) and went on to complete a General Practice Residency program at the University of British Columbia (2005).
He currently operates the emergency dental clinic concentrating on management of traumatic and non-traumatic dental emergencies and the management of medically complex patients as well as a private multi-disciplinary Faculty dental practice. He is a consultant for the National Dental Examining Board of Canada.
Dr. Mitchell Levine graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry in 1960. Following 11 years of general practice in Saint John, NB, he moved to Boston, MA with his family, where he completed his specialty course in Endodontics at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Forsyth Dental Center. In 1973, he moved to Toronto, where he started a group endodontic practice in Toronto, Brampton, Scarborough and Markham. He retired from clinical practice in 2005.
Dr. Levine has held teaching appointments at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, at the State University of New York in Buffalo. His Toronto teaching involvement started in the early 1980s. Presently he is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Discipline of Endodontics (Graduate Program). Dr. Levine also serves as a Senior Volunteer to the Faculty. He is a member of the Royal College of Dentists (Canada), Fellow of the American College of Stomatologic Surgeons, Fellow of the International College of Dentists (C), and a Fellow of the International Academy of Dentistry. He holds Life memberships in the American Association of Endodontists, The Canadian Academy of Endodontics and the Ontario Endodontic Association.
Bob Loney received his DMD from the University of Saskatchewan in 1983 and his MS in Prosthodontics from The University of Michigan in 1987. He is currently the Acting Chair, Dept of Dental Clinical Science, Head of the Division of Removable Prosthodontics, and the former Director of Graduate Prosthodontics at Dalhousie University. Dr. Loney was a recipient of the W. W. Wood Award for Excellence in Dental Education in 1992 and 2001 and the 3M-ESPE National Dentistry Teaching Award in 2003. He has been taking photographs as a hobby for over 40 years. He has broad experience with film and digital cameras, darkroom equipment and Photoshop software. He has contributed nearly 6,000 digital dental images to the Department of Dental Clinical Sciences.
Dr. John G. L. Lovas BSc, DDS, MSc, FRCD(C) obtained science and dental degrees from the University of Toronto, and oral pathology training at the University of Western Ontario. He has served as chief examiner in oral pathology for the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and as president of the Canadian Academy of Oral Pathology. Dr. Lovas is a full-time faculty member at the Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University, teaching oral pathology & oral medicine since 1983, and serving as Assistant Dean for Student Affairs since 2009. He obtained teacher-training in Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at UMass Medical Center, the Omega Institute in New York and the Rochester Medical School. For over ten years Dr. Lovas has taught Mindfulness to dental and dental hygiene students, practitioners and staff.
Dr. Paula (Morrison) MacPherson graduated from St. FX in 2004 with a BSc, advanced major in Biology. Following in her father and older sister's footsteps, she then attended Dalhousie Dental School, graduating in 2008.
Paula and her husband Daryl had twin boys, Aaron and Eddie in September, 2011. Paula opened a dental practice, Southgate Dentistry in Bedford, NS, in January, 2012.
J. Peggy Maillet has been a dental hygiene educator at Dalhousie University since 1989. She received her Diploma in Dental Hygiene from Dalhousie University in 1974, her BA in 1976 and her MED in 1996. Prior to becoming a dental hygiene educator she worked in private general practice and specialty practices including prosthodontics and periodontics.
In 2007, she became the Program Coordinator of the Bachelor of Dental Hygiene program. She is currently the Course Director for the Foundations of Clinical Dental Hygiene for the junior students, Student Table Clinics for the senior students and Independent Studies for the BDH students. As well she is the unit director for all four years of the Dentistry program in the Scholarship Across the Curriculum program.
She has given presentations in numerous dental topics both nationally and internationally. Her special interests are Clinical Teaching, ergonomics and Tobacco Dependence Education and Peggy has had articles and abstracts published in these areas. Peggy is a member of the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene and serves as a manuscript reviewer for several dental journals.
Dr. Wayne Maillet, BSc, DDS, Dip Endo, obtained his BSc degree at Mount Allison University and DDS degree at Dalhousie University. He practiced as a general dentist in the Canadian Forces Dental Service and in private practice in Fall River, Nova Scotia, before obtaining his Certificate of Endodontics at the University of Toronto in 1996. Wayne maintains a private practice limited to endodontics in Halifax and Truro. He is on part-time faculty at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry where he has been a clinical instructor and lecturer in the divisions of restorative dentistry, general dentistry and endodontics at various times over the past 20 years. He is also a former Head of the Division of Endodontics and Past-President of the Canadian Academy of Endodontics.
Dr. Debora Matthews is an alumna of the University of Alberta. She practiced general dentistry in Alberta for 11 years after which time she obtained her Diploma in Periodontics from the University of Toronto. She has a Master's degree in Health Research Methodology from the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics at McMaster University and is currently Chair of the Department of Dental Clinical Sciences at Dalhousie University in Halifax.
Dr. Matthews is a member of the Critical Review Panel for the American Dental Association Center for Evidence Based Dentistry website and has been teaching Evidence-Based Dentistry since 1999. Her research interests include finding the best ways to make scientific evidence available for dentists and their patients.
Dr. Archie Morrison obtained his MSc in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from Dalhousie University and then completed a fellowship in Scotland and Holland, concentrating on trauma, cancer and pre-prosthetic surgery. Dr. Morrison’s research and clinical interest areas are broad and include management of temporomandibular disorders, sleep apnea, bisphosphonate related osteonecrosis of the jaw and reconstruction of the atrophic jaws with bone grafting and implants.
Teresa is currently in her third year at Dalhousie Dentistry after completing a Bachelor of Science degree at St.F.X University in 2009. In her first year at Dalhousie, Teresa competed her fifth year of eligibility as a member of the Dalhousie Women's Varsity Soccer team. She is currently vice president of the Dalhousie Dentistry Students Society.
Nancy Neish has been a dental hygiene educator at Dalhousie University since 1984. Ten years prior to becoming a dental hygiene educator she worked in private general practices, specialty practices including prosthodontics, periodontics, orthodontics, hospital dentistry at the IWK Hospital for Children in Halifax, NS and the Department of Public Health, City of Toronto.
Over the past 27 years at Dalhousie University she has been the clinic coordinator for senior dental hygiene students and taught courses in Ethics, Professional Issues, Clinical Theory, Applied Oral Health Research and developed a course in Fear, Pain and Anxiety Management. She is involved in various aspects of research, inter-professional health education and administration. She is certified as an Acupuncture Detoxification Specialist. In July, 2007 she was appointed and is currently the Director of the School of Dental Hygiene at Dalhousie University. Nancy has studied and completed courses in Mindfulness and has been teaching the Mindfulness for Health Care Professionals course in the Faculty of Dentistry with Dr. John Lovas for the past 3 years.
Dr. Richard Price BDS, DDS, MS, FRCD(C), PhD received his DDS from Dalhousie's Faculty of Dentistry. He completed his MS in Restorative Dentistry at the University of Michigan in 1984 and his PhD at the University of Malmö, Sweden in 2001. Dr. Price runs the Advanced Restorative Elective for the Fourth Year Dental Students and also works in a multi-specialty private practice in Park Lane Mall, in Halifax. Dr. Price is the co-inventor of the MARC™ system for teaching effective light curing and is actively involved in research. He has made numerous CDE presentations and has also been author of more than 60 peer-reviewed articles.
Chris Robb, DipDH, BA, M.Ed, is a graduate of Universite de Moncton and Dalhousie. Following a career in Public Health in NB, she joined the faculty at Dalhousie and has taught various aspects of the program since 1988. She is a course director of a number of courses and is currently involved in teaching various didactic and clinical courses in the three years of the DipDH/BDH program. Assisting in the clinical aspect of the Radiology course is one of Chris new loves. She was appointed an Assistant Professor in 2000 and is currently teaching full time.
Dr. Roda graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at Dalhousie University in 1981 and maintained a full-time private general practice in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for ten years. He also served on the faculty of Dalhousie as a clinical instructor in Removable Prosthodontics from 1988 to 1991, when he returned to school at Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas. He received his Masters of Science (Oral Biology) and Certificate in Endodontics in 1993 and became a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics in 1998. Dr. Roda has published and lectured internationally, most recently co-authoring the chapter on non-surgical retreatment in the 10th edition of Pathways of the Pulp. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Baylor, current Treasurer of the American Association of Endodontists, and is an active member the American Dental Association. Dr. Roda is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics, Editor in Chief of Inscriptions, the Journal of the Arizona Dental Association, and is the Endodontic Consultant to the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners. He maintains a private practice limited to Endodontics in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dr. Stephen Roth was born and raised in the small town of Midland, Ontario. He completed his orthodontic specialty training at the University of Alberta in 2002. Since then, he has proudly lived in Halifax with his wife, Raquel. They are enjoying raising their two young sons, Alexander and Andrew.
Dr. Vernon Shaffner graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at Dalhousie University in 1969. He completed his Prosthodontic program at Indiana University in Indianapolis Indiana in 1972. He has been associated with the Faculty of Dentistry, teaching full and part time, since 1972. He has maintained a private practice from 1972 to the present time.
Michael Trklja brings to CDSPI over 20 years of experience in financial services — including extensive experience as a stockbroker and financial planner with major Canadian financial institutions. He is a Certified Financial Planner, a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute and has completed numerous industry courses relevant to the field of financial planning and investments.
As a Professional Advisor at CDSPI Advisory Services Inc. exclusively serving the dental community, Renata Whiteman is an expert in providing insurance solutions specific to the needs of the dental professionals across Canada. By understanding clients’ unique situations, she helps them determine what types and amounts of insurance are appropriate for both their personal and business needs.
Renata has completed numerous industry courses relevant to insurance, and has over a decade of experience in the industry. She is licensed as both as a general insurance broker and life, accident and sickness insurance agent.
She is an avid traveler, and loves to experience the local life in different places – including shopping locally.
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