USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium: Dental Category Agenda
RADM Christopher Halliday, DDS, MPH, USPHS, Chief Dental Officer of the U.S. Public Health Service
08:00
a.m. – 09:00 a.m. Update on Dental Activities in Operating Divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services
Moderator: CDR Michael McLaughlin, DDS, USPHS, Chief Dental Officer, Chemawa Dental Clinic, Indian Health Service
CAPT Nick Makrides, DDS, USPHS, Bureau of Prisons
CAPT William Bailey, DDS, USPHS, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
CAPT Coleman Palmertree, DDS, USPHS, Indian Health Service
LCDR Mahyar Mofidi, DDS, PhD,USPHS. Health Resources and Services Administration
CDR Lynn Van Pelt, DMD, USPHS, Indian Health Service
CAPT Isabel Garcia DDS, USPHS, National Institutes of Health
RADM Eric Broderick DDS, USPHS, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
CAPT Suzanne Saville DDS, USPHS, US Coast Guard
This session will provide an overview of dental-related activities within the major operating divisions of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and highlight opportunities for United States Public Health Service dental officers within these agencies.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Provide an overview of dental activities within the operating divisions
• Describe the roles of dental officers in the operating divisions
• Discuss opportunities for dental officers within the various operation divisions
09:00
a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Bisphosphonates
Dr. James Osaki, DDS, Consultant and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Indian Health Service LCDR Kai Chiu, USPHS, Senior Pharmacist, Phoenix Indian Medical Center, Indian Health Service
This session will discuss the clinical diagnosis and treatment of osteonecrosis and the use of bisphosphonate to address it.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe bisphosphonate
• Recognize radiographic and clinical osteonecrosis of the jaw
• Discuss treatment differences between intravenous and oral bisphosphonate osteonecrosis of the jaw
10:15
a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Commissioned Corps Transformation Update
RADM Denise Canton, USPHS, Director, Office of Commissioned Corps Force Management
RADM Larry Furman, USPHS, Director, Office of Commissioned Corps Operations
RADM Sam Shekar, USPHS, Director, Office of Extramural Programs/Director of Clinical Research Grants
Policy, Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health
This session will provide a detailed look at current plans being implemented by the Office of Commissioned Corps Operations (OCCR) and the Office of Commissioned Corps Force Management (OCCFM) to transform the U.S. Public Health Service to meet the public health challenges of today and tomorrow.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe the transformation of the Commissioned Corps
• Discuss the impact of transformation on dental officers
• Provide an overview of the OCCR and OCCFM
10:45
a.m. – 11:45 a.m. David Satcher Keynote Lecture
Alice Horowitz, PhD, Senior Advisor to the Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Maryland
Presentation
(pps, 1.1 MB)
This session will examine the fundamentals of health literacy and how to apply them in a public health dental environment.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Provide a basic overview of key health literacy concepts
• Discuss techniques for improving health literacy through
communication, navigation, knowledge-building and advocacy
• Provide examples of health literacy best practices
• Provide suggestions for addressing health literacy in their own organization
02:00
p.m. – 03:00 p.m. Infection Control Part I
Kathy Eklund, RDH, MHP Director of Infection Control and Occupational Health, and the Forsyth NIH General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Maryland
Presentation (pps, 5.04MB)
This session will discuss the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Guidelines for Infection Control: Developing Best Practices in Dental Practice Settings.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Explain the concepts of "Best Practices"
• Promote infection prevention and control as part of quality improvement for dental health-care programs
• Provide strategies for developing, implementing and evaluating infection control best practices for site-specific dental practice settings
03:15 p.m. – 03:45 p.m. Infection Control Part II
Kathy Eklund, RDH, MHP
Presentation (pps, 3.03MB)
This session will examine infection prevention and control challenges in portable oral health settings.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe infection control needs assessment tools
• Identify at least two infection control challenges
• Discuss strategies for developing and implementing site-specific infection control programs
03:45 p.m. – 04:45 p.m. Health Diplomacy - USN Comfort mission
Moderator: Jan Colton, DDS, USPHS
Presentation (pps, 12.00MB)
CAPT William Bailey, DDS, USPHS
CAPT Renée Joskow, DDS, FAGD, USPHS
CAPT Angel Rodriguez-Espada, DDS, USPHS CDR Steve Johnson, DDS, USPHS
This session will describe the role of a dental team as part of the U.S. Navy ship Comfort Mission, including an overview of the accomplishments and lesions learned.
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Discuss the roles of the dental team members during the deployment
• Compare and contrast the team members’ deployment experiences
with their experience at their current duty stations
• Discuss the team members’ interaction with dental providers in the host countries