Columbia Visiting Professorship Program
Contemporary Issues in Dentistry
Panelists at the 2019 Visiting Professor Program Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Dentistry with Dr. Hod Lipson, Columbia Engineering, and John Morton, Align Technology.
2022 Visiting Professor Program: Should Dentistry Adopt Practices of Primary Care Medicine
David Buchholz, MD
Senior Founding Medical Director, Primary Care
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Complimentary program held in a hybrid format. Attend in-person (seating limited) or virtually. 4.25 CE credits awarded.
This program is presented in partnership with the Association of Dental Alumni, and with support from Dr. Ralph Kaslick '59, Perio '62, and The Dunning Memorial Fund.
Program Schedule
11:30 a.m. Check-in with boxed lunch available for in-person attendees
11:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Dr. James B. Fine, Dean Christian Stohler, and Dr. Ralph S. Kaslick '59, Perio '62, Chairman
11:45-12:45 p.m. Visiting Professor Presentation
Dr. David Buchholz
Outstanding Primary Care
This presentation will focus on what is needed for a state-of-the art primary care practice including architectural design, provider, and staff composition, value-based insurance contracts and electronic health records/practice management systems.
12:45-1:15 p.m. Student Scholar Presentation
Nolan Wendling, DDS '23
Lifelong Learning and Periodic Assessments
Faculty Mentor: Richard Yoon, Vice Chair, Section of Growth & Development; Program Director, Specialty Training in Pediatric Dentistry
1:15 p.m. Break
1:30 p.m. Student Scholar Presentation
Kenechi Okany, DDS, Perio '24
Promoting Health Equity by Redefining the Oral Healthcare Delivery System Using the Medical Models
Faculty Mentor: George Jenkins, Associate Dean for Access, Equity and Inclusion
2:00 p.m. Student Scholar Presentation
Shelly D. Taylor, DMD, MPH, Perio '24
Interprofessional Healthcare Management: Importance of the Integrated Electronic Healthcare Record
Faculty Mentor: Sharon Perelman, Chief Medical Informatics Officer
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Visiting Professor Keynote Presentation
Dr. David Buchholz
Should Dentistry Look More Like Medicine?
This talk will focus on opportunities for collaboration or partnerships in care, physical space, insurance contracting, and electronic medical records and practice management systems, to improve the overall health of the communities we serve.
3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion
4:30 p.m. Conclude
Meet the Visiting Professor
David Buchholz, MD
- Senior Founding Medical Director, Primary Care
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center
Dr. David Buchholz is a general pediatrician and the senior founding medical director for primary care at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Buchholz received his medical degree from the University of Illinois, Chicago and completed internship and residency at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital. Since graduating from residency, he has worked as a general pediatrician, medical administrator, medical informaticist, and faculty member at Pacific Medical Centers, Swedish Health System, and the University of California, San Francisco. He worked at Premera Blue Cross for 4 years as the medical director for provider and customer engagement before joining the faculty of Columbia in September of 2019 where he serves as the physician lead over the expansion of primary care for Columbia and NewYork-Presbyterian.
Visiting Professor Program Advisory Committee
Dr. Ralph S. Kaslick '59, Perio '62
- Chairman, Columbia Visiting Professor Program, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Dr. Christian S. Stohler
- Professor and Dean, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, Senior Vice President, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC)
Dr. James B. Fine
- Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education, Chief Practice Director, Faculty Practices, Professor of Dental Medicine (Periodontics) at CUMC
Dr. John Grbic
- Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Director, Division of Foundational Sciences, Professor of Dental Medicine at CUMC
Dr. Joseph M. McManus
- Senior Associate Dean of Admissions, Associate Professor of Dental Medicine at CUMC
About the Visiting Professor Program
To remain a leader in dental medicine, each individual must carefully examine current and future issues-- often controversial-- in our rapidly evolving field.
Since 1980, the Columbia Visiting Professor Program at CDM has invited those at the forefront of dental medicine to discuss the evolving field and the professional challenges our students, alumni, and faculty will face. This program is presented in partnership with the Association of Dental Alumni, and with support from Dr. Ralph Kaslick '59, Perio '62 and The Dunning Memorial Fund. Further information can be found at the Visiting Professor Overview.
Past Lecturers
2021: Bruce Dye, DDS, MPH
2019: Hod Lipson, PhD and John Morton
2018: Dr. Ronald L. Ettinger
2017: Douglas E. Peterson, DMD, PhD, FDS RCSEd
2016: Donald B. Giddon, DMD, PhD
2015: Marko Vujicic, PhD
2014: Martha J. Somerman, DDS, PhD
2013: Amit Acharya, BDS, MS, PhD
2012: Joseph M. McManus, DMD, MS, MHA, MS
2011: Elizabeth A. Mertz, PhD
2010: Burton Edelstein, DDS, MPH
2009: Teresa A. Dolan, DDS, MPH
2008: Michael Glick, DMD
2007: Richard W. Valachovic, DMD, MPH
2006: Jane A. Weintraub, DDS, MPH
2005: Allan J. Formicola, DDS
2004: Chester W. Douglass, DMD, PhD
2003: Diarmuid B. Shanley, BDS, MA, MSD, DOdont(hon)
2001: Charles Bertalomi, DDS, DMSc
2000: Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, DMD
1999: Dushanka V. Kleinman, DDS, MScD
1998: Brian A. Burt, BDS, MPH, PhD
1997: Harold C. Slavkin, DDS
1996: David E. Barmes, DDSc, MPH
1995: Robert P. Langlais, DDS, MS
1994: Dominick P. DePaola, DDS, PhD
1993: Ben D. Barker, DDS, MEd
1992: David A. Nash, DMD, EdD
1991: Linda C. Niessen, DMD, MPH
1990: Myron Allukian, Jr., DDS, MPH
1989: Irwin D. Mandel, DDS, DSc(Hon) DOdon(Hon)
1988: Thomas J. Ginley, MS, PhD
1987: Lois K.Cohen, PhD
1986: Raymond P. White, Jr., DDS, PhD
1985: Lawrence H. Meskin, DDS, MPH
1984: Seymour I. Nash, DDS
1983: Alvin L. Morris, DDS, PhD
1982: D. Walter Cohen, DDS
1981: Charles A. McCallum, DMD, MD
1980: I. Lawrence Kerr, DDS