Columbia Visiting Professorship Program

Contemporary Issues in Dentistry

Visiting Professors and Student Scholars

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.

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. Dennis A, Mitchel

    • Professor and Interim 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

2023: Thomas E. Van Dyke, DDS, PhD

2022: David Buchholz, MD 

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