Mirmelstein Dental Ethics Lecture
The Dr. Cyril R. Mirmelstein Ethics Lectureship was established in 1988. His objectives were to educate and stimulate faculty and students to become aware of their responsibility to dental and professional ethics; to pioneer an ongoing program that would be effective in achieving these goals by stressing the satisfaction derived from the dental profession; and to establish an ongoing program that would gain national recognition and serve as a model for other schools.
Typically held every February, the lecture is a mandatory event for all D4, D3, DH4, and DH3 students. The event is also well attended by faculty and many advanced education departments attend with their current cohort of residents. The event recent lecture speakers and titles include:
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Date |
Speaker |
Lecture Title |
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January 2025 |
Brittany Seymour, DDS, MPH, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Professor and Global Health Discipline Director at Harvard School of Dental Medicine |
The Courage to Pivot |
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February 2024 |
Thereza Gonzales, DDS, Professor, Medical University of South Carolina James B. Edwards College of Dental Medicine, and former Executive Director of the American College of Dentists |
Ethics and Professionalism: The View from 100 X - A Pathologist’s Perspective |
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February 2023 |
Toni Roucka, DDS, MA, RN, Professor, and Associate Dean Emeritus or Academic Affairs at Marquette University School of Dentistry |
Sustainability in Dentistry: Progressing oral healthcare through an eco-conscious lens |
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February 2022 |
Gerald R. Winslow, PhD, Director Emeritus, Center for Christian Bioethics, Research Professor of Religion, Loma Linda University, and Founding Director of the Institute for Health Policy and Leadership. |
The Heroes We Need: The Role of Exemplars in Ethical Formation |
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February 2021 |
Karl Haden, PhD, Founder and President, Academy for Advancing Leadership (AAL) |
Ethics, Leadership, and the Future of the Dental Profession |
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February 2020 |
David Anderson, DDS, MDS, MA, Former Visiting Scholar, Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care |
Ethical Constructs and Expressions Within and Imposed Upon the Healthcare Environment |
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February 2019 |
Pamela Zarkowski, JD, MPH, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Detroit Mercy |
Go- Stop – Yield: The Intersection of Law and Ethics |
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February 2018 |
Lawrence P. Garetto, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Oral Pathology, Medicine and Radiology, Indiana University School of Dentistry |
Managing the Ethical Dimension of Dental Practice: A Clinical Ethics Approach |
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February 2017 |
Phyllis Beemsterboer, EdD, Professor Emeritus and former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Dentistry at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon |
The ABCs of Professionalism |