SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Major General Sean T. Collins
Maj. Gen. Collins is the Air National Guard( ANG) assistant to the Department of the Air Force Surgeon General and serves as the Director of the Space Force Medical Operations. He is a licensed, board-certified nurse practitioner and Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, with a joint appointment in Medicine and the Graduate School of Nursing. He also is President and CEO of an engineering design and manufacturing plant, Governors America Corporation, in Agawam, Massachusetts.
Mark E. Hyman, DDS
Dr. Mark is a renowned dentist from Greensboro, North Carolina, and a public speaker whose work is characterized by his warmth, enthusiasm, sense of humor, and passion for dentistry.
Ross P. Karlin, DMD, FAGD
Dr. Karlin is a general dentist who maintains a private practice in Millburn, NJ, who has an avid interest in emergency care. Dr. Karlin became an Emergency Medical Technician while he was in college and volunteers actively on a local ambulance squad.
Robert D. Marus, DDS, AAACD, FICD
Dr. Marus is accredited by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He is one of five dentists in PA to receive this honor and one of 450 accredited members worldwide.
Richard J. Rosato, DMD
Dr. Rosato, President of the American Dental Association, is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Concord, Hanover and Peterborough, New Hampshire, who previously served as First District Trustee of the ADA.
Angela M. Stout, DMD, MPH
Dr. Stout is a pediatric dentist in private practice in Erdenheim, PA. She completed her dental degree in 1993 at Temple University School of Dentistry and a three-year pediatric dental residency at the Children’ s Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Katherine N. Theken, PharmD, PhD
Dr. Theken is an assistant professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Her research investigates the factors that contribute to inter-individual variability in drug response in management of post-surgical dental pain.
Marko Vujicic, PhD
Dr. Marko Vujicic currently serves as Chief Economist and Vice President of the Health Policy Institute at the American Dental Association. Dr. Vujicic leads large-scale strategic initiatives focused on bringing cutting edge data and research to specific health policy challenges.
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