Faculty axiUm Training and Certification
The axiUm Steering Group, composed of faculty, students and staff, passed unanimously a resolution that all School of Dentistry faculty involved in clinic activity receive axiUm and MiPACS certification after completing a mandatory training session. The training session would include the “how-to’s” of routine tasks such as treatment planning, writing progress notes, and approving radiographs. […]
Next Dean’s Chat Session – Tuesday July 20 – Brown Conference Room
We have scheduled another chat session and for the warmer months will hold them from 12-1 and call it “Tea Time”. If you prefer “Tee Time” we can likely arrange that also. This next chat session is open to the faculty, staff and students to have an opportunity for informal discussion with me about whatever […]
Development Tops $1M
As we close this fiscal year, you should be proud to know that total giving to the School of Dentistry topped $1 million for the 5th consecutive year and alumni participation in giving reached 19%, more than any other school within the University. At the annual Friends of Dentistry Dinner in October, the School recognized […]
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Insurance Processing and Collections We are making positive headway with collections. We are submitting most of the pre-doc insurance claim forms through e-claims and MDE. The new system is giving us a faster turnaround time than we previously have had. We get denials instantly. It used to take a month or more to know if […]
Academic Affairs News
New Chair of the Curriculum Committee Dr. Sharon Lanning, Associate Professor of Periodontics is the new Chair of the school’s Curriculum Committee. Dr. B. Ellen Byrne will remain on the Committee and work with Dr. Lanning and a yet to be named Director of Curriculum Advancement. New Director of Curriculum Advancement Position Create The Director […]
New patient recruitment website & branding
Introducing Dentistry@VCU I have mentioned before that branding is extremely important to the long-term success of the School of Dentistry. I am please to let you know that a new website designed for patients seeking dental care is now live. The Dentistry@VCU site at http://www.dentistryatvcu.com/ was designed to focus strictly on our patient care mission […]
New administrative appointments
Admissions and International Affairs In looking over our administrative structure, there were two areas I felt we needed to emphasize. The first was international affairs and the second was faculty administrative affairs. The School of Dentistry has a long standing program with the Kuwaiti governement for student training and recently the school initiated a program […]
Interim Dean of Dentistry Blog
I am introducing a blog to provide periodic updates to the School of Dentistry community.