ASDOH - Dean, Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU) is now accepting applications for the position of Dean of the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health (ASDOH). ATSU-ASDOH is seeking a dynamic, visionary, innovative, and experienced leader who understands and shares a commitment to increasing access to healthcare and improving community health by educating highly competent oral healthcare professionals who practice with the core professional attribute of social responsibility.

Background

The Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ASDOH) is part of the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU), the founding institution of osteopathic healthcare (1892), renowned for its preeminence as a multidisciplinary healthcare educator. In 2003, to better address the oral healthcare needs of the underserved, ATSU joined with the National Association of Community Health Centers to establish ATSU-ASDOH, Arizona’s first dental school. ATSU-ASDOH was founded with a core institutional value to be a leader in community health caring for our most vulnerable underserved populations.

At ATSU-ASDOH, we not only teach our students about the importance of caring for those who are underserved, we engage our students directly with those communities and integrate those principles in the curriculum and student experience from the first day of dental school. This is achieved through an innovative curriculum that includes an embedded certificate of dental public health, community-based service learning activities, and the capstone Integrated Community Service Partnerships (ICSP) external clinical rotations.

Approximately 35% of clinical experiences take place during the ICSP external rotations. Each ASDOH student spends 24 weeks in the ICSP’s national network of over 60 community-based clinics, where they are embedded with external faculty on dental teams providing oral health care for underserved patients. Students immerse themselves in different cultures and socioeconomic environments as they gain unparalleled depth and scope of clinical experiences in preventive, restorative, and surgical dentistry.

Position Summary:

The dean is the chief academic officer and administrator of ASDOH, who is responsible for leading all aspects of the school’s operations and ensuring the quality of the innovative educational curriculum, clinical experience, faculty, staff and student services. The dean promotes and ensures a diverse and inclusive environment, as well as a collaborative and collegial relationships within ASDOH, and with the broader ATSU administration and external partners. Reporting to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (SVPAA), the Dean serves as a senior leader on the ATSU Council of Deans. It is the dean’s responsibility to oversee an efficient and innovative dental school in Arizona that maintains the highest standards/quality as set forth by all other ATSU schools and to ensure the applicable accreditation status with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).

Additionally, the dean is responsible for:

• Administering a high quality, innovative dental (DMD), dual-degree (DMD/MPH curriculum), and
  post-graduate dental programs that are closely linked to public health clinical training partners.
• Developing, executing and assessing an ASDOH strategic plan with mission, vision and goals in
  alignment with the ATSU mission, vision, goals and Strategic Plan.
• Developing and supporting a strong leadership team to lead and inspire an effective and efficient
  organization that is mission-driven and committed to achieving ASDOH’s vision and strategic goals.
• Directing faculty and staff recruitment, development and governance, and ensure compliance with
  all University Policies and Procedures.
• Overseeing the management and fiscal solvency of ASDOH campus clinic, and expanding clinical
  partners to accommodate fourth-year training opportunities off-campus.
• Management of the design, execution, and effectiveness of a system of internal controls providing
  reasonable assurance that operations and assets are safeguarded, financial information is reliable,
  and ASDOH’s policies, procedures and actions are in compliance with all applicable federal, and
  state laws and regulations and guidelines.
• Working with the University to facilitate and guide fundraising and the continuing development of
  philanthropy to support the mission of ASDOH.
• Facilitating and guiding grant-related efforts to advance research, scholarship, innovation and
  extramural support of ASDOH. Advancing and expanding the School’s research program, with focus
  on interdisciplinary, clinical translational, educational, and health services research, as well as
  expand scholarly focus on community health and health systems.

Qualifications:

Candidates must have earned a DDS/DMD from a CODA-accredited institution; additional advanced
degree(s) are desirable. Candidates must have an outstanding record of leadership, advocacy, and
service at a university and in the community, a successful record of management and administrative
experience, a proven record of academic activities (i.e.: teaching, scholarship, research, and service.),
and demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to
advance ATSU-ASDOH’s mission and vision.

Application and Nomination Process:

The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications March 20, 2023 and will continue to accept
nominations and applications until the position is filled.
Applicants must submit:

• A letter of interest describing relevant experience
• Cover letter highlighting your interest and experience/qualifications
• A current curriculum vitae/ resume
• A list of three professional references with contact information and nature of relationship.

Nomination letters should include the contact information of the nominee. All nominations and applications will be handled with strict confidentiality.

Please send your application packet electronically through the ATSU employment page at https://www.atsu.edu/employment

Education

• Doctorate or better in Dental Medicine, DMD
• Doctorate or better in Dental Surgery, DDS

Skills

• Relationship Building
• Teaching
• Leadership