Michigan Dental Association

Michigan Dental Association
Special Committee on Access to Care
and
Michigan Access to Oral Health Care Work Group
Friday, September 10, 2010
9:00 a.m. – MDA Building
Attended:
Norman Palm, DDS, MS, chair
Mert Aksu, DDS, JD, MHSA, dean, University Detroit Mercy Dental School
Sherill Behnke, DDS
Patricia Boyle, DDS
Melanie Brim, Michigan Department of Community Health
Daniel Briskie, DDS, MS, AAPD Head Start Dental Home Initiative
Charles Burling, DDS, MDA trustee
Chris Farrell, RDH, BSDH, MPA, Michigan Department of Community Health
Patricia Jansen, RN, Head Start
Gary Jeffers, DDS, MS, MDA president
Michael Jennings, DDS, Michigan Dental Association Foundation
Jeffery Johnston, DDS, MS, MDA vice-president
Martin Makowski, DDS, MS, MDA trustee
Glenn Melenyk, DDS, DentaMax
Bonnie Nothoff, RDH, Michigan Dental Hygienists’ Association
Jerel Owens, DMD, National Dental Association
Peter Polverini, DDS, dean, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Amanda Roffe, Henry Ford Health Systems, guest
Denise Sloan, executive director, Michigan Academy of Pediatrics
Richard Small, JD, attorney, Michigan Council of Dental Specialties
Jehaan Wakeem, DDS, MS, AAPD Head Start Dental Home Initiative, guest
Tom Kochheiser, CAE, MDA director of marketing and public information
David Foe, MDA director of member communications
April Stopczynski, public relations and public affairs assistant
Peter Pratt, Public Sector Consultants
Amanda Menzies, Public Sector Consultants
Absent:
Denise Coleman, DDS, Wolverine Dental Society
Kathleen Conway, MHSA, Henry Ford Health Systems
Susan Deming, RDH, BS, Michigan Department of Community Health
Arnoldo DiRezze, DDS
Kevin Hale, DDS, MS, Points of Light
Jed Jacobson, DDS, MS, MPH, Delta Dental
Zelton Johnson, DDS, MDA trustee
Karlene Ketola, executive director, Michigan Oral Health Coalition
Kathleen LaRue, RDH
Nancy Lindman, Michigan Association of United Ways

Jeffrey Nigl, MD, FACEP, American College of Emergency Physicians
Jo Ann Nyquist, Wayne County Community College
Michael Owen, DDS, Academy of General Dentistry
Wilhelm Piskorowski, DDS, University of Michigan
Kim Sibilsky, executive director, Michigan Primary Care Association
Lisandra Soto, DMD
John VanderKolk, DDS, Health Intervention Services
Thomas Veryser, DDS, MHSA, Michigan Community Dental Clinics
Call to Order:
The meeting was called to order at 9:10 a.m.
**Please see the attached Meeting Summary prepared by Public Sector Consultants
for a detailed summary of the meeting discussion.
Next Meeting Date:
The next meeting of the MDA Special Committee on Access to Care and Michigan
Access to Oral Health Care Work Group will be held on Friday, December 3 from 9:00
a.m. – 12 noon at the MDA office.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 10:40 a.m.