2024 Catalog: General Courses

This meeting is designed to improve the management of IHS, Tribal, and Urban Dental Programs on important clinical, human resources, and fiscal topics. Attendance is only for those who are current ADOs and DOH staff.

Upon completion of this in-person course, participants should be able to:
1. Describe the new Title 38 pay table for dental assistants;
2. List the leadership for each IHS Area dental program; and
3. Describe at least three IHS current oral health promotion/disease prevention initiatives.

Cheryl Sixkiller — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at cheryl.sixkiller@ihs.gov.

CHRISTOPHER HALLIDAY — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at christopher.halliday@ihs.gov.

Kristin Smith — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at KSmith@kenaitze.org.

Bob Busuttil — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Bob.Busuttil@HenrySchein.com.

George Bird — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at george.bird@tananachiefs.org.

Sarah Shoffstall-Cone — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sshoffstallcone@anthc.org.

Lisa Begay — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at lisa.begay2@ihs.gov.

Anna Woods — DDS For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at anna.woods@ihs.gov.

Nicholas Lyons — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Nicholas.Lyons@ihs.gov.

MICHAEL DONALESKI — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Michael.Donaleski@ihs.gov.

Joel Knutson — Dental Informatics and Project Manager for the IHS Electronic Dental Record For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at joel.knutson@ihs.gov.

Nathan Mork — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at nathan.mork@ihs.gov.

Timothy Ricks — Director, Office of Public Health and Area Dental Officer For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at tim.ricks@ihs.gov.

Joseph Park — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at joseph.park@srmt-nsn.gov.

Bob Smith — I am a trusty Shellback For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Bob.Smith@ihs.gov.

Jon Sok — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jon.sok@ihs.gov.

Damon Pope — Deputy Project Manager for the IHS Electronic Dental Record IHS DOH National Infection Control Consultant For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at damon.pope@ihs.gov.

TIMOTHY LOZON — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at Timothy.Lozon@ihs.gov.

Sarah Hochuli — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at sarah.hochuli@ihs.gov.

Jerome Alford — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at jerome.alford@ihs.gov.

The speakers have no conflicts of interest to report.

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

Must be an Area Dental Officer or DOH Staff.

Please Make Checks Payable to: Indian Health Service.

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.