(6122) Providing Care to Underserved Veterans: Panel Presentation Various Care Models

Friday, October 18, 2024

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Location: Room 245, Convention Center

CE: 1.5

Sponsored By

Fee: Included with SmilePass

Moderator(s)

Mark A. Vitale, DMD

Chairperson, Give Veterans a Smile National Advisory Committee
ADA
Brick, New Jersey, United States

Panelist(s)

Brad Barnes, DDS, FACD, FICD

Owner/ CEO
Barnes Dental Associates, Inc.
Normal, Illinois, United States

Presentation Slides
Jade Duncan, DDS, MEd, SHRM-CP, LDCP (she/her/hers)

SVP of Dental Services
Zufall Health
Dover, New Jersey, United States

Presentation Slides
Jessica Elwell (she/her/hers)

Executive Director
Everyone for Veterans
Winston, Oregon, United States

Presentation Slides
Jere Gillan, Dr. Jere Gillan (he/him/his)

General Dentist/Practice Owner
Aspen Dental
Orlando, Florida, United States

Presentation Slides
Kelley G. Hollingsworth Ryals, DDS/ LTC (she/her/hers)

General Dentist/New Mexico State Dental Officer
PDS Health / PDS Foundation advisor/ New Mexico Army National Guard
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Presentation Slides
Karin Irani, DDS

Dentist
Karin Irani, DDS, JD
Beverly Hills , California, United States

Presentation Slides
Lynda Ricketson, MLS, CFRE (she/her/hers)

President & CEO
Dental Lifeline Network
Denver, Colorado, United States

Presentation Slides Handouts
Adam Haochun Yang

DMD '25
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure(s):

Mark A. Vitale, DMD: No financial relationships to disclose

Brad Barnes, DDS, FACD, FICD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jade Duncan, DDS, MEd, SHRM-CP, LDCP: No financial relationships to disclose

Jessica Elwell: Everyone for Veterans: Employee (Ongoing)

Jere Gillan, Dr. Jere Gillan: No financial relationships to disclose

Kelley G. Hollingsworth Ryals, DDS/ LTC: No financial relationships to disclose

Karin Irani, DDS: No financial relationships to disclose

Lynda Ricketson, MLS, CFRE: No financial relationships to disclose

Adam Haochun Yang: No financial relationships to disclose

Providing charitable care to the underserved veteran patient can be challenging and rewarding. This panel presentation will highlight different models for providing care to veteran patients and identifying dental homes for these patients.

Learning Objectives:

Recognize different care models that provide charitable care to veterans
Understand how you can be involved in providing and/or identifying a dental home for veterans
Develop strategies to care for veterans taking into consideration their circumstantial needs