Should the University of Rochester create a School for Dental medicine with a predoctoral program?

What structural models will create new opportunities for Dentistry at the University of Rochester?

Since the time that George Eastman established the Eastman Dental Center and the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Dentistry at the University of Rochester has developed an international reputation for postdoctoral education, research, and patient care.

As one of the premiere institutions for academic leadership development, there are few dental schools in the United States that do not have at least one University of Rochester graduate among their faculty. Many dental school deans are University of Rochester alumni.

An effort is currently underway to explore the feasibility of the University of Rochester School of Dental Medicine (URSDM). Exploration of feasibility is the first step to determine opportunities to build on Dentistry’s rich history at the University of Rochester.

This Website is one conduit in an open process to gather comments and ideas from all stakeholders about the URSDM and other models for Dentistry.

Review & Comments

You are invited to read the Feasibility Plan, Draft 1 and other updates. You are also urged to submit your comments by email to Karl Haden, PhD., consultant to the feasibility study.

Comments will be forwarded to University of Rochester leadership and the Academic Dental Medicine Advisory Council(ADMAC).

The goal is a collaborative process leading to a recommendation to University President Joel Seligman, the CEO of the Medical Center, and other University leaders about the feasibility of the URSDM and ways to continue Dentistry’s national and international leadership.