Assistant / Associate / Professor - Director of the Roger Wood Clinic - General Practice - School of Dentistry 45002298 907 Floyd Avenue, MCV Main Campus, Virginia, United States, 23284 Faculty Teaching & Research Faculty School Of Dentistry MBU Unit: School of Dentistry Department: General Practice Duties & Responsibilities: The VCU School of Dentistry seeks a compassionate, accomplished, and collaborative full-time
faculty member to serve as Director of the Roger Wood Clinic. This is a teaching and research faculty position with a strong clinical mission focused on improving oral health care for individuals with special healthcare needs. The Director will provide visionary leadership in the education, clinical care, and scholarly advancement of Special Care Dentistry while fostering an inclusive, patient-centered learning
environment. The successful candidate will lead and expand educational programs that prepare future oral healthcare professionals to provide high-quality, evidence-based care for patients with physical, intellectual, developmental, behavioral, medical, or emotional challenges. The position includes didactic and clinical teaching, curriculum development, course directorship, mentoring, and the promotion of scholarship
and research that advances the field of Special Care Dentistry. Participation in intramural faculty practice is encouraged. The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Dentistry is located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. With a 133-year history, Virginia’s only dental school provides opportunities for selected, qualified individuals to study dentistry and oral health through a Doctor of Dental Surgery
(D.D.S) program, graduate specialty training programs and a dental hygiene program. The VCU School of Dentistry is one of a small number of dental schools in the country affiliated with an academic medical center, the only dental school in the Commonwealth, and one of the oldest dental schools in the United States founded in 1893. It is one of five health sciences academic programs on the Medical College of Virginia
(MCV) Campus of VCU. Position Responsibilities: Clinical: This vital position will provide a teaching and leadership role in VCU dental clinics, caring for patients with special healthcare needs, mentoring and teaching diverse students, and working collaboratively with other dedicated faculty and staff to promote a safe, compassionate, and adaptive environment focused on patients and their caregivers. Providing
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