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Jerold S. Goldberg, dean of the School of
Dentistry, will assume additional responsibilities as interim
dean of the CWRU School of Medicine. Goldberg will remain the
permanent dean of the dental school while temporarily leading
the medical school as Nathan Berger, dean of the medical school,
moves into his new role as director of the Center for Science,
Health and Society, and CWRU conducts a national search for a
new dean. The new faculty appointments were effective this month.
"Wagner and President-designate Edward M.
Hundert joined Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell in making the announcement
of the new center last month.
"The dental and medical schools are colleagues,
with links through teaching and research," Goldberg said. He adds
that he looks forward to working with the medical school's faculty
members and researchers who have had an impact on global health.
For the past 15 years, Goldberg has had
a secondary appointment at the medical school in the department
of surgery. CWRU's dental school is preparing for the intensive
American Dental Association's accreditation process that will
take place over the next year. While administrators are in place
for the review process, the continuity of Goldberg's deanship
will not disrupt the implementation of curriculum changes and
programs in place to meet the new ADA standards. The dental school
has 41 full-time faculty members, 30 preceptors and a student
body of 280 undergraduates and 45 graduate students, as well as
over 240 volunteer dentists from the community who teach and help
in the clinics.
Goldberg joined the CWRU faculty in 1974
and became dean of the dental school in 1997, first as interim
dean and later dean. He earned his B.S. from CWRU in 1966 and
continued to study at the University for his D.D.S., which he
received in 1970. He completed his dental internship at Newark
Beth Israel Hospital in New Jersey and went on to specialize in
oral surgery, with his residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland.
During his professional career, Goldberg
has more than 30 years experience in oral and maxillofacial procedures
at University Hospitals where the CWRU dental school faculty provide
consultations for pediatric traumas as well as adult oral and
maxillofacial injuries in the hospital's emergency room.
As a researcher, Goldberg is a leader in
studies on temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ). Goldberg has
worked closely with the medical school to integrate medical school
faculty into the dental school's basic science curriculum.
Under Goldberg's leadership as dean, the
dental school has seen several milestones:
- A 40 percent increase in faculty
- One of the most diverse faculty and student bodies outside
of Howard University and Meharry Medical College
- The development of a dual-degree program in oral and maxillofacial
surgery where graduate dental students earn a combined D.D.S./M.D.
- A recommitment and revival of the oral health-related research
program, with more than a 200 percent increase in research dollars
- The construction of a new multimedia center for first- and
second-year dental education that integrates simulation teaching
technology into what Goldberg describes as one of the most cutting-edge
classrooms in the country and world
- The Healthy Smiles-Bright Futures dental sealant program that
provides more than $2 million in free dental sealants and examinations
for Cleveland Municipal School District children by CWRU faculty
and dental students and is a collaboration of CWRU, the Cleveland
schools and St. Luke's Foundation of Cleveland
- Exceeded past fundraising records for several years
- Established with University Hospitals/Rainbow Babies and Children's
Hospital, the Tapper Pediatric Dental Clinic to serve the needs
of in-hospital and community pediatric patient needs
- Opened four state-of-the-art, specialty dental clinics at
the school
Goldberg is also active in Partnership in
Hope, a volunteer medical corps established by CWRU dentist John
DiStefano and made up of volunteers from the University, University
Hospitals and other medical organizations in the area. He has
traveled as a volunteer dentist and oral surgeon to Mexico, Ecuador,
Nepal and Lithuania.
Because of the increased demand to see volunteer
dentists when they travel to Lithuania, Goldberg established the
Craniofacial Clinic in Lithuania to meet the demand for oral health
care. Starting three years ago, Goldberg instituted teleconferencing
from CWRU on an as-need basis with Lithuanian dentists and doctors.
Now Goldberg and others at the CWRU dental school can see patients
through their pre-operative consultations, operations and post-op
care.
Wagner approached Goldberg about the additional
appointment through a telephone call while he was on a medical
mission in Lithuania two weeks ago.
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