Special Advisory Group

The Harvard School of Medicine (HSDM) Special Advisory Group is a group of trusted advisors, selected by the Dean of HSDM, to help shape and implement the strategic direction of HSDM’s education, research, and clinical care missions. Members represent a wide range of professions and vocations – from business and technology, to medicine, public health, dentistry and more – and share a commitment to the School’s mission to foster a community of diverse global leaders in education, research and clinical innovation dedicated to improving human health by integrating dentistry and medicine. Members support HSDM with their knowledge, guidance and advocacy for HSDM within their personal and professional activities.

 

Dr Ali Nasseh

Allen Ali Nasseh, DDS, MMSc97, PD97

Special Advisory Group Chair

Lecturer on Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences

President and Founder, MicroSurgical Endodontics

Jeanne Ambruster, PhD

CEO and Founder, The Avenues Company

Samuel Lynch, DMD, DMSc89, PD89

Member, Board of Directors, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Founder, CEO and Chairman, Lynch Biologics, LLC

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Lonnie Norris, DMD76, MPH77

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Tufts School of Dental Medicine

Peter Polverini, DDS, DMSc77, PD77

Jonathan Taft Distinguished University Professor of Dentistry Department of Oral Medicine/Pathology and Oncology

University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Maria Ryan, DDS, PhD

Vice President and Chief Dental Officer

Colgate-Palmolive Company

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Richard W. Valachovic, D.M.D., M.P.H., Sc.M.

Clinical Professor, Founding Director, Center for Oral Policy

Management President emeritus, American Dental Education Association (ADEA)