Lily T. Garcia Installed as ADEA Chair-Elect of the Board

Lily T. Garcia Installed as ADEA Chair-Elect of the Board

WASHINGTON, March 22, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The American Dental

Education Association (ADEA) installed Lily T. Garcia, D.D.S., M.S.,

FACP, as Chair-elect of the Board at the 2013 ADEA Annual Session &

Exhibition, held March 16-19, in Seattle, Washington.

“As Chair-elect of the Board of ADEA, I will advocate the need to

assess and reassess our educational processes and envision a proactive

view in the development of the next generation of clinicians,

scientists, academicians, and community leaders,” says Dr. Garcia. “The

future of dental education is in the hands of ADEA members since it is

their responsibility to help translate the vision of change and

innovation into the reality of education. If in the midst of day-to-day

activities, we can help faculty and students navigate educational

processes, they themselves will step into leadership roles that improve

ADEA’s efforts in addressing the oral health of our diverse

population.”

Dr. Garcia is currently the Director of the Division of Advanced

Education and External Affairs in the Department of Comprehensive

Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San

Antonio Dental School. Previously, she taught at the University of

Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry, where she became

the Chair of the Department of Restorative Dentistry.

Between 2008 and 2011, Dr. Garcia served on the ADEA Board of Directors

as Vice President for Sections. She was the recipient of an ADEA

Presidential Citation at the 2011 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition. A

Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, Dr. Garcia is also a

Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists (ACP), the Academy of

Prosthodontics, and the American College of Dentists. She is the

Immediate Past President of the ACP and former Chair of the Council for

the American Board of Prosthodontics.

Dr. Garcia holds a D.D.S. from Texas A &M University Baylor College of

Dentistry in Dallas, Texas, and an M.S. in Prosthodontics from the

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She received

the University of Colorado Health Science Center Presidents Excellence

in Teaching Award and the Educator of the Year award from the American

College of Prosthodontists in 2004.

After spending one year as ADEA Chair-elect of the Board, Dr. Garcia

will become ADEA Chair of the Board at the conclusion of the 2014 ADEA

Annual Session & Exhibition in San Antonio, Texas, taking place March

15-18, 2014.

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