OraPharma, Inc., a pharmaceutical company specializing in products for the dental market announced today that John Lenart, Senior Product Manager was recently elected Secretary of the American Dental Education Association’s (ADEA) Corporate Council during the Association’s 83rd annual session in Orlando, Florida.
ADEA is the leading national organization for dental education. Its members include all U.S. and Canadian dental schools, advanced dental education programs, hospital dental education programs, allied dental education programs, corporations, faculty, and students.
According to Dr. Richard ‘Valachovic, Executive Director of the American Dental Education Association, “The ADEA looks to our corporate members and their leadership to help provide vital support and thoughtful direction for our programs. We are grateful to have OraPharma, Inc as a corporate member and pleased that John Lenart’s corporate colleagues have elected him to the leadership position of Secretary of the Corporate Council. We know John will bring much to the deliberations and activities of our 60 corporate members.”
The role of the ADEA Corporate Council is to serve as a liaison between the corporate and academic members of the Association; to impart corporate members’ knowledge to other Association members and to work with other component groups of the Association to encourage coordinated approaches to dental and allied dental education and care delivery.
“I am proud and honored to be elected by my peers as Secretary of the ADEA Corporate Council,” said Lenart. “The Council’s ability to improve the state of oral health in North
America depends on the collaborative efforts of manufacturers and educators addressing the prevailing issues in dental education, research, and the delivery and access to quality oral health care for the improvement of overall public health.”