The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) installed Gerald Glickman, DDS, as its new president during the organization's 2012 Annual Session and Exhibition in Orlando, FL.
The organization also named Steven Young, DDS, its president-elect. With a 36-year tenure at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, Dr. Young has been involved in the full spectrum of academic dentistry from professor to department chair to dean.
Dr. Glickman said he will focus his term as president on fostering lifelong learning among his colleagues, which he called "essential."
He is a founding member of the ADEA Commission on Change and Innovation in Dental Education and has chaired and served as councilor for the ADEA Section on Endodontics and the ADEA Section on Graduate and Postgraduate Education.
Dr. Glickman is currently professor and chair of the department of endodontics and director of graduate endodontics at Baylor College of Dentistry.
