Majority Policy Committee

Senator Dave Argall, Chair

Majority Policy Committee

Senator Dave Argall, Chair

Public hearing on to review the growing shortage of dentists and their staff assistants in rural Pennsylvania

Senate Majority Policy Committee

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 1 p.m.

Lehigh Carbon Community College
Morgan Center
234 High Street
Tamaqua, PA 


Agenda

1:00 p.m.         Welcome and Opening Remarks

                        Senator David G. Argall, Chairman
                        Senate Majority Policy Committee

1:10 p.m.         Panel One

                        Kaitlyn Goode, Data Visualization Specialist & Laura Dimino, Ph.D., Assistant Director – Testimony, Supporting Doc
                        Center for Rural Pennsylvania

                        Helen Hawkey, Executive Director – Testimony
                        PA Coalition for Oral Health

                        Jessica Brennan, BSDH, RDH, PHDHP, CDA – Testimony
                        Tamaqua Rural Health Clinic

                        Dr. Maria Taceloskey – Testimony
                        PA Dental Association

2:10 p.m.         Panel Two

                        Karen Clark, MSN, RN, Director of Nursing – Testimony
                        Lehigh Carbon Community College

                        Karen B. Rainey, DMD, Director of Dental Health – Testimony
                        Luzerne County Community College

                        Michael C. Verber, DMD, FICOI, CEO & Chairman – Testimony, Supporting Doc
                        Verber Dental Group

3:10 p.m.         Panel Three

                        Amid Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, DrPH – Testimony
                        Dean and Lura Carnell Professor
                        Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry

                        Marnie Oakley, DMD, Dean & Jim Earle, EdD, MBA, Vice Dean of Operations
                        University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine

                        Joan I. Gluch, Ph.D., PHDHP, RDH – Testimony
                        Professor, Clinical Community Oral Health
                        Division of Community Oral Health
                        Associate Dean of Academic Policies
                        University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

4:00 p.m.         Closing Remarks and Adjournment

 

Additional Testimonies

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

Association of Dental Support Organizations

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