User:Kendeacon

OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY _________________________

August 2006 - present Dentist, at offices in Westminster, Maryland and Finksburg, Maryland -Practices focused predominately on HMO and PPO patients

February 2006 - June 2006 Substitute teacher, Baltimore County Public Schools

February 2006 Dentist, at Embangweni Mission Hospital, Malawi, Africa: -Volunteer position with a medical and teaching group from the United States, for two weeks as guests of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, -Worked as the only dentist at the hospital, joining a technician/paradentist. -Purchased, begged, and brought equipment and supplies to restore the dental clinic to working order after loss of the previous dentist (to private practice). -Repaired equipment, organized supplies and instruments. -Treated patients, including diagnosis, extractions, I & D, simple restorative, partial dentures (made by me at the clinic), and scaling. -Taught full time dental technician (allowed by the Malawi government and by       the hospital administration to do all dental procedures at the clinic)  to        continue and advance the work in the clinic. -Participated in other activities including AIDS testing and rounds. July 2003 - January 2006 Administrator, parent, technician, handyman: -Retired from active dental practice. -Maintained active Maryland dental license, current AHA Healthcare Provider CPR certification and other continuing education required for dental licensure. -Continued as dental practice administrator and employer until sale of practice. -Raised my daughter, now 8 years old, on a full-time basis. -Repaired and renovated dental office in Charles Village, Baltimore, MD, sold in May 2005. -Documented administrative details of dental practice for prospective transfer: information on patient base and demographics, finances, inventory, fees, permits, community planning, etc. -Repaired and renovated house. -Volunteered at Forest Christian Child Care Center(preschool) in Upperco, Maryland, and at the associated church, doing daily and general maintenance, repair, audio- visual/technical support, coaching soccer, etc. -Certified in Infant and Child CPR and First Aid (for preschool work).

November 1985 - July 2003 Dentist, in private practice partnership with Diane Gaffney DDS (now     Diane Gaffney Deacon DDS), Baltimore, Maryland,  located at     3047 St.Paul Street, in Charles Village, Baltimore, Maryland: -Personally built, equipped, operated and maintained two thriving dental offices, consecutively. -Cited as "Best of Baltimore" [ by reader survey, in City Paper, 2003 ] with partner Diane Gaffney Deacon DDS. -Featured in sidebar "Holy Molar" to feature article: "Here's The Drill:      Baltimore's 60 Top Dentists" in  Baltimore Magazine,  May 1999. -Functioned also as dental practice administrator and employer. -Developed and maintained in-house office management computer program, actively in use for over ten years until practice sold in May 2005. -Installed, maintained, repaired, upgraded dental equipment and dental office physical plant, mostly unassisted. -Retired temporarily from clinical practice in July 2003.

July 1984 - October 1985 Dentist, solo private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, located at      2932 Guilford Avenue in Charles Village: -Built all phases of physical office and professional practice from the beginning. -Joined by Diane Gaffney DDS in 1985.

January 1984 - February 1985 Associate dentist in group practice of Raymond Honaski, DDS, PA, Baltimore, Maryland, located at 633 Elrino Street in East Baltimore.

August 1983 - January 1984 Dental laboratory technician and dental assistant [while awaiting licensure] at office of Raymond Honaski, DDS, PA, Baltimore, MD.

1982- 1986  Assistant clinical coordinator, Maryland State Dental Association Committee for Rehabilitation of Impaired Dentists,  [part-time but paid position] to aid and direct dentists experiencing physical or mental problems affecting their clinical practice: -Performed clinical interventions. -Recommended treatment regimens. -Monitored progress and compliance. -Served as patient advocate to the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners when necessary.

December 1982 Dental extern, US Coast Guard Air Station, Clearwater, Florida: -Provided routine dental treatment to Coast Guard personnel and their dependents in program coordinated by University of Maryland School of Dentistry.

July 1982 Dentist(volunteer during semester break), Indian Health Service, Standing Rock Indian Reservation,  McLaughlin, South Dakota: -Provided short term dental treatment to Native Americans at the reservation dental clinic.

1980 - 1983    Dental student; held part-time jobs including: Alcoholism Counselor, University of Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, Baltimore, Maryland [1981-82]; and Instructor [volunteer], American Red Cross, Baltimore, Maryland [1983]: for Beginning Sign Language (though only at beginner competency)

1980	Microbiologist, Department of Research and Development, BBL Microbiological Systems, Becton-Dickenson Inc., Hunt Valley, Maryland:

1978 - 1980	Zookeeper, Medical Center, Baltimore Zoo, Baltimore, Maryland.

Prior to 1978 Student-- held miscellaneous summer and part-time jobs, including: Associate Faculty Research Assistant (full-time), Signmaker, Grocery clerk, Associate manager, Dairy farmhand, Documents clerk, Supply assistant.

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EDUCATION ____________

University of Maryland, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Baltimore, MD	 [1974-77,1980-83] -Led student team which developed and launched what may be the first student-organized, student-run program for intervention in professional student chemical dependency problems. -Co-wrote in-house brochure, "Impaired Student Program". -Co-developed and scripted videotape "Under the Influence" with the Director of Addictions Education, drawing on my experience in dental treatment of the spouse of an alcoholic. -Co-authored "Exploring Addictions- A Treatment Role for the Dentist" (Dental Student 60(10):31-38, July-Aug 1982). -Developed and taught "minimester" course "Communicating with Deaf	 Dental Patients" to dental students, [Jan 1983]. -Interrupted training in 1978 to pursue lifelong dreams: being a zookeeper, and working in science as a researcher. While in the process of applying to graduate school for microbiology, I decided instead to complete my dental training. Degree: Doctor of Dental Surgery 1983

Seton Hill University, Veterans Administration (CHEP), Baltimore College of Dental Surgery,  Maryland State Dental Association, and others [1983-2008]. Various certificates: continuing education in dentistry.

Rutgers University Summer School of Alcohol Studies, New Brunswick, NJ [1981]: Intensive training in chemical dependency counseling. Certificate of training 1981: 28 Credit hours in Category I of the Physician's	 Recognition Award of the American Medical Association

University of Maryland University College [1980]: Introductory Computer Programming (Fortran language)

American Red Cross, Baltimore, MD [1981-1982]: Three-course sequence in American Sign Language

University of Maryland at College Park[1969-1973]: Zoology major, Psychology minor Degree: Bachelor of Science in Zoology 1973