Services

Accreditation Support -- LLU

• University Program Review Committee - a committee whose mandate is to develop a schedule and system for reviewing the academic programs on campus.   (01/2009 - 07/2018)
• Committee to improve faculty compliance with grade entry - chaired this committee, which is an IFAC subcommittee (09/2008 - 09/2009)
• Program Review Committee member and co-chair: I have been a member of the program review committee from its inception, and have recently taken on the position of co-chair. It is our responsibility to make sure all programs affiliated with LLU undergo internal reviews on a regular basis. (2010 - Present) (link)

Church Activities

• COVID committee for church - determing when and how it's safe to return to church - composed of pastors and other church leaders (03/2020 - 2022)
• Church Activities - Active member of Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church and have been involved in the following ministries: Children's Story, Children's Church, Sabbath School Superintendent, Drama ministry (07/2005 - Present) (link)
• Calimesa SDA Church Vacation Bible School: Performed the role of Peter during a skit (06/2015)
• Write and perform drama productions for church (01/2000 - Present)
• Pianist for Cradle Roll and Tiny Tots Sabbath School at Calimesa SDA Church (2023 - Present)

Committee Membership (LLU)

• School of Medicine Executive Committee: I was a member of this committee as a representative of BSFAC, and later as director of the Master of Medical Science Program (07/2006 - 2021)
• Curriculum Committees - Attend curriculum committees for basic science and dentistryRecently, I have been appointed member of several committees involved in reorganizing the dental curriculum in preparation for changes in the National Dental Board Exams. (07/2005 - 09/2019)
• Basic Science Curriculum Committee - newly organized after Self Study 2015 (06/2015 - 06/2019)
• Academic Review Committees - Participated in academic review committees for freshman and sophomore dental students and junior and senior dental hygiene students   (06/2006 - Present)
• Basic Sciences Admissions Committee member   (09/2005 - Present)
• Basic Science Academic Affairs Committee - The Basic Sciences recently reorganized into 4 new programs. This committee is comprised of directors and co-directors of these four programs.   (07/2005 - 06/2019)
• Biomedical Sciences Admissions Committee - Admissions of Applicants into the biomedical sciences Certificate Program, now the Master of Medical Science Program   (07/2005 - Present)
• Thesis/Dissertation Committees - member of a number of guidance committees for students in the anatomy, orthodontics and endodontics graduate programs, and also for biology masters students in Earth and Biological Sciences.   (07/2005 - 06/2019)
• Academic Review Committee for the Basic Sciences   (07/2005 - Present)
• Anatomy Faculty Council - Member   (01/1995 - Present)
• School of Medicine Executive Committee - As BSFAC rep to IFAC, I was a member of this committee;More recently,  I have been invited to the committee as Director of the Master of Medical Science Program   (07/2006 - 07/2018)
• Faculty of Graduate Studies - Attended committee meetings for the FGS throughout the year, in which the structure and function of the FGS were discussed   (07/2006 - 06/2018)
• Graduate Council - Member (07/2005 - 06/2018)
• University Faculty Council - member (06/2012 - 07/2013)
• New Faculty Orientation Committee - a committee organized to develop a series of orientations for new faculty.  The committee has put together a series of three annual sessions, one held each quarter during the academic year, to introduce faculty to resources for academics, research and service. (07/2008 - 09/2009)
• InterSchool Faculty Advisory Council - I served as the BSFAC representative to IFAC. This group serves as a liaison between the various schools in the university and the administration (07/2006 - 09/2009)
• Academic Variances Committee (07/2006 - 07/2009)
• Dental Basic Science Task Force - A group involved in the continued development of a basic science curriculum for first year dental students (07/2006 - 07/2008)
• Basic Science Faculty Advisory Committee - Member, and BSFAC representative to IFAC (07/2006 - 07/2008)
• Biomedical Sciences ad hoc committees - Met with administrators in the schools of medicine and dentistry regarding the biomedical sciences certificate programs for those schools (07/2006 - 07/2007)
• Faculty of Graduate Studies - Member of Student Progress subcommittee. (07/2005 - 06/2006)
• Centennial Complex Planning Committee - Member of a subcommittee to develop facilities for the Division of Human Anatomy (07/2005 - 06/2006)
• IFAC - Alternate representative of the Basic Science Faculty Advisory Committee (07/2005 - 06/2006)
• School of Medicine Academic Affairs Committee (08/2022 - Present)
• School of Medicine Academic Review Committee (08/2020 - Present)
• Dental Admissions Committee: This committee selects students for the dentistry, dental hygiene and international dentistry programs in the Loma Linda School of Dentistry (11/2005 - Present)
• Basic Science Curriculum Committee (07/2005 - Present)

Community Service

• Helped with fresh produce distribution for low-income families Located at the SAC Norton clinic in San Bernardino, we packed boxes of donated fresh produce and loaded it into the vehicles of low-income families and church groups (06/2022 - 08/2022)
• Community Garden Composting Helped with composting of spoiled produce and other plant waste to provide fertile soil for the community garden locate at the SAC Norton clinic in San Bernardino (06/2022 - 08/2022)
• LifeHouse Theater - Performed in numerous theatrical productions in local Christian community theater. Wrote musical play based on "Pilgrim''s Progress" by John Bunyan. Served as volunteer host for the theater.  Performed "Damien" in March of 2008. Performed in "Ecclesiastes" in March of 2009. Damien is the story of a Belgian priest who went as a missionary to Hawaii in the 1800s, and worked with the lepers on the island of Molokai until his death from leprosy in 1889. (01/2003 - 06/2009) (link)

International Service

• Month-long trip to Liberia to teach anatomy at the A.M. Dogliotti School of Medicine, University of Liberia in Monrovia (07/2008 - 08/2008)

Presentations -- Lay Audience

• Performed in "Freud's Last Session" sponsored by School of Religion Humanities (03/2023 - 04/2023)
• Performed in the play "Native Gardens" sponsored by School of Religion Humanities (10/2022)
• Dramatic Presentation of "Damien", the story of a Belgian priest who worked with the lepers on the island of Molokai, at the Loma Linda University Church. Have since performed this play at a number of other venues, including the Calimesa SDA Church, LifeHouse Theater in Redlands, CA; Air Force Village West (Riverside, CA). Southeast California Conference of SDA retirees weekend at Pine Springs Ranch, and  Anchorage, Alaska. Most recently performed for a Catholic Women's Retreat in Desert Hot Springs, CA. (05/2011 - 12/2017)
• Performed "Freud's Last Session" at Loma Linda University, Pacific Union College, Southwestern Adventist University, Burman University and La Sierra University (2016). Most recently, we performed at Loma Linda University in Sept/Oct of 2018. The play, written by Mark St. Germain, is  an encounter between Sigmund Freud (played by myself) and C. S. Lewis, at the outbreak of World War II in London. Based on the book, "The Question of God" by Armand Nicholi. (04/2013 - 12/2016)
• "To Kill a Mockingbird" - LifeHouse Theater, Redlands, CA Played the role of Judge John Taylor in a local community production of Harper Lee's famous story. (02/2015 - 03/2015) (link)
• I continue to be involved with dramatic presentations in collaboration with the School of Religion's Humanity Program and the Wil Alexander Wholeness Series. (2013 - Present)
• Performed in the play "Year One", sponsored by the School of Religion Humanities Program (11/2023)
• The play "Native Gardens" at the Redlands Footlighters Theater. (06/2023) (link)

Society Memberships (professional)

• American Dental Education Association Regular Member (01/2003 - 06/2019) (link)
• Sigma Xi Regular Member (01/1992 - 09/2006) (link)
• Omicron Kappa Upsilon - Member - the group meets several times a year to elect new members and take care of other business.   (07/2003 - Present) (link)
• American Dental Education Association (01/2003 - Present)
• American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (01/1992 - Present) (link)
• American Association for Anatomy (formerly American Association of Anatomists) (01/1992 - Present) (link)
• American Association of Clinical Anatomists (01/1992 - Present) (link)