The ADA Practice Institute is pleased to announce that Pamela M. Porembski, D.D.S. has accepted the position of Director, Council on Dental Practice in the Practice Institute. In her new role, Dr. Porembski oversees activities of the Council and its affiliated interagency efforts.
Dr. Porembski previously served the Council as a senior manager and focused on special projects related to the evolving dental workforce, dental group practice, caries risk assessment, the dental economy, regulatory activities and dental forensics. She also provided expert content review of ADA agencies’ products, resources and publications, as well as coordinated a comprehensive policy review process on behalf of the Council. Most recently, Dr. Porembski played a key role helping to lead the staff team assembled to create and launch the ADA Center for Professional Success, and its first app, the ADA Oral Pathologist.
Dr. Porembski completed her undergraduate degree at Loyola University and received both a Bachelor of Science in Dentistry degree in 1980 and Bachelor of Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1982 from the University of Illinois, College of Dentistry. She practiced general dentistry for more than 20 years in Chicago before joining the ADA staff in 2003 as a staff member of the Council on Dental Benefit Programs.
A native Chicagoan, Dr. Porembski resides in Prospect Heights, IL.
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The not-for-profit ADA is the nation’s largest dental association, representing 157,000 dentist members. The premier source of oral health information, the ADA has advocated for the public’s health and promoted the art and science of dentistry since 1859. The ADA’s state-of-the-art research facilities develop and test dental products and materials that have advanced the practice of dentistry and made the patient experience more positive. The ADA Seal of Acceptance long has been a valuable and respected guide to consumer dental care products. The monthly The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) is the ADA’s flagship publication and the best-read scientific journal in dentistry. For more information about the ADA, visit ada.org. For more information on oral health, including prevention, care and treatment of dental disease, visit the ADA’s consumer website MouthHealthy.org.
