Assistant Vice President for Clinical Education Development appointed
Posted: September 9, 2014
Leonard Goldstein, DDS, PhD, has been appointed Assistant Vice President for Clinical Education Development in the Office of Academic Affairs. Dr. Goldstein, who will be based primarily on the Mesa Campus, will begin his duties on September 15.
Dr. Goldstein will have responsibility for ensuring that all ATSU clinically-based programs have a more than adequate number of quality clinical rotations and experiences in core and elective fields commensurate with the number of students in the respective programs and consistent with program accreditation standards. He will work with deans and directors, and ATSU clinical partners, including Community Health Centers (CHCs), to create additional quality clinical opportunities for ATSU students.
Dr. Goldstein comes to ATSU from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, where as Director of Clerkship Education he has been responsible for developing and monitoring the rotations for 600 medical students annually. His previous administrative positions include serving as an assistant dean for Graduate Program Development, medical director of a hospital-based TMJ/Facial Pain Center, and program director for a Master of Science program in forensic examination.
Dr. Goldstein has most recently presented several papers on clinical education at national conferences and is the author/co-author of more than 60 publications in the fields of pain management, forensic dentistry, and TMJ dysfunction.