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Curriculum Vitae for
7931 Jefferson Highway • Baton Rouge, LA
70809
Phone (225)927-3442 • Fax (225)927-3457
Email: robertdwestermandds@cox.net
EDUCATION
DDS:
Loyola University Dental School,
New Orleans, Louisiana (1959-1963)
Undergraduate: Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana (1954-1958)
University High (LSU Lab School) Practice Teaching (1958)
High
School: Malvern High School, Malvern, Arkansas (1954)
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS AND HONORS
American Dental Association
Academy of General Dentistry
Louisiana Dental Association
American Society of Preventive Dentistry
American Association of Hospital Dentists
The Royal Academy of Health
Member of the House of Delegates of the Louisiana Dental Association
Dental Education Committee of the Louisiana Dental Association
Capital Area Health Planning Council
The International Platform Association
Dental Audit Committee for the Baton Rouge General Hospital (1970-1972)
Secretary of Dental Staff for Baton Rouge General Hospital (1972)
President of the Sixth District Dental Association (1972)
Chairman
of the Peer Review Committee for the Sixth District Dental Association
(1972 to Present)
Vice Chief of Dental Staff for the Baton Rouge General Hospital (1973)
Utilization Review, Baton Rouge General Hospital (1973)
Member of the Executive Committee of the Baton Rouge General Hospital (1974)
Chief of Dental Staff for Baton Rouge General Hospital (1974)
Vice Chief of Dental Staff for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
(1981)
Chief of Dental Staff for Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
(1982)
Vice Chief of Dental Service for Baton Rouge General Hospital (1986-1993)
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Dental Services (1965-1993)
C. Victor Vignes Odontological Society
Omicron Kappa Upsilon
Fellow International College of Dentists (Inducted October, 1984)
First Honorary Member of Louisiana Dental Hygiene Association
Building and Architectural Committee, Louisiana Dental Association (1994-1995)
Founder of Classic Practice Resources (A dental consulting firm)
The Louisiana Dental Associations
Distinguished Service Award was presented to Robert D. Westerman,
DDS on April 12, 2008.
Founder of Classic Practice Resources (A dental consulting firm)
The Louisiana Dental Associations
Distinguished Service Award was presented to Robert D. Westerman,
DDS on April 12, 2008.
The Distinguished Service Award in the highest
honor bestowed by the Louisiana Dental Association and is presented
annually to individual members who have exemplified the highest
standards of professional conduct in dentistry and have made
extraordinary contributions in organized dentistry and their
community. The recipient is selected by their colleagues.
CIVIC
INVOLVEMENT AND HONORS
Chairman
of the Peabody Society, College of Education at Louisiana State
University (2003)
President,
Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Symphony Association (June 2000)
Peabody
Society, College of Education at Louisiana State University (1999)
President
Elect, Baton Rouge Symphony Association (1999)
Chairman
of Conductor Search Committee of Baton Rouge Symphony Association
(1998)
Member,
Board of Directors, Baton Rouge Credit Bureau (1995)
Treasurer,
Baton Rouge Symphony (1995)
Friends
of the LSU School of Music, Board of Directors (1993-1995)
Member,
Board of Directors, Louisiana Symphony Association (1994)
Member,
CFAC Cabinet, The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge (1994)
Dean's
Council LSU School of Music (1993-1994)
Member,
First Methodist Church of Baton Rouge
Member,
Governor's Commission on the International Year of the Child (1979-1980)
Steering
Committee for the Baton Rouge Opera (1983)
Louisiana
Alliance of Innovators in Technology Member
Rotary
International
Elected
"Boss Of The Year" by the COE Club of Robert E. Lee
High School,
Baton
Rouge, Louisiana (1984)
Multiple
volunteer and administrative positions in church and club groups
LSU
Football and Track Teams, Freshmen Football Coach 1958
High
School All American (Football) (Wigwam Wisemen of America)
LSU
Air Force ROTC
Distinguished
Military Student (1956-1958)
PATENTS
IN DENTAL FIELD
Crown
and Bridge Preparation Paralleling Instrument
Metalift
Crown and Bridge Removal System
Pillar
Cusp System for Restoring Fractured Teeth
Sublingual
Anti-Gag Tablet
Interdental
Plaque Removal and Irrigating Device
TEXTBOOKS
AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
"Broken Endodontic Posts: Frustration or Fulfillment. A New Technique for Removal,"
Dentistry Today, April 1991
"The Gagging Patient: A Method for Success," Dentistry Today, December
1991
Scheduling Patients and Appointment Book Control
Manual, The Classic Practice Series,
Vol. I, 278 pages, Princeton University Press,
1991
Accounts
Receivable, Financial Arrangements and Collections Manual The Classic Practice
Series,
Vol. II, 542 pages, Publishing Date:
December 1993
Practical Endodontics: A Clinical Atlas, Contributor, 291
pages, C.V. Mosby Company 1993
"Peer Review, A Valuable Member Service,"
Journal of the Louisiana Dental Association,
Fall 1994
Practical Endodontics (textbook) Contributor,
Chapter 11, "Nonsurgical Retreatment,"
C.V. Mosby Company 1994
Metalift Crown and Bridge Removal System Technical
Manual, October 1995
"A System for Treating Crown and Bridge Failures,"
Dentistry Today, March 1996
"Un Nouvo Sistema per Risolvere I Fallimenti Endodontici Al Di Sotto Della
Protesti";
L'Informatore Endodontico, Nr 1 Anno 1997 Firenze, Italy (Florence, Italy)
"A New Paradigm for the Construction and Service
of Fixed Prosthodontics,"
Dentistry Today, June 1999
"Cement vs. Screw Retained Implant Supported
Restoration," Implant
News and Views,
July/August 2000
Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics, Third Edition
(textbook), Contributor, Chapter 32,
"Postoperative Care" 2001
Various other Technical and Administrative Publications
Contemporary Fixed Prosthodontics, Third Edition
(textbook),Rosenstrel · Land · Fujimoto · Mosby
2001
Pathways of the Pulp, Eight Edition (textbook),
Steven Cohen · Richard C. Burns· Mosby
2002
"How To Build Your Dream Practice", Part
I, Dentistry Today, September 2003
Manuale Illustrato Di Endodonzia, Dr. Ambu,
Milano 2003 (Milan Italy)
"How To Build Your Dream Practice", Part
II, Dentistry
Today, November 2003
"How To Build Your Dream Practice", Part
III, Dentistry
Today, January 2004
LECTURES
New Orleans Dental Conferences
New Orleans,
Louisiana
1. "How to Live Even As An Auxiliary"
2. "Increasing Auxiliary Potential
in Management and Prevention"
3. "Get Off Your Roller Coaster
Ride with Innovative Management"
Neil Brahe Dental Study Group, Dental Association
Oshkosh,
Wisconsin
"Office Systems and Philosophy for Greater Enjoyment
and Production"
Tennessee
State Congress of Optometrists
(Annual Meeting) Nashville, Tennessee
"The People Part of Practice"
Dentech
National Users Conference
Dearborn, Michigan
"Scheduling Patients and Appointment Book Control"
Louisiana State University School of Veterinary
Medicine
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1. "Looking Toward the Future as
a Professional"
2. Conquering the Uncertain Road to Professionalism"
Sycom
Dental Study Group
Madison, Wisconsin
"Bringing About Completion of Your Plans, Programs
and Projects"
Northeast
Louisiana University Continuing Education Program
Monroe, Louisiana
1. "Productivity: Whipping Today's Problems Through Organization
and Management"
2. "Changing Over From An Outside
Service Bureau to an In-House Computer"
Louisiana
State University School of Dentistry Guest Lecturer
New Orleans, Louisiana
1. "Preventive Dentistry"
2. "Motivating Patients in Home
Care Procedures"
3. "Getting Patients to Take Responsibility
for Their Oral Health"
4.
"Success Through Patient Communication"
Acadiana
Dental Study Group
Lafayette, Louisiana
1. "The Dynamics of Effective Office
Management and Solvency"
2. Success Through Organization"
Louisiana
Dental Association State Meeting
Lafayette, Louisiana
1.
"The Anatomy of a More Effective Dental Organization"
2.
"Organization and Livingness"
Louisiana
State University School of Medicine, Guest Lecturer, General Practice
Residency Program
New Orleans, Louisiana
1. "Myths of Dentistry"
2.
"Dental Health for the Family Practitioner"
Eighth
District Dental Association
Alexandria, Louisiana
"Expanded Duties of Auxiliaries"
Louisiana Dental Hygienists Association, State Officers Strategic Planning
Lecture and Workshop
New Orleans, Louisiana
1.
"Debugging the Organization"
2.
"Goals Planning and Membership Drive"
3.
Organizational Financial Planning"
Sixth
District Dental Hygienists Association
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"The Hygienist as Both Goad and
Galahad"
East
Baton Rouge Veterinary Study Group
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Staff Organization, Duties and
Responsibilities for Optimum Office Flows"
East
Baton Rouge Parish Teacher's Association
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Children's Dental Health"
Louisiana
Dental Assistants Association
New Orleans, Louisiana
"Achieving Understanding with the
Doctor and the Patient"
Louisiana
State University Continuing Education Programs
New Orleans, Louisiana
Making Recalls Productive, Profitable
and Efficient"
Louisiana
State University School of Dentistry, Guest Lecturer New Orleans, Louisiana
"How Do You Beat Dental Practice
Depression?"
Advanced
Administrative Technology, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
All Day Workshop On Multiple Management Techniques
TENN-ARK
Optometrist Study Club,
Memphis, Tennessee
"The Ingredients for Achievement
In Professional Practice and How to
Communicate On Your Patients Emotional
Level"
Sixth
District Dental Association
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"The Art and Science of Treating
Crown and Bridge Failures"
DENTECH
National User's Conference
Dearborn,
Michigan
"Scheduling Patients and Appointment
Book Control (Computer-Assisted)"
Arkansas
Academy of General Dentistry
Heber Springs, Arkansas
1. "Management
Success through Scheduling and Appointment Book Control"
2.
"Humans Emotions in the Practice of Dentistry"
Oral
and Maxillofacial Surgery Affiliates
Nashville,
Tennessee
"Appoint Yourself to the Top"
New
Orleans Dental Association
New Orleans, Louisiana
"Organizing for Fun and Profit"
Calgary Dental Association (Annual Meeting)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
"Organizing for Fun and Profit"
Calgary Gnathological Society (Annual Meeting)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
"Art and Science of Treating Crown
and Bridge Failures"
Southwest
Arkansas Academy of General Dentistry
(Annual
Meeting) Arkadelphia, Arkansas
"Organizing for Fun and Profit"
Louisiana
Dental Association (Summer
Conference)
San Destin,
Florida
"The Challenge of Dealing with Crown
and Bridge Complications"
LSU
School of Dentistry Prosthodontic Faculty, New Orleans Prosthodontic
Study
Club
New Orleans, Louisiana
Challenge of Disassembling Problem Prosthodontics
and Implant Prostheses"
Arkansas State Academy of General Dentistry
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Challenge of Disassembling Problem Prosthodontics
and Implant Prostheses"
Arkansas
Dental Association
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Challenge of Disassembling Problem Prosthodontics
and Implant Prostheses"
American
College of Prosthodontics, Louisiana Section
New Orleans, Louisiana
"Disassembly of Problem Prosthodontics
and Removable Cement Retained Fixed Prosthodontics"
State Assembly of the Arkansas
Dental Association and
Arkansas Academy of General
Dentistry (Annual Meeting)
Hot Springs, Arkansas
"The Challenge of Dealing with Crown
and Bridge Complications and a New Paradigm for Removable Cement
Retained Fixed Prosthodontics"
University
of Paris School of Dentistry and Cercle Parisien Endodentologie
Appliquee, Paris, France
"Paradigm Pour
la Construction et le Soin des Prostheses Fixes" ("Removing
Crowns
and Fixed Pros -theses for Endodontic
Access and a New Paradigm for the Construction
and Service of Fixed Prostheses")
Greater
Baton Rouge Dental Association
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Practice Management for the New Dentist"
Greater
Baton Rouge Dental Association
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Management of Fixed Prosthodontic Problems" (presentation and lecture)
Runnels
High School Commencement Address
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Commencement
Address Speaker
Dayton
- Troy Ohio Study Club
January
19, 2003 - Dayton - Troy, Ohio
"Fixed Prosthodontic Problems and Methods for Prevention
and Repairs"
Academy
of General Dentistry (Annual Meeting)
July, 19, 2003 - Nashville,
Tennessee
Managing Your Clinical Fixed Prosthodontic Problems
Louisiana
Dental Association, L.H. Dowden Conference
August
2, 2003 - Destin, Florida
How to Successfully Confront and Handle Crown & Bridge
Problems and Failures
MGM Grand, Las Vegas
September 19, 2003 - Las Vegas, Navada
How to Remove the Barriers to Build the Dental Practice
of Your Dreams
Gainesville
- North Central Florida Study Club
January
16, 2004 - Gainesville, Florida
"Fixed Prosthodontic Problems: Getting Your Crown
and Bridge Problems Under Control"
New
Orleans - Spirce Up Your Practice February
13, 2004 - New Orleans, Louisiana
"Learn the Ingredients for Success"
New
Orleans - Spice Up Your Practice October 29
& 30, 2004 - New Orleans, Louisiana
"Office
Management, Staffing and Training"
Dental
Variety Show November 4 & 5, 2005 - New
Orleans, Louisiana
"Crown
and Bridge Failures and Solutions"
Greater
Baton Rouge Dental Association April 11, 2006 - Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
"Diagnosing
and Treating Organizational Problems"
Summit
Dental Study Group November 16, 2006 - San
Diego, California
"Treating
Crown and Bridge Failures"
Greater
Baton Rouge Dental Association April 11, 2006 - Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
"Diagnosing
and Treating Organizational Problems"
Greater
Baton Rouge Dental Association April 10, 2007 - Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
"Dealing
with the People Part of the Practice"
Louisiana
Dental Association Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Getting
Your Crown and Bridge Problems Under Control"
Alpine
Lecture Series February 19, 2007 - Keystone Resort,
Colorado
"Treating
Crown and Bridge Failures"
Spice
Up Your Practice Lecture Series June 22 & 23, 2007 - Houston, Texas
"Spice
Up Your Practice by Addressing Organizational Problems in the
Dental Office"
Spice
Up Your Practice Lecture Series July 27 & 28, 2007 - Atlanta, Georgia
"Spice
Up Your Practice by Addressing Organizational Problems in the
Dental Office"
Spice
Up Your Practice Lecture Series August 24 & 25, 2007 - Seattle,
Washington
"Addressing
Organizational Problems in the Dental Office"
Implant
Study Group February 26, 2008 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
"Implant
Prosthodontic Problems, Planning Your Implant Prosthodontics for
the Future"
Spice
Up Your Practice Lecture Series May 9 & 10, 2008 - New Orleans,
Louisiana
"Spice
Up Your Practice by Addressing Organizational Problems in the
Dental Office"
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