Karen Callanan

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Jul 1980 - Apr 1988

  • Dentist

    Aug 1981 - Apr 1988

  • Dentist

    Jul 1980 - Jul 1981
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  Wichita Area Technical College

  Jan 1986 - Jan 2011

  Instructor

  Developed and taught classes for the Dental Assisting program.

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  Karen M Callanan, DDS

  May 1988 - Dec 2013

  General Dentist, Owner
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  Wichita State University College of Health Professions

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1991

  Lecturer

  Oral Pathology

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  Delta Dental of Kansas

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1997

  Member, then Chairman of the Board of Directors

  Delta Dental of Kansas is the largest dental benefits provider in the state of Kansas. It has long been an exceptionally forward thinking company with strong commitments to improving oral health and to supporting stakeholders and neighbors through community involvement.

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  Kansas Dental Board

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2011

  Board Member, Chairman

  The first woman dentist to be appointed to the Kansas Dental Board , and the first to be elected Chairman of the Kansas Dental Board. Represented the State of Kansas at the founding and early meetings of the American Board of Dental Examiners (ADEX). ADEX was formed to investigate and develop uniform National Dental and Dental Hygiene Clinical Examinations. Kansas was the only state to send a woman representative. During tenure, served as an Examiner for the Central Regional Dental Testing Service. Show less

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  Wichita State University

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Ad hoc Task Force on Oral Health Workforce in Kansas
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  Wichita State University

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Member, Chairman, Dean's Advisory Committee, School of Health Professions

  The focus of this committee was the opening and first year of the new Wichita State University Advanced Education in General Dentistry program.

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  Frankenbery & Johnson DDS, PA

  Jan 2014 - May 2016

  General Dentist