Editorial Board

Nanette Elster, JD, MPH

Editor

Glenview, Illinois

Ms. Elster is the Editor of the eJACD. She is an associate professor at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She is an active educator in the graduate program, teaching a variety of courses in areas related to law, pediatrics, oral health, genetics, and professionalism. She also supervises the graduate program’s writing courses, master’s capstone course, and doctoral capstone courses.

Guenter Jonke, DMD, MS

East Setauket, New York

Dr. Jonke is Board Certified in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has been in private practice since 1991. He enjoys teaching and is a clinical assistant instructor at the Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine.

He is a past President of the Suffolk County Dental Society and is the Ethics Chair, representing Suffolk County at the New York State level.

Erik Klintmalm, DMD, MS

Austin, Texas

Dr. Klintmalm is the National Director of the Student Professionalism and Ethics Association. He is a general dentist in private practice in Austin, Texas, and a former contributing editor to the American Student Dental Association.

Ethan Pansick, DDS, MS

Delray Beach, Florida

Dr. Pansick has been in private practice in Delray Beach, Florida since 1995. He was a member of the ADA Council on Ethics, Bylaws, and Judicial Affairs and has served as Peer Review Chair for South Palm Beach County Dental Association for over 10 years.

Vishruti Patel, DDS

Plainfield, Illinois

Dr. Vishruti Patel is a general dentist practicing dentist. She is a Board Trustee for the Illinois State Dental Society. She is a voting member on the Council on Dental Benefit Programs (CDBP) of the American Dental Association. Dr. Patel practices with her husband and partner, Dr. Dilip Patel and loves to cook and travel with her two teenage children.

Elizabeth Shick, DDS, MPH

Aurora, Colorado

Dr. Shick is a clinical associate professor at the Center for Global Health, School of Dental Medicine Administration (SDM), Colorado School of Public Health. Her research focuses on oral health of perinatal women and children in underserved regions in the US and developing countries and global health education in the dental school curriculum.

Earl Sewell, MA

Chicago, Illinois

Mr. Sewell holds a master’s degree in writing and literature and is widely published. He is also the host and producer of dental-related podcasts and narrates educational, scientific animations for medical procedures.

Carlos Smith, DDS, MDiv

Midlothian, Virginia

Dr. Smith is the inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Director of Ethics Curriculum and Associate Professor in the Department of General Practice at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry.

Kristi M. Soileau, DDS, MEd, MSHCE

New Orleans, Louisiana

Dr. Soileau is the ACD Regent for Regency 6. She is a practicing periodontist and has been Editor for the New Orleans Dental Association since 1988.

Catherine Taylor-Osborne, DDS, MA

De Soto, Kansas

Dr. Taylor-Osborne is a public health practioner who holds a DDS from University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Dentistry and a Masters in Bioethics and Health Policy from Loyola, Chicago.

Pamela Zarkowski

Detroit, Michigan

Prof. Pamela Zarkowski, JD, MPH is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Detroit Mercy. In addition to serving as an administrator, she continues to teach legal, ethical, and professional issues to dental, dental hygiene and resident students and licensed oral health professionals.