The Climb For A Cause Executive Team

 

Daniel Bobrow, Executive Director, Climb For A Cause

Daniel Bobrow is President of The American Dental Company, a health care consultancy based in Chicago, IL, serving clients nationwide and around the world. He is also president of Daniel Bobrow Associates, which performs research and implements marketing and management programs for clients outside of the dental profession.

Mr. Bobrow frequently lectures around the country, and has been published in Dental Economics, Dental Practice & Finance, Preview, Dental Products Report, Dentistry Today, AGD Impact, and other profession-related publications. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from The University of Illinois and Masters of Business Administration Degrees in finance and marketing from The University of Chicago and The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, respectively.

Daniel is also the former Program Chair, Vice President, and President, of the Chicago Mountaineering Club. His mountaineering and adventure racing exploits have been chronicled in Red Book, Private Clubs, The Chicago Tribune, and Windy City Sports.

Robert N. Arm, D.M.D, Director for Clinical development

Dr. Arm, was Chairman of Dentistry, Christiana Care Health System and director of the General Practice Residency for 25 years. He is now Vice Chairman and Program Director General Practice, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery & Hospital Dentistry Christiana Care Health System. He is a former clinical professor of Oral Medicine at Temple University School of Dentistry.

He was past President of the American Academy of Oral Medicine and still serves on its board. He was co-editor of two of the academies monographs: The Clinician’s Guide to Treatment of Common Oral Conditions and The Clinician’s Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Orofacial Pain .

He was on the board of the Association of Dentists for Persons with Disability and was a member at large on the board of the Postdoctoral General Dentistry Section of the ADEA and is currently Chairman of the Section. He was on the founding board of the American Pain Society. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine, the Board of Special Care Dentistry and the Board of the American Association of Pain Management.

He is also a fellow of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, Association of Dentists for Persons with Disability, and American College of Dentists. He was awarded Honorary Fellowship in the American Academy of Oral Medicine. He has written numerous articles and presented internationally. He is a clinician who practices what he teaches.

Virginia Norton, Events Coordiantor

Virginia has assisted with CFAC Projects for several years, but only officially joined the Team in 2006. Her expertise with organization and computer-related matters have proven indispensable, and she continues to surprise the Team with her creativity and boundless energy.

Sophearoth Poch, President,
Cambodian Dental Association

Dr. Poch is in charge of our Cambodia Project.

He received his D.D.S Degree in 1995 from the Phnom Penh Dental School. In 2005, he received he received his Diplomate in Periodontology from the University of Health and Science in Phnom Penh, Cambodia .

Since 1996, he has been General Dental Practitioner at the National Maternal and Child Health Center and, since 2003, Director of the Apsara Dental Clinic.

In 2005, he was elected Vice President of the Cambodian Dental Association, and served until 2007 when he became its President

His passions include visiting remote areas to help poor people with their dental and oral health needs. He is also an avid table tennis player.

His accreditations include:

- Fellow of Academy of Dentistry International
- Member of ITI, International Team for Implantology.
- Fellow of International College of Continuing Dental Education.

 

Laurie Mathews,
In-Country Project Coordinator, Guatemala

Laurie became involved with Climb for a Cause to aid the Guatemala Dental Relief Project. The Project is committed to twice yearly dental camps to serve children in the Mayan Highlands of Guatemala.  To date, the project has reached over 800 children with approximately $175,000 in donated dental care. 

The next project is scheduled for July 2008 and includes two camps -- one for general volunteers, and one for the dental students at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Kim Rutherford, Projects Liaison