Carlos Stringer Smith, DDS, MDiv, FACD
President
Dr. Carlos Smith, a general dentist and ethicist, is the Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence, Ethics, and Community Engagement and an Associate Professor in the Department of Dental Public Health and Policy at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry. He serves as President of the American Society for Dental Ethics, as a member of the board of directors of the Academy for Professionalism in Health Care, and the lone dentist on the CVS Health National Health Equity Advisory Board. Smith completed Clinical Pastoral Education at Duke Medical Center, with emphasis on providing care and crisis management to families of cardiac pediatric patients. Armed with degrees from Hampton University, the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, and Duke Divinity School, he speaks and publishes extensively on professionalism and health equity, inclusive excellence in dental education, and provider wellbeing and burnout. He has been awarded over $1 million in federal funding for faculty success initiatives.