Category: List of Events
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Thursday, September 25th, 2025 at 6:30 pm EST
Anne L. Koch, DMD
On the topic of:
”Where is Grace?”
Venue:
Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse
Boston – Copley Place
200 Dartmouth St
Boston
Parking:
Valet parking is available during dinner for $27, or $28 if paid with a credit card after the convenience fee. Nearby metered parking and paid parking garages are also available.
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:30 pm
2. Business meeting at 7:00 pm
3. Dinner and presentation at 7:15 pm
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Thursday, March 20th, 2025 at 6:30 pm EST
Ernie Adams, former National Football League Coach and Executive
on the topic of
More than a Game: The Leadership Journey to Six Super Bowl Titles
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:30 pm
2. Business meeting at 7:00 pm
3. Dinner and presentation at 7:15 pm
Venue:
Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline
564 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill
Parking: Please park in the club parking lot located off Dunster Road.
You may also park on Hammond Street or Dunster Road as local street signs permit.
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
Thursday, November 21st, 2024 at 6:30 pm EST
Presentation by:
Chris Germer, PhD is a clinical psychologist and lecturer on psychiatry (part-time) at Harvard Medical School.
On the topic of:
The Power of Mindful Self-Compassion: Avoiding Burnout
Venue:
Punch Bowl Restaurant in the Hilton Garden Inn in Brookline Village
Parking: On-street and hotel valet parking are available, as well as the parking garage at the Brookline Place garage
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:30 pm
2. Business meeting at 7:00 pm
3. Dinner and presentation at 7:15 pm
Thursday, September 26th, 2024
Thursday, September 26th, 2024 at 6:30 pm EST
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University
on the topic of
What Do Teeth Have to Do With Drumming? Dental Therapy in Ancient China
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
188 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:30 pm
2. Business meeting at 7:00 pm
3. Dinner and presentation at 7:15 pm
Parking:
What Do Teeth Have to Do With Drumming? Dental Therapy in Ancient China
Eugene Wang
While many of us delight in the rhythms of drumming, a visit to the dentist is often met with reluctance. Yet, in ancient China, these two seemingly disparate practices—dental care and drumming—occupied the same wavelength. At once a therapeutic practice and a leap of faith, “teeth-drumming” was imagined to take place both in the oral cavity and high up in space. How was that possible?
Professor Wang’s lecture will unpack this mystery, unveiling “orbisiconography,” an ancient Chinese framework that systematically maps the interplay between energetic processes and the integration of bodily and cosmological systems. He will explore how this holistic approach underpinned traditional dental therapies and its relevance in the broader scope of Chinese medicine. The recent resurgence of systems thinking and systems biology has led to the rediscovery of the holism of traditional Chinese medicine, long dismissed as “unscientific.” In sync with this wave of interest, the case of “teeth-drumming” opens up a new horizon of medical humanities. A fundamental question could thus be tackled: why did teeth carry so much weight in ancient times?
About the speaker
Eugene Wang is the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University. A Guggenheim Fellow, he is the art history editor of Encyclopedia of Buddhism. He is also the author of Shaping the Lotus Sutra: Buddhist Visual Culture in Medieval China, which received the Academic Achievement Award from Japan. His current research on biocentric art and medical humanities explores the intersection of biological systems, cosmology, and artmaking. He is the founding director of Harvard CAMLab that explores the synergy between cognitive study, aesthetics, and media technology.
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Thursday, March 28th, 2024 at 6:30 pm EST
Thomas Van Dyke, DDS, PhD
Vice President of Clinical and Translational Research
Director of Clinics, Forsyth Dental Institute
on the topic of
New Strategies for Treatment of Periodontitis: From the Bench to the Clinic
Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse in Chestnut Hill
55 BOYLSTON STREET, CHESTNUT HILL
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:30 pm
2. Business meeting at 7:00 pm
3. Dinner and presentation at 7:15 pm
Parking: Directions and Parking
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
Thursday, November 9th, 2023 at 6:30 pm EST
Scott Cassel
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
on the topic of:
Product Stewardship
Venue
Longwood Cricket Club
564 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:30 pm
2. Business meeting at 7:00 pm
3. Dinner and presentation at 7:15 pm
Parking: Directions and Parking
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
Thursday, October 5th, 2023 at 6:30 pm EST
Russell Noftsker
Co-founder, MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
on the topic of:
The Beginnings of Artificial Intelligence
Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse in Chestnut Hill
55 BOYLSTON STREET, CHESTNUT HILL
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:30 pm
2. Business meeting at 7:00 pm
3. Dinner and presentation at 7:15 pm
Parking: Directions and Parking
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 at 6:30 pm EST
A joint session with the Harvard Dental Alumni Association meet and greet meeting with remarks from HSDM Dean Giannobile.
Loeb House at Harvard University
17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:30 pm
2. Meet and Greet fellow HOS and HDAA members with remarks from HSDM Dean Giannobile.
Parking: Directions and Parking
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 at 6:00 pm EST
Presentation on:
“Do We Have Enough Dental Graduates?
The rapidly changing landscape of dental education and its impact on the practice of dentistry and access to care”
With Q & A Session by Boston Dental School Deans:
Dr. William Giannobile: Harvard University
Dr. Nadeem Karimbux: Tufts University
Dr. Cataldo Leone: Boston University
Presented By:
Professor Richard W. Valachovic, DMD, MPH
Clinical Professor
Director, NYU Dentistry Center for Oral Health Policy and Management
NYU College of Dentistry
Venue: Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Evening’s Agenda:
1. Social hour at 6:00 pm
2. Business meeting at 7:00 pm
3. Dinner and presentation at 7:15 pm
Parking: Directions and Parking
