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By Karen Fox

In addition to his 28-year-old dental practice, Dr. Bruce Stevens of Cedarburg, Wis., owns seven Dairy Queen franchises. Growing his business acumen in both areas led him to apply for the ADA/Kellogg Executive Management Program for Dentists.

	Strategy: Dr. Steven Reitan (left), Paradise Valley, Ariz., and Dr. Paul B. Sigfusson, Hinsdale, Ill., listen to a speaker during the July session at the Kellogg School of Management.

"I wanted to be sure that I'm utilizing sound business principles when I'm making decisions," said Dr. Stevens, one of 15 class members who received their certificates Nov. 7. "Courses on leadership, marketing, finance and managerial accounting are very beneficial to someone like me. I've never had training like this, with the exception of 'Intro to Accounting' in college."

The Executive Management Program for Dentists offers management training to dentists seeking to hone their business skills. The curriculum draws from the core content area for Kellogg MBA students, with emphasis on business strategy, organizational leadership, marketing, finance, accounting, economics, quantitative methods and information systems.

As the second season of the program drew to a close, Kellogg faculty commended the dentists for their dedication.

"It is a wonderful experience to be in an educational setting around enthusiastic and positive dentists who applaud after each lecture in the ADA/Kellogg Executive Management Program for Dentists," said Thomas Prince, Ph.D., professor, Health Industry Management, and Accounting and Information Systems, Kellogg School of Management. "This environment stimulates the faculty member to reach a new plateau in each subsequent lecture."

Class members attended three sessions at the Kellogg School of Management in July, September and November.

The Executive Management Program will return in 2007. Watch upcoming issues of the ADA News for more information, or call the ADA at Ext. 3541.