Dillenberg receives ArMA Humanitarian Award
Posted: June 5, 2012
Jack Dillenberg, DDS, MPH, inaugural dean, ATSU-ASDOH is the recipient of the 2012 Arizona Medical Association (ArMA) Humanitarian Award. The ArMA Humanitarian Award recognizes programs and individuals who go above and beyond their given profession to help underserved communities receive medical care and other healthcare services that lead to the betterment of their lives.
Dr. Dillenberg’s colleague, Dr. Roy Holexa, had the following to share about Dr. Dillenberg’s work at ASDOH. “Dr. Jack Dillenberg, was inspired to found the dental school – Arizona’s first – in 2002, after three decades of service to vulnerable and underserved populations as a public health official with the World Bank working in Calcutta, India, the Jamaican Ministry of Health and the Arizona Department of Health Services. His vision of engendering passion in students to serve in areas of greatest need is now a reality. Dr. Dillenberg characterizes service in three ways – serving individual patients, impacting global health, and sharing what it means to serve others.”