Educational and Professional Background
University of Redlands B.S. 1963
UCLA School of Dentistry DDS 1973
Upon graduation from dental school in 1973, Dr. Rowland taught part-time in the UCLA School of Dentistry’s Section of Oral Radiology while working as an associate with several dental practices. In 1975, he joined Rosewood Dental Group in Camarillo, CA soon becoming an owner/partner, and practiced on a full-time basis until his retirement from clinical dentistry in 1998. Dr. Rowland rejoined the UCLA faculty on a part-time basis in 2001 as Group Director in the General Clinic. In 2003, he was appointed Director of the Professional Program for International Dentists and currently holds both positions.
Research/Creative Activities
Dr. Rowland is a seventh generation Californian with both Anglo and Hispanic roots, and has an avid interest in California history. Years of research culminated in the historical biography, John Rowland and William Workman, Southern California Pioneers of 1841, co-published in 1999 by the Arthur H. Clark Company and the Historical Society of Southern California. Dr. Rowland is currently working on another manuscript, detailing the adventures of two other ancestors, a Catalan Bluecoat and a New Spain soldado de cuera, both of whom were present at the founding of San Francisco in 1776.
Patient Care Activities
As a Group Director, Dr. Rowland is responsible for ensuring proper charting, appropriate treatment planning, and timeliness and continuity of patient care provided by his group of pre-doctoral students in the General Clinic.
Courses taught
As Director of the Professional Program for International Dentists, Dr. Rowland is responsible for the PPID admissions process, as well as designing, refining and coordinating the curriculum for the very intense introductory quarter each summer. He also leads a seminar during the summer quarter dealing with cultural diversity, problem solving and integration of the PPID students into the traditional student body. Further, Dr. Rowland occasionally participates in the 2nd and 3rd year Patient Management courses.
Professional memberships and activities:
ADA, CDA, Santa Barbara-Ventura County Dental Society
Historical Society of Southern California
Los Californianos
Taos Historic Museums
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