Rear Admiral to speak at UMO
By Rochelle Moore
Published in News on January 25, 2017 10:13 AM
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MOUNT OLIVE -- Rear Admiral Nicholas S. Makrides, D.M.D., M.A., M.P.H., will speak to University of Mount Olive students, faculty, staff, and the public on Monday, Feb. 6.
Makrides is the chief dental officer with the U.S. Public Health Service.
"Big Dreams, Big Faith" will be the topic of Makrides' speech at 7 p.m. in Rodgers Chapel on the university campus.
The public is invited. For more information, contact Cynthia Wellinger at cwellinger@umo.edu.
"I have known Dr. Makrides since our undergraduate studies in Oklahoma back in the 1980's, and our families have been connected ever since," said Dr. Regina Stone-Hernandez, UMO director of the Academic Resource Center and assistant professor of education. "I am proud of him and all that he has achieved.
"He has worked hard and has experienced tremendous success in his career. However, what I admire most about him is that he has remained humble, loyal to his family, his friends, and to his faith. There is nothing pretentious about him; he is simply good people."
In 2014, Makrides was appointed to the position of chief dental officer with a subsequent temporary promotion to the rank of assistant surgeon general (upper-half).
Makrides started his career in 1987 as a staff dental officer at Federal Correctional Institution La Tuna in Anthony, New Mexico.
Since his initial assignment, he has been the Chief Dental Officer at three prison facilities, and a regional dentist for the South Central Region of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
In 2001, Makrides was selected as the chief dentist of the Federal Bureau of Prisons headquarters in Washington, DC.
As the chief dentist, Makrides provides consultation to correctional executives, advances program development, and oversees the management of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' 119 prisons.
During his tenure, he has integrated an oral health message into the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Medical Clinical Practice Guidelines and has established quality management metrics for the dental program.
He supervised the development of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' electronic dental record and spearheaded the conversion of celluloid-based radiography to a digital format for all BOP dental clinics.
He is a subject matter expert in correctional dentistry, having been advisory to various state correctional systems, and has authored numerous publications addressing institutional dentistry.
Makrides has received numerous awards from the U.S. Public Health Service and was the recipient of the USPHS Dental Category Jack D. Robertson Award (2007).
He holds a bachelor science degree in biology and a doctorate of dental medicine degree from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
He completed a master of arts degree in health care management from Webster University and a master of public health degree in community health from the University of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center (El Paso).
In 1998, he completed specialty training in dental public health at the Baylor College of Dentistry/Dallas Veterans Administration.
The University of Mount Olive is a private institution rooted in the liberal arts tradition with defining Christian values.
The university, sponsored by the Convention of Original Free Will Baptists, has locations in Mount Olive, New Bern, Wilmington, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Research Triangle Park, Washington, Jacksonville, and in Smithfield at Johnston Community College.
For more information, visit www.umo.edu.