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BCD hosts distinguished lectureship
 Baylor College of Dentistry will host the
Brauman-Bell Alpha Omega Lectureship Nov. 6. This year's guest lecturer, Dr. Christian S. Stohler, will discuss "Suppression of Pain – Easy for Some, Difficult for Others."
A reception is set for 5 p.m. in the sixth floor lobby; the one-hour lecture begins at 5:30 p.m. in Room 604. The program is free and open to the public. Lecture attendees may
receive one continuing education unit at no cost, but a reservation must be made to receive the credit.
Stohler is dean of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery at the University of Maryland. He earned several degrees and certificates from
the University of Bern, Switzerland: a dental degree in 1974, a doctoral degree in 1975, a certificate in oral and maxillofacial surgery in 1976, and
a certificate in prosthodontics in 1979. From 1979 to 1981, he was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan dental school.
In 1981, Stohler returned to his alma mater to teach before rejoining the faculty at Michigan in 1983. He was promoted to professor in 1990; was
a research scientist at the Center for Human Growth and Development from 1991 to 1999; was the school's director of research from 1994 to 1997; and served as chair of the Department of Biologic and Materials
Sciences from 1995 to 2002. He was named the William R. Mann
Professor in 1997 and the Robert and Natalie Roberts Professor in 2002. In 2003, Stohler was appointed dean of the Baltimore dental school.
Stohler has served as president of the International Association for Dental Research/American Association for Dental Research Neuroscience Group; president of the Association of University TMD and Orofacial
Pain Programs; and has been a consultant to the National Naval Dental Center in Bethesda, Md. The associate editor of the Journal of Orofacial Pain, he also is a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the
National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Stohler's research focuses on the pathogenesis of pain-related co-morbid sequelae in humans and the extent to which their
subject-to-subject variability is explained by individual traits and genetic vulnerability.
Named for distinguished BCD alumni Dr. Alfred W. Brauman (BCD '38) and Dr. Welden E. Bell (BCD '34), the lectureship is organized through the college's Faculty Development Committee and the Office of
Communications and Development, as well as the Dallas alumni chapter of Alpha Omega International Fraternity. It exists to annually invite a
nationally distinguished individual in the area of oral health; medicine as it relates to oral health; dental and craniofacial research; and/or oral health
education to address faculty, students, alumni, staff, practicing dental professionals, medical professionals, community members and guests.
In 1992, the Dallas alumni chapter of Alpha Omega International Fraternity presented a significant contribution from Brauman to Baylor
College of Dentistry, establishing the lectureship. The lectureship was endowed in 1997 through two generous gifts to Baylor College of Dentistry from Brauman's daughter, Patricia Brauman Michaelson of Dallas.
Bell was a faculty member in oral and maxillofacial surgery and a continuing education lecturer until his death in 1990. He also was a visiting
lecturer to 24 dental schools throughout the United States and Canada and the author of nine textbooks on orofacial pain and TMJ disorders. Brauman was instrumental in establishing the Dallas Chapter of Alpha
Omega fraternity while in dental school. A practicing dentist in Dallas for more than 50 years and a commercial real estate developer, he was an
active community volunteer and philanthropist until his death in 1996. Bell and Brauman maintained a friendship for 52 years.
To attend the lecture or for more information, contact Lori Dees, administrative assistant in communications and development, at Ext 8214 or ldees@tambcd.edu by Oct. 27.
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