Appointment of
New Registrar
April 1, 2015
Council is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr.
Keith Morley as Registrar of The Royal College of Dentists
of Canada effective Wednesday, April 1, 2015.
The membership continues to grow, along with the solid
reputation of the College in the professional and regulatory community. As we continue to evolve, the skills of the
Registrar will be critical in navigating the College through a
rapidly changing political, professional and regulatory environment that will require proactive and strategic stakeholder engagement to foster constructive dialogues.
Dr. Morley brings the experience and expertise to meet
these challenges through a proven record of operational
leadership, strategy development, financial and relationship management.
He is a graduate of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of
Manitoba, and completed his pediatric dental residency at
the University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children in
Toronto.
In addition, Keith recently completed the 18-month Executive Masters of Business Administration Program at the Kellogg Schulich and Kellogg Northwestern Schools of Management in Toronto and Chicago respectively. He obtained
his joint MBA degree from these institutions in December
2013.
Keith has had a distinguished career, initially with the Canadian Armed Forces Dental Services, from which he was
honorably discharged with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel,
and more recently in private practice in Pediatric Dentistry.
He has held progressively senior leadership positions within organized dentistry in Canada and the United States, culminating with being the only Canadian to have served as
President of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.
He also has been active in health care with appointments
Dr. Keith Morley
as Chief of Dentistry and Deputy Chief of Surgery at the
Royal Victoria Hospital Regional Health Centre in Barrie,
Ontario. In addition, Keith has been an active Fellow of The
Royal College of Dentists of Canada holding the following
positions: Examiner, Pediatric Dentistry (1987-1993), Chief
Examiner, Pediatric Dentistry (1994-1999), and elected
Council member, Pediatric Dentistry (2002-2004).
Keith’s solid experience comes with a strong belief in the
role of regulatory bodies to serve and protect the public
interest. Given his enthusiasm for the College, he is eager
to begin collaborating with the Council, staff and members with a view to delivering results which promote the
high standards of practice of the recognized dental specialties by examining qualified candidates for admission to
Fellowship, and by working with stakeholders to establish
standards for dental specialty education, practice and certification. Over the coming weeks, he will begin to reach
out to introduce himself and will take advantage of various
opportunities to meet with and learn more about College
members.
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