Friday21Feb 2020

Pacific Dental Services Career Excursion

Transportation will be provided to/from Chapman University and PDS Irvine Headquarters

Friday, February 21, 2020 12:20 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. PST
2020-02-21 12:20 2020-02-21 16:30 America/Los_Angeles Pacific Dental Services Career Excursion Go to event listing for more details: https://events.chapman.edu/79149 Career and Professional Development 342 N. Glassell, Orange, Ca 92866 Career and Professional Development career@chapman.edu

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Career and Professional Development

342 N. Glassell, Orange, Ca 92866

Students and Alumni

are invited to attend.

Join us for a career excursion to the Alumni-founded and lead healthcare company, Pacific Dental Services!

Career Excursions are off-campus field trips that give students an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look into the operations of some of Chapman's top Southern California employer partners. This excursion will include a tour and a presentation on the company's goals and culture, including what a typical day looks like as a PDS employee.

Chapman alumnus Stephen Thorne (MHA ’94) founded Pacific Dental Services (PDS) in 1994 when he entered into his first dental practice management contract in Costa Mesa, California. Since then, he has lead the company to rank among the fastest-growing private large companies in Orange County, become the 15th largest private company in Orange County, and boast $1.2 Billion in annual revenue and over 10,000 worldwide employees, including over 1,000 in Orange County.

Today, Stephen looks to give back and is recruiting driven Chapman undergraduate and graduate students interested in healthcare administration in the following fields and programs: MBA, business, marketing, legal, pre-law, and IT. So, if you are currently studying those topics, you won't want to miss out!

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TIMELINE

12:20 PM - Shuttles depart from Chapman's career house

1:00 PM - Tour begins

3:30 PM - Tour concludes

4:30 PM - Estimated arrival time for the private shuttle on Chapman's campus.

LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION

All students attending will be required to utilize the complimentary transportation to and from Chapman University and PDS Irvine facilities.

PDS Irvine address is: 17000 Red Hill Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614

ATTIRE

Due to the nature of tours, we ask that all students wear closed-toed flat shoes, and put their best foot forward by wearing business casual attire.

RESERVING YOUR SPOT

Please note that this event has a strict maximum capacity of 15 lucky students.

All students that RSVP via Handshake must complete the following activity waiver in order to attend 

If this event hits maximum capacity, join the waitlist on Handshake. RSVP early!

If for some reason you can no longer attend the event after RSVP'ing please remove your reservation ASAP so we can open your spot to another lucky Panther.

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ABOUT PACIFIC DENTAL SERVICES

Partnering with talented Dentists to help them develop growing, successful practices has been the essence of our business since 1994. We now assist over 625 dental practices in 18 states including WA, OR, FL, GA, TN, MN, KS, and MO. Extending our leadership throughout the United States. Each of our nearly 5000 team members and affiliated Dentists are vital to creating the Greatest Dental Company in America.

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CAREERS AT PACIFIC DENTAL SERVICES

The mission of Pacific Dental Services is to be the provider of choice in all the markets we serve. And each of us plays a critical role in helping create Healthier, Happier Patients.

Learn more about being a part of PDS at https://www.pacificdentalservices.com/careers/careers/

Explore PDS student openings at https://www.pacificdentalservices.com/careers/students/

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ABOUT STEVEN THORNE (MHA ’94) CEO, Pacific Dental Services, Inc.

Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient 2017

Steve Thorne is founder, president and CEO of Pacific Dental Services (PDS), a leading dental support organization that provides business services to over 580 dental practices throughout the United States.

Thorne graduated from UCLA in 1989 with a degree in economics and business. He earned his master’s degree in health administration from Chapman University in 1994. In 2016, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from A.T. Still University, the world’s first osteopathic medical school.

After college, Thorne worked for his father, a dentist, managing a struggling dental practice. He helped the office reach success and continued to work with his father for several years before creating PDS.

PDS strives to be the provider of choice for practicing dentists to maximize individual and professional God-given potential. PDS values service, not just for its customers, but also for the less fortunate through the PDS Foundation, a charitable organization that provides service programs for oral healthcare locally, nationally, and internationally.

Outside of PDS, Thorne is an active leader in the dental industry. He helped form the Association of Dental Support Organizations and served as the founding president for three years. He is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for Harvard School of Dental Medicine, where he’ll be helping them to integrate oral health and medicine. He is also on a board of trusted dental scholars and professionals with the Santa Fe Group called the Strategic Advisory Council, which is committed to expanding oral health care access to aging Americans.

 

You can contact the event organizer, Career and Professional Development at career@chapman.edu or (714) 997-6942.

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