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Ninth District Headquarters Office - Hawthorne, NY

2026 Ninth District President

Dr. Bharat Joshi

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Take a look at the benefits, resources, savings, and opportunities included with your NYSDA membership. Plus, get a quick overview with our convenient At-A-Glance one-pager. Discover everything your membership has to offer!

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Welcome to the Ninth District Dental Association

The Ninth District Dental Society was formed in 1909 and renamed to the Ninth District Dental Association in 2002. We have a membership of over 1200 dentists in 5 counties: Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam.

In its quest to serve both the public and the profession, the Ninth District embodies the highest ideals.

The mission of the 9th District Dental Association is to serve and support its members and the public by improving the oral health of our community through Advocacy, Continuing Education and Camaraderie.


The 9th Board approved creating a High School Career Day video to promote the dental field as a whole! Here's the link: 

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kk10wFBk5MXT4CeitvzzCSXKPrVFzz73/view?usp=drive_link

 

Please share it with any Principal or Guidance Counselor you may have a relationship with!

Come join your colleagues! 

New Dentist Reception
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Captain Lawrence Brewery
444 Saw Mill River Rd
Elmsford, NY  10523
914-741-2337

To register, email:
stephan@ninthdistrict.org

Or call 914-747-1199

Co-Sponsors (names are links to their website)

DDSMatch
MLMIC Insurance Company
Singular Anesthesia Services
Southridge Technology


CAHPS Holding Virtual Meeting on Patient-Reported Experience and Outcome Measures in Research and Clinical Practice

Jul 31, 2024

Per the notice below, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) is holding a free virtual meeting on patient-reported experience and outcome measures in research and clinical practice.

Sept. 17: Virtual Research Meeting on “Patient-Reported Experience and Outcome Measures in Research and Clinical Practice”

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024

Time: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET

Register Now

On September 17, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) will host a free virtual research meeting to explore the differences between patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), how they are connected, and how they can be used to measure and improve the quality and value of healthcare.  The CAHPS Research Meeting will share current research on the following questions:

  • What are the differences between PREMs and PROMs?
  • How are PREMs and PROMs interconnected?
  • How can PREMs and PROMs best be used to improve quality and promote value-based healthcare?
  • What are future directions for PREMs and PROMs research and use in clinical practice?

Eugene Nelson, Sc.D., Professor of Community and Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, will present the keynote address on “How Patient Experience and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Are Interconnected.”

Select for the final agenda and speaker list.

The CAHPS Research Meeting is open to the public.  CAHPS invites survey users, researchers, healthcare organization leaders, patient advocates, policymakers, federal partners, and others interested in the relationship between patient experience, patient safety, and provider well-being.  For questions, please contact the CAHPS User Network at cahps1@westat.com or 1-800-492-9261.


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