The Shepard Lecture Series is named in honor of Wilma and Earl Shepard. Shepard was professor emeritus and long time chairman of the Department of Orthodontics at Washington University School of Dental Medicine. His outstanding contributions to his specialty are recognized nationally. The Shepards are known for their numerous benevolent contributions to Washington University and the greater St. Louis community.
2025 Shepard Lectureship
“The Stanford Orthodontic Airway Plate Treatment Program: A non-surgical airway treatment for severe neonatal respiratory distress and oral feeding difficulty”
Speaker: HyeRan Choo, DDS, DMD, MS
Date: Wednesday, October 28
Time: 7:00 a.m.
Location: Ogura Lecture Hall, 8th Floor MidCampus Center, 4590 Nash Way, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Shepard Lecturers (Established 1996)
2025 – Adepitan Owosho, DDS
2022 – Cory Resnick, MD, DMD
2021 – Suresh Nayar, MDS
2019 – Mary E. Burns, DMD
2018 – William E. Harrell, Jr., DMD
2017 – Ronald Auvenshine, DDS, PhD
2016 – Bradford N. Edgren, DDS, MS
2015 – Mark J. Steinberg, DDS
2014 – Lawrence E. Brecht, DDS
2013 – Mark S. Chambers, DMD, MS
2012 – Miles L. Wilhelm, DMD
2011 – Harry L. Legan, DDS
2010 – James C. Kessler, DDS, MSD
2009 – Thomas D. Taylor, DDS, MSD
2008 – Joseph J. Zambon, DDS, PhD
2007 – D. Douglas Miley, DMD, MSD
2006 – Phillip J. Sheridan, DDS
2005 – James L. Vaden, DDS, MS
2004 – Bruce H. Haughey, MBChB, MS
2003 – Raymond A. Yukna, DDS
2002 – Terry D. Rees, DDS, MSD
2001 – Captain Godfrey J. Funari, DMD
2000 – Col. Daniel M. Theberg, DDS
1999 – Jack G. Dale, DDS
1998 – Geza T. Terezhalmy, DDS, MA
1997 – Lloyd E. Pearson, DDS, MSD
1996 – Gordon E. King, DDS