The CDCA-WREB-CITA
Hassan Ismail, DDS, FAGD, currently serves as the Past President and a dentist member of the Minnesota Board of Dentistry since July 2018. Additionally, Hassan holds the position of Owner Dentist at Aspen Dental since March 2015 and has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota's Dental School since May 2006. Further contributions include roles as Faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, and examiner positions with the Western Regional Examining Board and The Commission on Dental Competency Assessments. Prior experience includes various associate dentist roles and consulting for Prometric. Educational credentials include Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, Affiliate Associate Fellow in Implant Dentistry, and a degree in Organizational Leadership from the American Dental Partner Leadership Institute.
The CDCA-WREB-CITA
The Commission on Dental Competency Assessments, the Western Regional Examining Board and Council of Interstate Testing Agencies are now CDCA-WREB-CITA. We are the principal resource for development, innovation and independent 3rd party administration of Competency Assessments for the Oral Health professions. In 1969, the North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners (NERB) was founded to facilitate the licensure examination process for candidates and eliminate the need for repetition of state board clinical examinations. The NERB quickly expanded from its original 8 member state/jurisdictions, eventually growing to include 24 member states/jurisdictions. In 2014, member states stretched from Maine to Hawaii, Oregon to Florida and Wisconsin to Mississippi. As a nonprofit, independent corporation, comprised of a consortium of member dental boards, the NERB sought to rename itself with a new name that more aptly reflected all of its members and its ongoing mission to further establish common examination standards, as well as the diversity of the types of assessments we offer state dental boards. On January 9th, 2015 the NERB became the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments. Our organization remains committed to serving boards of dentistry by designing and administering assessments that are based on sound principles of testing and measurement. We are pledged to excellence, integrity and fairness.