The treasure we have in WPDC is our relationships with other Christian women professionals who can help us to grow in our faith and support us through our lives and challenges. We value staying connected to one another in all of the following ways:

Our main communication method is a GroupMe group called: WPDC Dental. (GroupMe is a free Microsoft app). Please contact Dr. Elisa Ghezzi ([email protected]) to connect to the GroupMe.

We have a number of small groups that meet monthly. We invited you to join any of these groups described in the following paragraphs. Please contact Dr. Elisa Ghezzi ([email protected]) for more information.

Recent Graduates

• Made up of graduates from dental school in the past five years this group is a support through the personal and professional transitions of life including those still in graduate training
• Monthly Zoom meetings third Thursday of the month

• 2025 Meetings: January 30th, February 18th, March 27th, April 24th, May 22nd, June 26th, July 17th, August 21st, September 18th, October 16th, November 20th, December 18th.

Young Moms

• Made up of graduate dentists who are balancing professional and personal lives while raising young kids; Discussions are related to practice and well as home life
• Monthly Zoom meetings first Monday of the month

•  2025 Meetings: January 13th March 10th April 7th May 5th June 2nd July 7th August 4th September 1st October 6th November 3rd December 1st 

  • Book discussions: Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles that Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp o April 7, 2025: Introduction: Owner vs Ambassador 
  • May 5, 2025: Calling: Nothing is more important in your life than being one of God’s tools to form a human soul. 
  • June 2, 2025: Grace: God never calls you to a task without giving you what you need to do it. He never sends you without going with you. 
  • July 7, 2025: Law: Your children need God’s law, but you cannot ask the law to do what only grace can accomplish. 
  • August 4, 2025: Inability: Recognizing what you are unable to do is essential to good parenting. 
  • September 1, 2025: Identify: If you are not resting as a parent in your identity in Christ, you will look for identity in your children. 
  • October 6, 2025: Process: You must be committed as a parent to long-view parenting because change is a process not an event. 
  • November 3, 2025: Lost: As a parent you are not dealing just with bad behavior, but a condition that causes bad behavior. 
  • December 1, 2025: Authority: One of the foundational heart issues in the life of every child is authority. Teaching and modeling the protective beauty of authority is one of the foundations of good parenting.

Student Ministry

• Dental students can become involved in many WPDC activities including the WPDC Student and Resident Council
• Quarterly socials are times to develop our relationships and grow in our faith
• Scholarships are available to cover registration fees for students to attend the WPDC conference
• To learn more about the WPDC Student Resident Council, please contact [email protected]

Dental Task Force (Leadership)

• Made up of dentists and dental students who work with the WPDC Commission to facilitate the development of the dental ministry from leadership and participation in small groups to conference planning

WPDC Conference Celebrating 30 years!  September 4-7, 2025 in Albuquerque, New Mexico 

Join us at our annual conference each September to meet other Christian women medical and dental professionals.  Dental CE is available.  Dentists are recruited to be conference speakers.  Scholarships are available to cover registration fees for students to attend.

This year Dr. Malieka Johnson, CMDA’s Western Region Dental Coordinator, will be leading our worship in Branson.  Dr. Caren Abraham will be speaking on What Physicians Need to Know About Oral Infections. Register for this years conference!  Register for this year’s conference! https://cmda.org/events/2025-wpdc-annual-conference/.