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Bio

Dr. Christina T. Rosenthal is a physical embodiment of how one can turn life’s chaos into opportunity. With a non-traditional upbringing that relied on extended family and community, her childhood experiences provided a spirit of deep resilience, which she uses to inspire audiences today through multiple outlets. As an oral health advocate, youth champion, author, speaker, and coach, her efforts to inspire others to want better and achieve more have had global reach.

She is the founder of internationally-recognized, non-profit, The 516 Foundation, with its primary initiative, Determined to be a Doctor Someday (D.D.S.), created to encourage students from under-resourced communities or historically marginalized populations to pursue careers in health care. As an extension of this work, she authored a children’s book, You Can Become a Doctor Too, currently available on the book’s website, www.youcanbecomeadoctortoo.com and major online retailers.

An often, sought-after speaker who combines inspiration with comical inserts, Dr. Rosenthal engages audiences through her independent speaking circuit, Prescribing Inspiration LLC.

A lifelong learner, she continuously participates in programs beyond conventional academia to enrich her knowledge base with relevancy. She was a recipient of the Joseph L. Henry Oral Health Fellowship in Minority Health Policy, which led to an MPH degree from Harvard University. She is a graduate of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, a leadership-focused series which draws on the strengths of the presidential centers of Lyndon B. Johnson, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. She also became an Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity at George Washington University.

Her diligent efforts have not gone unrecognized, and she has been bestowed several honors and awards from various organizations, including but not limited to the following: Woman of Impact from the Mid-South Chapter of the American Heart Association, Young Alumna Award recipient from the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry’s Alumni Association, recipient of the Lifting as We Climb Award from the Sigma Lambda Lambda Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Young Alumni Freedom Award from the University of Memphis Chapter of the NAACP, Men of Memphis United Award, Best Dentist for the Tri-State Defender’s Best in Black Awards, Top 40 under 40 from the Memphis Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Tri-State Defender Woman of Excellence honoree, and Jack Wells’ Outstanding Young Dentist Award from the Memphis Dental Society.

Her efforts have also been highlighted on Good Morning America, in Black Enterprise Magazine, Because of Them We Can, national blog, ADA News, Tennessee Alumnus Magazine, and The Commercial Appeal. She holds memberships in the American Dental Association, the Tennessee Dental Association, the Memphis Dental Society, the Academy of General Dentistry, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is also a wife to Arthur Rosenthal, Jr. and mother to three sons, Arthur III, Artemus Yancey, and Artison Christof and a rescue pup, Azalea.

Professional Interests & Expertise

Organization

The 516 Foundation

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