17 February 2023

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Henry Schein rings Nasdaq opening bell

Tommaso Albonetti

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Henry Schein opened the Nasdaq Stock Market on Feb. 6, recognizing the vital role public-private partnerships play to catalyze change within health care. The company also celebrated the partners that the company has worked with through the years to help enhance access to quality health care for patients most in need.

According to a news release, the event spotlighted national programs, including Give Kids A Smile, Release the Pressure and S.M.I.L.E. Healthcare Pathways. It also featured the American Dental Association Foundation, the National Medical Association, the National Dental Association, Robert I. Schattner Foundation, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and other key partners.

Stanley M. Bergman, chairman of the board and CEO of Henry Schein, said in the Feb. 6 news release that these partnerships have set the bar in helping to strengthen synergies between the public and private sectors to increase access to care. 

“Recognizing the impact that has been made to identify and breakdown inequities in health care, and opportunities to diversify the health care profession, we look forward to building on our relationships to advance this work with key association and industry partners,” he said. 

Since the company’s founding, Henry Schein, Inc. has grown to become a global leader in delivering health care solutions for one million customers worldwide. Henry Schein has been a member of the FORTUNE 500 since 2004 and a member of the S&P 500 stock index since 2015. With approximately 22,000 Team Schein members and operations or affiliates in 32 countries and territories, Team Schein continues to expand its global footprint and its business offerings, which include 300 valued solutions that help improve operational success and clinical outcomes for health professionals.

As the company continues to provide solutions to health care professionals, Henry Schein is expanding its work with key stakeholders to make the world healthier. Since 2003, Henry Schein has supported Give Kids A Smile, the American Dental Association Foundation’s signature access-to-care program. To date, the program has helped deliver free oral health education and services to seven million underserved children.

“What began as a grassroots effort in St. Louis has become a national public-private collaboration that ensures access to quality oral health care for all children,” said Dr. Craig Armstrong, chair of the American Dental Association Foundation. 

Henry Schein has been working with the National Medical Association and other partners in support of the Release the Pressure program, which supports Black women in a movement for healthy blood pressure. The program brings together a dedicated coalition of national health care professional organizations — NMA, Association of Black Cardiologists, American Heart Association and Minority Health Institute — with a shared goal of ensuring that Black women have the power, knowledge, opportunities and resources to achieve optimal health.

The program aims to reach more than 300,000 Black women, and to encourage making heart health a priority by taking its pledge at www.ReleaseThePressure.org.

Dr. Garfield A. D. Clunie, M.D., president of the National Medical Association, said it cannot be overstated how elevated blood pressure can affect one’s health and life expectancy. 

“The Release the Pressure Campaign serves as a source of education and awareness of the importance of blood pressure control and will help reduce the stigma that comes with this diagnosis,” he said. 

For 22 consecutive years, Henry Schein has been named to FORTUNE magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” list and ranked first in the Wholesalers: Health Care category for the fifth consecutive year.

In 2022, the company was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 11th consecutive year. Also in 2022, Henry Schein was named to FORTUNE magazine’s “Change the World” list in honor of the company’s work to advance health equity for individuals with disabilities. And for the seventh consecutive year, Henry Schein last year earned a top score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index.

For more information, visit: https://www.henryschein.com/