Ecuador Section Chair Antonieta with President James Englander
President Englander with members of the Ecuador National Folkloric dancers
Italian Fellowship Meeting
President James Englander and Trustee Ernesto Acuna (seated) with new Fellows
L-R, Dean Javier de la Fuente, scholarship recipient Elizabeth Linares Francisco, Trustee Acuna, and President Englander
Dr. Peter Crielaers receiving award from Chair Anne-Elizabeth Dony
Front row, center, L-R. Ecuador Section Chair Antonieta Swanson, Peruvian Section Chair Gilberto Henostroza, PFA President James Englander, and International Trustee Ernesto Acuna with new Fellows
Retiring Chair Daimpo Lim welcoming new chair Hermogenes Villareal
Ecuador
President James Englander and Trustee for Latin America Ernesto Acuna E attended the Section Meeting in Quito last December where Chair Antonieta Swanson inducted some seventeen new Fellows into the Academy.
They were entertained by the Ecuador National Folkloric dancers.
Italy
Chair Andrea Pantarotto reports that they held an Organizational Meeting last November in Bologna with some twenty Fellows to discuss their PFA goals and programs and to whom to recommend for the dental scholarship. A celebrated Northeastern Italian Chef cooked for this rebirthing of the Italian PFA Section. The warm glow of the evening generated more nominees for Fellowship.
Mexico
International Trustee for Latin America Ernesto Acuna E reports that the Mexican Section held their annual Induction Ceremony last November to induct ten new Fellows into membership and to install one honorary Fellow. The ceremony was at the Centro Asturiano in Mexico City followed by a cultural presentation by Carlos Flores Marini on "The Maya Pyramid of Chichen Itza" which has been called a "new Wonder of the World" by a recent search for modern world wonders.
President James Englander and his wife Carole attended as well as the Dean of the National University of Mexico (UNAM) School of Dentistry Javier de la Fuente. Dean de la Fuente presented the recipient for the Foundation Scholarship Award Elizabeth Linares Francisco. The Section also hosted members of the ICD Executive Council who were also holding their Council Meeting in Mexico City last November.
Netherlands
Chair Annette Dony-Nabbe reports holding their Section Meeting in Noordwijk at Sea, a beautiful beach resort with a Space Expo exhibit. She will be stepping down and handing the gavel over to Dr. Joost van de Pol. Drs. Mies Buisman and Henk Donker will remain as offi cers. Peter Crielaers was honored for all his contributions to PFA with a Certifi cate of Merit.
Guest speakers were Dr. Tong Xi, who two years ago was a Foundation Scholarship recipient and now is a PFA Fellow, and Paul Ritico, Director of a modern dental laboratory in Shenzhen, China.
Dr. Xi did a presentation about Chinese dentistry that he observed during his dental internship at Wuhan University in China. Paul Ritico discussed his adventures in China and about the high quality of dental technical work he produces there.
Peru
PFA President James Englander joined Chair Gilberto Henostroza in Lima to induct twenty-three new Fellows into the Academy.
Philippines
Newly installed Chairman Hermogenes Villareal hosted a successful Midyear Meeting and Christmas Fellowship at the G. Hotel last December while they released their news magazine, the Quill. Mr. Francis Kong spoke on "Living a Great Life."
Their Community Outreach Program is scheduled for 260 day care students in Barangay Masikap in Pateros, Metro Manila.
Section Chair Villareal addressed the Philippine Dental Society/AFP 45th Founding Anniversary and the 3rd Quarterly Scientifi c Seminar with PCDS President Ramon Hebron (and PFA Fellow), AFP Dental President Jesselito Mabazza in attendance sponsored by Unilab to listen to his address on PFA. Dr. Villareal, a past PCDS President (1982-83), signed an accord of mutual agreement to foster mutual understanding, professional growth, and development for improvement for better oral health.
Dr. Villareal will be the 2011 General Chairman for the Asian Pacifi c Dental Congress in Manila.
The new offi cers for the Philippine Section are Chairman Hermogenes P. Villareal; Vice Chair Paul D. Achacoso; Secretary Ma. Cristina Aureea G. Garcia; Assistant Secretary Vivian Gabaldon; Treasurer Norma A. Tui; Auditor Olegario G. Clemente, Jr., PRO Manuel Centeno, and Directors Antonio Baldemor and Robert M. Tajonera.
Their immediate past Chairman is Dean Diampo Lim. Advisors are Rufi no M. Achacoso, Primo E. Gonzales, and Sofrnio P. San Juan.
Primo Gonzales was selected as the Outstanding Professional in Dentistry for 2007.
United States
Illinois
The Section held their annual Meeting with ICD and ACD during the 143rd Chicago MidWinter Meeting at Mc- Cormick Place. Our Secretary General Richard Kozal, a past Chicago Dental Society President, and Editor Jim Brophy attended the event.