Trustee Bernardo Levit presented the PFA Student Certificate for Academic Excellence to Yael Frydman.

Canada

Fellow Burton Conrod of Sydney, Nova Scotia, has become President of the Canadian Dental Association last September at its Ottawa Meeting. Dr. Conrod is past President of the Cape Breton Island Dental Society and of the Nova Scotia Dental Association. He has served as CDA Governor since 1991 and been a member of the Executive Council since 1995. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ADI.

Fellow Tom Breneman of Brandon, Manitoba, has been acclaimed Vice President of the Canadian Dental Association last September at its annual Board of Governor’s meeting in Ottawa. Dr. Breneman is past President of the Western Manitoba Dental Society and the Manitoba Dental Association. He has served as a CDA Governor and a member of the Executive Council since 1994. Besides being a PFA Fellow, Dr. Breneman is a Fellow in ICD and ADI. Dr. Breneman will become CDA President in 2002.

Fellow Bernard Dolansky, an Ottawa endodontist, was awarded CDA Honorary Membership last September for his outstanding contributions to dentistry. He has served as Ottawa Dental Society President (1980-1981), Ontario Dental Association President (1986) and CDA President in 1992-1993. He was instrumental in developing the CDAnet. He is a member of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and ICD as well as PFA.

Fellow Jean-Yves Turcotte, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Quebec City was honored last September in Ottawa with the CDA Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his outstanding service to our profession. Dr. Turcotte is a Professor at Laval University School of Dentistry. He is a member of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and is a Fellow in ICD and ADI. He was a career officer in the Canadian Forces Dental Services, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and receiving the Canadian Forces Decoration.

Fellow Stephane Schwatz, pedodontist in Montreal, was presented the CDA Distinguished Service Award last September in Ottawa for her tremendous contributions as clinician, lecturer, and researchist. She serves on the staff of Montreal’s Children’s Hospital as well as Director of Pediatric Dentistry at McGill University. She has received the W. W. Wood Award for excellence in dental education. She holds Fellowships in PFA, ACD, and ICD.

Fellow Brian Barrett of Charlottetown received the CDA Distinguished Service Award last September in Ottawa for his years of service on the national and local levels of dentistry. He has served as Registrar of the Dental Council of PEI for 11 years and is currently the Executive Director, a post he has held for the last 13 years. Dr. Barrett is a National Board member of the Dentistry Canada Fund and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Atlantic Dental Services Corporation. He serves as a dental consultant for the PEI’s Workers Compensation Board and a national consultant for Veterans Affairs Canada. He is a Fellow in PFA and ACD.

Fellow Ray Wenn of Charlottetown was honored last September in Ottawa with the Canadian Dental Association’s top recognition of Honorary Membership. Dr. Wenn joined the CDA Board of Governors in 1986. He was Secretary-Registrar of the Dental Association of Prince Edward Island (1979-1984) and its President in 1984-1985. He became CDA President in 1993-1994 and was instrumental in mounting the Enough Is Enough campaign against the federal government’s taxing dental plan premiums. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, ACD, and ADI.

Chairman Professor Javier Garro Barrio held the Investment Ceremony last May in Valencia to induct into Fellowship Drs. Jose Manuel Aguirre of Bilbao, Jose Balnco-Moreno of Oviedo, Jaime Bonet of Valencia, Benito Castello of Valencia, Jose Manuel Granero of Murcia, Jorge Federico Lindner of Pontevedra, Eduardo Lombardia of Oviedo, Pascual Martinez-Minana of Valencia, Juan M. Minguez of Valencia, Blas Noguerol of Granada, Jose M. Saiz of Castellon, Jordi Samso of Barcelona, Joaquin Velazquez of Cadiz, and Juan Jose Yaniz of Navarra. Section Secretary Leopoldo Barcena assisted Chair Javier Garro Barrio. The night continued with General Ordinary Assembly and concluded with a dinner dance.

This year’s annual Meeting will be held in Cuenca.

Switzerland

Dr. Roland Sollner has been certified by the Academy Board to serve as the new Section Chair.

Republic of Macedonia

Professor Branislav Dastevski has been named by the Academy Board as the new Chair for this new Section.

Guatemala/Belize

Chairman Bertram Moldauer organized a dental campaign to provide oral health care for the indigent in a remote part of Guatemala called Ipala in the Department of Chiquimula. This town was three hours away and located under the Ipala Volcano, whose crater holds a sacred lagoon. The dental team under Dr. Walter Lopez from the Francisco Marroquin University, which included PFA Fellow Dr Ivan Moldauer with three dental students, treated 300 patients in two days there. The town’s Mayor, Mr. Abelardo Pinto, thanked the entire team and Chairman Bertram Moldauer by phone. Dr. Bertram Moldauer supplied all the materials and equipment for this venture on behalf of his PFA Section.


L-R, Pablo Martinez, Dr. Walter Lopez, Mano Gaudinni, Garrick Morales, Dr. Ivan Moldauer

Dr. Ivan Moldauer is attending the AEGD (endodontics) Program at Nova Southeastern University in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. His father, Chairman Bertram Moldauer, attended the eighth annual Investigation for Identification Educational Conference in Pensacola, Florida, organized by Fellow Dr. Phil Levine. Also invited to attend were Dr. Fernando Monterroso, President of Guatemala’s Francisco Marroquin University; Dr. Ramiro Alfaro, Dean of the School of Dentistry; Dr. Estuardo Zachrisson, Chairman of the Pediatric Dentistry Department;
L-R, Francisco Marroquin University President Fernando Monterroso, Pediatric Dentistry Department Chairman Estuardo Zachrisson, Guatemala PFA Fellow Ivan Moldauer, Guatemala Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Walter Lopez, Guatemala/Belize PFA Chairman Bertram Moldauer, Dean of the School of Dentistry Ramiro Alfaro, President of Tikal Airlines Ury Roitman

Dr. Walter Lopez, President of the Guatemalan Academy of Pediatric Dentists; and Ury Roitman, President of Tikal Airlines who is also President of Techniques and Systems of Security of Guatemala and head security advisor for Mexico’s new President Vicente Fox. Francisco Marroquin University is initiating a program in forensic medicine and has appointed Dr. Levine to be Chairman of the program.