Table of Contents - July-August, 2001
Section News- International
Section News USA
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Long-Range Planning Seminar
Section News USA continued
PFA Gold Medal Award
President's Award
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Foundation News
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| Executive Director Shig Ryan Kishi gave this summary of the Foundation activities at the March Atlanta Meeting.
The Foundation commitment of $104,500 will be completed this year to the University of Costa Rica School of Dentistry for their Multimedia Teaching facility. Another $7500 will be awarded for the Loader-Espinach Award presented in Costa Rica. The next event for that award will be in 2002. The Costa Rica flower shop property is being transferred to Fundacion Piedad, a Central American dental charity organization. The jewelry shop property has a buyer and was determined to be sold by the Board. Of the 20 grants approved by the Foundation at their Chicago Meeting, the University of Oklahoma—Good Shepherd Mission was not awarded due to recipient amendments to the Foundation contract that were not favorable to the Foundation. Ten grant applications were disapproved. The Academy grants for 2001 were approved for $40,000 of which $10,000 goes for the Continuing Education course in Kansas City this Fall; $15,000 goes to maintaining and updating our Web site, $10,000 goes for our Hall of Fame/ Dental Museum projects, and $5000 funds the Mentorship Program. The Foundation Scholarship Program has received student nominees from all 53 U.S. dental schools. Academy Fellows donations have risen to $26,675 with $22,840 from the United States, $710 from international members, and $2925 from Life Members in 2000. |
Foundation President Robert Shira submitted his report to the Atlanta Meeting, which was mostly covered by the Executive Secretary orally. Additions were that 32 grant applications were considered at the Chicago Meeting with 20 being approved, 10 rejected, and two withdrawn for a total of $134,548 awarded. The Scholarship awards totaled $123,000 for 54 U.S. dental schools (Northwestern will be closed next year) and 28 non-U.S. dental schools. The Foundation ByLaws currently read that the Board shall consist of at least eight and not more than 14 members. Since the Board is at capacity, the following change was made to accommodate this situation. “When the current President of the Academy who is serving as Foundation Trustee becomes a past President, he will not automatically become a Foundation Trustee. His name will be placed on a roster of available past Presidents and will be appointed to the Foundation Board when a vacancy exists in the order of their listing on the roster.” Discussion ensued about holding a Foundation fund raising program to raise capital to offset paying more income tax. Past PFA President Larry Barrett was appointed Chairman of this committee. His committee will consist of Drs. Campbell, Stine, Halik, Long, and Shira. |
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The Foundation contribution list is located at the Academy Web site. To view it, at the site, click on inquiries, and scroll down to the link. Executive Secretary Shig Kishi reports reviewing 114 grant applications for presentation at the Kansas City Meeting this October. All 53 U.S. dental schools have responded to the scholarship requests. This year the ADA Health Foundation solicited funding from PFA for a grant to increase access to care for underserved children across America. Unfortunately, one of the Foundation grant provisions prohibits the Board from funding other Foundations. But the project did reach their funding goals through the generosity of Dr. Samuel Harris (of the Dental Museum fame) and a $100,000 grant from Procter & Gamble. The ADA Health Foundation reports receiving 14 grant requests a day for the Harris Fund Grants Program. International Trustee Robert Friedman (Academy Publicity Chairman) reports that his article on the Foundation and Dr. Robert Shira was published in the ADA News on March 19th. Foundation Treasurer George Higue filed a 65-page year 2000 Financial Report for the Foundation, which includes the three funds maintained by his office—(1) the Brenes Espinach account; (2) the Academy Foundation account (your contributions); and (3) the Nakayama account for the Japanese Section. Dr. Higue noted that the tremendous stock market losses did not affect the PFA accounts due to his wise investment policies.
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Brazil At their annual Dinner Meeting celebrating their first decade as a PFA Section, Chair Professor Lucy Dalva Lopes awarded the Foundation Scholarship to dental student Opas Tujihara of Mogi des Cruzes University with Dean Renato Sergio Chuirilete.
United States Chair Virginia Merchant held their PFA Breakfast in Detroit to award the Foundation scholarships to dental students Andrew Cheung with the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Assistant Dean Marilyn Woolfolk present, and to Judy Wybenga with the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Associate Dean G. William Knight present. PFA President David Malcolm Campbell helped officiate. This was reported in the Journal of the Michigan Dental Association, April issue. Nevada The Nevada Dental Journal, Spring issue, printed a pagelong article on the Foundation and its grant program. Texas “By the Roots” Program Administrator J. Phillip Ford of Baylor College of Dentistry reports that more than 14,000 children were instructed in proper dental hygiene through their program. A school nurse from an east Texas town noted that there has been a definite increase in better oral health care among her students. The PFA logo appears on their Oral Health poster. |
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From the Desk of Congressman Charles Norwood, DDS
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We did it! The ergonomics regulations are history! We used the 1996 Accountability Act, which allows Congress to pass a resolution of disapproval of regulations made by a federal agency, such as OSHA and the Labor Department. I had the honor to lead the floor fight for this disapproval, and President Bush signed it promptly.
The ADA has been pointing out problems with the Clinton medical privacy rules. I asked that they not be final until corrected. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson has been instructed to fix them. I still am in conversations with the White House about patient protection rights, but they are opposed to it. I have been asked to reintroduce my bill, but even if we could get it out of the House in two months, it would never get through the Senate. |
The last issue I am working on is the one on liability. The President wants federal liability; we want it at the state level. The business and corporation lobbyists and insurance companies prefer federal court over state ones. I believe that the state court is better, but something is better than nothing. It does not make sense to have a patients’ rights bill that is silent on liability. The redrawing of congressional districts looms post-census. The district they are trying to give me is one I could not win. The courts will be the only place we will have any voice to protect my district. Any help you can provide will be appreciated. I can be reached at P.O. Box 499, Evans, GA, 30809. Sincerely, |
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Brazil
Chair Professor Lucy Dalva Lopes celebrated the 10th anniversary of their PFA with an Awards Dinner last December.  Academic Professor Irma Neume Carvallio, President of the Academy Paraibana de Odontologia, receives award from Chair Lucy Dalva Lopes) Canada Fellow Richard Speers of Toronto helped found the International Dental Ethics and Law Society (IDEALS) in 2000. The Society has been established to foster an international multidisciplinary dialogue on the values guiding dental and law practice. Their first General Assembly meeting will be held this October in Amsterdam during the 4th International Congress on Dental Law and Ethics Their Web site is www.ideals.ac or contact Dr. Joseph Welie at the Creighton University Center for Health Policy and Ethics, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, for more information. France International Trustee Pierre Marois of Paris had the Foundation check presentation for their mobile dental clinic placed in La Lettre de l’Ordre National des Chirurgiens-dentistes, their professional magazine that goes to every dentist in France. “Le Dr. Pierre Marois, responsible de la section eurpeenne de la Pierre Fauchard Academy, la celebre institution americaine, a remis, le 4 janvier dernier, un cheque de 10,000 dollars au president Andre Robert, pour l’Association du bus social dentaire. Le Conseil national et son president, Andre Robert, egalement president de l’Association du bus social dentaire, tient a remercier le Dr. Marois, et avec lui la Pierre Fauchard Academy pour cette aide genereuse.” The annual official Hall of Fame Ceremony at the Paris venue was held on 21 June at the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgiens-Dentistes headquarters. PFA President David Campbell, Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal, International Trustee for Europe Pierre Marois, and Hall of Fame Chair Ray Klein attended along with French dental society President Andre Robert and his officers. Guatemala Fellow Ivan Moldauer received his Certificate in the AEGD Program at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale. Dr. Moldauer teaches at the Francisco Marroquin University School of Dentistry in Guatemala.
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Dr. Moldauer presented a table clinic on rotary endodontic instrumentation at the Miami Midwinter Meeting.  Fellow Ivan Moldauer receives certificate from Dr. Phil Levine
Japan
Dr. Mamoru Sakuda has been selected as Section Chair-elect and will become International Trustee after Dr. Eiichi Katagiri’s term ends. Portugal Chair Gil Alcoforado inducted 14 new Fellows last March in Lisbon. Professor Armand Santinho Cunha gave the address. Malaysia Chair Paul C. K. Lee is serving as the Organizational Chairman for the Rotary Regional Convention in Kuala Lumpur. Philippines Chair Daimpo J. Lim was active in their recent 93rd annual Convocation and Scientific Meeting of the Philippine Dental Association last May with past Chair Primo Gonzales. Their party won all the positions but speaker. Switzerland Dr. Hans Della Bona has retired as Section Chair. Dr. Roland will succeed him. |
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United States
California, Southern Section
Dr. George Hollenback (1886-1973) was honored during the California Dental Society Meeting in Anaheim last Spring at the PFA Annual Luncheon. Dr. Hollenback was installed into the Hall of Fame in his home state. PFA President-elect Scott Welch welcomed those attending with Hall of Fame Chairman Ray Klein, past PFA President, doing the background remarks.
A third plaque will be presented to the University of the Pacific this summer.
 Dr. Lloyd Baum accepts Hollenback plaque for Loma Linda |
Washington, D.C. The premiere of the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health took place at the Hubert Humphrey Building. Drs. Caswell Evans, Jr., Project Director, and Dushanka Kleinman, co-Editor, directed the project. Dr. Clifton Dummett, Sr., was one of the three reviewers. Chair Howard Mark hosted a Leadership Conference and Dinner attended by PFA President M. David Campbell with over 30 Fellows in attendance at the Yankee Silversmith Inn in Meriden last Spring. Presentations were given by Drs. Gregory Egnaczyk of Shelton on Protecting the Smiles of Connecticut Children, PFA International Trustee Robert Friedman of Fairfield on his Bridge the Gap Project with 34 Fellows, and Section Chair Howard Mark on the Mentoring Program in Connecticut. President Campbell addressed the Fellows on the Academy activities. One of the Foundation scholarship recipients, Gary Schulman of UCONN, was present and recognized by the group. Last May, the Section honored Dr. Edwin S. Mehlman of Rhode Island with their Distinguished Service Award at their annual Awards Luncheon for his professional commitments and dedication. Dr. Mehlman, a graduate of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry, practices endodontics in Providence and is Clinical Assistant Professor at Boston University. He served as President of the Rhode Island Dental Association in 1986 and ADA First Vice President in 1994. Dr. Mehlman is currently ADA District I Trustee. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD. L-R, Chair Howard Mark, Awardee Ed Mehlman, PFA President David Campbell, Trustee Robert Friedman |
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At their May Induction Meeting, International Trustee Robert Friedman gave the Membership Charge to new Fellows Brian Bottaro, Dean Cloutier, Stuart Epstein, Vernon Kwok, Daniel Minchik, Michael Perl, Frank Raviola, William Reicker, Cary Shapoff, and W. Fred Thal.
Louisiana Chair Frank Martello hosted their annual Breakfast Meeting at the New Orleans Riverside Hotel during the New Orleans Dental Conference to honor Dr. C. Richmond Corley of Lake Charles with their Distinguished Dentist of the Year Award. Drs. Charles Mackey of Lake Charles and Richard Ballard of Metairie were inducted as new Fellows. Dr. Donald Pavy, a physician and author of Accident and Deception – the Huey Long Shooting was the guest speaker. Massachusetts Chair Norman Becker hosted their Awards Dinner to honor Dr. Athena Papas with their Distinguished Service Award. PFA International Trustee Robert Friedman, past PFA President Min Horiuchi, and past PFA Rhode Island Chair Christine Benoit were in attendance with the many dignitaries.
Chair Paul Tamisiea hosted their annual luncheon meeting on Sunday 21 April during the Nebraska Dental Association session. Fellows in attendance were Drs. Baeder, R. Brunmeier, Jerold Buresh, Cavlovic, Corcoran, Drahota, Roger Gerstner, Hermsen, D. Hoover, Michael Hoover, B. Kutler, Carol Murdock, Myron Pudwill, Reinhardt, Laura Romito, Scott Shaddy, Fred Tafoya, Paul Tamesiea (Chairman), Scott Trapp, Gary Westerman (Secretary/Treasurer), Windle, and Robert Zaiman. The student scholarship recipients were UNMC College of Dentistry senior Brant Darby, who was present, and Creighton University dental school senior Todd Weber, who was taking his regional dental board exams. |
Nominating Committee Chairman Roger Gerstner proposed new Fellows Jerold Buresh, Michael Carlisle, Michael Hoover, Marty Matz, Carol Murdock, Laura Romito, Scott Shaddy, Fred Tafoya, Scott Trapp and Robert Zaiman while Chairman Paul Tamisea did the installation. Seven new names were recommended for Fellowship. The Nevada Dental Journal printed an article on the PFA Museum at the Community College of Southern Nevada. Our PFA Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal is curator. |
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Fellow State Senator Raymond Rawson, DDS, had an article in the Nevada Dental Journal about being wary of reciprocity for the State of Nevada. Their new dental school will open in the near future on the UNLV campus. Chair Neil Lutins and Fellow Stephen Mackler represented their PFA Section with a $3000 contribution to the international health consortium for Moldova. Moldova was the second smallest republic of the 15 constituent republics of the USSR and is located in the southwest between Rumania and the Ukranian SSR surrounding it on the north, northeast, and southeast. This pioneering effort with the Moldovian Ministry of Health was to work with partner health institutions in their country. The ADA/Health Volunteers Overseas signed an agreement to recruit U.S. educators to visit the Moldovian dental school to discuss dental techniques. The team consisted of Dr. Rick Mumford, Chief of the North Carolina Deptartment of Public Health, Dr. Garland Hershey, past Provost of the UNC System in Chapel Hill, Maj. Brenda Mor, RN of the North Carolina Army Reserve National Guard, and our own Dr. Stephen Mackler. |
Rhode Island Past PFA Chair Christine Benoit attended the Massachusetts PFA Awards Dinner with International Trustee Robert Friedman and his wife.  L-R, Dr. & Mrs. Robert Friedman with Dr. Christine Benoit Pennsylvania PFA 1997 Gold Medal recipient John L. Bomba passed away of leukemia in Las Vegas where he had just moved with Thelma, his wife of 56 years. John had taught at Temple University School of Dentistry for more than 30 years and was a past President of the ADA and AGD. Much honored for his outstanding service to dentistry, Dr. Bomba will be missed. Fellow Gaetan J. Lavalla passed away. He had served as President of the Pennsylvania Dental Association, the Philadelphia County Dental Society, the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists, the Pennsylvania Association of Orthodontists, the Temple University Dental Alumnae Society, and the Southern District Dental Society of Philadelphia. He was Chairman of the PDA’s Committee on Ethics and Professionalism. |
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Table of Contents - July-August, 2001
Section News- International
Section News USA
Section News USA continued
Long-Range Planning Seminar
Section News USA continued
PFA Gold Medal Award
President's Award
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