| Table of Contents- September/October 2001 |
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| Dentistry & Humane Genome |
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| Doc Holliday, 150 Years Old | ||||
| Meeting Schedule | ||||
| Tour- France continued | Foundation News | |||
| Tour- Belgium/Luxembourg | FDI Congress | |||
| European Union | Section News | |||
| CALENDAR |
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Annual PFA Academy/Foundation Meeting Schedule
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Kansas City, Missouri
11–14 October 2001 Westin Crown Center Hotel |
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Thursday 11 October, 8 am–4:30 pm Continuing Education Program, Pershing East Room |
Friday 12 October, 7:30 am–5 pm Academy Board Meeting, Roanoke Room 8 am-11 am Section Chair Caucus, Union Hill Room |
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Saturday 13 October,7:30 am–11 am Foundation Board Meeting, Penn Valley Room 11:30 am–2 pm Annual Awards Luncheon, Pershing South Room 2:30 pm–5 pm Foundation Board Meeting, Penn Valley Room 6:30 pm–8 pm President’s Reception, Pershing West Room |
Sunday 14 October, 8 am–5 pm Foundation Board Meeting, Brookside Room 1 pm–5 pm Academy Board Meeting, Roanoke Room 6:30 pm–10:30 pm PFA Dinner Party, Washington Park Place III |
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All Section Chairs are invited to attend the Academy Board Meetings, the Awards Luncheon, the President’s Reception, and the no-host PFA Dinner Party. All Meeting Reports are to be in the Central Office no later than 2 September to be included in the official Meeting Agenda Manual. |
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Foundation News
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The Foundation has received 40 grant applications by this year’s deadline, with 33 being qualified for consideration at the Kansas City Foundation Meeting. This is a result of 115 application requests.
The names of contributors to the Foundation are now listed on the Internet site. Go there and see if your name is listed. Belgium Section Chair Professor Jose Dahan made arrangements for our President David Campbell to present the Foundation scholarship check to the University of Lueven School of Dentistry student Els de Smet at their graduation ceremonies last June. President Campbell also inducted their Dean Daniel Van Steenberghe as Honorary Fellow in the Academy.  President Campbell and student Els de Smet leaving stage after the scholarship presentation India Secretary/Treasurer T. Samraj announced that Foundation scholarships were presented during their annual convocation on 29 July to students from SDM College of Dental Sciences in Dharwad and from the Government Dental College and Hospital in Rohtak. Dr. Samraj has been selected to serve as President of the Indian Society for Dental Research. He was installed at their meeting in Chennai for the two-year term. Professor V. Surendra Shetty serves as our PFA Chairman, along with Professor T. Samraj (Secretary/Treasurer) and Vice Chairs Asha Verma of New Delhi, Nailesh Gandhi of Ahmedabad, Subash Chandra Shetty of Bangalore, and S. G. Damle of Mumbai. Canada Dean Charles Baker of the College of Dentistry, University of Saskatchewan, writes to thank the Foundation for making possible their scholarship for dental student Mandy Eckert.  Saskatchewan student Mandy Eckert receiving scholarship from Dean Charles Baker Dr. Amil Shapka, Chair of Kindness in Action Service Society of Alberta thanked the Foundation for their grant, which was used for six successful weeklong dental projects in Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. More than 2000 patients were treated, including 3600 extractions, 720 restorations, 360 cleanings, 92 dentures, 12 root canals, and two oral-maxillofacial surgeries. Oral hygiene instructions and educational materials were distributed with 5000 toothbrushes to the schools. Assisting the “Kindness in Action Service Society of Alberta” was the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Manitoba. The cost of attending these six locations came to $40,000 (Canadian) since the volunteer base (100) doubled for the project. Three teams went to Guatemala, two to Honduras, and one to Nicaragua. The St. Paul Journal reported on the project and the $10,000 PFA grant, as did the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association and the Alberta Dental Association’s Updater on their front page.  People lining up for treatment, Chajul, Guatemala |
United States California The Children’s Dental Health Association of San Diego, a Foundation grantee, published their annual report that includes mention of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. They helped provide dental care to 2146 children. Also included under individual donors were PFA Fellows (whose names I recognized) Editor James Brophy, Steven Ferriot, and James Vernetti. If I missed anyone let me know for the next issue. Florida Foundation Scholarship recipient Cesar M. Pareja writes to Trustee Robert S. Hart (past PFA Florida Chair): “I feel very honored to be the recipient of such a prestigious award for which I am very thankful. The real meaning of being awarded with a scholarship award is the sense that it carries with it, which is to give back to the community the help received. I want to assure you that my mind and my heart are set into that philosophy of life, and I will give back to the community all the goodness I have been given by your Academy and by the dental profession.” This demonstrates that our efforts are not in vain, we do have an audience, and they are listening. This award presentation was reported in the Friday Evening Post, the newsletter of the University of Florida Health Science Center. Louisiana Chair Frank Martello presented the Foundation scholarship award last May to LSU Dental School senior Michelle Dumiller Carlton who sent us a thank-you note.  Chair Frank Martello presents scholarship certificate to senior Michelle Carlton Minnesota |
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From the Central Office . . .
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Last year, the ribboned key for inducting new Fellows was redesigned. The Central Office has announced that any Academy Fellows who use their key for dental ceremonies that would like the newly designed one, please send a written request to the Central Office and it will be replaced at no charge.
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FDI Congress
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—27 September–1 October |
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President David Campbell will be attending the FDI Congress this year as our Representative. We are only one of two international honor societies enrolled in the FDI. The Academy Dentale International (ADI) is the other international honor organization.
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Trustee Eiichi Katagiri, through our Malaysian Chair R. T. Arasu, JP, has made arrangements for a PFA Meeting on Wednesday, 26 September, at 3 pm in the Ballroom of the Legend Hotel. Specifically the Pacific Rim Chairs have been invited to attend, though all PFA Fellows are welcomed. |
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Section News
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Italy
Chair Dr. Guido Brachetti of Milan met with President Campbell last May to discuss our Academy in Italy. Dr. Brachetti related that he is planning a joint function with his country’s most prestigious dental academy, the Italian Academy of Prosthetic Dentistry (AIOP). Chairman Brachetti is organizing a Fellowship dinner this Fall to induct new members. Bulgaria  Trustee Marois doing the honors for Chair Valentin Moutaftchiev International Trustee Pierre Marois and President Campbell installed Professor Valentin Moutaftchiev as Bulgarian Section Chair while he was in Brussels for an orthodontic seminar last June. Australasia International Trustee William J. Winspear, Secretary/Treasurer of the Australasia PFA, reports holding their triennial Breakfast Meeting and Induction last May in Brisbane during the Australian Dental Congress. Section President Jonathan Rogers inducted six new Fellows into the Academy. Dr. Winspear reported on the distinguished contributions to world dentistry by Australian Fellows Drs. Sydenham Dobbin, AM, and Reginald Hession, AM. Their next Section Meeting will be held in Sydney, New South Wales, during the 2003 FDI World Congress. Belize/Guatemala Chair Bertram Moldauer and Vice Chair Walter Lopez inducted three new members into Fellowship—Francisco Marroquin University Dean of the School of Dentistry Ramiro Alfaro, Endodontic Department Chairman Estuardo Mata, and Pedodontics Chairman Estuardo Zachrisson. Dr. Moldauer is starting a dental program at Spanish Outlook, Belize, for the needy.  L-R, Dr. Henry Lee, Chair Bertram Moldauer (standing), Dr. Michael Baden Dr. Leon Moldauer was the first recognized dentist in British Honduras (now Belize) when he arrived in 1936. Before that time, only barbers and witchdoctors (“chamanes”) performed dental procedures. Dr. Leon and his wife worked long hours doing it all since there was no dental laboratory there. Fellow Bertram (son) and Ivan (grandson) have donated a collection of his instruments of the time to be displayed at our dental museum in Las Vegas. Last June, the Drs. Moldauer completed a Forensic Medicine Symposium at Nova Southeastern University given by Fellow Phil Levine. Course presenters were forensic experts Drs. Henry Lee and Michael Baden. This is an important step to have forensic trained dentists in Central America. Belize has only one forensic pathologist on government staff that is backlogged several years. Spain Chair Javier Garro Barrio hosted their annual investment ceremony last May to induct 21 new Fellows. Next year’s convocation will be in Seville in May 2002. |
Philippines
Chair Diampo J. Lim hosted their Induction Convocation last March at the Century Park Hotel in Manila to induct 41 new Fellows.  New Fellows with Chair Diampo Lim and Guest of Honor Margarito Teves Joining our Academy are Drs. Paul Achacoso, Ricardo Amador, Amalia Angeles, Norma Ayap, Antonio Beldemor, Ma. Mirasol Cabal, Elizabeth Carrasco, Emmanuel Centeno, Rosario Achacoso-Damatac, Maria Teresa de Jesus, Fatima Dizon, Maria Cecilia Diego, Arsenio Donesa, Mario Esquillo, Gregorio Gabriel, Ermelinda Sabater-Galang, Venus Gamboa, Melinda Garcia, Roberto Garcia, Jr, Natividad Gervacio, Natividad Granada, James Huang, Jr, Maria Edna Jimena, Leonor Lago, Ramonito Lee, Luis Orosa, Concordia Palacios, Feliicidad Poblador, Eliza Puzon, Leticia Salvador, Gladys So, Roberto Tajonera, Rosito Tan, Elizabeth Tecson, Norma Tiu, Jesus Tumaneng, Henry Uy, Luis Uy, Alfredo Valera, Hermogenes Villareal, and Rosemary Young. The Ceremonial Marshal was Rodelio Cruz. Presentation of the new Fellows was by Jose Virata, The Charge was administered by Fellow Rufino Achacoso, and the induction was by Chair Diampo Lim who presented the ribboned keys assisted by Immediate Past Chair Ruben Navia. Dr. Lim then conferred Life Membership status on Fellows Jose Virata, Rufino Achacoso, Primo Gonzales and Ruben Navia.  L-R, Fellows Rodelio Cruz, Jose Virata, Rufino Achacoso, Chair Diampo Lim, Primo Gonzales, and Ruben Navia Fellow Hermonogenes Villareal introduced the guest of honor Margarito Teves, President and CEO of the Land Bank of the Philippines. Drs. Rosario Damatac and Jesus Tumaneng were masters of ceremonies. India Secretary T. Samraj reported holding their Special Midyear Convocation last July at the Claridges Hotel in Nainital. The Chief Guest was the Dental Council of India’s President Padmashri Dr. R. K. Bali. The guest of honor was M. J. P. Rahalikhund University Vice Chancellor Dr. Zahid Hussein Zaidi. United Kingdom Chair Rash Patel hosted an Induction Dinner for new Fellows last June to add 23 to their membership.  New Fellows with Trustee Pierre Marois (center) and Chair Rash Patel (right) Portugal Chair Gil Alcoforado, Jr, inducted 14 new Fellows at their Lisbon Meeting, which featured Professor Armando Santinho Cunha as keynote speaker.  Chair Gil Alcoforado and Professor Armando Santinho Cunha |
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Connecticut
Chair Howard Mark hosted their Leadership Conference Dinner at the Yankee Silversmith Inn in Meriden last April with more than 30 Fellows in attendance. International PFA President David Campbell attended as well as International Trustee Robert Friedman. The conference included a presentation by Dr. Gregory Egnaczyk on Protecting the Smiles of Connecticut Children, reporting on the mouth guard event held in conjunction with the Naugatuck Valley Dental Society. Drs. Mark Previn and Maria Smith chaired this project. Also speaking was PFA International Trustee Robert Friedman discussing his “Bridge the Gap” project in Bridgeport in which 34 PFA Fellows have volunteered their time to provide dental care to the 50 needy who use the Bridge House. Chair Howard Mark gave an overview of the Mentoring Program at the UConn School of Dental Medicine, which is jointly hosted by the PFA, the Society of Alumni and Friends, and the dental school. Dr. Campbell then addressed the members on the Academy’s activities. One of the Foundation scholarship recipients, Gary Schulman of UConn, was recognized.  L-R, Chair Howard Mark, ADA Trustee Ed Mehlman, President Campbell, and Trustee Robert Friedman This event was written up in the June/July Journal of the Connecticut State Dental Association. South Dakota  New Fellows Brad Dana and Michael Strom Chair Robin Hattervig hosted their annual Breakfast Meeting last May to induct new Fellows Brad Dana and Michael Strom.Their Distinguished Dentist of the Year Award was presented to Dr. Mel Thaler.  Dr. Mel Thaler receiving Award from Chair Robin Hattervig Florida Fellow Samuel O. Dorn was elected President-elect of the American Association of Endodontists during their 58th Annual Session in New Orleans this April. Professor Dorn is Director of Postgraduate Endodontics at Nova Southeastern University School of Dental Medicine in Fort Lauderdale. He has served as President of the Greater Hollywood Dental Society, the Florida Association of Endodontists, and the East Coast District Dental Society. He is a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD.  Chair Gary Herbeck (left) with new Fellows go to top of next column --> |
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Chair Gary Herbeck hosted their annual Convocation Breakfast with ICD to induct 17 new Fellows. International Trustee Robert Hart was in attendance assisting. Dr. Larry W. Nissen was presented with their Distinguished Dentist of the Year Award by Trustee Bob Hart. Dr. Nissen is the incoming President of AAOMS for next year.  Dr. Larry Nissen receiving Award from Trustee Bob Hart Illinois Fellow David Fulton is Chairman of the ADA Council on ADA Sessions and International Programs helping to put together the 142nd ADA Session in Kansas City this October, featuring more than 200 scientific programs, 550 exhibitors, and other meetings. Maryland Chair Don Brotman hosted a Section Meeting with President Campbell in attendance last March to induct a new Fellow. Utah The American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry has presented their highest honor, their Charles Pincus Award to Dr. Gordon Christensen during their meeting in Washington, DC, this October. Dr. Christensen is the 1992 recipient of the PFA Gold Medal. New York Fellow Howard I. A. Lieb was elected General Chairman for the 2002 Greater New York Dental Meeting. Dr. Lieb has served a s President of the Richmond County Dental Society and the Second District Dental Society. He is a Fellow in PFA, AGD, ICD, and ACD. He is past Assistant Professor at New York University College of Dentistry.  Dr. Howard Lieb Chair Edward Feinberg held their PFA Annual Luncheon last June in the Sheraton University Hotel in Syracuse during the annual meeting of the New York Dental Association. More than 60 people attended to welcome new Fellows Drs. Jennifer Bempkins, Timothy Blieden, James Cavallaro, John Comisi, Carl Gerard, Chandra Kaushik, Alfred LaPorta, Margaret Madonian, Paul Nozynski, Robert Raiber, and James Vlassis. Immediate past PFA President Fred Halik attended along with ADA Trustees George Bletsas and Howard Fine, ASDA representative Michael DeLuke and NYSDA’s Executive Director Roy Lasky. NYSDA Secretary-Treasurer Kirk Gleason, NYSDA Councilman Tony DiMango, and NYSDA Governor Joseph Caruso performed the induction service. NYSDA President-elect Bill Calnon presented their Distinguished Service Award to Dr. John Billen, former Section Chair. Dr. Billen, a graduate of SUNY-Buffalo and Emory University, maintains a periodontal practice with past PFA President Fred Halik in Rochester. Dr. Billen has served as Chief of Dentistry for Rochester General Hospital, and has been Director for Project Hope. Vice Chair Bruce Seidberg introduced author Yvonne Conte, who discussed how laughter can increase productivity. NYSDA President Michael Fallon concluded the meeting with the traditional toast to the new Fellows, members, and guests. The New York PFA Section is divided into 13 subsections with the 1st District under Elliot Moskowitz; 2nd District, Tony DiMango; 3rd District, Peter Collins; 4th District, Kirk Gleason; 5th District, Michael Fallon; 6th District, James Orcutt; 7th District, Bill Calnon; 8th District, Larry Wolfgang; 9th District, Stuart Coleton; the Bronx District, Bert Bildner; the Nassau District, Frank Murphy; the Queens District, Joseph Caruso; and the Suffolk District, Bob Benton. Massachusetts  L-R, Tufts Dental School Dean Emeritus Erling Johansen, Dr. Arthur Weiner, and past PFA President Minori Horiuchi attending recent PFA dinner. |
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