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As I begin my term as President of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, I pause to think of the men who have preceded me into this high honour. Their legacy of leadership of our Academy is the high standard that I set for myself. I am indebted to Michael Cripton, the first Canadian to serve as PFA President (1995), for his support and guidance, and to Sheldon Claman, my predecessor as Trustee Region 6, Canada.
I offer the thanks of all Academy Fellows to Gary Lowder and kudos for a job well done. Dr. Lowder was indeed the right man for the position of PFA President 2002-2003. He represented the Academy at two very sad occasions this past year: the memorial services for founding PFA Foundation President Brigadier General Robert B. Shira in November and Foundation Executive Director, Dr. Shig Kishi in August. Gary’s words of compassion, which came from his heart and his strong personal faith, were a great comfort to the families of these two outstanding Fellows. Some people enter politics (read dental politics) because they want the limelight. Politics at any level affords them a stage and an audience. I have no desire to be in the entertainment business. Throughout my career, I have always been a team player and believe in surrounding a President with bright, talented, ethical, conscientious individuals that not only make the job easier but strengthen the future of the organization as well. PFA is indeed fortunate to have such dedicated individuals such as Gary Lowder. Michael Perpich, and Howard Mark join me on the Executive Team for 2003-2004. |
Elsewhere in this issue of Dental World you will find a listing of the 2004 Committee Chairs; this is a team that lifts my spirits, expands my optimism, and confirms my belief that this will be an exceptional year for the Pierre Fauchard Academy.
As a Canadian, I am quite cognizant of the fact that the core of our Fellows is from the United States and Canada. My personal relationship with American dentistry is lengthy. As President of the Canadian Dental Association in 1989, I had they opportunity and very distinct pleasure to present Dr. Tom Ginley, then ADA Executive Director, with the first “Friend of Canadian Dentistry Award.” One of my goals this year is to build on this camaraderie with our American Fellows. PFA is, however, international and I believe we should celebrate our diversity. Strengthening our International Sections is another personal goal. The Academy’s relationship with the Foundation is a symbiotic one with a cross-pollination of Executive members on each other’s Board. Mutual respect and support is a very necessary goal. Finally, communication with our membership (Fellows) is a recognized priority and I offer my unconditional support to our Editor, Dr. James Brophy, in his efforts to publicize what our Section Chairs are accomplishing worldwide. Dr. Kevin L. Roach |
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| Executive Committee: Chair Kevin L. Roach, Michael Perpich, Howard Mark, Gary Lowder, and Richard Kozal. Fellowship Committee: Chair Charles Eller, Pierre Marois, Bernardo Levit, Richard Walsh, Mamuro Sakuda, Steve Hedlund, Robert Hart, and Richard Kozal (ex-officio). Budget & Finance Committee: Chair Michael Perpich, Kevin L. Roach, Howard Mark, Gary Lowder, and Richard Kozal (ex-officio). Nomination Committee: Chair Gary Lowder, Scott Welch, and M. David Campbell. Constitution & By-Laws Committee: Chair Howard Mark, Parliamentarian. Publications Committee: Chair William Winspear, James Brophy, and Mamuro Sakuda. Awards Committee: Chair James Englander, Barry Dolman, and Pierre Marois. Consultants: Frank Braun, Bernardo Levit, Ray Maddox, and Nicholas Saccone. Archivist: Richard Kozal and James Brophy. |
International Advisory Committee: Chair Ernesto Acuna (Mexico), Barry Dolman (Canada), Frank Braun (Germany), Jeffrey Tsang (China), Pierre Marois (France), Mamoru Sakuda (Japan), Bernardo Levit (Argentina), William Winspear (Australia), and Jose Dahan (Belgium). Mentorship Committee: Chair Ray Maddox, Steve Hedlund, and Richard Walsh. Hall of Fame Committee: Chair Raymond Klein, Fred Halik, Minoru Horiuchi, Robert Hart, and Kevin Roach (ex-officio). Consultants: Nicholas Saccone, William Winspear, and Bernardo Levit. Foundation: President Carl Lundgren, Vice President M. David Campbell, Treasurer William Korte, and Treasurer-emeritus George Higue. Trustees: C. F. Larry Barrett, Michael Cripton, James Long, Gary Lowder, Nicholas Saccone, Min Horiuchi, Scott Welch, Kevin Roach (ex-officio), and Michael Perpich (ex-officio). Local Arrangements Committee: Chair Robert Hart, for Orlando, October 2004: Gary Herbeck and Richard Kozal. |
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Dr. Javier Garro Barrio, long-time PFA Section Chairman of Spain, died last 31 July. Amid the eulogies for Foundation Executive Director Shig Kishi’s passing at about the same time, Professor Barrio’s demise may have been overlooked in giving him the outstanding ovation he deserves. Dr. Garro Barrio held one the PFA’s most impressive Induction Ceremonies in the Academy. Chairman Garro Barrio inducting new Fellow Professor Barrio’s passing was sudden and unexpected. He was a strong healthy man who had a passion for life. Dr. Barrio put all his enthusiasm into everything he did in life—work, family, friends, PFA. He was a perfectionist, loved dentistry, loved teaching, wrote many scientific articles, traveled, and enjoyed golf. |
He was looking forward to celebrating his life’s big milestone of turning 70 in November and was planning a large event. He was a giving person who needed little to be happy. He had a great sense of humor. Dr. Barrio earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Zaragoza, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, in 1958, then attended the University of Madrid for his dental degree in 1960. In Spain at that time, one needed to have a medical degree to then specialize in dentistry. Dr. Barrio then obtained his PhD at the University of Navarra in March 1972. He then started teaching at the University of Paris Vasco in 1979. By 1989, he had become Chairman of Pathology and Therapeutic Dentistry on the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at that university located in Bilbao. He lived in Pamplona (Navarra), a two-hour car trip away. He also maintained a private dental practice in Tafalla, Navarra, from 1960 to 1967, then moved his practice and family to Pamplona from 1967 until he died. He was born in Tafalla, Navarra, in 1933. He married Angela Arza in 1961 and they were married for 42 years, having five children and 9 grandchildren. He had a massive heart attack on 31 July 2003 after feeling sick for just one day with nausea. PFA and Spain will feel a tremendous loss at his passing. |
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Dr. Robert Ibsen of Den-Mat, a long-time friend of PFA, has fully funded the purchase of the Zeller antique dental office for placement in the UNLV School of Dentistry in the name of PFA and the Den-Mat Corporation. The Zeller dental office is an excellent exhibit, representing a complete “Turn of the Century” dental office. Dr. Zeller had retired from the office in the early 1900s and it was placed in careful storage in 1915. No such example of a dental office of that era has been preserved as well for so many years. Dr. Richard Kozal was honored by Dental Historian Richard Gleason, recipient of the Hayden Harris Award of the American Academy of the History of Dentistry, as “the major driving force behind this project. We would not be where we are today without his efforts.” |
Dr. Robert Ibsen was also lauded for promoting the history of dentistry. His acquisition and donation of the Zeller Dental Office to UNLV in PFA’s name was a huge step in saving the quickly slipping away history of our profession. The exhibit includes dental cabinets and equipment, instruments and supplies, even his notebooks, bankbooks, and other personal medical items. Dr. Richard Glenner of Chicago stated, “To know where you are going, it is important to know where you have been. To my knowledge (as dental historian for 45 years), this is the most complete dental office of that era.” |
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Our New PFA President
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Dr. Kevin Roach, a general dentist from Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, has been installed as our new PFA President for the 2003-2004 year at the Academy Annual Meeting in San Francisco last October. His election to this office marks the summit of a long association with the Academy, which began with his appointment as a Fellow in 1988. In 1991, he became Ontario (Canada) Section Chairman. In 1996, he was elected to the ten-member International Board of Trustees, along with five trustees from the United States and five International Trustees from Europe, Australasia, Latin America, and Japan. Dr. Roach has an even longer association with organized dentistry. As a young man, he developed his lifelong conviction that the primary obligations carried by every professional are to serve our patients and to contribute to the profession and the community. During his pre-doctoral studies, while completing a Science Degree at Laurentian University, he became President of the University of Sudbury Students’ Council. As an undergraduate student in dentistry at the University of Toronto, he served as a Student Governor to both the Ontario Dental Association (ODA) and the Canadian Dental Association (CDA). Also during this period, he chaired the 4th Canadian Dental Students’ Conference in Vancouver and became Student Liaison to the Canadian Dental Service Plans Incorporated (CDSPI)—a national dental insurance and investment service affiliated with the Canadian Dental Association. While associated with CDSPI, he contributed to the development of the “grad pak,” a comprehensive insurance package for new graduates in dentistry. He was elected Class President in 1973, the year he graduated in dentistry from the University of Toronto. By 1975, Dr. Roach was President of his local dental society in Renfrew County. In 1977, having been in practice for only four years, Dr. Roach was elected to the Ontario Dental Association Board of Directors. He subsequently was elected to the Executive Council of the ODA, and in 1983 became the youngest ODA President. |
As President of ODA, Dr. Roach represented Ontario dentists in Toronto during the revision of the dental section of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan Fee Schedule (dealing with provincial government coverage for selected dental services). He also represented Ontario dentists in Ottawa as the national government was developing the Canada Health Act (which sets out the conditions for federal insurance coverage in health care). During this era, many committee/board meetings were held in smoke-filled rooms. Dr. Roach led the movement for “cleaner air in dental meeting rooms.” At both the Ontario and Canadian Dental Associations, he presented successful motions that smoking not be permitted during meetings. Although he was first elected as Governor to the Canadian Dental Association in 1979, Dr. Roach stepped down in order to become ODA’s President. After his term as President, he was again elected as a CDA Governor, and he subsequently became CDA President in 1989. During his ascendancy to the CDA Presidency, he served as liaison to a multitude of committees, including a Task Force that led to the creation of the Council on Education and Accreditation of Canada. Other significant achievements during his term as CDA President included extensive negotiations to launch electronic data interchange (EDI)—a computer network to allow dental offices to submit claims to third party dental insurance carriers—and the complete renovation of the CDA headquarters building in Ottawa. Dr. Roach subsequently served as a member of the CDA Nominations and Awards Committee. On completion of his term in 1990, he was recognized for his achievements by his local peers with a lovely artwork, which he proudly displays in his dental office in Pembroke. |
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In 1991, Dr. Roach became a charter member of the Colgate Canada Editorial Board responsible for the original development of the Colgate Oral Health Care Report. This report is now distributed internationally by Colgate in 70 countries, in a number of different languages. In the Autumn of 1996, the publications editorial board was relocated to New York City, and an editor from Harvard University in Boston was appointed. Dr. Roach was asked to be an Associate Editor on the new five-member International Board, along with the Editor and consultants from the United States, Ireland, and China. From 1990-1992, Dr. Roach chaired the National Dental Hygiene Supervision Committee appointed by CDA, in consultation with the Canadian Dental Hygienists’ Association, to set out the supervisory parameters for dental hygiene, an extremely controversial subject at the time. This Committee recommended that dental hygienists should have voting representation on the Dental Boards that governed them and registered their licensure to practice. While at that time some saw this as “radical,” most of the committee’s recommendations were implemented in 1995 by the Dental Licensing body in Ontario (The Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario). In 1995, Dr. Roach was elected Chair of the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada, the first general dentist to hold this important position. He served two terms as Chairman, and then two years as Finance Committee Chair where his budgetary expertise laid the foundation for the concept of the Commission as an autonomous legal entity responsible for its own destiny. Also in 1995, Dr. Roach was appointed to the National Dental Examining Board and served as an examiner for the Board Examinations for out-of-country applicants. The same year, he was asked to act as Chairman of the Periodontal Screening Recording (PSR) Committee to launch this innovative method of the early diagnosis of periodontal disease. In 1996, Dr. Roach was asked to chair a committee to consider granting dental specialty status to Oral Medicine and Dental Anesthesia. |
The following year, Oral Medicine was recognized as a specialty in Canada and protocols were developed for a combined specialty of Oral Diagnosis/Oral Medicine. As a citizen of Pembroke, Ontario, and the “Ottawa Valley,” Dr. Roach has made numerous contributions to his community. He chaired four campaigns to promote fluoridation of Pembroke’s water. He is a past Director of the Kinsman Club of Pembroke, the United Appeal of Pembroke-Petewawa, and President of the Rebfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Liberal Association, as well as past Chief of dentistry at the Pembroke Civic Hospital. For many years, Dr. Kevin Roach has been successfully following his conviction that dentists must serve their patients and must also serve the profession and the public. He has considered his efforts not as a burden but as an opportunity and something of a hobby. He has been active in student politics, in organized dentistry at local, provincial, and national levels, in national accreditation and national certification processes, and in writing and lobbying on dental topics and issues. Along the way, he has made impressive contributions to the many bodies with which he has been associated, most notably to the Ontario Dental Association, the Canadian Dental Association, and the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada. In recognition of his accomplishments, Dr. Roach has received many awards. In 1973, at the University of Toronto he received the Oral Diagnosis Award, the Bronze Plaque Athletic Award, and the Dental Students’ Society Award. In 1984, he earned the CDA Award of Merit, and in 1997 he was presented with CDA Honourary Membership. In 1991, he received the Ontario Dental Association’s Barnabus Day Award and in 1993 was named the University of Toronto Alumnus of Distinction Awardee. In 1999, he received the Award of Merit from the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada and in 2000 he earned Honourary Fellowship in the Royal College of Dentists (Canada) FRCD(C). He also is a Fellow in PFA (1988) and in ACD (1990). |
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Longfellow wrote: “Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time.” Dr. Kishi wrote this article in 1990 entitled “One Man’s Perspective on Excellence” I write this essay in the early morning hours before the sun casts its life-giving brilliance on the birth of a new day. My mind cannot help but reflect upon how each new life is begun as we take our first life-sustaining breath, and are born into the world with our minds completely devoid of any preconceptions about what life has to offer. The mind is a clean slate upon which can be written an autobiography of a life of success or failure, integrity or compromise, happiness or grief, excellence or mediocrity, contribution or selfishness. All of these aspects of one’s life are conceived in our minds as a concept of how we shall live our lives; a seed of thought planted in our minds that grows into what we will eventually become in our journey through life itself. We grow into young adulthood encountering numerous individuals who have tremendous influence upon how we will eventually perceive ourselves in our interpersonal relationships with our parents, siblings, peers, and friends of all ages. Prior encounters, if they were positive in nature, contribute to the development of a positive self-concept, a sense of self-worth, and confidence. The manner in which each of us perceives ourselves has a tremendous influence on how we will function professionally and how successfully we will be able to commit to the well being of our families and to the welfare of those individuals we are trained to serve. Each of us, during the course of lives, determines what we consider to be success, integrity, happiness, excellence, and contribution in order to make our lives fulfilled. Failure, grief, mediocrity, and selfishness are the last considerations in the early stages of our careers. However, in a recent survey of over 1095 practitioners after ten years in practice, it was found that 42% stated that they were dissatisfied in their chosen profession and lead lives of failure and mediocrity. How can we avoid these tragic events of despair from occurring during our professional careers? Obviously the answers are not easy. Perhaps the seed of discontent was planted at the very outset of a person’s career. |
I have discovered that one’s personal perspective of success, integrity, and happiness cannot be measured and compared purely against another individual’s accomplishments, but must be measured by standards which we establish for ourselves. Such standards are based upon concepts and ideals instilled in us by those who have provided the positive influence on our thought processes.
A deep commitment to excellence combined with a goal to achieve a standard of excellence is the essence from which all other positive aspects of one’s life can be attained. Every individual needs to experience excellence in some area of accomplishment during our lifetime. If not, then each morning as they gaze into the mirror, they will see only a reflection of mediocrity with the accompanying feeling of a loss of self-worth. During the initial training of students in dental school, I would encourage that each student be given the opportunity to excel and to be recognized for their achievements early in their career. Feelings of confidence and self-worth can be elevated through participation in a positive teaching atmosphere. Excellence and integrity should be encouraged by emphasizing success. Each student should be allowed to discover his or her area of true expertise, for in this discovery lies the key to future success. Excellence can be achieved through positive and constant learning experiences, not only through formal education, but also by association with individuals who are recognized for excellence in their chosen fields of endeavor. Friendships such as these, encourage a person to strive for achievement at the highest level and contribute to the happiness of their lives. Excellence and its companion, success, breeds integrity—a quality that will carry us through the most trying times. In candor, I have stated my personal view on excellence and I hope that it will stimulate productive thoughts by those who happen to read it. I have been very fortunate during my life to have been able to learn about excellence, success, integrity, and contributions to society from those individuals possessed of high intellect and compassion, which have demonstrated their commitment to excellence in our profession and to the concurrent welfare of the world community. I sincerely hope that you will also be fortunate enough to have an integral part of your life, friends, and family who care about you in your quest for excellence. |
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The painful Congressional Session is finally in recess.
The Mercury in the Dental Filling Disclosure and Prohibition Act seems to be going nowhere, as it should. Representative Diane Watson (D-Calif) sponsored the bill and has only one cosponsor, Representative Dan Burton (R-Ind). If any one of you from California could find out why she sponsored such a bill, we would love to know. The tort reform bill, passed by the house, is dead in the Senate. Some form of limitations is badly needed. It was the limit on the liability of HMOs that killed the Patient Protection Bill. The Medicare Prescription Drug bill is in Conference to reconcile the senate bill differences, but without White House support it will not be reported out. That bill has several important items I support: 1) Dentists can treat Medicare patients without being Medicare providers; 2) Dentists would not have to have a Medicare rejection in order to file a claim with a secondary or supplemental payer; 3) Medicare would be required to tell a provider if they will pay for a service before the service is provided; 4) Medicare’s use of the False Claims Act in shaking down providers would be softened; 5) Medicare rules cannot be changed after the fact and applied retroactively; 6) The patient would be allowed to appeal a Medicare decision. Few dentists deal with Medicare because so very little dentistry is covered by them, but oral surgeons, for one example, need these changes. However, the prescription drug provision is open-ended and may bankrupt Medicare, and cancer care is cut by 30%. I have suggested that the prescription drug bill have a $400 billion limit and would require Congressional action to increase the limit, that all seniors have a drug value card to buy drugs at a discount, tax-free contributions can be made to a drug savings account, and a catastrophic coverage to limit the amount a senior would ever have to pay. |
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Foundation News
Your Foundation Donation—A Living Memorial |
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by Foundation Trustee C. F. Larry Barrett
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| As many of us reach the age of retirement with our needs well met from our life-long dedication to serving the public in our profession, we begin to think how we can give thanks for all those years of service. One of those ways that will continue to serve long after we are gone is to include the Academy Foundation in your will or living trust. As a result of Dr. Brenes-Espinach’s generous will bequest to the Foundation, the Foundation has distributed over $2,224,000 in grants and scholarships since 1996. That includes 500 dental students helped out worldwide, and 160 grants that have served thousands of patients. As a Fellow in our Academy, you can participate in this great work our profession is engaged in. You can donate your time to a Section PFA project, make a contribution on your dues envelope, donate a special amount to be included in the Foundation’s principal, establish a living trust, or write in an amount in your will. |
Last year alone, the Foundation awarded over $300,000 in grants and student scholarships. Such representative grants went to Dentures for the Elderly at Florida’s Senior Friendship Center; Le Social Dental Bus serving the underprivileged in Paris and its suburbs; The Dixie Donated Dental Service in Utah; the 1000 Smiles Surgery Foundation in Mexico; Children’s Dental Sealants in Michigan; and Dental Services to Leprous Patients in Japan. Spread your benefice across the globe through your Foundation. Your help will continue to serve patients and the profession long after you have retired from dentistry. Current low interest rates will compromise our ability to maintain the level of support these grants and scholarships have traditionally afforded. We very much need your individual help at this time. Please send your contributions to Dr. Richard Kozal, P.O. Box 80330, Las Vegas, Nevada 89180. |
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Foundation Scholarship Recipients of Last Year
by past Executive Director Shig Kishi |
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UCLA: Alan Tang
UC-San Francisco: Sadi Kermani Loma Linda: Elizabeth Park University of the Pacific: Joshua Erickson USC: Kimberly Foon University of Colorado: Brain Hunsaker UConn: Holman Yu Howard University: no name submitted by Dean Charles Sanders University of Florida: Michael Barbick Medical College of Georgia: Rhonda B. Joyner University of Illinois: Marci Barnes SIU: Maria Shaffer Indiana University: David Swiderski University of Iowa: Marc Welge University of Kentucky: Ashleigh Lanchaster University of Louisville: Richard G. Fisher University of Maryland: Amy Michelle Roberts LSU: Benjamin Record Boston University: Ariel Bales-Kogan Harvard: Natalie Lam Tufts: Maria Ferriol Detroit-Mercy: Brian A. Michalkow University of Michigan: Christopher Sakkaris University of Minnesota: Elizabeth C. Eggert University of Mississippi: Richard Lee Simpson University of Missouri: Michael LeBlanc Creighton: Jennifer L. Enos University of Nebraska: Kristin E. Fornander University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey: Neil Agnihotri Columbia: Ejiro Esi New York University: Matthew Chang-Novielli SUNY (Buffalo): Amie M. McCarthy SUNY (Stony Brook): Michael A. Scialabba University of North Carolina: Jeremy Fry Case Western Reserve: Lisa Browning OSU: Bradd Curtis Testerman University of Oklahoma: Zach N. McNickle Oregon Health Sciences University: David Baker |
University of Pennsylvania: Angela Asamoa
University of Pittsburgh: Aimee Dull Temple: James D. Drake Medical University of South Carolina: Walker T. Pendarvis Meharry Medical College: Angela F. Barnes University of Tennessee: Mark Andrew Baber Baylor: Jesse L. Arbaugh University of Texas Health Science Center (Houston): Jarrod Edward Jones University of Texas Health Science Center (San Antonio): Casey M. Campbell Virginia Commonwealth University: Kip Jones University of Washington: Nathan Russell West Virginia University: Lora Haynie Marquette: Jason Guerrero University of Puerto Rico: no name submitted by Dean Angel Rafael Pagan University of Alabama: R. Keith Compton Universidad de Costa Rica: Raquel Jimenez Venegas University of Ireland: William Waters Meikai University (Japan): Satoru Morikawa Tsurumi University (Japan): Takanori Miyamae Tohoku University (Japan): Hiroko Maehara University of Basel (Switzerland): Photini Mengisopulos University of the East (Philippines): Ma. Theresa G. Villar University of Sydney: Jessica O’Neil University of Otago (new Zealand): no name submitted University of Western Australia: Graham Iain Carmichael University of Bordeaux: no name submitted Faculte de Chirurgie Dentaire de Paris VII: Emilie Huguet Universita Degli Studi di Parma (Italy): Carlo Galli Universidad de Granada (Spain): no name submitted Universidad de Talca (Chile): Enrique Araneda National Defense Medical Center (Taiwan): Ming-Chieh Hsieh Hassad Medical Center (Israel): Maayan Itzhaki and Yossi Tam Canada Section divides up their scholarships to 10 dental schools India Section divides up their scholarship to their schools |
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New Foundation Executive Director Selected
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Due to the untimely death of the Foundation’s outstanding Executive Director Shigeo Ryan Kishi last August, the Foundation had to deal with losing another officer leaving their ranks. At their October Annual Meeting in San Francisco, past PFA President (1999-2000) and current Foundation Vice President Fred Halik was selected to become the Foundation’s second Executive Director in its history.
Dr. Halik had served as Grants Committee Chairman, succeeding Dr. Carl Lundgren upon his election last year to the Foundation Presidency. Dr. Halik of Rochester, New York, was elected at that time to be the Foundation Vice President. The new address for the Foundation’s Office will be to Dr. Fred Halik, 30 Spruce Ridge, Fairport, New York 14450-4278. The current phone number is 585/218-9393; the fax is 585/387-9519; and the email is FPFA@rochester.rr.com. |
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International Trustee Pierre Marois presented the Foundation’s 2002 grant award to the Le Conseil National de l’Ordre des Chirurgiens Dentistes for the French Dental Bus Association. Le Ordre President Andrè Robert hosted a luncheon where Trustee Marois gave an address on PFA and the Foundation to the Board of the Dental Bus Association. |
L-R, Drs. Agnes Veille-Finet, Daniel Kuntz, President Andrè Robert, Vice President Joseph Maccotta, PFA Trustee Pierre Marois, Vice President Lansade, and Michael Lubin |
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Florida Chair Gary E. Herbeck presented the Foundation Scholarship Award to University of Florida dental student Michael Barbick along with UFCD Dean Teresa Dolan and Assistant Dean Venitia Sposetti.  L-R, Dean Venitia Sposetti, Chair Gary Herbeck, recipient Michael Barbick, UFCD Dean Teresa Dolan Senior Mehul Gadhia received Nova Southeastern University’s first Foundation Scholarship Award from Dean Robert Uchin. |
Illinois Chair Chris Baboulas reported that the Foundation Scholarship Award was presented to Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine student Carl Bahr by their Restorative Department Chair Gregory P. Stewart.  SIU Restorative Chairman Gregory Stewart presents the Scholarship Award to Carl Bahr Washington State The Dental Alumni News of the University of Washington Dental Alumni Association reports in their “Student Honors and Awards” section presenting the PFA Dental Student Scholarship Award to Nathan Russell, and the PFA Senior Student Award to Ron Hsu. |
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| Australasia International Trustee William Winspear of Sydney hosted their Section’s Breakfast Meeting and Induction last September at Sydney’s Darling Harbour Convention Centre, during the FDI World Dental Congress, for some 110 members and guests, including PFA International President-elect Kevin L. Roach and wife Ann; past PFA President Minoru Horiuchi (1988-1989)and his wife Yomiko; the President of the Australian Dental Association David Houghton and his wife Henrietta; the President of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons Ross Bastiaan, OAM, and his wife Deborah; the FDI President Dato’ Dr. A. Ratnanesan; the FDI Congress & Education Committee Chair Kathryn Kell; and the FDI Local Arrangements Chair Reginald Hession, AM, and his wife Pamela. Australasia Trustee Mark Sinclair opened the meeting regretting the absence of Section Founder Brigadier A. Gordon Rowell, AO, CBE, ED, and his wife Jeanne, who were unable to attend. Dr. Rowell had founded this Section (and the ICD Section) in 1975 and served many years as PFA International Trustee from Australasia. International Trustee William Winspear introduced PFA’s Australasia Section President Jonathan Rogers, who addressed the assembly highlighting the Academy’s influential and ongoing commitment in encouraging research and mentorship programmes. Dr. Winspear then related the Section’s activities since their 2001 Meeting, and the honoring of Dr. Gerald Leatherman of the United Kingdom into the PFA Hall of Fame since Dr. Leatherman had acted as a consultant to the Australian government and was highly regarded by the dental profession there. Dr. Leatherman was also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and an Honorary Member of the Australian Dental Association. |
Dr. Winspear went on to note the installation of Dr. Harold Hillenbrand of the United States into the PFA Hall of Fame. Dr. Hillenbrand, FDI Vice President in 1952 through to his Presidency in 1971 worked with then FDI Executive Secretary Gerald Leatherman to develop and promote a philosophy that ensured that FDI become a truly international organization. Trustee Winspear noted their support of dental undergraduate training through each year presenting the Academy’s Student Award of Merit to its six dental schools in Australia and in New Zealand, as well as in the School of Oral Health in Fiji; presenting three International Undergraduate Scholarships sponsored by the PFA Foundation; and the Section’s Gordon Rowell Prize for Excellence. The Australasian Section also assisted in funding the University of Queensland’s etched glass portrait of Pierre Fauchard. They also helped the Honour Board select recipients of the Award of Merit. Honorary Fellowship was conferred by PFA President-elect Kevin Roach, PFA Trustee William Winspear, and Section President Jonathan Rogers on Professor-emeritus Noel D. Martin, AM, through his representative Elizabeth Butcher, AM. Due to illness he was unable to attend. Professor Noel Martin is nationally recognized as an authority in dental education, dental public and community health, and preventative dentistry. He served on the Faculty of Dentistry for the University of Sydney since 1944. In 1970, he was elected the Dean of Faculty, a post he held until his retirement in 1988. Some of his distinguished achievements are introducing fluoride into the Australian water supplies, his driving force in educating the public and government about the benefits, efficacy, and safety of water fluoride that resulted in bringing the Australian decay rate to one of the lowest in the world. The New Fellows Induction Ceremony followed for some 30 new members and 17 in absentia. |
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Chair Robin O’Sullivan inducted Dean Peter Cowan of the Faculty of Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland as a new Academy Fellow. |
Poland
Chair Professor Zbigniew Janczuk reported hosting their annual meeting last October in Lodi. Professor E. Spischowicz of Warsaw was selected as Section Chairman. The Section stands at 73 active Fellows (including the recent five new members inducted), 15 Life Fellows, three associate Fellows, and one Honorary Fellow. |
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| Spain Section Chair Dr. Don Javier Garro Barrio passed away last July. Don Javier Garro Barrio, Catedratico de la Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia de la UPV Medico Estomatologo, Presidente de la Academia Pierre Fauchard (Seccion Espanola), falencio en Pamplona el dia 31 de Julio, 2003, a los 69 anos de edad, despues de recibir los Santos Scramentos y la Benedicion Apostolica de su Santidad. D.E.P.: Su esposa, Angela Arza; hijos, Javier y Marta Gabas, Cristina y Ronald Tomlinson, Monica y Andres Lombardia, Belen y Bernd Laber y Angela; nietos, Javier, Ignacio y Victoria, Natalie, Alexandra y Sofia, Belen y Lucia y Alex, hermanos, Jesus(+) y Conchita Ainzua, Andres y Alicia Gorriz; tia, Luisita Arza; sobrinos, promos y demas familiars. Agradecceran la assitencia a los funerales que se celebrarian Manana Sabado, dia 2 a las Ocho Y Media de la tarde en la Iglesia parroquial de Cristos Rey de Pamplona. La conduccion del cadaver al cementerio de Tafalla tendra lugar Manana Sabado, die 2 a las Diez Y Veinte de la manana desde el Tanatorio Irache de Ardaiz, Azcona, Ortigosa y Unzue. |
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Trustee Charles Eller reported on their activities in having the Foundation help St. Leo’s Dental Clinic in Solano Beach, the Ezperanza Health Center in Tijuana, donating toothbrushes to the Reserve Task Force in the jungles of Honduras, and the two dental units/chairs donated by Dr. Gary France that were placed in Viscaino, Baja California. PFA President Gary Lowder and Fellow William L. Mihram initiated helped initiate new Fellows at their Spring Meeting. Included among those names already reported was Dr. Mark Cruz of Monarch Beach. |
Fellow Jack S. Broussard, Jr. was named Director of USC’s School of Dentistry’s new Oral Health Center, which just opened last November. Fellow and past PFA President (1974) George Higue received the USC Alumni Association President’s Award to recognize his excellence in volunteer activities. Life Member George E. Krueger passed away and will be missed from the Florida ranks. |
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Chair Gary Herbeck inducted eight new Fellows into the Academy during Florida’s annual PFA/ICD Breakfast Meeting held during the Florida National Dental Congress in Orlando. Inducted were Drs. Wade Townsend, Ralph Attanasi, Sol Brotman, Tricia Bradley, Bernard Kahn, Lee Ann McIlwain, Gabor Bodnar, and Jeffrey Secor. Dr. James Antoon, Florida Dental Association’s 2002 Dentist of the Year, was honored with the PFA Section Award of Recognition. |
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Georgia  Past Section Chair Lee Hawkins and Chair Karyn Stockwell (on left) induct new Fellows Gary Stough, Dan Patterson, and Jack Newman |
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Chair Karyn Stockwell hosted their Annual Hinman Breakfast Meeting to induct new members into the Academy. Oklahoma Chair William Goodman hosted their annual Breakfast Meeting in Oklahoma City last April during the Oklahoma Dental Association’s Annual Session. |
Some 64 members and guests attended to induct nine new Fellows, which included Drs. William Beasley, Larry Kiner, Deborah Corwin, J. Owen Corwin, Jay Kruska, L. D. Whitlock, and Don Mitchell.
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Chair William Goodman hosted their annual Breakfast Meeting in Oklahoma City last April during the Oklahoma Dental Association’s Annual Session. Some 64 members and guests attended to induct nine new Fellows, which included Drs. William Beasley, Larry Kiner, Deborah Corwin, J. Owen Corwin, Jay Kruska, L. D. Whitlock, and Don Mitchell. |
The Also honored at this joint meeting with ICD and ACD were Dr. Zach McNickle the scholarship winner, and Dr. Justin Power the Senior PFA Award recipient, both from the Oklahoma University College of Dentistry. Oklahoma Section has plans to involve the OU dental students, the College of Dentistry, the Oklahoma Dental Association, and the State Dental Journal in a program to build and to teach professionalism and ethics. They are also hosting an essay contest for the dental students. |
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Chairman Bruce Seidberg hosted their Section Meeting in Rochester and presented the PFA outgoing Chairman’s Plaque to retiring Chair Edward Feinberg of Scarsdale for his two years dedication to the Academy in serving as their Section leader. Dr. Feinberg has served this year as new member coordinator bringing in 27 new Fellows. L-R, Chair Bruce Seidberg presents Appreciation Plaque to Dr. Ed Feinberg |
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| Rhode Island Chair Richard Walsh inducted five new Fellows into the Academy, Drs. Barbara Cavicchio, Frank De Quanttro, Scott Fertik, Ernestos Piedra, and David Pezzullo during their annual dinner meeting where some 40 members and guests were in attendance. Dr. James J. Brennan, a Woonsocket orthodontist, was recognized by their Section with the Outstanding Service Award |
for his many years of dedication to the dental profession, most recently as Chair of RIDA’s Council on Communications. The Rhode Island Section supports the Donated Dental Services, Mentorship, and an Anti-Smokeless Tobacco campaign. |
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| Chair Craig Draffin hosted their Section Luncheon Meeting last August in Columbia to induct new Fellows: Drs. James Mencer, Richard Graham, Monica Cayonette, Scott Cayonette, David Oysta, Clyde Stockton, and Kevin Raines. Dr. Charles Millwood was honored with their Outstanding Dentist of the Year Award. The 2003-2004 new Officers for their Section are: Chairman William Webb, Chair-elect Louis Shepard, Vice-Chair Danny Cront, and Secretary/Treasurer E. W. Rabon, Jr. At their meeting, Dr. Jack Turbyfil of Columbia discussed “Removable Prosthetics.” |
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Bernardo Levit of Argentina, International Trustee for Region 7, has become a world authority on the subject of halitosis, having published papers and given lectures in two languages on the subject. Last year, Drs. Bernardo Levit and Ivan Moldauer presented a table clinic at the Miami Winter Meeting and Dental Expo entitled “A Comprehensive Approach for the Treatment of Halitosis.” Their table clinic earned first prize. The cash award was donated by both presenters to the PFA Foundation.
At the recent ADA Session in San Francisco, Dr. Levit gave a seminar on his findings on halitosis. Now Dr. Levit has assembled an e-book of his work on halitosis entitled “Contemporary Concepts for Breath Oral Study & Research.” The CD disc pictures Dr. Kishi and is enscribed “In memoriam of Dr. Shigeo Ryan Kishi.” This e-book may be purchased from the PFA Central Office for $40 with all proceeds going to the PFA Foundation’s Dr. Shig Kishi Memorial Fund. |
This is a living tribute to our great past PFA President and Foundation Executive Director, Dr. Kishi. And in purchasing this e-book, the buyer not only donates to the Foundation fund but gets the latest information on halitosis from an award-winning author on the subject.
While the supply lasts, this work may be purchased by contacting the PFA Central Office at P.O. Box 80330, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89180-0330 or by calling 1-800-232-0099. If you wish to make a memorial donation to the Dr. Shig R. Kishi Fund for the Foundation, use the same means of contact. Arrangements are also being made to secure back copies of Drs. Loader and Kishi’s book Legacy. |
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Kevin L. Roach President Canada Michael J. Perpich President-elect Minnesota Howard Mark Vice President Connecticut Richard A. Kozal Secretary General Nevada James M. Brophy Editor Illinois Gary Lowder Immediate Past President Utah |
REGION 1—Europe Pierre Marois France REGION 2—N.E. USA Richard Walsh Rhode Island REGION 3—S.E. USA Robert S. Hart Florida REGION 4—Midwest USA James A. Englander Wisconsin REGION 5—Western USA Charles Eller California REGION 6—Canada Barry Dolman Ontario REGION 7—Latin America Bernardo Levit Argentina REGION 8—Australasia William Winspear Australia REGION 9—Asia Mamoru Sakuda Japan REGION 10—Central USA Steve Hedlund Iowa |
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Carl Lundgren President California M. David Campbell Vice President Michigan Fred Halik Executive Director New York William Korte Treasurer Illinois George Higue Treasurer-emeritus California FOUNDATION EX-OFFICIO OFFICERS Kevin L. Roach |
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