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United States

Puerto Rico

The Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ciencias Medicas, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Alvan Velez reported that the Foundation’s Dental Student Scholarship Award was presented to Cristina M. Abreu-Sosa by Dean Yilda Rivera and Assistant Dean Alvan Velez.

Washington State

The Fall issue of the Dental Alumni News for the University of Washington Dental Alumni Association recognizes the Foundation for their scholarship award to graduate Peter Pellegrini; and to the Academy for their Senior Student Award to Paul Nielson.

L-R, Assistant Dean Alvan Velez, Dean Yilda Rivera, and recipient Cristina Abreu-Sosa

Australasia

Trustee Jonathan Rogers hosted their inaugural regional dinner last November held in South Australia at the Adelaide Club. This was in the home State of Trustee Jon Rogers, orthodontist Raymond Begg, Howard Florey of penicillin fame, and astronaut Andy Thomas. An overflow dinner of some 34 guests (with some turned away due to lack of space) attended along with PFA President-elect William Winspear, Trustee Jonathan Rogers, Australasia President Mark Sinclair, and the South Australia Dental Board President Dr. Gaffney. The event was a huge success. The featured speaker Tony Lake spoke on his experiences as a volunteer forensic odontologist in the recent Tsunami aftermath in Thailand. The evening of camaraderie provided an opportunity to acknowledge local Fellows and to recognize the achievements within and outside the profession.

South Australia Dental Board President Dr. and Mrs. Gaffney

Chile

International Trustee Ernesto Acuna attended their Section Dinner Meeting to help induct nine new Fellows, present the new Chair Luis Felipe Jimenez S. his Medal of Office, and to honor retiring Chair Professor Omar Campos.

Trustee Acuna presents PFA honor gift to Professor Omar Campos

Japan

Japan Section Chair Tsuneaki Kuwahata presented your Editor with a copy of their Section’s magazine, which runs some 191 pages. The first page contains their Certificate of Charter from 1981 signed by then PFA President Leo Bongers and all the Officers and Trustees. My Japanese is rusty and I kept reading it left to right. But on page 159, there is an article about the presentation of the Foundation student scholarship award to Osaka Dental University student Atsuko Kida, along with many other articles about PFA activities worldwide.

Japan Section Secretary Sakurako Ogawara reported that they held their 36th annual Meeting last October in Hiroshima hosted by their new incoming Chair Toshio Morioka.

Seven new Fellows were inducted into the Academy. The Section Chair’s Medal of Office was transferred from outgoing Chair Tsuneaki Kuwahata to Toshio Morioka. Guest speakers were Dr. Kwang Hyun Kim of Korea, the former Chair of the PFA Japan-Korea Exchange Affairs who spoke on “The State of Affairs of Dentistry in Korea”; Professor Takashi Uchida from the School of Dentistry in Hiroshima speaking on “Recent Innovation of Educational Systems in the Hiroshima School of Dentistry”; and Munetsugu Ueda of Japan, a representative of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, on “The Relationship between the Japanese Culture and a Votary of Tea-Ceremonial.”

Philippines

Chair Dean Diampo J. Lim held an Induction Ceremony last year in conjunction with the Republic of the Philippines 97th annual Convention and Scientific Meeting. Dr. Antonio Rivera was their featured speaker.

Dean Lim hosted an “Outreach Program” where they provided oral hygiene classes for students of the Aeta Tribe in the R.P. Section in Botolan, Zambales.

United States

Wisconsin

PFA Vice President James Englander reports that the December issue of the Wisconsin Dental Association Journal, page 10, covered their 11th annual Mentorship Dinner held at the Marquette University Alumni Union Hall ballroom with nearly 400 guests attending. Their Mentorship Program is a joint effort by PFA, Marquette University School of Dentistry, and the Wisconsin Dental Association. This year 77% of the MUSoD students elected to participate in this award-winning program. Some 142 dentists throughout Wisconsin participate in the program.

Fellow Constantine Stamatelakys of Brookfield, a periodontist in Greenfield and West Allis, was elected President of the Wisconsin Dental Association (2900 members) last November at their House of Delegates Meeting in Waukesha (west of Milwaukee). He is also a member of the American Academy of Periodontology, the Midwest Society of Periodontists, and is currently President of the Wisconsin Society of Periodontists.

Also selected as WDA President-elect was Fellow Eva Dahl, a fourth generation dentist from Onalaska, who has served as ADA delegate and currently serves on the ADA Council on Education and Licensure.

Elected WDA Vice President was Fellow Monica Hebl, a general dentist in Milwaukee. She has served as President of the Greater Milwaukee Dental Association (2003-2004), trustee for the WDA Greater Milwaukee Region and a five-time ADA Delegate. She is also this year’s recipient of the WDA’s Political Action Award for her recent service on the Governor’s Task Force to improve access to oral health.

Fellow Michael Donohoo, a general dentist in Milwaukee, was re-elected as WDA Speaker of the House of Delegates. He has served as President (1994-95) of the Greater Milwaukee Dental Association, seven times as ADA Delegate, and Treasurer of the Political Action Committee. He is also this year’s recipient of the WDA’s Media Relations Award.

Fellows Paul Levine of Bayside, a second generation dentist practicing in Brown Deer, and Julio Rodriguez of Brodhead, a past President of the Green County Dental Society, have been elected to the WDA House of Delegates.

California, Northern Section

Fellow and Dean of the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry (UOP), Dr. Dugoni is this year’s recipient of ADI International Dentist of the Year Award. Dr. Dugoni received this distinguished award in Philadelphia during the ADI Convocation last October. This award is presented to an individual who best exemplifies international leadership. Dr. Dugoni is regarded as one of the most respected figures in the dental profession. He currently serves as President of the ADA Foundation, is past President of the ADA, of the American Association of Dental Schools (AADS), of the American Board of Orthodontics, and for the California Dental Association. He also served on the FDI Council for 9 years and was their Treasurer. His list of honors fills tomes. No greater professional can match the service and dedication that Dean Art Dugoni has given of himself to dentistry.

New York

Fellow Francis J. Murphy, a Rockville Centre oral surgeon, is this year’s recipient of the New York State Dental Association’s Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes outstanding service to NYSDA. The Award was presented last November at the Association’s Board of Governors Meeting in Manhattan. A PFA Fellow since 1994, Dr. Murphy has also served on the NYSDA Board of Governors and was Chair of the NYSDA Council on Dental Health Planning and Hospital Dentistry. He also served on the NYSDA Strategic Planning Committee, on the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, and on the Editorial Review Board for the New York State Dental Journal.

Dr. Murphy is a past President of the Nassau County Dental Society, where he served on many of their committees, and has represented Nassau County to the ADA.