Perth Congress Inductees
L-R standing, Drs. Shane Fryer, Patrick Meaney, John Owen. L-R seated, Robert Boyd-Boland, Dr. Neil Hewson, Mrs. Judy Sinclair.
L-R, International Trustee & Section Chair Mark Sinclair, Dr. Leynesh Gebrehouit Woldu, & Dr. David Sheen.
Chair Eugeniusz Spiechowicz presents Fellowship Certificate to Dr. Andrzej Baszkowski
New Fellow Dr. Malgorzata Radwan-Oczko is being presented the PFA Fellowship Certificate by Chair Eugeniusz Spiechowicz
New Fellows Induction Ceremony
L-R, Fellow Joseph Picone, past PFA President Howard Mark, & Section Chair Robin Santiago at the Connecticut Mission of Mercy
AUSTRALASIA
International Trustee Mark Sinclair reports holding their Induction Breakfast Meeting with some 140 in attendance in Perth during the 33rd Australian Dental Congress last March. Some 40 new Fellows were inducted. Attending guests of the Academy were Australian Dental Association (ADA) Federal President Dr. Neil Hewson; Congress Chairman and President of the Dental Board of Western Australia Dr. John Owen; ADA Vice President Dr. Shane Fryer; ADA Western Branch President Dr. Anthony Poli; Dean of the University of Western Australia Faculty of Dentistry Professor Paul Abbott; ADA, Inc., CEO Robert Boyd-Boland; New South Wales Trustee Dr. Patrick Meaney; and South Australia Trustee Dr. Rick Sawers.
The Breakfast honoured Dr. Leynesh Gabrehouit Woldu, an Eritrean dentist who single handedly carried on the education of new dentists for 40 years in the war-torn State of Eritrea.The next Induction will take place during the next Australian Dental Congress in Brisbane, Queensland, in 2011.
KOREA
President Chuck Eller at the Management Team Meeting announced that he would be attending the 30th Anniversary of the founding of the Korea Section this summer.POLAND Chairman Professor Eugeniusz Spiechowicz held their annual Meeting last September in Poznan to induct two new members into Fellowship.
UNITED STATES
Connecticut
Section Chair Robin Santiago reports inducting 10 new Fellows into the Academy at their Luncheon last May.Their Section Project, the Connecticut Mission of Mercy (CTMOM) Project, received a Foundation Grant and had some 30 Fellows participate in their first year. Their grant for their second year has been successful as well. Over 50 Fellows participated in the last two days at the event held in New Haven last April. Their CTMOM Project has again been scheduled for 2010.
The Mission of Mercy Project has become a very important outreach program for Connecticut dentists. They have established a non-profit Foundation, the Foundation for Dental Outreach. Their goal is to become a repository of dental equipment for the New England area. This will allow other States to form their own similar programs without going to the expense of purchasing dental equipment. Their project has donated some $1.5 million of free dental care to some 3,500 indigent patients.
Last year the Dean of the School of Dental Medicine was inducted into Fellowship. This year Dr. Mina Mina, the Chair of the Pediatric Dentistry Division, was inducted and gave a presentation on "Dental Stem Cells: A Promising Tool in Dentistry." Over 75 people attended their tenth year of a joint ICD/ PFA Meeting.
Illinois
Fellow Kathleen O'Loughlin of Medford, Massachusetts, has assumed the duties of ADA Executive Director at the Chicago ADA Headquarters. Dr. O'Loughlin will become the first female Executive Director in the ADA's 150-year history.
This marks the completion of an 11-month search for a new Executive Director. ADA President John Findley noted that Dr. O'Loughlin has 20 years' experience in private dental practice and public health dentistry with 10 years' experience in dental education and a decade in major leadership roles. She is a graduate of Tufts University with a DDS degree and has an MS degree in public health from Harvard University. She currently is a clinical assistant professor in the Tufts University Department of General Dentistry and is a University Trustee. She is also a Fellow in PFA, ICD, and ACD. Just as outstanding, she is a mother of four.