Dental World: Pierre Fauchard Academy
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From the Desk of the President
Hello Everyone,
This is my first report for 2017 as President of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. I thought I’d try to bring you all up to date on the events and actions that took place in Denver at our Annual Meeting this past October. Our Academy is stronger than ever with over 10,500 Fellows in 86 different countries divided into more than 130 Sections!
First of all, I’d like to introduce you to your new officers and trustees. Our President-elect is Rick Sawers from Adelaide,
From the Desk of the President-Elect
I am amazed at how fast the last few months have passed, the Festive season seemed to fly by. It is fun to devote a little time in the monthly executive teleconferences to discover what the weather is at each location where we live. I reflect on the meeting in December when it was -30 degrees in Minneapolis while in my home city of Adelaide it was 105 degrees. In fact, Adelaide was the hottest capital city in the world on Christmas Day at 106 degrees!
The teleconference meetings are
From the Desk of the Vice President
As I am writing this, my family and I are on our way from Walt Disney World to the Port of Miami to board a cruise ship. We had three crazy fun-filled days at Mickey World with all the bells and whistles; put 12 miles a day on our feet, and now we will try a bit of relaxing for 5 days on the Disney Cruise. This trip was planned almost two years ago, but got sidetracked due to the birth of grandchild number two last March. Big sister Harper was almost 6 as baby brother Ethan made
From the Desk of the Immediate Past President
Well, it was one of those days – as a guy who didn’t grow up from youth with technology, I had to call on a kid and have him act as a techie nerd for me. I could not figure out why I couldn’t get the remote for the video portion of the AV equipment to work with the streaming part of the DVD player. I’m not totally an idiot when it comes to that stuff and have had opportunities to actually have success at the office more than few times when asked. Of course, I took credit for
From the Desk of the Executive Director
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand,” Vince Lombardi.
I love these words from renowned football coach Vince Lombardi, and I do believe that hard work can move anyone closer to their goals and dreams. As the Executive Director of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, I get to see first-hand the hard work and dedication of the many dentists who serve the
Nevada
On June 18th, 2016 the Nevada section of Pierre Fauchard Academy held an induction ceremony at Meritage Resort in Napa, California. Six of seven new inductees were inducted at the event: Drs. George Rosenbaum, Rick Dragon, David Chenin, Mark Handelin, David White and Emily Ishkanian. Not present for the ceremony was Dr. Stephen Chenin. Dr. Brad Wilbur, Nevada Section Chair was extremely pleased to have Dr. Dan Castagna (Treasurer of the Pierre Fauchard Academy), Dr. Barry Feder (then
Save the Date
April, 2017
The Missouri/Kansas Section Meeting will be held on April 7th in Kansas City.
The Oregon Section Meeting will be held on April 7th at the Oregon Convention Center in conjunction with the Oregon Dental Association Annual Meeting.
The Utah Section Breakfast Meeting will be held on April 27th at 7 am at the Marriott Hotel, City Creek Drive, Salt Lake City.
The Oklahoma Section Breakfast Meeting will be held on April 28th at 7 am at Double Tree Downtown hotel in Tulsa, OK.
May, 2017
The Texas
Mission
Our mission as Fellows in the Pierre Fauchard Academy is to recognize and grow leaders in the dental profession, their communities and society.
Officers Barry Feder
President,
WashingtonMichael Schafhauser
Immediate Past President,
MinnesotaRick Sawers
President-Elect,
AustraliaCheri S. Newman
Vice President, MichiganLoralie Lowder
Executive Director, UtahDan Castagna
Treasurer, CaliforniaTrustees REGION 1—Europe
Samireh Nikolakakos, GermanyREGION 2—N.E. USA
Linda Himmelberger,