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PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY

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	Report from Congressman Charlie Norwood, DDS
	Dear Colleagues, Spring is a good time to continue our efforts to change the law to protect our patients from the ravages of greedy insurance companies. The Norwood/Dingell Managed Care Reform Bill is in conference where members of the House are meeting with members of the Senate to work out the differences between my bill and the Senate version. I was not appointed to this conference, which is highly unusual for an author of a bill. But I am making my presence known, along with my friend Dr. Greg Ganske (R-Iowa), in attending every conference meeting anyway. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-Ill) has asked for the bill to be reported out by Easter. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss) wants the final bill to include some form of liability in it. The conference committee has agreed to include provider nondiscrimination, access to pediatricians, OB-GYNs, and emergency rooms, continuity of care, and access to specialists. The big problems between the House and		the Senate versions are in three areas. One is liability—holding the insurance companies responsible. The second is about who will determine what is medically necessary. My bill has the insurance companies performing this up to an external independent review board of doctors, while the Senate version has the insurance companies deciding this entirely. The third problem is whom does this bill cover? My bill covers all 161 million Americans with health insurance. The Senate bill covers only 50 million people employed by larger companies. I need your help to keep the pressure on. Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202/224-3121 and ask for your Senators by name. Tell them you support the Norwood/Dingell bill.

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	PFA Academy/Foundation Fall Board Meeting Schedule
	13-15 October 2000—Swissôtel, Chicago Friday, 13 October, 7:30 am-5 pm Academy Board Meeting, Alpine Room Saturday, 14 October, 7:30-11 am Foundation Board Meeting, Engelberg Room 11:30 am-2 pm President’s Awards Luncheon, Grand Ballroom 2:30-5 pm Foundation Board Meeting, Engelberg Room 2:30-3:30 pm Section Chair Caucus, tba 6:30-8 pm President’s Reception, tba		Sunday, 15 October, 8 am-noon Foundation Board Meeting, Alpine Room 1-5 pm Academy Board Meeting, Alpine Room 6:30-10:30 pm PFA Dinner Party, tba (All reports for this meeting are to be received by the Central Office by 11 September to be included in the Meeting packet agenda.)

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	From the Desk of the Foundation Executive Director
	by Dr. Shig Ryan Kishi Foundation President Robert Shira, Executive Secretary Shig Kishi, and Trustees William Kort, Min Horiuchi, Nicholas D. Saccone, and Larry Barrett attended the Academy Board Meeting in Chicago last February and participated in the PFA Leadership Conference with presentations on the Foundation. Letters were sent out to the 54 US dental school deans requesting submission of students’ names for the Foundation’s $1500 Scholarship Award with a 1 June 2000 deadline. Copies were also sent to the corresponding Section Chairs. Non-US Section Chairs have received letters requesting that they submit the names and addresses of their selected dental school(s) so that these deans might be informed about the Foundation Scholarship Award.		Grant application requests for the coming year’s consideration are up to 64 with their deadline being 1 June 2000. The dental school deans of UCLA, UOP, Creighton University, and the University of Maryland at Baltimore have sent letters of appreciation for the Foundation Scholarship Awards. Twelve student recipients have also responded in kind. Dental school deans in Hong Kong, Singapore, Costa Rica, Universite Laval in Quebec, and England have also expressed their appreciation. No students from the non-US countries have responded

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	From the Desk of the Foundation Treasurer
	by Dr. George J. Higue The funds of the Foundation are divided into three separate accounts. The Dr. Brenes Espinach Estate funds are banked as the Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation—Dr. Brenes Espinach Account. The second account is listed under the name Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation and consists of US PFA member donations. The Japanese funds are banked as the Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation (MN) account named after Mitch Nakayama. These three separate accounts each have separate account numbers and separate bank statements and as such are		reported separately. All are in the Bank of America under the same PFA Foundation corporate shield. Checks exceeding $3000 require two signatures, currently that of President Robert Shira and Treasurer George Higue. Checks of less than $3000 need only the Treasurer’s signature. On the Japanese Account, all disbursements can only be authorized by Mrs. Nakayama but require the Foundation Treasurer’s signature.

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	Foundation News
	Belgium President J. Vreven of the Ecole de Medecine Dentaire et de Stomatologie of the Universite Catholique de Louvain has expressed appreciation for the Foundation Scholarship Award to their student Mr. Nguyen who is studying endodontics in Cleveland. Canada British Columbia The Canadian Dental Association Convention was held last March in Vancouver where International Trustee Kevin Roach reported the many Foundation grants and scholarships awarded in their country. Ontario International Trustee for Canada Kevin Roach had Dr. A. Dale present the Foundation Award to University of Toronto dental school Junior Student Governor Grant Yiu. Dr. Anne Dale presents Foundation Award to student Grant Yiu with Leslie Laing-Gibbard, President of the Dental Students Society		Ottawa The Canadian Dental Museum in Ottawa was awarded a $5000 Foundation grant to establish a Pierre Fauchard Academy Board Room and Hall of Fame Quebec Cette annee, Dean Michaud, etudiant de troiseme annee, se voit remettre a titre de representant des etudiants de la Faculte de medecine dentaire une bourse de 650 $ et une plaque commemorative attestant son interet et sa participation active aux activities etudiantes canadiennes. La presentation fut faite lors d’une ceremonie dans les locaux de la Faculte par le docteur Guy Maranda, representant de l’Academie Pierre Fauchard au Quebec en presence de madame Diane Lachapelle, doyenne et du vice-doyen le docteur Denis Robert. L-R: Associate Dean Denis Robert, Dean Diane Lachapelle, Laval University School of Dental Medicine student Dean Michaud, and Quebec PFA Chair Guy Maranda

	The PFA Foundation needs your support!
	If you’d like to help the Foundation fund grants for good causes and scholarships for good students, please send a check to:		Foundation of the Pierre Fauchard Academy 1441 Avocado Ave., Suite 508 Newport Beach, CA 92660

	Section News
	Australasia Dr. Jonathan Rogers attended the Chicago Meeting with International Trustee William Winspear of Sydney. Dr. Rogers is the new Section Chair. They will hold their new Fellow initiation in May, 2001, to induct 53 new members joining their current 230 Fellows. This will be held during the Australia Dental Association Meeting in Brisbane. Fellow Robert Harris passed away. Dr. Harris was our 1988 Elmer Best Award recipient presented by A. Gordon Rowell, the 1985 Best recipient. Belgium Chair Jose Dahan reported hosting two programs last year. The one in June was a seminar on “Informatic Tools in Dentistry”; and the December one was on endodontic surgery. Dr. Dahan has made arrangements with Irish Chairman Robin O’Sullivan to exchange young dentists and students between Cork and Brussels. Brazil Section President Lucy Dalva Lopes reported that her Section represented the Academy at several events and supported continuing education courses such as “TMJ Dysfunction” and “ITI Technic of Implantology” at the Centro de Reabilitacao das Deformidades Faciais in Sao Paulo given by Dr. J. J. Barros and Professor Silvio Nose and staff; “Therapeutic Process in the Cranio Facial Dysfunction” by Dr. J. J. Barros for Dentoflex; a TMJ course presented by Dr. Barros at the Hospital da Aeronautica; and at the Congress of the Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Oral in Caxambu. We also supported the I Simposio Maritimo of Implantology organized by Dr. Daldy Endo Marqueis last February. L-R: Professor Reynaldo Brito Dias, scholarship recipient Luciano Pereira Madruga, President Lucy Dalva Lopes, Secretary/Treasurer Renato Geromel, past President Professor J. J. Barros, Vice-President Professor Clovis Marzola The Brazilian Section provided 2 scholarships to the best dental students. One scholarship was presented by Dr. Reynaldo Brito Dias to Luciano Pereira Madruga of Uniarara University Dental School. The other scholarship will be given to honor Professor Cyro Silva who pioneered the dental radiology concept of eletroterapy in Brazil. Also a Dentalflex Miosoft RTE Myco Chain appliance will be presented to two senior dental students or recent graduates. This was awarded during the January Meeting of the Congresso Paulista de Odontologia at the Hotel Maksoud Plaza. Fellow J. J. Barros past Section President, received many honors this last year as head of Brazilian dentistry and surgery. Also past Section President Alfredo Campos Pimenta received honors during the Congresso Brasileiro de Cirurgia in Caxambu. Professor Dra. Aida Sabbag Haddad was elected President and Professor Dra. Lucy Dalva Lopes was elected Vice President of the Brazilian Teachers Association for the Handicapped at their meeting during the Cuiba Congress. Dr. Henrique Montilinski was presented the Panain Medal during the Sindicato dos Odontologistas de Sao Paulo Congress. Fellow Orley Dulcetti, Jr., was awarded a citation from the Grupo de Estudos em Acupuntura of APCD. Also being presented a Panain Medal was Fellow Professor Pierangelo Angeletti. Fellow Professor Rafael Carlos Loro will preside over the July Congress. Canada International Trustee Kevin Roach will be hosting A PFA dinner during their annual Ontario Dental Association Spring Convention in Toronto this May at which the International Academy will induct Dr. James Branston Willmott, founding father of Upper Canadian dentistry into the PFA International Hall of Fame. Ontario Chair Aldo Boccia and PFA Honour recipient Anne Dale will organize the venue. PFA President Fred Halik, Hall of Fame Chairman Ray Klein (past PFA President), and Editor James Brophy will attend to honour this dental great along with some of Dr. Willmott’s relatives.		Dr. Donald L. Rife of Toronto will receive their millennium’s first Outstanding Dentist of the Year Award. Fellow Aldo Boccia has been elected President of the American Geriatric Society for Dentistry. He is only the second Canadian to serve as President of this U.S. based organization. Dr. Boccio is past President of the West Toronto Dental Society and of the Toronto Academy of Dentistry. He is also Fellow in AGD and ICD. Fellow Jack Zosky has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Implant Dentistry—The International Journal of Oral Implantology. Chile Chairman Francisco Omar Campos Sanhueza presented the International PFA Board with copies of his Section’s second newsletter, edited by Fellow David Embry M., which is inserted into the Sociedad Odontologica de Chile’s magazine Revista Dental de Chile, which contains reference to the PFA newsletter on the cover. Professor Campos and Secretary/Treasurer Luis Felipe Jimenez S. have much to be proud of in their excellent publication. Chair Professor Campos S. Professor Campos also reported continuing their program of providing dental treatment to needy patients and senior citizens. This year they have undertaken a mentorship program directed by Fernando Romo, that will emphasize ethics and professionalism. In their Section elections, Dr. Campos was reelected Chairman and Dr. Jaime Koifman was designated past Chairman. Poland Chairman Professor Zbigniew Jancsuk hosted their 59 Fellows at their annual meeting in Lodz last September. Their seminar was about the cooperation between dentists and dental technicians. A commission was established consisting of both groups to present a paper on the problems, which has been published. Economic problems in Poland have restricted the membership growth because of the costs of membership. Portugal Chair Gil Alcoforado, Jr. is processing 13 new members for induction during their scientific meeting session. Slovenia Chair Professor Matjaz Rode’s Section worked on defining their goals and objectives for their Section. They have established contacts with dentists in Bosnia and Kosovo to hold a joint meeting to encourage participation there. Spain Chair Professor Javier Garro Barrio has announced his retirement and is looking for a successor. Switzerland Chairman H. Dalla Bona held the opening last November of their PFA Headquarters in Ipsach, near Biel, where their continuing education courses and celebration of Fellowship will be held.

	United States California, Northern Section Chair Daniel Castanaga noted that over 60 members and guests attended their annual meeting last September, where nine new Fellows were inducted bringing their total membership to almost 250. Their Distinguished Service Award went to Dr. Henry Yee, with UOP Dean Art Dugoni doing the biographical presentation. The Section initiated the first “Allied Service Award” to honor non-dentists for their contributions to our profession. The first recipient was Judith Babcock, CDA’s Director of Dental Affairs. Fellow Dennis Shinbori was installed as their Secretary/Treasurer. They have established Section dues at $20 to fund their own programs and this has been received well. California, Southern Section Chairman Charles Eller hosted their Section’s meeting during the CDA Spring Scientific Session was attended by some 170 members and guests including President-elect M. David Campbell and International Trustee Gary Lowder. Idaho Chairman Dwight Romriell inducted eight new Fellows at their June Meeting to bring their rolls to 22 members. Trustee Gary Lowder along with Idaho State Dental Assn. President William Godfrey attended to honor Dr. John Davis for his 50 years of dental practice. ADA Trustee, and PFA Fellow, Steven Bruce assisted in the presentation of the awards. Past State Chairman Fred Hansing handed the gavel to new Section Chair Dwight Romriell. Dwight’s brother Greg was elected to serve as Section Vice President. Dr. Greg Romriell is the 1999 recipient of the AGD Fellowship Award and helped to elect Dr. Mike Simpson to the US Congress. Their annual Meeting was held 17 June 2000 in historic Sun Valley. Indiana Chair Ray Maddox has inducted 12 new Fellows into the Academy during their annual meeting held in conjunction with the Indiana Dental Association. Dr. Steve Duke presented a program on “Evidence-Based Dentistry.” The Section has 15 applications for Fellowship for this year. They have completed their fourth year of a mentorship program that assists the students through all four years. A scholarship project to help defray dental school costs is being implemented. Dr. Maddox addressed the Board at the Chicago Meeting about his Pursuit of Excellence Program at the University of Indiana School of Dentistry for mentorship. This is further reported above under the Chicago Meeting Mentorship report. Iowa Chair Steve Hedlund reported hosting a PFA Luncheon during the University of Iowa Dental School Alumni weekend last September, which had 30 attending. Past PFA President Larry Barrett noted that their annual program, held during the Iowa State Dental Meeting had 110 participants. Kansas Vickie Cyhel, wife of the late Walter Cyhel who was past PFA President (1977), PFA Secretary (1977-1985), and Distinguished Service Citation recipient, relates all the great years and wonderful people she and her husband had met through the Academy. She regrets the passing of past PFA President (1976) J. Murray Gavel of Massachusetts last year. Dr. Gavel’s daughter, Sylvia Doran, still keeps in touch with Vickie. PFA is not just a dental honor organization. It is a living entity bringing people together across countries and the world. We look forward to meeting Vickie at our PFA Annual Meeting in Kansas City in October, 2001. Massachusetts Past PFA President J. Murray Gavel (1976) died last August at the age of 99. Dr. Gavel had an outstanding dental career and served as Dean of the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (1962-3). He had served as second Vice President of the ADA. He also held Presidency in AGD, ICD (USA Section), the Massachusetts Dental Society, the New England Dental Society, and of Tufts Dental Alumni Association. His activities, honors, and papers would fill a magazine. The Academy was honored to have been able to share his life with him. With his passing, there is an emptiness in the dental profession that will never be able to be filled again. Chair Norm Becker has alumni mentoring at their three dental schools. Ohio Fellow Art Dugoni, Dean of the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, received the 1999 Callahan Memorial Award during the Ohio Dental Association 133rd annual session in Columbus.		Rhode Island Chair M. Christine Benoit’s Section promoting three service projects. The first was a smokeless tobacco risk awareness scheduled at the Warwick Mall, a health fair at Chariho School, at the South County Dental Society, and two exhibits at Providence and at Cranston Schools. Chair M. Christine Benoit Another project is the support of the DDS Program in the “Ocean State.” Fellow Clark Sammartino heads up 188 volunteer dentists performing $1.5 million in free care to the poor. Donated Dental Services and the PFA funding was recognized at the ADA President-elect’s Meeting last January by Fellow Nicholas Barone. Dr. Richard Walsh, Mentorship Chairman, networks with their Section’s dentists to mentor new graduates establishing practice in Rhode Island. Certificates of Appreciation were presented to the mentors at their Awards Reception this May. Their Section’s annual Awards Reception was held this May at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. Ten new Fellows were inducted, bringing the “Ocean State” to 82 members. Dr. Robert Barto was honored as their Distinguished Dentist of the Year. RIDA lobbyist Patrick Quinlan received a Certificate of Appreciation. Utah International Trustee Gary Lowder attended their annual meeting last March to present Honorary PFA Membership to Dr. Henry Tanner who also received their Section’s Distinguished Service Award. Wisconsin Chair Glenn Maihofer held their annual Mentorship Dinner Meeting last September at Marquette University with over 250 attending. A continuing education program and dinner was held this February at the Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union. Their annual Luncheon Meeting was held this April to induct new members during the Wisconsin Dental Association’s annual session. Washington State Fellow Roy C. Page of Seattle has been honored by the University of Washington School of Dentistry with its Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Page, a periodontist and PhD in experimental pathology, is professor of Periodontics, a professor of Pathology, and Director of the Regional Clinical Dental Research Center at the School of Dentistry. Dr. Page is well known for his articles, books, and lectures and has been editor-in-chief of the Journal of Periodontal Research since 1986. Dr. Page has served as President of the AADR and the IADR. He is a Fellow in ICD and ACD as well. Washington, DC Chair Ashur Chavoor is initiating a mentorship program for the nation’s capitol. Chair Ashur Chavoor addressing Board at Chicago Meeting

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	PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY Fred Halik President New York M. David Campbell President-elect Michigan Scott Welch Vice President Wyoming Richard A. Kozal Secretary/Treasurer Nevada James M. Brophy Editor Illinois James E. Long Immediate Past President Mississippi		REGION 1—Europe Pierre Marois France REGION 2—N.E. USA Robert Friedman Connecticut REGION 3—S.E. USA Gordan Stine South Carolina REGION 4—Midwest USA James A. Englander Wisconsin REGION 5—Western USA Gary Lowder Utah REGION 6—Canada Kevin Roach Ontario REGION 7—Latin America Bernardo Levit Argentina REGION 8—Australasia William Winspear Australia REGION 9—Asia Eiichi Katagiri Japan REGION 10—Central USA Michael Perpich Minnesota