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Spring 2019 Newsletter: List of 2019–2020 Officers, Diplomates, and Awards

AAOM Officers

  • President: Lauren Patton
  • President-Elect: Andres Pinto
  • Vice-President: Nathaniel Treister
  • Secretary: Vidya Sankar
  • Treasurer: Kentaro Ikeda
  • Assistant Treasurer: Sunday Akintoye
  • Assistant Secretary: Carol Anne Murdoch Kinch
  • Past-President 2017-2018: Miriam Robbins
  • Immediate Past-President 2018-2019: Eric T Stoopler
  • Executive Director: Michele Reeder 

ABOM Officers

  • President: Cesar A. Migliorati
  • Vice-President: Thomas Sollecito
  • Secretary: Nagamani Narayana
  • Treasurer: Craig Miller
  • Directors: Jeffrey Casiglia, Alexander Ross Kerr, Stuart Taylor
  • Past-President: Mark Drangsholt

Congratulations, Diplomates, Fellows, and Award Winners!

New ABOM Diplomates:

  • Ashwag Aloyouny
  • Chizobam Idahosa
  • David Ojeda
  • Rajan Saini
  • Piamkamon Vacharotayangul
  • Elizabeth Waring

New AAOM Fellows:

  • Hawra Aljanobi | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
  • Sabika Saeed Almuraikhi | Hamad Medical Corporation
  • Mohammad A Alqahtani | King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
  • Massoud Maxwell Hejazi | Advent Dental
  • Shanti Kaimal | University of Minnesota
  • Seema Kurup | University of Connecticut Health Center
  • Leah Leinbach | Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Chia-Cheng Li | University of Michigan School of Dentistry
  • Agnes Radwan-Woch | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  • Richard J Vargo | A.T. Still University Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health

AAOM Award and Officer Nominations

  • Diamond Pin Award: A. Ross Kerr
  • Samuel Charles Miller: Michael T. Brennan
  • Herschfus Memorial Award: Wendy Hupp
  • Honorary Memberships: Jane Atkinson and Peter Lockhart
Certificate of Merit:
  • Milda Chmieliauskaite, Publication Committee
  • Jaisri Thoppay, AAOM Social Media
  • Nathaniel Treister, AAOM Scientific Sessions Committee
  • Michael Hatton, AAOM Fellowship Committee

Congratulations to the Following 2019 AAOM Abstract Award Winners 2019

Lester Burkett Awards

  1. Dental Pain Management with Prescription Opioids by Non-Dental Healthcare Professionals in a Healthcare System Network, Jillian M. Rigert, et al, Carolinas Medical Center, USA
  2. Salivary Glands Ultrasonography as a Diagnostic Aid in Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Prospective Investigational Study, Alaa Bukhari, et al, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, USA

Case Report Awards

  1. A Rare Case of Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis/ Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD) Presenting As Desquamative Gingivitis and Oral Mucosal Erythema, Muhammad Ali Shazib, et al, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA
  2. Primary Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Of Mandible Masquerading As A Toothache, Ghaidaa Badabaan, et al, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, USA
  3. Nonspecific Oral Mucositis in Patient with Crohn Disease, Kristen Robbins, et al, University of Colorado, USA
  4. Multiple Myeloma masquerading as Medication Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (MRONJ): A Case Study, Yoon ah Danskin, et al, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
  5. Saliva a Mirror to Oral Health in Neurofibromatosis type-1 Patients, Jayasurya Kondapaneni, et al, Panineeya Mahavidyalaya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, India

Robert Shattner Award

Modulation of EPS8 Functions by Phosphorylation, Linah Shahoumi, et al, Dental College of Georgia, USA