Board of Trustees

AAOM's Board of Trustees sets the Academy's strategic directions and provides oversight to see that the organization's goals are met. Many Board members are also committee chairs who participate actively in the accomplishments of the Academy's programs. Below are the BOT members through 2024.

Executive Committee                 

  • Dr. Jaisri Thoppay, President
  • Dr. Sunday Akintoye, President-Elect
  • Dr. Alessandro Villa, Vice-President
  • Dr. Arwa Farag, Treasurer
  • Dr. Herve Sroussi, Secretary
  • Dr. Juan Bugueno, Assistant Treasurer
  • Dr. Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch, Assistant Secretary
  • Dr. Kentaro Ikeda, Immediate Past-President 2024-2025
  • Dr. Vidya Sankar, Immediate Past-President 2023-2024

Committee Chairs * 

  • Academic Fellowship Committee: Marketa Janovska
  • Academic Affiliate Fellowship Subcommittee: Nancy Burkhart, Michelle Baxter, JoAnn Gurenlian
  • Auxiliary President: Sherry Miller
  • Budget and Finance Committee: Arwa Farag
  • Bylaws Committee: Martin Greenberg
  • Corporate Sponsorship: Kentaro Ikeda
  • Education Committee Abstracts Subcommittee: Tiffany Tavares
  • Education Committee: Scientific Sessions Subcommittee: Shaiba Sandhu
  • Ethics and Discipline Committee: Nelson Rhodus
  • Graduate Awards Committee: Mahnaz Fatazadeh
  • Honorary Fellowship and Awards Committee: Sunday Akintoye
  • Membership Committee: Katherine France
  • National Meeting Committee: Craig Hatch
  • Nominating Committee: Kentaro Ikeda
  • Oral Medicine Section Editor: Lauren Patton
  • Organization of Teachers of Oral Diagnosis Committee: Mahnaz Fatahzadeh
  • Past Presidents Committee: Robert Eskow and John Robinson
  • Practice Management Committee: Jaisri Thoppay
  • Procedures and Protocol Subcommittee: Martin Tyler
  • Program Directors Committee: Piam Vacharotayangul
  • Promotions Committee: Iquebal Hasan
  • Publications Committee: Juan Bugueno and Milda Chmieliauskaite
  • Research Committee: Herve Sroussi

*We have listed committee chairs and some co-chairs. Committees are only represented by one Committee Chair on the Board of Trustees except for the Past President's Committee who have two representatives.