COMMITTEES & TASK FORCES

 

Serves as the ad interim committee of the ACP Board of Directors including transacting all business between board meetings; oversees alignment of programs and activities with the organization’s mission and goals.

 

Dr. Kenneth S. Kurtz
ACP President
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Dr. Daniel A. Givan
President Elect
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Dr. Louis F. DeSantis
Vice President
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Dr. Diana M. Pham
Secretary
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Dr. Caroline T. Nguyen
Treasurer
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Dr. Douglas G. Benting
Immediate Past President
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Assists the ACP BOD in fulfilling its financial oversight responsibilities.

 

Dr. Kenneth S. Kurtz
ACP President
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Dr. Daniel A. Givan
President Elect
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Dr. Louis F. DeSantis
Vice President
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Dr. Caroline T. Nguyen
Treasurer
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Dr. Despoina Bompolaki
Director, Continuing & Professional Education
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Dr. Elaine Torres-Melendez
Member
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Annually selects and forwards nominees to the ACP BOD for all open positions and Awards of Distinction.

 

Dr. Daniel A. Givan
Vice President
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Dr. Robert E. Stover
ACPEF Chair
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Dr. Douglas G. Benting
Immediate Past President
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Dr. Laleh Abdolazadeh
Member
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Dr. Stephen I. Hudis
Member
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Dr. Matthew B. Kahn
Member
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Dr. Diana M. Pham
Member
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Dr. Jonathan O. Twomey
Member
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Dr. Roberta A. Wright
Member
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Reviews the proposed Bylaws amendments of the ACP and ACPEF as directed by the BOD.

 

Dr. Diana M. Pham
ACPEF Secretary
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Dr. Robert E. Stover
Chair
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Dr. Lisa A. Lang
Member
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Advances awareness and acceptance of prosthodontists as purveyors oral/systemic health, and the critical role good dental health plays in general health and wellness.

 

Dr. Daniel A. Givan
President Elect
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Dr. Roberta A. Wright
Chair
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Dr. Kenneth S. Kurtz
President
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Dr. Despoina Bompolaki
Director, Continuing & Professional Education
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Dr. Alvin G. Wee
Director, Forum
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Dr. Peter J. Gerngross
Director, Maxillofacial Prosthetics Division
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Increases member engagement, creates new Sections in the available states, and re-establishes activity in any dormant sections. Works with Resident and New Pros Committee on collaborative roundtable events to engage residents, new prosthodontists, and membership.

 

Dr. Louis F. DeSantis
Vice President
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Dr. Laleh Abdolazadeh
Regional Membership Director
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Dr. Robert M. Bentz
Regional Membership Director
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Dr. Dima H. Ghunaim
Regional Membership Director
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Dr. Brian J. Goodacre
Regional Membership Director
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Dr. Gary A. Nord
Regional Membership Director
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Dr. Igor J. Pesun
Regional Membership Director
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Dr. Amerian D. Sones
Regional Membership Director
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The ACP is currently working on filling positions for this committee. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please email [email protected].

Provides strategic goals and oversight of education to members, including career development and continuing professional education. Works collaboratively with the Division of Education & Research to identify trends and determine the educational needs of the members as well as delivery modalities to address those needs. Assesses current education offerings and monitors ongoing effectiveness of all educational activities.

 

Dr. Despoina Bompolaki
Director, Continuing & Professional Education
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Dr. Carlo Ercoli
Director, Education & Research
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Dr. Alexander A. Bendayan
Member
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Dr. Robert W. Berg
Member
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Dr. Ankur Dahiya
Member
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Dr. Ajay K. Dhingra
Member
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Dr. David P. Donatelli
Member
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Dr. Ahmad M. Kutkut
Member
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Develops, organizes, promotes, conducts, and evaluates Annual Session programming; develops opportunities that foster collaborative activities with other organizations.

 

Dr. Robert W. Berg
Chair
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Dr. Kenneth S. Kurtz
President
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Dr. Despoina Bompolaki
Director, Continuing & Professional Education
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Dr. LaDerrick Bullock
Member
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Dr. Anthony LaVacca
Member
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Dr. Van Ramos, Jr.
Member
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Dr. Theresa Wang
Member
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Dr. Ann Wei
Member
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Dr. Avinash S. Bidra
Co-Chair
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Dr. Stephen A. Wagner
Co-Chair
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Dr. Louis F. DeSantis
Member
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Dr. Dima H. Ghunaim
Member
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Dr. Eric C. Hu
Member
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Dr. Young S. Kang
Member
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Dr. Soni Prasad
Member
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Develops, organizes, promotes, conducts, and evaluates Digital Dentistry Symposium programming.

 

Dr. Ahmad M. Kutkut
Chair
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Dr. Ahmed A. AlMozayen
Member
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Dr. Sandra K. Al-Tarawneh
Member
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Dr. Despoina Bompolaki
Member
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Dr. Ajay K. Dhingra
Member
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Dr. David G. Gratton
Member
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Dr. Dana M. Keblawi
Member
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Dr. Omar Alabd Mohamed
Member
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Dr. Ryan R. Sheridan
Member
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Develops, organizes, promotes, conducts, and evaluates prosthodontic programming.

 

Dr. David P. Donatelli
Chair
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Dr. Wei-Shao Lin
Vice Chair
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Dr. Despoina Bompolaki
Member
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Dr. Konstantinos Chochlidakis
Member
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Dr. Mohammad H. Dashti
Member
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Dr. Wainscott Hollis
Member
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Dr. Young S. Kang
Member
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Dr. Cheryl J. Park
Member
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Dr. Moamen E. Sheba
Member
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Provides support for predoctoral prosthodontic education; manages the predoctoral educators programs that are focused on issues related to predoctoral prosthodontic education and proactively monitors directions related to the CODA standards on dental education.

 

Dr. Cynthia S. Petrie
Chair
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Dr. Po-Hsu Chen
Member
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Dr. Adriana Cordero Wilson
Member
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Dr. Chin-Chuan Fu
Member
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Dr. Yuanlynn Hsieh
Member
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Dr. Gustavo A. Leal
Member
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Dr. Ahmad Maalhagh-Fard
Member
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Dr. Richard R. Seals, Jr.
Member
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Dr. Cortino Sukotjo
Member
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Manages the postdoctoral educators' programs that are focused on issues related to postdoctoral prosthodontic education and program directors of advanced education programs in prosthodontics, works proactively on future directions related to the CODA specialty standards, and oversees the work of the National Prosthodontic Resident Exam and Board Preparation activities.

 

Dr. Van Ramos, Jr.
Chair
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Dr. Dima H. Ghunaim
Member
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Dr. Damian J. Lee
Member
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Dr. Igor J. Pesun
Member
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Dr. Berna Saglik
Member
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Dr. Tanya Somohano Marquez
Member
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Dr. Konstantinos Vazouras
Member
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Stimulates, promotes, and evaluates prosthodontic research; establishes a research agenda; and determines areas where more research is needed. Administers and manages the John J. Sharry Competition and ACPEF Research Grant Awards.

 

Dr. Sompop Bencharit
Chair
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Dr. Marco Bergamini
Member
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Dr. Po-Hsu Chen
Member
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Dr. Eric C. Hu
Member
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Dr. Francis L. Keeling
Member
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Dr. Meisa Keivani
Member
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Dr. Prajakta S. Kulkarni
Member
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Dr. Sang J. Lee
Member
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Dr. Rui Li
Member
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Dr. Peixi Liao
Member
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Dr. Ahmet Örgev
Member
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Dr. Tanya Somohano Marquez
Member
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Reviews and oversees yearly Poster Competition including reviewing criteria and judge selection.

 

Dr. Cheryl J. Park
Vice Chair
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Dr. Shelby A. Alexander
Member
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Dr. Po-Hsu Chen
Member
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Dr. David P. Donatelli
Member
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Dr. Heba T. Elkassaby
Member
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Dr. Guadalupe Garcia Fay
Member
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Dr. Kushaldeep Fnu
Member
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Dr. Tejal R. Gohil
Member
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Dr. Sotirios Gotsis
Member
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Dr. Yuanlynn Hsieh
Member
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Creates and disseminates the annual ACP exam to all postgraduate prosthodontic programs.

 

Dr. Edward Chaoho Chien
Member
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Dr. Miyoung Kim
Member
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Dr. Amit Punj
Member
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Dr. Seung Jun Song
Member
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Develop and implement plans to increase awareness about prosthodontists and prosthodontics, specifically grassroots initiatives to engage members and the public in celebration of National Prosthodontics Awareness Week.

 

Dr. Juliet E.M. Tchorbajian
Co-Chair
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Dr. Bhavika V. Thakkar
Co-Chair
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Dr. Eugenio Jose Brenes
Member
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Dr. Ruhanijot Kaur Cheema
Member
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Dr. Prajakta S. Kulkarni
Member
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Dr. Robert H. Raimondi
Member
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Dr. Stella Christina Stavrou
Member
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Dr. Patricia H. Swanson
Chair
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Dr. Wendy A. Clark
Member
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Dr. Heba T. Elkassaby
Member
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Promotes the Digital Dentistry Curriculum and provides support to dental schools currently using the curriculum.

 

Dr. Ramtin Sadid-Zadeh
Chair
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