Dental News - Academy of Osseointegration elects Dr. Clark M. Stanford 34th president

Dental Tribune USA

Thu. 26 March 2020

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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., USA: Clark M. Stanford, DDS, PhD, MHA, prosthodontist and distinguished professor and dean, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, has been elected as the Academy of Osseointegration’s 34th president.

Approval of the academy’s 2020/21 slate of officers as submitted and approved by the AO board of directors was scheduled to occur at the academy’s annual business meeting on March 21 in Seattle. As a result of the cancellation of the academy’s 35th annual meeting, the slate was instead presented for membership approval via electronic voting. This was conducted under “Article V. Meeting of Members, Section 5” of the academy’s bylaws.

Stanford, a director on the board since 2010, served as chair of the academy’s summits in 2014 and 2018. During his time as a member since 1994, Stanford has also served as chair of the 2011 Mini Summit and White Paper task forces, and 2011 Sponsorship of Symposia, as well as a member of the Website Education, 2014 Mini-summit Planning, Finance and Audit, and AO/OF Research Grant committees.

A new at-large director and treasurer were among those elected to the academy’s board of directors. Those included Lambert J. Stumpel, DDS, a general practitioner maintaining a private practice in San Francisco, as at-large director, and Joerg Neugebauer, DDS, PhD, an oral surgeon from Landsberg am Lech, Germany, as treasurer, who has served as a director on the board since 2016. The full new slate of officers elected includes:

Officers

President: Clark M. Stanford, DDS, PhD, MHA; AO fellow, prosthodontist and distinguished professor and dean, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago;
President-elect: Tara L. Aghaloo, DDS, MD, PhD; AO fellow, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles;
Vice President: Amerian D. Sones, DMD, MS; AO fellow, prosthodontist, and executive director, continuing education, Texas A&M University, College of Dentistry in Dallas;
Secretary: Hom-Lay Wang, DDS, MSD, PhD; AO fellow, periodontist and endowed collegiate professor of periodontology at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor, Mich.;
Treasurer: Joerg Neugebauer, DDS, PhD; AO fellow, oral surgeon from Landsberg am Lech, Germany;
Immediate Past President: Jay P. Malmquist, DMD; AO fellow, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Portland, Ore.

Directors

Joseph P. Fiorellini, DMD, DMSc; AO fellow, periodontist and professor of periodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia;
Jeffrey Ganeles, DMD; AO fellow and periodontist, Boca Raton, Fla.;
Joseph Y. K. Kan, DDS, MS; prosthodontist and professor, department of restorative dentistry implant dentistry program at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, Calif.;
Robert R. Lemke, DDS, MD; Oral and maxillofacial surgeon from San Antonio, Texas;
Lambert J. Stumpel, DDS; general practitioner, San Francisco;
Robert C. Vogel, DDS; general practitioner, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

About the Academy of Osseointegration

With approximately 4,500 members in more than 70 countries, AO is recognized as a premier international association for scientists and professionals interested in osseointegration and implant dentistry. AO serves as a nexus where specialists, generalists and scientists can come together to evaluate emerging research, technology and techniques; share best practices; and define optimal patient care using timely science and evidence-based methods. You can learn more via osseo.org and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram via @AcademyOsseo; @AcademyofOsseointegration as well as on Linkedin and YouTube.

(Source: Academy of Osseointegration)