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From the Executive Director From the National Trustee
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Additionally, AGD student chapters work with AGD member faculty at their Dr. Connie White of Missouri; and the sec-
schools concerning educational and social activities, networking opportu- retary is Dr. Michael Lew of California. Re-
nities, and mentoring. For those students at NYU, Columbia and Buffalo, turning are the treasurer, Dr. Mohammed Ha-
please support the chapters at your school. Attend their events and bring ranuni, the editor, Dr. Roger Winlind, and the
your friends who are not AGD members along so they can become student speaker of the house, Dr. Bryan Edgar.
members too! NYS Academy of General Dentistry is proud to pay for our
student membership dues to National AGD ($20/year), so your membership After the House adjourned, the new board for
is free. 2018 met for the first time. The first board
meeting is basically an introduction to the
Let’s make 2018 the “Year of the Dental Student!” Start a chapter at your board and with some guidance from the AGD
school. If you would like assistance in starting a student chapter, please con- outside counsel on board norms and behavior.
tact me at 718-747-3353 or at paulaj@nysagd.org. At this board meeting we had three special
guests: the recently installed president of the
ADA, Dr. Joe Crowley, a GP from Cincinnati,
OH; the ADA president-elect, Dr. Jeff Cole,
a former AGD president and a schoolmate of
mine from Georgetown; and the president of
the American Student Dental Association, Ms.
Tanya Maestas.

At the meeting the Board reviewed the council
and committee appointments of Dr. Cordero
and approved them. The Board also reviewed
the deliberations of the House, and discussed
any improvements that can be implemented
for next year.

Prior to the HOD meeting, I attended the AGD
Foundation board meeting. The foundation is
the charitable arm of the AGD and its empha-
sis is to educate the profession and the pub-
lic about oral cancer. This is the 45th year of
the foundation and the delegates were asked
to make contributions to the foundation in in-
crements of $45. There was 100% participa-
tion and over $50,000 was raised. The money
raised will be used for grants to educate the
profession and public about oral cancer. The
president of the foundation is Dr. Linda Edgar,
who is an oral cancer survivor. Oral cancer
kills approximately 10,000 people every year,
and about 50,000 new cases are diagnosed ev-
ery year.

Please consider making a donation to the AGD
Foundation.

As always, if there is any way I can help you,
our valued AGD member, please don’t hesitate
to contact me at abedyzenhaus@gmail.com.

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