Dr. Marc Balson, Livingston, N.J., was elected president of the American Association of Endodontists. Other officers are Dr. John Olmsted, Greensboro, N.C., president-elect; Dr. Shepard S. Goldstein, Framingham, Mass., vice president; Dr. Louis E. Rossman, Philadelphia, secretary; Dr. Gerald N. Glickman, Dallas, treasurer; and Dr. Sandra Madison, Asheville, N.C., immediate past president.
Dr. Allen Carrell, Shenandoah, Iowa, was elected president of the Iowa Dental Association. Other officers are Dr. P.T. Grimes, Marion, president-elect; Dr. Richard Hettinger, Sioux City, vice president; and Dr. Heyo Tjarks, Dubuque, speaker of the house.
Dr. Gordon Christensen, Provo, Utah, received the Irwin Smigel Prize in Aesthetic Dentistry from the New York University College of Dentistry.
Dr. B. Melvin DeSoto, Shreveport, La., was elected president of the American Association of Orthodontists. Other officers are Dr. Donald R. Joondeph, Bellevue, Wash., president-elect; and Dr. William C. Gaylord, Flagstaff, Ariz., secretary-treasurer.
Dr. H. Pitts Hinson, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., was elected president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Other officers are Dr. Philip H. Hunke, McAllen, Texas, president-elect; Dr. Keith R. Morley, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, vice president; and Dr. Beverly A. Largent, Paducah, Ky., secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Brian Jacobus, Port St. Lucie, Fla., was elected president of the Florida Association of Orthodontists. Other officers are Dr. Jorge Coro, Coral Gables, president-elect; Dr. Patricia Tapley, Gainesville, secretary-treasurer; and Dr. David Carden, Jacksonville, immediate past president.
Dr. Linda Kaste, Chicago, was named to the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Research on Women’s Health’s Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health.
Dr. Brad W. Neville, Charleston, S.C., was elected president of the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. Other officers are Dr. Michael D. Rohrer, Minneapolis, president-elect; Dr. John E. Fantasia, New Hyde Park, N.Y., vice president; and Dr. Michael A. Kahn, Boston, secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Steven Offenbacher, Chapel Hill, N.C., was recognized by the University of North Carolina for accomplishments in research funding.
Dr. W. Thomas Pattison, Knoxville, Tenn., was elected president of the Tennessee Association of Orthodontists. Other officers are Dr. Tracy Pack, Murfreesboro, president-elect; Dr. Scott Werner, Memphis, vice president; Dr. James Vaden, Cookeville, secretary-treasurer; and Dr. Tommy N. Whited, Memphis, immediate past president.
Dr. Harriet C. Reavis, Charleston, S.C., was elected president of the South Carolina Association of Orthodontists. Other officers are Dr. Steven J. Smiley, Spartanburg, president-elect; Dr. R. Sims Tompkins, Columbia, vice president; Dr. Donald W. Hunt Jr., Greenville, treasurer; Dr. Michael Riordan, Fort Mill, secretary; and Dr. Philip Bonds, Florence, immediate past president.
Dr. Axel Ruprecht, Iowa City, Iowa, was awarded the 2005 Outstanding Service Award by the Iowa Dental Association.
Dr. Michael A. Siegel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was elected president of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Other officers are Dr. George Taybos, Ridgeland, Miss., immediate past president; Dr. Nelson Rhodus, Minneapolis, president-elect; Dr. Wayne Herman, Columbia, S.C., vice-president; Dr. Craig Hatch, Cleveland, secretary; Dr. Joseph D’Ambrosio, Farmington, Conn., treasurer; Dr. Tom Sollecito, Philadelphia, assistant secretary; Dr. John Robinson, Santa Rosa, Calif., recording secretary; and Dr. Craig Miller, Lexington, Ky., past president.
Dr. A. Jeffrey Wood, San Francisco, received the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, A.T. Still University of Health Sciences 2005 Faculty of the Year Award.
