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SPECIALTY RECOGNITION

Specialty recognition is a critical issue not only for prosthodontics but all of the recognized specialties – and our patients. A series of articles were created to describe how the ACP has been involved in representing your interests as prosthodontists.

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON RECOGNITION OF DENTAL SPECIALTIES AND CERTIFYING BOARDS

  • Robert M. Taft, Prosthodontic Commissioner 
  • Stephen I. Hudis, Member, National Commission Appeals Board

AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION (ADA)

  • Ramtin Sadid-Zadeh, Member, Standards Committee on Dental Informatics
  • Russell A. Giordano, II, Member, Standards Committee on Dental Products
  • Arthur J. Bigsby, III, Member, Code Maintenance Committee
  • Donald A. Curtis, Consulting Editor, JADA Specialty Scan-Prosthodontics
  • Betsy K. Davis, Member, ADA Dental Quality Alliance
  • Michelle K. Ruse, Member, ADA Dental Quality Alliance
  • Monica J. Cayouette, Delegate, ADA House of Delegates
  • Andrew J. Dietz, Delegate, ADA House of Delegates
  • M. Reza Iranmanesh, Delegate, ADA House of Delegates
  • Bharat C. Joshi, Delegate, ADA House of Delegates
  • Patrick M. Lloyd, Delegate, ADA House of Delegates
  • Steven D. Spitz, Alternate, ADA House of Delegates  
  • Clark M. Stanford, Delegate, ADA House of Delegates

COMMISSION ON DENTAL ACCREDITATION (CODA)

  • Loana Tovar Suinaga, Commissioner for Prosthodontics
  • Frank J. Tuminelli, CODA Prosthodontics Review Committee
  • Dean Morton, Member, CODA Prosthodontics Review Committee
  • Sang J. Lee, Member, CODA Prosthodontics Review Committee
  • Heather J. Conrad, Member, CODA Appeals Board

COMMISSION FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER RECOGNITION (CCEPR)

  • Dima Ghunaim, Member, CCEPR Board of Commissioners
  • Mark C. Hutten, Member, CCEPR Appeal Board

AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (ADEA)

  • Lyndon F. Cooper, Delegate, ADEA Council of Deans
  • Lily T. Garcia, Delegate, ADEA Council of Deans
  • Andrea D. Jackson, Delegate, ADEA Council of Deans
  • Patrick M. Lloyd, Delegate, ADEA Council of Deans
  • Keith A. Mays, ADEA Council of Deans
  • Paul M. Mullasseril, ADEA Council of Deans
  • Avishai Sadan, Delegate, ADEA Council of Deans
  • Clark M. Stanford, Delegate, ADEA Council of Deans
  • Gabriela Lagreca, Delegate, ADEA Council of Faculties
  • Wei-Shao Lin, Prosthodontics Delegate, ADEA Council of Advanced Education Programs
  • Damian J. Lee, Councilor, ADEA Section on Prosthodontics
  • Soni Prasad, Chair, ADEA Section on Prosthodontics
  • Diego M. Ardenghi, Member, ADEA Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee