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
- Frank J. Tuminelli, Prosthodontic Commissioner
- Susan E. Brackett, Member, National Commission Appeals Board
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION (ADA)
- Fatemeh S. Afshari, Member, Dental Quality Alliance
- Stephen F. Bergen, Member, Standards Committee on Dental Informatics
- Lawrence Gettlemen, Member, Standards Committee on Dental Products
- Donald A. Curtis, Consulting Editor, JADA Specialty Scan-Prosthodontics
- Rand F. Harlow, Member, ADA Dental Quality Alliance
- Ralph C. Attanasi, Delegate, ADA House of Delegates
- Patrick M. Lloyd, Delegate, ADA House of Delegates
- Ethan A. Pansick, Alternate, ADA House of Delegates
COMMISSION ON DENTAL ACCREDITATION (CODA)
- John R. Agar, Commissioner for Prosthodontics
- Louis A. DiPede, Member, CODA Prosthodontics Review Committee
- Hiroshi Hirayama, Member, CODA Prosthodontics Review Committee
- Arthur Nimmo, Member, CODA Prosthodontics Review Committee
- Dr. Theresa M. Hofstede, Member, CODA Appeals Board
COMMISSION FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER RECOGNITION (CCEPR)
- Mark C. Hutten, Member, CCEPR
- David A. Felton, Member, CCEPR Appeal Board
AMERICAN DENTAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (ADEA)
- Keith A. Mays, Chair, ADEA Annual Session Program Committee; Board Director for Sections; Member, ADEA Policy Research Advisory Committee
- Heather J. Conrad, Board Director for Hospitals and Advanced Education Programs
- Laurie F. Moeller, Prosthodontics Delegate, Council of Hospitals and Advanced Education Programs
- Cortino Sukotjo, Member, ADEA Policy Research Advisory Committee
- Igor J. Pesun, Chair-elect, ADEA Council of Sections Administrative Board
- Mark A. Dellinges, Councilor, ADEA Section on Prosthodontics
- Damian J. Lee, Chair-elect, ADEA Section on Prosthodontics
- Fengyuan Zheng, Secretary, ADEA Section on Prosthodontics