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The 2014-15 officers of the American Board of Orthodontics are: – president; Dr. Eladio DeLeon, Jr. of Augusta, Georgia – Dr. Steven Dugoni of South San Francisco president-elect; and Dr. Chun-Hsi Chung of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania - secretary-treasurer. Dr. Patrick F. Foley of Lake Zurich, Illinois has been elected to serve as a director of the ABO. Dr. Paul Castelein of Princeton, Illinois is the ABO’s immedi-ate past president of the ABO. Additional information about Drs. DeLeon, Dugoni, Chung and Foley, all of whom have Diplomate status with the ABO, ap-pears below.

Dr. DeLeon is the Goldstein Chair of Orthodontics and chair of the Depart-ment of Orthodontics at Georgia Regents University-Augusta. Dr. DeLeon is the ABO liaison to the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Orthodontics, the Graduate Orth-odontic Residents

Program (GORP) and the AAO Council on New and Younger Members. During his tenure as an ABO director, Dr. DeLeon has represented the Southern Association of Orthodontists. Dr. DeLeon completed his training in orthodontics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Dr. Dugoni, who has been in private prac-tice since 1981, received his master’s degree in orthodon-tics at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. He has taught at the dental school for more than 30 years. Currently, he is an adjunct clinical professor

and director of the Mixed Dentition Clinic in the Department of Orthodontics. He is a past president of Angle Northern California (a component of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontist) and of the the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists. Dr. Dugoni has published articles in the AJO-DO and other publications.

Dr. Chung is the Chauncey M. F. Egel Endowed Chair and program director of the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Pennsyl-vania School of Dental Medicine, where he also completed his orthodontic residency. He serves as chair of

Dr. Eladio DeLeon, Jr.

Dr. Chun-Hsi Chung

Dr. Steven Dugoni

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the ABO Written Examination Committee and is the ABO’s liaison to the the American Journal of Ortho-dontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. In addition, he is a member of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists and is a consultant to the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Dr. Foley, who repre-sents the Midwestern Society of Ortho-dontists on the ABO Board, is a guest examiner for the ABO Clinical Examination. He serves on the ABO Written Examina-tion Committee, the IT/Website Commit-tee, the Standards of Care Committee and the Certification/

Growth/Advocacy Committee. He is also the liaison for the ADA SCDI Standards Committee on Dental Information. Dr. Foley has been in private practice in Lake Zurich since 1987. He serves as an assistant clinical professor at the Saint Louis University Center for Advanced Dental Education and is the immediate past president of the Illinois Society of Orthodontists.

During the 2015 Annual Session, the following members received the Joseph E. Johnson Clinical Award for Table Clinics

Dr. Heather Hendricks, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Research title: “Investigating the etiology and pathogenesis of primary failure of eruption (PFE)”

Dr. Clarice Nishio, Universite de Montreal

Research title: “Expression of the osteoblast membrane protein Bril in tooth and periodontal tissues during development and following tooth movement”

Hunter Boss and Bianca Boji, co-author, University of Detroit Mercy (dental students)

Research title: “Genetics of teeth angulation and inclination in patients with overt malocclusion”

Dr. Patrick F. Foley

Dr. Heather Hendricks is pictured with Drs. Frans Currier (left) and Jeffrey Nickel of the AAO Council on Scientific Affairs.

Dr. Clarice Nishio is pictured with Drs. Jeffrey Nickel (left) and Frans Currier of the AAO Council on Scientific Affairs.

Hunter Boss and his co-author, Bianca Boji, are pictured with Drs. Jeffrey Nickel (left) and Frans Currier of the AAO Council on Scientific Affairs.

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Dr. Phimon Atsawasuwan, an assistant professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, received the AAO Foundation’s 2015 Biomedical Research Award. Dr. Atsawasuwan’s award was based on his study, “The effect

of microRNA-29 on orthodontic tooth movement.”

Partnered with Dr. Xiaofeng Zhou, an associate professor in the College of Dentistry Department of Periodontics, Dr. Atsawasuwan will work to inves-tigate roles of microRNA during tooth movement, while Dr. Zhou will help with the technique of laser-captured micro-dissection and analysis of microRNA result. The researchers expect to gain an insight on how micro-RNA-29 plays roles in periodontal ligament cells, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts function during tooth movement. They will also investigate whether changes of level microRNA-29 will affect the rate of tooth movement in animals. The AAOF Biomedical Research Award allocates $30,000 for one year to each recipient. The award is designed to help orthodontic faculty conduct independent orthodontic and craniofacial biology research.

Dr. Robert James Bray of Atlantic City, New Jersey has been appointed to serve on the University of Rochester Eastman Institute for Oral Health Foundation Board of Directors. Dr. Bray was the AAO president for 2009-10. He is the immediate past president of the AAO Foundation and

currently serves as National Planned Giving Chair for the foundation. A past president of the Middle Atlan-tic Society of Orthodontists, he is now MASO’s direc-tor for the AAO Foundation. Dr. Bray has served for 20 years on the Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry orthodontic faculty. He is also a visiting professor at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, where he received his master’s degree and orth-odontic certificate.

Dr. Emiliya Taneva, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Orthodontics of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, has been named the first recip-ient of the American Dental Association

Dr. Phimon Atsawasuwan Dr. Robert James Bray

Dr. Emiliya Taneva

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Council on Dental Practice Robert H. Ahlstrom New Investigator Award. The award highlights the crucial role of dental informatics. Dr. Taneva was honored for her paper, “3D Evaluation of Palatal Rugae for Human Identification Using Digital Study Models.” The project involved developing and utilizing a 3D approach for human verification and identification using the palatal rugae pattern. Her continued research aims to evalu-ate the matching process in identical and fraternal twins, siblings, and parents, and to determine longi-tudinal changes in palatal rugae individual patterns. Dr. Taneva envisions 3D digital study models obtained with intraoral or model scanners for diagnosis and treatment planning being “integrated in the personal electronic health record, which can be requested and accessed by forensic institutes and law enforce-ment.” Dr. Taneva will present her research at the 2015 ADA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

In Memoriam

Accolades continuedDr. T. J. Aoba of Deerfield, IL December 27, 2014

Dr. H. Eldon Attaway of Irving, TX December 19, 2014

Dr. Robert A. Auger of Monterey, CA November 1, 2013

Dr. Alfred T. Baum of Los Angeles, CA January 24, 2015

Dr. George C. Chipain of Elmhurst, IL July 2015

Dr. Jerry M. Denson of Orlando, FL May 22, 2015

Dr. Robert H. Enterline of Erie, PA June 7, 2014

Dr. Kenneth E. Holland Sr. of Lincoln, NE September 1, 2014

Dr. Martin G. Katz of Watertown, MA April 12, 2014

Dr. William Walter Klusmeier of Fort Smith, AR July 2015

Dr. George J. Kottemann of Peoria, IL June 1, 2015

Dr. Henry (George) Krull of Indianapolis June 29, 2015

Dr. Seymour Levin of Rancho Mirage, CA May 5, 2015

Dr. Roger B. Mills of San Antonio, TX September 2013

Dr. Cyril O’Brien of Salem, OR January 13, 2015

Dr. William R. Parks of Yorktown, VA May 21, 2015

Dr. George C. Pearson of Naples, FL January 23, 2015

Dr. Gus G. Sotiropoulos of Belleville, IL June 12, 2015

Visit the In Memoriam section of Communities at aaoinfo.org for more information on some members who have passed away.

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