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FLAGD Annual
Membership Awards |
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2012 Annual Awards Information |
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APPLICATION FOR 2012 FLAGD
MEMBERSHIP AWARDS |
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time again to submit names for the FLAGD Membership Awards. The
awards are presented at the FLAGD General Assembly luncheon,
which is regularly held on the Friday of the Florida Dental Association’s
annual meeting, the FNDC, at the Gaylord Palms Resort in
Orlando. The Luncheon is free to members who reserve in
advance. In addition to the Achievement Awards, the FLAGD Awards
Committee is accepting self-nominations for two Continuing
Education Awards. These awards will be presented to the FLAGD
member who has taken the most participation CE hours and lecture
CE hours during the prior calendar
year, in this case, 2011. Each application must be confirmed by the
submission of a copy of the nominees AGD Transcript and must be
accompanied by all associated documentation of course
attendance. Hours earned in a formal program, i.e. graduate
school or a MasterTrack program, will not be counted toward the
Continuing Education Award.
If you think you may qualify for this new, prestigious award,
contact the AGD for a copy of your transcript and mail it to the
Florida AGD office at 2372 NW 8th St., Delray Beach, 33445, or
fax it to us at 707-220-2861.
Other awards that will presented at the General Assembly are
the Achievement Awards:
The J. Frank Collins Lifetime Achievement Award.
This award will recognize individuals who have demonstrated
innovation and leadership, dedication to the advancement of
dentistry, tenacity in pursuing idealistic goals, and who have
made positive changes for the benefit of the dental profession
and the dental health of the public. In 2010, this award was
presented posthumously to former FLAGD and AGD President, Dr. J.
Frank Collins, following which the FLAGD Board of Directors
named the award in Dr. Collins’ honor.
The Distinguished Service Award
This award will be presented to a Council, Committee, or Task
Force Member who has served the Florida AGD in an outstanding
manner. The recipient will have gone beyond the call of duty in
assuring continuity and integrity in the operations of this
organization, as in the development of new programs, and has
served the changing needs of the membership. In 2010, this award
was presented to Dr. Mel Kessler, Chairman of the FLAGD Program
(Continuing Education) Committee.
Humanitarian Award
The Humanitarian Award was established to recognize an
individual who volunteers his or her service in conjunction with
a consistent commitment to enhance the image of general
dentistry through the continuous delivery of quality dental care
and through consistent leadership in areas of civic involvement.
The volunteer service does not need to be done in conjunction
with the Florida AGD, nor does it need to be performed in the
United States. Last year, this award was presented to Dr. John
Ohlsson for his mission work and organizing a 9-ton airlift of
dental, medical and optical supplies and equipment to Latvia.
If sufficient nominations are received, the Committee will
present the top three (3) nominees to the Board of Directors to
make a decision at its Spring Meeting. The award recipients will
be announced in the Spring issue of Florida Focus. All award
recipients will be individually notified as soon as the
determination is made, and asked attend the annual General
Assembly to receive the award.
The deadline for submission of nominations is Monday,
April 2, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. Please use the nomination form
downloaded above. You may mail, fax or email the form to the
FLAGD office. No form is necessary to self-nominate for the CE
Award, just send a letter accompanying your transcript. |
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2011 Annual Award Winners |
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FLAGD DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Harvey P. Gordon, DDS, MAGD
Dr. Gordon has been a practicing dentist since 1968 and this year he
celebrates his 40-year anniversary as a member of the Academy of
General Dentistry. He has served on the Board of the Florida AGD and
has held the offices of Treasurer, Vice-President, President, and
Immediate Past President. In fact, last year he held both positions of
Immediate Past President and Treasurer.
Dr. Gordon is also active in the Gold Coast AGD, where he served as
Treasurer for many years and continues as a member in good standing.
He became a Founding Member of the Gold Coast AGD in 1990.
In addition to his role as Treasurer of the Florida AGD, Dr. Gordon
serves as Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee, and
successfully manages the reserve funds of the Academy on an ongoing,
hands-on basis. The Academy has consistently improved its financial
status because of the oversight of Dr. Gordon.
He also created the Audit Committee, to assist with the audit of the
FLAGD and the Awards Committee, to enable the FLAGD to acknowledge
members who have performed exceptional service to the Academy.
Dr. Gordon has served as a Delegate to the AGD House of Delegates on
behalf of the FLAGD since 1997. Additionally, he served three terms as
Treasurer of Region 20, from 2000 to 2009.
There is very little that Dr. Gordon has not done for the FLAGD, and
he never turns down a request to volunteer.
FLAGD HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Raul Molina, DDS
Dr. Molina has directed several
humanitarian missions to the Tarahumara indian tribes of Northern
Mexico in the Copper Canyon mountains region. He also directs
humanitarian missions to the Maya and Mexican people in the Yucatan
Peninsula region.
Additionally, he manages several humanitarian and medical/dental
missions in the Middle East countries of Lebanon and Syria, where he
provides leadership training to local business owners and
entrepreneurs from Egypt, Dubai, Cyprus and other Middle East region
countries.
Dr. Molina also directs humanitarian missions in the South American
countries, Venezuela and Chile, as well as throughout Cuba. He
provides volunteer dental services in several university-based and
public health clinics and orphanages throughout the Dominican
Republic.
On the home front, Dr. Molina donates his time at His House Children’s
Home, a private, non-profit, faith-based organization dedicated to
restoring the joy in the lives of children from newborn to 18 years of
age and children who have transitioned out of the foster care system
and families; REMAR International, an international center (in over 58
countries) with two locations in South Florida, for helping in the
rehabilitation and vocational training of drug addicts, juvenile
delinquents, prostitutes and other individuals who have been
marginated from society at large; Donated Dental Services, the Mass
Disaster Identification Team, and the University of Florida Hialeah
Dental Clinic.
FLAGD LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Larry Scheitler, DDS, MAGD,
ABGD
Dr. Scheitler has been a dentist and member of the AGD since 1975.
He has spent the majority of his practice working for the VA, and was
honorably discharged from the US Army Reserves in 2005 as a Colonel.
Dr. Scheitler’s activities on behalf of the Academy of General
Dentistry are many and varied. He served as President of Region 17,
the VA Chapter of the AGD, from 1987 to 1989, and also served as their
Delegate to the AGD House of Delegates.
He switched his AGD region upon moving to Florida, and became a member
of the Florida AGD and Region 20. From 2005-2009, Dr. Scheitler served
as AGD Trustee from Region 20. He also served as Secretary to the
FLAGD and Editor of the Florida Focus for six years, during which the
FLAGD newsletter on the AGD’s ACE Award for outstanding publications
every year of his editorship.
From 2004-2005, Dr. Scheitler served as Chair of the AGD’s PACE
Council, and continues to advise both the Florida AGD and the Bay
Pines VA Study Club on PACE issues.
Currently, Dr. Scheitler is the Chief of Dental Services for the Bay
Pines VA, which operates 20 dental clinics in Florida and Puerto Rico.
He has been and continues to be on the staff of many dental schools,
and has established programs in General Dentistry at many of these
schools. He has received a great many honors for his work in both his
military and civilian activities.
MOST CE HOURS AWARD
Keith M. Friefeld, DDS, FAGD
Dr. Friefeld was the winner of a new
award first presented this year, the “Most CE Hours Award,” with more
than 300 verifiable participation and lecture CE credits earned in
2010.
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