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The next General Membership meeting will be held on
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at the Sheraton Columbia Hotel.
The speaker will be Dr. Neal Kravitz on TAD implementation. Cash bar and hors d'oeuvres at 6:30 PM;
Dinner and Meeting at 7:00; Speaker at 7:30 PM
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OFFICERS
Stuart Josell, President (410.706-7908) Ramesh Sardana, President-Elect (410.687.3608)
Chris Liang, Sec./Treas. (301.983.3132)
Board Members:
Barbara Halpern, Immediate Past President (410.)
Steve Siegel (Auxiliary course) (410.761.6960)
Philip Markin (State Board Liasion) (410.997.0770)
Byron Bonebreak (Director) (410.381.1077)
Jeffrey Jarvis
ad hoc Website: Frank Verde (410.252.8018)
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Alan S. Weisberg, senior member of MSSO, passed away
August, 2008. He was a 1955 graduate of Georgetown
Dental School and 1959 Columbia University. He was an
ABO member and on the staff at University of Maryland.
Our sympathy goes out to the family and friends.
Congratulations to Dr. Jason Shoe, 2008 Orthodontic Program Graduate.
Jason is the recipient of the 2008 William S. Kress Research Award which
is presented by the Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontics (MASO). His
thesis entitled "The Revised Bauru Yardstick for Bilateral Clefts:
Evaluation and Initial Application for Intercenter Outcome Assessment"
was judged by MASO's Education and Research Committee.
A University of Maryland resident has received this award in four of the
last five years! The Kress Award consists of a plaque and a check for
$500, complimentary full registration to the Annual Session,
reimbursement for round trip coach airfare, plus two nights'
complimentary accommodations at the annual meeting.
Jason, who is practicing in Maryland and a new MASO member, will be
honored during the Business Meeting at MASO's Annual Session Sunday,
October 12, 2008 at the Gran Melia Resort, in Puerto Rico. If you are
attending the meeting, please join us in congratulating Jason when he
receives his award!!
Next Board meeting:
TBA
King's Contrivance, Columbia, MD
Webmasters: Nicole Brummer and Frank Verde (410/252-8018) fverde@comcast.net or n.brummer@att.net