Association Activities Board of Dentistry Appointments Announced THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF REGENTS has approved the appointment of two NYSDA members to five-year terms on the State Board for Dentistry. They are Payam Goudarzi, D.D.S., of Johnson City, Sixth District, and Charles Grannum of Brooklyn, Second District. Their appointments are in effect now, through Mar. 31, 2027. Dr. Goudarzi is a past president of NYSDA. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the New York State Dental Foundation, the NYSDA Council on Awards and is a member of the MLMIC Underwriting Claims Review Committee. A graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine, he is proprietor of Goudarzi Dental in Payam Goudarzi Johnson City. Dr. Grannum received his dental degree from Fairleigh Dickenson School of Dentistry and graduated in 1991 from the prosthodontics program at NY-Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center. He is employed at Fort Greene Clinton Hill Dental in Brooklyn.
Council Approves Nominees for NYSDA Office AT THEIR MEETING March 21, members of the NYSDA Council on Nominations approved its slate of officers for 2022-2023 as follows: James E. Galati, Fourth District, was advanced to the office of president; Anthony M. Cuomo, Ninth District, was nominated for the office of president-elect; Prabha Krishnan, Queens County, was nominated for the office of vice president; and Frank C. Barnashuk, Eighth District, was nominated for the office of secretary-treasurer.
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