Addendum

NYSDA and Foundation Salute CE Achievers

THE NEW YORK STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION believes lifelong learning is integral to keeping up with current trends in the profession. In fact, NYSDA was the first professional organization in New York State to mandate that its members accumulate a certain number of continuing education credits as a prerequisite for relicensure.

The New York State Dental Foundation, which administers the NYSDA Continuing Education (CE) Registry, has tabulated the CE hours earned by NYSDA members in 2021. Based on the number of credits submitted to the CE Registry, the top achievers for that year are Harry Sacks of Nassau County Dental Society (3,500 hours), followed by Carla Schlissel of Suffolk County Dental Society (3,000).

Additionally, NYSDA recognizes its members who have earned 100, 300, 500, 1,000 and every 500 hours of CE credits after that, as recorded in the CE Registry. The breakdown by numbers of members at each level in 2021 are as follows: 100 (79); 300 (68); 500 (72); 1,000 (33); 1,500 (11); 2,000 (4); 2,500 (3); 3,000 (1); and 3,500 (1). All awardees receive certificates from NYSDA, which are presented by the awardee’s component.

Asked to explain his achievement, Dr. Sacks said, “The reason I am so driven to pursue continuing education can be summed up in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: ‘Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.’”

CE credits are entered year-round for members. Dentists can submit credits that are up to a year old by mailing certificates of course completion to NYSDA Continuing Education, 20 Corporate Woods Blvd., Suite 602, Albany NY 12211; by faxing them to (518) 465-3219; or by sending them electronically via the NYSDA website, www.nysdental.org.

Congratulations to this year’s top achievers, listed below:

3,500

Harry Sacks.....Nassau County

3,000

Carla Schlissel ........Suffolk County

2,500

H. John Schutze ....... Fourth District

Stuart Segelnick ...... Second District

2,000

Ernest Mears ...........Fifth District

Rodney Littlejohn ..... Seventh District

David Miller ........Nassau County

Bradley Portenoy .....Nassau County

1,500

Andrew Marks. ...... Second District

Jeffrey Backer ........ Fourth District

Alan Cassara ....... Seventh District

Doron Kochman....Seventh District

Ellen Vossler ......... Eighth District

Sujatha De Silva .......Ninth District

Judith Okun. ..........Ninth District

Ajit Sardana ..........Ninth District

Jeffrey Goldberg .....Nassau County

Stuart Kesner ........ Queens County

Jerome Cymerman .....Suffolk County

1,000

Jed Best ......... New York County

Servio Tuero ...... New York County

Alfonse LaFemina. .... Second District

Analia Veitz-Keenan ... Second District

Stephen Demarco. ...... Third District

Paul Lonstein .......... Third District

Chhaya Shah ......... Third District

David Balestrini . . . . . . . . Fourth District

Michelle Kisiel-Cohen ... Fourth District

Norman Cognetto .......Fifth District

Natalya Levin ..........Fifth District

Jacob Revercomb ........Fifth District

Shaila Garasia ...... Seventh District

Stephen Korn. ....... Seventh District

Marc Malatesta ...... Seventh District

Sean Meitner. ....... Seventh District

James Hoddick....Eighth District

Anthony Peppy ....... Eighth District

Robert Schifferle. ...... Eighth District

Clayton Hise . . . . . . . . . . Ninth District

Kavita Kohli. ..........Ninth District

Jill Meyer ............Ninth District

Jonathan Rhodes .......Ninth District

Kenneth Hirsch ......Nassau County

Michael Klein .......Nassau County

Bruce Corbin ........ Queens County

Maria Torres ........ Queens County

Jayesh Trivedi ....... Queens County

Steven Hill. ..........Suffolk County

Ivan Vazquez Santiago......Suffolk County

Lawrence Holtzman .... Bronx County