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NASSAU COUNTY
Past Presidents in New Roles Congratulations to NCDS past president Fabiola Milord, who was installed as president of the Long Island Academy of Odontology during a ceremony June 15 at Verdi’s in Westbury. At the same event, NCDS past president Binod Verma was installed as the organization’s editor.
Members Recycle Unfortunately, our summer membership event scheduled for Aug. 25 had to be postponed due to low registration. However, on Sept. 13, we held our first in-person Board of Directors meeting in over 18 months, since the beginning of the pandemic. Then, on Sept. 18, we hosted our first recycling event at our headquarters. Dentists from Nassau and surrounding areas brought their paper charts to be shredded, their X-ray films to be recycled and their electronics to be destroyed and recycled. Also on hand was Garfield Refining, which purchased dental scrap metal to be recycled. This full-service event was sponsored by Garfield Refining and MLMIC.
Our General Membership meetings on Oct. 4 and Nov. 8 will be held in-person. They will take place at the Jericho Terrace in Mineola. And, finally, our women’s dental conference “Scrubs and Stilettos,” cosponsored by the Suffolk County Dental Society, will be a live event at a new venue, The Heritage Club at the Bethpage Golf Course. It should be bigger and better than ever! All of our continuing education courses will remain virtual at least through the end of the year. Please check our website, www.nassaudental.org, to view, and register for, all upcoming events and courses.
NEW YORK COUNTY
New Dentists Get Social Mina C. Kim, D.D.S. Our New Dentist Committee held a successful (and much sought-after) in-person social just as COVID restrictions started to
lift at the end of June. The “welcome back” event on June 24 took place outdoors on a lovely terrace overlooking the Hudson on a perfect early summer night. The venue, Classic Car Club of Manhattan, a large warehouse filled with some of the world’s finest cars, was part of the appeal. So many dentists felt the need to reconnect in real life after the stress of the past year, limited opportunities to meet up and so much time spent on Zoom meetings, they filled a waitlist. Many attendees stayed well past the end of the event to linger over drinks, happy to be connecting in person again. The support of Corporate Friends MLMIC and Straumann, as well as Hands Online LIVE, Ignite DDS and Tend, was instrumental in the success of the event.
Gear Up for the GNYDM After participating in a virtual meeting in 2020, dentists, lecturers and exhibitors are eager to meet again in person at the Greater New York Dental Meeting, the largest dental meeting in the U.S., Nov. 26 to Dec. 1. NYCDS is excited to have its former president James Doundoulakis serve as general chair of this year’s meeting. Education has always been a hallmark of the GNYDM. There are over 350 seminars, hands-on workshops, essay and scientific poster sessions planned, featuring hundreds of the world’s most respected educators. As an added bonus, there are more
NASSAU COUNTY Fabiola Milord and Binod Verma celebrate installations as officers of Long Island Academy of Odontology with, from left, Aleyda Grullon, Lisa Sedotto, Gene Porcelli (in back), Howard Baylarian, Diana Geroy, Dr. Milord, Michael Shreck, Al Granger, Meena Verma, Dr. Verma, Charlie Hanna, Grace Korpi-Hanna.
NEW YORK COUNTY June social proved popular with new dentists, many of whom welcomed opportunity to meet in person with colleagues.
38 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 The New York State Dental Journal ●
