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Association Activities
NYSDA Fills Top Offices
NYSDA House of Delegates Annual Meeting came to a close with installation of officers for 2024-2025. Immediate Past President Anthony Cuomo administers oath of office to, from left, President Prabha Krishnan, Secretary-Treasurer Paul Leary, Speaker William Karp, Vice President Amarilis Jacobo, President-Elect Maurice Edwards. Annual Meeting took place May 30June 1 at Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona.
Board Welcomes New Members
ON THE WAY to their first meeting as members of NYSDA Board of Trustees are from left, Drs. Louis Giordano, Sixth District; Jacqueline Samuels, Bronx County; Geoffrey Gamache, Third District. Completing terms on the Board at the conclusion of Annual House Meeting were Drs. Steven Essig, Third District, and Luis Mauleon, Sixth District. Dr. Amarilis Jacobo, Bronx County, was installed as vice president.
Team NYSDA
In what has become an annual tradition, NYSDA fielded a group of runners/walkers in the CDPHP Workforce Team Challenge taking place May 16 in downtown Albany. The 3.5-mile challenge attracts 10,000 participants, making it the largest running event in the Capital Region. Proceeds go to the Hudson-Mohawk Road Runners Club. Assembled at the starting point are, from left, Patty Marcucia, Kasey Healy, Lynne Prignon, Christa Murray, Dr. Lauren Heisinger, Peter Lacijan, Heather Relation, Maureen O’Brien, Dr. Divyanka Pawaskar. Amanda Armao, at far right, participated virtually.
Council Takes Disciplinary Action
ON APRIL 5, 2024, the NYSDA Council on Ethics issued an order to suspend Dr. James Merle Roger (License No. 056896) from membership for two years. After a full hearing on March 22, 2024, the council found that Dr. Roger had been disciplined for professional misconduct by the New York State Education Department Board of Regents and, as such, was in violation of Paragraph B of Section 20 Chapter X of the NYSDA Bylaws.
Dr. Roger did not appeal the council’s decision within the requisite 30-day timeframe to the American Dental Association (ADA). The decision of the NYSDA Council on Ethics thereby became final and effective as of May 5, 2024.
In Memoriam
NEW YORK COUNTYWilliam Jarrett Georgetown University ‘542957 Oakside Circle Alpharetta, GA 30004December 5, 2022
SECOND DISTRICTPeter LamaColumbia University ‘88 6123 5th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220January 15, 2023
SEVENTH DISTRICTJoanne Sasse University at Buffalo ‘63 7 Margo Drive Fairpoint, NY 14450 March 25, 2024
EIGHTH DISTRICTTracy Culver University at Buffalo ‘90 2052 Winch Road Lakewood, NY 14750 August 1, 2023
NINTH DISTRICTAlan Pitegoff New York University ‘66 66 Susan Drive Newburgh, NY 12550March 20, 2024
NASSAU COUNTYHyman Citron Columbia University ‘50 5749 Camino Del Sol, #207 Boca Raton, FL 33433March 22, 2024
QUEENS COUNTYLawrence Mass New York University ‘60 103 Emerald Key Lane Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 May 19, 2024
Robert MillerUniversity of Pennsylvania ‘80 10026 67th Road Forest Hills, NY 11375December 15, 2023
SUFFOLK COUNTYGerald FineUniversity of Pennsylvania ‘59 25 Gaul Road Setauket, NY 11733December 15, 2023
