Association Activities

EDPAC Leaders Named

THE EMPIRE DENTAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EDPAC) has chosen its Board of Directors for the coming year. They are as follows:

Officers: Michael R. Breault, chair; Richard Andolina, vice chair; Raymond Flagiello, secretary; Joseph R. Caruso, treasurer.

Component Chairs: Lois Jackson, New York County; Valerie Venterina, Second District; Geoffrey Gamache, Third District; G. Kirk Gleason, Fourth District; James Wanamaker, Fifth District; Betsey Clark-Fortier, Sixth District; and James Soltys, Seventh District.

Also: John Tibbetts, Eighth District; Duraid Sahawneh, Ninth District; Michael Shreck, Nassau County; Prabha Krishnan, Queens County; Dimitrios Kilimitzoglou, Suffolk County; Joel Friedman, Bronx County.

At-Large Board Members: Robert Doherty, Ninth District; Chad Gehani, Queens County; Steven Gounardes, Second District; Maria Maranga, Suffolk County; Edward Miller Jr., Ninth District; John Nasca, Eighth District; and Lawrence Volland, Eighth District.

NSS Names Ten Board Members

NYSDA SUPPORT SERVICES (NSS) will be led in 2022 by the followingBoard:

Joseph Caruso, chairman; Michael Herrmann, president; MarkWeinberger, treasurer; Robert Doherty; Lawrence Volland; MinervaPatel; Roxene Gascoigne; Dimitrios Kilimitzoglou; Tricia Quartey;and Frank Barnashuk.

Council Takes Disciplinary Action

On Dec. 15, 2021, the NYSDA Council on Ethics issued an order to suspend Dr. Babak Robert Ghalili (License No. 043014) from membership for two (2) years, with said suspension completely stayed; a two (2) year probation with fourteen (14) hours of continuing education to include coursework in recordkeeping by the end of the probationary period.

After a full hearing on Dec. 8, 2021, the council found that Dr. Ghalili 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. Ghalili 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 Jan. 14, 2022.