Addendum

ADA Delegates Select New York Endodontist for Vice President Post

Maria Maranga installed at virtual House meeting.

NYSDA DELEGATES tuned into the ADA’s first-ever virtual House meeting received the good news on Oct. 19: Maria Maranga of Aquebogue, NY, had just been declared winner of the election for ADA Second Vice President. Dr. Maranga, whose 30- year involvement in organized dentistry has made her a well-known figure among her colleagues, was sworn into office that same day.

Maria Maranga

The Suffolk County endodontist had mounted a spirited campaign that emphasized her previous leadership roles and time spent mentoring new dentists, all of which, she said, made her the right person to assume the office of second vice president and to work on creating a meaningful membership experience for all. In her acceptance

and was elected to a three-year term on the ADA Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. In addition, she has served as president of the New York State Association of Endodontists and academic affairs director of the American Association of Women Dentists.

At the state level, Dr. Maranga sits on the NYSDA Council on Dental Health Planning and Hospital Dentistry, Empire Dental Political Action Committee Board of Directors and New York State Dental Association Board of Trustees.

Dr. Maranga is a graduate of New York University College of Dentistry. She completed a general practice residency at the VA Medical Center in Northport and a postgraduate program in endodontics at speech to the House, she said, “I am here to listen and strongly represent you. I am your voice. I’m ready to meet the challenge and look forward to a great year.”

Dr. Maranga has been active on the national, state and local levels of organized dentistry. She is past chair of the ADA Council on Membership and past president of the Suffolk County Dental Society. She is a graduate of the ADA Institute on Diversity,

NYU. She has been engaged in private practice of endodontics in Aquebogue since 1998. Additionally, she is endodontic attending to the GPR program at Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn; on the postgraduate endodontics faculty, NYU-Lutheran Hospital and NYU College of Dentistry; and endodontic attending to the GPR program, Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, and Jamaica Hospital, Queens.