Washington Section Newsletter - Summer 2025

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

ACD 2025 Annual Meeting and Convocation

October 23-24

JW Marriott Hotel Pennsylvania Ave, WA DC

Register now! acd.org/fellowship/meetings/

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the coof the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren

ACD WA Section Study Club

September 8, 2025

December 8, 2025

March 6, 2026

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Seattle, WA + Virtual

Fellows & Friends Breakfast

September 27, 2025

7:15 - 7:55 a.m.

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SPEA Regent, Annalise Kress, and UWSOD

SPEA President, Irene Ahn, address the Fellows

WSDA House of Delegates Downtown Marriott | Tacoma, WA

Fellowship Nominations for ACD Convocation 2026

Deadline February 1, 2026

Tri-College Education Day

AI in Dentistry: Innovation, Application, & Ethical Responsibility

ection Leadership:

March 20, 2026 | 8:30 - 3:00 Washington Athletic Club Seattle, WA

— Darcie Morris, DDS

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

ACD Spring Leadership Retreat

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Keynote delivered by David Dean

Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

April 30 - May 2, 2026

— Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

Pillar and Post Resort Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

Lauren Hagel, Section Secretary, shares about the Study Club

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has initiated the Study Club which plans to meet quarterly in both an in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases with special exploration and discussion around ethical principles that arise. All Fellows are invited and encouraged to participate.

Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

Long-serving Section Treasurer, Dat Giap

Section Chair Morris encouraged nominations for ACD Fellowship of colleagues. A common characteristic shared by successful candidates for Fellowship is demonstrated leadership. Darcie offered for Fellows to reach out to her and others on the Board for help with reviewing nominations to help to ensure the success of the nomination.

Our Section Project Tri-College Day was very successful earlier this year with the theme of ‘leadership’ and plans are underway for March 2026 with the theme of ‘AI.’

Section Chair Morris celebrated that our Section was in the top 5 for Giving Tuesday 2024 and she encouraged participation for ACD Foundation giving.

Section Board Member, Larry Garetto, visits with Ron Dahl

ACD Washington Section enjoys warm Fellowship and a nice dinner together during the Annual Meeting on May 9th at Hotel Theodore in Seattle.

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Washington Section Chair, Darcie Morris, opens the Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA Spring | Summer 2025

Susan Adams, lmmediate Past Section Chair, and Darcie Morris, Chair, visit prior to the meeting

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High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

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Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led by Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section and it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as it symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Fellowship were recognized a Ceremony, led by Immediate Past Adams. Rosette often given to new their and it be worn in place of the ACD pin as it symbolizes all the of Fellowship commitment excellence, ethics, professionalism, leadership.

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led by Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section and it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as it symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dr. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the co chair of the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. The Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our ACD Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote David Dr. an Attending Oral at Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Medicine the co chair of the Care Study Group the Association of Care in Cancer Regent, Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees video message at the ACD Board of Regents and Spring Leadership Conference support ACD Section leaders. The was given Treasurer, Giap, and our Secretary, Hagel, on our ACD Washington Section Study Club.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dr. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the co chair of the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. The Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our ACD Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren

Section Leadership:

Chair — Darcie Morris, DDS

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Chair — Morris, — Hagel, Dat Giap, DMD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Past Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

Editor — Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

SPEA Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

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Regent — Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

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has initiated the Study Club which plans to meet quarterly in both an in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases with special exploration and discussion around ethical principles that arise. All Fellows are invited and encouraged to participate.

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High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

has initiated the Study Club which plans to meet quarterly in both an in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases with special exploration and discussion around ethical principles that arise. All Fellows are invited and encouraged to participate.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dr. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the cochair of the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders.

The Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our ACD Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren has initiated quarterly goal is discussion Fellows Past Regent about the Meeting D.C. The Friday this attend with Section Fellowship successful leadership. others on help to ensure Our Section earlier this are underway Section the top participation

Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

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Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

has initiated the Study which to meet in both in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases and ethical that Fellows are and encouraged to Past Regent of ACD Regency Lawton, shared about the importance the ACD Meeting which will October 23-24 in Washington D.C. days have and Friday this hopefully it Fellows attend less time away their practices.

Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

Section Chair Morris encouraged nominations for ACD Fellowship of colleagues. A common characteristic shared by successful candidates for Fellowship is demonstrated leadership. Darcie offered for Fellows to reach out to her and others on the Board for help with reviewing nominations to help to ensure the success of the nomination.

Our Section Project Tri-College Day was very successful earlier this year with the theme of ‘leadership’ and plans are underway for March 2026 with the theme of ‘AI.’ Section Chair Morris celebrated that our Section was in the top 5 for Giving Tuesday 2024 and she encouraged participation for ACD Foundation giving.

While every effort is made by the Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear in this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the ofÞcers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

Section Leadership:

Chair — Darcie Morris, DDS

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Past Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

Editor — Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

SPEA Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

ACD Washington Section enjoys warm Fellowship and a nice dinner together during the Annual Meeting on May 9th at Hotel Theodore in Seattle.

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Regent — Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the coof the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders.

Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren

While every effort is made by Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the cers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

SPEA Regent, Annalise Kress, and UWSOD

SPEA President, Irene Ahn, address the Fellows

ection Leadership:

— Darcie Morris, DDS

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

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has initiated the Study Club which plans to meet quarterly in both an in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases with special exploration and discussion around ethical principles that arise. All Fellows are invited and encouraged to participate.

Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

Section Chair Morris encouraged nominations for ACD Fellowship of colleagues. A common characteristic shared by successful candidates for Fellowship is demonstrated leadership. Darcie offered for Fellows to reach out to her and others on the Board for help with reviewing nominations to help to ensure the success of the nomination.

Our Section Project Tri-College Day was very successful earlier this year with the theme of ‘leadership’ and plans are underway for March 2026 with the theme of ‘AI.’

Section Chair Morris celebrated that our Section was in the top 5 for Giving Tuesday 2024 and she encouraged participation for ACD Foundation giving.

Keynote delivered by David Dean Lauren Hagel, Section Secretary, shares about the Study Club

ACD Washington Section enjoys warm Fellowship and a nice dinner together during the Annual Meeting on May 9th at Hotel Theodore in Seattle.

Long-serving Section Treasurer, Dat Giap

Section Board Member, Larry Garetto, visits with Ron Dahl

Susan Adams, lmmediate Past Section Chair, and Darcie Morris, Chair, visit prior to the meeting

Keynote delivered by David Dean

Lauren Hagel, Section Secretary, shares about the Study Club

SPEA Regent, Annalise Kress, and UWSOD SPEA President, Irene Ahn, address the Fellows

Long-serving Section Treasurer, Dat Giap

Section Board Member, Larry Garetto, visits with Ron Dahl

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

A Lens on Leadership

WNewly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led by Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section and it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as it symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

Inaugural Study Club for ACD Washington Section

On June 9th, Section Secretary, Lauren Hagel, organized, hosted, and led our Section’s first study club event intended to create discussions around ethical dilemmas faced in practice. This was available for both an inperson experience in Seattle, as well as virtually on Zoom.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean.

Dr. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the cochair of the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders.

hile the Noble Room in the Washington Athletic Club was full of fifty leaders in their own right, the objective of Tri-College Day on March 21, 2025 was to examine leadership from various perspectives in order to learn and connect with one another. Mike Graham, ACD Executive Director, opened the day with comments on the importance of leadership. He was followed by Amy Doneen, DNP, who spoke about her journey into the field of arteriology as it relates to prevention of heart attack, stroke, and dementia. who addressed the ethical dilemma of care in the current insurance system by creating her own system of care, where she is spending much time with patients, and seeing amazing outcomes, but with the knowledge that she cannot see everyone. Next was Mark Mitchke, Delta Dental of Washington CEO, who addressed leading through conßict in large and complicated systems. Then, Col. Brian Newberry, CEO of Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, explored why culture matters in organizations.

The Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our ACD Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren has initiated quarterly goal is discussion Fellows Past Regent about the Meeting D.C. The Friday this attend with Section Fellowship successful leadership. others on help to ensure Our Section earlier this are underway Section the top participation

Attendees were presented with clinical and social findings from a case that was being treated with orthodontics to plan for conservative restoration of up to 3 missing teeth. The patient was ultimately treated with full mouth extractions and allon-4 dentures.

Discussions by attendees identified the importance of open and ethical communication amongst dental team members as well as with patients and colleagues.

Student SPEA leaders from UWSOD were also in attendance and there was discussion and excitement for future meetings which are planned to be held quarterly with the next Section Study Club scheduled for September 8th.

While every effort is made by the Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear in this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the ofÞcers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

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Section Leadership:

Chair — Darcie Morris, DDS

Save the Date!

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Fellows are encouraged to join by both engaging in discussions of presented cases as well as by presenting cases or topics. A few potential topics that were identified included 1) Ethical considerations in working with dental auxiliaries your team, lab, etc. 2) New dentists assuming the practice of practice providers and 3 ) Ethical considerations in treatment planning. Thank you all who attended.

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Past Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

Editor — Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Please contact Lauren Hagel if you would be willing to share a case or facilitate discussions around a topic that may present an ethical dilemma. lauren.hagel@gmail.com

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

SPEA Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

Regent — Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

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Spring | Summer 2025

Interested in Becoming a Mentor for SPEA?

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

The UW SPEA Chapter is hoping to host a Mentor–Mentee event where ACD Fellows can connect with current University of Washington School of Dentistry students. This event would be a casual, after-work mixer held one evening during the upcoming academic year.

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

UW SPEA leadership is gauging interest. If you’d be excited to participate, please scan the QR code to let them know! Once they gather responses, SPEA leaders Irene Ahn and Annalise Kress will be in contact to plan next steps.

Please scan the QR code or use the link to connect!

SPEA

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the coof the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren

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has initiated the Study Club which plans to meet quarterly in both an in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases with special exploration and discussion around ethical principles that arise. All Fellows are invited and encouraged to participate.

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Washington Section and the University of Washington School of Dentistry

Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

SLong-serving Section Treasurer, Dat Giap

Section Chair Morris encouraged nominations for ACD Fellowship of colleagues. A common characteristic shared by successful candidates for Fellowship is demonstrated leadership. Darcie offered for Fellows to reach out to her and others on the Board for help with reviewing nominations to help to ensure the success of the nomination.

Our Section Project Tri-College Day was very successful earlier this year with the theme of ‘leadership’ and plans are underway for March 2026 with the theme of ‘AI.’

Section Chair Morris celebrated that our Section was in the top 5 for Giving Tuesday 2024 and she encouraged participation for ACD Foundation giving.

SPEA Regent, Annalise Kress, and UWSOD

SPEA President, Irene Ahn, address the Fellows

ACD Washington Section Presents Three Awards at UWSOD Awards Ceremony

The University of Washington School of Dentistry held its Awards Ceremony on May 6th and the Washington Section, represented by Chair, Darcie Morris, and Past ACD Regent, Larry Lawton, was pleased to present our three annual awards.

ection Leadership:

— Darcie Morris, DDS

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Keynote delivered by David Dean

Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, DDS

The first award is the $1500 ACD Outstanding Student Leadership Award and it was presented to Delbert Oxborrow. Delbert has been active in SPEA, both locally and nationally, where he attended the SPEA Annual Meeting in 2023 and 2024. At the 2023 Biomedical

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

PEA leaders at UWSOD encouraged classmates by oﬀering Þnals week care packages for a club fundraiser that also served the purpose of sharing about why SPEA is a great organization to be a part of. Care packages included a customized message from the sender to the student and they were delivered during Þnals week. Recipients were invited to join SPEA and also informed that SPEA is great for building peer and professional connections during dental school and beyond. In addition, it was shared that SPEA has opportunities for learning about dental ethics outside the dental school curriculum. There was a link to attend the October 24-25th SPEA Annual Meeting in Washington DC with opportunities to engage on an international level with other SPEA chapters as well as with ACD leadership.

Way to make a meaningful connection in such a kind and caring way. Congratulations on your successful fundraiser, UW SPEA!

Engineering Session, our Section covered his registration fee and he presented a poster on ethical considerations of AI.

The $1250 F. Burns Guthrie Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Christopher Knapp for exhibiting excellent knowledge and skill in general dentistry.

Lauren Hagel, Section Secretary, shares about the Study Club

The Ferrier Memorial Prize of $1250 was awarded to Gunnar Vellikanje for demonstrated excellence in single tooth restorative dentistry.

Section Board Member, Larry Garetto, visits with Ron Dahl

ACD Washington Section enjoys warm Fellowship and a nice dinner together during the Annual Meeting on May 9th at Hotel Theodore in Seattle.

Larry Lawton, Chris Knapp, Gunnar Vellikanje, Delbert Oxborrow, and Darcie Morris

Susan Adams, lmmediate Past Section Chair, and Darcie Morris, Chair, visit prior to the meeting

News of Section and Fellows

Foti Panagakos, Dean, Pacific Northwest School of Dental Medicine, will be welcoming the inaugural class on July 28th to the Yakima, WA campus.

Jon Suzuki, was installed as SecretaryTreasurer of Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU), marking his 35th year in this role UWSOD Dean, André Ritter, was elected Vice President, of OKU

The University of Washington School of Dentistry announced the following promotions, eﬀective July 1, 2025:

• Mary K. Smith, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry

• Timothy Hess, Aﬃliate Associate Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry

• Karen Sakuma, Aﬃliate Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Department of Restorative Dentistry

Lauren Hagel was elected to serve the Washington State Society of Orthodontists as Secretary/Communications Chair

Washington Section is the recipient of the 2025 ACD Section Newsletter Award, Robin Henderson, is Editor

In Memoriam

Dr. Curtis Smith February 25, 1935 - February 14, 2025.

Curt was born in Bellingham, WA and returned there for private practice after completing undergraduate and dental school at the University of Washington.

Dr. Smith was a Past President of the Washington State Dental Association 1988 - 1989.

Section Shines in Support of ACDF

The Washington Section contributed to the American College of Dentists Foundation during the 2024 Giving Tuesday campaign in record numbers and amounts. The very successful event resulted in the Washington Section (which includes Alaska) being 5th in both the category of raising the most money per Section and in the highest percentage of donors per Section. Foundation giving funds CE, including the Dental Ethics website which is currently being updated, provides leadership programming, publications like the Ethics Handbook for Dentistry, scholarships, and many other activities and resources in support of ethics and professionalism in dentistry.

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led by Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section and it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as it symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

One way to give is through purchasing a personalized brick for the walkway at the ACD main office in Rockville, MD. Please visit https://www.acd.org/foundation/

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dr. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the cochair of the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC).

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. The Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our ACD Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren has initiated quarterly goal is discussion Fellows Past Regent about the Meeting D.C. The Friday this attend with Section Fellowship successful leadership. others on help to ensure Our Section earlier this are underway Section the top participation

While every effort is made by the Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear in this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the ofÞcers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

Section Leadership:

Chair — Darcie Morris, DDS

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Past Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

Editor — Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

SPEA Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

Regent — Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

American College of Dentists | Washington Section

Tri-College Day 2025 — A Lens on Leadership

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

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Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

After a delicious lunch with shared Fellowship, author and Gonzaga University Student, Sophie Henderson, shared lessons learned on how leadership is an ever-evolving practice and commitment. Then, Linda Edgar, Immediate Past President of the American Dental Association, took the stage to impart leadership lessons that she has learned. Among those is “Lift as you climb,” meaning, bring others along with you in your leadership journey personally invite others to events such as Tri-College Day, nominate colleagues for fellowship, and reach out to the younger generation and offer your encouragement. All attendees were given a copy of Linda’s book, “Climb Every Mountain.” Finally, Larry Garetto, ethicist and Past-President of the American Society for Dental Ethics as well as the recipient of the John Gies Award, the highest honor the ACD can bestow upon a Fellow, facilitated conversations and gave guidance around the ethics of leadership. While the objectives of the day were to grow our leadership aptitude and enjoy fellowship amongst colleagues, the overarching goal was to raise money to support dental student scholarships.

OLarry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the coof the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren

Susan Adams, lmmediate Past Section Chair, and Darcie Morris, Chair, visit prior to the meeting

While every effort is made by Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the cers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

SPEA Regent, Annalise Kress, and UWSOD

SPEA President, Irene Ahn, address the Fellows

Scott Henderson, husband of Fellow Robin Henderson, was the lead on planning and implementing the event. Others on the planning committee included Chair, Darcie Morris; Immediate-Past Chair, Susan Adams; Secretary, Lauren Hagel; Treasurer, Dat Giap; Editor, Robin Henderson; Member At-Large, Larry Garetto; ICD Section Chair, Mary Smith; and PFA Chair, Audrey Tatt.

ection Leadership:

— Darcie Morris, DDS

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Keynote delivered by David Dean

Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

The day was widely enjoyed and there is much excitement around the 2026 program which will convene leading experts from diverse disciplines to explore the evolving role of Artificial Intelligence in modern dentistry. Tri-College Day moves beyond passive information delivery and challenges participants to think critically, ask better questions, and engage in thoughtful dialogue around AI in clinical practice.

Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

Lauren Hagel, Section Secretary, shares about the Study Club

Spring | Summer 2025

Robin Henderson ACD Regent, Regency 8 Regent Report

has initiated the Study Club which plans to meet quarterly in both an in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases with special exploration and discussion around ethical principles that arise. All Fellows are invited and encouraged to participate.

ur Regency is a vast area covering British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and the International Sections outside of Europe. As such, we do much of our communications amongst Sections virtually, but during the month of May I greatly enjoyed visits to the Sections of Oregon (which also includes Idaho), Montana, and British Columbia. The 4 pillars of the College are Ethics, Professionalism, Leadership, and Excellence. Last year during my Section visits, I had the opportunity to share why the ACD pillar of professionalism is important to me. This year I focused on the pillar of leadership, as the ACD regards leadership not just as a management skill but as a moral and professional obligation to elevate the profession and serve the public good. In that regard, the College is focused on the mission of leadership and I hope to share with you ways that you can engage with ACD around leadership. The leadership of the College is strong and is there to uphold our recent strategic plan, which calls for recognizing and engaging the most talented and diverse emerging leaders in dentistry. You can support this by joining your Section leadership and by nominating colleagues. Fellowship is by invitation only, with leadership qualities and demonstrated leadership

Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington

D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

Long-serving Section Treasurer, Dat Giap

experience being one of the main parts of the nomination form, while also being the best prediction for a successful nomination.

Section Chair Morris encouraged nominations for ACD Fellowship of colleagues. A common characteristic shared by successful candidates for Fellowship is demonstrated leadership. Darcie offered for Fellows to reach out to her and others on the Board for help with reviewing nominations to help to ensure the success of the nomination.

Our Section Project Tri-College Day was very successful earlier this year with the theme of ‘leadership’ and plans are underway for March 2026 with the theme of ‘AI.’

Section Chair Morris celebrated that our Section was in the top 5 for Giving Tuesday 2024 and she encouraged participation for ACD Foundation giving.

Executive Director, Mike Graham, has grown support of our Section by ACD staﬀ with the addition of Ben Kissinger. Ben’s role is to coordinate the nominations process as well as to support Sections. With the focus on improving our Section’s experience, administratively and programmatically, we hope to attract and retain dentists who are emerging as leaders in the profession. We have identiÞed an initial cohort of Section Leaders for this support that we call the Section Leadership Initiative (SLI). Approximately 10 new Section leaders will be invited each year to the SLI.

Section Board Member, Larry Garetto, visits with Ron Dahl

ACD Washington Section enjoys warm Fellowship and a nice dinner together during the Annual Meeting on May 9th at Hotel Theodore in Seattle.

I attended SHIFT 7 in Rockville at the ACD Headquarters April 4-6th. SHIFT is a unique leadership intensive led by Past Regent, Sreenivas Koka, and largely underwritten by the ACD Foundation through the Paula Friedman Section Leadership Initiative. Each SHIFT is unique, as the attendees and the presenters are always diﬀerent. SHIFT stands for Shifting the Future in dentistry and it’s leadership lessons are both completely ground-breaking and, conversely, time-tested; topics covered are dynamic and can be visited over and over with new lessons to be learned. If you are interested in attending SHIFT, please email suzan@acd.org.

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Section Meeting

SHIFT Workshops

The American College of Dentists supports leadership training through SHIFT workshops in various locations throughout the country, and even the world. These 2-day courses have very limited attendees in order to intentionally foster high-level communication, personal interactions, and build relationships amongst those attending. The workshops are typically at least partially led by Sreenivas Koka, a prosthodontist with an MBA from MIT as well as an ACD past Regent with much leadership experience, including being a former dental school dean and the Chair of the Department of Dental Specialties at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led by Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section and it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as it symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

There are endless takeaways from a SHIFT program, including Dr. Koka’s Rule of 94. This refers to the fact that for every 100 decisions you make, 94 don’t matter. According to Dr. Koka, our job is to choose the six that do and run with it.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dr. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the cochair of the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC).

One of the six decisions that you can make that matters is to attend a SHIFT workshop! Contact Suzan Pitman at the ACD main oﬃce suzan@acd.org to make plans for this experience. The course is underwritten by the ACD Foundation and attendees are responsible for the travel expense.

Spring Leadership Retreat

Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. The Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our ACD Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren has initiated quarterly goal is discussion Fellows Past Regent about the Meeting D.C. The Friday this attend with Section Fellowship successful leadership. others on help to ensure Our Section earlier this are underway Section the top participation

The Þrst ACD Spring Leadership Retreat was held at the beautiful La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, TX Hill Country May 8-10th. ACD Section leaders and those interested in leadership are encouraged to attend this spring meeting at least one time over the next Þve years that this course is planned for.

Attendees enjoyed warm Fellowship at an opening reception which provided the Þrst opportunity of many for leaders to meet and learn from one another.

The Þrst ACD Spring Leadership Retreat was held at the beautiful La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, TX Hill Country May 8-10th. ACD Section leaders and those interested in leadership are encouraged to attend this spring meeting at least one time over the next Þve years that this course is planned for. Attendees enjoyed warm Fellowship at an opening reception which provided the Þrst opportunity of many for leaders to meet and learn from one another.

While every effort is made by the Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear in this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the ofÞcers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

In one of the general sessions, Executive Director, Mike Graham, shared insight from preliminary Þndings of the recent Fellowship survey. Of the 567 respondents there were common themes of Fellows desiring both a sense of belonging as well as knowledge about the College. Through this, the College understands there is a need to

Section Leadership:

Chair — Darcie Morris, DDS

In one of the general sessions, Executive Director, Mike Graham, shared insight from preliminary Þndings of the recent Fellowship survey. Of the 567 respondents there were common themes of Fellows desiring both a sense of belonging as well as knowledge about the College. Through this, the College understands there is a need to

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Past Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

organize and share information more effectively in order for Fellows to feel a stronger sense of belonging in ACD. There were several breakout sessions led by Regents of the College which provided an ideal format for small group discussions and relationship building. There was an opportunity for Regents to share information about the College and for Section leaders to inform the College about any pain points they experience that could be improved upon by the College. Topics for the breakout sessions were “Becoming a Model Section,” “Recognizing Excellence,” which was focused on the nominations process, and “Adding Value to Your Section Meetings With ACD Resources.”

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

SPEA Executive Leadership was also there to add to discussions and answer questions around how the ACD can partner with SPEA

Editor — Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

SPEA Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

Regent — Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

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(continued on page 10) American College of Dentists | Washington Section

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the coof the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren

Fellowshi p at Annual Section Meeting

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

SPEA

While every effort is made by Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the cers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

ection Leadership:

— Darcie Morris, DDS

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

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has initiated the Study Club which plans to meet quarterly in both an in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases with special exploration and discussion around ethical principles that arise. All Fellows are invited and encouraged to participate.

Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

ACD Annual Meeting 2025 | Washington DC

Section Chair Morris encouraged nominations for ACD Fellowship of colleagues. A common characteristic shared by successful candidates for Fellowship is demonstrated leadership. Darcie offered for Fellows to reach out to her and others on the Board for help with reviewing nominations to help to ensure the success of the nomination.

Plan to gather for the ACD Annual Meeting in Washington DC on October 23 - 24th. Due to many requests, the meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday this year to better accommodate the practice schedules of Fellows and Candidates. The location is the JW Marriott on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. Get our Regency 8 Breakout Session on your schedule for 4:30

Our Section Project Tri-College Day was very successful earlier this year with the theme of ‘leadership’ and plans are underway for March 2026 with the theme of ‘AI.’

Section Chair Morris celebrated that our Section was in the top 5 for Giving Tuesday 2024 and she encouraged participation for ACD Foundation giving.

ACD Washington Section enjoys warm Fellowship and a nice dinner together during the Annual Meeting on May 9th at Hotel Theodore in Seattle.

Susan Adams, lmmediate Past Section Chair, and Darcie Morris, Chair, visit prior to the meeting

Keynote delivered by David Dean Lauren Hagel, Section Secretary, shares about the Study Club

Regent, Annalise Kress, and UWSOD

SPEA President, Irene Ahn, address the Fellows

Long-serving Section Treasurer, Dat Giap

Section Board Member, Larry Garetto, visits with Ron Dahl

Regent Report

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We had a great Spring Leadership Retreat May 9-11th in San Antonio, TX where attendees felt empowered and encouraged. The hope for the new Spring Leadership Retreat is that all Section leaders and interested Fellows will take advantage of it at least once in the 5-year timeframe that we intend to run it. The 2026 Spring Leadership Retreat is being planned for April 30May 2, 2026 at Pillar and Post Resort in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario.

Another way the College is upholding mission around the pillar of leadership is the new Sweet Spot Leadership Program. This is a one-year learning model with both online and in-person content as well as live executive coaching sessions. Please reach out to me if you are interested.

The ACD Foundation not only sponsors the above leadership programs for Fellows, but also sponsors awards for students, as the Foundation helps Sections to recognize Outstanding Student Leaders through this ACD scholarship.

Through the Journal of the American College of Dentists (the JACD), the College publishes articles on leadership as well as encourages thought leadership and scholarly discussion.

In short, ACD is true to the focus on the pillar of leadership through recognition and celebration of ethical leaders, education and training around leadership, and through the publication of the JACD, where the College strives to maintain it’s recognition as the voice of ethics in our profession.

In the words of Linda Edgar, during the Tri-College Day Leadership Summit, “lift as you climb,” and bring someone else along with you in your leadership

Spring Leadership Retreat

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High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

Chapters in the Sections. SPEA leaders expressed much appreciation from the support they receive from ACD.

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led by Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section and it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as it symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

The ACD Leadership programming and continuing education is made possible through the ACD Foundation with special thanks to former Regent, Paula K. Friedman for her giving to support leadership at the local level. Former Regent Friedman’s intent is certainly recognized by current College leadership as Executive Director, Mike Graham, stated in his opening comments to the leadership retreat that “you don’t necessarily see change on the national level; you see it locally.”

Save the date to attend next year!

We will be at Pillar and Post Resort in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

April 30 - May 2, 2026.

Mike Graham addresses the audience during one of the general sessions

Improvements to the Nominations Process

Keep up the good work on identifying dentists who represent the ideals of the American College of Dentists! The Credentials Committee, that reviewed each of the 445 nominations for Fellowship in 2025, reported that the quality of nominations was improved this year with a record 405 being invited for Fellowship at an approval rate of 91%. Several nominators over the years have expressed difficulties with maintaining confidentiality of the nomination, while at the same time obtaining enough information to accurately reflect a nominees potential for Fellowship. The ACD Board of Regents addressed this concern during the Spring Meeting and the College now allows for confidential conversations between the nominator and potential nominee so that the nominator can gauge the individuals interest in Fellowship and also obtain the curriculum vitae and other supporting information to complete a compelling nomination. Once the nomination has been submitted, information about the nomination must not be disclosed and discussion surrounding it must cease.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dr. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the cochair of the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders. The Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our ACD Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren has initiated quarterly goal is discussion Fellows Past Regent about the Meeting D.C. The Friday this attend with Section Fellowship successful leadership. others on help to ensure Our Section earlier this are underway Section the top participation

While every effort is made by the Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear in this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the ofÞcers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

Section Leadership:

Chair — Darcie Morris, DDS

Please ensure to provide a thorough and specific description of the nominee’s commitment to leadership within dentistry and in service to the wider community. For dentists in the earlier years of their career, the nominator should focus on the leadership trajectory and potential of the nominee. Nominators are encouraged to use direct and detailed examples of their nominee’s contributions, and to thoroughly describe the value of those contributions when completing the form.

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Past Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

Editor — Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

SPEA Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

Regent — Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

American College of Dentists | Washington Section

Fellowshi p at Annual Section Meeting

Spring | Summer 2025

OBLIGATION FOR NOMINATION

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

Fellows are strongly encouraged to nominate outstanding colleagues for Fellowship in ACD. Nominations are accepted year-round and the deadline for consideration for the 2026 convocation ceremony is February 1, 2026. Please communicate your nomination intentions with Washington Section Chair, Darcie Morris, darciemorris@gmail.com, so she can coordinate and track nomination efforts. Please also reach out to her for any help in the nominations process or for proofreading to help ensure a successful nomination for candidacy The following are current Washington Section Fellows:

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

Susan Adams

Mandeep (Mandy) Alamwala

Karim Z. Alibhai

Robert D. Allen

Dexter E. Barnes

Victor Barry

Stephen D. Beck

Harry J. Beckner

O. Ross Beirne

Stuart A. Bender

Jason R. Bourne

Eugene Brain

Pardeep S. Brar

Ronald A. Bryant

Lisa Buttaro

Steve Carstensen

Daniel C.N. Chan

Gary T. Chiodo

Michael Cohen

Kenneth M. Collins

Tom O. Conlon

Daniel H. Cook

Richard A. Crinzi

Arthur S. Hansen

Gerald W. Harrington

Fred I. Hasegawa

Robin J. Henderson

Christopher W. Herzog

Timothy A. Hess

Alfred C. Heston

Michael R. Higashi

Kenji W. Higuchi

Emily Hobart

Karen Homitz

Dennis L. Hoofnagle

David E. Houten

Jurgen H. Huck

Kevin Hudson

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the coof the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC). Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders.

Ronald Dahl

Stephen Davis

Brittany Dean

David Dean

Christopher C. Delecki

Michael W. Huey

Christopher P. Jean

Spencer S. Jilek

Christine M. Johnson

James D. Johnson

Richard I. Johnson

Warren K. Johnson

Donald R. Joondeph

David A. Keller

Robert D. Tiger

Peter Kim

Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren

Christopher Dorow

Samuel F. Dworkin

Bryan C. Edgar

Linda Edgar

Herbert Edwards

Kevin A. King

Bruce P. Kinney

Christine Kirchner

Robert H. Klein

Larry B. Knutson

Mark Koday

Ira ‘Blake’ McKinley

James McMahan

Donald R. Mehlisch

Merrill C. Mensor

Robert M. Merrill

Richard J. Mielke

Peter Milgrom

David M. Minahan

Rex C. Moody

Darcie Morris

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has initiated the Study Club which plans to meet quarterly in both an in-person and virtual format. The goal is to discuss cases with special exploration and discussion around ethical principles that arise. All Fellows are invited and encouraged to participate.

https://www.ACD.org/ nominations/

Kevin Suzuki

Richard D. Swanson

Audrey Tatt

Ronald P. Morse

William C. Murdock

Long-serving Section Treasurer, Dat Giap

Alex Narvaez

Richard W. Nash

Rochelle ThanhDung Nguyen

Richard Y. Nomura

Lauralee Nygaard

Robert B. O'Neal

Gregory Y. Ogata

David Engen

While every effort is made by Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear this Newsletter, the opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the contributor. Accordingly, the cers accept no liability whatsoever for the consequences of any such inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements.

SPEA Regent, Annalise Kress, and UWSOD

John C. Kois

Larry V. Kuhl

SPEA President, Irene Ahn, address the Fellows

Kimberly Espinoza

Marcus A. Fairbanks

Barry A. Feder

Natasha Flake

Patrick A. Fleege

J. Terry Frere

Sidney Gallegos

Beatrice Gandara

Lawrence Garetto

Dat P. Giap

John L. Gibbons

Ronald I. Glaeser

Sara C. Gordon

Lauren Hagel

Jeffrey W. Hagen

Manuel La Rosa

Silvia La Rosa

Wells Labberton

Bernard Larson

Lawrence Lawton

Aaron J. Lemperes

Bernard W. Lueck

Lex MacNeil

Philip W. Madden

ection Leadership:

— Darcie Morris, DDS

Lawrence E. Mast

Past Regent of ACD Regency 8, Larry Lawton, shared about the importance of attending the ACD Annual Meeting which will be on October 23-24 in Washington D.C. The meeting days have changed to Thursday and Friday this year to hopefully make it easier for Fellows to attend with less time away from their practices.

Maureen L. Swift

Patrick Taylor

Marshall Titus

Edmond L. Truelove

Richard D. Tucker

Ashley Ulmer

Mark Walker

Timothy E. Wandell

Dana E. Otterholt

Sonia Pal

Fotinos S. Panagakos

David W. Parks

Phyllis L. Pendergrast

David G. Petersen

Lorin D. Peterson

Christopher Pickel

Kathryn L. Poleson

Thomas D. Ware

Danny G. Warner

Rod Wentworth

Scott Williams

Alan Yassin

Heather Willis

Carrie K. York

Section Chair Morris encouraged nominations for ACD Fellowship of colleagues. A common characteristic shared by successful candidates for Fellowship is demonstrated leadership. Darcie offered for Fellows to reach out to her and others on the Board for help with reviewing nominations to help to ensure the success of the nomination.

Walter M. Zierman

Our Section Project Tri-College Day was very successful earlier this year with the theme of ‘leadership’ and plans are underway for March 2026 with the theme of ‘AI.’

Section Chair Morris celebrated that our Section was in the top 5 for Giving Tuesday 2024 and she encouraged participation for ACD Foundation giving.

Fred C. Quarnstrom

Melissa Ramsey

James L. Ribary

André Ritter

Frank Roberts

Stephen Rupert

Karen Debra Sakuma

Robert R. Shaw

Barbara Sheller

Christine Shigaki

Oleg A. Shvartsur

Michael D Silverman

Walter D. Skinner

James N. Sledge

Mary Smith

Liselotte Mannion-Black

Steven P. Marinkovich

James Carroll McGraw

George T. McIntyre

Pollene McIntyre

Hugh C. Sobottka

Kathleen A. Stambaugh

Roger V. Stambaugh

Kerry Streiff

Harlyn Susarla

Jon B. Suzuki

Approved Candidates for Fellowship Class of 2025:

Jessica Bremerman

Antonio Caso

Anil Danda

Ashland Doomes

Lisa Egbert

Leroy Horton

Ronald Hsu

Minou Karbakhsch

Steven Karmy

Avina Paranjpe

Christopher Shyue

Daniel Tremblay

Kim Trieu

Erin Welter

Michael Yurth

Please Share! Activities? Publications?

We want to know what you have been up to!

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

Treasurer — Dat Giap, DMD

Please tell us if you have newsworthy happenings to report or recent publications.

Chair — Susan Adams, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Send news to: darciemorris@gmail.com or robin@robinhendersondds.com

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

— Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

Connect with us:

ACD Washington Section enjoys warm Fellowship and a nice dinner together during the Annual Meeting on May 9th at Hotel Theodore in Seattle.

Please log into the Members section of acd.org and add or correct your contact information. The executive office is happy to assist you. Contact them at 301-977-3223 or office@acd.org

Susan Adams, lmmediate Past Section Chair, and Darcie Morris, Chair, visit prior to the meeting

Keynote delivered by David Dean

Lauren Hagel, Section Secretary, shares about the Study Club

Section Board Member, Larry Garetto, visits with Ron Dahl

Section Meeting

Robin

High Engagement for the 2025 Annual Section Meeting

Newly inducted Fellows and 2025 Candidates for Fellowship were recognized with a Rosette Ceremony, led by Immediate Past Section Chair, Susan Adams. The Rosette is often given to new Fellows by their Section and it can be worn in place of the ACD Fellowship pin as it symbolizes all the attributes of Fellowship commitment to excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership.

Larry Garetto, ACD WA Section Board Member, introduced the evening's keynote speaker, David Dean.

Dr. Dean is an Attending in Oral Medicine at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington. He publishes widely and serves on the American Board of Oral Medicine and also as the cochair of the Oral Care Study Group in the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC).

Regent, Robin Henderson, greeted Annual Meeting attendees with a video message as she was in Texas at the ACD Spring Board of Regents meeting and Spring Leadership Conference to support ACD Section leaders.

The Section Financial Report was given by Treasurer, Dat Giap, and our Secretary, Lauren Hagel, presented on our ACD Washington Section inaugural Study Club. Lauren has initiated quarterly goal is discussion Fellows Past Regent about the Meeting D.C. The Friday this attend with Section Fellowship successful leadership. others on help to ensure Our Section earlier this are underway Section the top participation

While every effort is made by the Editor to see that no inaccurate or misleading opinions or statements appear in this Newsletter, the opinions contributor. Accordingly, the

Editor — Robin J. Henderson, DDS

Member at-Large — Larry Garetto, PhD

SPEA Advisor — Kerry Streiff, DDS

Regent — Robin J. Henderson, Regency 8

Secretary — Lauren Hagel, DDS, MSD

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