TRIDENT PACIFIC ORTHODONTIC ALUMNI NEWSLETTER
September 2022
COMMITTEE CHAIR’S REPORT We feel a sense of relief as there is finally light at the end of the tunnel in dealing with the global pandemic. Although we are doing better in this country and the Bay Area, in particular, we must stay vigilant and be prepared for potential surges due to new variants. Still, it now seems possible to resume in-person activities and we have begun gathering in person again.
EDITORS Katherine Kieu Jennifer Yau CONTRIBUTORS Jetson Lee Heesoo Oh Katherine Kieu Jennifer Yau bianca lau Kika Masunaga Parisa Moravedje Torbaty
Dr. Martin Palomo, the Director of the orthodontic residency program at Case Western Reserve, spoke on CBCT and OSA at the Frederick T. West Lectureship in March. It was the first time the school was able to have an in-person meeting in two years. And our chapter is resuming social activity as well, holding an event on Friday, May 6 at Spark Social SF. About 30 alumni, residents, and faculty gathered at the food truck park, beer & sangria garden and event space located in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. We also held an alumni reception during the annual AAO session on Saturday, May 21 at Lowe’s Miami Beach Hotel, outdoors and poolside, which also drew about 30 attendees. As a side note: I will not point fingers and am not going to tell the AAO, “I told you so!” I will only say that 5 of the 6 first-year residents who attended contracted COVID, the AAO president and his wife contracted COVID and a colleague who attended commented that “it was like a breeding ground for COVID; no one was wearing masks.” As COVID is not going away and has become
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