Orthodontic Alumni Association sponsors annual golf tournament and banquet
Kimberly Bock
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| Dr. Joseph Caruso, chair, (fourth from left) and Dr. David Rynearson (far righ) pose with the class of 2001: Drs. James Choi, John Cornali, Virginia Bernal, Shane Witherow, Daryl Proctor, and Nathan Cotten. |
The Orthodontic Alumni Association held their annual meeting, golf tournament, and banquet Thursday, June 7 and Friday, June 8.
Orthodontic residents, alumni, and several faculty members met early Thursday morning for a golf tournament, held this year at Redlands Country Club.
Winners of the four-person scramble were residents Timothy Elison, Marc Larson, Aaron Rondon, and Chris Alex, Forestadent representative.
Members of the orthodontic alumni, faculty, residents, and staff gathered Thursday evening, June 7, at The Castaway Restaurant in San Bernardino to honor graduating residents at the 12th Annual Resident, Faculty, Alumni Banquet.
Following a buffet supper, Dr. Bruce Heinrich, incoming orthodontic alumni
president, began the evening’s events by welcoming the class of 2001
as members.
Dr. John Cornali, class representative, gave the student response. In
addition to thanking faculty for their teaching efforts, the class gently
roasted the faculty by presenting them with personalized license plates,
all hilariously accurate in their eight-character statements. When the
laughter died down, each resident presented a short review of his or her
master’s research project. Following are their topics:
Dr. Virginia Bernal: Evaluation of Alveolar and Soft-Tissue Changes
after Muscular Release Surgery in Patients Undergoing Fixed Orthodontic
Therapy; Dr. James Choi, Effect of Thermocycling on Orthodontic
Adhesives as Measured by the Tensile Bond Strength; Dr. John Cornali,
A Continued Investigation of Craniofacial Growth in Infant Heart Transplant
Recipients Receiving Cyclosporine; Dr. Nathan Cotten, Optimum Bonding
Time of Four Different Curing Lights; Dr. Daryl Proctor, Fracture
Properties of Different Orthodontic Bonding Materials; Dr. Shane Witherow,
A Comparison of the Semi-Adjustable Articulator and the Virtual Articulator
by Centric Relation and Centric Occlusion Contacts.
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| Dr. Gary Kevorkian, orthodintic alumni association president (second from left) and Dr. Bruce Heinrich, incoming president (second from right) congratulate the winning team: Chris Alex, Forestadent representative, and Drs. Tim Elison and Mark Larson. Not pictured: Aaron Rondon. |
Dr. Caruso, chair, presented Dr. Cornali with the Roland D. Walters Research
Award, given to honor residents for excellence in research. Dr. Caruso
also presented awards to a number of faculty to acknowledge their many
years of service to the department: Dr. Ruel Bench and Dr. Gary Kevorkian,
10 years; Dr. Raymond Sugiyama, 25 years; and Dr. James Wise, 30 years.
Each year, as part of the golf tournament, the Orthodontic Alumni Association sponsors a raffle of items donated by several orthodontic supply companies. More than $25,000 in orthodontic instruments and aids were donated for the 2001 tournament. Drs. Kevorkian, outgoing president, and Heinrich, president-elect, raffled a wide variety of items, from pliers and cases of brackets, to curing lights and computer software. Following the raffle, Dr. Caruso presented closing remarks which included a roast of the graduating residents.
The orthodontic alumni events concluded Friday, June 8, with the continuing
education lecture and alumni business meeting. Dr. Terry Sellke, president
of the Foundation for Orthodontic Research and a faculty member at University
of Illinois at Chicago, lectured on Bioprogressive Philosophy and Practice
Management.
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