567 American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics/May 2001

International Conferenceof Orthodontic Journals: Aforum of editors, authors,readers, and publishers

The Greek Orthodontic Societyhas organized the International Con-ference on Orthodontic Journals,which will be held March 1, 2002 inAthens, Greece. This conference isdesigned to bring together all partsinvolved in the publication of scien-tific papers in orthodontics andrelated subjects. Its purpose is toimprove the knowledge and under-standing of researchers, writers, andclinicians concerning high-qualityscientific publications. The confer-ence will include lectures, brief pre-sentations, and discussion sessions.

Topic to be presented and discussedinclude the following:

• Perspectives of the editors, authors,readers, and publishers.

• Impact factor, citation index, andcirculation.

• Evidence-based orthodontics.

Editors and members of the edito-rial boards of selected internationaljournals, as well as distinguished aca-demic colleagues, will contribute tothe program of the meeting. The ini-tial list of speakers includes T. M.Graber, M. L. Jones, R. -R. Miethke,O. C. Tuncay, D. L. Turpin, and R. L.Vanarsdall.

All major publishing companieshave been invited to actively participatein the conference.

For more information, please con-tact: Greek Orthodontic Society, 95-97,Mavromichali St, GR-11472, Athens,Greece; fax, +30 1 3615432; Web site,www.grortho.gr

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ABO update

ABO ANNOUNCES FIRSTRECIPIENT OF WADE AWARDOF CLINICAL EXCELLENCE

At the 100th AAO Annual Session inChicago last year, the American Board ofOrthodontics (ABO) established theWade Award of Clinical Excellence inmemory of ABO past president Dr DaleB. Wade. This award will be bestowedannually to the individual presenting thebest case reports at the annual Phase IIIClinical Examination, as determined bythe objective grading system.

For the year 2001, the ABO awardedthis honor to Dr Glen Armstrong ofMoscow, Idaho. Dr Armstrong is anative of Dallas, Tex, and received hisundergraduate degree from North TexasState University and his dental degreefrom Baylor College of Dentistry in1974. Upon completion of his dentaltraining, he served in the United StatesAir Force for 3 years. After his tour ofmilitary duty, Dr Armstrong practicedgeneral dentistry in Midland, Tex. Whilein general practice, Dr Armstrong devel-oped a keen interest in the science ofocclusion and furthered his understand-ing of this subject at the Pankey Institutein Florida. After 10 years of generalpractice, he entered the specialty oforthodontics because of its close associ-ation with both occlusion and esthetics.He received his orthodontic training at

the University of Texas-Houston DentalBranch, finishing in 1991. Following hisgraduation, he purchased a practice inMoscow and moved there with his wife,Barbara, and 2 sons.

“This is the greatest honor I haveever received,” Dr Armstrong said. “It’slike winning an Olympic gold medal.And it’s even more meaningful becauseit’s for the work I do every day.”

The ABO presented the award to himon Sunday, May 6 at the College of Diplo-mates of the American Board of Ortho-dontics luncheon in Toronto, Ontario.This luncheon was held in conjunctionwith the 101st AAO Annual Session.

It is of interest to note that, this year,both the Shepard Award of Distinction,for the highest score on the Phase II Writ-ten Examination, and the Wade Award ofClinical Excellence, for the highest scoreon the Phase III Clinical Examination,were presented to graduates of the Uni-versity of Texas–Houston Dental Branch.

THE AMERICAN BOARD OFORTHODONTICS CERTIFIES 62ORTHODONTISTS AT PHASE IIICLINICAL EXAMINATION HELDIN FEBRUARY

The American Board of Orthodon-tics held its annual Phase III ClinicalExamination Feb 24 through March 1,2001, in St. Louis. The ABO certified62 orthodontists and granted themdiplomate status.

Successful completion of the PhaseIII examination is the final step in the ABO’s certification process. Thisexamination tests the candidate’s knowl-edge of clinical orthodontics and providesa basis on which to assess the quality ofthe candidate’s clinical treatment results.For this examination, the candidates areeach required to display 10 case reportsfrom specific categories of malocclusions.

During the recent examination, theABO examined 696 case reports from

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Janowski, Dr Nancy Lee, Dr JeanMcGill, Dr Kevin Mendes, Dr RonaldMiller,* Dr Michael Nippert, Dr Eung-Kwon Pae, Dr Pourang Rahimi, DrChristopher Riolo, Dr Shiva Shanker,Dr Sergio Weinberger, Dr Kristine West.

International Members. Dr JohannaChoo, Dr Wanda Haluza, Dr Anna Law,Dr Beryl Thomas-Blair.*

Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodon-tists. Dr Swapan Ghosh, Dr Philip Jung-hans, Dr Mark Kearns, Dr Nigel Knight,Dr Theodore Mantzikos, Dr RichardNewman, Dr Victoria Switzer.

Military. Dr Craig Flickinger.*Midwestern Society of Orthodon-

tists. Dr Demetre Constantonis, Dr JohnDovorany, Dr David Gehring, Dr JamesGrabouski, Dr Heekyoung Jo, Dr AbuJoseph,* Dr John Kelsey, Dr MichaelLaFerla, Dr Virginia Mennemeyer, DrRandall Moles, Dr Yan Razdolsky, DrGregory Ross,* Dr Gary Sexson, DrFrank Sharp, Dr Kevin Wilke.

Northeastern Society of Orthodon-tists. Dr Michelle Cartier, Dr KevinChan, Dr Ann Marie Evanko, Dr DianeHughes, Dr Scott Kesselman, DrStephanos Kyrkanides, Dr Regina Lep-ore, Dr Christopher Lundberg, Dr PeterMaro, Dr Emanuel Mizrahi, Dr JohnMurray, Dr Beth Prosterman, Dr KarenReisner, Dr Diana Riordan, Dr Rose-mary Ryan, Dr Kellie Sanzone, Dr IlanShamus, Dr Scott Stein, Dr Lisa Valins,Dr Gary Wong.

Pacific Coast Society of Orthodon-tists. Dr Mehrnoosh Akhavan, Dr DanBanh, Dr Joel Brodsky, Dr MichaelBrown, Dr Jack Duclos, Dr MichelleGonzalez, Dr John Griffiths, Dr RuthKawakami, Dr Thuan Le, Dr Sue-ChinLiu, Dr Lyndon Low, Dr RandallMalan, Dr David Markham, Dr DavidNiles, Dr Marianne Perez, Dr DavidRudolph, Dr Dave Smith, Dr GaryStafford, Dr Robert Sutter, Dr SandraTai, Dr M. Gabrielle Thodas, Dr Rus-sell Toppi,* Dr Benson Wong.

Rocky Mountain Society of Ortho-dontists. Dr F. Richard Beckwith,* DrTimothy Hanigan, Dr Barney Olsen, DrBoyd Welton.

Southern Association of Orthodon-tists. Dr Jeffrey Beyer, Dr Mark

78 candidates. Ninety-five percent ofthe case reports presented were com-plete. Of the 5% that were not complete,only 20 case reports were incompletebecause of occlusion. This resulted in a97% pass rate for occlusion. Theremaining 18 case reports were incom-plete because of specification problems,case management, or incompleterecords. Overall, the candidate pass ratewas 81%. This is the highest pass rate inthe last decade.

For the first time, the ABO adminis-tered only the oral portion of the PhaseIII examination (Board Case RecordOral Examination) to Board-eligible can-didates who were 3 to 5 years into theirBoard eligibility. One hundred twentycandidates passed this oral exam andadded an additional 5 years to their PhaseIII time frame. Four of these candidatespresented their Option II pretreatmentrecords and had them approved. An addi-tional 5 candidates had Option II recordsthat had been previously approved,bringing the total to 9 candidates that arecurrently provisionally certified underBoard guidelines.

The success rate for the model occlu-sion portion of the Phase III examinationhas increased annually for the past 3years. There is a consensus among exam-iners that this may be a result of the objec-tive grading system instituted at the 1999Phase III examination. All prospectivecandidates are supplied with the measur-ing gauge, as well as the measurement cri-teria. If their casts are properly scored,they will know in advance whether or notthe case is acceptable. If the case is scoredcorrectly and is a 20 or below, it will mostlikely pass. If it scores 30 or above, thereis little chance that it will pass. An assess-ment of the 8 criteria evaluated revealedthat tooth alignment, marginal ridges, andbuccolingual inclination, in that order,continue to be the most problematic areasin case management.

For more information on the ABO’scertification process, visit the ABO Website at www.americanboardortho.com orcontact the ABO administrative office at314-432-6130. The fax number is 314-

432-8170 and the e-mail address isamboard@earthlink.net.

New ABO Diplomates

Great Lakes Association of Ortho-dontists. Dr Michael Frazier, Dr DavidHuyser, Dr Valerie Martone, Dr JamesThacker.

International AAO Members. DrSeung-Jin Baek, Dr Jaume Janer, Dr IvanJimenez Vargas.

Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodon-tists. Dr Paul Batastini, Dr Amy Light,Dr Mark McDonough, Dr Harold Mid-dleberg, Dr Frederick Sacramone, Jr,Dr Martin Weinstein.

Military. Dr Eldon DeKay.Midwestern Society of Orthodon-

tists. Dr James Coglianese, Dr MichaelDurbin, Dr David Feuerhahn, DrMarissa Keesler, Dr Julie McCray, DrCharles Montoure.

Northeastern Society of Orthodon-tists. Dr Vorton Boghosian, Dr DeborahHimelhoch, Dr Susan Kolin-Liebman, DrBarrett Peterson, Dr Donald Simi, DrMichael Skrobola, Jr, Dr Jerry Steinberg,Dr Michael Vermette.

Pacific Coast Society of Orthodon-tists. Dr Glen Armstrong, Dr Anne-MarieBollen, Dr Douglas Brown, Dr MichaelBurke, Dr Diane Doppel, Dr Mark Gar-lington, Dr R. Cree Hamilton, Dr GeneHumphries, Dr Thomas Iverson, Dr MattMacLean, Dr Curtis Menard II, DrMichael Minnich, Dr Daniel Pearcy.

Rocky Mountain Society of Ortho-dontists. Dr Rodney Hillam, Dr CharlesMorin, Dr Alan Schafer, Dr David Way.

Southern Association of Orthodon-tists. Dr James Awbrey IV, Dr JohnBeattie, Dr Daniel Bordes, Dr JohnClinebell, Dr Glenn Dubroc, Jr, DrLavonne Fore, Dr James Hatcher, DrMark Johnston, Dr David Paquette, DrMary Prewitt, Dr William Rape, DrGiuseppe Rebellato, Dr Randall Rigsby.

Southwestern Society of Orthodontists.Dr Jeffrey Ball, Dr Linda Crawford, DrDevek Frech, Dr David Jones.

Members who passed the 2001Board Case Record Oral Examination

Great Lakes Association of Ortho-dontists. Dr Paul Castella, Dr DennisDionne, Dr Hamed Haerian, Dr Joseph

568 Ortho News American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial OrthopedicsMay 2001

Coican, Dr Brent Collins, Dr StevenDarling, Dr Damon DeArment, DrGuy Favaloro, Dr David Ferguson, DrAndre Fruge, Dr Allen Garai, DrRoberta Gardner, Dr Michael Granger,Dr John Huang, Dr Jodi Koford, DrLarry Mullins, Dr James Pickering,Dr W. Norman Prillaman II, Dr David

Small, Dr Marlon Dean Wakham, DrBarton Weis, Dr Lisa Yurkiewicz.

Southwestern Society of Orthodontists.Dr J. Clifton Alexander, Dr DarrellChilders, Dr Ron Groves, Dr Glory Mar-shall, Dr Kathleen McDermott, Dr WilliamPaulus, Dr Christine Porter-Ellis, Dr Shan-non Simons, Dr Lloyd Swiedom,* Dr

Douglas Thompson, Dr Donald Wilson.*

*Indicates those individuals who are provisionallycertified.

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