SDDSNY Bulletin January February 2021

SDDS Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes NOVEMBER 2, 2020 BOARD OF TRUSTEES TELECONFERENCEMEETING President, Dr. Paul Albicocco, called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. MotionPassed: To accept theminutes of theOctober 5, 2020 board of trustees meeting PRESENT: Drs. Albicocco, Bina, Donato, Flagiello, Mindlin, Quartey-Sagaille, Teplitsky, Segelnick, Lam, Bongiorno, Buccigrossi, Butt, Cheung, DeLeonibus, Demas, Merlino, Mistretta, Oshrain, Richard, Rosen- wein,Turchak, Venterina, andWolfe EXCUSED: Drs. Buchalter, Katz andMeiselman DECEASEDMEMBERS: (none) PROPOSALANDELECTIONOFMEMBERS: NEWMEMBERS: Dr. ElizabethMaas - NewYorkUniversity, 2019 REINSTATEMENTS: Dr. Howard Kurland - NewYorkUniversity, 1983 GRADUATE STUDENTS/RESIDENTS: Coney IslandHospital Dr. Yegor Dukashin - University at Buffalo, 2020 Dr. Victoria Karcz - NewYorkUniversity, 2020 Dr. KhalfanQays - University at Buffalo, 2020 Dr. DanielTello - NewYorkUniversity, 2020 Kingsbrook JewishMedical Center Dr. Darel Bouhadana - Univ. of Laval, Quebec, Canada, 2020 Dr. MargoHarary - NewYorkUniversity, 2020 Dr. Jonathan Yomtobian - NewYork University, 2020 MaimonidesMedical Center Dr. Adeena Chefitz - NewYorkUniversity, 2020 Dr. Jessica Cheung - NewYorkUniversity, 2020 Dr. AnastasiyaGuzchenko -NewYorkUniversity, 2020 Dr. Nicole Ng - NewYorkUniversity, 2020 ANNOUNCEMENTS: See “Upcoming Events” calendar CORRESPONDENCE: (none) REPORTOFOFFICERS ANDSTAFF: President –Dr. Paul Albicocco: • Congrats to Dr. Pavlakos and Dr. Oshrain for giving inspiring speeches for the positionof general chairman. Dr. Oshrain was elected chairman-elect of GNYDM beginning 2021. Looking forward to the 2021–2022 in-personGNYDM •Oct. 8was the generalmembershipmeeting, present- ing the slate of officers • HODwas held. Reports to be presented. Dr. Ratner did a great job with caucus • Oct. 19 Constitution of Bylaws Committee met to discuss Article 12 section 19. Report forthcoming • Oct. 20 Richmond County boardmeeting was held. Slate of officers were nominated by the nominating committee •Oct. 29Finance andBudget committeemet todiscuss the Vanguard Reserve account President Elect –Dr. BabakBina: • Progress Treasurer –Dr.TriciaQuartey-Sagaille: • As reported ExecutiveDirector –Mr. BernardHackett: • Email blast info for theGNYDMto go out tomorrow to the SDDSmembership • Second subsidy for theGreaterNewYorkDentalMeet- ing to coverMeeting overhead went out Friday • Email blasts to members this month included DEP advisory on Amalgam Separator forms, NY State COVID-19 office inspection information, reminders for SDDS andRCDSmembershipmeetings andwebi- nar announcements for October andNovember •Three ethics referrals are being looked at by our ethics chair. Three requests for peer review agreements went out thismonth for patients seeking resolution to various complaints. A number of dental benefits issues were referred to our dental benefits chair, most recently an inquiry involving the DC-37 switch toDelta Dental. •Our continuing educationpresentations have gone on as scheduled.Dr. Bittner’s webinar on implants was held October 16with20participants.Dr. Kang’s presentation this past Friday on implant complications attracted 15 participants. Our October membership meeting was successfully staged. The evening’s speaker was Dr. Zhivagowho spoke onDigital applications inDentistry. Therewere 65 registrants for themeeting.Therewere 34 attendees at theRCDSmembershipmeeting heldTues- day evening,October 20with speakerDr.MichaelMis- tretta on oral pathology. Three more webinars are planned for November. Our November membership meeting will be heldThursday evening, November 12. Dr. Alex Soeprono will speak on dental ceramics. We will also have a special guest introduced, Dr. Kevin Henner, the president-elect of theNYStateDental Asso- ciation. You should know that eachwebinar ormeeting ismoderated live by amember of the SDDS staff.There have been someminor technical glitches here and there, but for the most, the presentations have been well received • The 2021 CE program is coming along. Our list of available speakers has been completed. Staffwill bework- ing with the Committee to program in the speakers to specific dates • Final shredding events for 2020 were held two weeks ago on Staten Island and at SDDS Headquarters. Another 30 members took advantage of the program. The next event will be scheduled for early Spring ADAREPORTS: ADAHouse of Delegates • Delegate and alternates reported on various aspects of the ADAAnnual Session NYSDAREPORTS: NYSDATrustee –Dr. Mitchell Mindlin: •GovernorCuomopreliminary plan, we are highon the list to receive the vaccine and also to administer the vaccine •NYSDA committee howwe handled the pandemic is still in process Call today for details! 800-313-2265 ❖ www.bfresources.com ❖ gene@bf1992.com Start 2021 Off With Major Savings Eliminate Credit Card Processing Fees Put money back into your pocket or reinvest in your practice! With our convenience fee credit card processing program, patients pay a small fee to save you hundreds or thousands in credit card service fees. • Easy set up • Save $1000s every month • FREE terminal • NJ-based with 25+ years experience 10 SDDS BULLETIN January/February 2021 — VOLUME 38 ◊ NUMBER 1