GSOMS Newsletter |
Summer 2009 |
In this issue!
From the President
Summer Conference Around the Corner
Governor Congratulates GSOMS
Board of Dentistry Update
From the Medical College of Georgia
From the Emory Division of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery
OMSF Celebrates 50th Anniversary
OMSPAC/Federal Affairs Update
Members Who Have Completed the Anesthesia Evaluation
Requirement
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From the President
Dear Colleagues,
It gives me great pleasure to address you in this new forum for our new
administrative year. This online newsletter will be produced on a quarterly
basis to keep you up to date and informed. As we approach the summer
meeting in Lake Oconee we need to address several issues that confront
us as a society and as a specialty. The most pressing of these issues
is the completion of our anesthesia evaluations for the AAOMS anesthesia
evaluation program. We are still far behind in our scheduled completions
as we talked about at our recent meeting at Druid Hills Golf Club in
May. All of you who have offered your services to evaluate your fellow
colleagues should have been contacted by this time and if not we urge
you to contact either myself or Leslie Boulter at the GSOMS office.
Secondly, we have to remain vigilant around the state and throughout our region to relay information on those around the state who may be practicing the craft of oral surgery and conscious sedation/general anesthesia with only a modicum of training. It has come to the attention of your society that several practitioners may be limiting their practices to oral surgery and holding their practices out as “specialty-centers”. These specialists are however, still performing general restorative dentistry and other services and are not relegated to the rules of specialty practices like those of oral and maxillofacial surgeons. We must hold these practices accountable and follow up through the Georgia Board of Dentistry and through our alliance with other specialty societies in the state of Georgia.
Thirdly, we must support our OMS Foundation (OMSF) and OMSPAC to protect our specialty and to continue valuable research vital to our very existence as a specialty. Our Trustee Dr. Eric Geist delivered a poignant message during the last meeting and gave pertinent information about damaging legislation and the efforts of others to undermine our specialty. Our Vice President Dr. Steven Roser, brought information regarding OMSF and REAP (Research and Education Advance Patient care) and how we can maintain high standards for oral and maxillofacial surgery through research and scientific studies.
Lastly, as your Society we need your input and your time to make this a successful year and administration. The Georgia Society is embarking on several new initiatives to be detailed in the coming months after review by your executive committee. Thanks for your support and start making arrangements for Lake Oconee on August 14-16th. See you there!
Antwan Treadway, DMD
President, GSOMS
Summer Conference Around the Corner!
GSOMS 40th Anniversary Meeting
August 14—16, 2009
Join us at the GSOMS 40th Anniversary Meeting at the beautiful Ritz Carlton Lodge at Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia. The program will begin on Friday with registration from 4-6:00p.m. followed by the welcome reception at 6:30p.m. On Saturday Dr. Gil Triplett’s lecture will feature “Bone Grafts, Bone Substitutes and Growth Factors” followed by “The Use of Angled Implants to Expedite Treatment Timing and Minimize Bone Grafting”. The afternoon and evening will be for you to spend time with your families or colleagues. On Sunday, Dr. Triplett will lecture on “Immediate Loading of Dental Implants – Rationales and the Warnings”. His lecture will be followed by the business session, which will adjourn at 11:30am.
For your convenience the brochure and registration form is posted on our website at
www.ga-oms.org or contact our office and we will be happy to fax a copy to you.Governor Congratulates GSOMS
Dear Friends:
It is a great pleasure to send greetings for the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Georgia Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (GSOMS). More...
Board of Dentistry Update
By Barry C. Stacey, DMD
This is a renewal year for your dental license. You will receive a notice from the Board to renew online in the fall. If the address on your license has changed, notify the Board because the notices are not forwarded. Continuing Education requirements are still 40 hours every two years for renewal, including at least four hours anesthesia C.E. to renew your anesthesia permit. A new rule change now allows for no more than 20 hours through online courses, electronic means, journal studies, etc. At least 20 hours must be acquired in person at on-site courses or seminars. Another rule change now allows for credit for volunteer hours for uncompensated dental services with one hour of C.E. credit for every four hours of service not to exceed ten hours for each two-year renewal cycle.
The Board rules for requirements for anesthesia permits are being revised to be in line with the new ADA guidelines. The requirements for general anesthesia permits are essentially the same. The new requirements for both enteral and parenteral moderate sedation permits will now add ACLS or PALS certification and emergency drugs per those protocols, ability to establish IV access, and an onsite defibrillator, either manual or an AED.
For those of you practicing under a medical license that would like to obtain a dental license by credentials and not have to take a dental licensure exam, the Board is now considering five years of practice in Georgia under your medical license as fulfilling that part of the requirement for a license by credentials. You are still required to have an active dental license in a reciprocating state and meet the other requirements as outlined in the Dental Practice Act and Board rules for a credential’s license. The most up-to-date Law and Rules pertaining to licensure by credentials can be found on the Secretary of State website - sos.georgia.gov/plb –then click on Dentists under the Licensed Professions heading and then click on the Laws, Policies, and Rules heading. Each application is reviewed on its own merits.
From the Medical College of Georgia
By Henry W. Ferguson, DMD
Associate Professor, Vice Chair and Director of Residency Training
Greetings from the Medical College of Georgia Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. We hope all of our OMS colleagues throughout the state are well and prospering. These are exciting times for MCG OMS, and the department has begun what we all feel will be another fabulous year. We are growing stronger each year and I would like to update the Georgia Society on the OMS department activities and the residency program.
The OMS full-time faculty is comprised of Drs. Mark Stevens, professor and chair; Henry (Butch) Ferguson, associate professor, vice chair, and director of residency training; Solon Kao, associate professor and director of undergrad training; and Lee Getter, professor, and director of continuing education. Our part-time faculty is comprised of Drs. Antwan Treadway, Ann Holzhaur, John Sowell, and Charlie Graper. We are proud to introduce Dr. Martin Salgueiro, past OMS chief resident as our new junior full-time faculty. Additionally, we would like to recognize and thank Dr. Tom Osborne, one of our former part-time faculty who retired last year, for his significant contributions to the department and resident training. We were all better because of him.
The residency program includes, Drs. Kyle Hunt, chief resident; Daniel Scott, third-year resident, Abtin Etazadi and Lena Al-Sabban, second-year residents; and Patrick Walker and Hani Elman, first-year residents. The one-year OMS interns include Drs. Sara Akeel, Ali Mohammad, and Eddie Kao. We are also proud to announce and congratulate recent graduates Drs. Jacques Gordon and Jennibeth Robles for successfully challenging the American Board.
The department’s areas of patient coverage have also increased. We now provide coverage for the Medical College of Georgia Medical Center, The Children’s Medical Center, Medical College School of Dentistry, The Augusta Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Augusta State Medical Prison.
On the research front we continue to have several ongoing exciting joint research projects.
- Maxillary
sinus augmentation with rBMP and immediate implants.
- The role of BMP-2 peptide grafted poly (lactide) in cranial regeneration with the University of South Carolina (funded partially by the AAOMS).
- rh BMP coated short implant study supported by Nobel Biocare, in conjunction with the Prosthetics and Periodontics Departments
- Nobel Biocare ‘Shorty Implant” study in conjunction with the Prosthodontics department
We are proud of our growth and both look forward to, and encourage our Georgia Society colleagues to visit the program and meet the faculty and residents.
From the Emory Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
The Robert A. Bays Annual Lectureship
The Emory Department of Surgery has initiated a new annual lectureship
entitled, The Robert A. Bays Lecture in honor of the Division’s
past chair of more than a decade. Dr. Bays’ leadership secured the
Division's position within Emory and the Emory School of Medicine and
his mentorship and teaching has influenced the clinical excellence of a
number of surgeons operating across the nation today. Dr. Richard Haug,
one of the pre-eminent speakers on Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma will give
the inaugural lecture at the Emory Department of Surgery Grand Rounds on
January 21st, 2010, entitled, “Gunshot Wounds to the Face.” The
lecture will take place in the Emory University Hospital Conference Auditorium
at 7:00 a.m.
The New Academic Year Is Upon Us
Emory welcomes our new 2009 PGY-1 residents –
Ajay Ganti - Columbia University
Lauren Johnson - University of Michigan
Damien Jimenez - University of Arizona
Brian Tallent - New York University
Secondary to changes in the structure of the office at The Emory Clinic,
the Harpole Library has been relocated to a newly refurbished and equipped
room. This has given us the chance to have an ideal forum for our weekly
educational lectures. The resident lab and resident office have likewise
been relocated to new rooms with added computer terminals and space.
Emory Featured In The Journal Of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery
Be on
the lookout for the history of the Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery Program at Emory University in a “From the Teaching Centers” feature
of the journal – describing the program from its origins under the
direction of Dr. Harpole at Grady Memorial Hospital, to the current program
of 18 residents covering six hospital centers with a brand new medical
school building and curriculum.
OMSF Celebrates 50th Anniversary
By Steven M. Roser, DMD, MD
This year is extra special for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation (OMSF), as 2009 marks its 50th Anniversary. OMSF is proud to have provided more than $9.1 million back to our specialty, with research support grants, fellowships, resident research awards, the Third Molar Study, Outcomes Assessment, and many others. OMSF supports research and education exclusively in our specialty and is the only national institution to do so.
To help celebrate OMSF’s 50th Anniversary, AAOMS made a generous gift of $200,000 to OMSF’s REAP program, with this challenge: if OMSF raises $600,000 for REAP-- Research and Education Advance Patient care-- by October 1, 2009, AAOMS will contribute an additional $200,000 to REAP. That’s $1 million for research and education, the cornerstones of the future of our specialty. OMSF is on target to meet this challenge, but we need your help! The contribution you make to REAP stays in the specialty, benefiting your practice today and future generations of OMS surgeons and patients. As of June 26, 2009, 19 surgeons in Georgia have made gifts to REAP, for a total of $14,109. Help raise your state’s total contributions by making a gift today! Look for your letter from OMSF about the REAP program. To make a gift, send in the donation form in the letter or go to www.omsfoundation.org.
OMSPAC/Federal Affairs Update
By Steven M. Roser, DMD, MD
As of May, 43 percent of all Georgia OMSs have contributed $15,932 to OMSPAC. We currently rank 1st in participation amongst larger states (130+ OMSs) and second nationwide behind South Carolina which has 48 percent participation. The 2009 OMSPAC contribution year does not end until October 31, so there is still time to reclaim our top ranking. If you have not done so already, I encourage you to make your OMSPAC contribution by visiting the OMSPAC Web site at www.omspac.org.
Through the joint efforts of OMSPAC and AAOMS we have been able to further our legislative agenda this Congress. Most recently, the Senate counterpart to the CARES Act, which requires insurance companies to cover treatment for children’s congenital deformities such as cleft lip and palate, was introduced in mid-June as S 1235. Championed by Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), the bill already has three co-sponsors. The House version (HR 1339), introduced in March by Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) continues to garner bi-partisan support with 68 co-sponsors. Likewise, we continue to build support by acquiring additional cosponsors for AAOMS-initiated legislation (HR 1430) to allow OMSs to directly refer their Medicare patients for physical therapy services, championed by Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Eric Cantor (R-VA), and a House resolution (H. Res. 193), also initiated by AAOMS and championed by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, which seeks congressional recognition of the National Facial Protection Month public awareness campaign conducted each April by AAOMS, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentists and the American Association of Orthodontists. H.R. 1430 currently has 13 co-sponsors while H. Res. 193 has 11 co-sponsors.
As we are all aware, efforts at large-scale health care reform dominate the attention of our lawmakers in Washington. As of the end of June, several key committees had developed discussion draft legislation and at least one committee had begun the process of amending their draft. Several hurdles remain, including how to pay for the costly reforms, that have forced Democrat leaders to push back their initial target deadlines, They, however, remain committed to placing a final package on President Obama’s desk by the end of October. AAOMS has already weighed in on several proposals and will continue to monitor efforts very closely. Please check the Governmental Affairs section of the AAOMS Web site at www.aaoms.org/gov_affairs.php for updates and additional information on all of the above issues.
Don’t forget that supporting OMSPAC either through your contribution or delivering a candidate contribution to one of our Georgia congressional delegation members helps advance our advocacy agenda by allowing us to educate these lawmakers about the importance of our issues as well as the impact health care reform will have on our specialty.
Contributions to OMSPAC are completely voluntary and you may give more or less than what is suggested. Contributions are not deductible for federal income tax purposes and OMSPAC cannot accept contributions from foreign nationals. Federal law prohibits OMSPAC from using corporate contributions for federal candidates. Contributions from corporate accounts will be deposited into the OMSPAC Administrative Account not the Federal Election Account. The Administrative Account can be used to cover administrative expenses such as OMSPAC staff salaries, printing costs, and mailing costs.
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