The election took place at the AAPF's Board of Directors meeting in San Diego...

Dr. Susan Karabin >Named to AAP Foundation Board

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The election took place at the AAPF's Board of Directors meeting in San Diego.

CHICAGO—October 19, 2006–Susan Karabin, D.D.S., was named to an ex officio seat on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation at the Board’s recent meeting in San Diego. Dr. Karabin is also president-elect of the American Academy of Periodontology. She maintains a private periodontal practice in New York and is an assistant clinical professor at Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery.

Dr. Karabin has served on the AAP Board of Trustees, as chair of the Finance and State and Regional Periodontal Matters Committees, as a member of the Planning and ADA Liaison Committees, and numerous other committees and task forces. She is past president of the New York Academy of Dentistry and president of the Northeastern Society of Periodontists. She has also served as a member of the editorial board for Dentistry Today and Periodontal Clinical Investigations and is currently serving on the editorial board for the Journal of Gender Specific Medicine.

The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation is dedicated to improving the periodontal and general health of the public by increasing public and professional awareness of periodontal diseases; stimulating and supporting clinical research and the generation of new knowledge; and enhancing educational programs and opportunities in periodontology. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.

To get more information about any AAP Foundation activities, please contact Sharon Mellor at 312/573-3256 or sharon@perio.org.

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