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

AAP Foundation Elects Dr. Paul A. Levi, Jr., President

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

CHICAGO—October 19, 2006–The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation board of directors elected Paul A. Levi, Jr., D.M.D., president at its annual meeting in San Diego last month. Dr. Levi had served on the Foundation’s board of directors since 2001, most recently as vice-president. Levi maintains a private practice in Burlington, Vermont and also teaches predoctoral and postdoctoral periodontal students at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.

He previously was assistant chairman of the postdoctoral clinical program in periodontology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine where he taught both the predoctoral and postdoctoral students. In 2001, he was presented with the Clinical Faculty Teaching Award by the predoctoral Class of 2002.

Levi served on numerous committees for the American Academy of Periodontology and was on the Board of Trustees for six years. In 1998 he served on the advisory board of the AAP Foundation. He is also active in the American Dental Association, Vermont State Dental Society, Vermont Periodontal Association, Massachusetts Periodontal Society, and Champlain Valley Dental Society.

About AAP Foundation: The mission of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation is to improve the periodontal and general health of the public through increasing public and professional knowledge of periodontal diseases and their therapies, stimulating basic and clinical research to generate new knowledge, and enhancing educational programs at all levels to create opportunities in periodontal education and practice. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.

To get more information about any AAP Foundation activities, please contact Robert A. Vitas, PhD, CAE, CFRE, Executive Director, at 312/573-3256 or bob@perio.org.

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