The $50,000, 12-month Fellowship is awarded by the Foundation and includes a stipend for the Fellow as well as funds to offset the hosting institution's overhead and administrative costs...

Dr. Sang-Hoon Park Awarded AAP Foundation Richard J. Lazzara Fellowship

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The $50,000, 12-month Fellowship is awarded by the Foundation and includes a stipend for the Fellow as well as funds to offset the hosting institution's overhead and administrative costs.

CHICAGO—November 14, 2005— Sang-Hoon Park, DDS, who recently completed the post-doctoral periodontal training program at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, was named recipient of the Richard J. Lazzara Fellowship in Advanced Implant Surgery. The $50,000, 12-month Fellowship is awarded by the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation and sponsored by BIOMET 3i. The award includes a stipend for the Fellow as well as funds to offset the hosting institution’s overhead and administrative costs.

In addition to his Periodontics Specialty Certificate, Dr. Park also holds an M.Sc. in Oral Biology from the University of Michigan.

The AAP Foundation Lazzara Fellowship was created to provide educational and clinical experiences that reflect the most current techniques in implant dentistry. The hosting institute must provide the Fellow with clinical learning experiences in the surgical management of advanced implant cases, including implant site development and oral plastic surgery procedures aimed at restoration, clinical research leading to the development of an implant-related research paper suitable for publication and teaching experiences. The Fellowship is named in honor of Richard J. Lazzara, DMD.

For more information about the Lazzara Fellowship, visit the Foundation website at www.perio.org/foundation.

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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