Proceedings of the annual meeting — 1980

Proceedings of the annual meeting — 1980

oral pathology Editor: CHARLES E. TOMICH, D.D.S., M.S.D. American Academy of Oral Pathology Indiana University School of Dentistry 1121 West Michig...

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oral pathology Editor: CHARLES

E. TOMICH,

D.D.S., M.S.D.

American Academy of Oral Pathology Indiana University School of Dentistry 1121 West Michigan Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Proceedings of the annual meeting- 1980 he thirty-fourth annual meeting of the American TAcademy of Oral Pathology was held at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, May 12 to 16, 1980. The annualsessionbeganwith the Council Meeting, the Fellowship Examination, and the newly established AFIP Slide Seminar. Becauseof the successof the AFIP Slide Seminar, Jim Adrian has indicated that it will be continued in the future. Eighteen members were elevated to Fellowship in the Academy and thirty-six new members were acceptedinto the Academy. Over 300 Fellows, members, and guests attended the meeting. Pete Pullon, Director of Education, and his committee had a well-organizedand well-attendedContinuing Education Program. There were twelve courseswhich included Malignant Neoplasmsof Bone, Pathology of the Head and Neck in Children, Special Stains and TechniquesRelevant to Oral Pathology, Management of TemporomandibularJoint Disorders, Clinical and Laboratory Recognition of Oral Venereal Disease, Paraoral Pathology Involving the Otorhinolaryngic Area, Basic Immunology and Immunodiagnostic Techniques, Diagnosis of Orofacial Pain Syndromes, Fibro-osseous Lesions, Dermatopathology, and Lesions of the Peripheral Nervous System. All of the programs were well presented,and virtually all were filled to capacity. During the essay program, forty-nine papers were presented.In addition to the essays, the meeting included the Clinico-Pathologic Conference, the W.C.T.B.? (What Can This Be?), the Helen McLain Slide Seminar, and the Special Essay Program. Dick Courtney moderated the Clinico-Pathologic Conference, and Dean White was in chargeof the W.C.T.B.? Both programsposeddiagnosticproblems, one clinical and the other histologic, that generatedenthusiastic discussion. John G. Batsakis returned as the Helen McLain seminarian,and he presentedan excellent discussion on salivary gland tumors (and a few other lesions) in the head and neck. The special essayprogram was moderatedby Charles Dunlap. Herbert Malherbe discussed virus infections of the oropharynx, and 520

SamuelDreizendiscussedthe stomatotoxicity of cancer chemotherapy.Alan Drinnan presided at the clinical W.C.T.B.? which was initiated last year by George Blozis . The Local ArrangementsCommitteeprovided for an excellent program, although the weathermanwas not too cooperative. John Comyn was chairman of the committee, and he and the committeemembersworked continuously to assure that the program went along smoothly. The Academy extendsa big “thank you” to John and his committee. The President’sReception and Banquet was one of the highlights of the meeting. President Drinnan arrangedfor some very realistic entertainmentduring the banquet.Bill Shafer inductedthe new officers after the banquet. The thirty-fifth annualmeeting is scheduledfor May 3 to 7, 1981, at the Mills House in Charleston, South Carolina. John Jarrett is chairman of the Local ArrangementsCommittee. The Academy’s officers for 1980-81are as follows: President, Charles L. Dunlap President-Elect, Richard M. Courtney Vice-President, Leon Eisenbud Past President, Alan J. Drinnan Secretary-Treasurer, Arthur S. Miller Editor, Charles E. Tomich Director of Education, Peter A. Pullon Council, Benton E. Crawford David G. Gardner Charles L. Halstead Gerald H. Prescott William R. Sabes S. Miles Standish 0030-4220180/120520+03$00.30/0

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President Charles L. Dunlap Charles is a native of Oklahoma and received his D.D.S. degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Dental School. After 2 years in the United StatesArmy, he retuned to UMKC for graduate training in oral pathology. Upon completion of his training, he accepteda faculty position at UMKC and is presently professor and chairman of the Department. Charleshas been a director of the American Board of Oral Pathologyfor 7 yearsand is currently its president.He has been an active memberof the Academy, having servedon numerous committees, as its vice-president, and as a moderator for many of the programs at past annual meetings. From 1972to 1974 he presenteda very well-receivedcontinuing course. Charlesis one of the more popular personsin the Academy, and he will undoubtedlyprovide strong leadership this year.

Vice-President Leon Eisenbud Our newly elected Vice-Presidenthas had a multifaceted career, embracing two principal areas of activity-oral pathology and hospital dental service. Although he has been actively involved in teachingundergraduatedental studentsas professor of oral pathology at Stony Brook, Leon’s efforts have been directed more particularly to the hospital setting, and he is one of the Academy’s leading exponentsof the role of the oral pathologistin the hospital. In 1955Leon undertook the developmentof the hospital dental service at the Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center, and in 1970 he assumed a full-time position as chairman of the Departmentof Dentistry and attending oral pathologist. Leon has been a member of the American Dental Association Council on Hospital and Institutional Dental Services for 6 years and served as its chairman from 1976 to 1978. In this role he sharedin the developmentof new standardsfor accreditation of dental servicesandjoined in the negotiationswith the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Hospitals which led to dentistry’s acceptanceas a corporatememberof that body. Leon has served as an active member of the ProfessionalRelations Committee of the Academy, and for several years he was chairman of an Ad Hoc Committee on Hospital Oral Pathology. A comprehensivesurvey of the Fellowship conducted during this period showed that there was an overwhelming interest in furthering the role of the oral pathologist in the hospital. Leon has indicated that the achievementof that objective will be the principal focus of his yearsof serviceas an officer of the Academy.

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New Council Members William R. Sabes Bill hails from Minnesota, where he was born in 193 I His dental school education was at the University of Minnesota following a 2-year stint in the Air Force. He received a D.D.S. degree in 1959, and in 1961 he received an M.S.D. in oral pathology from the University of Minnesota. Bill has been on the faculty at Temple University, the University of Detroit, and the University of Kentucky. At the latter two schools, he served as chairman of the respective Departments of Oral Pathology. Presently, Bill is again at the University of Detroit School of Dentistry, where he is professor of pathology. Bill has been a member of the Academy since 1961, has been a Fellow since 1963, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Pathology since 1969. He has served as a member of the Committee of Forensic Dentistry from 1969 to 1976 and was chairman of that Committee from 197 1 to 1974. He has also served on the Meeting Committee (1977-78).

S. Miles Standish Miles is not a newcomer in the Academy circles, but this is his first term as a Councillor. A native of southern Indiana, Miles received his undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate education at Indiana University. After graduation from dental school, Miles served in the United States Navy for 2 years and then became a faculty member at his alma mater. Miles then established a full-time dental practice for 5 years before returning to the Indiana University School of Dentistry as a part-time faculty member and part-time practitioner. Miles then became the first in a long line of Indiana-trained oral pathologists. Miles served on numerous committees in the Academy; he was secretary-treasurer from 1964 to 1970 and president in 1972-73. He also served as a director of the American Board of Oral Pathology and was its president in 1979. Miles’ knowledge of Academy affairs and his inestimable experience and wisdom will be of utmost benefit to the Academy during his tenure as Councillor.

Photographsand biographic sketchesof the other officers and Council membershaveappearedwithin the past 2 years.