AAID Committees

ABOI Liaison Committee

The ABOI Liaison Committee shall be responsible for the following:

• Reviewing the ABOI/ID budget and suggest changes if necessary
• Monitoring development of international initiative
• Monitoring and evaluating cost effectiveness of promotional efforts

  • Donald Provenzale
    Donald Provenzale
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID ChewsWisely Dental Implant Center
    Member
  • S. Shane Samy
    S. Shane Samy
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID Shane Samy, D.M.D., P.C.
    Member
  • Matthew Young
    Matthew Young
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member

Annual Conference Education (ACE) Committee

The Annual Conference Education (ACE) Committee is responsible for all aspects of the Annual Conference, including speakers, workshops, main podium sessions, and other logistics. This committee serves as the planning committee for the Annual Conference and is subcommittee of the Education Oversight Committee.

  • Bernee Dunson
    Bernee Dunson
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Dunson Dental Design
    Chair
  • Brian J. Jackson
    Brian J. Jackson
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Brian Jackson DDS Dental Office
    Chair
  • John Minichetti
    John Minichetti
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID Englewood Dental - Dental Implant Learning Center
    Chair
  • Olajumoke Adedoyin
    Olajumoke Adedoyin
    DDS, AFAAID Chief Clinical Officer Affordable Care, LLC
    Member
  • Sebastiano Andreana
    Sebastiano Andreana
    DDS, MS Director, Implant Dentistry Center, NYU, College of Dentistry
    Member
  • Karima Bapoo-Mohamed
    Karima Bapoo-Mohamed
    MBA, RDH, Dental Practice Management Coach
    Member
  • Karima Bapoo-Mohamed
    Karima Bapoo-Mohamed
    MBA, RDH, Dental Practice Management Coach
    Member
  • Suheil Boutros
    Suheil Boutros
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Daniel Domingue
    Daniel Domingue
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Daniel Dominque Group
    Member
  • Bernee Dunson
    Bernee Dunson
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Dunson Dental Design
    Member
  • Michael Fioritto
    Michael Fioritto
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Shankar Iyer
    Shankar Iyer
    DDS, MDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Jason Kim
    Jason Kim
    DDS, MDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Justin Moody
    Justin Moody
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Christopher Petrush
    Christopher Petrush
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Diablo Valley Dental
    Member
  • Donald Provenzale
    Donald Provenzale
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID ChewsWisely Dental Implant Center
    Member
  • S. Shane Samy
    S. Shane Samy
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID Shane Samy, D.M.D., P.C.
    Member
  • Bart W. Silverman
    Bart W. Silverman
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Mario Silvestri
    Mario Silvestri
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Gentle Dental Care
    Member
  • Frederic B. Slete
    Frederic B. Slete
    DDS, AFAAID
    Member
  • Jasmine Sung
    Jasmine Sung
    DDS, AFAAID, DABOI/ID Houston Southwest Dental Implant Center
    Member
  • Janice Wang
    Janice Wang
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Matthew Young
    Matthew Young
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Edward Kusek
    Edward Kusek
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Kusek Family & Implant Dentistry
    Liaison

Bylaws Committee

The Bylaws Committee shall ensure that the Bylaws of the Academy remain consistent with the standards, objectives, and purposes of the Academy and that the Bylaws respond to the professional and efficient administration, management, and operation of the Academy.

1) The Bylaws Committee, on its own initiative, shall propose amendments to the Bylaws and shall attend to the proper framing of proposed changes referred to it by the Board of Trustees.

2) It shall further assist the Executive Director with the presentation of proposed amendments to the general membership business meeting.

Communications Committee

The Communications Committee shall have overall responsibility for the content of all Academy official publications and external communications and shall insure that these materials reflect the policies and professional and ethical standards of the Academy.

• Develop editorial strategy across print and e-publications
• Serve as subject matter experts and reviewers for content development
• Provide feedback on public relations strategies to meet annual strategic goals
• Implement the strategies to obtain desired exposure
• Write one article, case study, or blog each year
• Review metrics of website (both consumer-facing and professional), social, and paid search campaigns for input on adjustments and changes

  • Frank A Caputo
    Frank A Caputo
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Britely Dentures + Implants
    Chair
  • Guy Burk
    DMD, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Dennis Flanagan
    Dennis Flanagan
    DDS, MSC, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Allen Ghorashi
    Allen Ghorashi
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Michael Kerins
    DDS
    Member
  • Suhail S. Mati
    Suhail S. Mati
    BDS, DMD, AFAAID, DABOI/ID Advanced Dentistry Center
    Member
  • Aditi Nanda
    Aditi Nanda
    BDS, MDS, AFAAID Associate Professor (Prosthodontics) AIIMS New Delhi
    Member
  • James Rutkowski
    James Rutkowski
    RPH, DMD, PhD, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member

Education Oversight Committee (EOC)

The Education Oversight Committee shall be responsible for the continuing development of the Academy’s educational efforts and select an AAID member who epitomizes the spirit of Dr. Reynolds’ work through: leadership in implant dentistry, accomplishments and accolades as an innovative educator of implant dentistry, and embodying the spirit of inclusion, outreach, and selfless service.
  
General Duties
• Establish policies and procedures related to all educational offerings
• Ensure the AAID complies with all policies, standards, and guidelines of the Academy of General Dentistry’s Program Approval for Continuing Education (AGD PACE) and American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP)
• Review survey data and make recommendations of changes to educational offerings
• Develop guidelines and applications for all AAID administered education programs (e.g. MaxiCourses, Study Clubs etc.)
• Assess scope, breadth, importance and immediacy of issues raised by national education organizations (e.g. CODA, ADEA, USDE)

Specific Duties
• Identify member education gaps, recommend solutions and evaluate outcomes data
• Review and evaluate all education applications (e.g. Study Clubs, MaxiCourses, Advanced Education Programs)
• Monitor approved courses for adherence for policies and guidelines
• Approve advanced education programs
• Determine the recipient of the Terry Reynolds Trailblazer Award

  • David Hochberg
    David Hochberg
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Colony Square Dental Associates
    Chair
  • Boris Alvarez
    DDS, AFAAID
    Member
  • Sebastiano Andreana
    Sebastiano Andreana
    DDS, MS Director, Implant Dentistry Center, NYU, College of Dentistry
    Member
  • Andy Ray Burton
    Andy Ray Burton
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID Andy R Burton, DMD, LLC
    Member
  • Michael Fioritto
    Michael Fioritto
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Bill Holden
    Bill Holden
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Shankar Iyer
    Shankar Iyer
    DDS, MDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Adam Kimowitz
    Adam Kimowitz
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Bassam M Kinaia
    Bassam M Kinaia
    DDS
    Member
  • Karen Ann Kowalesik
    Karen Ann Kowalesik
    DMD, AFAAID
    Member
  • Henry Long
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Southern Smiles Dental Practice
    Member
  • Cara Minichetti
    Cara Minichetti
    DDS, AFAAID
    Member
  • John Minichetti
    John Minichetti
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID Englewood Dental - Dental Implant Learning Center
    Member
  • Purnima Sheoran
    DDS
    Member
  • Justin Moody
    Justin Moody
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Liaison

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee reviews the Academy’s financial records annually and report its findings to the Board of Trustees and to the Academy at the Annual Meeting.  It shall further prepare an annual budget which will be submitted to the Board of Trustees and the membership at each Annual Meeting.

In addition, the Finance Committee is a standing committee which provides guidance to the Board of Trustees to ensure the financial health of the Academy, informed by strong fiscal policies.  The committee shall periodically review and recommend the investment guidelines, annual budgets, financial audit documents, and fiscal policies of the Academy, and make other financial related recommendations as requested by the Board.

General Duties and Committee Operations
• Recommend or review development of financial policy looking at historic information and towards future financial planning
• Review annual AAID financial audit conducted by an independent CPA firm
• Review annual tax report

Certain Specific Duties May Include the Following:
• Make recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding fiscal and investment policies
• Approve annual budget with the Chair/Treasurer reporting the budget summary pointing out key variances and significant items within each budget
• Create action plan and timeline for creation of new business plans or initiatives.
• Serve as the authority for staff and volunteers to stay within the budget
• Chair/Treasurer presents detailed financial reports at each Board of Trustees meeting and presents a budget to the Board of Trustees for approval
• Chair/Treasurer presents Treasury Report at the Annual AAID Business Meeting

  • Bill Anderson
    Bill Anderson
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Anderson Family Dentist
    Chair
  • Robert D'Orazio
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Robert Heller
    Robert Heller
    DDS, AFAAID Midwest Implant Institute
    Member
  • Mario Silvestri
    Mario Silvestri
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Gentle Dental Care
    Member
  • Douglas Wirth
    DMD, AFAAID, DABOI/ID Whidbey Dental Associates
    Member

The Legal Oversight Committee (LOC) provides oversight of the AAID’s strategy of pursuing the rights of diplomates and/or credentialed members of AAID to advertise their credentials and implant dentistry as a specialty and other activity as assigned by the Board of Trustees.

Specific Duties
• Monitor changes in specialty and advertising rules in dentistry
• Review and approve specialty effort invoices to remain within budget and strategy of AAID legal efforts

  • Donald Provenzale
    Donald Provenzale
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID ChewsWisely Dental Implant Center
    Chair
  • Bill Anderson
    Bill Anderson
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Anderson Family Dentist
    Member
  • Grace Chung
    Grace Chung
    DDS, AFAAID
    Member
  • Daniel Domingue
    Daniel Domingue
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Daniel Dominque Group
    Member
  • Francis John DuCoin
    Francis John DuCoin
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Michael Fioritto
    Michael Fioritto
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Joseph Kim
    Joseph Kim
    DDS, AFAAID
    Member
  • Bart W. Silverman
    Bart W. Silverman
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Liaison

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee provides advice and oversight on matters on membership recruitment and retention of the Academy shall plan and establish a program of increasing all classifications of membership in the Academy. This Committee will guide and hold the AAID accountable to its diversity, equity, and inclusion statement. The Committee also works with the staff to identify and develop programs that meet the changing needs of the membership.

Specific Duties
• Promote AAID and recruit new members to join
• Develop, promote, and encourage growth of AAID programs and initiatives domestically and internationally
• Seek out underrepresented perspectives and celebrating unique experiences to create a strong sense of belonging to underrepresented populations in the implant dentistry field  
• Coordinate activities with other committees to encourage membership growth
• Serve as focus group for new AAID initiatives, as needed

Nominating Committee

According to AAID Bylaws, Article IX, Section 7 – The Nominating Committee is responsible to receive nominations for officer positions, evaluate their credentials, and present the nominees to the general meeting of the AAID credentialed members during the Annual Conference.

Eligibility Requirements
The Nominating Committee consist of five members: the President-Elect, the Immediate Past President (who will chair the Nominating Committee), a Past President appointed by the President, a member of the Board of Trustees, and a voting member who is not a Past President or a member of the Board of Trustees, with the latter two elected by the Board of Trustees.

  • S. Shane Samy
    S. Shane Samy
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID Shane Samy, D.M.D., P.C.
    Chair
  • Andy Ray Burton
    Andy Ray Burton
    DMD, FAAID, DABOI/ID Andy R Burton, DMD, LLC
    Member
  • Bernee Dunson
    Bernee Dunson
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID Dunson Dental Design
    Member
  • Justin Moody
    Justin Moody
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member
  • Matthew Young
    Matthew Young
    DDS, FAAID, DABOI/ID
    Member