Seattle King County Dental Society Membership Quarterly - Spring 2018

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The President’s Message From Where I Sit REBOOT: Annual Boot Camp 1111 Har vard Avenue Seattle, WA 98122-4205 206.448.6620 www.skcds.org 2018 SKCDS SPRING QUARTERLY l 1

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Seattle-King County Dental Society Membership Quarterly Managing Editor: Ms. Sandra R. Anderson Contributors: Mr. Abid Bhatti Ms. Cathy Dahlquist Ms. Jennifer L. Freimund

SPRING 2018 Volume 16, Issue 4

CONTENTS

President’s Message with Dr. Craig Neal ............................................................. 4 From Where I Sit .............................................................................................. 5 The Director’s Message ..................................................................................... 6 Goodwill Aambassadors .................................................................................... 7 Publisher: Bill Newcomer, BNC Printing & Graphics, Vancouver, WA Welcome New Members .................................................................................. 9 Reboot: Annual Boot Camp ..............................................................................10 COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Life Members: Collective Biographies ...............................................................11 Dr. Shane Ness, Chair Dr. Victor Barry Photo Gallery ............................................................................................... 16 Dr. Daniel Geare Give Kids a Smile ...........................................................................................19 Dr. Molly McIntosh Election Results ............................................................................................ 20 Dr. Christopher Pickel

Key Arena Clinic ........................................................................................... 21 Dr. Oleg Shvartsur Dr. Douglas Walsh Protect Your Accounts ....................................................................................21 Dr. Judson Werner Exposures with Dr. Al Munk ........................................................................... 22 OFFICERS Dr. Kirk E. King, President Dr. Lisa Egbert, President-Elect Dr. Craig E. Neal,Past-President Secretary, TBD Treasurer, TBD EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Dr. Shane T. Ness, Executive Council 2019 Dr. Noah E. Letwin, Executive Council 2019 Dr. Austin Baruffi, Executive Council 2020 Dr. Imahn Moin, Executive Council 2020 Dr. Elizabeth A. Kutcipal, Executive Council 2021 Dr. Amanda Spivey, Executive Council 2021 Dr. Joe Vaughn, Executive Council 2021 Ms. Cathy Dahlquist, Executive Director Change of Address: To ensure continued receipt of issues, change of address must be reported to: SKCDS Central Office, 1111 Harvard Avenue Seattle, WA 98122-4205, as soon as possible -206.448.6620. Email: skcds@skcds.com The information in this publication is for the exclusive benefit of SeattleKing County Dental Society members. Neither the Society nor the publisher makes any express or implied warranties as to the information herein, including the contents of any advertising. Opinions in the Quarterly do not necessarily express the official policies of the Seattle-King County Dental Society, nor the opinions of the editor, unless so stated. Publications of advertising is not an endorsement, qualification, approval or guarantee of either advertisers or product.

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and Idaho. Prior to entering the Legislature, she was elected to her local school board where she served two terms as Board President and led several levy campaigns. She brings a wealth of experience and numerous skills to her new position with the Society.

Cathy Dahlquist will begin her job with us on April 9, 2018. After a short overlap with our retiring executive director, Jennifer Freimund, we know she will hit the ground running. She has several exciting ideas about ways in which the Society can increase the value of your membership. She plans to leverage her grassroots networking and tremendous communication skills to involve more of the membership in the Society’s efforts. Stay tuned for opportunities to meet her in person. In the meantime, please join me and the Executive Council in extending a warm welcome to Cathy Dahlquist.

Dr. Craig Neal

HELLO AND FAREWELL! It is hard to believe that this is my last column as your president. On April 24th at our officer installation general membership meeting, I will turn over the reins to Dr. Kirk King, our incoming president, and become immediate past president. It has been a busy and rewarding year for me, and I am deeply grateful for all the support from the Society’s Executive Council and various Committee chairs have provided me.

Perhaps the most significant accomplishment of my presidency has been to hire our new Executive Director, Ms. Cathy Dahlquist.

With the help of fellow task force members, we reviewed many applications; and, after interviews, Cathy Dahlquist was our clear first choice. Many of you may recognize her name from her years as a State Representative in Olympia. While there, she was a tremendous friend of dentistry and was active in our fight against midlevel providers. She sponsored the reinstatement of adult dental Medicaid, successfully obtained capital funding for our Dental School and averted an attempt to quadruple the private practice dentist tax rate. She received numerous awards while serving. Since leaving the Legislature, she has been leading the government and external affairs department for Frontier Communications where she communicates and advocates for the company in Washington, Oregon, Montana 4 l 2018 SKCDS SPRING QUARTERLY

In other news, we continue our efforts to make Delta Dental more transparent and accountable to patients. Thanks to many of you, Dr. Pauley delivered over 1,500 signed no confidence petitions calling for Mr. Jim Dwyer’s immediate resignation. While Mr. Dwyer has announced his retirement in early 2019, the petition requests that Delta Dental immediately name a successor who will focus on core values of patient care, responsive governance and transparency. We encourage you to read our weekly e-newsletter (usually sent on Tuesdays) to keep informed.

In closing, it has been my honor to serve as SKCDS president over the past year. I have enjoyed working on the many initiatives being undertaken by the Society and the WSDA. There is a lot of great work being done in a number of arenas important to us as dentists, and I know I speak for Cathy and Kirk in saying they would welcome your assistance. Get informed and get involved! If you have any questions or ideas, shoot me an email at drcraig@nealoms.com. I would love to hear from you.

Dr. Craig Neal

From Where I Sit For 4,511 days it will have been my honor to serve as the executive director of your Dental Society and Dental Foundation. When I started on December 15, 2005, I had no idea of what lay ahead and how long I would stay. My longest previous job tenure was nine years and here I am 12 years and some months later—getting ready to retire.

Why I have stayed? The answer is really one word: YOU. I can honestly say that I have yet to meet a member with whom I have not enjoyed talking and/or working with over these many years. I continue to be impressed by the intellect and sheer passion that so many of you bring to the practice of dentistry. Your drive to protect your patients and the integrity of your profession has brought on my “A game.” You have challenged me (sometimes uncomfortably) to work hard and continually push us to the next level.

Working with your leadership over the years, we have created a culture where all are welcome and all are invited to speak their minds—even if it gets bumpy or challenges the status quo. This is YOUR organization, and I have never lost sight of that fact. I have enjoyed helping guide the Society and Foundation but YOU have done the heavy lifting—or at least ensured your peers did it on your behalf by encouraging and supporting your leaders. I’d like to believe we have increased participation and a sense of belonging as a result.

As I look back over the years, there is so much of which to be proud. We are as financially strong as we have ever been. Our processes are open and transparent. We have modernized our communication with you (although there is much to be done). We answer our members’ only line and try to respond to member queries as soon as possible. We have built some tremendous programs like our award winning complex extraction clinic at the Swedish Medical Center. Our Forensic Committee helped identify bodies during the Oso mudslide. We have figured out a way to provide 4 free general membership meetings a year that award 8 continuing dental education credits as a membership benefit—all without raising your dues. The Foundation has raised millions of dollars and has given away over $1.3 million in an effort to proactively eliminate dental infection and pain. We have strengthened our relationships with other dental organizations like the WAGD. The list of achievements is lengthy and much of the effort has been done working with the leadership you elect.

Perhaps the thing I am proudest of in my time here has been the work we’ve done in growing leaders in organized dentistry. For many, volunteering at the Society or Foundation is a first step in leadership and participation. I have watched—with a dental den mother’s pride—so many of you grow your skills in negotiating, communicating and advocating and then move on to new positions in organized dentistry, your practices or your community. I can think of no finer legacy than knowing I had some small part in that growth.

These initiatives will not only continue but grow. There is a great team here at Central Office in Sandra Anderson and Abid Bhatti who will carry on these efforts, and I have every confidence that your new executive director, Cathy Dahlquist, will add her own important contributions. Your leaders are engaged and are challenging themselves to improve and enhance your membership benefits so that YOU know you are getting value for your dues and the support you need in the practice of dentistry.

In closing, I leave you with one of my favorite quotes from Edward Everett Hale, “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” SO, if you could do one thing for me as a parting gift, get involved with the Society or the Foundation. Trust me: it will give you gifts you never anticipated just as it has for me.

All the best,

Jennifer L Freimund

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Perseverance came into play during the 2014 Legislative Session when drafting a bill in 2014 that passed in 2015. HB 1002 holds insurance carriers to transparency standards and was a victory for patients and providers alike. Thanks to Dr. Amy Cook and Dr. Cynthia Pauley who continued to pursue passage of the final bill, there is now a mechanism for insurance carrier transparency.

Over the last three years, I have had the privilege of managing the government and external affairs for a large technology company, covering Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. I was responsible for both regulatory and statutory regulations and requirements. My diversified experience understanding legislation, negotiating state rulemaking, while setting strategic corporate priorities has given me a deep understanding of how to develop goals and see them into action. I believe the SKCDS and theSKCDF has the ability to be generous philanthropists, advocate for priorities that put patients Ms. Cathy Dahlquist first and deliver exceptional benefits to the members. On June 3, I believe not much happens by chance. The journey that lead 2018, the Dental Society will be hosting a “Board Retreat” to enable me to the Seattle-King County Dental Society has been a filled leadership members to set 12 month, 24 month and 5 year goals. with politics, perseverance and passion.

I became passionate about dental issues while serving in the Washington State Legislature. During my tenure as a State Representative, it became apparent that small business dental practitioners did not have a seat at the table when it came to ensuring their patients received the highest quality care they deserve. I rallied a few dentists to meet with myself and another Representative to draft a strategy to meet these goals moving forward. This is the time I became passionate about ensuring all patients in Washington State deserved to being treated fairly.

Many politicians define “fairly” differently. This is when the politics came into play. I battled to ensure that patients received the highest level of patient care from the dental provider by blocking multiple mid level provider bills. These bills would have allowed those without the necessary training to perform irreversible procedures on the most vulnerable population. Politics takes constant education and time and with that comes successful results. I thrive by taking complex issues and reducing them into understandable facts that provide legislators an opportunity to take knowledge based votes, something all constituents expect from their elected representatives.

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Over the last week, I have had the pleasure to work with Jennifer Freimund who kindly agreed to help transition the Executive Director position prior to her retirement.

I appreciate your extremely kind welcome and thank you for the trust you have placed in me to guide your organization into the future. The future of the Seattle-King County Dental Society holds many exciting opportunities and I am absolutely thrilled to be part of your team.

Cathy Dahlquist

Our Own Goodwill Ambassadors Most new members know that when they first join the Society they receive a welcoming phone call from an established member. SKCDS is fortunate to have a cadre of faithful volunteers: Ambassadors, who reach out to new members when they join our organization. The Ambassadors have had a marked impact on member retention over the years.

Ambassadors connect with new members allowing both the new member and the Ambassador to broaden their referral circles, as well as meeting potential associates. Most significantly, Ambassadors make new members feel welcome and connected.

Dr. Camille VanDevanter recently said, “I’ve developed a friendship with new DDS, Susan Cha, and have been able to introduce her to many dentists in

Federal Way.” If you are interested in volunteering as an Ambassador, it is a minimal time commitment and it can be done from the convenience of your home or office. The advantages to volunteering are many. Former Chair of the Ambassador program, Dr. Peanut Hattaway, created a short, online training video that prospective volunteers can watch on YouTube.

If you are looking for a way to give back to organized dentistry, this is a great option to consider. For more information, contact Sandra Anderson, Director of Membership Services, at sandra@skcds.com or by calling the office at 206.448.6620.

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Please welcome our new members JANAURY Dr. Fawwaz Alotaibi Dr. John Beack Dr. Laura Benesh Dr. Rachel Findlay Dr. Landon King Dr. Hal Kussick Dr. Michele Lim Dr. Rachel Lim Dr. Pamela Lloren Dr. Laurianne Sakai Dr. Huan (Todd) Su Dr. Aidan Tro Dr. Gregory Wang Dr. Jackie Wong

FEBRUARY Dr. Matthew Dean Dr. Marie Durflinger Dr. Alana East Dr. Alexander Hodge Dr. Christopher Jean Dr. Albert Kang Dr. Tejas Mulye Dr. Dodi Nov Dr. Jalpa Patel Dr. Sukhdev Singh Dr. Shokofeh Tabaraie

MARCH Dr. Sunhee Bang-Pastor Dr. Pooja Bhardwaj Dr. Rebecca Butler Dr. Kathryn DeWood Dr. Benjamin Greene Dr. Trevor Kanack Dr. Julie Kim Dr. Kent Large Dr. Winston Lo Dr. Keith McDonald

Dr. Travis Probst Dr. Balpreet Saini Dr. Kimberly Santiago Dr. Elizabeth Stanko Dr. Niveditha Venkatesh

Members of SKCDS are encouraged to invite non-member dentists who are practicing in King County to join the Dental Society.A quick call to the WSDA Office at 206.973.5210 is all that is needed for them to apply for membership at all three levels: Seattle-King County Dental Society, Washington State Dental Association and the American Dental Association.

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Reboot: Annual Boot Camp is a Success!

New Dentist Boot Camp has become an SKCDS tradition over the past seven years. On March 24, the tradition continued as 23 young dentists gathered to learn the basics of starting a practice.

Building on the changes we made in 2017, Boot Camp was more concise this year. We brought in some new presenters and used a new venue for holding the event. Our presenters included: • Rod Johnston of the Omni Practice Group, speaking about finding a practice to buy.

• CJ Williams from Bank of America Practice Solutions followed with information on how to finance your practice.

• Paul Constantine, of Constantine Builders, Inc., addressed building a practice space.

• Interior Designer, Lori Saleba spoke about designing your space for aesthetics and function. Lori is Director of Interior Design at Freiheit Architecture.

• Paul Schaber, of The Management Trust, followed with information on staffing for success.

• Lastly, we had Robert Brown, owner of Max Technoloiges; speak about technology for your practice.

Each presenters spoke for about 20 minutes and we concluded with a time for questions and answers.

This year the event was held near the SKCDS office, in the community room of the Seattle First Baptist Church. The church has a large, well-equipped space and convenient parking.

The seminar also included breakfast and lunch. Our food sponsors were WEO Media and Shikosha Dental Labs. Bank of America Practice Solutions also supported the event by printing booklets for each attendee. The booklets included notes from each presentation and contact information.

Following the formal program, the attendees had time to meet the presenters, ask questions and eat lunch.

The original concept of the seminar was to give young practitioners a “crash course” in starting a practice. By bringing all the necessary vendors in one place, a young dentist can get a good idea of what is involved in the process. Whether participants plan to build a new facility, transition an existing practice or simply learn about the players involved, there is something for everyone at Boot Camp.

In addition to Boot Camp, the Seattle-King County Dental Society’s New Dentist Committee plans events such as the New Dentist program from January to May and regularly scheduled Happy Hours for young dentists and UW SOD students. For information on our programs for young dentists, please contact Sandra Anderson at sandra@skcds.com.

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COLLECTIVE BIOGRAPHIES Dr Steven J Albright This proud Badger has been recognized with multiple honors including St. Catherine High School Alumni Hall of Fame, Marquette USOD 2007 Distinguished Alumni, WSDA Citizen of the Year 1999, and President SKCDS 2004-5. More than accolades though is the “love, honor, trust, and respect” one gets in places like Guatemala. Dental humanitarian work started selfishly. When asked to go to Haiti in 1980, he replied “when?”

February in the Caribbean! ‘Sign me up’!! Steve’s volunteering currently totals 40+ teams in a dozen different countries, most with Paula who shares the same passion. What a blessing!

He’s also thankful for outstanding mentors -- at Catholic school, in residency at Northwestern, and the past 20+ years at UWSOD in restorative and oral medicine. Steve claims to be a feminist since the ‘70’s having been influenced by many smart, strong women – his mother, dental assistants and hygienists, friends, mother-in-law, and wife of 30 years. Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s Steve missed being a hippie, but felt greatly influenced by “peace and love” which he shares abundantly. The Young Dentists are glad he’s finally a life member, having tried unsuccessfully to kick him out of their committee for almost three decades.

Dr. Scott T Andrews Dr. Scott T. Andrews is been a Seattle native who graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated from the University of Washington Dental School. Dr. Andrews has spent the last 31 years dedicating his dental career solely to Removable Prosthetics and has completed over 31,000 dentures and partials for his patients. Dr. Andrews owned and operated the Lacey Denture Clinic from 1992 - 2006.

He also owned the Renton Denture Clinic from 1994 -2000, and from 2009 to the present.

He has contracts with over 40 nursing homes where he makes dentures for patients on location.

Dr. Andrews has also been teaching at the University of Washington Dental School for the last 5 years and was just appointed as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Restorative Dentistry. He lives in the Normandy Park neighborhood with his wife Lisa and their three boys Ryan, Kyle, and Tyler. Dr. Andrews enjoys playing and coaching

his son’s basketball teams and attending sporting Dr. Christopher Delecki events.

Dr. Christopher Delecki, was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. Chris graduated from the Dr. John A Berude University of Michigan, School of Dentistry in Dr. John Berude completed both undergraduate and 1977. “GO BLUE!”. He received a Master’s dental school education at UCLA in 1974 and then Degree in Business Administration in 1984 and came the scariest of decisions: Where to practice? returned to the University of Michigan where That dilemma was mercifully postponed by 26 he was conferred a Master’s in Public Health in great years of service as a Dental Officer in the 1992. After a 22 year career, Chris retired from U.S. Navy. The pay wasn’t the greatest, but the the US Public Health Service, having worked educational opportunities, travel and adventure, on several Indian Reservations throughout the and camaraderie more than compensated. General Western United States. He retired from the Practice and Endodontic Residencies formalized the Dental Director position at Seattle Children’s daily education derived from work in a Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic (OBCC) in 2016. world-class group practice. Adventure was Throughout his dental career, Chris has touched to be had in assignments on both coasts, in the lives of hundreds of patients, families, Hawaii and Guam, on a ship in the Far East, and students, residents and peers. He has mentored in Europe. There were separations, collateral dental students and residents from the University duties, training requirements and board of Oklahoma, Case Western Reserve and the certifications, but also opportunities to give back, University of Washington. Perhaps one of Dr. for promotion and for many intangible rewards. Delecki’s most important accomplishment, It generated lifetime friendships and the lucky days is his unwavering support for low income when he met and married a beautiful lady, Kim, families and diverse ethnic groups as witnessed and was blessed with two great, smart, energetic by over 35 years of involvement with Head Start and adventurous sons, John Christopher and Ian. families, as well as his participation as a There comes a time when the child must grow up, Member of the King County Health Board since however, and the original dilemma again arose. 2013. Chris is a past president of the Seattle Thankfully, that quickly disappeared with the King County Dental Society and is currently opportunity to work in one of this area’s premier President-Elect of the Washington State Dental Endodontic practices. Even though there was less Association. Chris fills his retirement time travel and adventure, it provided many opportunities, traveling with Bonnie, his wife of 43 years, and among them an appreciation for the dedication, enjoying time with five grandchildren. hard work and professionalism of so many general and specialist dentists and their staff Dr Leland J Dull in our community. Dr. Berude will always be Leland Dull was a graduate of Ingraham High grateful for the trust they gave for the care of their School in 1969, and then graduated from the precious patients over the next 16 years. Kim was University of Washington in 73-74. Leland was able to continue teaching little people in the ways a second generation dentist. His father, Howof Maria Montessori and their boys thrived in their ard Dull, DMD, was a Navy dentist, and then own formal education as well as within the beauty had a private practice in Greenwood. He retired of the great Pacific Northwest backcountry. Life’s in 1980. From 1976 to 1977 Leland worked been good. for SKCDPH in a Community Dental Education To a great extent, it was the caring and selflessness Mobile Unit. In1978 -1982 he attended the of many individuals as well as Dentistry’s culture University of Washington Dental School. During of excellence that provided him the opportunities his dental school senior year he participated and good outcomes that he’s enjoyed. Now, from in a Geriatric dental study/research grant. In the unique perspective, this moment provides, 1980, he arranged an associateship between it is clear that even with the many challenges Dr. Howard Dull and Dr Scott Henricksen. Upon Dentistry and its leadership face today, the graduation he acquired the inactive portion of profession’s great traits remain undiminished the practice. After 3 1/2 decades of dentistry and with that, as it was for him, so does on Greenwood, he sold his practice to Dr Micah the promise of a good life for our young Bickle with appreciation for all the excellent professionals to come. support and patronage of the community that evolved over the years. Dr. Leland Dull is a 37 (continued on page 12)

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year member of the tripartite and currently lives in Lynnwood.

Dr James T Dunham Dr. James Dunham was raised in the SeattleTacoma area and lives in West Seattle close to the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal. He graduated from Washington State University and went to Washington University in Saint Louis for dental school, graduating in 1977. Then he went into the U.S. Army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma for two years. He has been a 41 year member of the tripartite and he is currently a member of Summit, Renaissance-Seattle and West Seattle study clubs. Dr. Dunham and his wife Gayle have been married for 36 years and have three children; two are physicians and the eldest works for American Airlines. He is very active in soccer, skiing and biking.

When he isn’t exercising, he works in his vineyard in Hood River, Oregon and makes Pinot Noir wines.

Dr Richard H Ford Dr. Richard Ford graduated from Georgetown Dental school in 1977. He is a 38 year member of the tripartite and currently practices in Kent. He is married to his wife Barbara.

Dr Dat-Phuc P Giap Dr. Dat-Phuc P. Giap graduated from the University of Saigon in 1975 and University of Alabama School of Dentistry in 1981. He has served in many positions including President,Vietnamese Physicians, Dentists, and Pharmacists’ Association of Washington State, 2005-2007; President, Washington Academy of General Dentistry, 2008 -2009; Chair, USA Section of the Academy of Dentistry International, 2012-2016; President, Association of Vietnamese American Dentists 2016 -2018; and Secretary-Treasurer Washington Section of the American College of Dentists 2017-2018.

Chair, Financial Council, Seattle Vietnamese Catholic Community, 2007-2011; President, Vietnamese Community Activity Center, 2005-2010; President, Vietnamese SeaFair Coalition 2015-2016; and Chair, Vietnamese Community Health Board 2017-2018.

Treasurer,Greater Seattle Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce 2017-2018. Dr. Giap has given many hours of volunteer dental service with the Union Gospel Mission, SmileMobile and the annual King County Clinic. He has been honored by both the dental and Vietnamese communities for his generous contributions including: Most Outstanding Member, Vietnamese Physicians, Dentists, Pharmacists’ Association in Washington State, 2002; Dentist of

the Year, Washington Academy of General Dentistry, 2006; Community Service Award, Vietnamese American Bar Association in Washington State, 2007; Community Service Award, Association of Vietnamese American Dentists, 2010; Humanitarian Award, Academy of Dentistry International, 2010; Outstanding Service Award, Vietnamese Physicians, Dentists, Pharmacists’ Association in Washington State, 2013 and Top Contributors to the Asian Community Service Award, 2014.

He has also earned Fellowships in Pierre Fauchard Academy, Academy of Dentistry International, the American College of Dentist and the International College of Dentists.

Dr Gregory R Hermsen Dr. Gregory Hermsen, graduated from Creighton University, Boyne School of Dentistry, Omaha, in 1977. He was in private practice in Winner, South Dakota from 1977 to 2003 and he held multiple offices in the South Dakota Dental Association from 1978 to 2001. Dr. Hermsen served as a Facilitator/Certified Trainer for World Institute for Global Listening from 1996 to 2002.

He also worked as a Speaker/Instructor for LightSpeed Endodontic Company and Discus Dental from 1998 to 2005. Since 2003, Dr. Hermsen

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has operated a Locum Tenens practice in western Washington. Outside of dentistry, he enjoys time with his two daughters who live in Western Washington, and his two grandsons, ages three and six.

celebrate their 36th wedding anniversary this month. Since retirement, she has found new challenges and new colleagues at our UW Dental School under the auspices of the department of Oral Medicine as an Affiliate Instructor. Dr. Marvin says “I feel it is very Dr Stephanie C Marvin important to help shape our future fellow dentists Dr. Stephanie Marvin grew up in Lakewood as they begin their careers in this challenging and received her Bachelor of Science degree in professional environment.”

Microbiology from the University of Washington in 1972. After graduating, she was lucky to get a Dr George F Naden job in the UW Micro department as a tech where Dr. George Naden attended the University of she watched other young people pursue research, Washington graduating with a Bachelor of Science medical and dental careers. She had not grown up in Biology in 1975. He completed University of planning to be a dentist but when the opportunity Washington Dental School in 1979, and did a presented itself in the form of being recruited by GPR program at Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Dr. Tom Morton; she decided this was for her.

Hospital from 1979 to 1980. He started practicing She graduated from University of Washington general dentistry with his father, Dr. Tom Naden in School of Dentistry in 1978 and taking the advice of West Seattle in 1980. His father retired in 1999 a schoolmate, spent the next year as a general and George has continued as a solo practitioner to practice resident at Michael Reese Hospital in the present day. In college, George was on the UW Chicago. It was a life altering experience; she rowing team and he is now doing crew again with encountered people and ideas that expanded her the Ancient Mariners Rowing Club, participating in horizons. Upon returning to Seattle, she started a the Master’s Rowing races. Dr. Naden states that private practice that kept her really busy for thirty-four he and his wife Ellen enjoy living in Seattle for years including meeting her husband-to-be in the all the great arts – opera, theater, symphony and office next door. She and Dr. Patrick Fleege music - available. He currently plays rhythm

guitar and sings with the Tangletown String Band.

Dr. Naden finds that he is running less these days but enjoys biking, skiing and hiking. He and his two sons have summitted the Brothers, Mt. Constance, Mt. Adams, Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier among others. He and his wife have also participated in bike rides like Cycle Oregon. In 2013, Dr. Naden was named a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry. He tells us that he and his wife are new grandparents to a little granddaughter and life is very good!

Dr Roger W Nakanishi Dr. Nakanishi graduated from the University Of Washington School Of Dentistry in 1984. He owned Northwest Family Dental in Redmond until his retirement in 2017. Dr. Nakanishi now resides in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Dr Gideon S Nussbaum Dr. Nussbaum is a graduate of the University Of Washington School Of Dentistry. Soon after graduation he co-founded the Puget Sound Gnathology Study Club of the Olin Loomis study clubs. There, he received training in Gnathology and Gnathologic Orthopedics. Additionally, he is an active member in both the International

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Dr Dawn L Onesty Dr. Dawn Onesty received her undergraduate degree in Health Education from Montclair State University in 1976. She completed dental school at the University of Florida in 1980. Dr. Onesty worked in private practice in Jacksonville, Florida for two years and in a multi-specialty practice until 1994. She also worked for the State of Florida’s Board of Dentistry, and Methodist Medical Center, and served as a consultant to the Physician Recovery Network in Florida. She moved to Seattle in 1995 and worked as a solo practitioner until 1998. She is a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry and has volunteered extensively with the Volunteer Retired Dentists Program. She is a founding member of the local chapter of the Tucker Study Club, Emerald City Cast Gold Study Club, and the Center for Professional Development Study Club. Dr. Onesty has served as an Affiliate Faculty member at the University of

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Dr Trudy L Schlumberger Dr. Trudy Schlumberger attended the University of Nebraska Dental School for her DDS as well as a Master of Science degree in Prosthodontics.

She move to Seattle in 1998 and opened a practice in Bellevue. She was a member of the Washington State Society of Prosthodontics and a 39-year member of the tripartite. Dr. Schlumberger retired from practice in 2004 and is currently living in Nebraska.

Dr Thomas H Seal Dr. Tom Seal graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelors in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. He received his DDS from the University of Washington School of Dentistry in 1977, where he was also awarded the Oral Medicine Award. He has worked at countless assisted living homes as well as doing mobile dental care for the homebound. Dr. Seal has been practicing dentistry for over 35 years in Kirkland, Washington. His practice is holistic.

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Dr Kirk H Storer Dr. Kirk Storer is a General Dentist serving the Shoreline area for more than 35 years. Dr. Storer graduated from University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Materials Engineering in 1975. He completed his DDS at University of Washington School of Dentistry in 1979. He is a long-standing member of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and has obtained both a Fellowship and a Mastership through the AGD. Dr. Storer is also active in several study clubs including the Cascade Restorative Club; the Seattle Study Club and the Jet City Study Club with mentors Dr. William Hooe and Dr. Zachton Lowe. In his free time, Dr. Storer has worked to secure equipment and establish a clinic outside Montevideo, Uruguay. He is currently working to supply dental materials for an orphanage in Uganda. He is a 39-year member of the tripartite.

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This February the ADA’s Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) program celebrated 16 years of providing dental care to underserved kids in our community. Give Kids a Smile is the largest children’s oral health charitable program in the country.

Because of this program, 5.5 million children have been given free dental care since 2003. In addition, this year, the 3M Company donated 400,000 sealants, valued at $250,000, to be placed by participating volunteers. What began as an singular event held by Drs. Jeff Dalin and B. Ray Storm, in 2002, has served more than 5.5 million of those in need of dental care. When Drs. Dalin and Storm started GKAS they provided dental care to 400 children in St. Louis. Since 2003, when the ADA, Henry Schein, Proctor & Gamble, and DEXIS adapted the program nationally, over half a million volunteers have participated.

Give Kids A Smile remains a critical piece of the ADA’s Action for Dental Health, a nationwide, community-based movement aimed at ending the dental health crisis facing America today. It is designed to address the dental health crisis in three distinct areas: 1. Provide care now to people who are suffering from untreated disease; 2. Strengthen and expand the public/private safety net; and 3. Bring disease prevention and education into communities.

As every year, Seattle-King County Dental Society showed full support for the Give Kids A Smile program. Our volunteer doctors and their staff took time from their busy schedules to go out in the community and talk to kids about oral health, as well as providing oral health check-ups. Dr. Stephanie Su lead the Women In Dentistry event in January which generated interest among the attendees to hold educational and dental service events in their communities. Dr. Judson Werner, as every year, provided dental services to children in need of dental care. At the Central Office, SKCDS staff assembled, and delivered approximately 500 goodie bags that included toothbrushes, toothbrush covers, toothpastes, toothpaste tube squeezers and floss. Thank you for all your participation and support.

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MEMBERSHIP ELECTION RESULTS Congratulations to the winners of the Seattle-King County Dental Society’s most recent election. We appreciate all the members who ran for elected office.

Their dedication to organized dentistry is both vital to our success and deeply appreciated.

Our new president is Dr. Kirk King. Dr. King obtained his dental degree from the University of Washington after growing up on Mercer Island and receiving his undergraduate degree from the UW. He has a general practice in Renton. Dr. King is a current Executive Council member and has served as Treasurer of the Seattle-King County Dental Society and as a delegate from SKCDS to the WSDA. He has served on the Board of Directors of WDIA and also serves on the Board of Directors of DentPAC. In his spare time, he enjoys travelling and scuba diving as well as learning any new ‘techie’ things that come along.

Our new president elect is Dr. Lisa Egbert. A Pacific Northwest native, Dr. Lisa Egbert earned a Biology degree from the University of Washington. She then attended the UW School of Dentistry. After owning a dental practice for 22 years, Dr. Egbert went into semi-retirement, deciding to spend more time with her two high-school-aged sons and supporting her husband, Dr. Mark Egbert. Dr. Lisa is currently the Treasurer for the Seattle-King County Dental Society. She also serves as a member of the UW Bothell School of STEM Advisory Board. Dr. Egbert loves dentistry, but limits her practice to helping friends. In her free time, Dr. Lisa can be found at the gym, on the water, walking or reading. She is an avid sports fan, especially Husky football, Seattle Mariners and Seahawks. Involved with her sons, she often keeps the scorebook for Little League, bakes cookies for soccer teams and volunteers with the Boy Scouts of America.

We have three new members of the Executive Council.

Dr. Elizabeth A. Kutcipal is an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon who practices in the Ballard neighborhood. She currently serves on the SKCDS Budget and Finance Committee and Leadership Committee. She has been very involved in the Washington Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Western Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and is active with AAOMS (American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons). She served a five-year term on the Board for the Seattle Floating Homes Association, and enjoys tinkering on her Lake Union floating home, or playing with her dogs in the mountains.

Dr. Amanda Spivey has been re-elected to another three year term on the Executive Council. She completed her GPR training at Swedish Medical Center, and currently works in both a private practice in Kirkland and as an attending with the residents at the Swedish Community Specialty Clinic. When not working, Dr. Spivey enjoys spending time with her husband and her dogs.

Dr. Joe Vaughn currently works in private practice in Wallingford. He did his residency at the University of Washington and worked for Neighborcare Community Health. He recently took over as Chair of the SKCDS Membership Committee. He also serves on the WSDA New Dentist Think Tank, WSDA Editorial Advisory Board, and writes regularly for the ADA New Dentist Blog and occasionally for the WSDA News. Joe is originally from Alabama, but enjoys living in the Pacific Northwest. In his free time, he likes to watch sports and movies, drink coffee, go for hikes and explore Seattle.

Several Seattle-King County Dental Society members were elected to serve as delegates to the Washington State Dental Association’s governing body, the House of Delegates. Each member will serve a three year term. The Class of 2020 includes Dr. Lisa M. Egbert, president-elect, and Drs. Ryan M. Fox, Rica Mackert, Randall H. Ogata, Negar Sherkat, Timothy A. Hess and Danny Tremblay.

Last but not least, the Society thanks our outgoing Executive Council members and delegates for their dedication over the years. Please join us in thanking Dr. Tim Hess, past president, Dr. Joe Vaughn, our secretary and Dr. Ryan Fox of the Executive Council. We also wish to recognize all of our ‘Class of 2017’ SKCDS delegates to the WSDA House: Drs. Jeff S. Abolofia, CR Anderegg, Amy J. Cook, Ryan M. Fox, Timothy A. Hess, Randall H. Ogata and Daniel M. Tremblay. We also wish to thank this year’s alternate delegates: Drs. Noah Letwin, Oleg Shvartsur and Mark Walker.

Thank you to all of the members who work so hard on behalf of our membership!

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Protecting your MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Accounts Receivable Key Arena Clinic 2018:

The Seattle Center announced that they have decided to change the dates for the annual free, community clinic. The clinic is now schedule for Thursday, September 20 through Sunday, September 23 in Key Arena. Since 2014, the responses from partners, volunteers, patients and the communityat-large to the have been universally positive, and the outcomes were greater than they imagined. Over the past four years, with your help, this clinic has provided millions of dollar worth of care to over 10,000 patients from western Washington. In 2017, the Seattle/King County Clinic welcomed over 4,200 volunteers. They exceeded their goal of treating over 4,000 patients,and providing $3.7million dollars worth of care. Please join us in serving our neighbors.

If you have participated in any of the past Clinics, you know how rewarding it can be. Past participants have spoken highly of the wonderful experience they had and how easy it was to volunteer. Registration for volunteers is now open. Go to seattlecenter.org/skcclinic to register now and find more information about the event.

This year, there will be 100 dental chairs on the Key Arena floor offering a variety of dental services. We need several hundred dental volunteers for the four days of the Clinic. The dates for 2018 happen to conflict with our annual WSDA House of Delegates meeting. Since many of our leaders will be attending the WSDA meeting, we encourage others to fill the gap and participate at the clinic. You can volunteer for one day or several days - it is your choice. Please consider volunteering AND bringing your entire dental team along to participate. Use it as a team building exercise and bring your staff. We welcome dental assistants and dental hygienists as well!

Please join us for this highly visible (the dental treatment floor made the front page of the Seattle Times for three years in a row) and important event. It is considered to be one of the largest free clinics offered in the country.

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By Al Munk DDS I like receiving gifts just as much as the next guy. After all, extra inch to my rapidly disappearing waist, which is evolving I am basically the selfish little boy I have always been. Growing into a bowling ball under my dental gown. I used to know right up, I got the usual birthday and Christmas gifts from my parents. where to buckle my belt. Now there is the daily decision about Grandparents would send me a $5 bill folded into a Hallmark card. where on the belly This was a nice thing, as I only met my grandfather once when I was bulge to buckle the ten years old. I went to a baseball game with him and my father, damn thing. Soon, but I really don’t remember what he looks like. my belly will be so I’m not very good at big, my pants will giving gifts. Tradition in be low-riders like my family was to ignore the junior high boys most holiday gifting as wear, with my boxer we grew up, unless it shorts hanging out was a gag gift, like a stuffed toy pig or something like that. Later the back. on in life when I had some money, I enjoyed gifting my parents For some reason things they needed like a roof or a car. This was probably the most patients bring me a satisfying gifting I have done in my life. lot of gifts, the granny types bake me cookies which are highly Which brings us to modern day life and gifting. Early in my appreciated and of course add to my ever-expanding girth. I also marriage, I made the mistake of buying my young wife a gift—a get a lot of self-help and religious books as gifts. I guess I look dress. I thought it would be right up her alley, kind of stylish hippie like a person who could use a lot of help, which is of course true. mode with a few beads on the side. It hung in her closet for about Also in the last week, I have received a chunk of frozen salmon 5 years, then was donated to Goodwill, never having been worn. and a dozen eggs. I don’t remember ever giving my dentist a This taught me a good lesson to never buy a woman anything of a dozen eggs. personal nature. A gift certificate is the closest thing I have given Last week, a patient brought me an unusual gift—a large head any woman since. My staff only wants money for gifts which makes of cauliflower. This was a first. If there are any dentists out things easy. there who have received a gift of a head of cauliflower, I would Lately I’ve been helping my kids get into houses and condos. This like to meet you and try to figure out what vibe I am giving out has brought gift giving to a whole new dimension and magnitude. that would warrant such a great gift. I brought it home and Those of you whose kids are young, please enjoy buying bikes and my wife gave me the third degree about why a patient would cell phones. You don’t know how good you have it and the worst is give me a head of cauliflower. I played a little coy, hoping she yet to come. Luckily, my parents and my wife’s parents were broke would imagine I was having an affair with cauliflower woman. by the time we needed gifts of a domicile nature, so they got off Of course this was far from the truth, which of course we both scot free. I suppose the next phase of gift giving to my kids will be understood. At my age, I am like a dog who chases cars but to buy them entire islands in the Hawaiian chain. would never know what to do if he ever caught one. But it was At Christmas time, the dental specialists we refer to, send us candy good fun, and the cauliflower tasted good. and chocolates. We pretend we don’t want these bribes, but within days, they are all devoured like jackals jumping on a dead antelope. That’s all for now from Ballard.

I always gain an extra five pounds during December. I try to send these treats home with my assistants because otherwise I will eat them all. But invariably they hang around long enough to add an

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The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or official policy of the Seattle-King County Dental Society.

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