Academy of General Dentistry Bestows Lifelong Learning and Service Award 

Charles B. Foy, Jr., D.D.S., M.A.G.D., has received the coveted Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition award from the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD). Since the award was started in 2005, only 150 dentists from the AGD’s 37,000 members have been chosen for this special honor which recognizes lifelong learning, volunteering to communities in need, mentoring associates and new dentists and participating in organized dentistry.

Dr. Foy is a general dentist practicing in Madisonville. This is the third year in a row that an LDA member and LSUSD alum has been honored. In 2010, Dr. Scott Kogler from Gonzales won the award, and in 2009, Dr. King Scott from Monroe was honored. Dr. Foy is a member of the ADA, the LDA, the Northlake Dental Association, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Southeastern Academy of Prosthodontics, the Academy of Operative Dentistry, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Society of Forensic Odontology.

The award is presented only to AGD members who have gone above and beyond earning the association’s highest honor of mastership. To accomplish this recognition, honorees complete at least 1,600 hours of continuing dental education in 16 different dental disciplines. Recipients also complete at least 100 hours of dental-related community or volunteer service.

Simon Honored by American Association of Endodontics

The highest honor given by the American Association of Endodontics (AAE) has been awarded to Denis E. “Chip” Simon III, D.D.S., M.S. The award is called the Edgar D. Coolidge Award and is designed to recognize leadership and exemplary dedication to dentistry and endodontics.

Dr. Simon received his D.D.S. from LSUSD in 1976 and certificate in endodontics in 1983. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics. He is past president of the Greater Baton Rouge Dental Association (1987), the American Association of Endodontists (1997-1998) and the Louisiana Dental Association (2004). He is immediate past-president of the American Association of Endodontists Foundation. He is a Fellow in the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy.

Top Student Reshearcers

The top three winners of the pre-doctoral poster competition were Christy Lottinger (D2), Zachary Bulmanski (D3) and Katie Evans (D2). The event is sponsored each year by the LSUSD Center for Excellence in Oral and Craniofacial Biology and the American Association for Dental Research. The winners were chosen from eight submissions of posters that were presented at the 40^th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) held in March in San Diego.

The other five students received honorable mention for their submissions. They were Erin Maturin, Ruby Nhan, Mary McClendon, Keleigh Quimby and Jim Nelson.  Marc Corkern was chosen to give an oral presentation at the AADR meeting.

As first-place winner, Lottinger will attend the Hinman Student Research Symposium in Memphis, Tennessee, in October. Second-place winner Bulmanski will present his research at the American Dental Association (ADA)/Dentsply Student Clinician Research Program to be held in Las Vegas in October. Third-place winner Evans will attend the ADA 47^th Annual Dental Students’ Conference on Research in Gaithersburg, Maryland in May.

Congratulations to Acadiana for reeling in the coveted "Best Fishermen in the State" Award!