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Gayle Davies

Our Team at AAOMS House of Delegates

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Thanks to these members for representing FSOMS at the AAOMS House of Delegates meeting in San Diego (L-R) Drs. Lance Grenevicki, Dan Gesek, Chad Marshall, Tom Bowers and Jason Portnof.

Executive Director Hank Holderfield Awarded Honorary Fellowship

FSOMS Executive Director Hank Holderfield (L) was awarded Honorary Fellowship by AAOMS President Paul Schwartz (R) at the AAOMS House of Delegates recognizing over 40 years of service to the specialty.

Dr. Jason Portnof, FSOMS President, Reconstructs 8 yr. old Shooting Victim’s Face

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Watch video and read complete article here.

What could’ve been a tragic end to 8-year-old Lilah Williams-Sjosten’s young life ended up turning into a heartwarming story of perseverance.

This past March, Williams-Sjosten was on her way to SeaWorld when she was shot in the face during a drive-by shooting near Avenue O and Northwest 12th Street in Fort Pierce. Lilah was flown to Saint Mary’s Medical Center for surgery.
Dr. Jason Portnof was the oral surgeon who reconstructed Lilah’s jaw with three surgeries. He explained how he performed the operations.

“Reconstructed jaw, based on the uninjured side so that we basically mirror-imaged the uninjured side to the injured side, so we could bend a plate, a custom titanium plate, that we could use to re-line everything up and give her an anatomic outcome,” he explained, holding up a 3D molding of Lilah’s jaw for reference.

After such random terror, and a few weeks of surgeries and recovery, Lilah and her family have avoided unthinkable tragedy. The screws are scheduled to be removed from her jaw in about six months.

2020 Summer Meeting Recap

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It was nice to get away from our quarantined houses and escape to St. Augustine, FL for the 2020 FSOMS Summer meeting.

We held the required courses of ACLS, BLS, PALS and Airways and Office Emergencies to about 30+ members. The hotel did an amazing job keeping all of us safe and helped us practice social distancing by putting one member at a 6ft. table, requiring all guests to wear masks indoors and cleaning, cleaning and cleaning.

On Friday afternoon we held our Board meeting and hosted a panel discussion about COVID and how OMS practices are being affected. Many members shared positive ideas that been developed to help practices and staff. We welcomed new members to the FSOMS: Derek King, DMD, Boyton Beach, FL; Steven Mantegari, DDS, MD, Jacksonville, FL; Marek Ogeldzki, DMD, MD, Orange Park, FL; and Fred Predoletti, DMD, Miami, FL.

On Saturday afternoon Dr. Andrew Herlich conducted his session via Zoom on “Airway Management After Medical Emergencies and COVID-19 Updates.” For those that attended the meeting Dr. Herlich’s slides will be available on the FSOMS website with a special passcode for access.

We also bestowed an Honorary Membership to Dr. Andrew Herlich for his dedication to the FSOMS and education of our membership.

Congratulations Dr. Herlich and welcome to the FSOMS membership.

We could not have held this meeting without the support of our sponsors for our Opening Reception KLS Martin.

We also appreciate our exhibitors who make our meeting successful:

  • Advantage Technologies
  • DePuy Synthes
  • Fontona
  • Geistlich
  • Impladent
  • Invisian Medical/ Minne Ties
  • KLS Martin
  • Zimmer Biomet

2019 Summer Meeting Recap

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Amelia Island is always a welcoming location for our FSOMS Summer Meeting and this year was no exception. The weather and the ocean are certainly an incentive to attend this meeting along with our great scientific programs.

We started Thursday and Friday with required courses of “ACLS/BLS” and “Advanced Airway Complications & Management for the OMS and OMS Office Emergencies – Simulation Course.”

Our welcome reception gathered on Friday night retreated from an early evening rainstorm, but we had festive attire from Drs. Mufson and Blumberg and Speaker, Dr. Andrew Herlich.

On Saturday and Sunday morning, Dr. Andrew Herlich conducted his session on “Pediatric Office-based Emergencies and Newer Developments in Pediatric Anesthesia.”

We held our FSOMS Board meeting and welcomed new members Drs. Christopher Kuhns, Samuel Landrian, Juan Samaniego, Jason Sheikh, Bradley Pinker, Matthew Rossen, Ludmils Antonos and John Mazzuoccolo.

Thank you to our sponsor for our
Opening Reception US Oral Surgery.

We also appreciate our exhibitors who make our meeting successful:

            • Carestream Dental
            • Eagle Pharmaceuticals
            • Geistlich
            • HampMed
            • KLS Martin
            • Maxxeus Dental
            • OMSNIC
            • Straumann
            • Stryker
            • US Oral Surgery
            • Zimmer Biomet

Summer Meeting 2019

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August 8, 2019
Pre-Conference Sessions

( ACLS/BLS and Airways and Office Emergencies)

August 9-11, 2019
2019 Summer Meeting
Ritz Carlton
Amelia Island


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“Pediatric Office-Based Emergencies and Newer Developments in Pediatric Anesthesia“

 

Andrew Herlich, DMD, MD, FAAP, FASA
Professor and Special Assistant to the Chair
for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Staff Anestheisologist, UPMC Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA

 

 

Also offering these Required Courses:

(classes based on a minimum number of registrations and are subject to
cancellation if minimums are not met.)

  • ACLS and BLS sessions
  • Advanced Airway Complications & Management for the OMS
  • OMS Office Emergencies–Simulation Course