Attached for your review is our 2018 Legislative Session report from our lobbying team from Gray-Robinson. Thanks to Mike Huey, Todd Stiebly and Jessica Love for their outstanding work on our behalf.
William Storoe, DDS, Chair
FSOMS Legislative Committee
Pembroke Pines, Florida practice seeking oral surgeon for multi specialty group; equity position available.
Please contact Dr. Kaplan 954 432 7025; fax 954 432 7613.
Posted: February, 6, 2018
It is with great sorrow that we must report the unexpected passing of Daniel M. Plank, DMD of Orlando. He was 38. Dr. Plank practiced at Central Florida Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Plank was a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He obtained his BS degree from the University of Florida, and his DMD degree from the University of Florida College of Dentistry.
He completed an internship in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Emory University and his residency at Tufts University. He was a member and clinical instructor with the Florida Dental Society of Anesthesiology, Florida Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and AAOMS. In addition, Dr. Plank was a treatment provider for the National Foundation of Ectodermal Dysplasia.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
*A gofundme account has been set up for a college education fund for Dr. Plank’s daughters, Emily and Elizabeth.
Funeral
Thursday, December 14
12:00 noon
Saint Mary Margaret Church
Winter Park, FL
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Thursday, July 12ACLS/BLS Recertification |
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Friday, July 13Advanced Airway Complications & Management |
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Saturday, July 14Functional Reconstruction of Complex Maxillofacial |
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Sunday, July 15Patient Safety and Risk Management for the Oral |
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Julie Goldberg, DDS Dental Education Coordinator at OMSNIC and Fortress University of Illinois Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
This year’s event will be held January 24, which is a Wednesday, in order to make a major impact with the legislators on behalf of the specialty. So this day will have the intended impact, we need you! We have a block of rooms on Tuesday, January 23 at the Residence Inn, located a short distance from the Capitol. We will cover the cost of the rooms for those that participate in the activities on Wednesday. Breakfast and lunch on Wednesday will also be provided.
Here is the schedule for the day:
| 8:30am | Gather in Sittig Hall 302 S. Bronough St) for breakfast and a briefing on the day’s activities and a discussion of current issues with our lobbying team from Gray-Robinson, Mike Huey, Todd Steibly and Jessica Love. |
| 9:00am | Group walks to the Capitol for visits with legislators |
| 1:00pm | Lunch; Senate Conference Room 227 |
| 3:00pm | Adjourn |
If you can join us, please email FSOMS Executive Director Hank Holderfield at hholderfield@pami.org or call him at 877.831.2500 (office) or 404.538.9546 (cell).
Hank will make arrangements for your hotel room and provide other details.
Dr. Mufson is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in private practice in North Miami Beach, FL A graduate of Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, PA, post-graduate residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dr. Mufson has lectured extensively on the topic of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, in addition to other state-mandated courses—Laws and Rules of Dentistry, Medical Errors and Risk Management. He is also past president of the South Florida District Dental Association and Florida Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Dr. Rawal graduated from the University of Florida College of Dentistry. He completed his training in Prosthodontics at the University of California San Francisco where he was exposed to the most current technologies shaping dentistry. He has worked extensively to utilize CAD/CAM technologies within the scope of clinical dentistry and enhance his patients’ restorative treatments. He has lectured extensively across the USA as well as internationally. He is currently in private practice in central Florida in Orlando and east to the Beaches.
Dr. Fernandes is a Board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He holds dual appointments in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Currently, he serves as the Chief of Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Head and Neck/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery fellowship and Associate Chairman of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Boston University and Doctorate in Dental Medicine from the Goldman School of Dental Medicine, also at Boston University. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and completed residency training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well. Upon completion of his residency, he began a 2 year combined Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at the University of Maryland College of Medicine. Since completing his fellowship training he has maintained an academic appointment at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville. Dr. Fernandes currently serves as chair of the education committee of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally and has authored several manuscripts in the areas of head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery as well a single author textbook in reconstructive surgery of the head and neck.
Dr. Tejera was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba and grew up in Miami, Florida, therefore, is fluent in both English and Spanish. He attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama before going on to earn both dental (D.M.D.) and medical (M.D.) degrees from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, respectively.Dr. Tejera completed an internship in General Surgery and residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Hospitals. During his final year of surgical training at UNC, he served as the Chief Resident of the Oral and Maxillofacial Service.
Following residency, Dr. Tejera pursued fellowship training in General Cosmetic Surgery at Carolina Surgical Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina. During his subspecialty fellowship program, Dr. Tejera received extensive, formal, didactic and clinical training in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
After his fellowship, Dr. Tejera accepted a position at Carolina Surgical Arts where he practiced the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Tejera maintained an active full scope practice with an emphasis in Facial Cosmetic Surgery, reconstructive surgery of the facial skeleton and corrective jaw (orthognathic) surgery. In 2003, he became Board Certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Dr. Tejera’s current clinical practice is focused on cosmetic facial surgery, orthognathic surgery, facial reconstructive surgery, sleep apnea medicine and its related surgical treatments, and dental implants. Dr. Tejera is also very active in providing care to patients with facial trauma, including a broad range of facial fractures and soft tissue injuries, through the Lee Memorial Health System Trauma Program.
Dr. Ruiz has joined the Department of Children’s Surgery at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. He is board-certified in oral and maxillofacial surgery and fellowship-qualified in pediatric craniofacial surgery. Dr. Ruiz serves as medical director of Arnold Palmer Hospital Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Surgery and the Craniofacial Disorders Program. Dr. Ruiz maintains a full-scope surgical practice in maxillofacial and craniofacial surgery with an emphasis in reconstructive surgery of the facial skeleton, corrective jaw (orthognathic) surgery, repair of the cleft lip and palate, and management of patients with complex craniofacial conditions. He has dedicated his professional life to the care of individuals with facial differences.
