AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Two-Year Course Graduates 14 Doctors; Three Achieved Associate Fellowship www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2015 Officers President Eugene Boone, DDS Steven Bradley, DDS Sherman Menser, DDS Fourteen doctors completed their two-year comprehensive hands-on course in Austin, TX on August 8. The course was taught by Dr. Jeffery Gerhardt at his office in Austin. All the doctors completed the Academy's 12-session, hands-on course and earned a minimum 155 CDE hours in orthodontics and related topics. Three doctors achieved the Associ-ate Fellowship Level of the Academy of Gp Orthodontics Tier Advancement Program. Each doctor needed to complete a mini-mum of three cases during the hands-on course followed by pass-ing a written and oral examina-tion. These doctors included Nathan Collins DDS, Pam Wang DDS, and Sergio Montero DDS. Assisting Dr. Gerhardt with teaching the course was Dr. Bert Vasut. Pictured in back row (from left to right) is Vasna Soroushian, Fred Lewcock, Jeffery Gerhardt, Bert Vasut, Reza Arzegar, Nathan Collins. Pictured in front row, left to right, is Anh Kim Le, Sepideh Vatankhah, Joyce Le, Pam Wang, Gaynor Griffiths. President Elect Vice President Secretary -Treasurer Drew Ellenwood, DDS Kyle McCrea, DDS Immediate Past-President Board of Directors Ernest A. Barbosa, DDS Joseph Drinkwater, DDS Scott Earp, DDS Joe Fallin, DDS Giancarlo Maldonado, DDS Brian Olsen, DDS David Pendleton, DDS Kurt Stodola, DDS Advisory Board Ron Austin, DDS Greg Cannizzo, DDS Roy Holexa, DDS Thomas Jacobsen, DDS Leslie Penley, DDS Bob Shirley, DDS Barry Sockel, DDS Walter L. Tippin, DDS Executive Director Adam Griswold Executive Director Emeritus Cynthia Bordelon 42 Fall 2015 JAOS