AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Eight Doctors Graduate AGpO's Two-Year Orthodontic Course www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2016 Officers President Sherman Menser, DDS Drew Ellenwood, DDS President Elect Vice President Joe Fallin DDS Pictured are Dr. Rosemeire Santos-Teachout, Dr. Roy Holexa (instructor), Dr. Dan Li, Thomas Bunker (back row), Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Dr. Nicolas Gardner (host), Dr. Janel Smith, and Dr. Emily Peters. Dr. Carolyn Riley is not pictured. Congratulations! Secretary -Treasurer Cynthia Bordelon Immediate Past-President Steven Bradley, DDS Board of Directors Ernest A. Barbosa, DDS Ronald Cass, DDS Scott Earp, DDS Giancarlo Maldonado, DDS David Pendleton, DDS Adrianne Williams, DDS On June 18, 2016, the Academy's comprehensive two-year hands-on orthodontic course for 2014-2016 graduated eight doctors in Gouverneur, NY. It was the first group of doctors to graduate from the New York course. All eight doctors completed the Academy's 12-session course and earned a minimum of 155 CDE hours in orthodontics and related topics. All eight doctors achieved the Associate Fellow Level of the Academy of Gp Orthodontics Tier Advancement Program. These doctors completed a minimum of three cases during the hands-on course, followed by a written and oral examination administered by the course instruc-tor Dr. Roy Holexa. 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 2016 JAOS