Tony Hashemian, D.D.S., assistant professor and assistant dean for Global Oral Health, ASDOH, was a recipient of Arizona Business Magazine’s 2012 Healthcare Leadership Awards as Dentist of the Year.

The Healthcare Leadership Awards, held March 8 at the Arizona Biltmore, recognize the accomplishments of individuals and organizations that have made strides in helping Arizonans receive better care.

“Dr. Hashemian has always been involved in improving the quality of dental care and helping make dental care affordable for everyone,” said ASDOH Dean Jack Dillenberg, D.D.S., M.P.H. “This award is well deserved, and we are honored to have Tony as a member of our ASDOH faculty.”

Jae Hyun Park, D.M.D., M.S.D., M.S., Ph.D., director of the postgraduate orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, had his article selected as “Case of the Month” in the March 2012 issue of The American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO).  In the article, “Angle Class III Malocclusion with Cleft Lip and Palate: Non-Surgical Treatment,”  authors discuss the treatment of a 26-year-old female with Angle Class III malocclusion, missing maxillary lateral incisors, and an eptopic maxillary right canine.

The ASDOH chapter of the American Student Dental Association (ASDA) is celebrating being the recipients of three awards presented at the 42nd ASDA Annual Session Conference held in Minneapolis on March 3-4. ASDOH-ASDA chapter was awarded the IDEAL ASDA Award, the Quality of Website Information Award, and took 2nd place in the Crest and Oral B Community Dentistry Award.

“There were 24 dental schools that entered the contest, and we couldn’t have won the Crest and Oral B Award without all of the students volunteering at Save the Family, the October UMOM Oral Health Fair, and December UMOM Oral Health Fair last fall,” said Michelle Panico, associate director, ASDOH Dentistry in the Community.

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KIRKSVILLE, Mo.- The Mineral Area Osteopathic Foundation has awarded a combined $160,000 in scholarships to students at A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Jesse Beard, Major Burger, Laura Covert, Devin Kennedy, Jessica Kline, Jason Loden, Damon Morris, and Sara Warren all received scholarships in the amount of $20,000.

The Mineral Area Osteopathic Foundations exists to provide support through grants and scholarships to promote and improve the health of people in the foundation’s service area and to promote interest and influence in the science of osteopathic medicine and of the osteopathic profession.

The rural community of Farmington, Mo., located about 70 miles southwest of St. Louis, was home to Mineral Area Regional Osteopathic hospital, founded by a group of seven DOs in 1952. As a not-for-profit, it served the community until 2006 when it was sold to a for-profit company. The proceeds of the sale were channeled into creating the Mineral Area Osteopathic Foundation, which provided scholarships to 32 ATSU-KCOM students in 2010.

Geoffrey Hoffa, M.S., P.A.-C

Geoffrey W. Hoffa, M.S., P.A.-C, P.A., ’00, was recently elected as chair of the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants.

Hoffa is a NCCPA-certified physician assistant and has practiced in the Phoenix metropolitan area since 2001. He has practiced gastroenterology and hepatology, and in 2002 transitioned into transplant surgery at Mayo Clinic Hospital. While serving more than five years in the multi-disciplinary service which included transplant hepatology, transplant nephrology, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, as well as abdominal transplant surgery, he earned the academic title of instructor of medicine. He was the first physician assistant to be allowed associate membership into the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, where he has served as a P.A. liaison for the Legislative Committee.

Active both in the clinical and policy aspects of the profession, he formed Hoffa Health Care (Geoffrey W. Hoffa, PLLC), which offers independent contracting clinical services and has enabled continued leadership for the profession. Hoffa is a fellow of the Arizona State Association of Physician Assistants and the American Academy of Physician Assistants, and has served ASAPA as chair of the Public Relations Committee and as an elected delegate to AAPA House of Delegates.

Mark your calendar! It’s time for the 2012 Still Spirit Awards.

•  Event date: Monday, April 30, 2012
• Nomination deadline: March 23, 2012

Exemplifying the Spirit of Our Community . . . Volunteers & Community Leaders

Young and old alike, they make our community a better place for all. They are people with whom you work, go to school, and share leisure time within our community. All around us are people who do amazing things to help Kirksville and Northeast Missouri grow and prosper. Whether through civic, professional, or volunteer efforts, these individuals are actively engaged in making our community a better place for all and their efforts exceed the requirements of their day-to-day responsibilities.

Since 2005, ATSU has been honored to recognize outstanding community members whose actions embody our founder, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still’s leadership and spirit of volunteerism through the Still Spirit Awards. Like Dr. Still, these individuals possess a willingness to get involved; an unselfish giving of oneself; an ability to lead others; and a desire to enhance the quality of life in our community.

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ATSU’s Audiology department recently awarded Sara Jagger, Au.D., ’13, and Jay Richman, Au.D., ’13 with Student Excellence Endowed Scholarships.

The scholarships, donated by the Audiology Foundation of America, will award Jagger and Richman $1,000 each.

“The two award recipients of the scholarship this year are being recognized based on their outstanding academic and clinical performance while also remaining engaged in service and leadership activities,” said Audiology Chair and Associate Professor Tabitha Parent Buck, Au.D. “We are very proud of these two young professionals who will soon be our professional audiology colleagues.”