New Diplomates
96 candidates participated in the November 2009 Oral Examination.
84 were successful for a pass rate of 87%.
Congratulations to the following Periodontists who achieved Diplomate status:
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Heba Abuhussein
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Alan Lee
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Hamad Al-Fahad
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Chia-Yen Lee
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Fahad Alshehri
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Thomas Lin
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Reem Atout
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Rania Livada
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Gustavo Avila
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Wenge Ma
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Soulafa Baloul
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Shahin Madi
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Joy Beckerley
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Eduardo Marcuschamer
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Gaston Berenguer
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Oscar Martin
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Justin Braga
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Crystal McIntosh
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Julius Bunek, II
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John Melton
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Melanie Campese
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Ryan Mendro
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Fernando Canargiu
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Hema Menon
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Huei-Ling Chang
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Brett Metcalf
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Hua-Ching Cheng
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Robert Moeller
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Woojae Chong
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John Mowry
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Michael Cwiklinski
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Audra Myers
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David Diamond
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Jafar Naghsbandi
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Alkaterini-Elisavet Doufexi
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Daniel Nagler
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Caroline Faris
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Eleni Papatoniou
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Kevin Gillespie
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Flavia Pirih
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John Govostes
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Lindsay Powers
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Holly Gregory
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Ardeshir Raghian
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Sidharth Gupta
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Hector Rios
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Samia Hardan
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M. Leticia Rodriquez-Varo
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Laura Harris-Vieyra
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Howard Rosa
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Rashmi Hegde
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Jeffrey Rosario
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Maria Hernandez
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John Rutledge
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Weiting Ho
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Mabel Salas Martinez
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Patrick Huston
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Rachel Schallhorn
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Quang Huynh
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Maria Silvera Portacio
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Nishant Joshi
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Huan SU
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Jin Ha Joung
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Logesh Swayamprakasam
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Ibrahim Kantarci
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Teppei Tsukiyama
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Amy Kauvar
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Jeremy Ueno
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Danielle Kelner
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Emilie Valencia
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William Kelsey, V
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Steven Van Scoyoc
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Stephanie Kiefer
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Elana Walker
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Steven Kim
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Robert Weishoff
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Yoolim Kim
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Suellan Yao
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Gregory Koontz
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Natasha Yashar
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David Kwon
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Roy Yoo
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Lyndsay Langston
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Talal Zahid
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2011 Oral Examination Application Deadline
The May 2010 oral examination will be held on May 3-6, 2010. The application deadline was October 31, 2009. Eligible candidates who wish to submit application for the May 2011 Oral Examination Session to be administered May 3-7, 2011 must submit a completed 2011 Oral Examination application by October 31, 2010. Assigment of candidates is on a first/serve, first/come basis. Ultimately assignment of candidates to a particular session is at the sole discretion of the Board. Candidates may download the 2011 Oral Examination Application, complete and mail to the Board office along with the required application fee of $800.00.
New Policy Regarding Active Diplomate Annual Registration and Recertification
2010 Annual Registration Forms have been mailed to all Active Diplomates to be completed and returned along with the annual registration fee to the Board office by January 1, 2010. A reminder of the January 1st due date will be sent to those Diplomates who have not registerd and paid the annual registration fee by December 1st. A second reminder will be mailed on January 1st. Diplomates who do not complete their annual registration requirement by January 15th will incur a $100 late fee. If registration is not completed by March 31st the Diplomate will be sent a certified letter placing him/her on Inactive status. No periodontist may claim to be board certified while on Inactive Status. Return to Active Status will require payment of any past due annual registration fee(s) and a $75 reactivation fee plus the late fee of $100.
Diplomates who are due to recertify during a calendar year will be sent a notice in January of that year that recertification, (CE points, completion of SSRP, and attestation form), must be completed by December 31st. If the Diplomates does not recertify by March 31st of the following year he/she will be placed on Inactive status and must completed their recertification requirement and incur at $75 reactivation fee in order to be returned to Active status. No periodontist may claim to be board certified while on Inactive Status.
Board Announces One Annual Oral Exam Session
Beginning 2010 one oral exam session will be held in the spring. The 2010 session is scheduled to be administered May 3-7, 2010 in Dallas, TX. Applications for the 2010 session must be received by the Board office no later than October 31, 2009. Scheduling of candidates is on a first come/first serve basis. Ultimate placement of candidates is at the sole discretion of the Board. Current eligible candidates who have successfully completed the Qualifying (formerly known as Written Examination) will receive one additional year of eligibility to complete the oral examination. Candidates who successfully complete the 2009 Qualifying Examination will receive 3 years of eligibilty. Please visit the Examination pages of our website to download the application and review other pertinent information regarding the examination. The November 2009 oral exam session will be held as scheduled November 16-19, 2009.
ABP Qualifying Examination
179 candidates participated in the 2009 computerized Qualifying Examination at regional
testing centers, 172 were successful for a pass rate of 96%.
Congratulations to the following:
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Samantha Aaron
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Tyler Hendry
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Prathima Prasanna
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Rima Abdallah
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Joel Henriod
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Scott Price
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Firas Abdelrahman
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Rita Hitti
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Sarah Puzey
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Heba Abuhussein
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Weiting Ho
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Ardeshir Raghian
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Hamad Al-Fahad
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Philip Hwang
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Amal Rastogi
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Abdulaziz Aljazzaf
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Terry Im
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Amita Rastogi
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Fahad Alshehri
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Giuseppe Intini
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Megan Ratliff
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Dorothy Anasinski
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Mark Islar
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Bryan Recker
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Corey Anderson
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Nishant Joshi
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Hector Rios
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Jennifer Anderson
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James Jun
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M. Leticia Rodriquez-Varo
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Roger Anderson
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Amy Kauvar
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Howard Rosa
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Dan Ang
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Rayyan Kayal
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Yana Rosenstein
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Sarvenaz Angha
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Danielle Kelner
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Jonathan Ross
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Reem Atout
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William Kelsey V
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Michelle Rubin
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Gustavo Avila
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Stephanie Kiefer
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Benjamin Russell
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Zahra Bagheri
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Yoolim Kim
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John Rutledge
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Amr Bokhari
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Steven Kim
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Mabel Salas Martinex
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Justin Braga
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Kihyun Kim
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Andrew Satlin
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Michael Brenegan
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Seok Yong Kim
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Rachel Schallhorn
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Julius Bunek II
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Gregory Koontz
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Austin Schellinck
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Nicole Caldwell
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David Kwon
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Ryan Serra
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Melanie Campese
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Lyndsay Langston
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Nathan Shapiro
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Hua-Ching Cheng
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Chia-Yen Lee
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Murad Shaqman
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Jackie Chi
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Seung Lee
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Celine Sheng
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Wenyu Chou
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Ronald Lehane
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Daniel Shin
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Yumei Chou
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Thomas Lin
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Peter Smith
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Aaron Colby
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Anand Maharathi
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Takanori Sobue
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Shane Cope
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Saeid Malboubi
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Huan Su
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Basel Danan
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Eduardo Marcuschamer
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Chun-Xiao Sun
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Sarah De Sanz
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Oscar Martin
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Logesh Swayamprakasam
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Rishin Desai
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Willard Maughan
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Deborah Termeie
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David Diamon
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Crystal McIntosh
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Baruch Tetri
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Dianati Mehrnoosh
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Sheppard McKenzie
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Russell Thaler
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Jennifer Diaz
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Sayma Memon
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Viet Ton That
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Iyman Elashmawy
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Hema Menon
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Christopher Trailor
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Ryan Ellis
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Brett Metcalf
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Allison Tran
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Vahid Eshraghi
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Alireza Modarres
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Teppei Tsukiyama
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Sridhar Eswaran
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Robert Moeller
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Jeremy Ueno
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Melissa Farino
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Yolanda Moore
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Steven Van Scoyoc
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David Farivar
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Maria Moran
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Yartza VaZquez
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Scott Ferguson, Jr.
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Isabelle Mortalena
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Christian Vlachojannis
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Matthew Fien
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Anastasios Moschidis
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Jonathan Waasdore
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Rual Figueroa
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Audra Myers
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Keisuke Wada
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Elena Furman
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Sam Naim
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Elana Walker
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Praveen Gajendrareddy
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Mana Nejadi
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Audra Ward
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Kevin Gillespie
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Francisco Oliver
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Tetsuji Watari
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Brian Goldstein
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Adrian O’Neal
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Robert Weishoff
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Jose Gonzalez Gonzalez
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Jeremy Owyoung
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Daniel West
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Ana Gossweiler
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Anastasia Papapostolou
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Jerold Wilde
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John Govostes
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Andreas Parashis
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Benjamin Williams
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Karina Goykman
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Sang Sub Park
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Jason Witonsky
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Holly Gregory
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Neha Patel
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Suellan Yao
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Omar Hakki
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Sharon Phamduong
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Lisa Yerke
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Anas Halaweh
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Flavia Pirih
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Talal Zahid
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Harold Hall
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Maxim Podolsky
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Charbel Zalloum
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Samia Hardan
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Khristi Poidmore
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Guizhen Zhang
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Rebecca Hart
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Nicholas Poulos
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Rashmi Hedge
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Lindsay Powers
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2010 ABP Qualifying Examination
Application deadline June 15, 2010
Exam Administration Dates: August 30 and August 31
Board of Directors
The American Board of Periodontology Board of Directors 2008-2009
| Cary Shapoff |
Co-Chairman |
2010 |
| Hom-Lay Wang |
Co-Chairman |
2010 |
| Henry Greenwell |
Co-Vice Chairman |
2011 |
| Louis F. Rose |
Co-Vice Chairman |
2011 |
| Georgia Johnson |
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2012 |
| Brian L. Mealey |
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2012 |
| Thomas J. Kepic |
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2013 |
| Robert Sabatini |
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2013 |
| Bryan Pearson |
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2014 |
| Steven Blanchard |
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2015 |
Change in the Certification Process Starting in 2009
The term "Board Eligible" will be discontinued for candidates passing the Written Examination in 2009. Candidates completing the ABP Qualifying Examination in the years 2006, 2007, and 2008 will be considered Board Eligible under the specifications of the current policy