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Hello AACMFS Members,
 
Abstracts for oral presentation at the AAMCFS 2025 Annual Meeting will be the focal point of the Scientific Session. Abstracts may focus on basic/scientific, translational, or clinical aspects of care, including case reports which would likely elicit robust discussion. Each abstract presentation will be no more than five Minutes in length, followed by an allotted time for discussion.
 
2025 AACMFS Annual Meeting
May 1-May 4
Four Seasons Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
 
Please consider the opportunity of sharing your work with colleagues!
 
Submission and Selection:
Please submit and upload your completed abstract by January 6 at: https://bit.ly/AACMFS-Abstracts-2025.
 
Save and name your abstract in this format:
Presenter name, Specialty Section abbreviated, Title of abstract abbreviated.
 
Upon acceptance, authors will be notified of final presentation and discussion date/time.
 
Note: Abstracts may be presented by one of your institutions fellows; however, a “Fellow/Member” of the AACMFS must be one of the authors.
 
Please see more details in the PDF attached.
 
Thanks,
 
Melissa
 
Melissa Connor
Associate Executive Director
Professional Association Management
4850 Golden Parkway
Suite 418 B
Buford, GA 30518
 
770-271-0453 (o)
770-271-0634 (f)
404-735-4750 (c)

David Stern
NBA Commissioner 1984 – 2014

“one and done”

The origin of the term “one and done” is unclear but it may have arisen among the myriad conversations of David Stern, the NBA Commissioner from 1984 to 2014. “One and done” refers to the controversial rule which Stern introduced in 2006 that required recruits spend at least one year playing college basketball, or overseas, before achieving eligibility to enter the NBA draft. Prior to that, top recruits could enroll in the NBA draft directly out of high school. Since 2006, the meaning of “one and done” has expanded to describe tournament performance, i.e. losing out on the first round, as well as other non-athletic applications. Nowadays, the term is used to describe everything from disposable tissues to an option for family planning.

“One and done” can also describe the monolithic donation pattern of some of our wonderful donors who have previously contributed – maybe several years ago – but not since. Please remember that the AACMFS is and will always be a small organization. If we are to achieve our lofty goal of fully funding the Ramon Ruiz Traveling Scholarship we need the involvement of the entire membership on an ongoing basis. When you make your donation via https://aacmfsf.wildapricot.org/Login please consider the monthly automatic withdrawal pledge option which is easy on the budget yet makes a significant impact on our fund.

Thanks in advance for your donation and I look forward to seeing you in Halifax!

Donation by credit card or monthly pledge: https://aacmfs.net/foundation

Send Checks to:
AACMFS Foundation
4850 Golden Parkway, Suite B-417
Buford, GA 30518

Dear Friends 

“Facial Dysmorphia: A Global Solution” was the lofty theme assigned to me by the 2014 BAOMS President, Llanko Llankovan, for my address as his Presidential Lecturer.  Llanko is an internationally recognized expert on this topic. I am not. Llanko also has a well-honed sense of humor, as he knew that my interests lay elsewhere. Far elsewhere. 

As a Bovie-saw-and flap-em guy I had no idea where to start…

I called Ramon Ruiz

Ramon accurately predicted Mr. Llankovan’s desire for an outside-the-box presentation and he gave me some great pointers. The lecture proved to be a resounding success.

Nine years later, I still think of Ramon every time I look at the plaque on my wall that he made possible.

Present and future recipients of the Ramon Ruiz Traveling Scholarship may similarly reflect on their experience, as well as on the career opportunities that the Scholarship opened for them. In its 1st year, the Scholarship is already highly competitive. At $10,000, this stipend doubles the awards that I have found among the various scholarships available through the ACS and from ENT sources. This opens the door more widely to those outstanding potential candidates who are already saddled with considerable educational debt and who simply could not afford a partially funded experience that does not cover all, or almost all of the costs.

Already the RAMON RUIZ TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP is a great success thanks to the generosity of many of you. We need to make it an even greater success by involving ALL of you. Please join me in taking the Scholarship to the NEXT LEVEL which will entail enlarging the corpus to make the Scholarship SELF-SUSTANING. A relatively painless way to do this is to pledge a monthly fixed withdrawal/donation over a period of several years – whatever you’re comfortable with. Melissa can set that up if you just give her a call at 770–271–0453.

A completely painless mechanism that would enable you to make a sizeable donation is to set up a Planned Gift in your Will. We plan to roll this out along with other options at the Halifax meeting.

Ramon’s widow, Laura, recently sent the following email to Hank Holderfield, the President of PAMI which is the firm that manages AACMFS:

Thank you, Hank for sending us an update on the fund for Ramon. Our children are so appreciative that you all started this scholarship so quickly and that the response is so strong. I have been supported by so many of Ramon’s colleagues and friends. I cannot begin to imagine going through this alone. Thank you all for helping us manage this insurmountable loss. Take care, Laura

You take care too, Laura. Your strength has been an inspiration to us all. Please be ever cognizant of the fact that the fund in Ramon’s name will ensure the immortality of his legacy.

Send a check to:
AACMFS Foundation
4850 Golden Parkway, Suite B-417
Buford, GA 30518

To pay by credit card you can click this link:
https://aacmfs.wildapricot.org/Donation

‘In Memoriam Of’ or ‘In Honor Of’ donations can be noted in the comment section of the donation form.

AACMFS Foundation is a 501 (c)3 organization. Tax ID 84-4131666.

The Midcareer Conference – Tremendous Success
The AACMFS sponsored Midcareer Conference was held last weekend in Atlanta. By all measures, the event was a tremendous success thanks to the efforts of Dr. Rui Fernandez who chaired the program. The small group of attendees (26) enabled a very interactive program allowing for lively discussions and time for networking. The invited speakers included Drs. Rui Fernandez, Brent Ward, John Caccamese, Tim Turvey, Mark Wong, Tirbod Fattahi, Jaz Dillion, Bonnie Padwa, Kevin Arce, Steve Roser, and Likith Reddy. The meeting targeted young and mid-career surgeons working in academic and hospital centers. The topics included career development tips; identifying opportunities; interviewing; dealing with dental school, medical school, and hospital administrations; navigating through the complexities of leadership roles; negotiating; and building a team in craniomaxillofacial surgery. Special thanks to Hank Holderfield and Melissa Connor for organizing the venue, arranging meals, coffee breaks and post meeting reception.

Annual Meeting Registration Coming Soon
The registration for the Annual Meeting will start shortly. The meeting will take place in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on April 14 – 16, 2023 with a Pre-conference Workshop on Pediatric Craniomaxillofacial Surgery beginning on Thursday from 1-5 pm, April 13, 2023. Dr. Ramon Ruiz will chair the session. Our Annual Meeting will be in the same format as past AACMFS meetings with keynote speakers and abstracts presentations followed by discussion. As with all other AACMFS meetings, lively discussions are encouraged following each presentation. We have received a record number of abstracts and expected attendance will be similar. This should be a gorgeous time of year in North Carolina and if you are planning to spend pre- or post-conference leisure time, book your plans early.

The AACMFS Foundation
The AACMFS Foundation is off to a great start thanks to the efforts of Foundation Chairman, Dr. Eric Dierks. The Foundation will award $10,000 for a traveling fellowship for 2023. Please see the application and instruction at https://aacmfs.net/foundation. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2023. The winner of the award will be announced at the Annual Meeting and the selected AACMFS member is expected to present a summary of the experience at the 2024 annual meeting.

If you haven’t already donated or pledged to the Foundation, please do. The goal is to reach a self-sustainable level of $250,000.00.

Thank you again for allowing me to be President of this esteemed organization. We continue to make progress with our educational commitments.

Sincerely,

Timothy A. Turvey, DDS, FACS
Professor

Dear AACMFS MEMBER

Examine the cover of the latest Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons publication (January, 2023) and you will observe the AACMFS logo just below the AAOMS logo, and above the logo of the CAOMS. Look closer and you will see that the JOMS lists AACMFS among the organizations that consider them to be their official Journal. AAOMS president, Dr. Paul Schwartz lists the benefits of this association in the January 2023 newsletter that is in your email.

This recognition is a wonderful compliment to AACMFS and its members. We are a small, but very meaningful group. Congratulations to all, especially to Past President Dr. Rui Fernandez and Executive Director Dr. Brent Ward for their assistance in making this happen. The Journal has agreed to electronically publish the abstracts of our annual meeting and has invited us to contribute formal manuscripts and to be represented at their Editorial Board meetings.

I look forward to greeting you in Chapel Hill April 13-16 for the annual meeting. Remember that abstracts are due Friday, January 20, 2023.

Happy New Year and Best Wishes.

Tim

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest”. — Benjamin Franklin

The AACMFS has created a 501(3) (c) charitable foundation that will enable the Academy to receive tax-deductible donations that will provide financial support for appropriate educational undertakings. The Chair of this Foundation is Dr. Eric Dierks. The first undertaking of the Foundation will be to develop a traveling scholar program that will provide financial support to one US or Canadian oral and maxillofacial surgeon each year. The grant will assist the recipient in traveling to another country for a 4 to 6 week period to interface with a local surgeon or surgeons to enhance the recipient’s fund of knowledge and expand their depth of experience. The specific details will be forthcoming and we anticipate the formalization of this program in early 2023, at which time applications will be accepted.

Please support the AACMFS Foundation by making a donation below:

https://aacmfsf.wildapricot.org/Donation/