Dr. Paul Farsai Elected to ACD Board

Associate Professor in the Department of General Dentistry Dr. Paul Farsai was recently elected to the Board of Directors for Regency 1 of the American College of Dentists (ACD). Dr. Farsai has served as a Fellow with the ACD since 2006.

The ACD was founded in Boston in 1920 to evaluate the standards of dentistry, encourage graduate study, and to grant Fellowship to those who have done meritorious work. Since its founding, ACD has grown into a multinational organization with more than 7,400 Fellows—active and retired.

Dental professionals must be nominated and then elected to become Fellows. In 2006, Dr. Farsai became a fellow and, in September 2015, Dr. Farsai was elected to the organization’s Board of Directors for Regency 1.

The ACD is split up into eight Regencies. Dr. Farsai is now serving as one of eight Board Members for Regency 1, which includes seven states and the entire Canadian Eastern Seaboard. The Board meets several times a year.

“It is an honor to be elected to the Board of Regency 1 of the American College of Dentists,” said Dr. Farsai. “The ACD has done great work for dentistry, dental ethics and dental literature, and I am excited to take on a larger role and help to ensure its continued success specifically in the area of dental ethics.”

The ACD’s accomplishments include being the first organization to promote what is now called “continuing education,” organizing and incorporating the American Association of Dental Editors, and essentially saving the Journal of Dental Research during the Depression.

The College is currently involved in a wide range of activities, nationally and locally, to accomplish its mission. These efforts include ethics summits, online courses in dental ethics, the Professional Ethics Initiative, an entry level ethics course, online leadership courses, leadership symposia, a multimedia dental history resource, resource materials for dental schools, a variety of award programs, support for efforts to attract women and minorities to dentistry, and more.

“The American College of Dentists is certainly an organization that has added significant value to the profession of dentistry over its long history,” said Dean Jeffrey W. Hutter. “I would like to congratulate Dr. Farsai on his appointment to the organization’s Board of Directors for Regency 1.”

Dr. Farsai will be attending the Regency 1 Board of Directors meeting on October 29, 2015.