36 2024 Fiesta NMDA June 6–8, 2024 New Mexico Dental Association is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider New Mexico Dental Association designates this activity for the continuing education credit(s) noted. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to ADA CERP at www.ada.org/cerp. Please be advised about the potential risks of using limited knowledge when incorporating techniques and procedures into your practices, especially when the course has not provided a clinical experience in the technique or procedure to ensure that participants have attained competence. Thursday, June 7 Ticketed Events/Workshops Special Events Lectures Friday, June 7 Charles Schumacher, DDS Born and raised in Kansas City, and briefly in St. Louis, he graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri in 1982 with a BA degree in Biology. From there he attended UMKC Dental School, working while in dental school for a local orthodontic lab making retainers and appliances on the side. Senior year, he was accepted for an Air Force GPR, but he always wanted to move out west for recreation and outdoor opportunities, only if he could convince his fiancée and future wife, Sandy, to move from KC as well. When a dentist from Farmington reached out to the school looking for an associate/partner, he jumped on it, thinking it may be a 1-2-year tryout, then possible going back to KC for other opportunities. They made friends, had an excellent practice, and loved the area, so they stayed. Thirty-eight years later he is still practicing at the same office, with three partners. He has achieved Fellowships in the Academy of General Dentistry and the American College of Dentists, and Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is Past President of the NMDA, and Past Chair of the NM Board of Dental Health Care. He was instrumental in starting the Mission of Mercy here in New Mexico. Now concentrating his practice in Dental Sleep Medicine and TMJ Disorders, he is working three days per week and enjoying more time in Dallas, where he and Sandy have a second home. Their daughter, Sydney, is also in Dallas working for Southwest Airlines as a Senior Data Analyst for Marketing. Dale Goad, DDS I attended Abilene Christian University from 1971 through 1974 (Junior year) when I was accepted into dental school. In the summer of 1978, I graduated from the University of Texas Dental School in Houston, Texas. As a National Health Service Corps scholarship recipient, I was assigned to Carrizozo, New Mexico to begin a dental practice in this underserved area (last dentist in Carrizozo was in 1951). Newlywed and with my new DDS degree, I, along with my wife, Cherri (who had earned her CDA from UT/ Houston), began this practice. In August of 1981, I was honored to be presented the Department of Health and Human Services Certificate of Appreciation in St. Louis, Missouri. Rearing two sons, Briton and Adrian, I practiced in Carrizozo for 41 years, retiring in August 2019. Dental Association Service and Volunteerism: NMDA Vice President, NMDA President Elect, NMDA President 2008–2009, NMDA Foundation Board of Trustees (2008–2009), ADA Council on Membership (2009–2013), NMDA Council on Membership, American Indian/Alaskan Native Summit, NMDA/ AzDA/ADA Native American Oral Health Issues Committee, Delegate to the NMDA House of Delegates (EDDS), NMDA Dental Therapy Task Force, NMDA Bylaws Task Force, NMDA Task Force on Licensure and Examinations, NMDA Medicaid Task Force, NMDA Task Force on Solving the Problem of Access to Care in NM, NMDA Mission of Mercy Task Force, NMDA Missions of Mercy Participant, NMDA Teledentistry Task Force, NMDA Legislative Committee, Delegate to the ADA House of Delegates (current). New Mexico Dental Association is Proud to Honor Dale Goad, DDS and Charles Schumacher, DDS Awarding Them its Highest Honor The Medal of Distinction Recognition of outstanding service to dentistry, maintaining standards by which all future leaders will be judged. June 2024 The New Mexico Dental Association’s Medal of Distinction is bestowed upon a NMDA member for exceptional lifetime achievement, contributions to the profession and service to organized dentistry. It is the highest honor that the NMDA can award a member. Past Recipients: Shelly L. Fritz Robert J. Gherardi Kirk Graham Ralph Lopez Larry Lubar Ken Merritt David Moore Gene Purtell Thomas J. Schripsema Isadore Voda David D. Warren Proudly sponsored by NM-ACD/NM-ICD.
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