September 17 | Edie Gibson
Dazed and Confused: Unmasking the Opioid, Cannabis and Vaping Explosion
Sponsored by: Care Credit and Siouxland Study Club
Edie is a Registered Dental Hygienist that brings over 30 years of diverse, hands-on clinical and business expertise to the podium. She is a “wife in recovery” and works closely with recovering addicts and their families. She is the CEO of EGibson Consulting, Lecture for Misch Implant Institute and Straumann, a 2013 Sunstar RDH Award of Distinction recipient, and a Registered Psychotherapist. She is also a Thought Leader/KOL for several prestigious companies and a contributing author to the bestselling book, Overcoming Mediocrity.
October 22 | Dr. Kademani (3 hour lecture)
Oral Cancer, Manifestations, and Treatment
Sponsored by: Siouxland Study Club
Dr. Deepak Kademani MD, DMD, FACS is the Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at North Memorial Medical Center, Fellowship director for the Oral/head and Neck Surgery Program and Vice Chief of Staff for the Medical Center. He prides his departments on being innovative and leading the specialty areas of head and neck surgery, with a particular focus on oral cancer, salivary gland disease and reconstructive facial surgery. Dr. Kademani is a member of numerous professional societies and has lectured nationally and internationally on a variety of topics, predominantly in head and neck pathology, oral cancer and reconstructive head and neck surgery.
November 19 | Dr. Matt Hallas
Improving Restorative Success with Implant Solutions
Sponsored by: Nobel Biocare and Siouxland Study Club
Dr. Matt Hallas DMD, has extensive training in the specialty of prosthodontics. Additionally, Dr. Hallas is an active lecturer for dental study groups and continuing education programs, which keeps him on the leading edge of new developments in the field of prosthodontics. He has enhanced knowledge in esthetic implant treatment planning to help address both the patients’ esthetic and functional concerns.
January 21 | Tom Terronez
Understanding the Importance of IT Security
Sponsored by: Carestream Dental and Siouxland Study Club
Tom Terronez is one of the nation’s renowned Dental IT specialist and hands-on leader who strives to aid practices reach peak efficiency and IT security potential. Tom founded two technology companies (Medix Dental IT and Terrostar Interactive Media), since then he has become one of the most respected experts both locally and nationally in IT Security. Tom is the board chair for a rapidly expanding financial institution as well as a mentor in an executive education program at Stanford University.
February 18 | Dr. Al Matny
CBCT Interpretation on Oral & Maxillofacial Applications
Sponsored by: Carestream Dental and Siouxland Study Club
Dr. Al Matny is a licensed Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist at SeeThru Reports and the Specialty Clinical Expert at Carestream Dental. She attended the University of Texas Health in San Antonio (UTHSA) where she received both a certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology and a Master’s in Dental Science. She is a reviewer for Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology (OOOO) and actively involved in multiple committees at the American Association of Oral Maxillofacial Radiology (AAOMR).
March 17 | Dr. Arleigh Trainor
Live Stories From the Emergency Room
Sponsored by: Siouxland Study Club
Dr. Trainor graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine And Health Sciences in 2003. She is an Emergency Medicine specialist in Sioux Falls, SD and has over 16 years of diverse eperience, especially in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Trainor, MD, is affiliated with many hopsitals including Sanford USD Medical Center and she works with other doctors and physicians in different medical groups as well.
April 24 | Aldo Leopardi, B.D.S., D.D.S, M.S.
Complicated Prosthectic Lecture (All Day Lecture)
This is the third Lecture of his Complicated Prosthectic Lecture Series
Sponsored by: Siouxland Study Club
Dr. Aldo Leopardi, an aesthetic dentist and Denver’s world-renowned Prosthodontist, is committed to creating beautiful smiles. He specializes in aesthetic, implant, fixed and removable dentistry.
He received his undergraduate dental degree from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, in 1984. He enjoyed private practice as a general dentist in Adelaide, Australia, for several years prior to receiving his specialist training and masters degree in combined fixed, removable and implant Prosthodontics, at the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, in 1993.
At Chapel Hill, he also taught Fixed Prosthodontics as a Clinical Assistant Professor. Upon return to Australia, he began a successful Prosthodontic private practice in the Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia.
In 1996, he joined the Prosthodontic faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM), Michigan, where he also obtained his American DDS degree. Teaching responsibilities at UDM included Clinical Supervisor , Co-Director of the Fixed Prosthodontic Program, Director of the Complete Dentures Program and Implant Residency program supervisor.
After 15 years of combined academic and dental practice, Dr. Leopardi resumed private practice limited to implant, fixed and removable Prosthodontics in Denver, Colorado. Today he lectures nationally on subjects involving fixed, removable and implant dentistry, and is involved in clinical research. He is also the founder and President of the Denver Implant Study Club.