International College of Dentists, Pierre
Fauchard Dental Academy and the American
College of Dentists.
Dr. Incalcaterra is heavily involved in his
community, as a founding member and
inaugural president of the Rotary Club of
Bethlehem Morning Star (he has been
involved in Rotary for 35 years), a former
youth lacrosse and soccer coach, a former
Boy Scouts of America assistant scout
master, and a member of the St. Peter and
Paul Byzantine Catholic Church choir in
Bethlehem. His hobbies include traveling
and following professional and college
sports.
In mid-June we interviewed Dr. Incalcaterra
to learn more about his ideas, his plans and
the motivation that drives him.
PDJ: During this year of your PDA
presidency, what are some things
you are focusing on? What are your
primary goals?
More recently, we started PDA Perks, which
also saves our members money on supplies
and products that they use every day in
their practices. Our PDA Go app makes
connecting to the PDA and other dentists in
our community as easy as a swipe of your
finger. Our Online CE is a great member
DR. INCALCATERRA: We need to focus
primarily on creating an organization that
dentists want to belong to.
We need to enhance the
membership experience
through programs that
I want the PDA to be the trusted
make it worthwhile to join
resource for our member’s success.
and stay. I want the PDA
to be the trusted resource
for our member’s success.
“
We’ve started that process over the past few
years with our PDAIS/Bell merger, which
offers products whereby our members can
have significant savings. I personally saved
over $800 when I switched my insurance
products to PDAIS/Bell – much more than
the cost of my PDA dues.
”
benefit, especially for state-mandated
courses, which are free to our members.
We need to continue to develop products
and services like these that will create
loyalty among our members and attract
others to our ranks.
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