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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. JU LY/AU G U ST 2019 | P EN N SYLVAN IA DEN TAL JOURNAL 43