PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
By Pilseong Kim, DDS
Dear Members,
It is my great honor to serve as a president
of LADS for 2019. I will try my best to fill
the shoes of LADS’ past leaders.
There will be many programs that
LADS will explore for our members in
2019, even as we continue to improve
and execute the regular programs we
have been doing over the years.
LADS will continue to do small study
groups for our different communities,
but will also develop a new mini-
residency program in implant,
periodontics, and endodontics for new
dentists motivated to improve their
techniques. These mini-residencies will
be taught by corresponding specialists
to provide comprehensive didactic and
hands-on training to a small group of
up-and-coming dentists. Our targeted
participants will be new graduates but
includes any dentist who has been
practicing less than five years.
LADS would also like to involve more
of its members in CE instruction. That’s
Brittney Barrow, DDS
General Practice
Address Pending
Jaewoo Cho, DDS
General Practice
Address Pending
Harley Grandin, DDS
General Practice
Address Pending
Carolina Gutierrez-Valdez, DMD
General Practice
Address Pending
Los Angeles Dental Society Explorer
why we will be incorporating 10
supplemental study group sessions led
by LADS members covering various
topics. It is our hope that we will be
able to see some standout lecturers and
invite to speak at LADS’ regularly
scheduled CE programs.
I would also like to raise more awareness
for LADS within our community and
internationally. This will be the fifth
year that we have hosted Pre-Dental
Prep, our summer dental outreach
program for pre-dental students in LA.
It has been one of the best programs in
the community for promoting our
profession, so I hope more of you will
consider opening up your practices and
providing shadowing opportunities to a
few future dentists. At the same time, I
am working to build inroads into Asia
through the Seoul Dental Association
and Korean Dental Association. In May,
the Asian Pacific Dental Congress of
2019 will be hosted in Seoul, Korea.
LADS has been invited to represent US
dentists. Any member attending the
Congress will receive up to 10 ADA
CERP units. So keep an eye out these
next few months as more information
becomes available about the Congress!
Finally, LADS is hosting a full CE day
on Sunday, September 22, for all LA-
area dentists. We will be working with
other components and ethnic dental
societies to make this worth your while,
but more importantly, it is a gift to all
ADA members. As long as you are a
member, this event is free for you! Mark
your calendar!
These are simply a few examples of
what LADS has in store in 2019. Our
goal for all our programs has always
been to keep it member-focused. I hope
you’ll find 2019 full of benefits and
additional value for your membership.
It will be a really busy year for LADS,
but I hope we can have a lot of fun
together along the way.
Thank you. 䡲
Bonnie Krystal, DDS
General Practice
1803 Sunset Blvd
Suite A
Los Angeles, CA 90026 Victoria Naiman, DDS
General Practice
321 North Larchmont Blvd
Suite 1010
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Rebecca Lim, DDS
Orthodontics
Address Pending Jennifer Nguyen, DMD
General Practice
888 South Figueroa Street
Suite 750
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Marine Martirosyan, DDS
General Practice
532 West Glenoaks Blvd
Glendale, CA 91202
Amir Mossadegh, DDS
General Practice
3680 East Imperial Hwy
Suite 100
Lynwood, CA 90262
Saewon Oh, DDS
General Practice
7218 Pacific Blvd
Huntington Park, CA 90255
Emily Parsons, DDS
General Practice
Address Pending
Connie Pasco, DMD
General Practice
Address Pending
Nicholas Ruhrkraut, DDS
General Practice
7865 Santa Monica Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Madeline Sariei, DDS
General Practice
Address Pending