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ACD NEWS American College of Dentists | Washington Section
Fellowship Nominations for 2026 ACD Convocation Deadline for nominations February 1, 2026 Live ACD Webinar: Insights for Managing Your Charitable Giving November 12, 2025 | 5 - 6 p.m. Register at acd.org Giving Tuesday, ACDF December 2, 2025 ACD WA Section Study Club December 8, 2025 March 6, 2026 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Seattle, WA + Virtual SPEA Mentor-Mentee Mixer March 19, 2026 Tri-College Educational Continuum AI in Dentistry: Innovation, Application, & Ethical Responsibility March 20, 2026 | 8:30 - 3:00 Washington Athletic Club Seattle, WA Register Now! Washington Section Annual Meeting | May 30, 2026 5:00 p.m. at Hotel Theodore Seattle, WA during PNDC ACD Annual Meeting October 23-24, 2026
(Note change to Friday - Saturday meeting)
Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort Registration Opens ~June 1, 2026
President Faiella Opens the 2025 Annual Business Meeting
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obert Faiella, President of the American College of Dentists, ceremoniously opened the annual business meeting on October 24, 2025 in the JW Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC by calling on the College’s Vice President, Colonel Peter Guevara, to lead in the Pledge of Allegiance. President Faiel la offered recognition and appreciation of the o cers, regents, and sta of the College. He gave a special welcome to the Fellowship Candidates and thanked all attendees for their presence at the Annual Meeting event and for their celebration of our newest Fellows. He informed the audience that we were welcoming a record number, 353, of new Fellows into the College to further work in the mission to advance excellence, ethics, professionalism, and leadership in dentistry. Dr. Faiella delivered inspiring words that “the Annual Meeting is a special time for Fellows to celebrate our history while working together to ACD President, Robert Faiella, create a dynamic future”. opens the Annual Meeting in DC
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