2020 Annual Report
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2020 ANNUAL REPORT Investing in innovation. Advancing the specialty.1 2020 OMS Foundation Board of Directors William C. Passolt, CPA, Chair Louis K. Rafetto, DMD, Vice Chair Robert S. Clark, DMD, Treasurer David L. Basi, DMD, PhD Brett L. Ferguson, DDS, FACS Dale J. Misiek, DMD J. David Morrison, DMD Debra M. Sacco, DMD, MD W. Frederick Stephens, DDS Thomas P. Williams, DDS, MD, FACS Scott Morgan, DDS, MD, ROAAOMS Liaison Scott Farrell, MBA, CPA, Executive Director New Directors contribute to vision of Foundation The OMS Foundation welcomed the diverse perspectives and career experiences of two new Directors who joined the Board in 2020 – just in time to help update its Strategic Plan. Debra M. Sacco, DMD, MD, was a full-time faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before transitioning to private practice in 2001. She serves as Debra M. Sacco, AAOMS District III Trustee, Chief OMS at Duke Regional DMD, MD Hospital and a reviewer for the North Carolina Medical Board. She is an ABOMS Diplomate and served as an ABOMS examiner for five years. David Basi, DMD, PhD, completed his OMS residency and PhD in oral biology at the University of Minnesota, where he was Associate Professor for nine years. He also is an ABOMS Diplomate and divides his time between the Boynton Dental Clinic at the University of Minnesota and a private practice he shares with his wife, AAOMS member Julie Chavez, DDS. David L. Basi, Drs. Sacco and Basi fill seats vacated by Drs. Douglas W. DMD, PhD Fain and A. Thomas Indresano, who retired as Directors in 2020 but remain active in their support of the Foundation’s mission. Meet the Foundation Directors at OMSFoundation.org/About. 2 A message from the Chair Long after the details have faded from memory, the defining event of 2020 will be COVID-19. The pandemic affected our lives and livelihoods in dramatic and lasting ways. Many of our donors courageously served on the front lines from the earliest stages, risking their own health to care for those afflicted by this sudden, novel and sometimes fatal virus. As we begin to see light at the end of this dark tunnel, it illuminates the selflessness and dedication of the OMS community. I offer my William C. Passolt, CPA gratitude to everyone who contributed their expertise, resources Chair, OMS Foundation and compassion to the battle against SARS-CoV-2. The pandemic impacted nearly every program in our Foundation portfolio in 2020: • Residents approved for Global Across the specialty, our community found Head and Neck Oncology for the OMS Initiative for Volunteerism and ways to cope, and the Foundation was no conference in March. These were the Education (GIVE) stipends watched exception. Board and committee meetings only face-to-face educational programs this singular opportunity evaporate were conducted virtually while staff AAOMS offered in 2020, and we were when travel restrictions were worked remotely, continuing to fulfill proud to support them with grants. imposed. Only one resident out our mission to the best of our ability. The achievement we are proudest of of 10 awardees was able to redeem Despite the pandemic, we posted was the launch of a Clinical Research a stipend in 2020. some significant achievements in Support Grant, offering $150,000 • The AAOMS Clinical Trials Methods 2020. Following a strong launch in over two years to support clinical Course scheduled for April 2020 was January, OMSFIRE (OMS for Innovation, investigations addressing issues canceled. Funding for this program Research and Education) sustained of critical importance to the specialty. and travel scholarships for attendees steady growth. Conceived as a long-term The Committee on Research and its have been deferred until in-person fundraising engine, OMSFIRE recognizes Chair, Dr. Brent Ward, deserve accolades meetings no longer pose a health donors who commit to an annual for their meticulous review of the many risk (possibly in 2022). gift of $2,500 or more to the Annual applications received last year and Fund for five years. Even with a • Research teams that scarcely their identification of projects that “compassionate pause” in fundraising launched their 2020 investigations will deliver maximum value to the from March to July, new names were struggled to find ways to be productive specialty. At the Committee’s added to the OMSFIRE donor roster without access to labs or colleagues. recommendation, our Directors each month. By year-end, we had Being scientists, many prevailed in awarded our first Clinical Research enrolled 66 donors whose gifts will surprising ways. Support Grant to the University of contribute more than $290,000 each • National, regional and state OMS Pennsylvania to support an ongoing year to the Annual Fund through 2024. society meetings were canceled study of the efficacy of non-narcotic Thank you to every one of our charter or held virtually, curtailing our pain management strategies for OMSFIRE donors. Your generosity was interactions with current and OMS patients. Translational research a lifeline during this difficult year. prospective donors. Zoom meetings, such as this was identified as a top emails and phone calls became The Resident Transitions into Practice priority in the Foundation’s 2018 our primary communication tools. Conference was held in February, Strategic Plan and will remain so followed by the inaugural Principles of for the foreseeable future. 3 The Board also approved two Student Research Training Awards, three Research Support Grants and a new allocation to support AAOMS’s anesthesia simulation validation study. In addition, the Board approved funding for two Faculty Educator Development Awards (FEDA). In a year that demanded creativity, ingenuity and perseverance, the OMS Foundation’s Alliance Committee delivered that and more. Led by Chair Angie Henderson, the Committee pivoted to a virtual platform for its outreach and fundraising programs, raising $10,000 for GIVE via its Virtual ‘FUN’draiser and Health Walks. University of Pennsylvania research team Accolades also are due to those selected for our prestigious awards in 2020. We look forward to recognizing Dr. Eric Geist (winner of the Torch Award), Dr. Scott Boyd (recipient of the Research Recognition Award) and Dr. A. Thomas Indresano (selected for the Gerald E. Hanson Outstanding Service Award) onstage at the 2021 AAOMS Annual Meeting. Our capable and dedicated staff kept the Foundation’s operations running while working remotely. Their diligence was a major reason the Foundation accomplished so much in 2020. I want to especially thank our Executive Director, Scott Farrell, MBA, CPA, who retired in 2021. His leadership has helped make the Foundation a better organization, and we are confident Karin Wittich, CAE, who took the helm as Executive Director of AAOMS and the Foundation, will continue our trajectory of success. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the Foundation’s Board of Directors Dr. Brian Kinard and Alexander Mathews for its insights, advice and dedication to the Foundation’s goals over this past year. Under its leadership, the Foundation ended the year with approximately $17 million in net assets and allocated $675,000 for research and education in 2021. The Board’s first order of business in the new year will be refreshing the Strategic Plan for 2021-24, continuing its pragmatic stewardship of the resources entrusted to the Foundation. Every achievement cited was underwritten by the generous support of you, our donors. We are grateful beyond measure to the individuals, corporations and OMS societies who support our mission through OMSFIRE and other gifts to the Annual Fund and to our R.V. Walker Society members, whose legacy gifts will sustain the specialty well into the future. Sincerely, William C. Passolt, CPA Dr. Lou Rafetto, virtual health walker Chair 4 The Baasch family, virtual health walkers Foundation MVPs honored at AAOMS Annual Meeting During the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Virtual AAOMS Annual Meeting, before an audience of AAOMS and IAOMS members spanning multiple continents and time zones, three of the OMS specialty’s most respected members were recognized for their service and contributions to the OMS Foundation. Recipients of the Foundation awards in 2020 were: Torch Award: Eric Geist, DDS, FACS The Foundation’s most prestigious award recognizes individuals or organizations who have provided exceptional service to the Foundation. Dr. Geist served as a Director of the Foundation from 2016-18 and its Vice Chair in 2017-18. He was a tireless advocate for the Foundation’s mission while serving the specialty as AAOMS District III Trustee and President as well as President of ABOMS and the Southeastern and Louisiana Societies of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. A generous supporter of the Annual Fund, Dr. Geist is a bronze OMSFIRE donor Eric Geist, DDS, FACS and a member of the R.V. Walker Society. Research Recognition Award: Scott Boyd, DDS, PhD Dr. Boyd is Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Retired Faculty of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, having chaired the school’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from 1997-2007. Dr. Boyd is a bronze OMSFIRE donor and a member of the R.V. Walker Society. Since 2008, he has focused his attention exclusively on multi-disciplinary clinical research related to the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea with funding from the Foundation and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at NIH. His team’s findings have been extensively published in major medical journals and were recognized with the Foundation’s Daniel M. Laskin Scott Boyd, DDS, PhD Award for the most outstanding article published in the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2013 and 2019. Gerald E. Hanson Outstanding Service Award: A. Thomas Indresano, DMD, FACS This award recognizes outstanding champions and advocates whose support for the Foundation demonstrates extraordinary stewardship.