b'ANNUAL MEETINGSpotlight on Success: The Academys 2024 Award WinnersThe American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) is proud to announce the 2024 award recipients, a distinguished group of professionals who have made a lasting impact on the field of periodontics. These individuals have demonstrated exceptional dedication, innovation, and leadership in advancing oral health. Their achievements will be celebrated at a special ceremony on Friday, Nov. 1 during the AAPs 110 thAnnual Meeting in San Diego.Gold Medal: 1989 (and subsequently in 2004, 2006, 2014, and 2017). She holds Dr. Pamela McClain or has held appointments as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the The Gold MedalUniversity of Colorado School of Dentistry and as a Research Professor is awarded inat the University of Maryland School of Dentistry.recognition ofShe has given professional presentations nationally and internationally outstandingfor many years and has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals contributions andas well as chapters in books. Dr. McClain is a fellow of the American service to theCollege of Dentists as well as the International College of Dentists.Academy and the understanding ofFrom 2011-2012, she served as President of the AAP and in 2018 the field of periodontology and the diagnosis andas president for the AAP Foundation. She has chaired national and treatment of periodontal diseases. It is the highestinternational meetings and workshops and has been very active within honor bestowed by the Academy. The Academy isthe AAP as well as other organizations. In 2020 she was presented the pleased to present the 2024 Gold Medal award toprestigious Master Clinician Award from the AAP.Dr. Pamela McClain.Master Clinician:Dr. McClain received her Doctor of DentalSponsored by HuFriedyGroup Surgery (DDS) from the University of ColoradoDr. Kirk Pasquinelli School of Dentistry. Her post-doctoral training inThe Master Clinician Award is presented periodontics was completed at the University ofto an Academy member who has California in San Francisco. She then joined herpracticed and demonstrated consistent father, Dr. Robert Schallhorn, in his periodontal/ clinical excellence in periodontics and implant practice in Aurora, Colorado. has willingly and unselfishly shared that While maintaining a full-time private practice, Dr.clinical experience with members of McClain has been active in periodontal researchthe profession. The recipient is held in and education. Her research has appeared inthe highest esteem by the periodontal various professional publications, including thecommunity and is recognized as a master clinician in periodontics. The Journal of Periodontology (JOP). In recognition2024 winner of the Master Clinician Award is Dr. Kirk Pasquinelli.for her research in periodontal regeneration, Dr.Dr. Kirk Pasquinelli received his Doctorate in Dental Surgery from the McClain was awarded the first R. Earl RobinsonUniversity of California San Francisco School of Dentistry (UCSF). He Periodontal Regeneration Award from the AAP in14'