b'2023 ANNUAL MEETINGThe Academys 2023Award Winners Shine BrightEach year, the American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) honors members whose service and dedication have made a meaningful impact on the field of periodontics. Meet the Academys 2023 Award recipients, who will be recognized along with the recipients of the AAP Foundation distinctions, at a special ceremony on Friday, Nov. 10 during the AAPs 109 thAnnual Meeting in Austin.Gold Medal:representing District 2. Dr. Frantzprosthodontist in Scranton Pa. He is Dr. Bryan Frantzhas served on and chaired numerousmarried to Dr. Linda Sebastian Frantz Sponsored by Crest +committees of the Academy, the AAPMD. They have three daughters Andrea, Oral-B Foundation, and the American Board ofKristen, and Gretchen along with three Periodontology.grandchildren Madison, Michael, and The Gold MedalAdelina.is awarded inDr. Frantz has the unique distinction of recognition of outstandingbeing among the few individuals whoMaster Clinician: contributions and service to the Academyhave held top leadership positions in allDr. Marc Nevins and the field of Periodontology. It is thethree arms of the specialty.In 2010,Sponsored by highest honor bestowed by the Academy.he served as President of the AAPHuFriedyGroupThe Academy is pleased to present theFoundation. In 2020, he was elected 2023 Gold Medal award to Dr. BryanPresident of the AAP.Notably, duringThe Master Clinician Frantz. his year as AAP President he led theAward is presented to an Academy through the COVID-19 crisis.Academy member who has practiced Dr. Frantz completed undergraduateIn 2022 Dr. Frantz was elected asand demonstrated consistent clinical studies at the University of Rochester ina Director to the American Board ofexcellence in periodontics and has 1981 earning a BA in Biology. In 1985,Periodontology. willingly and unselfishly shared that he graduated from Temple Universityclinical experience with members of School of Dentistry and was inductedHe is a Clinical Associate Professor in thethe profession. The recipient is held in into Omicron Kappa Upsilon NationalDept. of Periodontology at the Mauricethe highest esteem by the periodontal Dental Honor Society. Dr. Frantz earnedH. Kornberg School of Dentistry ofcommunity and is recognized as a master his Periodontal Specialty Certificate fromTemple University and a Clinical Assistantclinician in periodontics. The 2023 winner the Eastman Institute for Oral Health inProfessor in the Dept of Periodonticsof the Master Clinician award is Dr. Marc 1988 and completed a masters degreeEastman Institute for Oral HealthNevins.from the Dept of Dental Research at theSchool of the University of Rochester. University of Rochester in 1988 on aDr. Frantz has lectured internationallyDr. Nevins has been in private practice NIH training grant.He attained Boardand nationally. He has moderated andsince 1997. Dr. Nevins graduated Certification from the American Board oflectured at the AAP annual meeting, hassumma cum laude from Tufts University Periodontology in 1994. contributed to several AAP webinars, andSchool of Dental Medicine, then earned has several publications in the Journal ofhis Certificate for Graduate Training His contributions to the specialty andPeriodontology. in Periodontology and a Master of the Academy are exemplary. FromMedical Sciences in Oral Biology from 2005-2009 he served as on the AAPDr. Frantz is currently in full-time privatethe Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Foundation Board and In 2012 he waspractice with his daughter Kristen,He is a Diplomate of the American elected to the AAP board of trusteesa board-certified periodontist andBoard of Periodontology and a Fellow AAP Periospectives| 20'