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Ninth District Headquarters Office - Hawthorne, NY

2025 Ninth District President

Dr. Renuka Bijoor

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Welcome to the Ninth District Dental Association

The Ninth District Dental Society was formed in 1909 and renamed to the Ninth District Dental Association in 2002. We have a membership of over 1500 dentists in 5 counties: Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam.

In its quest to serve both the public and the profession, the Ninth District embodies the highest ideals.

The mission of the 9^th District Dental Association is to serve and support its members and the public by improving the oral health of our community through Advocacy, Continuing Education and Camaraderie.

The Ninth District Dental Association

New Dentist Reception

Come Join Your New Dentist Colleagues!

Thursday, November 20, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Vida Restaurant
14 Marble Avenue
Thornwood, NY 10594

There will be passed hors d'oeuvres, beer & wine, vendors, and lots of fun FOR ALL NEW DENTISTS, Residents,
and D4 Dental Students!

Meet local new dentists whoa are also starting their career in dentistry! Learn how other new dentists and established dentists navigated their first steps after dental school and residency!

There will be dentists in all Specialties, as well as General Practitioners. Ninth District Dental Association Leaders will be present.

Register for the November 20th New Dentist Reception!

We will have established co-sponsors to assist all New Dentists with anything practice related!

Co-Sponsors (names are links to website)

Altfest Personal Wealth Management

DDSMatch

Danziger & Markhoff LLP

MLMIC Insurance Co.

We Hope to See You There!!

Lana Hashim, DDS
Chair, New Dentist Committee

Renuka Bijoor, DDS, MPH
President

Latest News Around the Tripartite

NIDCR Announces NADCRC Meeting

Sep 5, 2024

Per the notice below, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) has announced the 237th meeting of the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council (NADCRC).

237th Meeting of the National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 Virtual meeting \| 10:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET Watch the live broadcast of the 237th NADCRC Meeting

The public agenda will include:

Director’s Report and Discussion — Dr. Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, Acting Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
All of Us Research Program — Dr. Sheri Schully, Deputy Chief Medical and Scientific Officer
Oral Health Research Workforce Working Group Report: Discussion of Recommendations — Dr. Dana Graves, University of Pennsylvania
Introduction to Accelerating Medicines Partnership^® on Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Diseases (AMP^® AIM) Program — Dr. Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque
Overview of Sjögren’s Team for Accelerating Medicines Partnership (STAMP) and Clinical Pipeline — Dr. Caroline Shiboski, University of California, San Francisco
STAMP Single Cell and Spatial Technologies in the Salivary Gland — Dr. Blake Warner, NIDCR, Division of Intramural Research & Dr. Chris Lessard, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
Leadership Scholars Program — Dr. Sara McCoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Concept Clearances — NIDCR's Division of Extramural Research

Dental Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network to Support Research in Clinical Practices — Dr. Dena Fischer, NIDCR, Division of Extramural Research
Digital Twins for Advancing Innovation and Optimizing Clinical Outcomes in Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial (DOC) Medicine — Dr. Orlando Lopez, NIDCR, Division of Extramural Research
Integration of Medically Necessary Prevention, Treatment, and Monitoring of Oncologic-Related Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Complications — Dr. Lorena Baccaglini, NIDCR, Division of Extramural Research
Community Engaged Research to Advance Oral Health Intervention Models for Racial/Ethnic Minority HIV/AIDS Populations — Dr. Hiroko Iida, NIDCR, Division of Extramural Research
Modulating the Microbiome Towards Health — Dr. Tamara McNealy, NIDCR, Division of Extramural Research

Send questions or comments concerning the open session by September 28, 2024, to NIDCRCouncilMail@nidcr.nih.gov. Questions from the public will not be addressed during the live videocast.