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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

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AHRQ Seeks Input on Improving QI Program

Jul 15, 2025

Per the notice below, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking stakeholder input on improving its Quality Indicators (QI) program.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is gathering input from stakeholders to improve the Quality Indicators (QI) program. If you have used the AHRQ QIs for quality improvement or other efforts, we would like to hear from you. Specifically, we would like to hear about:

your experiences using quality measures for the purpose of quality improvement or other efforts
the usefulness of AHRQ QI tools and resources in your organization’s quality improvement or other efforts

If you are interested in sharing your views, please complete the AHRQ Quality Indicator (QI) Survey. It takes less than 7 minutes to complete. Your feedback will help us improve the value of the AHRQ QIs to support quality improvement efforts as well as other AHRQ QI resources.

The QI program information has recently been updated, and is now available.