MSO Top 10 from AAO Annual Session in Philadelphia
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Graber Receives 2025 Brophy Award at AAO Anual Session in Philadelphia
AAO Advocacy Conference 2025
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The MSO delegation included (pictured left to right): Dr. Rachel Thorstenson (MN), Dr. Matt Greaves (MO), Dr. Ian Creaser (IL), Dr. Nellie Kim-Weroha (MN), Dr. Mike Durbin (IL), Dr. Deb Lien (MN), Adam Braunmeier (AAO General Counsel), Dr. Manal Ibrahim (IL) and Executive Director Gwen Berlekamp. Visits were made to the Offices of Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO).
MSO 2025 Ad Interim Meeting
Pictured left to right: Dr. Katherine Kazak (Manitoba), Gwen Berlekamp (Executive Director), Dr. Heather Horton (MN), Dr. Dennis Sommers (Delegate), Dr. Emily Willett (Pres. Elect), Dr. Nellie Kim-Weroha (Delegate Chair), Dr. Michael LaFerla (President), Dr. Keri Barrow (SD), Dr. Michael Durbin (MSO Trustee), Dr. Jenna Walburn (Delegate), Dr. John Firth (MO), Dr. Estee Wang (Sec.-Treas.), Dr. Bronwen Richards (IL), Dr. Deb Lien (Delegate), Dr. Emerson Ehlis (ND), Dr. Jahnavi Rao (Delegate), Dr. Spencer Pope (Delegate), Dr. Sumit Yadav (NB) and Dr. John Kittleson (WI and Alt. Delegate). Not pictured: Melissa Bernhardt (IA and Alt. Delegate).
Top 10 from 2025 MSO Ad Interim in St. Louis
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Top 10 from 2024 MSO Annual Session in Rosemont, Illinois
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MSO Top 10 from AAO Annual Session in New Orleans
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MSO Top 10 from Ad Interim March 8, 2024
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MSO 2024 Ad Interim meeting on March 8
The MSO Board and 2024 Delegates to the AAO Annual Session met Friday, March 8, in St. Louis at the AAO headquarters for the annual Ad Interim meeting.
Front Row (from left): Dr. Jahnavi Rao (MSO Delegate), Dr. Nellie Kim-Weroha (MSO Delegate Chair), Dr. Emily Willett (Secretary/Treasurer), Dr. Spencer Pope (President), Dr. Michael LaFerla (President-Elect), Dr. Sumit Yadav (Nebraska Director), Dr. Deb Lien (MSO Delegate), Dr. Melissa Bernhardt (Iowa Director), Gwen Berlekamp (Executive Director).
Second Row (from left): Dr. John Kittleson (Wisconsin Director), Dr. Emerson Ehlis (North Dakota Director), Dr. Dennis Sommers (MSO Delegate), Dr. John Firth (Missouri Director), Dr. Mike Durbin (AAO Trustee), Dr. Bronwen Richards (Illinois Director), Dr. Carolina Frota (Manitoba Director). Not pictured: Dr. Estee Wang (Minnesota Director), Dr. Keri Barrow (South Dakota Director), Dr. Jenna Walburn (MSO Alternate Delegate).
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Front Row (L to R): Emily Willett (Secretary-Treasurer), Mike LaFerla (President-Elect), Spencer Pope (President), Estee Wang (Minnesota); Back Row (L to R): Keri Barrow (South Dakota), Mike Durbin (AAO Trustee), Melissa Bernhardt (Iowa), John Kittleson (Wisconsin), Sumit Yadav (Nebraska), John Firth (Missouri), Emerson Ehlis (North Dakota), Bronwen Richards (Illinois), Carolina Frota (Manitoba)
MSO Past Presidents at Annual Session
1st Row: Kristi & Dave Burmeister; 2nd Row: Drs. Lee Graber, Arnie Hill, Nellie Kim-Weroha, Deb Lien, Scott Arbit; 3rd Row: Drs. Tom Stark, Brian Jesperson, John Kanyusik, Mark Dake, Brent Larson, Steve Litton. At the meeting but not present for the photo: Drs. John Crawford, Ali Fallgatter, Ginny Mennemeyer.
MSO Top 10 from AAO Annual Session in Chicago
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MSO Leadership at Ad Interim in St. Louis
Front L to R: Deb Lien, Keri Barrow, Nellie Kim-Weroha, Estee Wang, Melissa Bernhardt
Back L to R: Dennis Sommers, Kristi Burmeister, Bronwen Richards, Spencer Pope, Mike Durbin, Emily Willett, Ali Fallgatter, Mark Dake, Mike LaFerla
MSO Top 10 from Ad Interim March 3, 2023
MSO Well-Represented at AAO Leadership Development Conference
Watch for great things to come in the future from these MSO members attending the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) Leadership Development Conference (LDC) January 26, 2023 at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas: Drs. Nicolas Branshaw of Wisconsin, Heather Horton of Minnesota, Mithun Manohar of Manitoba (resident), Alison Mantel of Wisconsin, Paul Meyer of South Dakota, Chad Morarend of Iowa, Pranav Patel of Illinois, Landon Peterson of Nebraska, Jessica Piepenbrink of Illinois, Jahnavi Rao of Illinois, Clarence Red of Illinois, Amy Schulte of Missouri, Allison Van Vooren of Minnesota, Jenna Walburn of Missouri, and Ben Youel of Illinois. Thanks to MSO's Trustee Dr. Mike Durbin for serving as the 2023 LDC Planning Committee Chair and AAO Trustee-At-Large Dr. Lauren Pass who served as a panelist for this outstanding one-day event held in conjunction with the AAO Winter Conference.