Interdisciplinary Affairs Committee

Composition

The Interdisciplinary Affairs Committee shall be composed of the president who shall serve as chair, a general practitioner member-at-large who shall be appointed by the president, and the presidents of the recognized specialty groups or their designees. When one or more organizations exist representing the same specialty group, the organizations will select one representative to serve. All such individuals must be members in good standing. The executive directors of these specialty groups, if any, shall serve as ex officio members of the committee, without the right to vote.

Duties

This committee shall be advisory only and shall perform the following duties:

(a) To make recommendations to various councils regarding any issue which is directly relevant to the collective or an individual specialty group.
(b) To provide opportunity for specialty group representatives to seek information from the association regarding present association positions on various issues and for CDA to enlist the aid of specialty groups where there are issues of mutual concern.

Current Committee Members Specialty Group
Brian E. Scott, DDS, Chair, President  
Bruce L. Whitcher, DDS CALOAMS
C.J. Munce, DDS
Endodontists
Eric Wong, DDS, Presidential Appointee
General Dentistry
Janice P. Handlers, DDS, President Oral Pathology
Gregory Johnson, DDS Orthodontists
Kathleen J. Nuckles, DDS Orthodontists
Richard Udin, DDS, President Pediatric Dentistry
David B. Anson, DDS, Presidential Appointee Periodontics
Tony Daher, DDS, President Prosthodontics
Robert E. Isman, DDS, Presidential Appointee Public Health
Staff Support:
Michelle Rivas, Manager
External Affairs
916.554.4990
michelle.rivas@cda.org