ATSU-ASDOH faculty honored with scholarship
Posted: May 3, 2010
MESA, Ariz. – The American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) awarded Jae Hyun Park, D.M.D., M.S.D., M.S., Ph.D., director of the Postgraduate Orthodontic program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, the 2010 AAO Academy of Academic Leadership Sponsorship Program Award (AALSP).
The AALSP is a professional development program that prepares dental practitioners and educators for successful academic careers and is conducted in collaboration with the American Dental Education Association (ADEA). Dr. Park is one of only four recipients chosen each year from those nominated by accredited orthodontic programs in the United States and Canada.
“Dr. Park’s application was excellent, and his credentials are outstanding,” said Dr. Donald Joondeph, former AAO president, chair of the steering committee of the AAO Task Force for the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty and orthodontic chair of the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). “The AAO is proud to support Dr. Park in this manner and we thank him for his contributions to orthodontic education.”