The election took place at the AAPF's Board of Directors meeting in San Francisco...

AAP Foundation Elects E.C. (Pat) Patterson to Second Board Term

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The election took place at the AAPF's Board of Directors meeting in San Francisco.

CHICAGO, November 29, 2003 – The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation elected E.C. (Pat) Patterson, D.D.S., to a second three-year term on its board at its board of directors meeting in San Francisco in September. Dr. Patterson maintains a private practice in Macon, Georgia, and also is associate professor of graduate periodontics at Medical College of Georgia.

In addition to his service to the AAP Foundation, Dr. Patterson has served on the Board of Trustees of the American Academy of Periodontology, where he was also a senior district trustee for District III of the Academy. Dr. Patterson also served as president of the Georgia Society of Periodontists and the Southern Academy of Periodontology. He also is a delegate to the Georgia Dental Association House of Delegates. He currently serves on the International Team for Implantology. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Dr. Patterson completed his postdoctoral education in periodontology at Tufts University.

About AAP Foundation: The mission of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation is to improve the periodontal and general health of the public through increasing public and professional knowledge of periodontal diseases and their therapies, stimulating basic and clinical research to generate new knowledge, and enhancing educational programs at all levels to create opportunities in periodontal education and practice. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.

To get more information about any AAP Foundation activities, please contact Robert A. Vitas, PhD, CAE, CFRE, Executive Director, at 312/573-3256 or bob@perio.org.

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