The McNamara Files
In honor of this year’s SOE Keynote speaker, we’ve added some of Dr. McNamara’s historic education sessions. If you like these and would like for us to add more files, please contact [email protected].
Society of Educators
Connect with educators across the country to move orthodontics forward.
We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia in 2025!
The AAO is proud to stand with orthodontic educators to advance the specialty. Any AAO member who is a faculty member at an accredited U.S./Canadian educational institution; or student member pursuing an orthodontic academic career, or non-orthodontist member of the orthodontic teaching team as verified by the Program Director or Department Chair, automatically qualifies for SOE membership.
Membership includes the opportunity to attend the annual meeting as well as other events that may be planned throughout the year.
The mission of the Society of Educators is to:
- Foster improvements in orthodontic education and research.
- Monitor changes and make recommendations to the AAO Council on Education (COE) relating to issues of orthodontic education, including, but not limited to, training, program accreditation, and financing.
- Encourage orthodontists to seek positions of leadership in academic and research institutions.
- Provide a forum for the interchange of ideas between educators and others with interests and/or expertise in education.
Join your fellow educators in the SOE today.
Memberships in the SOE are available for institutions and individuals. Institutional memberships cover all educators in a department. Individual memberships are available in lieu of institutional membership.
We hope to see you at the SOE James A. McNamara Educational Leadership Conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 108.
Thursday, April 24, 2025, before the start of Annual Session 2025
9:30am ET check-in and doors open
10:00am ET program start
4:15-5:00pm ET SOE Networking Reception (Room 107)
Dr. James A. McNamara is the 2025 Honoree and Keynote Speaker. He will present Evolution of Contemporary Orthodontic Treatment Options: A 60-year personal Perspective.
When registering for Annual Session, be sure to select your ticket for this program.
Your SOE 2024-25 Officers
Dr. Anil Ardeshna,
SOE President
Dr. Po-Jung Chen, President Elect
Dr. Dimitris Michelogiannakis,
SOE Secretary-Treasurer
Dr. Andre Weissheimer,
SOE Editor
Dr. Paul Armbruster,
COE Liaison to SOE
President, Dr. Anil Ardeshna, DMD, MDS (Rutgers University) — [email protected]
President-Elect, Dr. Po-Jung Chen, DDS, MDS, MDentSc, (University of Nebraska Medical Center) — [email protected]
Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. Dimitrios Michelogiannakis, DDS, MS, (University of Rochester) — [email protected]
Editor & Program Coordinator, Dr. Andre Weissheimer, DDS, PhD, (Harvard University) — [email protected]
COE Liaison to SOE: Dr. Paul Armbruster, MS, DDS, (LSU Health New Orleans) — [email protected]
AAO Staff Liaison, Michelle Ritterskamp, [email protected]
The AAO & AAOF provide opportunities for Educators & Residents to apply for Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
- The Full-time Faculty Teaching Fellowship
- Craniofacial Anomalies & Special Care Training Award
- Institute for Teaching & Learning (ITL) Fellowships
- Chairs & Academic Administrators Management Program (CAAMP) Fellowships
- Hellman, Sicher, & Graber Awards
- Oral Research, Table Clinic & e-Posters
- Dr. William R. Proffit Resident Scholar Award
The forms and information for the Hellman, Sicher, Graber Awards can be found at: https://www2.aaoinfo.org/library/hellman-sicher-graber-research-awards/
- AAOF Seven Award Program Priority Areas:
- Biomedical Research Awards
- Orthodontic Faculty Development Fellowship Awards
- Center Awards
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
- Educational Innovation Awards
- Program Awards
- Research Aid Awards
- Jarabak/Salzmann/Blair Awards
