News & Events
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How does the SECURE Act impact you?
January 20, 2020
Tucked inside Congress’s 2019 year-end spending bill, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement (SECURE) Act includes several provisions that merit further discussion with your financial & legal counsel.
OMSNIC agents give back again and again
November 18, 2019
In the mid-1980s, with the cost of OMS malpractice insurance spiraling upward, necessity gave birth to one of the specialty’s most successful companies: the AAOMS Mutual Insurance Company, capitalized initially by AAOMS and now known as OMSNIC.
Foundation, AAOMS to collaborate on anesthesia and patient safety study
November 11, 2019
When the safety record of our specialty’s anesthesia team model was questioned this summer, the Boards of AAOMS and the OMS Foundation agreed: Quality data are needed to tell the real story.
GIVE is a “natural fit” for the Alliance
September 10, 2019
Since 1993 the OMS Foundation Alliance has been the Foundation’s most steadfast partner, contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to support research, education and academic excellence in the OMS specialty.
Applications available September 3 for International Fellowship opportunity
August 6, 2019
The International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS) and the IAOMS Foundation, in partnership with the OMS Foundation, will begin accepting applications September 3 for a 12-month International Fellowship for Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Surgery in Beijing, China.
OMS Foundation to host Advance Charitable Planning seminar at 2019 Annual Meeting
July 8, 2019
Demystifying the more sophisticated charitable planning options is the objective of a 90-minute program hosted by the OMS Foundation on Sept. 20 at the AAOMS Annual Meeting in Boston, Mass.
GIVE offers opportunity to learn, serve and smile
April 10, 2019
Dr. Jessica Lee’s career path was forged early. As the daughter of an OMS practicing in South Korea, Dr. Lee witnessed firsthand the transformative effect of a cleft lip and palate repair on a 14-year-old boy who had lived as an outcast, excluded from school and community life because of his facial deformity.
New life insurance option offers fast-track to R. V. Walker membership
March 16, 2019
Transformative philanthropic giving is not just for the very wealthy. It can be easy, in fact, to make a significant gift anytime in your career when you expand your options to include planned giving.
Meet 2018 Norma L. Kelly Scholarship recipient: Valerie Burks
February 10, 2019
I am extremely grateful to have received a generous scholarship from the OMS Foundation Alliance. It afforded me the opportunity to accompany my husband to the 2018 AAOMS meeting.
OMS Foundation concludes successful $1 million fundraising campaign
January 1, 2019
After surpassing its $1 million 2018 Annual Fund campaign goal, the OMS Foundation is poised to further support research and education that can improve patient care in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
Inspiring potential OMSs to pursue their dreams
July 23, 2018
Five students at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine are pursuing their interests in OMS-related research topics this year with guidance from Dr. Steven Wang, their program director, and funding from a Student Research Training Award from the OMS Foundation.
Slow-release hydrogel shows promise for cancer treatment
April 10, 2018
Preliminary findings from an investigation funded in part by the OMS Foundation indicate that an immunotherapy drug embedded in a slow-release hydrogel appears to be highly effective at killing cancer cells.