The American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) certified or recertified 367 orthodontists during the second and third quarters of 2021, including the July 2021 Scenario-Based Clinical Examination. ABO Board Certification is a voluntary credential that represents an orthodontist’s personal and public commitment to the standards of specialty practice and lifelong learning.
Attaining first time ABO certification requires successful completion of the Written Examination and then the Clinical Examination. Orthodontists gaining recertification must successfully complete the recertification examination and requirements.
“On behalf of The American Board of Orthodontics, I congratulate these orthodontists on successfully completing ABO certification or certification renewal,” said Dr. David Sabott, ABO 2021-2022 president. “Their accomplishment in becoming board-certified attests to their commitment to serve and protect the public by delivering excellent orthodontic care.”
The ABO currently represents 54% of AAO membership.
To learn more about ABO certification and the Scenario-Based Clinical Examination, visit www.AmericanBoardOrtho.com. The website offers information about the Clinical and Written Examinations, including study aids and registration information.
The following newly certified or recertified orthodontists are listed regionally by constituent society of the American Association of Orthodontists.
Northeastern Society of Orthodontists
Dr. Ashi H. Adamjee
Dr. Abdullah Albawardi
Dr. Jeffrey A. Arigo
Dr. Saro Atam
Dr. Debbie L. Bernier
Dr. Jonathan Bindiger
Dr. Elizabeth C. Blake Peluso
Dr. Jeffrey J. Blasius
Dr. Melissa L. Brown
Dr. Po-Jung Chen
Dr. Isaac L. Chen
Dr. Isaac Chinitz
Dr. Thomas Choi
Dr. Peter A. Costalos
Dr. James M. Danko
Dr. Shivani Dave
Dr. Rebecca Dresner
Dr. Sharon Lisa D’Silva
Dr. Zackary T. Faber
Dr. Amber Jeanne Foster
Dr. Jared A. Funt
Dr. Mahesh Babu Gondi
Dr. Andres Gonzalez
Dr. Christina Chung Helfrich
Dr. Lin Hu
Dr. Rita Jones
Dr. Michele Kaplan
Dr. Maryann Vlahos Karanikas
Dr. Nina S. Khedkar
Dr. Elizabeth Kim
Dr. Minh Phuong Le
Dr. Hyun San Lee
Dr. Moonyoung B. Lee
Dr. Maryam Mahdavi
Dr. Alana Marczak
Dr. Alexander D. May
Dr. Shivam Yogesh Mehta
Dr. Kelly Morrison
Dr. Sahar Mostafavi
Dr. Yu Lin Ngu
Dr. Mychi Nguyen
Dr. Andrew J. Palermo
Dr. Hyun Kyu Park
Dr. Christopher W. Peluso
Dr. Nhung Quan
Dr. Ashley Roark George
Dr. Jeffrey Ryba
Dr. Shawheen S. Saffari
Dr. Ramandeep Samra
Dr. Jill Schechter
Dr. Kanchi Bhavan Shah
Dr. Andrii Shportko
Dr. Yeon Ju Son
Dr. Jodi Parker Steimel
Dr. Abraham Hsing-Chih Tang
Dr. Oluwabunmi Tokede
Dr. Mihai Lucian Urichianu
Dr. Ernest L. Wang
Dr. Gary L. Weinberger
Dr. Elie J. Weiss
Dr. Stephanie Weng
Dr. David M. Wu
Dr. Elisabeth Yenidjeian
Dr. Bo Y. Yun
Great Lakes Association of Orthodontists
Dr. Katherine Vivian Beard
Dr. Keyan Botsford
Dr. Sarah Buedel
Dr. Brett D. Bullard
Dr. Robert D. Colter
Dr. Fangdi Cong
Dr. Derrick Myron Crawford
Dr. Toru Deguchi
Dr. D. Andrew DeHaan
Dr. Jessica Delgado
Dr. Sherif Samier Morcos Ebeid
Dr. Richard L. Fogel
Dr. Bradley J. Gauthier
Dr. Felix A. Gen
Dr. Danielle N. Godley
Dr. Jaime Gonzalez Martins
Dr. Brynn M. Jezdimir
Dr. Robert J. Lee
Dr. Kathleen McKeon
Dr. Seth Noel Nye
Dr. Hajir Rahimi
Dr. Letitia E. Randall
Dr. Anthony L. Rinaldi
Dr. Manisha R. Rinaldi
Dr. Mary Catherine A. Sherbel
Dr. Jason Sherbel
Dr. Corey S. Shook
Dr. Cailynn West
International
Dr. Faraj A. Behbehani
Dr. Hwa Sung Chae
Dr. Hwai-Nan Chang
Dr. Kun S. Chung
Dr. Wael Y. Elias
Dr. Wanda Haluza
Dr. Brigitte D. Herrmann
Dr. Pimsiri Kangvonkit
Dr. Hoon Kim
Dr. Dimitrios Konstantonis
Dr. Alkisti Konti
Dr. Hoi-Shing Luk
Dr. Alaa E. Osman
Dr. Hyunjung Park
Dr. Patricia Estela Reese
Dr. Marta Serra-Serrat
Dr. Stephanie W. Su
Middle Atlantic Society of Orthodontists
Dr. Reem Abdulrahman
Dr. Jamie D. Ahl
Dr. Kenneth Banasiak
Dr. Joseph M. Cavalier
Dr. Devin A. Conaway
Dr. David A. Covell, Jr.
Dr. Anh Quynh Dao
Dr. Juliana Demergis
Dr. Carmen Doumit
Dr. Ariana Feizi
Dr. Barbara A. Fodero
Dr. Sheng Ge
Dr. Jessica Kocan Itani
Dr. Jennifer Ko
Dr. Deborah Annie Lee
Dr. Natalie Miller
Dr. Padma M. Mukherjee
Dr. Anjali Nanda
Dr. Natalie M. Nebblett
Dr. Yana V. Newman
Dr. Michael Noorani
Dr. Mairead M. O’Reilly
Dr. Brunilda M. Ortiz-Giuliani
Dr. Michael Joseph Pagan
Dr. John Benner Peterman, III
Dr. Cara Conroy Piskai
Dr. Mohammad Taqi Qali
Dr. Tabitha Richards Barnabei
Dr. Viney P. Saini
Dr. Antonino G. Secchi
Dr. Gady R. Segal
Dr. Shalin R. Shah
Dr. Angelique Michelle Teasley
Dr. Zhihui Wang
Dr. Xuefeng Zhao
Dr. Britteny Leigh Zito
Military
Dr. Diana W. Weber
Dr. Brandon H. Williams
Midwestern Society of Orthodontists
Dr. Bhoomika H. Ahuja
Dr. Nora M. Bakhsh
Dr. M. Kevin Cook
Dr. Jennifer G. Eggemeyer
Dr. Nicole Gange Grathwol
Dr. Christine C. Hammer
Dr. Melanie Elizabeth Hammerbeck
Dr. James J. Hulwi, III
Dr. Abby Elizabeth Jewell
Dr. Ashwini S. Joshi
Dr. Erin N. Kopicki
Dr. Neal LaRoia
Dr. Becky S. Maher
Dr. Ayas Makki
Dr. Randall C. Markarian
Dr. Kristin N. Moore
Dr. Steven J. Moravec
Dr. Stephen R. Nelson
Dr. James A. Nudera
Dr. Robert J. Nudera, Jr.
Dr. Sundaralingam Premaraj
Dr. Renata K. Regalado
Dr. Jacquelyn R. Schieck
Dr. Tushar S. Shah
Dr. Melissa R. Stigall
Dr. Rachel R. Stiles
Dr. Krestine W. Tiziani
Dr. Ariadna A. Torres-Gorena
Dr. Ryan K. Van Laecken
Dr. Christopher J. Vaubel
Dr. Cody R. West
Dr. Spencer White
Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists
Dr. Claudia Jeannette Acosta Lenis
Dr. Mykel Anderson
Dr. Leigh Armijo
Dr. Mozhgan Azizi
Dr. Yossi Bar-Zion
Dr. Miriam Behpour
Dr. Daya Bhat
Dr. Aurelia M. Bonham
Dr. Leonardo Carlos F. Bordador
Dr. Peter H. Brenn
Dr. Weston J. Carpiaux
Dr. Jeremy Chau
Dr. Kelvin Chen
Dr. Yao Chen
Dr. Shao-Chiu Chen
Dr. Jinyoung Choi
Dr. Hojae Choi
Dr. Lani Chun
Dr. Ping-Lin B. Chung
Dr. Andrew J. Combs
Dr. Renelle Conner
Dr. Gaston Federico Coutsiers Morell
Dr. Jennifer J. Crowe
Dr. Gracia B. Cua
Dr. Daniel Dalanhese
Dr. Kenneth E. Danyluk
Dr. Courtney A. Dunn
Dr. Gabriel Enriquez
Dr. Andrew A. Ferris
Dr. Amanda Elizabeth Gerlach
Dr. Robert C. Gire
Dr. Luis D. Gutierrez Pulido
Dr. Eugene Han
Dr. Saro Haroun
Dr. Brian D. Hartman
Dr. Pehrson Hawkley
Dr. Zachary Hollander
Dr. Yeumin Hong
Dr. Phan Huynh
Dr. Janice JinSun Hwang
Dr. Jenny Jaehee Jeon
Dr. Wenlu Jiang
Dr. Devin P. Johnson
Dr. Kevin Kai
Dr. Calvin Kieu
Dr. Jamie Kim
Dr. Ji Young Kim
Dr. Emily Knott
Dr. Camy Kwok
Dr. Donald T. Kwon
Dr. Alena Larios
Dr. Hillary E. Lathrop
Dr. Thuan N. Le
Dr. Donggeun Lee
Dr. Yoojin Lee
Dr. Rodney S. Lee
Dr. Sangho Lee
Dr. Hao-Fu Lee
Dr. Varner L. Leggitt
Dr. Lauren Lewandowski
Dr. Fangming Li
Dr. Rebecca Sun Lim
Dr. Raj B. Lotwala
Dr. Tiffany Hsuan Lu
Dr. Brandon Malan
Dr. Michelle A. Masuda
Dr. Armin Miresmaili
Dr. Darron Miya
Dr. Joshua Murphy
Dr. C. Chris C. Murphy
Dr. Firas F. Najeeb
Dr. Roselind S. Nam
Dr. Alan T Nguyen
Dr. Matthew A. Nielsen
Dr. Gregory Ohanian
Dr. Arnold C. Pitts
Dr. Hamid M Pour
Dr. Stephanie P. Purnomo
Dr. Antonio Rossi
Dr. Traci Saito
Dr. Reza Salmassian
Dr. Bella Shen Garnett
Dr. Gerald B. Sherrick
Dr. Cristina Sola Martin
Dr. Alyssa Sprowl
Dr. Thian Srisurapol
Dr. Christine Stepanek
Dr. Michelle Stepanek
Dr. Nichole H. Sun
Dr. Ji Hyun Tahk
Dr. Rosemarie C. Tan
Dr. Shailendrasinh Mahendrasinh Vashi
Dr. Edward Lorilla Viloria
Dr. Dennis Wang
Dr. Brian L. Ward
Dr. Ali Achraf Zeitoun
Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists
Dr. Brennan R. Bahnson
Dr. James Bloom
Dr. Joshua H. Gotlib
Dr. Jacob J. Hanseen
Dr. Andrew R. Horne
Dr. Jeffrey A. Iverson
Dr. David R. McDonough
Dr. James W. Thomas
Southern Association of Orthodontists
Dr. Sooyeon C. Ahn
Dr. Najd Aswad
Dr. Elyssa Barnett
Dr. Stephen M. Beecroft
Dr. Zoltan T. Berky
Dr. Todd S. Bovenizer
Dr. Catharine Brannan
Dr. Rosalie Brao
Dr. Ajit Denis Britto
Dr. Nicolette Chahin
Dr. Angela B. deFabrique-Abiusi
Dr. Monica Mai Truong Dinh
Dr. Kelsey Ebach
Dr. Sara A. Edmondson
Dr. Michael B. Everson
Dr. Adeola O. Faleye
Dr. Louis C. Filippone
Dr. Thebis Alvarez Franceschi
Dr. Kristen E. George
Dr. Cynthia Green
Dr. James Hanna
Dr. Jeana M. Harmon
Dr. Michael A. Hess
Dr. Bryan J. Hollis
Dr. Michael S. Johnston
Dr. Lawrence J. Kalaskey, III
Dr. Katherine Kapernaros
Dr. Sydney Lauren Katras
Dr. Mary Morgan Bitler Keyser
Dr. Tamara Latif
Dr. William A. Marshall
Dr. Van Wallace McCarlie, Jr.
Dr. David M. McInnis
Dr. Eric Meyer
Dr. Stephanie S. Moore
Dr. Owais Naeem
Dr. Alan R. Ossi
Dr. Elizabeth M. Ottey
Dr. Francis J. Pazulski
Dr. Paiyal V. Popat
Dr. Farhana Rahman
Dr. Nathan Gregory Reuter
Dr. Andrew D. Reynolds
Dr. Ryan D. Ricafort
Dr. John T. Ritter
Dr. Ross Savage
Dr. Nicholas J. Savastano, Jr.
Dr. A. Alexis Shrager
Dr. Sheilla Starks
Dr. Corrie J. Swihart
Dr. Kevin D. Tesseneer
Dr. Kalpeshkumar Thakkar
Dr. Jesse Craig Thompson
Dr. Besi L. Tong
Dr. Thoai-Lan N. Tran
Dr. Courtney J. Ullrich
Dr. Taylor Rae Vracar
Dr. Kelsey Cronauer Wahl
Dr. Adriane C. White-Carter
Dr. John C. Wiger
Southwestern Society of Orthodontists
Dr. Fahad Aljamal
Dr. Bruce E. Bentley, Jr.
Dr. Ross C. Brenner
Dr. Lauren Kelsey Brubaker
Dr. Adejoke A. Fatunde
Dr. Brad M. Gaynier
Dr. Suman Gorantla
Dr. Jeffrey E. Gust
Dr. Brendan James Hubbard
Dr. Salman Jaffer
Dr. Onur Kadioglu
Dr. Maria Karakousoglou
Dr. Kristen Knecht
Dr. Larry L. Layfield
Dr. Steven Paul LeRoy, II
Dr. Bill Luu
Dr. Marc B. Magness
Dr. Marla J. Magness-Myers
Dr. Ryan V. Nowlin
Dr. Komal Patel
Dr. Deborah K. Russell Aner
Dr. Brittany Spruiell
Dr. Reginald W. Taylor
Dr. Alexis Y. Tessler
About the ABO
The ABO is the global leader in orthodontic board certification and sets the standards of care for excellence in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics. The ABO’s mission is to elevate the quality of orthodontic care for the public by promoting excellence through certification, education and professional collaboration. Founded in 1929, the ABO was the first specialty board in dentistry. It is the only orthodontic specialty board recognized by the American Dental Association and in affiliation with the American Association of Orthodontists. To learn more, visit www.americanboardortho.com.
The certificate issued by the ABO signifies a certification of attainment. It does not confer any legal qualification, privilege, or license to practice orthodontics. It is not a professional or academic degree. In essence, board certification is a process by which an individual orthodontist is voluntarily examined by his/her peers as to orthodontic knowledge and clinical skills. The passage of the examination process is a demonstration to the dental profession and the general public of the orthodontist’s pursuit of continued proficiency and excellence in orthodontics.