CDA Award Winners Each year, CDA honours individuals and organizations that have made exceptional contributions to the dental profession and the oral health of Canadians. This year’s CDA awards were presented during the CDA Awards Luncheon and President’s Installation Dinner (PID), held in Toronto in April 2024. Dr. Bernard Dolansky has enjoyed an illustrious dental career, which includes serving as president of the Ontario Dental Association (ODA) and Canadian Dental Association (CDA). He has held positions on many professional and volunteer boards and has received Honorary Membership from both ODA and CDA. Dr. Dolansky’s career in endodontics spanned 37 years, during which he not only practised and taught but seamlessly transitioned to working with three partners and numerous associates. While at CDA, Dr. Dolansky was involved in the trailblazing activity of electronic data interchange (EDI), and he served on the committee that was dedicated to finding new ways to send dental claims to insurers. He led contract negotiations and oversaw the rollout of the complete national electronic claims submissions system, known as CDAnet. The proud history and tangible benefits of CDAnet are still being felt by Canadian dentists to this day. Since 1999, he has provided dental professionals with assistance in practice valuations, purchase and sales, associateships, partnerships, and he has also delivered lectures and written extensively on dental practice transitions. Dr. Bernard Dolansky CDA Medal of Honour The CDA Medal of Honour is the highest award conferred by CDA. It is given to a dentist in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding service and professional achievement to the benefit of the dental profession, the dental community and society at large, and to which can be attributed significant change. I received this award for being part of the team that put together CDAnet and ITRANS. Something that brought the profession together in implementing that wonderful service that we give to our patients. Everything that is accomplished for our profession is accomplished as a team, and by working together, we meet and work with so many great people. If there is a lesson here, it is the more you give, the more you get. And CDA thrives and succeeds because there are many people who believe in that credo. We give a lot, but we get back much more. 13 Issue 4 | 2024 |
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