2025 Officers and Executive Council Members

The Executive Council is comprised of the President, Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer, Editor, the Immediate Past President and five Council members as voting members.

Officers
President: Robin L. Gallardi, DDS, MS, FRCDC
Vice President: Jay I. Swanson, DDS, MD, FACS
Secretary-Treasurer: Nicholas Callahan, MPH, DMD, MD
Immediate Past President: Donald C. Kalant, Sr., DDS, FACD, FICD

Council Members
James Murphy, DDS, MD, FACS
Julie A. Laverdiere, DDS
Harshiv J. Vyas, BDS, MDS, FACS
Anthony M. Elger, DMD
Ashleigh M. Weyh, MD, DMD, MPH

Editor
Editor: Mark J. Steinberg, DDS, MD

AAOMS District IV Trustee
Gregory M. Ness, DDS, FACS (Ohio)

Anesthesia Committee Chair
Jerome ("Jay") Bergamini, DDS

ISOMS Program Committee Chair
James Vaiana, DDS

OMSPAC Representative
Don C. Kalant, Sr., DDS, FACD, FICD

AAOMS Delegates: Based on membership count, Illinois is entitled to send three voting Delegates to the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS). The meeting is held in the fall. Delegates and Alternate Delegates are elected during the spring meeting of the ISOMS Executive Council.

In 2025, the 107th AAOMS Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions and Exhibition will be held in Washington, D.C., September 15 – 20, 2025. Visit AAOMS.org for more details.

Elected Executive Council members are Officers & Council Members. Others include AAOMS Delegates and Alternates, and the Chairs of the Anesthesia and Program Committees, who are invited to the Executive Council meetings.

ISOMS Executive Director
Jane R. Stein (847-482-0222)
em: IllinoisOMS@gmail.com