Karin Irani, D.D.S., J.D., voted ADA president-elect

Rhett Raum, D.M.D., elected second vice president

Karin Irani, D.D.S., J.D., a general dentist in Los Angeles, was voted president-elect of the American Dental Association by the ADA House of Delegates on Oct. 12.

Dr. Irani previously served as the 13th District trustee of the ADA, chair of the ADA Council on Membership, trustee of the California Dental Association, chair of the California Dental Association’s Leadership Development Committee and president of the San Fernando Valley Dental Society. 

She earned her dental degree from the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and her law degree from the Glendale University College of Law.

W. Mark Donald, D.M.D., of Louisville, Mississippi, and Randall C. Markarian, D.M.D., of Swansea, Illinois, also ran for president-elect.

Second vice president

 

Rhett Raum, D.M.D., a general dentist in Lafayette and Portland, Tennessee, was elected second vice president. 

Dr. Raum previously served as a member of the ADA Council on Communications, vice president of the American Student Dental Association and speaker of the ASDA House of Delegates. He is also the chair of the Tennessee Dental Association Political Action Committee. Until his election, Dr. Raum served as the Nashville Dental Society trustee of the Tennessee Dental Association and immediate past president of the Nashville Dental Society.

Dr. Raum earned his dental degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry.

Michael J. Safian, D.D.S., of Shelton, Connecticut, and Jonathan Vogel, D.D.S., of Dallas, were also candidates for second vice president.