Dear GSOMS Member,

We regret to inform you that our friend and an icon in the specialty, Dr. Jeff Schultz, died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack on February 22, 2026.  We are still trying to process this loss to all of us and particularly to the specialty.
 
Jeff never refused to serve when asked. A past president of GSOMS, long time chair of our Legislative Committee, longtime Legislative Chair for SSOMS who rarely missed a meeting, a member of the GA Board of Dentistry, loyal servant to the GA Dental Association, AAOMS Delegate for over 20 years, Chair of the AAOMS Committee on Professional Conduct and member of the Committee on Anesthesia and many more positions I cannot recall right now.
 
Jeff and Sharon are blessed with four daughters (Anna, Emily, Mary Ellen, and Lydia) and two sons (John and Jordan).
 
Below are the funeral arrangements. The obituary will follow as soon as it’s available.
 
Hank Holderfield
Executive Director
Obituary information for Jeffrey Daniel Schultz

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Dear State OMS Society Executive Directors and Presidents:

Please find attached a letter from the chair of the AAOMS Committee on Healthcare Policy, Coding and Reimbursement. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions! Thank you!

Sandy Guenther
Director, State Government Affairs

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
9700 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Rosemont, IL 60018
Office: 800-822-6637, ext. 4388 | Fax: 847-678-4619
sguenther@aaoms.org | AAOMS.org | MyOMS.org

Members of the 2024-2025 AAOMS Board of Trustees were installed on Sept. 11 during the third session of the House of Delegates.

Front row, from left:

• Steven R. Nelson, DDS, MS, Speaker of the House of Delegates
• Jeffrey H. Wallen, DDS, Treasurer
• Charles A. Crago, DMD, MD, FACS, Vice President
• J. David Morrison, DMD, President
• Robert S. Clark, DMD, President-Elect
• Mark A. Egbert, DDS, FACS, Immediate Past President
• Karin Wittich, CAE, Secretary/Executive Director

Back row, from left:

• Debra M. Sacco, DMD, MD, District III Trustee
• Edward J. Miller Jr., DMD, District I Trustee
• Gregory M. Ness, DDS, FACS, District IV Trustee
• Martin E. Eichner, DDS, District II Trustee
• Julia R. Plevnia, DDS, FACS, District V Trustee
• W. Frederick Stephens, DDS, District VI Trustee