2025 Samir Bishara Award of Merit
The 2024-25 Council is pleased to announce Dr. Dan Rejman as the recipient of the 2025 Samir Bishara Award of Merit. DAN REJMAN was born and raised in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. He worked on his family’s large dairy farm throughout his childhood and early adult years after attending Hobart College for his undergraduate degree. He started dental school at age 29, after realizing that he wanted to pursue a career in dentistry. He attended the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and worked as a general dentist for several years outside of Rochester, NY. He decided to become an orthodontist and received his Masters in Orthodontics from Marquette University. Dr. Rejman spent several years practicing in Annapolis, MD before settling in Castle Rock, Colorado, where he opened his practice with his wife, and office manager, Julie. He currently has two offices in the Castle Rock area, where he and Julie raised their four children. Dan clearly remembers the day he responded to an email from the College looking for candidates to represent RMSO and SWSO. The question he and his wife discussed…”Aren’t we too busy to get involved at this point in our lives?” Looking back at this years later, Dan is incredibly thankful that even though the answer was “yes”, he made the decision to get involved with the College. He has made hundreds of cherished relationships and feels great satisfaction to have contributed in some small way to our profession.
PAST AWARD HONOREES
Founders Award Samir Bishara 1997 William A. Mitchell 2000
Arthur Reed 2002 Irwin Kolin 2003 William Stutts 2005
Founding Fathers 2007 William Wallert 2008 Perry Opin 2011 John Kanyusik 2014 Dorothy Whalen 2018 Robert Moss 2021 (awarded in 2022) Samir Bishara Award of Merit Terry Guenther and Michael Rudolph 2003 Larry Tadlock and John Valant 2004
Robert Moss 2005 David Muisch 2006
John Carter 2007 David Turpin 2008 Richard Ridgley 2009 Karn Seiler 2010 John Whitaker and Peter Worth 2011
The College also allowed Dan to develop a relationship with the American Board of Orthodontics during the tran- sition to the scenario-based clinical examination, and was the instructor of the College’s preparatory course for many years. In 2022, he was selected as a Director of the ABO,
John Kanyusik 2012 Jim Bill Morrow 2013 O.B. Vaughan 2014 Perry Opin 2015
representing the RMSO. Dan continues to enjoy and value every aspect of both organizations. Dan has dedicated his professional life to orthodontics and is a prime example of going “A Step Beyond” for the College.
Michael Guess 2016 Thomas Skafidas 2017 Raymond George, Sr 2018 Brent E. Larson 2018
Paul Miller and Howard Fine 2019 Lee Graber 2020 (awarded in 2022) Allen Moffit 2021 (awarded in 2022)
Bruce Goldstein 2023 Robert A. Vaught 2024
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