Dr Kim-Weroha will succeed AAO president elect Dr Michael Durbin because the Midwestern Society of Orthodontists consultant following the 2026 Home of Delegates assembly.
Nellie Kim-Weroha, DDS, will develop into the Midwestern Society of Orthodontists (MSO) consultant on the American Affiliation of Orthodontists (AAO) Board of Trustees. Her time period will start on the conclusion of the 2026 AAO Home of Delegates assembly on Might 3.
The MSO elected Kim-Weroha to succeed present AAO president elect Michael Durbin, DDS, MS, within the position.
Management and Committee Expertise
Kim-Weroha is a previous president of the MSO and the Minnesota Affiliation of Orthodontists. She additionally beforehand served as chair of the MSO delegation to the AAO Home of Delegates.
She was a member of the AAO’s Process Drive on Ladies Orthodontists, the place she helped set up the Ladies Orthodontists Networking Session (WONS) on the 2019 AAO Annual Session. She additionally served on the 2019 Annual Session Planning Committee and joined the AAO Committee on Conferences & Conferences (CCon) in 2020. Kim-Weroha was vice chair of CCon for 2023-24 and chair for 2024-25. Moreover, she served on the AAO Particular Committee on Ladies Orthodontists and chaired the AAO Particular Committee on Constituent Collaboration in 2023-24.
Skilled and Tutorial Background
Kim-Weroha is at the moment a associate at GLK Orthodontics in Rochester, Minn. She accomplished her orthodontic residency, Physician of Dental Surgical procedure diploma, a sophisticated schooling usually dentistry residency, and a Grasp of Science diploma in bone biology on the College of Missouri – Kansas Metropolis (UMKC).
Her grasp’s thesis, “Regulation of Sclerostin Expression in Osteocytes by PGE2 and Mechanical Loading,” was offered at an American Society for Bone and Mineral Analysis assembly and obtained the UMKC Distinguished Grasp’s Thesis Award.
Board Certification
A Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO), Kim-Weroha has served as an ABO examiner since 2020 and was an ABO ambassador from 2024 to 2025.
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