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In a January 2012 letter to the PDA Board of Trustees, Dr. Judith A. McFadden, secretary of the Philadelphia County Dental Society, conveyed the Board of Governors’ unanimous nomination of Dr. Gamba, saying, “Tom is well known and highly respected throughout Pennsylvania. We in the First District believe that he is eminently qualified to serve as a member of the ADA Board of Trustees. We believe that our colleagues regard Tom as truthful, fair and credible. We trust his judgment to represent the best interests of the profession as a member of the ADA Board of Trustees.”

Dr. Gamba is a 1972 graduate of Villanova University and a 1976 graduate of Temple University School of Dentistry. He has maintained a general practice in Philadelphia since that time. Since 2010, he has been an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry.

Tom has actively participated in dentistry’s professional associations at the local, state and national levels. He served as a member of numerous committees and as a member of the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia County Dental Society. He served as a member and chair of the Board of Directors of the Liberty Dental Conference, has been a member of the First District Delegation to the PDA Annual Session for many years, chairs the Constitution and Bylaws Committee, and was president of the Society in 1997-1998.

He was a member of the PDA Board of Trustees and served as PDA vice-president in 1996-1997. He served five terms as Speaker of the PDA House of Delegates from 2000 to 2005, and was then elected to the office of PDA president-elect in 2006. He served as PDA president in 2007-2008.

At the national level, he was a member of the ADA Council on Annual Sessions from 2001 to 2003 and the Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs from 2007 to 2011. He has served as a delegate or alternate delegate to the ADA House of Delegates eight times, was a member of the Standing Committee on Credential, Rules and Order in 2000 and the Standing Committee on Constitution and Bylaws in 2010 and 2011. He also serves as a GrassRoots Action Team Leader

Tom is a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, the American and International Colleges of Dentistry, and a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Temple University Dental Alumni Society, is a founder and past president of the Girard Estate Area Residents Association, and has served as a member of the St. Monica Church Parish Council.

Tom’s path to dentistry began in his childhood. His father, Dr. Waldo G. Gamba, was a general practitioner with longtime ties to the Philadelphia County Dental Society and the Pennsylvania Dental Association and served as president of both organizations.

Tom and his wife, Cynthia, have two children and two grandchildren and reside in Philadelphia.

To learn more about Tom and his qualifications for the office of ADA Third District Trustee, visit online at www.GambaForTrustee.net