Dr. Randy Feldman receives Hillsborough County Dental Association Life Achievement Award

TAMPA, FL, February 18, 2011 (Press-News.org) Feldman Orthodontics, Tampa's #1 Orthodontic practice for over 28 years, is pleased to announce that Dr. Randy Feldman has received the prestigious Hillsborough County Dental Association (HDCA) Life Achievement Award.

This award is presented in recognition of Dr. Feldman's outstanding service to the Tampa community through his many professional, civic and charitable activities.

Dr. Feldman is a very active community leader in the Tampa area. In addition to being on the board of directors for Voices for Children and being a Guardian Ad Litem, he is a former President of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and has established several programs for children throughout the community. As President of More Health, Inc., he helped create programs which promote health education and injury prevention for students in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. He established the Feldman Orthodontics Scholarship program, which has awarded college scholarships to area high school seniors for the past 20 years. He created a program to educate Hillsborough County school children about oral hygiene and prevention of oral cancer. In addition, he was heavily involved in the fluoridation of the Hillsborough County water supply in the mid-1980s. His latest endeavor has been to establish Kid ID in the Tampa Bay area as a free child identification system that stores your child's vital information in a secure electronic database for use by law enforcement.

"I'm both proud and surprised to have been selected for this honor. Being chosen to receive such an honor by one's professional peers is something that I never would have expected," said Dr. Feldman. "My contributions to our community, both professionally, civically and charitably have always been a labor of love and done without seeking recognition or reward. But this is a sincere honor, one that I am extremely proud of and I sincerely thank the HDCA for this award."

About Dr. Randy Feldman & Feldman Orthodontics: Dr. Randy Feldman continues to bring happy, healthy, and beautiful smiles to his orthodontic patients in Tampa Bay. For over 28 years Dr. Feldman has been a distinguished leader and dedicated to his community. Feldman received his DDS and BA in Zoology from the Ohio State University. He currently is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Dept. of Pediatrics and Department of Plastic Surgery at the USF College of Medicine and holds a patent for Ceramic Brackets. These are just a few among the numerous academic and professional accomplishments he has to his credit.

About HCDA: The Hillsborough County Dental Association (HCDA) is a professional organization comprised of approximately 300 dentists representing not only general dentists, but ADA recognized specialists in the dental profession, all practicing in the greater Tampa Bay area. HCDA members donate both time and money to various causes including: Christina's Smile, Give Kids a Smile, Smile Fridays, Save a Tooth, Judeo Christian Clinic and the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile to name a few.

To learn more about Dr. Randy Feldman and Feldman Orthodontics and the orthodontic treatment available for children and adults using braces, Invisalign, and Invisalign Teen, please visit: http://www.FeldmanOrthodontics.com.