West Coast Study Club
2025-2026

Attendance at all regular meetings
(10 sessions)

West Coast Study Club is a southern California affiliate of the world-renowned Seattle Study Club network. Established in 1999, the club joined the Seattle Study Club network in 2019.

West Coast Study Club is a southern California affiliate of the world-renowned Seattle Study Club network. Established in 1999, the club joined the Seattle Study Club network in 2019.

introduction

Dr. O’Brien and Dr. Kim often lecture together. This was at the 2016 ICOI Winter meeting in San Diego, CA, where the two presented on the synergy of interdisciplinary approach in implant dentistry.

Seattle Study Club - Doing Dentistry Together ®

Seattle Study Club
Doing Dentistry Together ®

This fall, our club will be starting the fifth year of its journey as an affiliate of the Seattle Study Club. This is a particularly exciting year as we are represented by two co-directors! 

We bring together 11 exciting programs over 10 months. We will focus on clinical periodontics as the foundation for the complex, and interdisciplinary dentistry that we carry out on a daily basis. To that end, we have invited some of the most talented periodontists in southern California over 4 evening programs. We are so happy to announce that Dr. Gerard Chiche will be overseeing a hands-on workshop program on esthetic dentistry in December. In June we will, as a group, celebrate in the annual symposium where we hope to see our members blossom and present cases and techniques that we work hard to develop and perfect.

See you all at the meetings!

Very best,

Jin Y. Kim, DDS, MPH, MS, FACD & Gianmarco O’Brien, DDS 
Co-directors of West Coast Study Club

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2021-2022 Academic Program for West Coast Study Club

The New Academic Year starts in September 2025, and will finish in June 2026.

2025-2026 MAIN PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE

2025-2026
MAIN PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE

A total of 45 CEU (for 10 sessions) 
Open to members only – Spouse or significant other are invited to the Annual Dinner in June​

Format

CE Credits

Venue

Full-day event

7 CEU

Hilton Irvine / Orange County Airport

Evening program

2 CEU

December 11, 2025

Vivian Wu, MD

& The 2025 Holiday Dinner.

Full-day event

7 CEU

Evening program

2 CEU

Full-day event

7 CEU

Evening program

2 CEU

Full-day event

7 CEU

Full-day event

7 CEU

Hilton Irvine / Orange County Airport

Evening program

2 CEU

December 11, 2025

Vivian Wu, MD

& The 2025 Holiday Dinner.

Full-day event

7 CEU

Evening program

2 CEU

Full-day event

7 CEU

Evening program

2 CEU

Full-day event

7 CEU

Annual Membership Fee

Includes membership in West Coast Study Club for
2025-2026 season that includes:

  • Includes the 2025 WCSC Symposium
    and Live Patient Surgery Session
  • Member benefits of Seattle Study Club
  • Subscription to The Seattle Study Club Journal
  • Spouse (or guest) attendance at Annual Holiday Dinner
  • A total of 45 CEU (for 10 sessions)
The Membership Fees:
  • Regular : $3,250.00
  • Members – 2 or more years: $2,950.00
  • 2024, 2025 dental school graduates: $1,095.00

* $200 rebate for bringing in new members 

For rebate question or any other membership related questions,
please contact Dr. Ellen Oh at skellenohdds@gmail.com

SSC Symposium 2026 in Scottsdale, AZ

Thursday, January 22 ~ 24