AAID recognizes dental students from 61 schools across United States and Canada

Sept. 23, 2016
The American Academy of Implant Dentistry offers a Dental Student Award to all accredited dental education programs in the United States and Canada. Sixty-one schools received the 2016 AAID Dental Student Award for undergraduate or graduate students this year at their graduation ceremonies. Award recipients received a certificate of recognition, a one-year free membership in the AAID, and a complimentary registration at the AAID's dental implants annual conference.
The American Academy of Implant Dentistry offers a Dental Student Award to all accredited dental education programs in the United States and Canada. Sixty-one schools received the 2016 AAID Dental Student Award for undergraduate or graduate students this year at their graduation ceremonies. Award recipients received a certificate of recognition, a one-year free membership in the AAID, and a complimentary registration at the AAID's annual conference.MORE FROM THE AAID |AAID’s annual conference brings "Excellence in Implant Dentistry" to New Orleans

The recipients and schools that participated in order of school name are:


A.T. Still University of Health Sciences Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health: Nicholas T. Salava

Augusta University, The Dental College of Georgia: Ryan Burroughs

Baylor College of Dentistry Component of Texas A & M Health Science Center: Thomas Nichols Lawler

Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine: Anna Komnatnaya

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine: Jeffrey Robert Evanko

Columbia University College of Dental Medicine: Lewis Chen

Creighton University School of Dentistry: Derek S. Williams

Harvard University School of Dental Medicine: Justin Michael Sheinbaum and Paul Gungwan Sonn, DDS, MMSc, prosthodontics (postdoctoral)

Howard University College of Dentistry: Trevor Jamal Thomas

Indiana University School of Dentistry: Nichole Lynn Barnett

Loma Linda University School of Dentistry: Omran Bishbish

Louisiana State University School of Dentistry: Amy Simoneaux Bordelon

Marquette University School of Dentistry: Darryl Jay Banez

McGill University: Negaar Nadji

Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine: James Shawn Wood

Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry: Nneka Obi

Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine: Jonathan Krum

Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-Illinois: Adam Gart

New York University College of Dentistry: Kumar Raghava Chowdary Annam

Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine: Jillian J. Rose

Ohio State University College of Dentistry: Alexandra E. Hinkley

Oregon Health and Science University School of Dentistry: Jonathan Andrew Yih

Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine: Amir Nojoumi

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine: Ghata Patel

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine: John E. Cairns

State University of New York at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine: Ian Thomas Mort

Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine: Maggie W. Leung

Temple University The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry: David Matthew Ebsworth

The University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston: Macey Brooke Cartrite

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine: Michelle Marie Garnache

Université de Montreal: Frederique Duchesneau-Papineau

Université Laval: Catherine Crête-Belzile

University of Alabama School of Dentistry: Roger D. Miller

University of Alberta: Maryna Muzychenko

University of California at San Francisco School of Dentistry: Jonathan Jelmini

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center: Christopher S. Carlson

University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine: Samantha Weston

University of Florida College of Dentistry: Joana Halilaj

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry: Jeri K. McCombs

University of Iowa College of Dentistry: Andrew Richard Stevenson

University of Kentucky College of Dentistry: Rachel Riley

University of Louisville School of Dentistry: Tyler Monty Rallison

University of Michigan School of Dentistry: Derek G. Robison

University of Minnesota School of Dentistry: Melissa A. Gleason

University of Mississippi School of Dentistry: Matthew Alexander Loeb

University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry: Jordan M. Campbell

University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry: Trent R. Bauer

University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine: Michael Britting

University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine: Patrick Kenney

University of North Carolina School of Dentistry: William Preston Colven

University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry: Judson Seth May

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine: Jaskaran Saggu

University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine: Ryan M. Orlosky

University of Puerto Rico School of Dentistry: Paola Berríos-Merced

University of Saskatchewan: Dylan Barker

University of Texas Health Science Center–San Antonio Dental School: Christopher F. Felicetta

University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry: Storm Hagen

University of Washington–Health Sciences School of Dentistry: Mark T. Sundem

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry: Eric Brooks Bokinsky

West Virginia University School of Dentistry: Mona Meky

Western University of Health Sciences College of Dentistry: Parth Karia

Established in 1951, the AAID is the only dental implant organization that offers credentials recognized by state and federal courts as being bona fide. Its membership, which exceeds 5,500, includes general dentists, oral surgeons, periodontists, and prosthodontists from across the United States and in more than 60 other countries. For more information about the AAID, visit the AAID website or call (312) 335-1550.