ATSU-ASDOH presents students, faculty, with awards and recognitions
Posted: July 3, 2023
A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH) honored the class of 2023 with an awards ceremony on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
Honors included:
Class Leadership Awards
Sandy Ashraf Youssef, DMD, ’23, class president, 2019-20
Christine Khabbaz Saade, DMD, ’23, class vice president, 2019-20, president, 2020-23
Maria Beckett, DMD, ’23, class vice president, 2020-23
Outstanding Commitment to Leadership Award
Christine Khabbaz Saade, DMD, ’23
Pre-Clinic Students of the Year Awards
Brasseler USA
Taylor Reid Anderson, DMD, ’23
Jennifer Leigh Knickerbocker, DMD, ’23
Certificate of Merit and Award in Oral Medicine
American Academy of Oral Medicine
Laura HanJia Gu, DMD, ’23
Outstanding Senior Award
American Academy of Orofacial Pain
Atish Shah, DMD, ’23
Certificate of Recognition
Special Care Dentistry Association
Stephany Papademetriou Stevenson, DMD, ’23
Horace Wells Senior Student Award
American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
Reena Rana, DMD, ’23
Brian D. Stone Memorial Award for Dental Students
Dental Lifeline Network
Allison D. Ghan, DMD, ’23
Radiology Achievement Award
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
Stephany Papademetriou Stevenson, DMD, ’23
American Association of Orthodontists Student Awards
American Association of Orthodontists
Julia Ellen Poirier, DMD, ’23
2023 Certificate of Merit AAPD Predoctoral Student Award
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Allison D. Ghan, DMD, ’23
ASDOH Clinic Orientation Teaching Assistant Awards
ASDOH Faculty
Jonathan Abrams, DMD, ’23
Jasmine E. Ahrar, DMD, ’23
Samra Ali, DMD, ’23
Haya Barakat, DMD, ’23
Maria Beckett, DMD, ’23
Shannon Marie Bland, DMD, ’23
Jessica Marlae Carroll, DMD, ’23
JoonHong Choi, DMD, ’23
Michelle L. Clift, DMD, ’23
Kaleigh Galloway, DMD, ’23
Christian M. Garlick, DMD, ’23
Tejpaal Singh Gohlwar, DMD, ’23
Laura HanJia Gu, DMD, ’23
Ali Amin Hassan, DMD, ’23
Timothy James Hinderliter, DMD, ’23
Rachel Michelle Hodo, DMD, ’23
Pedram Kajeh, DMD, ’23
Fatema M. Kermani, DMD, ’23
Jennifer Leigh Knickerbocker, DMD, ’23
Nicole Krysten Kowalski, DMD, ’23
Nam Justin N. Lam, DMD, ’23
Rahima Mahmoodi, DMD, ’23
Minan M. Mansour, DMD, ’23
Reshav P. Mehtani, DMD, ’23
Kat Lisbona Morgan, DMD, ’23
Farpour Namiranian, DMD, ’23
Jaspreet S. Nijjar, DMD, ’23
Nava Nowamooz, DMD, ’23
Neal K. Patel, DMD, ’23
Eve S. Pence, DMD, ’23
Julia Ellen Poirier, DMD, ’23
Reena Rana, DMD, ’23
Tehaum Saood, DMD, ’23
Ashlee Nacole Spann, DMD, ’23
Stephany Papademetriou Stevenson, DMD, ’23
Theodore Wolfgang Tran, DMD, ’23
Kylie Yineman, DMD, ’23
Sandy Ashraf Youssef, DMD, ’23
ASDOH Hygiene Faculty Commitment to Excellence Award
ASDOH Hygiene Faculty
Julia Ellen Poirier, DMD, ’23
2023 Dental Student Award for Achievement in Periodontology
American Academy of Periodontology
Nava Nowamooz, DMD, ’23
Senior Student Award of Excellence
The Western Society of Periodontology
Kylie Yineman, DMD, ’23
AAID Predoctoral Dental Student Award
American Academy of Implant Dentistry
Stephany Papademetriou Stevenson, DMD, ’23
Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry Award
Academy of Osseointegration
Farpour Namiranian, DMD, ’23
Predoctoral Prosthodontic Achievement Award
American College of Prosthodontists
Joshua Cade Clark, DMD, ’23
Outstanding Senior Award
The American Equilibration Society
Maria Beckett, DMD, ’23
Predoctoral Student Achievement Award
International Congress of Oral Implantologists
Rachel Michelle Hodo, DMD, ’23
2023 Hanau Best of the Best Prosthodontic Award
Whip Mix Corporation-West
Eve S. Pence, DMD, ’23
SCAD Student Award of Merit
Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry
Maria Beckett, DMD, ’23
Student Achievement Award in Endodontics
American Association of Endodontists
Jonathan Abrams, DMD, ’23
2023 Endodontic Achievement Award
Dr. Mia Asrari, Dr. Ryan Engelberg, Dr. Eugene Jasper, Dr. Michael Lazarski, Dr. William Leibow, Dr. Steven Sluyk, Dr. Judy VanGheluwe
Julia Ellen Poirier, DMD, ’23
AAOMP Dental Student Award
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
Reshav P. Mehtani, DMD, ’23
2023 Dental Implant Student Award & 2023 Dental Student Award
American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
Jaspreet S. Nijjar, DMD, ’23, Dental Implant Student Award
Neal K. Patel, DMD, ’23, Dental Student Award
William H. Bell Award for Predoctoral Achievement in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Jaspreet S. Nijjar, DMD, ’23
Outstanding Achievement in Operative Dentistry
Academy of Operative Dentistry
Jaspreet S. Nijjar, DMD, ’23
Student Award of Merit
American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry
Shannon Marie Bland, DMD, ’23
Dental Student Recognition Award
American Association of Public Health Dentistry
Christian M. Garlick, DMD, ’23
Jeanne Craig Sinkford Student Leadership Award
American Dental Education Association
Julia Ellen Poirier, DMD, ’23
2023 ASDA Award of Excellence
American Student Dental Association
Jessica Ruby Camacho, DMD, ’23
Eleanor J. Bushee Senior Dental Student Award
American Association of Women Dentists
Rachel Michelle Hodo, DMD, ’23
Academy of General Dentistry National Senior Student Dental Awards of Excellence
National Academy of General Dentistry
Mikayla Jade Hamlin, DMD, ’23
Connor Michael Hoerr, DMD, ’23
Academy of General Dentistry Arizona Senior Student Dental Awards of Excellence
Arizona Academy of General Dentistry
Taylor Reid Anderson, DMD, ’23
Joshua Michael Hanenkrath, DMD, ’23
Arizona Dental Association’s Student Leadership Award
Arizona Dental Association
Jessica Ruby Camacho, DMD, ’23
Community Impact Award
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Joshua Michael Hanenkrath, DMD, ’23
Julia Ellen Poirier, DMD, ’23
International College of Dentists Student Leadership Award
International College of Dentists
Allison D. Ghan, DMD, ’23
International College of Dentists Student Humanitarian Award
International College of Dentists
Sandy Ashraf Youssef, DMD, ’23
Outstanding Leadership Award
Arizona American College of Dentists
Rachel Michelle Hodo, DMD, ’23
Senior Student Award
Pierre Fauchard Academy
Haya Barakat, DMD, ’23
Jack Dillenberg and Jamie Moret Future Dental Educator Award
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Pedram Kajeh, DMD, ’23
Clinical Excellence Award
The Sobieraj Family
Rachel Michelle Hodo, DMD, ’23
Morrie Reisbick Research Award
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Jonathan Abrams, DMD, ’23
Marodin Aghassi Spirit of Hometown Scholars Award
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health – Class of 2018
Trisha In, DMD, ’23
Sally Rosenthal Tor Scholarship
ASDOH faculty, alumni, family, friends, Joshua Tor, and Raytheon
Rachel Michelle Hodo, DMD, ’23
Tami Hunger Community Health Award
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Shannon Marie Bland, DMD, ’23
Michael Serkanic Memorial Award
Lisa Schnaidt, DMD
Joshua Michael Hanenkrath, DMD, ’23
Dr. Timothy Lukavsky Memorial Award for Special Care Dentistry
Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health and friends of the Lukavsky Family
Austin James Wessling, DMD, ’23
Omicron Kappa Upsilon
National Dental Honor Society Beta Alpha Chapter
Shannon Marie Bland, DMD, ’23
Jessica Marlae Carroll, DMD, ’23
Allison D. Ghan, DMD, ’23
Rachel Michelle Hodo, DMD, ’23
Neal K. Patel, DMD, ’23
Julia Ellen Poirier, DMD, ’23
Christine Khabbaz Saade, DMD, ’23
Kylie Yineman, DMD, ’23
