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Congratulations to the Class of 2022!

Congratulations to all 2022 Graduates!

DMD Class of 2022
Alakel, Akram Legnain, Fatma
Albert, Andrée Liu, Tony
Badan, Antonela Lopez Diaz, Hugo Rene
Beaudry-Bouchard, Justine Lu, Yi Chen
Bindra, Gurnikki Madhosh, Obaidullah
Boitor, Madalina Mazigh, Bayd
Boivin, William Mohammed, Ali
Chen, Yawen Ouaknine, Shany
Cohen-Malka, Emily Pabari, Mansi
Gagnani, Sahil Patenaude, Sophie
Govshievich, Nikol Rogozinsky, Joelle
Hajizadeh, Arfan Sabour, Mahya
Harb, Ingrid Sananes, Jeremy
Iskander, Sheri Sevy-Hassan, Nathaniel
Jaar, Jacques Shykota, Andrii
Kakon, Gabriel Singer, Andi
Kapila, Supriya Soucy, Adèle
Khodr, Amy Spalti, Matthew
Laframboise, McKenzie Wang, Linda
Lee, Yanick Yuan, Kevin

The convocation ceremony was held on May 26, 2022. Check outÌýtheÌýProgram and the , as well as a from our awards ceremony.Ìý

DEAN’S HONOUR LIST

Antonela Badan, Sophie Patenaude, Jeremy Sananes, Andrii Shykota

DISTINCTION

Ingrid Harb, Shiri Iskander, Adèle Soucy, Linda Wang

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DMD Student AwardsÌý

Jeremy Sananes

DR. A.W. THORNTON MEDAL, highest overall standing in the four years of the undergraduate program

DR. A. GERALD RACEY PRIZE, excellence in oral and maxillofacial surgery

DR. JAMES McCUTCHEON MEDAL, outstanding qualities of leadership, scholarship, and professional achievement throughout the four years

*AMERICAN COLLEGE OF DENTISTS (QUEBEC SECTION) - OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADER AWARD, outstanding scholastic performance and demonstrated leadership

*AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY AWARD, special interest, and accomplishment in oral and maxillofacial radiology

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Sophie Patenaude

DR. J.K. CARVER AWARD, second highest overall standing in the four years of the dental undergraduate program

*PIERRE FAUCHARD ´¡°ä´¡¶Ù·¡²Ñ³Û’S SENIOR STUDENT AWARD OF RECOGNITION, for excellence in the academic and clinical aspects of the DMD program

*CANADIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY DR. NORMAN LEVINE UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENT AWARD, aptitude, and passion for the field of pediatric dentistry and dentistry for persons with special needs

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Antonela Badan

DR. A.L. WALSH PRIZE, meritorious achievement in oral medicine throughout the clinical years

À¦°óSMÉçÇø ALUMNAE SOCIETY PRIZE, excellence, and high academic standing

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY AWARD, aptitude, and achievement in oral and

maxillofacial pathology

*AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PERIODONTOLOGY STUDENT AWARD, highest level of academic and clinical achievement related to Periodontics

*DR. E.J. RAJCZAK STUDENT SCHOLAR AWARD FOR RESTORATIVE EXCELLENCE, highest standing in the disciplines of both Operative and Prosthodontics

*DR. MARVIN AND MANDY WERBITT AWARD IN PERIODONTICS, outstanding personal initiative and a strong academic

standing throughout the four-year undergraduate program

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Linda Wang

DR. MARVIN AND MANDY WERBITT AWARD IN PERIODONTICS, outstanding personal initiative and a strong academic

standing throughout the four-year undergraduate program

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Andrii Shykota

*ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY’S SENIOR DENTAL STUDENT AWARD, academic scholastic balance between clinical and didactic basis courses of study and outstanding attributes conducive to exceptionally fine doctor-patient relationships

*CANADIAN ACADEMY OF PERIODONTOLOGY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, outstanding in the field of periodontology

*AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS’ DENTAL STUDENT AWARD, outstanding

performance in undergraduate study and clinical training in oral and maxillofacial surgery and anesthesiology

DR. PAUL A. MARCHAND and MAURINE McNEIL MARCHAND PRIZE, highest degree of professionalism in patient management

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Mahya Sabour

DR. PAUL A. MARCHAND and MAURINE McNEIL MARCHAND PRIZE, highest degree of professionalism in patient management

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Shiri Iskander

PRIX D’EXCELLENCE JEAN ROBERT VINCENT, exceptional commitment to geriatric dentistry

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORAL MEDICINE CERTIFICATE OF MERIT IN ORAL MEDICINE, proficiency in the clinical management of medically complex patient

Ingrid Harb

DR. SOO KIM LAN PRIZE IN DENTISTRY, outstanding graduating student who is entering a Residency Program

*AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PROSTHODONTISTS PREDOCTORAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, awarded to an outstanding graduating student for excellence in prosthodontics

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Adèle Soucy

*PRIX DE LA FONDATION DE L’ORDRE DES DENTISTES DU QUÉBEC, compassion in providing oral health care to

disadvantaged people within the community and who understands and values the importance of the FODQ mission.

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Yi Chen Lu

DR. W.G. LEAHY PRIZE, meritorious achievement in clinical dentistry throughout the clinical years

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Arfan Hajizadeh

CANADIAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD, outstanding qualities of leadership, scholarship, character and humanity

*AMERICAN ACADEMY OF IMPLANT DENTISTRY UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENT AWARD, awarded for the most

interest, academically and clinically, in implant dentistry

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Andi Singer

PRIX MICHELINE-BLAIN – ACDQ PRIZE, serving the interests of colleagues throughout the university years

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Nikol Govshievich

*AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ENDODONTISTS’ STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN ENDODONTICS, highest clinical achievement related to endodontics

*AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHODONTISTS AWARD, exceptional interest in the development of the oro-facial complex

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Madalina Boitor

*DR. ANDRÉ CHAREST PRIZE, highest standing in oral and maxillofacial surgery

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Justine Beaudry-Bouchard

*AMERICAN DENTAL SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGY’S HORACE WELLS SENIOR STUDENT AWARD, awarded for proficiency

in the field of dental anesthesiology excellence in the academic and clinical aspects of the DMD program

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William Boivin

*AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY AWARD, most promise in pediatric dentistry

*THE 3M ORAL CARE STUDENT CLINICAL AWARD, excellence, and superior aptitude in the use of conservative restorative materials in the final year of the clinical undergraduate program

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Amy Khodr

*PRIX DE L’ACADÉMIE DENTAIRE DU QUÉBEC – PRIX DE PROFESSIONNALISME, outstanding qualities of respect for others, compassion and dedication and initiative in providing oral health care to the community

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Gurnikki Bindra

*AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY AWARD, special interest and achievement in community dentistry and dental public health

* Awards given by various associations and not official À¦°óSMÉçÇø awards.

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Graduate Students

Ph.D. – CRANIOFACIAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Haitham AlQuorain
“Phosphate supplement differentially affects the skeletal Phenotypes in Hyp and an FGF23 overexpression miceâ€

Sherif Elsaraj
“Contribution of sleep apnea, fatigue, and insomnia on the transition from acute to chronic painful temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) and its persistence: A prospective cohort studyâ€


Qiman Gao
“Needle-free liquid jet injection for dental anesthesiaâ€

MSc. – DENTAL SCIENCES – THESIS
Negin Eslamiamirabadi
“Understanding how community-level oral health promotion programs for humanitarian migrants work, for whom, in which contexts, and why: a realist review protocolâ€

Homa Fathi
“Taking dentistry to the social level: Are Quebec dental professionals ready?â€

Parisa Khayambashi
“Mesenchymal stem cell exosomes as a cell-free therapy for restoring acinar cell signalling in salivary glands through the induction of Wnt/Beta-Catenin Pathwayâ€
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Linda Lubin-Jerome
« Comment améliorer l’accès aux soins buccodentaires en Haïti : Points de vue de dentistes et futurs dentistes en Haïti »
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Jingwen Meng
“Exploring the potential contribution of inflammation to altered pain behavior in the aging miceâ€
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Mahmoud Moussa
“Craniofacial bones and teeth in spacefarers: systematic review and meta-analysisâ€

Tuan Khang Nguyen
“A systematic review of cephalometric normative data in childrenâ€

Kimia Rohani
“Better oral health for a healthy cognition: Investigation of a new pathwayâ€

Marie Vigouroux
“A life askew: Understanding the lived experiences of Curvy Girls membersâ€

Lovely Yeasmin
“A transgenic approach to understand the role of the N¿-terminal sequence of matrix Gla protein in the prevention of ectopic calcificationâ€
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MSc. – DENTAL SCIENCES – NON-THESIS
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Sarvenaz Ghafari Garakani
Ajinkya Lavekar
Momo Zare Mohazabieh
Raya Nasrallah
Ekisha Rajendran

Teaching Awards

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DR. JULIA COHEN-LEVY

W.W. Wood Award, excellence in Dental Education

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DR. YU KWONG LI

The Howard S. Katz Excellence in Teaching Award, superior teaching at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Dentistry

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