In our lives, there are milestones that celebrate the hard work, diligence, and academic achievement that it takes to become a professional. Today, is one of these milestones. Graduation! It is a time of celebration! The College of Dentistry and the University of Illinois at Chicago community sincerely congratulate you on this extraordinary achievement. We want to thank you for working with the faculty and staff as they helped you for the new challenges of patient care, scholarly pursuit and leadership in dentistry that no previous generation has ever seen. Graduation is one step in this lifelong education that defines excellence in oral health care. Clark M. Stanford, DDS, PhD
UIC Distinguished Professor and Dean College of Dentistry
MAY 7, 2016
Dear Graduates, Family, and Friends,
The faculty and staff of your college wish you the very best. We look forward to hearing your successes and welcoming you back as an important alumni and life-long member of our dental family. You are a key member of the oral-health community that is changing dentistry, forever. Congratulations! Warmest Regards, Clark M. Stanford, DDS, PhD
THE DENTIST’S PLEDGE As a member of the dental profession, I shall keep this pledge and these stipulations.
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I understand and accept that my primary responsibility is to my patients, and I shall dedicate myself to render, to the best of my ability, the highest standard of oral health care and to maintain a relationship of respect and confidence. Therefore, let all come to me safe in the knowledge that their total health and well-being are my first considerations.
I acknowledge my obligation to support and sustain the honor and integrity of the profession and to conduct myself in all endeavors such that I shall merit the respect of patients, colleagues, and my community. I further commit myself to the betterment of my community for the benefit of all of society. I shall faithfully observe the Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct set forth by the profession. All this I pledge with pride in my commitment to the profession and the public it serves.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
DENTISTRY
I shall accept the responsibility that, as a professional, my competence rests on continuing the attainment of knowledge and skill in the arts and sciences of dentistry.
MAY 7, 2016
CLASS OF 2016 Prelude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brassworks Quintet Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Rowan
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR CLINICAL AFFAIRS
PROCESSIONAL
University of Illinois at Chicago Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrianne Jang
SECRETARY, DMD CLASS OF 2016
College of Dentistry Banner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vivek Patel
TREASURER, DMD CLASS OF 2016
Graduate College Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zaid Abed
VICE PRESIDENT, DMDAS CLASS OF 2016
Faculty Marshals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seema Ashrafi
INTERIM ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Lyndon Cooper
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH AFFAIRS
Student Marshals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Salzmann
DIRECTOR, PREDOCTORAL PROGRAM PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
Satish Alapati
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ENDODONTICS
National Anthem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise Six “THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER” (FRANCIS SCOTT KEY)
DMDAS CLASS OF 2016
Introduction of Platform Party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Rowan Greetings from the University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael D. Amiridis
CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINIOS AT CHICAGO
Greetings from the Graduates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubecca Hasan Shahid
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PRESIDENT, DMDAS CLASS OF 2016
Keynote Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clark Stanford DEAN
PRESENTATION OF POSTDOCTORAL EDUCATION CANDIDATES Endodontics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bradford Johnson
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Christopher Wenckus
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Miloro
DEPARTMENT HEAD
William Flick
CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Orthodontics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carla Evans
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Pediatric Dentistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcio da Fonseca
DEPARTMENT HEAD
DENTISTRY
David Avenetti
POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Periodontics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salvador Nares
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Praveen Gajendrareddy
POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Farhad Fayz
CLINICAL PROFESSOR
Conferral of Master of Science in Oral Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael D. Amiridis (see list on page 16) Recognition of Master of Science in Oral Sciences Graduates. . . . . . . Lyndon Cooper Laura Junker
MAY 7, 2016
Prosthodontics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rand Harlow
ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE HONORS COLLEGE
Conferral of Doctor of Dental Medicine and DMD Advanced Standing Degree Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael D. Amiridis (see list on page 16) Darryl Pendleton
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR STUDENT AND DIVERSITY AFFAIRS
Recognition of DMD Advanced Standing Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adriana Semprum-Clavier
CODIRECTOR, DMD ADVANCED STANDING DEGREE PROGRAM
Recognition of Doctor of Dental Medicine Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alison Doubleday
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Distribution of Diploma Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Valentino
ASSISTANT VICE CHANCELLOR FOR DEVELOPMENT
Michael Harner
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Hooders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Baker
CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
James Bryniarski
MANAGING PARTNER, GERSHWIN CLINIC
Michael Dunlap
MANAGING PARTNER, BACH CLINIC
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Larry Salzmann Michael Santucci
MANAGING PARTNER, BRAHAMS CLINIC
Michael Spector
MANAGING PARTNER, MOZART CLINIC
Dentist’s Pledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caswell Evans
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE
Response from the Graduates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelvin Jung
PRESIDENT, DMD CLASS OF 2016
Adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Rowan
AUDIENCE IS REQUESTED TO REMAIN SEATED UNTIL THE ACADEMIC RECESSION IS COMPLETED.
University of Illinois at Chicago Banner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristina Varga
TREASURER, DMDAS CLASS OF 2016
College of Dentistry Banner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mollie Rojas
VICE PRESIDENT, DMD CLASS OF 2016
Graduate College Banner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henna Abbasi
SECRETARY, DMDAS CLASS OF 2016
Reception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rochford Tent, Lot 14
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DENTISTRY
RECESSIONAL
MAY 7, 2016
Doctor of Dental Medicine Class of 2016
Matthew Anderson
Thomas Angerame
Khushbu Barot
Eva Bici
Daniel Bordatto
Justin Bortz
Courtney Botica
Katerine Dimoulis
Jihan Doss
Sarah Duchaj
Yusuf Fahmy
Nishi Garg
Chad Goeke
Stephen Griffith
Natasha Kanchwala
Morae Kang
Olga Kats
Haein Kil
Annamarion Kolencherry
Anthony Lotesto
John Luczak
Nancy Nguyen
Prutha Parikh
Sapana Parikh
Vivek Patel
Matthew Pearce
Shouvik Ponnusamy
Vu Quach
Vincas Sidrys
Rutger Stache
Stacey Tatro
Zachary Tilden
Irena Todorova
Mark White
Thomas Woolf
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Not Pictured: Fatima Saeed
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
MAY 7, 2016 Ryan Bradley
Alexander Brodeur
Craig Brown
Dante Brown
Pierce Brown
William Burns
Tudor Chertes
Chander Gupta
Henry Hackney
Michael Hansen
Mina Hwang
Agnieszka Iwaszczyszyn
Adrianna (Mi) Jang
Kelvin Jung
Taras Martyniouk
Sindhu Mathew
Jeri McCombs
Alex Moore
Eric Moy
Alexander Munaretto
Randa Nakib
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Shohreh Raoof
Mohammad Rehman
David Reisinger
Mollie Rojas
Amatul Salma
Garrett Sendor
Punita Shukla
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
DENTISTRY
Deborah Yim
MAY 7, 2016
Doctor of Dental Medicine Advanced Standing Class of 2016
Henna Abbasi
Zaid Abed
Olubanwo Abejide
Tarek Abourass
Ali Al Mustafa
Mustafa Al Obaidi
Radhwan Al Sinawi
Haider Aljewari
Najwan Alroubaie
Sulaiman Alshaar
Ali Alsuhail
Carolina Boege
Shalini Dosala
Haitham Eljack
Reihaneh Ghoreishi
Christin Girgis
Usha Gope
Subodh Gurung
Juveria Hussain
Jyothish Joseph
Ramya Joshua
Sameer Kapil
Hidayathulla Khan
Arundati Kharel
Katrina Lo
Natasa Manasovska
Crystal Mangat
Shilpa Narayanaswamy
Zaid Nasar
Samar Odeh
Uvoh Onoriobe
Loolul Pallikalath Kooloth
Priyanka Pandya
Aena Patel
Dina Rashid
Rubecca Shahid
Denise Six
Qiujing Song
Marium Sultan
Kristina Varga
Adam Zaher
Jelena Zivkovic
DENTISTRY
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MAY 7, 2016
Postgraduate Certificates Class of 2016
Allison Alberts
Lauren Allegretti
Saleh Al-Kharsa
Abdurahman Alwadei
Andok Barseghyan
Joanna Basaya
Benjamin Belavsky
Helen Bono
Anne Compton
Cynthia Czaperacker
Ginu Dahiya
Scott Drucker
Alan Garrett
David Goldberg
Dustin Haupt
Virginia Hogsett
Paul Lazari
Alexandra Martella
Amitoj Mehta
Nisha Mehta
Serena Mitchual
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Adriana Padron
Charles Palin
Ankur Patel
Daniel Pinkston
John Polivka
Kala Rousu
Jennifer Shango
Craig Sikora
Samia Suleiman-Ata
Conner Vinikoor
Alec Zurek
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
Lorenzo Prieto
DENTISTRY
Lora Nation
MAY 7, 2016
FACULTY PARTICIPANTS HONORED GUESTS Michael D. Amiridis . . . . . . . Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago Robert Barish. . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Laura Junker. . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Dean, Graduate College ADMINISTRATION Clark Stanford, Dean Seema Ashrafi Lyndon Cooper Caswell Evans Michael Harner Darryl Pendleton Susan Rowan Mark Valentino ENDODONTICS Bradford Johnson, Head Satish Alapati James Bahcall Mark Baker Ronald Milnarik Charles Neach Steve Weeks Christopher Wenckus Qian Xie
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ORAL BIOLOGY Lyndon Cooper, Head Rhonna Cohen Xianghong Luan ORAL MEDICINE AND DIAGNOSTIC SCIENCES Blase Brown Alison Doubleday M. Beth Miloro Stephanie Ward-Harris
DENTISTRY
ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY Michael Miloro, Head William Flick
PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY Marcio da Fonseca, Head Sahar Alrayyes David Avenetti Evelina Kratunova Charles LeHew Ian Marion Indru Punwani Larry Salzmann Darien Weatherspoon Christine Wu PERIODONTICS Salvador Nares, Head Luisa DiPietro Praveen Gajendrareddy David Gaston Nadia Kawar Nuha Nakib Michael Schmerman Keiko Watanabe RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY Alice Boghosian Jennifer Bereckis James Bryniarski Priscilla Chang Melissa Davis Michael Dunlap Marcela Escobar Farhad Fayz Kenneth Gehrke Bruce Graham Rand Harlow Courtney Lamb Teofilo Limosnero Daisy Salazar Michael Santucci Michael Spector Adriana Semprum-Clavier Robin Waner
ORTHODONTICS Carla Evans, Head Mohammed Elnagar
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