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 out the Program and the recording of the ceremony, as well as a photo album from our awards ceremony.
Antonela Badan, Sophie Patenaude, Jeremy Sananes, Andrii Shykota
Ingrid Harb, Shiri Iskander, Adèle Soucy, Linda Wang
DMD Student Awards
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
Sophie Patenaude
DR. J.K. CARVER AWARD, second highest overall standing in the four years of the dental undergraduate program
*PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY’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
Antonela Badan
DR. A.L. WALSH PRIZE, meritorious achievement in oral medicine throughout the clinical years
McGill 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
Linda Wang
DR. MARVIN AND MANDY WERBITT AWARD IN PERIODONTICS, outstanding personal initiative and a strong academic
standing throughout the four-year undergraduate program
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
Mahya Sabour
DR. PAUL A. MARCHAND and MAURINE McNEIL MARCHAND PRIZE, highest degree of professionalism in patient management
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
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.
Yi Chen Lu
DR. W.G. LEAHY PRIZE, meritorious achievement in clinical dentistry throughout the clinical years
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
Andi Singer
PRIX MICHELINE-BLAIN – ACDQ PRIZE, serving the interests of colleagues throughout the university years
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
Madalina Boitor
*DR. ANDRÉ CHAREST PRIZE, highest standing in oral and maxillofacial surgery
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
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
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
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 McGill University awards.
Graduate Students
Ph.D. – CRANIOFACIAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Haitham AlQuorain
“Phosphate supplement differentially affects the skeletal Phenotypes in Hyp and an FGF23 overexpression mice”
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 study”
Qiman Gao
“Needle-free liquid jet injection for dental anesthesia”
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 protocol”
Homa Fathi
“Taking dentistry to the social level: Are Quebec dental professionals ready?”
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 Pathway”
Linda Lubin-Jerome
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Jingwen Meng
“Exploring the potential contribution of inflammation to altered pain behavior in the aging mice”
Mahmoud Moussa
“Craniofacial bones and teeth in spacefarers: systematic review and meta-analysis”
Tuan Khang Nguyen
“A systematic review of cephalometric normative data in children”
Kimia Rohani
“Better oral health for a healthy cognition: Investigation of a new pathway”
Marie Vigouroux
“A life askew: Understanding the lived experiences of Curvy Girls members”
Lovely Yeasmin
“A transgenic approach to understand the role of the N¿-terminal sequence of matrix Gla protein in the prevention of ectopic calcification”
MSc. – DENTAL SCIENCES – NON-THESIS
Sarvenaz Ghafari Garakani
Ajinkya Lavekar
Momo Zare Mohazabieh
Raya Nasrallah
Ekisha Rajendran
Teaching Awards
DR. JULIA COHEN-LEVY
W.W. Wood Award, excellence in Dental Education
DR. YU KWONG LI
The Howard S. Katz Excellence in Teaching Award, superior teaching at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Dentistry