Alumni Stories

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BDSc 2015

Jeremy Huynh worked as a dental hygienist before pursuing his Master’s in Public Health, and now works in Victoria as an epidemiologist at Island Health.

DMD 2018

Kerri-Lyn Chong is a former President of the UBC Dental Undergraduate Society and has been practicing dentistry at Oasis Family Dental Centre in Leduc, Alberta, for over six years, following completion of a General Practice Residency at the University of Alberta.

DMD 1992

Polly Chan and Ken Horng joined UBC Dentistry as part-time clinical instructors six years ago. The couple share how the Faculty brought them together and why they decided to come back to teach.

DMD 2019

Syed Osama Mahmood is a Captain in the Canadian military and works at the dental clinic on the Edmonton Garrison.

DMD 2011

Oxana Korj is an oral surgeon who owns Greenway Surgical in Vancouver. In honour of November being TMJ Awareness month, we connected with Dr. Korj, who sees a lot of TMJ patients in her practice.

DMD 2013; MSc Dip Endodontics 2016

Ahmed Hieawy is an Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Endodontics at UBC Dentistry and also serves as Acting Director of the Graduate Endodontics Program.

MSc Dip Prosthodontics 2020

Kelvin Afrashtehfar resides in Dubai, where he serves as a consultant prosthodontist and implantologist, as well as a clinical instructor, while maintaining an adjunct academic affiliation at the University of Bern in Switzerland.

DMD 1982

Mike Racich always imagined himself as a dentist. We connected with Dr. Racich to learn about his time at UBC Dentistry and his passion for teaching and mentoring.

DMD 2019

Learn about Daphne Chen's time at UBC Dentistry, and how the Summer Student Practitioner Program encouraged her to live and work in Dawson Creek after graduation.