Faculty Teaching Awards
W.W. Wood Teaching Prize
Dr. Lawrence Rossoff
Full-Time Teaching Award
Dr. Fernanda Almeida (DMD)
Dr. Donald Brunette (Grad)
Dr. William Brymer (DMD)
Dr. Jeffrey Coil (Grad)
Dr. Markus Haapasalo (Grad)
Mr. Zul Kanji (DHDP)
Dr. Ian Matthew (DMD)
Dr. Anthony McCullagh (DMD & Grad)
Dr. Benjamin Pliska (Grad)
Dr. Lawrence Rossoff (DMD)
Ms. Neala Welburn (DMD & Grad)
Part-Time Teaching Award
Dr. Martin Aidelbaum (DMD)
Dr. Ingrid Emanuels (DMD)
Dr. Farzin Ghannad (Grad)
Ms. Penny Hatzimanolakis (DHDP)
Dr. David Kennedy (Grad)
Sessional Teaching Award
Dr. Catherine Anderson (DMD)
Dr. Zohreh Ansari (DMD)
Dr. Denise Carswell (DMD)
Dr. Ivan Chan (DMD)
Dr. Samuel Chiang (Grad)
Dr. Douglas Conn (Grad)
Dr. Ronald Corber (Grad)
Dr. Mahmoud Ektefaie (Grad)
Ms. Melissa Gardinetti (DHDP)
Dr. Zoltan Keresztes (DMD)
Dr. Michelle Lee (DMD)
Dr. Joy Maru (DMD)
Ms. Rae McFarlane (DHDP)
Dr. Hossain Najar (DMD)
Dr. Samson Ng (DMD)
Dr. Mark Norris (DMD)
Dr. Robert Rosenstock (DMD)
Ms. Susan Schmitz (DHDP)
Dr. Rafat Sobouti (DMD)
Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
Ms. Brenda Bingham (DHDP)
Dr. Farzan Ghannad (DMD)
Dr. Nabil Nadji (DMD)
Dr. Melanie Mattson (DMD)
Dr. Firoozeh Samim (DMD)
Dr. Darwin Song (DMD)
Dr. Ian Thornton (DMD)
Academic Awards—Graduate Studies
Dr. Farzan Ghannad
Biomet 3i Canada Inc. Prize in Graduate Periodontology
Kathleen McAnulty Memorial Prize in Graduate Periodontics
Nobel BioCare Achievement Prize
Mr. Keith Hau
George S. Beagrie Scholarship
Dr. Richard Kratz
Association of Prosthodontists of Canada Award for Academic Achievement
BC Society of Prosthodontists Entrance Award in Prothodontics
Jamie Kaukinen Entrance Scholarship in Prosthodontics
Dr. Tarinee Lubpairee
Joseph Tonzetich Fellowship
Dr. Samer Mesmar
Association of Prosthodontics of Canada Award for Academic Achievement
BC Society of Prosthodontists Entrance Award in Prothodontics
Jamie Kaukinen Entrance Scholarship in Prosthodontics
Dr. Jennifer Park
Monarch Pediatric Dentistry Fellowship
Dr. Azadeh Shojaei
BC Society of Prosthodontists Entrance Award in Prothodontics
Dr S. Wah Leung Scholarship
Dr. Sonja Stojici
Joseph Tonzetich Scholarship
Dr. Shan Sun
Monarch Pediatric Dentistry Fellowship
Ms. Darlene Tam
William W. Wood Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Rana Tarzemany
Joseph Tonzetich Fellowship
Dr. Andrew Wong
Monarch Pediatric Dentistry Fellowship
DMD Third Year Awards (Class of 2013)
Laura Bowman
BC Society of Orthodontists Charles C. Craig Memorial Scholarship
International College of Dentists Award
Danae Brownrigg
American College of Dentists Outstanding Student Leader Award
Chrysalis Dental Centre Vancouver Prize in Dentistry
Ji Won Choi
Dr. Irving E. Snider Prize
Michael Cristanti
Graduating Class of Dentistry 1974 Prize
Flore-Anne Foellmi
Western Canada Dental Society: Dr. Cal Waddell Memorial Scholarship
John Guenther
Scotiabank Award in Dentistry
Monika Kasprzak
Dr. Lorin O. Lind Memorial Prize
Ruby Lai
British Columbia Society of Periodontists Prize
College of Dental Surgeons of BC Scholarship for Dentistry
Akash Villing
Louis Nief Septodont of Canada Inc. Prize in Dentistry
Vancouver and District Dental Society Dr. Ludlow Beamish Prize
DMD Second Year Awards (Class of 2014)
Tabarek Al-mosuli
Dr. Juan Tobias International Scholarship in Dentistry
Joy Chen
Bisco Dental Products (Canada) Inc. Award in Dentistry
Danielle Coulson
Marcia A. Boyd Award in Dentistry
Phil Hou
Susan Foy Memorial Service Award
Andrew Lee
Graduating Class of Dentistry 1978 Scholarship
Madison Loh
Claude Gardner Memorial Scholarship
Graham MacDonald
Thompson/Okanagan Dental Society Scholarship
Taek Hyun Rhee
Graduating Class of 1986 Award in Dentistry
Shiny Sachdeva
College of Dental Surgeons of BC Scholarship for Dentistry
Rashida Ali Service Award in Dentistry
Western Canada Dental Society Scholarship
DMD First Year Awards (Class of 2015)
Peter Cao
Preventive Dentistry Prize
Pavel Duhra
Mike Wells Award in Dentistry
Minhee Kim
B.C. Dentists’ Wives’ Association Scholarship in Dentistry
Julia Lam
College of Dental Surgeons of B.C. Scholarship for Dentistry
Allison Nichols
University of British Columbia Dental Alumni Association Prize
Nancy Schmidt
Bisco Dental Products (Canada) Inc. Scholarship
Michael Tsai
Western Canada Dental Society Leadership Scholarship
DMD Program Entrance Awards (Class of 2016)
Sukhpaul Gurm
Bisco Dental Products (Canada) Inc. Scholarship
Brian Hu
Pacific Blue Cross Entrance Scholarship in Dentistry
Roger Kiang
Colgate-Palmolive Dr. Gordon Nikiforuk Entrance Scholarship
Alexandra Moore
Dean of Dentistry Scholarship
DHDP Third Year Awards (Class of 2013)
Julie Kwan
Dean of Dentistry Dental Hygiene Scholarship
Lylian Mendez
College of Dental Hygienists of BC Award in Geriatric Care
DHDP Second Year Awards (Class of 2014)
Tamara Edinger
Impact of Ten Dental Hygiene Award
Kim Nguyen
Pfizer Canada Healthcare Dental Hygiene Award
Nora Tong
Sunstar G-U-M Scholarship Dental Hygiene
DHDP First Year Awards (Class of 2015)
Brittany Fandrick
Colgate-Palmolive Prize in Dental Hygiene
Sitian Xu
Impact of Ten Dental Hygiene Award
Dean’s List
DMD Class of 2015
Amir Ahmadi
Bradley Asay
Chung Man Chan
Pavel Duhra
Simrat Grewal
Carmen Hansford
Minhee Kim
Julia Lam
Chris Lee
Kyla Leung
Jamie Marshall
Anna Molavi
Hye In Nam
Allison Nicholls
Ajand Nobahari
Julianne Proniuk
Sarah Reynhoudt
Adam Samji
Jordan Sanders
Jassica Sarai
Laura Schmidt
Michael Tsai
Zachary Zeiler
DMD Class of 2014
Jay Chan
Natalie Chaudhary
David Chen
Irene Cho
Lauren Cindrich
Danielle Coulson
Tarndeep Dhillon
Phil Hou
Anderson Hsu
Nadine Kandola
Andrew Lee
Madison Loh
Graham Macdonald
Mee-Jeong Park
Micah Pyde
TaekHyun Rhee
Shiny Sachdeva
DMD Class of 2013
Laura Bowman
Danae Brownrigg
Michael Crisanti
John Guenther
Ruby Lai
Dental Hygiene Entry-to-Practice (Class of 2015)
Sitian Xu
Dental Hygiene Entry-to-Practice (Class of 2014)
Tamara Edinger
Nora Tong
Dental Hygiene Entry-to-Practice (Class of 2013)
Sayena Faraji
Julie Kwan
Alysha Sunderji
Dental Hygiene Degree Completion
Roxana Ayala
Katerina Brekkel
Allison Brush
Elizabeth Cavin
Satinder Dhaliwal
Karen Gallagher
Guneet Kahlon
Donna Kalossikos
Lindsay Logan
Patricia Maestri
Stephanie Mauro
Jessica Morris
Shora Niaboli-Tulumello
Ethel Paraiso
Lindsey Penny
Petra Rindt
Leigha Rock
Christine Rybak
Emma Skytta
Jennifer Vardy
Stephanie Wierda
Kabri Williams
Sharman Woynarski
Lori Yoon
Volunteer Community Awards
Danae Brownrigg
Carlos Carrillo Community Service Award
Jay Chan
A-Dec Community Service Award
Danielle Coulson
Vancouver and District Dental Society President’s Award
Airra Custodio
College of Dental Hygienists of BC Community Service Award
Jennifer Vandergaag
Robert Alan Kennedy Service Award in Dental Hygiene
Matt Francisco
TD Canada Trust Service Award in Dentistry
Steven Huang
Nadean Burkett Award for Volunteerism in Dentistry
Priya Kandola
Robert Alan Kennedy Service Award in Dentistry
Staff Recognition Awards
Steve Allen
Pino Arignello
Bette Joyce
Elsie Lai
Jeff Quach
Jonathan Volne
Jane Yip
Congratulations!