Dr. Philip Patston has accepted the role of associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry, effective August 18.
The first endowed position in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at UIC honors the late Dr. Daniel Laskin, who propelled the reputation of the department with his pioneering research and forward-thinking leadership.
Dr. Min Kyeong Lee has been awarded the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) Full Time Faculty Fellowship Award for 2024/25. Dr. Lee was one of the three recipients nationwide to be awarded.
UIC Orthodontics has contributed Seven articles to Seminars in Orthodontics which is publishing a Special Edition on Orthodontics Post Graduate Education for Generation Z: Current Landscape, Opportunities, and Challenges.
Congratulations to Dr. Samim Taraji whose research project won the first place Dr. Athanasios E. Athanasiou Best Orthodontics Master’s Thesis Award given by the World Federation of Orthodontics (WFO).
Dr. Emelia Karkazis, UIC Orthodontic Resident Class of 2024, won the 2nd place in the Dr. William R. Proffit Resident Scholar Awards: Basic Science Research category at the 2024 Annual Session of the AAO meeting in New Orleans.
Dr. Praveen Gajendrareddy, a tenured professor at the UIC College of Dentistry, has been appointed to serve as the department head of periodontics effective May 17, 2024, pending approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
The UIC Alumni Association honors Dr. Michael J. Barrows with its Humanitarian Award, recognizing the former UIC College of Dentistry faculty member’s ongoing commitment to U.S. military Veterans.
UIC Orthodontic faculty presenting at the upcoming SOE Ravindra Nanda Educational Leadership Conference on the topics of “Orthodontics Residency Education for Generation Z: Current Landscapes, Opportunities and Challenges”
