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Dear Graduates, Family, and Friends,

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.

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

Clark M. Stanford, DDS, PhDUIC Distinguished Professor and DeanCollege of Dentistry

THE DENTIST’S PLEDGE

As a member of the dental profession, I shall keep this pledge and these stipulations.

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 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.

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.

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CLASS OF 2016Prelude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brassworks Quintet

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Rowan ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR CLINICAL AFFAIRSPROCESSIONAL

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 PRESIDENT, DMDAS CLASS OF 2016

Keynote Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clark Stanford DEAN

PRESENTATION OF POSTDOCTORAL EDUCATION CANDIDATESEndodontics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

David Avenetti POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Periodontics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salvador Nares DEPARTMENT HEAD

Praveen Gajendrareddy POSTDOCTORAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR

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Prosthodontics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rand Harlow 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 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

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.

RECESSIONALUniversity 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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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

Not Pictured: Fatima Saeed

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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

Shohreh Raoof Mohammad Rehman David Reisinger Mollie Rojas Amatul Salma Garrett Sendor Punita Shukla

Deborah Yim

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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

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Postgraduate CertificatesClass 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

Lora Nation Adriana Padron Charles Palin Ankur Patel Daniel Pinkston John Polivka Lorenzo Prieto

Kala Rousu Jennifer Shango Craig Sikora Samia Suleiman-Ata Conner Vinikoor Alec Zurek

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HONORED GUESTSMichael D. Amiridis . . . . . . . Chancellor, University of

Illinois at ChicagoRobert Barish . . . . . . . . . . . . Vice Chancellor for

Health AffairsLaura Junker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Dean,

Graduate College

ADMINISTRATIONClark Stanford, Dean Seema AshrafiLyndon CooperCaswell EvansMichael HarnerDarryl Pendleton Susan Rowan Mark Valentino

ENDODONTICSBradford Johnson, Head Satish AlapatiJames BahcallMark BakerRonald MilnarikCharles NeachSteve WeeksChristopher WenckusQian Xie

ORAL BIOLOGYLyndon Cooper, Head Rhonna Cohen Xianghong Luan

ORAL MEDICINE AND DIAGNOSTIC SCIENCESBlase BrownAlison Doubleday M. Beth MiloroStephanie Ward-Harris

ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERYMichael Miloro, HeadWilliam Flick

ORTHODONTICSCarla Evans, HeadMohammed Elnagar

PEDIATRIC DENTISTRYMarcio da Fonseca, HeadSahar AlrayyesDavid AvenettiEvelina KratunovaCharles LeHewIan MarionIndru PunwaniLarry SalzmannDarien WeatherspoonChristine Wu

PERIODONTICSSalvador Nares, HeadLuisa DiPietroPraveen GajendrareddyDavid GastonNadia KawarNuha NakibMichael SchmermanKeiko Watanabe

RESTORATIVE DENTISTRYAlice BoghosianJennifer BereckisJames BryniarskiPriscilla ChangMelissa DavisMichael DunlapMarcela EscobarFarhad FayzKenneth GehrkeBruce GrahamRand HarlowCourtney LambTeofilo LimosneroDaisy SalazarMichael SantucciMichael SpectorAdriana Semprum-ClavierRobin Waner

FACULTY PARTICIPANTS