The spring 2025 convocation ceremony was held on May 27. Consult the program, the recording of the ceremony, and the photo gallery of the day and our awards ceremony.
Congratulations to all spring 2025 Graduates!
| DMD Class of 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Akst | Rachel Imai |
| Munzer Alkourdi | Amanda Janes |
| Tyler Baliesh | Sabeen Khalid |
| Quentin Basiren | Eric Krochmalnek |
| Jennifer Bilbul | Jia Xin Li |
| Sebastien Bleau | Nathaniel Mellul |
| Arieh Bouhadana | Hayeon Min |
| Micaela Buchbinder Rubinstein | Tudor Mititelu |
| Raphaël Chackal | Ashima Razdan |
| Joey Chammas | Damian Rendon |
| Yu-Yao Chang | Ripandeep Kaur |
| Kaitlin Chow | Vishwendra Singh |
| Camille Contant | Babasola Sodipo |
| Michelle Cwintal | Samuel Srinivasan |
| Gucci Ding | Mahidul Syed |
| Kenneth Drummond | Saby Xavier |
| Maryam Ejaz | Xu Jing Zhao |
| Eric Ge | Sophie Zhu |
| Sophia Ghiassi | |
Graduate Students
PhD - Oral Health Sciences
Wenji Cai
Chemical and electrochemical treatments for salivary factors on dental and implant surfaces
Direction: Simon Tran, Sasha Omanovic, and Faleh Tamimi Marino
Heba Madi
Characterizing the inflammation around dental implants: bacterial infection, hypersensitivity, or both?
Direction: Jocelyne Feine and Nicholas Maroun Makhoul
Mahdokht Mahmoodi
Novel roles of plasma fibronectin in energy metabolism and bone formation in vivo
Direction: Mari Tuulia Kaartinen
Mahmoud Moussa
The effect of Botulinum Toxin (A) on bone and supplying vasculature, from animal model to dental clinical application
Direction: Amal Idrissi Janati and Svetlana Komarova
Rachita Seth
COVID-19 related anxiety among Canadian dentists
Direction: Paul J. Allison and Sreenath Arekunnath Madathil
Ying Yue
The social environment and dental caries development: A comprehensive investigation of potential mechanisms
Direction: Belinda Farias Nicolau
Master of Science - Dental Sciences (Thesis)
Grusha Akade
Homebound seniors experiences with home-based oral healthcare services: a qualitative study
Direction: Pascaline Kengne Talla and Elham Emami
Mohamad Alkayyal
Towards the design of biomimetic dental implants: defining the natural periodontal ligament's structure and a scoping review of soft tissue interfaces
Direction: Elizabeth Zimmermann, Raphael de Souza and Monzur Murshed
Sarah Boucenna
B-cell-derived extracellular vesicles: isolation, characterization and their effect on improving ß-cell spheroids and Langerhans islets functionality
Direction: Maryam Tabrizian
Praveen Kumar Elango
The Role of Oral Health in Head and Neck Cancers: Addressing Confounding through Negative Control and Quantitative Bias Analyses
Direction: Belinda Farias Nicolau and Sreenath Arekunnath Madathil
Houda Feguery
COVID-19-related lost productivity measured by days missed from work by gender and role among students and employees in Canadian dental faculties
Direction: Paul J. Allison
Sara Hashemi
The impact of singing and painful temporomandibular disorders on physical, psycho-social factors, masticatory muscles activity and jaw movements during maximum clenching and maximum opening in singers and non-singers
Direction: Elizabeth Zimmermann and Carolina Beraldo Meloto
Samar Jalali
Enhancement of biomaterial induced bone regeneration
Direction: Jake Barralet and Nicholas Maroun Makhoul
Ramshaa Mahalingam
Generation of recombinant human fibulin-5 proteins to study the role of citrullination in elastogenesis
Direction: Dieter Reinhardt
Saba Oghazian
Material-Mediated Tissue Induction; Geometrical, Surgical & Material Parameters
Direction: Jake Barralet
Tisha Prakash
Occupational injuries and illnesses in Quebec's dental workforce: 15-year data on musculoskeletal disorders
Direction: Sabrina Gravel and Elham Emami
Akash Ramprasad
Implementation of motivational interviewing training in dentistry
Direction: Nora Makansi
Amee Sanghavi
Validation of the OHIP-EDENT Instrument using the Factor Analysis Technique
Direction: Belinda Farias Nicolau and Jocelyne Feine
Meet Shah
Mechanoadaptation in chickens and mice
Direction: Bettina Willie
Sakshi Verma
Understanding the therapeutic potential of inhibiting Lair-1 for fracture healing
Direction: Bettina Willie and Svetlana Komarova
Master of Science - Dental Sciences (Non-Thesis)
Zahra Attaran Bondarabadi
Somaiya Bari
Pritha Bhasin
Swetha Rajah
Sakshi Verma
Graduate Student Awards
ZAHRA ATTARAN BONDARABADI
Highest cGPA Award, MSc Non-Thesis
SAKSHI VERMA
Best Practicum Award, MSc Non-Thesis
PRAVEEN KUMAR ELANGO
Highest cGPA Award, MSc Thesis
SARAH BOUCENNA
Best Thesis Award, MSc Thesis
MAHMOUD MOUSSA
Highest cGPA Award, PhD
Best Thesis Award, MSc Thesis
Dean's Honour List - Undergraduate Students
Awarded in recognition of students who are in the top 10% of the class
Quentin Basiren, Kaitlin Chow, Gucci Ding, Amanda Janes, Micaela Buchbinder Rubinstein, Vishwendra Singh
DMD Student Awards
NICHOLAS AKST
Prix Micheline-Blain de l'ACDQ, donated by the Association des chirurgiens dentistes du Québec, is awarded to the student who has best served the interests of their colleagues throughout the university years.
MUNZER ALKOURDI
Canadian Dental Association Student Leadership Award, awarded to a student who has shown outstanding qualities of leadership, scholarship, character and humanity
TYLER BALIESH
ADEA Dr. Jeanne C. Sinkford Student Leadership Award, sponsored by the American Dental Education Association, is given annually by each U.S. and Canadian dental school/faculty to a student in good academic standing in their final year of dental education who has demonstrated effective leadership and advocated for diversity, equity, and inclusion and championed access to oral health care for underserved and disadvantaged populations.
QUENTIN BASIREN
*American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award, awarded to a graduating student who has demonstrated special interest and accomplishment in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
*American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons' Dental Student Award, awarded to a graduating student for outstanding performance in undergraduate study and clinical training in oral and maxillofacial surgery and anesthesiology
Dr. A. Gerald Racey Prize, awarded to the student who has excelled in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. A.L. Walsh Prize, awarded for meritorious achievement in Oral Medicine throughout the clinical years
Dr. A.W. Thornton Medal, awarded to the student with the highest overall standing in the four years of the undergraduate program
*Dr. André Charest Prize, donated by the Quebec Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, awarded to a student in the final year who has attained the highest standing in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. W.G. Leahy Prize, awarded for meritorious achievement in Clinical Dentistry
ARIEH BOUHADANA
Dr. Marvin and Mandy Werbitt Award in Periodontics, awarded to a graduating student who has completed the DMD program and who has demonstrated outstanding personal initiative and a strong academic standing in Periodontology throughout the four- year undergraduate program
RAPHAËL CHACKAL
Dr. Paul A. Marchand and Maurine McNeil Marchand Prize, awarded to a student who has demonstrated the highest degree of professionalism in patient management
CHRISTINA CHARARA
*American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Award, awarded to a student who has shown the most promise in pediatric dentistry
KAITLIN CHOW
*American Academy of Periodontology Student Award, awarded to a graduating student who has displayed the highest level of academic and clinical achievement related to Periodontics
Dr. Marvin and Mandy Werbitt Award in Periodontics, awarded to a graduating student who has completed the DMD program and who has demonstrated outstanding personal initiative and a strong academic standing in Periodontology throughout the four- year undergraduate program
CAMILLE CONTANT
*American College of Prosthodontists Predoctoral Achievement Award, awarded to an outstanding graduating student for excellence in prosthodontics.
*Prix de la Fondation de l'Ordre des dentistes du Québec, awarded to a meritorious student who demonstrates compassion in providing oral health care to disadvantaged people within the community and who understands and values the importance of the FODQ mission
GUCCI DING
McGill Alumnae Society Prize, presented to a distinguished student for excellence and high academic standing
KENNETH DRUMMOND
*Prix de l'Académie Dentaire du Québec - Prix de Professionnalisme, awarded to a student for outstanding qualities of respect for others, compassion and dedication and initiative in providing oral health care to the community
SOPHIA GHIASSI
*American College of Dentists' Outstanding Student Leader Award, awarded to a student for outstanding scholastic performance and demonstrated leadership.
Dr. James McCutcheon Medal, awarded to a student who has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leadership, scholarship and professional achievement throughout the four years
AMANDA JANES
*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
HAYEON MIN
*American Association of Public Health Dentistry Award, awarded to a student in recognition of special interest and achievement in Community Dentistry and Dental Public Health
ASHIMA RAZDAN
*American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Award, awarded to a student for exemplary aptitude and achievement in oral and maxillofacial pathology
MICAELA BUCHBINDER RUBINSTEIN
*American Academy of Implant Dentistry Undergraduate Dental Student Award, awarded to a student who demonstrates the most interest, academically and clinically, in implant dentistry
*American Academy of Oral Medicine Certificate of Merit in Oral Medicine, proficiency in the clinical management of medically complex patients
*Canadian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Dr. Norman Levine Undergraduate Dental Student Award, awarded to a student who demonstrates aptitude and passion for the field of pediatric dentistry and dentistry for persons with special needs
*Dr. E.J. Rajczak Students Scholar Award for Restorative Excellence, highest standing in the disciplines of both Operative and Prosthodontics
Dr. J.K. Carver Award, second highest overall standing in the four years of the dental undergraduate program
Dr. Soo Kim Lan Prize in Dentistry, awarded to a graduating student who is entering a Residency Program
*Pierre Fauchard Academy's Senior Student Award of Recognition, awarded to a student who has excelled in the academic and clinical aspects of the DMD program
REZA SHAHMOHAMMADI
*American Association of Endodontist's Student Achievement Award in Endodontics, awarded to a student who has the highest level of achievement related to Endodontics
VISHWENDRA SINGH
*Canadian Academy of Periodontology Award of Excellence, awarded to an outstanding student in the field of periodontology
XU JING ZHAO
Prix d'Excellence Jean Robert Vincent, donated by the Quebec Association for Special Care Delivery, awarded for exceptional commitment to geriatric dentistry
* Awards given by various associations and not official McGill University awards
Teaching Awards
DR. NICHOLAS MAKHOUL
Howard S. Katz Excellence in Teaching Award - superior teaching at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences
DR. QUOC NGUYEN
ACFD W.W. Wood Award - excellence in dental education