Central Park Communications

Dr. Ales Obrez, Associate Professor, Restorative Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, has been conferred the College’s 2015 Dr. Jon Daniel Teaching Award.

Dr. E. Dwayne Karateew recently joined the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry as Clinical Associate Professor for Postgraduate Periodontics in the Department of Periodontics.

Dr. Aristotelis Marinis, a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, received a Teacher Recognition Award.

Dr. Luisa A. DiPietro of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry was selected as the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Wound Healing Society.

Dr. Phimon Atsawasuwan, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, was awarded the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation’s 2015 Biomedical Research Award.

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry student Yale Cho was selected for a UIC Chancellor’s Student Service Award.

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry students Laura Douglas and Somayeh Jahedi were honored by the American Association of Public Health Dentistry.

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry Student Nisha Garg recently was named an Albert Schweitzer Fellow.

Author Charlene Wexler recently won a 2015 Communications Concepts Award of Excellence for her book Murder Across the Ocean.

Dr. Aram Kim, Clinical Assistant Professor, Restorative Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, was the first place winner of the John J. Sharry Research Competition of the American College of Prosthodontics (ACP).