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2019 Alumni Awards
The Penn Dental Medicine alumni awards will be presented as part of Alumni Weekend 2019 at a special reception, May 17 at 5 pm. The following recipients will be honored.
THOMAS EVANS AWARD
ALUMNI AWARD OF MERIT
The Alumni Award of Merit recognizes love for and loyalty to Penn Dental Medicine, excellence in the profession of dentistry, and community involvement. The award acknowledges graduates who have maintained their ties with the School through their support of alumni activities, demonstrated leadership in the dental profession, and fostered and maintained the ideals of the School. This year’s recipients include:
The Thomas Evans Achievement Award is Penn Dental Medicine Alumni Society’s highest award of recognition, honoring alumni who have shown innovation, excellence, and leadership in the profession of oral health care nationally and internationally. This year’s recipient is Peter Quinn, D’74, GD’78. Dr. Quinn, who earned both a DMD and postdoctoral certificate in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Penn Dental Medicine, is currently Vice Dean for Professional Services for Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine and Senior Vice President for Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. He also remains on the Penn Dental Medicine faculty as Schoenleber Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. A member of the Penn Dental Medicine faculty for 35 years, Dr. Quinn was the Chairman of Penn Dental Medicine’s Department of Oral & Maxillofacial from 1986 through 2008, and built the School’s oral surgery postdoctoral program, one of the first to offer a combined MD and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery certificate. An internationally recognized expert in the field of temporomandibular joint surgery and surgical management of high-flow maxillofacial arterio-venous malformations, Dr. Quinn pioneered the development of the only FDA-approved stock temporomandibular joint implant that is now the most widely used jaw joint replacement device both within the United States and internationally. Among his other awards, he has received a Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching from Penn, the Alfred Stengel Health System Champion Award from Penn Medicine, the C. William Hanson Service Award from the Hospital of the University Pennsylvania and the Osborn Award for an Outstanding Educator from the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD
The honorary alumni awards are presented to individuals who are not graduates of Penn Dental Medicine, but have demonstrated a strong commitment to Penn Dental Medicine through their service to and involvement with the School. This year’s recipient is Dr. Markus Blatz, Professor & Chair Preventive & Restorative Sciences.
Peter Greco, D’79, GD’84 Najeed Saleh, D’94
YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD OF MERIT
The Young Alumni Award of Merit recognizes Penn Dental Medicine alumni one to 15 years from graduation who have maintained their ties with the School through their support of alumni activities, demonstrated leadership in the dental profession, and fostered and maintained the ideals that the School of Dental Medicine has stood for since its founding. This year's recipients include:
Mark Koup, D’04
Mana Mozaffarian, D’06
DENTAL HYGIENE ALUMNI SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD The Dental Hygiene Alumni Special Achievement Award, given annually by the Penn Dental Medicine Dental Hygiene Alumni Association, recognizes the outstanding contributions of dental hygiene alumni to the growth and development of the profession of dental hygiene. This year's recipients include:
Elisabeth “Betty” Karen Combs McClellan Peebles, DH’59 Flickinger, DH’58
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