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July 12, 2019
UIC 3rd Year Orthodontic Residents are celebrating Dr. Michael Seelig for receiving the “Dr. Jerome and Mrs. Joy Fein Endowed Scholarship” on July 9, 2019. This award is given to a rising 3rd Year Orthodontic Resident who had demonstrated excellence during the residency program.
July 11, 2019
Dr. Michael Seelig (3rd Year Orthodontic Resident) was awarded the “Dr. Jerome and Mrs. Joy Fein Endowed Scholarship” on July 9, 2019. This award is given to a rising 3rd Year Orthodontic resident who had demonstrated excellence during the residency program.
June 21, 2019
After 57 years of service to UIC, Dr. Haas (Clinical Professor of Orthodontics) has decided to retire from his monthly teaching activities. His contributions to Orthodontics and to UIC are immense. Several generations of Orthodontists have been taught by Dr. Haas. He will be dearly missed by the UIC family. Please click on the link below for the piece that American Board of Orthodontics wrote about Dr. Haas.
June 21, 2019
From Left to Right: Celebrating their graduation were Drs. Kan Tsunoda, Harrison Siu, Rutger Stache, Henna Abbasi, Maysaa Oubaidin, Zesheng Chen, Lauren Gordon, Nisha Garg, and Ben Youel.
Congratulations to the achievement of the UIC Department of Orthodontics Class of 2019 graduates! The faculty and supporting staff members of the Department wish you all a great success in your new chapter of life, and
June 07, 2019
Dr. Arshad Mohammed, ’18, a first-year Resident in Orthodontics, passed away on March 28 due to a car accident.
“The entire Orthodontics family is deeply saddened by this,” said Dr. Sath Allareddy, Head, Orthodontics. “Arshad was a wonderful person. Our deepest condolences to his family.”
The College
June 04, 2019
Dr. James J. Baldwin, a part-time Clinical Professor of Orthodontics who retired in 2014, passed away on Jan. 31 at age 93. Dr. Baldwin had taught at the College for 15 years, specializing in biomechanics. He was a pioneer in the development of the segmented arch technique.
Dr. Baldwin also taught at the Indiana University Dental School, where he had earned his DDS. He also held an MS from
May 13, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Caplin who was elected as “Editor” of the American Association of Orthodontists Society of Educators.
Recently, Dr. Caplin was also awarded the Golden Ligature award by the graduating residents for her contributions to orthodontic education at UIC.
Dr. Caplin joined our faculty as Assistant Professor in 2016. She received a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of
May 13, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Therese Galang-Boquiren who recently received the “Chairs and Academic Administrators Management Program” (CAAMP) training scholarship award from the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO).
Dr. Galang-Boquiren is an Associate Professor and Director of Predoctoral Orthodontics at the Department of Orthodontics of University of Illinois at Chicago. Her experience in academia is
May 13, 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Mohammed Elnagar who received the American Association of Orthodontist sponsorship for Academy of Academic Leadership – Institute for Teaching and Learning Fellowships (ITL) Program.
Dr. Mohammed Elnagar is a Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthodontics, University of Illinois at Chicago. His PhD work was a clinical trial that involved different protocol of bone