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UW PERIO Graduation June 3, 2023
Congratulations Class of 2023!
Battling through tight budgets and Covid 19, this class showed they are survivors and ready to take on California, Texas, and Washington as they go out into the world! Congrats!
Dr. Megan Smith - Southern California
Dr. Kyu Jin Lee - Northern California
Dr. Evan Byeonguk Kang - Olympia, WA
Dr. Michael Grant - El Paso, Texas
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Left to right: Drs Kang, Lee, faculty presenter Diane Daubert, Smith, Grant
Nov 30, 2020 REMEMBERING ROY PAGE
With the loss of Roy, we have now witnessed the passing of one of the last remaining giants of our generation in Periodontology. His research contributions are legendary... MORE
Nov 5, 2018 DR. MAK IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN ACADEMY OF PERIODONTOLOGY
Congratulations to Dr. Victor Mak (07), who just became the new President of Canadian Academy of Periodontology The CAP held the 2019 annual Meeting in Quebec City
Victor started his perio residency at the UW in 2004 after he had been in practice as a general dentist. He graduated in 2007. He currently practices in Surrey, British Columbia.
Nov 5, 2018 DR. Knoll Wins Orban Prize
Drs. Rachel Black and Katherine Knoll were both finalists at the 2018 Balint Orban Award The title of Rachel’s presentation was "Peri-Implant Debridement May Lead to Accelerated Titanium Dissolution."
Katherine’s presentation was titled "Bone Marrow Adiposity and Microvascular Density in the Alveolar Bone Changes in Diabetes Study."
Dr. Georgios Kotsakis mentored both the 2018 Graduates of the program in periodontics at the University of Washington.
The Balint Orban Award competition is a forum for residents in accredited periodontal programs in the United States and Canada to present their graduate research. Only 4 finalists per year are accepted to present at the Orban Clinical Research competition among hundreds of applicants.
Congratulations to both Katherine and Rachel!!
Dr. Katherine Knoll (18) won the prestigious Balint Orban Award at the 2018 Meeting of the AAP.
Nov 4, 2018 Dr. Oded Bahat (1981) - AAP Master Clinician
During the annual conference in Vancouver Dr. Oded Bahat (1981) received the prestigious Master Clinician Award from the American Academy of Periodontology. Congratulations!!
Dr. Oded Bahat
June 2016 UW Perio Graduation
Drs. Doug Dixon and Bob London with the 2016 graduates.
APRIL 8, 2015 The Passing of Mick Dragoo
APRIL 8, 2015
On March 17, 2015, after working his normal 12 hour stint at his winery, Mick Dragoo went home, where he unexpectedly collapsed and died. He was a brilliant man, and a phenomenal clinician, teacher, thinker, innovator, and entrepreneur, who never seemed to be tired. Mick was a special man who touched, influenced and improved the lives of people all over the world. Mick’s accomplishments were amazing and it does not seem possible that one human could have done all that he did in his 71 years of life... MORE
