NSU CDM Impressions Fall/Winter 2019

24 | COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE Ajmal Abed General practice Tina Akhavan General practice South Florida Daniela Alvarez Dental support organization Illinois Yulissa Alvarez Private practice Narges Atabakhsh Pediatric residency at NSU CDM Gayane Avakyan Private practice Shayan Azimi Private practice Dallas, Texas Dayron Baez Private practice West Palm Beach, Florida Rajveer Bal Pediatric dentistry at Howard University Washington, D.C. Greivy Basto Family clinic Robert Batdorf One-year OMS internship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas Alon Bekerman Private practice, South Florida Karen Ben-Elazar Pediatric dentistry residency at the University of Florida, Naples Rachel Blakeley Postdoctoral endodontics program at NSU CDM Damien Blanco Private practice Simone Boutros AEGD program at the Bay Pines VA, St. Petersburg, Florida Diane Bravo Private practice South Florida Alyssa Gonzalez Cabanas Associate South Florida Emeline Calligaris General dentist Fort Lauderdale, Florida Nicholas Capp Aspen Dental Ohio Jaeyeon Cho Private practice Texas Julia Collazo GPR at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, serving as an active duty dentist with the United States Navy NSU’s College of Dental Medicine graduated 126 students in 2019. The following list contains the students’ names and plans, if available. Dental studies are Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD), General Practice Residency (GPR), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS), Orthodontics (ORTHO), Pediatric Dentistry (PEDS), Periodontics (PERIO), PG Operative Dentistry (OPER. DENT), and Prosthodontics (PROS). Here are the CDM’s newest alumni. (continued on page 26) GRADUATION 2019