Awards
DEAN’S LIST
The Omega Omega Chapter recognizes those students who made the “Dean’s List” at the annual OKU SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION*. Through the efforts of Omega Omega Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, a “Dean’s List” (click here for criteria) has been created to recognize scholastic achievement by dental students at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Students from the Classes of 2021, 2022 and 2023 were presented with certificates for achieving a Grade Point Average at or above 3.8.
HONOREES
Class of 2021
| Omar A. Abed | Anna J. Liang |
| Bushra A. Ali | Ian S. Mark |
| Marco K. Ashamalla | Niti Mehta |
| Taha Azimaie | Zachary A. Nessel |
| Victoria A. Benet | Christina M. Nisivoccia |
| Mary E. Camarano | Thomas D. Noldus |
| Edda Y. Chafloque | Matthew Nourmand |
| Daniel M. Chenman | Cassie Park |
| David M. Cifelli | Kumpal Patel |
| Dalia Daniali | Parth P. Patel |
| Fatemeh Darvish Zadeh | Sehrish D. Patel |
| Anthony T. Delzotto | Deborah Pedoeem |
| Adam Esteva-Sanders | Robert F. Pfohman |
| Joseph A. Falvo | Maria L. Poussin Pascual |
| Matthew Flaherty | Elizabeth Pullockaran |
| Yasser Gheriani | George F. Schieder |
| Ai Huang | Priya N. Shah |
| Rana A. Ibrahim | Matthew A. Silverman |
| Olivia H. Isshak | Joanna P. Stampelos |
| Isabella Kaminski | Allan J. Stein |
| Ely M. Kaplan | Mahira A. Tamboo |
| Joanna M. Kostin | Danielle C. Voorhees |
| Allison B. Weinberg |
Class of 2022
| Alexandra M. Agaliotis | Kayla M. Jolivet |
| Felice Amoo-Achampong | Olivia Joseph |
| Mina Antony Ayoub | Bushra Mahmoud |
| Marina Aziz | Erica R. Maire |
| Leeann Bak | Mustafa M. Maner |
| Alessandra S. Bekhet | Nichael A. Masino |
| Alexandra Burgos | Christian P. Mundth |
| Nicole Canney | Nikesh Nagar |
| Parth H. Chokshi | Azadeh Nemati-Rad |
| David S. Dadoun | Neha Peddi |
| Christina T. DeGasperis | Eric A. Reitmeyer |
| David A. Diament | Kiera A. Rosen |
| Marko Djapic | Marina G. Salib |
| Elias Jacob | Emily E. Schupp |
| Lauren T. Firetto | Emily A. Sheppard |
| William Gao | Chloe M. Shmanske |
| Malka L. Garber | Jennifer S. Sitrin |
| Nathan Gobioff | Elizabeth Tramontana |
| Nina C. Golojuch | Alexandra L. Unger |
| Dionysia Iliopoulos | Julia A. Vanzelli |
| Joseph O. Youssef |
Class of 2023
| Kristina M. Accardo | Albert J. Kim |
| Dina Alsharif | Eric J. Klipper |
| Sara Bendaoud | Irene Kontogiannis |
| Patrick R. Cabana | Steven M. Mills |
| Chao Chen | Sydney E. Pannella |
| Domenico Disalvo | Prachi A. Patel |
| Gershon Eichen | Saloni D. Patel |
| Zhi Chao Feng | Daniel Plishtiyev |
| Athena T. Fu | Sasha Pujadas |
| Despina A. Gensch | Matthew Roberts |
| Netanel G. Gozland | Ellen G. Rutner |
| Victoria Hain | Erik R. Smith |
| Sarah E. Horne | Samip M. Thakore |
| Theodore E. Jacobson | Jonathan T. Vacca |
| Dory V. Kasper | En Chi Wang |
| Farid H. Kazi | Tiffany M. Youssef |
Dr. William S. Kramer Award of Excellence
The Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon at its annual business meeting in Washington, D.C. on March 9, 1986, approved the creation of the “Dr. William S. Kramer Award of Excellence” to honor a man who served Omicron Kappa Upsilon in an exemplary manner for over 25 years, the last 17 of those years as an officer of the Supreme Chapter.
The purpose of the “Dr. William S. Kramer Award of Excellence” is to recognize a rising third year dental student at each component chapter school who has demonstrated scholarship, character, and the potential promise for advancement of dentistry and service to humanity as shown by Dr. William S. Kramer’s dedication to his profession, his specialty, and the principles and ideals of Omicron Kappa Upsilon.
This award is presented by the Supreme Chapter in honor of William S. Kramer, B.Sc., D.D.S., M.S., who served the Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon as Secretary-Treasurer (1971-1986), the longest term of office since the founding of the Society in 1914. Dr. Kramer’s career was primarily in dental education where he served as Chairman of the Department of Pedodontics at the University of Nebraska. His activities in Pediatric Dentistry included service on the American Board of Pedodontics as an examiner (1962-1969) and as Executive Secretary (1973-1982). He served the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry on the Board of Directors (1971-1974), (1977-1981) , and as President (1978-1979). He published many articles and has lectured extensively in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. Dr. Kramer retired from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry in 1988.
Each component chapter elects one student each year for the Kramer Award of Excellence. The student to be eligible must have completed the second year of dental education. The student will be selected on the basis of scholarship at the completion of two full years of academic dental study, character, and potential promise for future advancement of the profession of dentistry and service to humanity as embodied by the dedication and service of Dr. William S. Kramer. A two-thirds affirmative vote of the faculty members of the Component Chapter will be necessary for selection. (Criteria for selection)
Since its establishment the following students at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine have been recipients of the “Dr. William S. Kramer Award of Excellence”:
| Lynn Harasty (1989) | David O’Sullivan (1990) |
| Carmine Russo (1991) | Alex Solis (1992) |
| Sarah Kovacs (1993) | Steven Koretzky (1994) |
| Scott Martin (1995) | Robert Bruzzichesi (1996) |
| Robert Laski (1997) | Scott D. Galkin (1998) |
| Suzanne B. Reinhardt (1999) | Agnieszka D. Bara (2000) |
| Kenneth Banasiak (2001) | Sonia Giordano (2002) |
| Hua Zhu (2003) | Diane Zaccardi Baldwin (2004) |
| Ewa Zoltek (2005) | Jeffrey Lane (2006) |
| Kevin Lehnes(2007) | Marinet Ibrahim(2008) |
| Niyati A. Patel(2009) | Peanut W. Wong(2010) |
| Robert G. McKee(2011) | Leonid Epshteyn (2012) |
| Mena Morgan (2013) | Samantha R. Bogle (2014) |
| Eun Young Lee (2015) | Brittany S. Ang (2016) |
| Celalettin Sevindik (2017) | Kimberly Choi (2018) |
| Nicole C. Cullen (2019) | Bushra A. Ali (2020) |
| Marko Djapic (2021) | Irene Kontogiannis (2022) |
| George Soliman (2023) |
* This year, the OKU SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.