At this year's Graduation Banquet and Awards Ceremony honoring the Advanced Standing International Student Program (ISP) Class of 2023, we acknowledged every graduate for their remarkable dedication, achievements and resilience. Various individual awards, established by dental organizations and the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine (CU SDM), were presented. Select faculty members were also recognized with awards chosen by the graduating class.
ISP Class of 2023 Awards
University of Colorado Presidential Recognition Award
Isaura Concepcion Cirillo
American College of Dentists Award for Ethics and Service
Sondus Alkadri
American Equilibration Society Award
Shivani Shivkumar Mallishery
Colorado Dental Association Award
Mohita Sharma
Comprehensive Care Award
Vandana Duggirala
Association of American Endodontists Award
Elena Storozhenko
Esthetic Dentistry Award
Lobna Banimostafa
Evidence Based Dentistry Award
Suramya Sharma
Fixed Prosthodontics Award
Ashita Vijay
International College of Dentists Leadership Award
Isaura Concepcion Cirillo
Implant Prosthodontics Award
Alhaitham Abdullah
Operative Dentistry Award
Erine Dorado Mamaril
Oral Diagnosis Award
Sunaina Puri
Oral Medicine Award
Ala Ibrahim Al Shafiei
Oral Pathology Award
Venkata Naga Sravanthi Jonnalagadda
Oral Surgery Award
Fernando Deon
Orthodontics Award
Venkata Naga Sravanthi Jonnalagadda
Pediatric Dentistry Award
Lobna Banimostafa
Periodontics Award
Manpreet Kaur Dhanjal
Pierre Fauchard Academy Award for Ethics and High Standards
Malek Kallel Souayah
Public Health Award
Tarun Sachdeva
Removable Prosthodontics Award
Sondus Alkadri
Research Award
Jyothirmai Talasila
Special Care Award
Manpreet Kaur Dhanjal
Treatment Planning Award
Andrea Beatriz Tinoco Iraheta
Dr. Victoria Saniukovich Humanitarian Award
Mohita Sharma
Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU)
The OKU national dental honor society represents and promotes the highest standards of scholarship, professionalism and ethics in the dental profession. Each year, Colorado’s Pi Rho Chapter invites new members from the top of their graduating class to join the organization. The ISP Class of 2023 OKU inductees are Lobna Banimostafa, Fernando Deon, Venkata Naga Sravanthi Jonnalagadda, Shivani Shivkumar Mallishery, and Andrea Beatriz Tinoco Iraheta.
Sindhu Devanaboyina was honored as the highest-ranking student for the ISP Class of 2024.
Associate Professor David Moreno, DDS, MS, was honored as the newest faculty inductee.
Faculty Awards
The following award recipients were chosen by the Class of 2023.
Outstanding Didactic Instructor
Kunjan Kakar, DDS (ISP ’10), MS, BDS
Assistant Professor, Restorative Dentistry
Outstanding Clinical Instructor
Daniel Melamed, DDS
Assistant Professor, Restorative Dentistry
Faculty Senate Vice President
Outstanding Pre-Clinical Instructor
Krithika Baskaran, BDS, DDS
Associate Professor, Restorative Dentistry
Director, Advanced Standing international Student Program
Outstanding Part-Time Faculty
Charles Schonberger, DDS ’82
Clinical Assistant Professor, Restorative Dentistry
Humanism in Dentistry Faculty Award
Eric Mediavilla, DDS ’00
Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Admissions
Associate Professor, Restorative Dentistry
March 5, 2024