William H. Bell Award Recipients
The ACOMS William H. Bell Award for
Predoctoral Achievement in Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery was developed in 2018 to
provide education and recognition to dental
students who may wish to pursue training in oral
and maxillofacial surgery. Each accredited dental
school in the United States may select one
recipient in their third year who has exhibited
academic excellence and interest in oral and
maxillofacial surgery.
Awards are presented at the institution’s award
ceremony and winners are invited to attend
and be recognized at 1 st ALACIBU & ACOMS
International Meeting, June 14-17, 2020, Hollywood,
FL. Below are the names of the the 2019 winners.
University of Minnesota
School of Dentistry
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Jessica R. Anderson, Dental College of Georgia
at Augusta University
Husham Aswad, Southern Illinois University
School of Dental Medicine
Michael Baily, Oregon Health & Science
University
Kyle M. Baird, Texas A&M College of Dentistry
Michael I. Benichou, Western University of
Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine
Aparna B. Bhat, University of New England
College of Dental Medicine
Jared Bitner, Virginia Commonwealth University
Nicholas S. Branham, Midwestern University
Connor B. Campbell, Temple University Maurice
H. Kornberg School of Dentistry
Chisom C. Chukwu, Arizona School of Dentistry
& Oral Health
Brent M. Cornette, University of Kentucky
College of Dentistry
Rachelle L. Cucca, UAB School of Dentistry
Piper Dankworth, University of Utah School of
Dentistry
David Evans, University of Utah School of
Dentistry
Juliana Gaviria, UT Health San Antonio School of
Dentistry
Juliana Gomez, New York University College of
Dentistry
Sebastian Graca, University of Illinois at Chicago
Brian Hadfield, Roseman University College of
Dental Medicine
Haley Harris, Boston University Henry M.
Goldman School of Dental Medicine
Curtis Herzog, University of Michigan School of
Dentistry
Katelyn M. Hornbuckle, University of Louisville
School of Dentistry
Marcus J. Hwang, University of Washington
Franklin Ivers, University of Tennessee Health
Science Center
Anthony Karayan, UCLA School of Dentistry
Jeremy P. Koontz, Case Western Reserve
University School of Dental Medicine
Maciej Kosakowski, University of Connecticut
School of Dental Medicine
Jessica Li, Touro College of Dental Medicine
Jiwon Lim, East Carolina University School of
Dental Medicine