Distinction in Dentistry

Zaytoun awardees stand with the Dean of UNC Adams School of DentistryIn December, four UNC Adams School of Dentistry students were honored with the Henry S. and Martha N. Zaytoun Professionalism and Ethics Award. The award is presented to two DDS students in each of the third- and fourth-year classes. Adams School faculty, staff, students, or patients may nominate students for the Zaytoun Award, and a committee of faculty select the recipients.

The Zaytoun Award in Professionalism and Ethics was established in 2001 with a generous gift from Dr. and Mrs. Henry Zaytoun Sr. through the Dental Foundation of North Carolina. The purpose of the award is to recognize dental students who have demonstrated superior professional and ethical demeanor during the cumulative clinical training obtained at the school. Dr. Zaytoun earned his master’s degree in orthodontics from Carolina in 1959 and practiced orthodontics in Raleigh for more than 50 years.

This year’s award recipients were fourth-year students Olivia Nillissen and Rachael Purvis Veazey, and third-year students Margaret McGuire and Christine Sulzer.

Learn more about this year’s recipients…

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