Congratulations, Class of 2017!

The ECU School of Dental Medicine is proud to have graduated the Class of 2017 on May 6. Listed here are the names of the graduates, their towns of origins in parentheses, and their immediate professional plans.

The school is also proud to list awards and honors earned by the graduates. We will miss these exceptional dentists and wish them every success in their future endeavors.

ECU SoDM Class of 2017

Doctor of Dental Medicine Graduates

Class of 2017

Elise Cameron Brace (Wilmington, NC)
Private Practice, Raleigh, NC

Kurtis A. Bryan (Winnabow, NC)
General Practice Residency, Palmetto Health Center, Columbia, SC 

Terrence Lamont Campbell (Raleigh, NC)
Orthodontics Residenc, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Daria Parice Clegg (Harrisburg, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, ECU School of Dental Medicine CSLC—Davidson County, NC

Gustavo Andres Delgado (Charlotte, NC)
Private Practice, Charlotte, NC

Molly Brock Elliott (Durham, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC

Jeremiah J. Faw (North Wilkesboro, NC)
Wilkes County Public Health Dental Clinic, Wilkesboro, NC

Rebekah Esther Finger (Lincolnton, NC)
Private Practice, Henderson, NC

Johnique Althia Fonville (New Bern, NC)
General Practice Residency, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY

Ernest Anderson Garner, Jr. (Garysburg, NC)
Private Practice in Charlotte, NC

Mariann Isis Ghaly (Charlotte, NC)
General Practice Residency, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN

Saul Gonzalez (Garner, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, ECU School of Dental Medicine CSLC—Lillington, NC

Boone Haynes Groce (Jonesville, NC)
Private Practice, Taylorsville, NC

Nikki Ray Harrold (North Wilkesboro, NC)
Wilkes County Public Health Dental Clinic, Wilkesboro, NC

Mark Edward Herring (Wilmington, NC)
Pediatric Dentistry Residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Taylor Lee Hewett (Advance, NC)
Private Practice, Clemmons, NC 

Zachary Scott Holcombe (Greenville, NC)
Private Practice, Asheville, NC

C. Craven Jameson II (Kitty Hawk, NC)
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Kristen Fischer Jilg (Goldsboro, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, Lutheran Medical Center, Snow Hill/Greenville, NC

Crystal Anne Joyce (Cary, NC)
Private Practice, Midlothian, VA

Eric Scott Kelly (Raleigh, NC)
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Internship, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Caroline Elizabeth Kennedy (Hickory, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, ECU School of Dental Medicine CSLC—Ahoskie, NC.

Michael Brandon Landreth (Advance, NC)
Private Practice, Charlotte, NC

Kenneth Boyd Lewis, Jr. (Fayetteville, NC)
Private Practice, Fayetteville, NC

Bradley Joseph Macdonald (Greensboro, NC)
Private Practice, Archdale, NC

Pooja Rajendraprasad Makam (Cary, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, OH

Craig A. Marva (Jacksonville, NC)
Private Practice, Kinston, NC

Andrew Steven McCoy (Washington, NC)
Private Practice in Washington, NC

Caitlin Leigh Miller (Pinehurst, NC)
Private Practice, Lexington, NC

Shenee Denise Mitchell (Fayetteville, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, ECU School of Dental Medicine CSLC—Brunswick County, NC

Kaaenaat Sayyieda Mustafa (Cary, NC)
General Practice Residency, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY

Katrina Jessica Myers (Belmont, NC)
Oral Medicine Residency, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

Jennifer Ming Pan (Greensboro, NC)
Prosthodontics Residency,Veterans Affairs Medical Center,  San Francisco, CA

Hunter B. Perry (Rocky Mount, NC)
Private Practice, Rocky Mount, NC

Katlin Brooke Povich (New Bern, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Fayetteville, NC

Scott Zachary Pugh (Sparta, NC)
Private Practice, Winston-Salem, NC

Janay Braxton Purdie (Greenville, NC)
General Practice Residency, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC

Jennifer Halley Rominger (Advance, NC)
Pediatric Dentistry Residency, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, VA

Yuliya Rudnitsky (Harrisburg, NC)
General Practice Residency, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Scott Steven Smith (Wilmington, NC)
Private Practice, Charlotte, NC

Christopher David Sparks, Jr. (Burlington, NC)
Private Practice, Hendersonville, NC

Parisa Tashakkori (Boone, NC)
Private Practice, Raleigh, NC

Andrew Nicholas Troupes (Charlotte, NC)
Private Practice, Charlotte, NC

Jordan Ransome White (Pedleton, NC)
Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency, Lutheran Medical Center, Juneau, AK

LaJoi Elaine Wiggins (Raleigh, NC)
General Practice Residency, Oklahoma University Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Sneha Chitra Yerra (Roanoke Rapids, NC)
Private Practice, Roanoke Rapids, NC

Jeffrey Christian Zackeru (Supply, NC)
Private Practice, Winston-Salem, NC

Academic Honors and Awards

Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society
Established in 1914 to promote and recognize scholarship and character among students of dentistry

Kurtis A. Bryan
Rebekah Esther Finger
Mariann Isis Ghaly
Michael Brandon Landreth
Caitlin Leigh Miller
Parisa Tashakkori

Academy of Dentistry International Student Servant Leadership Award Recognizing leadership, community service, and an outstanding compassion for serving patients through patient care and patient education
Parisa Tashakkori

Academy of General Dentistry Senior Student Award
Recognizing the potential to become an outstanding general dentist
Michael Brandon Landreth and Caitlin Leigh Miller

Academy of Operative Dentistry Student Award
Recognizing excellence and outstanding achievement in Operative Dentistry
Rebekah Esther Finger

Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Predoctoral Student Award
Recognizing promise in pediatric dentistry
Mark Edward Herring

American Academy of Oral Medicine Award
Recognizing proficiency in the clinical management of medically complex patients and academic achievement and interest in the discipline of Oral Medicine
M. Janay Braxton Purdie

American Academy of Periodontology Dental Student Award
Recognizing the highest level of academic and clinical achievement related to Periodontics Rebekah Esther Finger

American Association of Endodontists Student Achievement Award in Endodontics
Recognizing an interest, involvement, and academic achievement in Endodontics
Michael Brandon Landreth

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Dental Student Award
Recognizing high academic standing for outstanding performance in study and clinical training in the area of oral and maxillofacial surgery and anesthesiolog
C. Craven Jameson II

American Association of Orthodontists Award
Recognizing exceptional interest in the study of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Caroline Elizabeth Kennedy

American Association of Women Dentists Eleanor J. Bushee Senior Dental Student Award
Recognizing achievement of academic excellence and demonstration of outstanding leadership
Nikki Ray Harrold

American College of Dentists Outstanding Student Leader Award
Recognizing a combination of both outstanding scholastic performance and demonstrated leadership
Rebekah Esther Finger

American College of Prosthodontists Predoctoral Student Prosthodontic Achievement Award
Recognizing a student who excelled in Prosthodontics
Jennifer Ming Pan

American Student Dental Association Award of Excellence
Recognizing the spirit of volunteerism and student participation or leadership in service to the school or local community
LaJoi Elaine Wiggins

Community Commitment Award
Recognizing enthusiastic devotion to the mission of the East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine and potential for further fulfilling the mission of the school Sponsored by Practicon, Inc.
Kurtis A. Bryan

International College of Dentists Student Humanitarian Award
Recognizing the potential to continue to be a leader and a participant in humanitarian outreach programs after graduation
Jordan Ransome White

International College of Dentists Student Leadership Award
Recognizing demonstrated leadership and the potential to continue in leadership roles after graduation
Terrence Lamont Campbell

North Carolina Dental Society Student Leader in Organized Dentistry Award
Recognizing exceptional leadership and interest in organized dentistry
LaJoi Elaine Wiggins

Old North State Dental Society Community Commitment Award
Recognizing exceptional commitment to community service and organized dentistry and demonstrated activism in keeping with the school’s mission and selfless servitude toward the underserved population of North Carolina, and more specifically Greenville.
Terrence Lamont Campbell

North Carolina Schweitzer Fellows
For emerging professionals who enter the workforce with the skills and commitment necessary to address unmet needs Funded by the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation of North Carolina.
Mark Edward Herring and Michael Brandon Landreth