Graduating UB Dental Students Honored

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Thirty-one graduating seniors in the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine recently received awards at the school's annual Senior Awards Banquet.

o Paul Giotopoulos of Brentwood -- The American Student Dental Association Award of Excellence, the Fonzi Dental Study Club Anthony S. Gugino Humanitarian Award and The Richard A. Powell Award

o John Havens of Niagara Falls -- The Harvey D. Sprowl Award

o David Jones of Rome -- The Dr. Samuel A. Caccamise Award

o Jeffrey Katz of Rochester -- Stephen B. Totten Award

o Candy Lee of North Hollywood, Calif. -- The Quintessence Award for Clinical Achievement in Periodontics

o William Lee of Erie, Pa. -- The American Dental Association Dentsply Student Clinician Award

o Jeffrey Levine of Queens -- The American Association of Endodontists Award, The American College of Prosthodontics Award, the First Place Victor A. Fumia Award, the Edwin C. Jauch Award, the First Place George B. Snow Award for Complete and Fixed Prosthesis and The American College of Dentists Award

o Farshad Saghatchi of Orange, Calif. -- The Robert B. Levine Award

o Patricia Vasquez of Medellin, Colombia -- The American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry Award, the Fixed Prosthodontics Award, the Second Place Victor A. Fumia Award, the International College of Dentists Award and the Second Place George B. Snow Award for Complete and Fixed Prosthesis