2024 Awards and Recognitions
Bi-annual Hall of Fame Award Presented to Dr. Darlene A. Sorrell
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At age 10 she decided to be a dentist. Perhaps this correlated to her desire to have braces, which in a family of her size, was seemingly impossible. But, her determination led her to make things happen. She calculated the cost of braces in a town 45 miles away; she ironed her teachers clothes; she cleaned houses; and she saved summer job money. Her sisters drove her to the orthodontic appointments. Her parents never went with her, and she finally paid off the braces from her own efforts. Imagine how a girl not old enough to drive could convince a clinic she could pay.
It's this determined spirit that inspires SAID to honor Dr. Darlene A. Sorrell with this year's Hall of Fame Award. Read her full bio
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George Blue Spruce, Jr. Award for Student Excellence | Sponsored by Haleon
Briielle Breland
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California
A.T. Still University, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Dental Student Awards | Sponsored by Crest OralB
Colby Dean
MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians of South Alabama
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Athens Graves
Muscogee Creek Nation
Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine
Hunter Jolicoeur
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
ECU School of Dental Medicine
Nia Moquino
Navajo Nation
AT Still University School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Chance Salway
Oglala Lakota
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Noah Sanders
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
OU College of Dentistry
Autumn Tsosie
Navajo Nation
AT Still University School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Resident Awards | Sponsored by Colgate
Tommie Chavis II, DMD, MS
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
General Practice Resident, Lincoln Medical Center
Joshua Teague Rutherford, DMD, MPH
Aaniiih and Nakoda Tribe of Fort Belknap Reservation
General Practice Resident, Fresno Community Regional Medical Center
Master's Awards | Sponsored by Colgate
Chanel Chester
Navajo Nation
University of Minnesota Duluth
Terilynn Green
Navajo Nation
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
2024 Dental School Graduate Blanketing Ceremony | Sponsored by Sackcloth & Ashes
William Blong, DMD
Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin
A.T. Still University, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Joshua Teague Rutherford, DMD, MPH
Aaniiih and Nakoda Tribe of Fort Belnap Indian Reservation
A.T. Still University, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health
Addison Glover, DDS
Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry
Christopher Scott, DMD, MD
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
6-year Integrated MD Residency, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Special thanks to our 2024 Conference Sponsors, Exibitors,
and Dental School Partners
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