Class of 2009 graduation ceremony
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Congratulations to all the final BDS Part 5 students who have graduated from King’s College London Dental Institute. The graduation ceremony was held on 2 July in Southwark Cathedral.In attendance was the Principal, Professor Rick Trainor, who gave the opening address. Professor Nairn Wilson, Dean and Head of the Dental Institute, also addressed the graduating students and their families and friends.
This was a special year as the Dental Institute graduated one of the first cohorts of students in the United Kingdom who undertook a bespoke four year programme in dentistry. The conventional time to study dentistry is five years. By taking students who have already completed a high-level (2.1 or higher) degree in bioscience, they are exempted the first year of the programme. Along with the 176 students graduating with a BDS degree, a number of students were awarded PhDs, master’s degrees and Diplomas in Dental Hygiene and Therapy. The diplomats in Dental Hygiene and Therapy are the last to graduate from King's under existing arrangements.
The Dental Institute is also very proud of the students who won final year prizes, announced by Dr Mark Woolford, Director of Education, during the ceremony. The prizes are awarded annually by the Institute based on clinical and academic performance.
The final year prize winners are listed below:
The Malleson Prize
Naomi Rahman
The Maurice Wohl General Dental Practice Centre Prize
Mark O’Hara
Certificate of Merit to Leila Akhlaghi, Puneet Nagpal and Angela Northfield
The Newland Pedley Medal and Prize
Hiten Pankhania
The Saunders Prize
Anthony Power
The Peter Lunt Prize
Sapna Radia
The Robert Woodhouse Prize
Jonathan Bassett and Avnisha Chandegra
The Stephen D Hey Prize
Natalie Morgan, Anisha Barai and Rikesh Patel
The Laurence Usiskin Prize
Kunal Sudra, Mariam Raidhan, Puneet Nagpal and Sabrena Kara
The S.J. Kaye Prize
Sapna Radia and Anthony Power
Certificate of Merit to Puneet Nagpal
The Souyave Class Prize in Endodontics
Moshin Ali and Ispinder Bachoo
The Toshiba Prize
Ravneet Handa
Certificate of Merit to Fatima Ali and Amanda Lim
The Tom Pitt Ford Prize
Natalie Morgan
Special congratulations to Anthony Power, who, as well as winning two Dental Institute prizes, has won the 2009 University of London BDS Gold Medal. This is the eighth year running that a graduate of King’s College London Dental Institute has been awarded this highly prestigious prize.
See the final BDS Part 5 results list below.
Posted on 16 July 2009
The Dental Institute is also very proud of the students who won final year prizes, announced by Dr Mark Woolford, Director of Education, during the ceremony. The prizes are awarded annually by the Institute based on clinical and academic performance.
The final year prize winners are listed below:
The Malleson Prize
Naomi Rahman
The Maurice Wohl General Dental Practice Centre Prize
Mark O’Hara
Certificate of Merit to Leila Akhlaghi, Puneet Nagpal and Angela Northfield
The Newland Pedley Medal and Prize
Hiten Pankhania
The Saunders Prize
Anthony Power
The Peter Lunt Prize
Sapna Radia
The Robert Woodhouse Prize
Jonathan Bassett and Avnisha Chandegra
The Stephen D Hey Prize
Natalie Morgan, Anisha Barai and Rikesh Patel
The Laurence Usiskin Prize
Kunal Sudra, Mariam Raidhan, Puneet Nagpal and Sabrena Kara
The S.J. Kaye Prize
Sapna Radia and Anthony Power
Certificate of Merit to Puneet Nagpal
The Souyave Class Prize in Endodontics
Moshin Ali and Ispinder Bachoo
The Toshiba Prize
Ravneet Handa
Certificate of Merit to Fatima Ali and Amanda Lim
The Tom Pitt Ford Prize
Natalie Morgan
Special congratulations to Anthony Power, who, as well as winning two Dental Institute prizes, has won the 2009 University of London BDS Gold Medal. This is the eighth year running that a graduate of King’s College London Dental Institute has been awarded this highly prestigious prize.
See the final BDS Part 5 results list below.
Posted on 16 July 2009
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