AAP’s 2025 Annual Meeting Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to the AAP’s 2025 Annual Meeting Scholarship Recipients 

Nobel Biocare 
Through the generous support of Nobel Biocare, the AAP awarded scholarships to the following AAP students and new periodontists:

Stephanie Dye
Shane Endres
Katherine Flynn
Anahat Khehra
Jinnu Kim
Yun Lee
Ethan Madison
Rodrigo Rangel
David Sabbah
Evelyn Spencer 

Specialty1 Partners
Through the generous support of Specialty1 Partners, the AAP awarded scholarships to the following AAP students and new periodontists:

Divya Acharya
Natalia Acosta-Farhadi
Shalom Benzaquen
Zack Bradshaw
Jackie Chalmers
Jen Chen
Sandrine Couldwell
Laura Cavallari
Hanfrey Deng
Leila Gholami 
Ryan Higgins
Pedram Kajeh
Justin Kim
Rachel Koh
Yu Kubota
Pin-Ying Li
Joseph Montesano
Maxwell Perelgut
Kristen Richey
Mahya Sabour
Jaclyn Smollett
Negin Taghizadeh 
Alvin Zad

Straumann 
Through the generous support of Straumann, the AAP awarded scholarships to the following AAP students and new periodontists:

Ryan Booth
Alexis Brito
Courtney Williams Hughes
Aditya Kakkar
Choon Hye Kang 
Nina Karnuta
Julia Kishanie Persaud-Richmond
Hieu Pham
Abigail Raymond
Maryam Tarar

Treloar & Heisel
Through the generous support of Treloar & Heisel, the AAP awarded scholarships to the following AAP students and new periodontists:

Hailey Hildenbrandt 
Eric MacFadden
Elsy Orellana

In 2026, administration of the Annual Meeting scholarship program will transition to the AAP Foundation. Eligible student and recent-graduate members will be contacted with application instructions in advance of the June 1 deadline. Individuals and corporations interested in sponsoring scholarships are encouraged to contact the Foundation’s executive director, Kyle Gorden, at [email protected].

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Congratulations to the AAP’s 2025 Annual Meeting Scholarship Recipients 

Nobel Biocare 
Through the generous support of Nobel Biocare, the AAP awarded scholarships to the following AAP students and new periodontists:

Stephanie Dye
Shane Endres
Katherine Flynn
Anahat Khehra
Jinnu Kim
Yun Lee
Ethan Madison
Rodrigo Rangel
David Sabbah
Evelyn Spencer 

Specialty1 Partners
Through the generous support of Specialty1 Partners, the AAP awarded scholarships to the following AAP students and new periodontists:

Divya Acharya
Natalia Acosta-Farhadi
Shalom Benzaquen
Zack Bradshaw
Jackie Chalmers
Jen Chen
Sandrine Couldwell
Laura Cavallari
Hanfrey Deng
Leila Gholami 
Ryan Higgins
Pedram Kajeh
Justin Kim
Rachel Koh
Yu Kubota
Pin-Ying Li
Joseph Montesano
Maxwell Perelgut
Kristen Richey
Mahya Sabour
Jaclyn Smollett
Negin Taghizadeh 
Alvin Zad

Straumann 
Through the generous support of Straumann, the AAP awarded scholarships to the following AAP students and new periodontists:

Ryan Booth
Alexis Brito
Courtney Williams Hughes
Aditya Kakkar
Choon Hye Kang 
Nina Karnuta
Julia Kishanie Persaud-Richmond
Hieu Pham
Abigail Raymond
Maryam Tarar

Treloar & Heisel
Through the generous support of Treloar & Heisel, the AAP awarded scholarships to the following AAP students and new periodontists:

Hailey Hildenbrandt 
Eric MacFadden
Elsy Orellana

In 2026, administration of the Annual Meeting scholarship program will transition to the AAP Foundation. Eligible student and recent-graduate members will be contacted with application instructions in advance of the June 1 deadline. Individuals and corporations interested in sponsoring scholarships are encouraged to contact the Foundation’s executive director, Kyle Gorden, at [email protected].