AAP Foundation Awards Lazzara Fellowship to Dr. Kevin Guze
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The $50,000 fellowship is intended to provide educational and clinical experiences that reflect the most current techniques in implant dentistry. |
CHICAGO, May 1, 2010–The American Academy of Periodontology Foundation recently announced that it has awarded the $50,000 Richard J. Lazzara Fellowship in Advanced Implant Surgery to Kevin Guze, DMD, currently completing a Doctor of Medical Sciences in Oral Biology degree and Certificate in Periodontology at the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine. The Fellowship is a 12-month award sponsored for the seventh year by BIOMET 3i and includes a stipend for the recipient as well as funds to offset the hosting institution’s overhead and administrative costs.
This is the first Lazzara Fellowship to be awarded to a student at Harvard University. Nadeem Karimbux, DMD, MMSc, director of the school’s postdoctoral periodontal program, says, “Dr. Guze is a dedicated resident, researcher and clinician. He is an individual that has committed himself to a career in academics, when so few of our fellow practitioners/clinicians are teaching. We’d like to thank BIOMET 3i for providing the opportunity for our students to conduct meaningful research in implantology and contribute to the literature.”
D. Walter Cohen, DDS, Chair of the Foundation’s Lazzara Fellowship Selection Committee, notes that by fostering the development of future academics and researchers, the Fellowship is helping to stem the pending loss of periodontal educators as a large number approach retirement. “The Foundation is committed to helping avert a looming crisis in periodontal education by offering significant awards that encourage young periodontists to pursue an academic career path,” he says.
Steven Schiess, President of BIOMET 3i, says that the company takes pride in its role in fostering the development of future leaders as an outgrowth of the Lazzara Fellowship. “As the Fellowship now enters its fifth year, we see that previous recipients continue to make significant contributions to implantology’s body of knowledge while developing the additional skills and experiences that mark them as future leaders in their specialty. To see that the Fellowship has had such broad impact is very gratifying.”
Dr. Guze has received a number of awards prior to being named a Lazzara Fellow. These include the AAP Foundation Chasens Teaching and Research Fellowship in 2009, Most Outstanding Resident Teaching Award at Harvard’s School of Dental Medicine (2008 and 2009), Harvard University’s Presidential Scholarship (2009) and Harvard’s Goldhaber Research Prize (2009). Dr. Guze received his DMD from the University of British Columbia.
For more information about the Lazzara Fellowship, visit the Foundation website at
About AAP Foundation: The mission of the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation is to improve the periodontal and general health of the public through increasing public and professional knowledge of periodontal diseases and their therapies, stimulating basic and clinical research to generate new knowledge, and enhancing educational programs at all levels to create opportunities in periodontal education and practice. Periodontics is one of nine dental specialties recognized by the American Dental Association.
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