Seattle, Washington, March 19, 2013 -- The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) presented the ADEA/William J. GiesFoundation Education Fellowship to Cortino Sukotjo, D.D.S., Ph.D., of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. The fellowship was awarded at the 2013 ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition being held March 16-19, in Seattle, Washington.
"ADEA is pleased to offer Dr. Sukotjo this opportunity to examine the ways in which dentists who are educated abroad may meet the challenges that faculty shortages pose to dental education programs in the United States," says ADEA President Gerald N. Glickman, DDS, MS, MBA, JD.
As the ADEA/ William J. Gies Foundation Education Fellow, Dr. Sukotjo will spend three months in Washington, DC, working with the ADEA Policy Center on issues of importance to higher education, such as faculty recruitment, development, and retention, leadership development, teaching strategies, competencies and their assessment, as well as accreditation and licensure.
A dentist educated abroad himself, Dr. Sukotjo has written numerous articles on topics related to dental education, and currently serves as a member of the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Dental Education. In 2008, as a member of the Predoctoral Implant Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, Dr. Sukotjo received the ADEA/Zimmer Dental Implant Education Teaching Award.