Nancy E Hijjawi, DDS MS
Experience / 1990–Present Pine Dental Care Chicago, ILSenior Partner
§ Chief operating office of Pine Dental Care
§ Day to day operations and management
§ Practicing at both Lincoln Park and Glenview locations
§ Board certified Pediatric Dentist as of 1997 (certified by American Board of Pediatric Dentistry)
§ Membership in the following professional organizations:
§ American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
§ American Academy of Pediatrics
§ American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
§ American Dental Association
§ Illinois State Dental Association
§ Illinois Society of Pediatric Dentists
§ Chicago Dental Society
1990-Present Children’s Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL
Attending Pediatric Dentist
§ Education of residents
§ Treat patients in the operating room under general anesthesia
§ Special Needs Patients
Education / 1988-1990 Children’s Memorial Medical Center Chicago, IL
§ Certification in Pediatric Dentistry
§ M.S. Degree in Pediatric Dentistry
§ Specialized treatment of medically compromised, handicapped as well as healthy children, scheduling, patient management, and dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia. As the dental resident on call, duties included admitting/discharging of in-house patients, providing consults to all surgical and medical services and providing emergency treatment to patients.
§ Supervised undergraduate pediatric dental clinic at Northwestern University Dental School
§ Chief Dental Resident 1989-1990
1984-1988 Loyola University School of Dentistry Maywood, IL
§ D.D.S Degree
§ Recipient of Certificate of Merit from the American Society of Dentistry for Children
§ Pediatric Dentistry Clinical Honors
§ Operative Dentistry Clinical Honors
§ Awarded Teaching Assistantship in Community Dentistry
§ Dean’s Letter of Commendation for Early Completion of Clinical Requirements
1980-1984 University of Illinois Urbana, IL
§ B.S. in Psychology, minor in Biology
§ Dean’s List, Junior and Senior Year
Research / 1990: Master’s Thesis, Northwestern University Dental School
· “An Invitro Comparison of Dentinal Bonding Systems in Human and Bovine Teeth”
1984: Senior Honors Thesis, University Of Illinois Dept of Psychology
· “Biological Effects of Learning and Memory when Lesioning the Lateral Hypothalamus in the White Rabbit”
1990: Table Clinic Presentation, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Annual Meeting
· “Periodontal Disease in the Pediatric Population”
1990: Table Clinic Presentation, Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting
· “Treatment of Trauma to the Primary Dentition”
1989: Table Clinic Presentation, Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting
· “Pediatric Dental Trauma-- An Overview”
1988: Table Clinic Presentation, Loyola University School of Dentistry Honor Day
· “Periodontal Disease in Children and Adolescents”
Employment / 1988-1989 Clinical Instructor Chicago, IL
· For People’s Clinic at Northwestern University Dental School, a clinic for economically disadvantaged children
1987-1988 Dental Assistant Chicago, IL
· General Dentistry Practice
1987-1988 Teaching Assistant, Community Dentistry Maywood, IL
1982-1984 Resident Advisor, University Housing Urbana, IL
Interests / Watching her son play lacrosse, spending time with family