Nancy E Hijjawi

Nancy E Hijjawi

Nancy E Hijjawi

Experience / 1990–PresentPine Dental CareChicago, IL
Senior 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-PresentChildren’s Memorial HospitalChicago, 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 CenterChicago, 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 DentistryMaywood, 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 IllinoisUrbana, 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 InstructorChicago, 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