The College of Nebraska Medical Middle scholar was chosen for medical excellence within the annual competitors introduced by American Orthodontics.
The Journal of Medical Orthodontics (JCO) has named Dr Jonjei Ku from the College of Nebraska Medical Middle because the winner of the 2026 Eugene L Gottlieb JCO Pupil of the Yr Award. The award is introduced by American Orthodontics.
Ku was chosen over 21 different college students from faculties throughout the US and Canada. His prize contains greater than $8,000 price of services from American Orthodontics, JCO, and Dolphin.
Award and Recognition
The award program is designed to acknowledge medical excellence amongst orthodontic college students.
“I’m extremely grateful to obtain the 2026 Eugene L Gottlieb JCO Pupil of the Yr Award, particularly understanding the caliber of residents throughout the nation who deserve this recognition simply as a lot. Greater than something, this displays the individuals who have supported me this entire time,” says Ku, in a launch. “Orthodontics is a subject that lets us put science to work in essentially the most human method, giving sufferers a smile and a confidence they carry with them for the remainder of their lives. I hope to honor that by persevering with to be taught, develop, and provides again to this most significant specialty.”
Ku is the eleventh winner of the award. The College of Nebraska Medical Middle is the tenth totally different college to be represented by an award winner.
Competitors and Judging Course of
The competitors was performed in two phases and judged by members of the JCO editorial board. Initially, every taking part college within the US and Canada nominated one scholar. The 22 nominees submitted letters of advice, a private essay, and an entire therapy plan for an unpublished case.
From this group, 12 finalists have been chosen. Every finalist then submitted an entire report for a case they’d personally labored on, with a panel of JCO board members voting for the winner.
“JCO is the clinician’s journal, so it’s becoming that since a lot of the different awards are for analysis, we award the clinician’s resident award,” says Dr Neal Kravitz, JCO editor, in a launch. “It’s so exhausting to choose a winner, with so many high quality residents. Our readers can look ahead to seeing Dr Ku’s case in JCO later this 12 months.”
Sponsors and Award Historical past
American Orthodontics (AO) serves because the award’s title sponsor.
“AO is devoted to supporting orthodontic schooling and the way forward for the career, and we’re very proud to sponsor the JCO Pupil of the Yr Award recognizing the very best and brightest in orthodontics,” says Todd Beaudoin, director of North American gross sales at American Orthodontics, in a launch.
The award can also be sponsored by Dolphin, which offers imaging and apply administration software program for orthodontists. A whole profile of Ku will probably be printed in a future situation of JCO.
Photograph: JCO
