Nancy E Hijjawi, DDS MS
Experience
1990–Present
Pine Dental Care
Chicago, IL
Senior Partner
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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
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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
 B.S. in Psychology, minor in Biology
 Dean’s List, Junior and Senior Year
Research
Urbana, IL
1990: Master’s Thesis, Northwestern University Dental School
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“An Invitro Comparison of Dentinal Bonding Systems in Human
and Bovine Teeth”
1984: Senior Honors Thesis, University Of Illinois Dept of Psychology
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“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
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“Periodontal Disease in Children and Adolescents”
Employment
1988-1989
Clinical Instructor
Chicago, IL
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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
1982-1984
Interests
Resident Advisor, University Housing
Watching her son play lacrosse, spending time with family
Maywood, IL
Urbana, IL