The California Dental Association (CDA) Foundation has awarded Aisha Amin, DMD, its Student Loan Repayment Grant and selected Carlsbad dentist Allyson Park, DDS, to receive its Webb Family Grant.
With a mission to improve the oral health of all Californians by supporting the dental profession in its efforts to meet community needs, the CDA Foundation offers its Student Loan Repayment and Webb Family Grant programs to allow dentists the opportunity to work in public health.
In exchange for a commitment to practice in an underserved community, Dr. Amin will receive up to $105,000 over three years toward repayment of her student loans; Dr. Park will receive $5,000, according to the foundation.
Dr. Amin, a 2013 graduate of A.T. Still University School of Health Management, said she can relate to those in underserved communities and makes it her personal objective to help improve their well-being.
"I choose to work with an underserved faction of society, because I can wholeheartedly identify myself with the patient population," stated Dr. Amin, who now practices at the Family HealthCare Network in Woodlake, CA, in a press release. "As a healthcare provider, I challenge myself to go above and beyond the call of duty to display compassion and provide quality care to patients."
"With support from our donors, the CDA Foundation works passionately to provide care for those in need, and with the Student Loan Repayment Grant, Dr. Amin will help extend our reach," said CDA Foundation Chair Don Rollofson, DMD.
Since 2002, the Student Loan Repayment Grant program has placed 14 dentists into community clinics where they've helped more than 72,000 patients and provided nearly $18 million in care. And, almost all of those dentists have remained not only in public health but in the communities where they first served, the foundation noted.
The Webb Family Grant was established by Russ Webb, DDS, and his wife Kathi, CDA Foundation founding contributors.
