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Pre-Health Society’s Outstanding Service Award in Healthcare

Celebrating our alumni leaders

This award is sponsored by the Alumni Association, the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, and the Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Honor Society. The award recognizes graduates whose practice of medicine, including dental, veterinary, and related medical sciences, represents remarkable achievements, and who demonstrates an enduring commitment to the College and their communities. The members of Alpha Epsilon Delta select the recipient.

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2026 Pre-Health Society’s Outstanding Service Award in Healthcare

Dr. Juliana Celaro DiPasquale ’01

Maria Juliana DiPasquale, DMD, FACS, is a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon whose career reflects a sustained commitment to service, education and clinical excellence. A graduate of the College of Charleston, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology, with studies in Chemistry and Italian Studies, before receiving her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. DiPasquale completed her oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at the University of Florida Health in Jacksonville, becoming the first woman to graduate from the program, and pursued advanced fellowship training in facial cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. Since entering private practice in Denver in 2010, she has provided comprehensive oral and maxillofacial care with a particular focus on dentoalveolar surgery, facial trauma and reconstruction. For more than a decade, she has helped provide facial trauma coverage across several Denver-area hospitals, including a Level I trauma center.

Her service extends beyond the operating room through teaching dental students and participating in cleft lip and palate surgical missions in Vietnam and the Philippines. Dr. DiPasquale is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and also a devoted wife, mother of twins, and proud College of Charleston alumna.