The Michael T. Rainwater Dentist of the Year Award was created by NDDS in 1971 to recognize annually a member of the organization who has contributed significantly to the progress of dental health and the dental profession, and who has demonstrated good citizenship by participation in worthwhile community affairs.

Ryan M. Vaughn, DMD Named Dentist of the Year

The newest recipient of the Michael T. Rainwater Dentist of the Year Award

2024 Dentist of the Year

The Northern District Dental Society is proud to announce Dr. Ryan M. Vaughn as the newest recipient of the Michael T. Rainwater Dentist of the Year Award.  For Dr. Ryan M. Vaughn, opening a pediatric dental practice is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. He believes in focusing on the whole health of a child and puts that belief into practice in his offices by taking a reasoned and holistic approach with his patients, focusing as much on prevention as treatment. With an Applied Mathematics degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Dr. Vaughn went on to pursue his dental education at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) and performed his dental residency at MCG and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Dr. Vaughn is a board-certified pediatric dentist and is a member of many professional organizations including the Georgia Dental Association, the American Dental Association, the Hinman Dental Society, Pierre Fauchard Academy, the International College of Dentists, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.

THE MICHAEL RAINWATER DENTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD PAST RECIPIENTS
2023 - Henry B. Benson, Jr.
2022 - Robert J. O'Donnell
2021 - Tom Jagor
2020 - N/A
2019 - Roy McDonald
2018 - Donald Brown
2017 - Jeffrey A. Kendrick
2016 - Chris L. Adkins
2015 - Ben W. Jernigan, Jr
2014 - Carol M. Wolff
2013 - Douglas B. Torbush
2012 – L. Maxwell Ferguson
2011 - Jonathan S. Dubin
2010 - Bradley K. Greenway
2009 - James Granade, Jr.
2008 - Sidney R. Tourial
2007 - Richard A. Weinman
2006 - Lee B. Hawkins
2005 - Wayne E. Kerr
2004 - John F. MacNamara
2003 - Marie C. Schweinebraten
2002 - Michael T. Rainwater
2001 - Thomas H. Callahan
2000 - William F. Schroeder
1999 - Charles T. Ruhl
1998 - William B. Shropshire

1997 - David R. Graham
1996 - Suhayl Rafeedie
1995 - Richard A. Smith
1994 - D. Ronald Weathers
1993 - Roy W. Adams
1992 - Eugene F. Willis, Jr.
1991 - J. David Allen
1990 - Theodore C. Levitas
1989 - William E. Harris
1988 - Donald E. Johnson
1987 - Harold Lanier
1986 - William L. Callahan, Jr.
1985 - Rollin E. Mallernee
1984 - Joseph W. Looper
1983 - R. Stan Hopkins
1982 - Emile T. Fisher
1981 - Marvin C. Goldstein
1980 - Marvin M. Sugarman
1979 - Jack D. Rousso
1978 - Wilmer B. Eames
1976 - James R. Sherard
1975 - Mary Lynn Morgan
1974 - Irving H. Goldstein
1973 - Charles H. Smith
1972 - Lee Malone
1971 - R. Arch McEwen