Katherine (Katie) Meister Cheng ’04 is a dentist in the US Navy and is stationed in Okinawa. She and her husband Jerry have a daughter, Julia, who was born in December of 2013.

UPDATE! Katie reached out to us and provided the following news:

After graduating IWU in 2004, Katie received her degree from University of Illinois at Chicago-College of Dentistry in 2008, and later, from the Naval Postgraduate Dental School in Bethesda, MD in 2013.  She was recently awarded Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry.  According to a press release:

“The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is pleased to announce that Katherine L. Cheng, DDS, MS, FAGD, of Springfield, IL, received the association’s Fellowship Award during the AGD 2015 annual meeting, which took place June 18 to 21 in San Francisco.

 The AGD Fellowship Award is presented to dentists who seek to provide the highest quality dental care by remaining current in their profession. To earn this prestigious honor, Dr. Cheng completed 500 hours of dental continuing education, passed a comprehensive written exam, and fulfilled three years of continuous membership in the AGD.

‘We are proud to honor Dr. Cheng for her commitment in reaching this lofty goal,” says AGD Immediate Past President W. Carter Brown, DMD, FAGD. “She has distinguished herself professionally among her peers and is a role model for both her fellow dentists and the Navy Dental Corps community.'”

Katie and her husband are both serving on Active Duty in the United States Navy Dental Corps.  “We are currently assigned to 3rd Dental Battalion in Okinawa, Japan. I hold the rank of Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) and my husband, Dr. Jerry Cheng (not an IWU alum), is a Lieutenant (LT). ”

Thanks for the update, Katie! We look forward to continued updates!