College of Dentistry Faculty

Active faculty with appointments of 50% and above are listed.

Administrative Officers

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Gerard Kugel	DMD, PhD	Dean
Amir Farhangpour	DDS	Executive Associate Dean
Yun Saksena	BDSc, MMSc, DMD	Associate Dean for Education, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Merlyn W. Vogt	DDS	Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Admissions and External Relations
Sumit Yadav	DDS, MDS, PhD, MBA	Associate Dean for Research
Jodi Isom	MBA	Assistant Dean for Finance

Department of Adult Restorative Dentistry

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Gregory Bennett	BS, DDS	Department Chair, Associate Professor
Yoshiharu Ameku	BA, DDS	Vice Chair, Clinical Assistant Professor
Richard K. Bokemper	BS, DDS	Assistant Professor
Gerald Byrne	BA, BDentSc, MSD	Associate Professor
Michael J. Dowd	DDS	Clinical Instructor
Mark Driscoll	DDS	Assistant Professor
Upoma Guha	BDS, MS	Associate Professor, Director of Clinics
Robin L. Hattervig	BS, DDS	Assistant Professor
Jenna Hubacz	MDS, DMD	Assistant Professor
James Jenkins	DDS	Associate Professor
William Johnson	DDS, MS	Professor
Bradley J. Krivohlavek	DDS	Clinical Instructor
Adriana Lamounier	DDS, FACP	Associate Professor
Julie Marshall	BS, DDS, MS	Associate Professor, Director of Advanced Standing Dental Program
Nicholas Murray	DMD	Assistant Professor
Myhanh Phan-Rinne	BA, DDS	Assistant Professor
Thomas Schmidt	DDS	Clinical Instructor
Makena Sundine	DDS	Assistant Professor
Richard Williamson	DDS, MS, FACP, FICD	Associate Professor
Amanda Ribeiro Wobido	DDS, MS	Assistant Professor
Kelsey Sasse	DDS	Clinical Instructor

Department of Dental Hygiene

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Nicole M. Baker	RDH, BS, MHPTT	Assistant Professor, West Division
Jane Broekemeier	RDH, BS	Clinical Instructor
Amanda Dolen	RDH, BS, MHPTT	Assistant Professor
Noni Henderson	RDH, BS	Clinical Instructor
Todd Junge	RDH, BS	Assistant Professor
Connie Kugel	RDH, BS	Instructor, Director of Continuing Education
Emily Lindquist	RDH, BS	Clinical Instructor
Lisa Moravec	RDH, MS	Associate Professor, West Division Coordinator
Lindsay Mundil	RDH, MA	Assistant Professor
Jaimee Shropshire	RDH, BS, MHPTT	Clinical Instructor, Sealant Program Coordinator

Department of Growth and Development

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Sumit Yadav	BDS, MDS, MBA, PhD	Department Chair, Professor
Kavya Shankar Muttanahally	BDS, MDS, MDSc	Assistant Professor, Director of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology

Orthodontics Program

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Po-Jung Chen	DDS, MDS, MDentSc	Assistant Professor, Orthodontics Residency Program Director
Vaibhav Gandhi	BDS, MDS, MSD	Assistant Professor

Pediatric Dentistry Program

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Alexandra Bilunas	DDS	Assistant Professor, Postgraduate Program Director
Gail Rohlfing	DDS	Clinical Instructor
Sofia Iribarren	DDS	Assistant Professor
Zachary L. Houser	DDS	Assistant Professor

Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD)

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Jay D. Hansen	DDS	Program Director, Assistant Professor
Corinne Van Osdel	DDS	Assistant Professor
Madelyn Zastrow	DDS	Clinical Instructor

General Practice Residency Program

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Kathleen O'Brien-Ausman	DDS	Program Director, Assistant Professor
Corinne Van Osdel	DDS	Assistant Professor
Madelyn Zastrow	DDS	Clinical Instructor

Research

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Sumit Yadav	BDS, MDS, MBA, PhD	Associate Dean for Research
Sama Abdulmalik		Assistant Professor
Sangamesh Kumbar	PhD	Professor
Suranji Wijekoon	PhD	Instructor

Department of Oral Biology

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Thomas Petro	PhD	Interim Department Chair, Professor

Anatomic Sciences Section

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
TBD

Cell Biology Section

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Keith R. Johnson	BA, BEd, PhD	Professor
Benjamin Kwok	PhD	Associate Professor
Ali Nawshad	BS, MS, PhD	Professor
Gregory Oakley	BS, PhD	Professor

Microbiology/Immunology Section

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Thomas M. Petro	PhD	Professor

Oral Maxillofacial Pathology/Radiology Section

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Peter Giannini	DDS, MS	Professor
Nagamani Narayana	DMD, MS	Professor

Pharmacology Section

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Gregory Oakley	BS, PhD	Professor

Biochemistry/Physiology Section

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Larry Crouch	BSEd, MS, PhD	Associate Professor
Dona McCanlies	BS, MPE, PhD	Professor

Department of Surgical Specialties

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
J. Bruce Bavitz	DMD	Department Chair, Professor
Laura Anderson	RDH, BS	Clinical Instructor

Endodontics Program

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Hany-Anwar Makkawy	DDS	Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Endodontics
Michael McNally	DDS	Assistant Professor

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
J. Bruce Bavitz	DMD	Professor, Director of Oral Surgery

Periodontics Program

Dentistry-Administrative Offices

Name	Degree	Title
Matthew Byarlay	DDS, MS	Associate Professor, Director of Postgraduate Periodontics
Megan Christensen	RDH, BS	Assistant Professor, Co-Director Undergraduate Periodontics
Robert Cline	DDS	Assistant Professor
Amy Killeen	DDS, MS	Associate Professor
Jeffrey Payne	DDS, MDentSc	Professor
Richard Reinhardt	DDS, MS, PhD	Professor, Co-Director Undergraduate Periodontics
Gerald Tussing	DDS, MSD	Professor