Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
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School of Dental Medicine Faculty


Dean 

West, Karen - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; D.M.D., University of Louisville School of Dentistry; M.P.H., University of South Carolina School of Public Health.

Executive Associate Dean 

Davenport Jr., William - Full Graduate Faculty

Executive Associate Dean & Professor; B.S., University of Mississippi; M.S., University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Assessment, and Instruction

Ditmyer, Marcia - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor-in-Residence; BS: 1977: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; MBA: 1988: Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI; MS: 1993: California College for Health Sciences, San Diego, CA; Ph.D.: 2002: University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Associate Dean, Advanced Education 

Lemon, Ronald - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; D.M.D., University of Kentucky, School of Dental Medicine.

Director of Advanced Education Program in Orthodontics

Mah, James - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor-in-Residence; B.S., University of Alberta, Edmonton; D.D.S., University of Alberta, Edmonton; M.S., University of Alberta, Edmonton; DMSc., Harvard University.

Director of Advanced Education Program in Pediatrics

HughesCody - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor-in-Residence and Director of Advanced Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine; M.S., Indiana University; Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine.

Director of Advanced Education Program in General Practice Residency 

McAlpine, George

Associate Professor; B.A., University of Illinois; D.D.S., Loyola University; M.S., University of Texas, Health Sciences Center, Dental Branch and Wilford-Hall medical Center.

Chair, Department of Clinical Sciences

Saeed, Sophia 

Chair and Professor in Residence for Clinical Sciences 

Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Cappelli, David

Professor; B.S., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; M.P.H., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; D.M.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Certificate Dental Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX; Ph.D., University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX;

Associate Dean for Clinical Services 

Thiriot, Rick

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; D.D.S., University of the Pacific School of Dentistry.

Assistant Dean for Clinical Services 

Reinke, Robin

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.S., University of Puget Sound; D.D.S., University of Washington School of Dentistry; M.P.A., Keller Business School of Management of Devry University.

Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs 

Ancajas, Christine - Assistant Graduate Faculty

B.A., California State University; D.D.S., Northwestern University Dental School.

Assistant Dean for Student Services 

Everett, Rhonda - Full Graduate Faculty

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.A., University of California; D.D.S., University of Southern California, School of Dentistry; M.P.H., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Senior Executive Director of Professionalism, Inclusion, and Student Finance   

Kypuros, Christopher

B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; M.A., St. Mary’s University, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Assistant Dean for Outreach and Engagement 

Skelton, Judith - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.S., University of Louisville; M.E.D., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida.

Associate Dean for Research

Ebersole, Jeffrey

Professor; B.A Temple University, Ph.D., University of Pittsburg.
 

Graduate Faculty 

Abbatangelo, Tina

Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of SDM on Main Campus Clinic; B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; D.D.S., University of Iowa College of Dentistry.

Al-Talib, Tanya

Associate Professor-in-Residence Clinical Sciences; D.D.S., Louisiana State University School of Dentistry; Certificate of Advanced Education General Dentistry, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry.; M.S., University of North Carolina School of Dentistry.; Certificate in Orthodontics, Chapel Hill School of Dentistry.

Baca, Kristen

Assistant Professor-in-Residence of Clinical Sciences; B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Barborka, Benjamin

Assistant Professor-in-Residence, DDS: University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Certificate in Endodontics, Texas A&M College of Dentistry.

Braun, Gary

Visiting Associate Professor-in-Residence, General Practice Residency Program;  A.A., Wesley College; B.A., Drew University; D.M.D, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; M.S. University of Texas.  

Britton, Fiona

Visiting Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Biomedical Sciences  

BSc, Ulster University, Northern Ireland; PhD, Ulster University, Northern Ireland

Capurro, Antonina

Visiting Assistant Professor and State Dental Director; B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; M.P.H., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; M.B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Chrzan, Brian

Associate Professor; B.S., Utica College of Syracuse University; D.D.S, School of Dental Medicine State University of New York at Buffalo; Ph.D., School of Dental Medicine State University of New York at Buffalo.  

Chung, Eve

Visiting Assistant Professor; B.S., University of Nevada, Reno; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Danforth, Robert

Professor-in-Residence; D.D.S., Loma Linda University.

Davis, Kerry

         Visiting Associate Professor; BS, Brigham Young University, Provo UT; DDS

         University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco

 

Demopoulos, Christina

Associate Professor; Diplomate-American Board of Dental Public Health; B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; D.D.S., University of Southern California School of Dentistry; M.P.H., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

 

 

Dounis, Georgia

Professor of Clinical Sciences; D.D.S., Marquette University, School of Dentistry; M.S., Marquette University School of Dentistry.

Farfel, Elena

Assistant Professor in Residence of Clinical Sciences; B.A., University of Colorado; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Fellowship, International Academy for Dental-Facial Esthetics.

Faulkner, Davin

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.S., Brigham Young University; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Fox, Gerald

Visiting Assistant Professor; B.S., Brooklyn College; D.D.S., Temple University School of Dentistry.

Gallob, John

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.S., University of Arizona-Tucson; D.D.S., Nova Southeastern University.

Gewelber, Civon

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.A., Fordham University; D.M.D., University of the Pacific School of Dentistry.

Hamilton, Richard

Visiting Assistant Professor; M.S. The Ohio State University; D.D.S. College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University.

Haskin, Christine

Professor in Residence; B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.S., Southwest Texas State University; D.D.S., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Texas.

Hassan, Neamat

Visiting Associate Professor; B.D.S., Mansoura University, Egypt; D.S.S., University of Vienna, Austria; MDSc, Dundee University, Scotland, UK; Ph.D., Niigata University, Japan.

 

 

 

 

Hatley, Charles

Visiting Associate Professor; B.A. Eastern Kentucky University; Richmond, KY; D.M.D., University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY; Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics, Fort Gordon, GA.

Herschaft, Edward - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York; D.D.S., West Virginia University School of Dentistry; M.A., University of New Orleans.

Hillyard, Stanley - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.

Howard, Katherine - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor; B.Sc., Texas A & M University, Galveston; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin.

Hurlbut, Bernard - Full Graduate Faculty

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.A., Arizona State University; D.D.S., Baylor College of Dentistry.

Ingel, Andrew

Visiting Assistant Professor-in-Residence and Director of Continuing Education; B.S., Villanova University; M.S., Bryn Mawr College; D.M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine.

Jones, Francis

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.A., California State University; D.D.S., Meharry Medical College; M.B.A., California State University

Joyner-Tucker, Arlene

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.S., North Carolina University; D.D.S., Howard University College of Dentistry; M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles.

Kingsley, Karl - Full Graduate Faculty

Professor; B.A., New Mexico State University; B.B.A., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; M.P.H., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Laux, Ronald

Visiting Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.A., Canisius College, Buffalo NY; D.D.S. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.

Leavitt, William

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.A., Brigham Young University; M.P.A., University of Southern California; D.D.S., University of the Pacific.

Lynch, Edward

Visiting Professor; B.A. and B.DentSc, Trinity College, Dublin; Dental Surgery Fellowship, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin; Ph.D. University of London; Fellowship, International Academy for DentoFacial Esthetics; Felloship American Society for Dental Aesthetics.

Martin, Bob- Assistant Graduate Faculty

Visiting Professor of Orthodontics; B.S., Bridgewater College; D.D.S., Medical College of Virginia.

Morgenstern, Jay

Visiting Assistant Professor for Clinical Sciences; BS: 1980: Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, DMD: 1983: Tufts University, Boston MA

Nelson, Stanley

Professor; B.S., Albion College; D.D.S., University of Michigan School of Dentistry; M.S., University of Michigan School of Dentistry.

Neubauer, Michael

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.S., University of California; D.D.S., University of California; M.S., University of Iowa.

Nguyen, Linh

Visiting Assistant Professor; M.S. of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Ord, David

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.S., Brigham Young University; D.D.S., University of Southern California.

Orr II, Daniel

Professor-in-Residence and Maxillofacial Surgery; B.S., Brigham Young University; D.D.S., University of Southern California School of Dentistry; M.S., University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology; Ph.D., Columbia Pacific University; J.D., William Howard Taft University School of Law; M.D., University of Health Sciences, Antigua School of Medicine.

Phipps, Flora Monique

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.S., Hampton University; D.D.S., Virginia Commonwealth University.

Polanski, Joshua

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.A., Washington University in St. Louis; M.A., University of Iowa, Ph.D., University of Iowa.

 Raz, Galya

Visiting Assistant Professor; B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis; D.M.D. University of Nevada, Las Vegas; M.S. and Certificate in Periodontics, University of California, Los Angeles.

Richert, Jordan 

Assistant Professor in Residence Clinical Sciences; BS: 2006: Arizona State University, MPH with Dental Emphasis: 2012: Arizona State University, DMD: 2013: A.T. Still University, School of Health Management, MS: 2016: A.T. Still University, Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, Certificate in Periodontics: 2016: Texas A&M University, Baylor College of Dentistry 

Rohani, Mahzarine 

Assistant Professor in Residence 

Rosenbaum, George

Visiting Assistant Professor; BS: 1972: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, DDS: 1976: Loyola School of Dentistry, Maywood, Illinois

Rothbart, Jonathan

Associate Professor-in-Residence; A.B., Brandeis University; D.M.D., Boston University Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry.

Sanders IV, Owen

Associate Professor-in-Residence; B.S., Brigham Young University, D.M.D., Temple University.

Sanders, R. Michael

Professor and Interim Director Faculty Practice; D.M.D.,College of Medicine and Dentistry; Ed.M., Rutgers University; M.P.H., Robert Woods Johnson Medical School.

Schoen, Richard

Visiting Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences; BA: 1967: University of California, Los Angeles, DDS: 1971: Loyola University, Chicago, IL

Seran, Clifford - Full Graduate Faculty

S., Bucknell University; D.M.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Schoen, Richard

Visiting Assistant Professor; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; D.D.S., Loyola University.

Shan, Allen

Visiting Assistant Professor; B.S., University of Nevada, Reno; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Reno.

Thompson, Valerie

Assistant Professor; B.A., California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Webberson, Michael

Assistant Professor-in-Residence; B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; D.D.S., Creighton University School of Dentistry.

Woo, Victoria

Professor-in-Residence; D.D.S., University of Western Ontario.

Zhou, Wenlian

Associate Professor; D.D.S., Beijing Medical University School of Stomatology General Dentistry; Ph.D., Peking University Health Science Center, School of Stomatology Orthodontics; D.M.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Dental Medicine; M.P.H. University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Community Health Services.

Ziada, Hassan

Visiting Associate Professor for Clinical Science