‌Dean
Mark A. Reynolds, DDS, PhD

Chief of Staff
David L. George, DDS, MBA, MS

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Patricia E. Meehan, DDS

Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
Louis DePaola, DDS

Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Karen Faraone, DDS, MA

Assistant Dean for Administration and Finance
Valerie V. Sikora, MSF

Assistant Dean for Admissions and Recruitment
Monica Schneider, DDS, MS

Assistant Dean for Curriculum Innovation and Scholarship
Mark D. Macek, DDS, DrPH

Assistant Dean of Development and Alumni Affairs
Janet Wiley

Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Eleanor Fleming, DDS, PhD, MPH, FICD

Interim Assistant Dean of Research
Man-Kyo Chung, DMD, PhD

Department Chairs

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Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics
Thomas Oates, DMD, PhD

Dental Public Health
Richard J. Manski, DDS, MBA, PhD

General Dentistry
Mary Anne S. Melo, DDS, MSc, PhD, FADM (Interim Chair)

Microbial Pathogenesis
Robert K. Ernst, PhD

Neural and Pain Sciences
Richard J. Traub, PhD

Oncology and Diagnostic Science
Renty Franklin, PhD

Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery
Gary Warburton, BDS (DDS), MBChB (MD), FACS, FDSRCS

Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry
Vineet K. Dhar, Chair, BDS, PhD

Post-Graduate Specialty Programs Directors

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Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD)
Qoot Alkhubaizi, BChD, MSCR

Endodontics
Ina L. Griffin, DMD, ABE Diplomate

Oral-Maxillofacial Pathology
Rania Younis, BChD, PhD

Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery
Donita Dyalram, DDS, MD, FACS

Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Jose Antonio Bosio, BDS, MS 

Pediatric Dentistry
Vineet Dhar, professor, BDS, MDS, PhD

Periodontics
Harlan Shiau, DDS, DMed Sc

Prosthodontics
Radi Masri, DDS, MS, PhD

Executive Directors

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Executive Director of Institutional Advancement
Keith W. Groves, DMin, MPC

Executive Director of IT and Facilities Management HIPAA and IT Security Officer
Kent Buckingham, MS

Directors

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Academic Affairs
Christina Horchar

Clinical Affairs
Cynthia Idzik-Starr, DDS

Continuing Education
Keith W. Groves, DMin, MPC

Dental Hygiene Program
Suzanne Burgee, RDH, MS

Global Student Exchange Programs 
Karen Faraone, DDS
Kate Noonan, PhD

Instructional Evaluation
Mark D. Macek, DDS, DrPH

Interprofessional Activities Co-Directors
Isabel Rambob, DDS

Simulation Research and Operations
Gary D. Hack, DDS