The University of Maryland School of Dentistry would like to thank the professionals who generously volunteer as members of the Dean’s Faculty, offering their time, energy, and expertise to the next generation of oral health leaders. The Dean’s Faculty has grown from about 40 volunteers a year to more than 200.

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Abdula-Lessing, Sunia, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Ackerman, Ronald I., DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Akinrefon, Oluwayemisi Titilayo, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Aldahmash, Sara, BDS, MS, Didactic Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Alexander, Guy, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Al Haydar, Bana, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Atapour, Roghieh, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

 

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Barron, Thomas, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Becker, Steven, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Dental Public Health

Beheshti, Reza, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Behnia, Ali, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endodontics

Benavent, Harry, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Berman, Louis, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Endodontics

Blasi, Ignacio, DDS, Lecturer, Division of Orthodontics

Blasi-Berlain, Gonzalo, DDS, Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Bloom, Sheldon, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Brenchley, Laurie, RDH, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene

Brill, Warren, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Brotman, Sol, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Neural Pain Sciences

Brown, Ashley, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Burk, Saul, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Orthodontics

Bylis, Paul, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Byrd, Kevin, DDS, Lecturer, Department of General Dentistry

 

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Cartee, Deborah, RDH, Clinical Associate Professor, Dental Hygiene

Casper, Jerome, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Chalmers, Natalia, DDS, Lecturer, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Chang, Richard, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Orthodontics

Chen, Charles, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Cho, Aleah, DDS, MBA, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry 

Cohen, Harvey, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Colangelo, Gary, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Dental Public Health

Coll, James, DMD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Corcoran, Paul, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Cylus, Grant, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

 

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Dancykier, Nathaniel, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Prosthodontics

Daulat, Wendy, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Davis, Nneka, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Davis, Ronald, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Dianat, Seyed Omid, DDS, Didactic Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Diaz, Richard, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

DiFabio, Vincent, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery

Doring, Charles, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Drewyer, Douglas, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Dunphy, Shannon, RDH, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene

Dworkin, Allan M., DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Dye, Bruce, DDS, Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

 

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Eghtesadi, Ali, DDS, MBA, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Elrafei, Karim, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Elyassi, Ali, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery

Eyoma, Ekpa, DDS, MPH, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

 

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Fakhari, Fazel, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Faraone, Karen, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Prosthodontics

Feldman, Sylvan, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Periodontics

 

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Gandel, Stephen, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Garner, James, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Ghane, Farnaz, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Ghita, Ioana, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Gillis, Edward, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Gordon, David, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery

Greig-Moore, Elizabeth, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

 

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Harmon, David, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Hartman, Michael, DMD, MD, Clinical Instructor, Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery

Hayden, Curtis, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Orthodontics

Heher, Joseph, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Hershko, Gal, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry 

Hoch, Daniel, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Horner, Robert "Mark", DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Horng, Andrew, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Hsu, Michael, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Prosthodontics

Huang, Peterson, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Prosthodontics

Hyatt, Julius, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery

Hyman, Fred, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Dental Public Health

 

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Jang, Jae, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Prosthodontics

Jarvis, Jeffrey, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Orthodontics

Ji, Chao, BDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Jimenez, Beverly, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

 

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Katkow, Eric, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Katz, Susan, RDH, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene

Khang, Wahn, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Periodontics

Kleinman, Dushanka, DDS, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Kleinman, Michael, DDS, Didactic Instructor Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Kneib-Baker, Morgan, DMD, RDH, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Koymen, Hakan, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Kravitz, Joseph, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Prosthodontics

Kravitz, Neal, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Kushner, Melvin, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

 

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Lara, Bryan, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Lee, Alan Wonhee, DDS, MS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Lee, Cameron, DMD, Didactic Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Lee, Henry, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Leon, Lili, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene

Levin, Martin, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Endodontics

Li, Xiang, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Liang, Christopher, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Linn, Ryan, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Luk, Tammy, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Lustman, Morris, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

 

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Maas, William, DDS, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Mahoney, Erin, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Orthodontics 

Mannan, Sauarbh, Didactic Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Manski, Marion, RDH, MS, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Dental Hygiene

Markin, Philip, DDS, MS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Markova, Christiana, DMD, Lecturer, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Masih, Darianna, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Mazza, David, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of General Dentistry

McGuire, Patricia, RDH, BS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene

McNinch, Eugene, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Meredith, John, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Miginsky, Elaine, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Miller, Jacob, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Gerneral Dentistry

Moiseiwitsch, Julian, BDS, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Endodontics

Morris, Charles, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Moutsopoulos, Niki, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Periodontics

Murphy, Kevin, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Periodontics

 

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Nadarajah, Sathiyanathan, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Noguera, Angela, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Noppinger, Robert, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Nosrat, Ali, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

 

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Obeid, Youssef, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Prosthodontics

Okamoto, Yutaka, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

 

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Paik, Kristopher, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery

Palmieri, Gilbert, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Park, Si-Woon, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Prosthodontics

Passaniti, Mary, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences

Pawlak, Kathryn, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Pincus, Harold, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Posnick, Jeffrey, DDS, Clinical Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Powers, John, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Preis, Frederick, DDS, Clinical Professor, Division of Orthodontics

 

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Quezada, Nicole, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

 

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Raderman, Michael, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Rafat, Roham, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Rattner, Steven, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Rethman, Michael, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Periodontics

Ritter, Thomas, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Rivera, Elias, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Prosthodontics

Rofe, Shuyan, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Rosen, Paul, DMD, Clinical Professor, Division of Periodontics

Rosenthal, Barry, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Rostami, Arash, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics

 

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Saini, Tarun, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Orthodontics

Saini, Viney, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Sawchuk, John, DDS, FAGD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Schlossberg, Richard, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Schneider, S. Craig, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endodontics

Schneiderman, MaryAnn, RDH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Dental Hygiene

Seminowicz, David, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences

Serio, Francis, DMD, Clinical Professor, Department of General Dentistry

Seung, Juheon, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Shahegh, Mohammad, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Shahry, Nahid, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Sharif, Shohreh DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Sheer, Stuart, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Shelton, Preston, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Shires, Paul, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Sidhu, Indra, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Siegel, Victor, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Simon, Carl, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Division of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Singh, Tanvir, DDS, MS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Sivakumar, T.P., BDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Slevin, Terry, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Snydman, Harry, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Soleymanzadeh, Ahad, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Periodontics

Spector, Leonard, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Dental Public Health

Stanhope, Colin, DDS, MD, Clinical Instructor, Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery

Stasak, Marina, RDH, MPH, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene 

Stiles, Dennis, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Strassler, Howard, DMD, Professor, Department of General Dentistry

Sun, Di, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery,

Sun, Jirun, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Department of Biomaterials

Suzuki, Jon, DDS, Clinical Professor, Division of Periodontics

Sydney, Sheldon, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Periodontics

 

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Talwar, Garima, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Prosthodontics

Tate, Haley, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry 

Thackenkary, Renju, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Tigani, Robert, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Tigani, Stephen, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Orthodontics

Tinanoff, Norman, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry

Tong, James, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Torabinejad, Mahmoud, DMD, Professor, Division of Endodontics

Trattner, Bradley, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of General Dentistry and Division of Endodontics

Turner, Amanda, RDH, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene

 

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Valega, Margaret, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Van-Dinh, Kim-Thi, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Verma, Devender, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Verma, Prashant, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Endodontics

Vernon, Maya, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Virden, Jordan, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

 

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Wagner, Mark, DDS, Professor Emeritus, Department of Dental Public Health and Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Wahle, William, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Prosthodontics

Walker, Ian, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

Wang, Sheng, DDS, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Neural Pain Sciences 

Watson, Maria Rosa, DDS, MS, DrPH, Clinical Professor, Department of Dental Public Health

West, Brandon, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics 

Whitaker, George, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

Williman, Robin, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene

Woods, Julian, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health

 

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Yen, Chihwen "Alec", DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Periodontics

Yousefi, Raha, DDS Clinical Instructor, Division of Periodontics

Zada, Lobna, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

Zamani, Mehdi, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry

 

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