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Jade Sutton
Administrative Assistant II
Dean’s Faculty, effective July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
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
Alshami, Haider, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry
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
Cohan, Barry, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Public Health
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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Elrafei, Karim, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry
Elyassi, Ali, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery
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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
Fink, Fred, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics
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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
Gorman, Louis, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Dental Public Health
Greig-Moore, Elizabeth, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry
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Hager, Jennie, RDH, Clinical Instructor, Division of Dental Hygiene
Harmon, David, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Orthodontics
Hartman, Michael, DMD, MD, Clinical Instructor, Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery
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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Ivaniv, Ivanna, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Prosthodontics
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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Kang, Mary, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry
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
Kohn, Shari, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry
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
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
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
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
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Paik, Kristopher, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
Palmieri, Gilbert, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of General Dentistry
Park, Dong, DDS, MS, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Periodontics
Park, Si-Woon, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Division of Prosthodontics
Passaniti, Mary, DDS, Clinical Instructor, Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences
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
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
Shroff, Deven, DMD, Clinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric 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
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
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
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