Dr Maha Ahmad teaches anatomy courses to dental, dental hygiene graduate students. Additional responsibilities include advising and mentoring students. She has received several teaching awards. Ahmad has many research interests including educational research, head and neck anatomy and salivary research. She received her Ph.D. in 2005 in Anatomy and Cell Biology from University of Illinois at Chicago. She joined the university in 2012.

To provide an overview of the organization of the brain and spinal cord, cranial nerves, branches, structure and their functions. To trace and understand motor and sensory pathways. Integrate this knowledge into clinical situations in dentistry. 

At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Understand dental pain causes and mechanisms of actions.
• Learn how our brains are perceiving and processing pain.
• To trace and understand pain pathways.

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