Departmental Leadership

Mary Anne Melo, DDS, M.Sc, PhD Mary Anne Melo, DDS, M.Sc, PhD, FADM

Mary Anne Melo, DDS, M.Sc, PhD, FADM
Department Chair
Professor
Director of Operative Dentistry 

Office 3201
Telephone: 410-706-8705
Email: mmelo@umaryland.edu

Nisha Ganesh, DDS, MEd
Vice Chair

Clinical Associate Professor
Director of Predoctoral Education in General Dentistry
CDCA Exam Coordinator

Office 3205
Telephone: 410-706-1674
Email: nganesh@umaryland.edu

 

Faculty

Sami Arulha DDS

Sami Abu-Alhuda DDS, MS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice
Office 1469 
Email: Salhuda@umaryland.edu  

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Yvette Alaina

Yvette Alania, DDS, MSc, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Operative Dentistry & Cariology
Office 3206
Telephone: 410-706-0550
Email: yalania@umaryland.edu

 

Qoot Alkhubaizi, BSc, BChD, MFDRCS, Irel, MS, ABGD

Qoot Alkhubaizi, BSc, BChD, MFDRCS, Irel, MS, ABGD
Program Director - Clinical Associate Professor
Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Office 2213
Telephone: 410-706-0741
Fax: 410-706-0740
Email: qalkhubaizi@umaryland.edu

 

 

 

 

Fotini Anagnostopoulos-King, DMD

Fotini Anagnostopoulos-King, DMD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Operative Dentistry & Cariology
Office 5253
Telephone: 410-706-2254
Fax: 410-706-7745
Email: fking@umaryland.edu

 

Dr. Guilherme Arossi

Guilherme Arossi, DDS, MSc, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Office 2208
Telephone: 410-706 7919
Email: garossi@umaryland.edu

Douglas Barnes, DDS, MS

Douglas Barnes, DDS, MS
Professor
Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Office 1304
Telephone: 410-706-7961
Fax: 410-706-7745
Email: dbarnes@umaryland.edu

 

Jeffrey Behar, DDS

Jeffrey Behar, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Office 2202
Telephone: 410-706-7146
Email: jbehar@umaryland.edu

Daniel Cheng, DDS

Daniel Cheng, DDS
Division of General Practice 
Office 1464
Telephone: 410-706-1933
Email: dcheng@umaryland.edu

 

 

Stanley Cohen, DDS 
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice 
Office 1467
Email: scohen@umaryland.edu

SteLisa D'Affronte, DDS

Lisa D'Affronte, DDS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice 
Office 1464
Telephone: 410-706-3194
Fax: 410-706-7745
Email: ldaffronte@umaryland.edu

 

Stephanie Dennison, DDS

Stephanie Dennison, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice 
Office 1465
Telephone: 410-706-3796
Email: sdennison1@umaryland.edu

 

Eve Desai, DDS

Eve Desai, DDS
Senior Instructor
Division of General Practice
Office 1462
Telephone: 410-706-2692
Email: edesai@umaryland.edu

Nileshkumar Dubey, BDS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice 
Office: 3206
Telephone: 410-706-0805
Email: ndubey@umaryland.edu

 

 

Barry Edland

Barry Edland, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice
Office: 5353
Telephone: 410-706-0741
Email: bedland@umaryland.edu

 

 

Adam Eisner, DDS

Adam Eisner, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Office 2211
Telephone: 410-706-7538
Fax: 410-706-0740
Email: aeisner@umaryland.edu

Ekpa Eyoma, DDS

Ekepa Eyoma, DDS, MPH, DPH
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice
Office 5353
Email: eeyoma1@umaryland.edu

Howard Freundlich, DDS

Howard Freundlich, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice
Office 1474
Telephone: 410-706-0416
Email: hfreundlich@umaryland.edu

 

 

Dr. Isadora Garcia

Isadora Garcia, DDS, MSc, PhD 
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Operative Dentistry & Cariology
Office 3206
Telephone: 410-706-7260
Email: igarcia1@umaryland.edu

 

Philip Gentry, DDS, FAGD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice - Shady Grove
Office 2154E
Telephone: 240-665-6700
Email: pgentry@umaryland.edu

 

Mona Gorman

Mona Gorman, DDS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice 
Office 1470
Telephone: 410-706-3598
Fax: 410-706-7745
Email: mgorman@umaryland.edu

 

Denise Halliburton, DDS

Denise Halliburton, DDS, MS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice 
Office 5353
Telephone: 410-706-7260
Email: dhalliburton@umaryland.edu

 

Negar Homayounfar, DDS 
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice - Shady Grove 
Office: 2154B
Telephone: 240 665-6712
Email: NHomayounfar@UMaryland.edu

 

Joyce Huey, DDS, M.Ed, FICD

Joyce Huey, DDS, M.Ed, FICD
Assistant Professor
Division of Operative Dentistry & Cariology
Office 6269
Telephone: 410-706-0017
Email: jhuey@umaryland.edu

 

 

 

Priyam Jani BDS,MS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice
Office 1462
Phone 4106065985
Email: pjani1@umaryland.edu

 

Kamila Kantovitz, DDS, MS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice
Office: 1461
Telephone: 410-706-0548
Email: kkantovitz@umaryland.edu

 

Halima Karim, DDS, FAGD, FACD 
Director & Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice - Shady Grove 
Office: 2154B
Telephone: 240 665-6701
Email: hkarim1@umaryland.edu

 

Mark Keiser, DDS

Mark Keiser, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice
Office 5353
Telephone: 410-706-0416
Email: mkeiser@umaryland.edu

 

Ramsay Koury, DMD

Ramsay Koury, DMD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice 
Office 1458
Telephone: 410-706-3599
Fax: 410-706-7745
Email: rkoury@umaryland.edu

 

Photo of Herb Mendelson, DDS

Herbert Mendelson, DDS
Clinical Instructor,

Director of Implant Dentistry
CE Continuum Course 
Office 5353
Telephone: 410-706-0741
Email: hmendelson@umaryland.edu

 

Deborah Miller, DDS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice - Shady Grove
Office 2154E
Telephone: 240-665-6707
Email: dmiller@umaryland.edu

 

 

Andre Moran, DDS 
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice - Shady Grove 
Office: 2154B
Telephone: 240 665-6702
Email: amoran-corpeno@umaryland.edu

 

Dr. Andrea Morgan

Andrea Morgan, DDS, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Operative Dentistry & Cariology
Office 6308
Telephone: 410-706-8134
Email: amorgan@umaryland.edu

 

 

Carl Oppenheim, DDS

Carl Oppenheim, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice 

Office 1459
Telephone: 410-706-0741
Email: coppenheim@umaryland.edu

Christina Platia Chroniger, DDS

Christina L. Platia Chroniger, DDS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of General Practice 
Office 1460
Telephone: 410-706-4141
Fax: 410-706-7745
Email: cplatia@umaryland.edu

 

Sarah Rollor, DDS

Sarah Rollor, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice 
Office 1468
Telephone: 410-706-7060
Email: srollor1@umaryland.edu

 

Mohamed Shabayek, BDsc, Msc, PhD

Mohamed Shabayek, BDsc, Msc, PhD
Assistant Professor - Clinical Assistant Professor 
Division of Operative Dentistry & Cariology
Office 5255
Telephone: 410-706-7286
Email: mshabayek@umaryland.edu

 

strassler

Howard Strassler, DMD

Emeritus Professor
Division of Operative Dentistry & Cariology

Office 3204
Telephone: 410-706-7551
Email: hstrassler@umaryland.edu

 

 

Michael White, DDS

Michael White, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice 
Office 5353
Email: mwhite2@umaryland.edu

Robert R. Windsor, DDS, FICD

Robert Windsor, DDS, FICD
Director of Clinical Operations
Division of General Practice 
Office 5215
Telephone: 410-706-7220
Email: rwindsor@umaryland.edu

Kwan Wongse-Sanit, DDS

Kwan Wongse-Sanit, DDS
Clinical Instructor
Division of General Practice 

Office 1466
Telephone: 410-706-4023
Email: ksanit@umaryland.edu

 

Dean's Faculty 

  • Luz Abrera-Crum, Clinical Instructor
  • Nader Afgan, Clinical Instructor
  • Behnaz Bagheri, General Dentist
  • William Barrett, Clinical Instructor
  • Jeffrey Behar, General Dentist
  • Herbert Benavent, Clinical Instructor
  • Joseph Benderson, Clinical Instructor
  • Keith Boenning, Prosthodontist
  • Charles Brandenburg, Clinical Instructor
  • Jay Browne, Clinical Instructor
  • Paul Bylis, General Dentist
  • Irene Chang, Clinical Instructor
  • Kyong Choe, Periodontist
  • Harvey Cohen, General Dentist
  • Howard Cohen, Endodontist
  • Grant Cylus, General Dentist
  • Richard Diaz, Clinical Instructor
  • Tamara Dulan, Clinical Instructor
  • Barry Edland, Clinical Instructor
  • Henry Fasteau, Clinical Instructor
  • Eva Fiastro, Clinical Instructor
  • Howard Freundlich, Clinical Instructor
  • Daniel Fried, Clinical Instructor
  • Adam Frieder, General Dentist
  • Philip Gentry, clinical assistant professor
  • Philip Gentry, General Dentist
  • A. Gary Goodman, General Dentist
  • Stuart Gordon, clinical assistant professor
  • Frank Grosso, Clinical Instructor
  • Katherine Hashimoto, Clinical Instructor
  • Kim Haskell, Clinical Instructor
  • Joseph Heher, Clinical Instructor
  • Jerry Kilian, Clinical Instructor
  • Marvin Leventer, Dental Anesthesiology
  • David Mazza, General Dentist
  • Herbert Mendelson, General Dentist
  • Elain Miginsky, Clinical Instructor
  • Barry Murphy, Clinical Instructor
  • Kevin Noall, Clinical Instructor
  • Se Lim Oh, Periodontist
  • Gilbert Palmieri, General Dentist
  • Mary Passaniti, Clinical Instructor
  • Mervyn Pinerman, General Dentist
  • John Powers, General Dentist
  • Christopher Puglisi, Clinical Instructor
  • David Querido, Clinical Instructor
  • Steven Rattner, General Dentist
  • Robert Sachs, Perio/Prosthodontist
  • Peter Samuels, Clinical Instructor
  • Robert Sanker, Clinical Instructor
  • John Savukinas, General Dentist
  • Mohammad Shahegh, General Dentist
  • Nahid Shahry, General Dentist
  • Robert Shub, General Dentist
  • Victor Siegel, General Dentist
  • David Steiner, Clinical Instructor
  • Marie Stiles, Clinical Instructor
  • Dennis Stiles, General Dentist
  • David Stover, Clinical Instructor
  • Gary Swiec, Periodontist
  • Martin Taubenfeld, Clinical Instructor
  • Alexandra Thomson, Clinical Instructor
  • Bradley Trattner, Endodontist
  • Nancy Ward, Clinical Instructor
  • Erin Wolfson, Clinical Instructor
  • Mehdi Zamani, General Dentist

Staff

Kelsey Fitzpatrick

Kelsey Fitzpatrick, Jr.
Office Manager
Department of General Dentistry

Office 3201
Telephone: 410-706-5339
Email: kfitzpatrick2@umaryland.edu

 

Antoinette Fields

Toni Saunders
Program Administrative Specialist
Advanced Education in General Dentistry

Office 4228
Telephone: 410-706-0844
Email: tsaunders@umaryland.edu

Mary Travers

Mary Travers 
Division Coordinator 
Division of Operative Dentistry
Office 5255
Phone: 410-706-7680
Email: mtravers@umaryland.edu

Sharon Hutchins
Clinical Education Coordinator
Department of General Dentistry
Office 5350
Telephone: 410-706-2965
Email: shutchins@umaryland.edu

Tom Rivera, DMD, MPH Candidate
Academic Coordinator
Department of General Dentistry
Office 5350
Telephone: 410-706-3937
Email: trivera@umaryland.edu