Administration & Faculty

Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs: Dr. Tariq Javed
Assistant Dean of Student Success: Dr. Lindsey Hamil
Director of Student Life and Engagement: Mrs. Katy Burt
Director of Student Recruitment: Dr. Gwendolyn Brown

Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs: Dr. Joseph Gambacorta
Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs: Dr. Karen McPherson
Director of Dental Faculty Practice: Dr. Douglas Alterman

Chief Operations Officer: Dr. Sorin Teich
Dental Director, Nexton: Dr. Hee Young Hwang
Dental Director, West Ashley Medical Pavilion: Dr. Albert Natelli

Dean: Dr. Sarandeep Huja

Director of the Dean’s Office and Strategic Initiatives: Mrs. Megan Brand

Interim Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration: Ms. Meghan Herbert
Director of Development/Alumni Affairs: Ms. Stephanie D. Oberempt
Director of Information Technology: Mr. Adrian Tippens
Director of Dental Billing: Mr. Tom Schueller
Director of Communications and Marketing: Ms. Alyssa Glazener

Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs: Dr. Mark Miller

Assistant Dean for Innovation: Dr. Fabio Rizzante

Division Chief: Dr. Martin Steed

Section of oral and maxillofacial surgery
Director, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program: Dr. Mark Miller
Part-Time Faculty: Dr. Patrick Dolan, Dr. Lynn Fader, Dr. John Torchia, Dr. Karen Robinson

Oral and maxillofacial surgery residency program

Graduate Digital Dentistry
Interim Director, Digital Dentistry Graduate Program: Dr. John Ference

Digital dentistry residency

Orthodontics
Section Head, Orthodontics: Dr. Timothy Tremont
Interim Director, Orthodontics Residency Program: Dr. Timothy Tremont
Full-Time Faculty: Dr. Sarandeep Huja
Part-Time Faculty: Dr. Juan Faja-Fernandez, Dr. Roland Fulcher, Dr. Roberta Gardner, Dr. Bryan Green, Dr. Loring Ross

Orthodontics residency

Pediatric Dentistry
Section Head, Pediatric Dentistry: Dr. Deirdre Williams
Director, Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program: Dr. Hannah Rustin
Part-Time Faculty: Dr. Jennifer Berwick, Dr. Erin Nichols, Dr. Katherine Renne, Dr. Steven Shapiro

Pediatric dentistry residency

Division Chief: Dr. Hua-Hong (Ben) Chien

Periodontics

Director, Periodontics Residency Program: Dr. Michael Cuenin
Full-Time Faculty: Dr. Pinar Emecen-Huja, Dr. Robert Gellin, Dr. Tariq Javed, Dr. Renata Leite, Dr. Abhiram Maddi
Part-Time Faculty: Dr. Mona Ellis, Dr. David Ivey, Dr. Lawrence Weir

Periodontics residency program

Dean Emeritus: Dr. John J. Sanders

Professor Emeritus: Dr. Edward Herschaft, Dr. Brad Neville, Dr. Curtis Wise

Division Chief: Dr. Luis Yepes

Endodontics

Director, Endodontics Residency Program: Dr. Michael Cotter
Part-Time Faculty: Dr. Julian Wade Nichols

Endodontics residency program

Director, Urgent Care Clinic: Dr. Luis Yepes

Division Chief: Dr. Joni Nelson
Director, Special Needs Clinic: Dr. Michelle Ziegler
Director, Ryan White Clinic: Dr. Amanda Gregory
Deputy Director, Center for Rural Oral Health Research and Community Engagement, Marion Campus: Dr. Amah Riley
Full-Time Faculty: Dr. Lindsey Hamil, Dr. Julie Marshall

Population oral health programs, outreach and research

Basic science research

Director, Gnotobiotic Animal Core - Center for Oral Health Research: Dr. Caroline Westwater
Full-Time Faculty:  Dr. Andrew Jakymiw, Dr. Subramanya Pandruvada, Dr. Hai Yao, Dr. Özlem Yilmaz, Dr. Hong Yu
Part-Time Faculty: Dr. Jessica Hathaway-Schrader

Interdisciplinary biomedical programs

Interim Division Chief: Dr. Tina Woods

Oral Medicine and Radiology
Full-Time Faculty: Dr. Farzad Nourollah-Zadeh, Dr. Sonali Rathore, Dr. Natalia Trehan, Dr. Robert Utsman

Oral pathology
Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: Dr. Angela Yoon
Full-Time Faculty: Dr. Tina Woods

Professor Emeritus: Dr. Robert Draughn

Interim Division Chief: Dr. Dalton Wilson
Director, Pre-Doctoral Dentistry Clinic: Dr. Ray Kessler
Director, Removable Prosthodontics Clinic: Dr. Dalton Wilson
Director, Implant Prosthodontics Clinic: Dr. Guilherme Moura
Full-Time Faculty: Dr. Merve Benli, Dr. Monica Cayouette, Dr. John Ference, Dr. Pongsakorn Poovarodom, Dr. Fabio Rizzante, Dr. Jacqueline Medina, Dr. Concepcion Barboza
Part-Time Faculty: Dr. Casey Bennett, Dr. Olga Hahn

Division Chief: Dr. James Loe
Director, Advanced Education in General Dentistry Residency Program: Dr. Michael Garvin
Full-Time Faculty: Dr. Douglas Alterman,Dr. Hee Young Hwang, Dr. Jeffrey Kirk, Dr. Robert Lowe, Dr. Karen McPherson, Dr. Albert Natelli, Dr. Leonard Sclafani, Dr. George (Perry) Stamatiades, Dr. Sorin Teich, Dr. Jompobe Vuthiganon,

Part-Time Faculty: Dr. Jeff Bayme, Dr. Mullen Coover, Dr. Christie Moody

Advanced education in general dentistry residency program

Professor Emeritus: Dr. Edward Collins, Dr. Peter Kobes, Dr. Stephen Malley, Dr. S. Theodore McGill, Dr. Elizabeth Pilcher, Dr. James Rivers, Dr. W. Dan Sneed, Dr. Edward Welsh