About the Faculty

College of Dentistry Faculty Listing (.50 FTE and above)

UNMC College of Dentistry faculty are recognized nationally for providing outstanding classroom and clinical education and cutting edge research that results in talented practitioners who deliver the highest quality of oral health services to patients throughout the region and beyond. Faculty are arranged by department and alphabeticallyby last name.

Adult Restorative Dentistry	Oral Biology
General dentistry, biomaterials, operative dentistry, prosthodontics, temporomandibular disorders Henry A. St. Germain, Jr., Department Chair	Biomedical sciences, behavioral sciences, practice management, radiology, oral pathology, biomonitoring, public health David H. Shaw, Department Chair
Omaid Ahmad \| Prosthodontics, radiology Yoshiharu Ameku \| General dentistry Ronald Attanasio \| Prosthodontics, TMD Mark W. Beatty \| Dental materials, biomaterials Gerard Byrne \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry David A. Covey \| Operative Mary Lynn Froeschle \| Clinical diagnosis Larry D. Haisch \| Operative Paul A. Hansen \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry Thomas E. Heuke \| Priority care James F. Jenkins \| Faculty practice William W. Johnson \|Biomaterials Jennifer K. Kallio \| Priority care Bongok Kim \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry Julie A. Marshall \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry Myhanh T. Phan-Rinne \| General dentistry Myron L. Pudwill \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry John W. Reinhardt \| Dean of College \| Operative Henry A. St. Germain, Jr. \| Operative Ernest W. Sigler \| Geriatric, special patient care Joan E. Sivers \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry Hidehiko Watanabe \| Operative	David G. Brown \| Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Larry D. Crouch \| Biochemistry, physiology David G. Dunning \| Practice management Dennis E. Feely \| Histology Eric Y.K. Fung \| Pharmacology, therapeutics Peter J. Giannini \| Oral pathology Shawneen M. Gonzalez \|Dental radiology Stanton D. Harn \| Anatomy Dona J. Housh \| Physiology Keith R. Johnson \| Cellular signaling Brian M. Lange \| Behavioral science, service learning Kim K. McFarland \|Dental public health Nagamani Narayana \| Oral pathology Ali Nawshad \| Cellular signaling Gregory G. Oakley \| DNA damage and repair Aimin Peng \| Cell cycle regulation Thomas M. Petro \| Immunology David H. Shaw \| Pharmacology, therapeutics James K. Wahl \| Cellular signaling
Surgical Specialties	Growth and Development
Endodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, implant dentistry J. Bruce Bavitz, Department Chair	Orthodontics, dentofacial orthopedics, pediatric dentistry Jillian Wallen, Department Chair
Fahd Alsalleeh \| Endodontics J. Bruce Bavitz \| Oral surgery, implant dentistry Matthew R. Byarlay \| Periodontics, implant dentistry Darrell J. Ebke \| Oral surgery Tom G. Gound \| Endodontics Jennifer A. Harn \| Co-Director Undergraduate Periodontic Clinic Wayne B. Kaldahl \| Periodontics Amy C. Killeen \| Periodontics Hany M. Makkawy \| Endodontics Jeffrey B. Payne \| Periodontics Richard A. Reinhardt \| Periodontics G. Lane Stephenson \| Endodontics Gerald J. Tussing \| Periodontics Merlyn Vogt \| Endodontics	Timothy M. Durham \| Assistant Dean for Patient Services, Quality Officer Scott A. Hamilton \| Pediatric dentistry Alan L. Hergenrader \| General dentistry Sundaralingam Premaraj \| Orthodontics Thyagaseely (Sheela) Premaraj \| Orthodontics Peter M. Spalding \| Orthodontics Jillian Wallen \| Department Chair, pediatric dentistry
Dental Hygiene
Gwen Hlava, Department Chair
Caren M. Barnes \| Research methodology Darlene F. Carritt \| Senior clinical technique Amanda M. Clark \| Junior & senior clinic Nicole M. Baker \| Clinical instructor, Gering, NE Heather M. Hessheimer \| Junior & senior clinic coordinator Todd N. Junge \| Junior & senior clinic Gwen L. Hlava \| Department Chair Lisa J. Moravec \| Program coordinator, Gering, NE Lindsay K. Mundil \| Medical emergencies, Junior & senior clinic Brenda D. Utecht \| Dental anatomy, community dental health
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Faculty, alphabetical, by last name
A - C
Ahmad, Omaid Alsalleeh, Fahd Ameku, Yoshiharu Attanasio, Ronald	Baker, Nicole Barnes, Caren Bavitz, J. Bruce Beatty, Mark Brown, David Byarlay, Matthew Byrne, Gerard	Carritt, Darlene Clark, Amanda Covey, David Crouch, Larry
D - G
Dunning, David Timothy M. Durham	Ebke, Darrell	Feely, Dennis Froeschle, Mary Lynn Fung, Eric	Giannini, Peter Gonzalez, Shawneen Gound, Tom
H - M
Haisch, Larry Scott A. Hamilton Hansen, Paul Harn, Jennifer Harn, Stanton Alan L. Hergenrader Hessheimer, Heather Heuke, Thomas Hlava, Gwen Housch, Dona	Jenkins, James Johnson, Keith Johnson, William Junge, Todd	Kallio, Jennifer Killeen, Amy Kim, Bongkok Lange, Brian	Marshall, Julie Makkawy, Hany McFarland, Kim Moravec, Lisa Mundil, Lindsay
N - R
Narayana, Nagamani Nawshad, Ali	Oakley, Gregory	Payne, Jeffrey Peng, Aimin Petro, Thomas Phan-Rinne, Myhanh Sundaralingam Premaraj Thyagaseely (Sheela) Premaraj Pudwill, Myron	Reinhardt, John, Dean of College Reinhardt, Richard
S - Z
Shaw, David Sigler, Ernest Sivers, Joan Spalding, Peter St. Germain, Henry Stephenson, G. Lane	Tussing, Gerald Utecht, Brenda Vogt, Merlyn	Wahl, James Watanabe, Hidehiko Wallen, Jillian
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Departments

About the Faculty

College of Dentistry Faculty Listing (.50 FTE and above)

Adult Restorative Dentistry

Oral Biology

Surgical Specialties

Growth and Development

Dental Hygiene

Faculty, alphabetical, by last name