About the Faculty | College of Dentistry | University of Nebraska Medical Center

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 alphabetically by last name.

Adult Restorative Dentistry	Oral Biology
General dentistry, biomaterials, operative dentistry, prosthodontics, temporomandibular disorders Julie A. Marshall, Interim Department Chair	Biomedical sciences, behavioral sciences, practice management, radiology, oral pathology, biomonitoring, public health David H. Shaw, Department Chair
Yoshiharu Ameku \| Prosthodontics Ronald Attanasio \| Prosthodontics, TMD Mark W. Beatty \| Dental materials, biomaterials Gerard Byrne \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry Marianne R. Day \| Operative, comprehensive care Mary Lynn Froeschle \| Clinical diagnosis, comprehensive care Paul A. Hansen \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry Robin Hattervig \| Comprehensive care Meghan M. Hungerford-Tylka \| Comprehensive care James F. Jenkins \| Faculty practice, Comprehensive care William W. Johnson \| Biomaterials, operative Jennifer K. Kallio \| Comprehensive care Julie A. Marshall \| Prosthodontics Chris Nix \| CAD/CAM dentistry, comprehensive care Myhanh T. Phan-Rinne \| Comprehensive care Myron L. Pudwill \| Prosthodontics, comprehensive care John W. Reinhardt \| Operative, comprehensive care Henry A. St. Germain, Jr. \| Operative, comprehensive care Ernest W. Sigler \| Geriatric, comprehensive care Joan E. Sivers \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry David Zalewski \| Comprehensive care	David G. Brown \| Executive associate dean for academic affairs Larry D. Crouch \| Biochemistry, physiology David G. Dunning \| Practice management John K. Dyer \| Microbiology Peter J. Giannini \| Oral pathology Stanton D. Harn \| Anatomy Dona J. Housh \| Physiology Sung K. Kim \| Radiology Keith R. Johnson \| Cellular signaling Brian M. Lange \| Behavioral science, service learning 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, general practice residency Jillian Wallen, Department Chair
J. Bruce Bavitz \| Oral surgery, implant dentistry Matthew R. Byarlay \| Periodontics, implant dentistry Darrell J. Ebke \| Oral surgery Ellen Hahn \| 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	Zachary L. Houser \| Pediatric dentistry, postgraduate program director Kathleen A. O'Brien-Ausman \| Clinical Instructor Sundaralingam Premaraj \| Orthodontics Thyagaseely (Sheela) Premaraj \| Orthodontics Bryan Skar \| Pediatric dentistry Jillian Wallen \| Department chair, pediatric dentistry
Dental Hygiene
Gwen Hlava, Department Chair
Nicole M. Baker \| Clinical instructor, Gering, NE Caren M. Barnes \| Professor Darlene F. Carritt \| Senior clinical technique Amanda M. Dolen \| Junior and senior clinic Heather M. Hessheimer \| Junior clinic coordinator Gwen L. Hlava \| Department chair Todd N. Junge \| Junior and senior clinic Lisa J. Moravec \| Program coordinator, Gering, NE Lindsay K. Mundil \| Medical emergencies, junior and senior Clinic Jaimee D. Shropshire \| Sealant program coordinator Brenda D. Utecht \| Dental anatomy, community dental health
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Faculty, alphabetically, by last name
A - C
Ameku, Yoshiharu Attanasio, Ronald	Baker, Nicole Barnes, Caren Bavitz, J. Bruce Beatty, Mark Brown, David Byarlay, Matthew Byrne, Gerard	Carritt, Darlene Crouch, Larry
D - G
Day, Marianne R. Dolen, Amanda M. Dunning, David Dyer, John	Ebke, Darrell	Froeschle, Mary Lynn	Giannini, Peter Guthmiller, Janet
H - M
Hahn, Ellen Hansen, Paul Harn, Jennifer Harn, Stanton Hattervig, Robin Hessheimer, Heather Hlava, Gwen Housh, Dona Houser, Zach Hungerford-Tylka, Meghan	Jenkins, James Johnson, Keith Johnson, William Junge, Todd	Kaldahl, Wayne Kallio, Jennifer Killeen, Amy Kim, Sung Lange, Brian	Makkawy, Hany Marshall, Julie Moravec, Lisa Mundil, Lindsay
N - R
Narayana, Nagamani Nawshad, Ali Nix, Chris	Oakley, Gregory O'Brien-Ausman, Kathleen	Payne, Jeffrey Peng, Aimin Petro, Thomas Phan-Rinne, Myhanh Premaraj, Sundaralingam Premaraj, Thyagaseely (Sheela) Pudwill, Myron	Reinhardt, John Reinhardt, Richard
S - Z
Shaw, David Shropshirre, Jaimee Skar, Bryan Sigler, Ernest Sivers, Joan St. Germain, Henry Stephenson, G. Lane	Tussing, Gerald Utecht, Brenda Vogt, Merlyn	Wahl, James Wallen, Jillian Zalewski, David
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Adult Restorative Dentistry

Oral Biology

Surgical Specialties

Growth and Development

Dental Hygiene

Faculty, alphabetically, by last name