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, implant and digital dentistry	Biomedical sciences, behavioral sciences, practice management, radiology, oral pathology, biomonitoring, public health David H. Shaw, Department Chair
Yoshiharu Ameku \| Prosthodontics Mark W. Beatty \| Dental materials, biomaterials Gregory Bennett \| Operative, comprehensive care Richard K. Bokemper \| Comprehensive care Gerard Byrne \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry Marianne R. Day \| Operative, comprehensive care Michael J. Dowd \| Comprehensive care Amir Farhangpour \| Assistant dean for Omaha clinics Mary Lynn Froeschle \| Clinical diagnosis, comprehensive care Steven E. Haas \| Prosthodontics, associate dean for clinical affairs Jay D. Hansen \| AEGD program director Robin Hattervig \| Comprehensive care Meghan Hungerford Tylka \| Comprehensive care James F. Jenkins \| Comprehensive care William W. Johnson \| Biomaterials, operative Jennifer K. Kallio \| Comprehensive care Julie A. Marshall \| Prosthodontics Nicholas Murray \| Comprehensive care Luana Oliveira-Haas \| Operative dentistry Myhanh T. Phan-Rinne \| Comprehensive care Yun Saksena \| Prosthodontics, associate dean for education Ernest W. Sigler \| Geriatric, comprehensive care Joan E. Sivers \| Prosthodontics, assistant dean of clinics Daisy Wilka \| Comprehensive care David Zalewski \| Comprehensive care ARD Part-Time Faculty	David G. Brown \| Oral biology, community outreach Larry D. Crouch \| Biochemistry, physiology David G. Dunning \| Practice management Peter J. Giannini \| Oral pathology Sung K. Kim \| Radiology Keith R. Johnson \| Cellular signaling Dona J. McCanlies \| Physiology 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 Shayla D. Yoachim \| Anatomy
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 Megan Christiansen \| Co-Director undergraduate periodontic clinic Darrell J. Ebke \| Oral surgery Ellen Hahn \| Endodontics Jennifer A. Harn \| Periodontics Wayne B. Kaldahl \| Periodontics Amy C. Killeen \| Periodontics Hany M. Makkawy \| Endodontics Jeffrey B. Payne \| Periodontics Richard A. Reinhardt \| Periodontics G.L. Stephenson \| Endodontics Gerald J. Tussing \| Periodontics Merlyn Vogt \| Endodontics	Zachary L. Houser \| Pediatric dentistry, postgraduate program director Claire Koukol \| Pediatric dentistry Jennifer A. Marshall \| Pediatric dentistry Kathleen A. O'Brien-Ausman \| Clinical instructor, GPR program director Sundaralingam Premaraj \| Orthodontics Thyagaseely (Sheela) Premaraj \| Orthodontics Bryan Skar \| Pediatric dentistry Meenakshi (Minnie) Vishwanath \| Orthodontics Jillian Wallen \| Department chair, pediatric dentistry
Dental Hygiene	Emeritus Faculty
Gwen Hlava, Department Chair
Nicole Baker \| Clinical instructor, Gering, NE Darlene Carritt \| Senior clinical technique Amanda M. Dolen \| Junior and senior clinic Heather Hessheimer \| Junior clinic coordinator Gwen Hlava \| Department chair Todd Junge \| Junior and senior clinic Lisa Moravec \| Program coordinator, Gering, NE Lindsay Mundil \| Medical emergencies, junior and senior Clinic Jaimee Shropshire \| Sealant program coordinator Brenda Utecht \| Dental anatomy, community dental health	Stanton D. Harn \| Anatomy Brian M. Lange \| Behavioral science, service learning John W. Reinhardt \| Operative, comprehensive care Henry A. St. Germain Jr. \| Operative, comprehensive care
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Faculty, alphabetically, by last name
A - C
Ameku, Yoshiharu	Baker, Nicole Bavitz, J. Bruce Beatty, Mark Bennett, Gregory Berkheim, David Bokemper, Richard Brown, David Byarlay, Matthew Byrne, Gerard	Carritt, Darlene Christiansen, Megan Crouch, Larry
D - G
Day, Marianne R. Dolen, Amanda M. Dowd, Michael J. Dunning, David	Ebke, Darrell	Farhangpour, Amir Froeschle, Mary Lynn	Giannini, Peter Guthmiller, Janet
H - M
Haas, Steven Hahn, Ellen Hansen, Jay Harn, Jennifer Harn, Stanton Hattervig, Robin Hessheimer, Heather Hlava, Gwen Houser, Zach Hungerford-Tylka, Meghan	Jenkins, James Johnson, Keith Johnson, William Junge, Todd	Kaldahl, Wayne Kallio, Jennifer Killeen, Amy Kim, Sung Lange, Brian	McCanlies, Dona Makkawy, Hany Marshall, Julie Moravec, Lisa Mundil, Lindsay Murray, Nicholas
N - R
Narayana, Nagamani Nawshad, Ali	Oakley, Gregory O'Brien-Ausman, Kathleen Oliveira-Haas, Luana	Payne, Jeffrey Peng, Aimin Petro, Thomas Phan-Rinne, Myhanh Premaraj, Sundaralingam Premaraj, Thyagaseely (Sheela)	Reinhardt, John Reinhardt, Richard
S - Z
Saksena, Yun Shaw, David Shropshire, Jaimee Skar, Bryan Sigler, Ernest Sivers, Joan St. Germain, Henry Stephenson, G. Lane	Tussing, Gerald Utecht, Brenda Vishwanath, Meenakshi (Minnie) Vogt, Merlyn	Wahl, James Wallen, Jillian Zalewski, David
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Adult Restorative Dentistry

Oral Biology

Surgical Specialties

Growth and Development

Dental Hygiene

Emeritus Faculty

Faculty, alphabetically, by last name