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 Gregory Bennett \| Operative, comprehensive care Richard K. Bokemper \| Comprehensive care Gerard Byrne \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry Charlotte Church \| Operative, comprehensive care Marianne R. Day \| Operative, comprehensive care Michael J. Dowd \| Operative, comprehensive care Mary Lynn Froeschle \| Clinical diagnosis, comprehensive care Steven E. Haas \| Prosthodontics, associate dean for clinical affairs Robin Hattervig \| Comprehensive care Meghan 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 Luana Oliveira-Haas \| Operative dentistry Myhanh T. Phan-Rinne \| Comprehensive care John W. Reinhardt \| Operative, comprehensive care Yun Saksena \| Prosthodontics, associate dean for education Ernest W. Sigler \| Geriatric, comprehensive care Henry A. St. Germain Jr. \| Operative, comprehensive care Joan E. Sivers \| Prosthodontics, implant dentistry 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 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 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. Lane Stephenson \| Endodontics Gerald J. Tussing \| Periodontics Merlyn Vogt \| Endodontics	Frank A. Driscoll \| Pediatric dentistry Jay D. Hansen \| GPR program co-director Zachary L. Houser \| Pediatric dentistry, postgraduate program director Kathleen A. O'Brien-Ausman \| Clinical instructor, GPR program co-director Sundaralingam Premaraj \| Orthodontics Thyagaseely (Sheela) Premaraj \| Orthodontics Bryan Skar \| Pediatric dentistry Meenakshi (Minnie) Vishwanath \| Orthodontics Jillian Wallen \| Department chair, pediatric dentistry
Dental Hygiene
Gwen Hlava, Department Chair
Nicole M. Baker \| Clinical instructor, Gering, NE 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 Bavitz, J. Bruce Beatty, Mark Bennett, Gregory Berkheim, David Bokemper, Richard Brown, David Byarlay, Matthew Byrne, Gerard	Carritt, Darlene Christiansen, Megan Church, Charlotte Crouch, Larry
D - G
Day, Marianne R. Dolen, Amanda M. Dowd, Michael J. Dunning, David Driscoll, Frank A. Dyer, John	Ebke, Darrell	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 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	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

Faculty, alphabetically, by last name