Departments & Faculty
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Administration
Saulius E. Drukteinis, Dean
R. Duane Douglas, Associate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness
Nathalia Garcia, Assistant Dean for Career Development
Christa Hopp, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Daniel Ketteman, Interim Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs
Barbara McCracken, Assistant Dean for Research
James Schram, Assistant Dean, Executive Director for Administration, Finance and Operations
Department Chairs
Robert L. Blackwell, Chair of the Department of Surgical Sciences and Community Care
Randall Duncan, Chair of the Department of Prosthodontics and Endodontics
Jessica Hinz, Interim Chair of the Department of Biomedical and Craniofacial Sciences
Thomas Sotiropoulos, Interim Chair of the Department of Clinical Practice and Operative Dentistry
Faculty Directors
Keith W. Dickey, Director of Alumni Services & Continuing Education
Morgan Dooley, Director of Clinical Education
Katherine Hanser, Director of Advanced Education in General Dentistry
Manita Grover, Interim Director of the International Advanced Placement Program
Kathryn Kosten, Director of Community Dentistry
Mohamed T. Omran, Director of Implant Fellowship
Kenneth Rawson, Director of Pediatric & Special Care Dentistry
Marvin Leigh Speer, Director of Graduate Endodontics
Achint Utreja, Director of Graduate Orthodontics
Administration
Office of the Dean
- Drukteinis, Saulius - Professor - Dean
- Daniels, Christina - Administrative Aide
- Rotter, Bruce - Dean Emeritus
Office of Alumni Services, Continuing Education and Development
- Dickey, Keith - Emeritus Associate Professor - Director of Alumni Services and Continuing Education
- Schaus, Stephen - Senior Director of Development
- Wratchford, Aaliyah - Office Support Specialist
Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
- Hopp, Christa - Associate Professor - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
- Jones, Rachel - Administrative Aide
- Wadlow, Michelle - Stores Supervisor
Office of the Associate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness
- Douglas, R. Duane - Professor - Associate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness
- Daniels, Christina - Administrative Aide
Office of the Assistant Dean for Research
- McCracken, Barbara - Associate Professor - Assistant Dean for Research
- Shatto, Michelle - Office Support Specialist
Office of the Assistant Dean for Career Development
- Garcia, M. Nathalia - Professor - Assistant Dean for Career Development
- Take, Jessica - Office Support Specialist
Office of Clinical Affairs
- Ketteman, Daniel - Clinical Associate Professor - Interim Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs
- Dooley, Morgan - Clinical Associate Professor - Director of Clinical Education
- Forrester, Derek - Director of Clinic Operations
- McDowell, Melissa - Dental Hygienist Supervisor
- Savoca, Dennis - Adjunct Emeritus Associate Professor
Office of Admissions and Student Services
- Pritchett, Angela - Admissions & Records Associate - Director of Admissions and Student Services
- Arnold, Earleen - Financial Aid Manager
- Reno, Abby - Admissions & Records Officer
- Steinkuehler, Kellie - Admissions & Records Coordinator
Office of Business Affairs
- Schram, James - Assistant Dean - Executive Director for Administration, Finance & Operations
- Edward, Kristen - Departmental Information Supervisor
- Landers, Lisa - Account Technician III
- Phelps, Elizabeth - Accounting Associate - Business Manager
- Wing, Lesa - Account Technician II
- Wratchford, Aaliyah - Office Support Specialist
Office of Dental Information Technology
- Anderson, Margaret - IT Tech Associate
- Carroll, Dallas - IT Tech Associate
- Chace, Daniel - Director of Network and Systems Infrastructure
- Frazier, Raymond - Microcomputer Support Specialist II
- Green, Steven - ITSA Client Support Specialist III
- Judge, Lisa - ITMA, axiUM Application Manager
- Lavezzi, Cory - IT Support Associate
- Mayo, Zackery - IT Technical Associate
- Pulley, Michael - ITMA, Associate Director
- Runnels, Jesse - Microcomputer Support Specialist II
- Smith, William - ITTA Database Systems Programmer
Biomedical Library
- Piening, Ted - Library Specialist
Technical Services
- Grimes, Shawn - Equipment Specialist III
- Inlow, Brian - Technical Services Supervisor
- Bowles, Kayleigh - Office Support Specialist
Department of Biomedical and Craniofacial Sciences
- Hinz, Jessica - Associate Professor - Interim Department Chair
- Donahue, Valerie - Office Support Specialist
- Smith, Dawn - Office Support Specialist
- Rieken, Susan - Clinical Associate Professor
- VanPutte, Robb - Clinical Professor
Section of Anatomy
- Carter, Kathryn - Associate Professor - Section Head (Anatomy)
- De Maria, Alicia - Assistant Professor - Section Head (Histology & Oral Biology)
Section of Behavioral Science
- Emery, Hannah - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Hinz, Jessica G. - Associate Professor - Section Head - Interim Department Chair
Section of Biochemistry
- Reed, Donald - Instructor - Section Head
Section of Diagnostic Sciences
- Clark, Darlene - Clinical Associate Professor
- Davila, Andres - Assistant Professor - Section Head (Oral Medicine)
- Dixon, Debra - Professor - Section Head (Radiology)
- Highsmith, Sandra K. - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Lask, Michael - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Porterfield, Donna - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Upadhyaya, Atul - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Upadhyaya, Jasbir Deol - Associate Professor - Section Head (Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology)
Section of Microbiology
- McCracken, Barbara - Associate Professor - Section Head - Assistant Dean for Research
Section of Orthodontics
- Al Khatib, Feras - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Butts-Wiegand, Heidi - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Hood-Olson, Lauren - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Utreja, Achint - Professor - Section Head
Section of Graduate Orthodontics
- Utreja, Achint - Professor - Director
Section of Pharmacology
- Eilerman, Abigail - Assistant Professor - Section Head
Section of Physiology
- VanPutte, Cinnamon L. - Associate Professor - Section Head
Department Adjunct Faculty
- Schwenk, Debra M. - Adjunct Emeritus Assistant Professor
- Varble, Zachary - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor (Orthodontics)
- Welch, Dan - Adjunct Assistant Professor (Anatomy)
Department of Clinical Practice and Operative Dentistry
- Sotiropoulos, Thomas - Clinical Assistant Professor - Interim Department Chair - Team Co-Leader
- Ketteman, Daniel - Clinical Associate Professor - Interim Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs
- Norton, Kyndal - Office Support Specialist
Section of Comprehensive Adult Practice Management
- Dooley, Morgan - Clinical Associate Professor - Director of Clinical Education - Section Head
- Emery, Eric - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Faddis, Michael - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Gruender, Bret - Clinical Associate Professor - Team Co-Leader
- Habeck, Ronald D. - Clinical Assistant Professor - Team Co-Leader
- Habibi, Natalia - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Hoffman, Steven - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Holbert, Kenneth - Lecturer
- Mathus, James - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Rapini, Jennifer - Clinical Assistant Professor - Team Co-Leader
- Rapini, Vincent U. - Clinical Assistant Professor - Team Co-Leader
- Scanlon, Brittany L. - Clinical Assistant Professor - Team Co-Leader
- Schmidt, James - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Seaton, William W. - Clinical Professor - Team Co-Leader
- Weber, M. Katherine - Clinical Assistant Professor - Team Co-Leader
- Wickenhauser, Alan - Assistant Professor - Team Co-Leader
- Vacant - Clinical Assistant Professor - Team Co-Leader
Section of Operative Dentistry
- Bryant, Keith A. - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Caldieraro, John - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Hopp, Christa - Associate Professor - Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
- Mathai, Nevin J. - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Sotiropoulos, Thomas - Clinical Assistant Professor - Section Head - Interim Department Chair
- Thomas, Cornell - Emeritus Associate Professor
- Wickenhauser, Alan - Assistant Professor
- Woodlock, Daniel F. - Clinical Associate Professor
Department Adjunct Faculty
- Hawks, Wayne - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Prosthodontics and Endodontics
- Duncan, Randall C. - Clinical Associate Professor - Department Chair
- Tano, Miyuki - Office Support Specialist
Section of Endodontics
- Evans, Keith - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Habibi, Tara - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Kytridou, Vasiliki (Lily) - Assistant Professor - Section Head
- Longos, Cathy - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Revelt, Luke - Clinical Assistant Professor
Section of Graduate Endodontics
- Speer, Marvin Leigh - Clinical Professor - Director
- Vacant - Clinical Assistant Professor - Assistant Program Director
Section of Fixed Prosthodontics
- Douglas, R. Duane - Professor - Associate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness
- Froemling, Robert A. - Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor
- Grover, Manita - Clinical Assistant Professor - Interim Director of IAPP
- Knobeloch, Dennis H. - Clinical Associate Professor
- Pierson, David F. - Clinical Assistant Professor - Section Head
- Verma, Minaal - Assistant Professor - Section Head (Dental Materials)
Section of Removable Prosthodontics
- Back, Brian - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Banker, Jeffrey - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Duncan, Randall C. - Clinical Associate Professor - Department Chair
- Steinhauer, Tad J. - Associate Professor - Section Head
Department Adjunct Faculty
- Bell, Jordan - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Prosthodontics
- Cyr, Gil - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Endodontics
Department of Surgical Sciences and Community Care
- Blackwell, Robert - Clinical Professor - Department Chair
- Dawson, Patrick - Clinical Professor
- Christlieb, Rita - Office Support Specialist - AEGD Residency / Implant Fellowship / Pediatrics
- Take, Jessica - Office Support Specialist - Periodontology / Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
Section of Advanced Education in General Dentistry
- Hanser, Katherine - Assistant Professor - Director
- Cajigal, Steven - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Fischer, Gary - Emeritus Clinical Professor
- LeDoux, Gerard - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Marincel, Jack - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Kovalets, Stanislav - Dental Resident
- McCarthy, Jenna - Dental Resident
- Reed, Hunter - Dental Resident
- Turabelidze, Mariami - Dental Resident
Section of Community/Preventive Dentistry
- Kosten, Kathryn - Clinical Assistant Professor - Section Head - Director of Community Dentistry
Section of Implant Dentistry
- Omran, Mohamed - Professor - Director of Implant Fellowship
- Blackwell, Robert - Clinical Professor - Department Chair
- Hanser, Katherine - Assistant Professor - Section Head - Director of AEGD
- Miley, D. Douglas - Emeritus Professor
- Akhras, Amir - Implant Fellow
- Kubacki, Eric - Implant Fellow
- Nayyar, Usman - Implant Fellow
Section of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery
- Gkikas, Ioannis - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Jain, Rajneesh - Clinical Associate Professor
- Misischia, Arthur J. - Clinical Professor - Section Head
- Schlott, Benjamin J. - Clinical Associate Professor
- Schultz, Todd - Clinical Assistant Professor
Section of Pediatric Dentistry
- Buerk, Bethel - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Choate, Coleman - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Hart, Kai - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Rawson, Kenneth - Professor - Section Head - Director of Pediatric & Special Care Dentistry
- Schuette, Jacob - Clinical Assistant Professor
- Terrill, Jamie - Clinical Assistant Professor
Section of Periodontology
- Drukteinis, Saulius E. - Professor - Dean
- Garcia, M. Nathalia - Professor - Assistant Dean for Career Development
- Gay, Isabel - Clinical Associate Professor - Section Head
- Whitener, Sara - Clinical Associate Professor
- Vacant - Clinical Assistant Professor
Department Adjunct Faculty
- Burris, James - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Christopher Rural Health
- Donohoe, Riley - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - SIU School of Medicine
- Grote, Kaydianne - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - SIU School of Medicine
- Harrington, Corey- Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Shawnee Health
- Jain, Vibha - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Shawnee Health
- Molitoris, Sharon - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - SIU School of Medicine
- Morris, Gary - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
- Naylor, Jeffrey - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Periodontics
- Priya, Nidhi - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Shawnee Health
- Roller, Neal - Adjunct Emeritus Professor - Periodontics
- Schall, Laura - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Shawnee Health
- Shah, Haroon - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - SIU School of Medicine
- Terstriep, Christina - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - SIU School of Medicine
- Wolter, Scott M. - Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor - Beverly Farm
Clinic Personnel
Alton
- Arnold, Shirlene - Dental Assistant I - Clinical
- Ashby, Emily - Dental Hygienist - Hygiene
- Aud, Chelsea - Dental Unit Coordinator - Records
- Barrington, Shannon - Medical Insurance Specialist II - Business Office
- Bollefer, Molly - Dental Assistant III - Clinical
- Brakeville, April - Dental Hygienist - Hygiene
- Butler, Kayleigh - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Carpenter, Jeannie - Medical Insurance Specialist II - Business Office
- Caston, Brittany - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Caulk, John - Accounting Associate - Business Office
- Cowell, Cindy - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Grad Records
- Cullen, Alexis - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Curtis, Patty - Dental Assistant III - Clinical
- Daine, Hannah - Dental Hygienist - Hygiene
- Dutko, Tina - Medical Insurance Associate - Business Office
- Eck, Deborah - Medical Insurance Associate - Business Office
- Edwards, Thomas - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Fairchild, Noriko - Dental Hygienist - Hygiene
- Focht, Teresa - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical
- Fry, Christina - Medical Insurance Specialist II - Business Office
- Johnson, Beth - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical
- Johnson, Jo - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical
- Johnson, Nia - Dental Assistant I - Clinical
- Jones, Amy - Dental Hygienist - Hygiene
- Jones, Grace - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Kamphoefner, Christen - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical
- Kuhn, Kelly - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Lara, Jeannette - Medical Insurance Specialist II - Business Office
- Lowe, Penny - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical
- Lucas, Kayla - Dental Assistant I - Clinical
- Maggart, Sydni - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Mahoney, Margaret - Dental Hygienist - Hygiene
- Manker, Kari - Dental Assistant III - Oral Surgery
- Mansfield, Jennifer - Dental Hygienist - Hygiene
- Marks, Kristine - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Martin, Jennifer - Medical Insurance Specialist I - Business Office
- Matthews, Gina - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- McGiffen, Lisa - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Montgomery, Donna - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Morgan, Leah - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Records
- Mundy, Jessica - Medical Insurance Specialist II - Business Office
- Novak, Amanda - Dental Unit Coordinator - Clinical
- Ritchey, Judy - Dental Assistant III - Lab
- Robinson, Wyatt - Hygienist - Hygiene
- Schaffer, Katelynn - Dental Assistant I - Clinical
- Studnicki, Misty - Dental Unit Coordinator - Clinical
- Thaxton, Janna - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Thompson, Hailey - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Walsh, Becky - Dental Assistant IV - Radiology
- Wegener, Beth - Medical Insurance Specialist II - Business Office
- Wesley, Crystal - Dental Unit Coordinator - Clinical
- Willhoite, Ariane - Medical Insurance Specialist II - Business Office
- Williams, Keith - Dental Hygienist - Hygiene
- Vacant - Dental Assistant II - Clinical (Alton)
- Vacant - Dental Assistant II - Clinical (Edwardsville)
- Vacant - Dental Assistant II - Clinical (ESTL)
- Vacant - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical (ESTL)
- Vacant - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical (Alton)
- Vacant - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical (Alton)
- Vacant - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical (Alton)
- Vacant - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical (ESTL)
- Vacant - Hygienist - Hygiene (Alton)
- Vacant - Hygienist - Hygiene (Alton)
East St. Louis
- Chasteen-Thompson, Pam - Dental Unit Coordinator- Clinical
- Wilbanks, Heather - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical
- Vacant - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical
- Vacant - Dental Assistant III - Clinical
Edwardsville
- Brown, Tonya - Dental Unit Coordinator - Clinical
- Vacant - Dental Assistant II - Clinical
- Vacant - Dental Clinic Clerk II - Clinical
Emeritus Faculty
- DeClue, James W.
- Dickey, Keith W.
- Fischer, Gary
- Froemling, Robert A.
- Gillespie, M. Jane
- Goebel, William M.
- Hatton, John F.
- James, Gaylord J.
- Jenkins, David B.
- Land, Martin F.
- Langenwalter, Eric M.
- Martinez, Norman P.
- Miley, D. Douglas
- Milligan, Wilbert "Bert"
- Nelson, James A.
- Otsuka, Allen F.
- Roller, Neal W.
- Rotter, Bruce - Dean Emeritus
- Savoca, Dennis E.
- Schwenk, Debra M.
- Stewart. Gregory P.
- Thomas, Cornell C.
Revised 12/05/2024
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