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Dean Directors Department Chairs Executive Committee Program and Residency Directors

Dean

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Jacques Eduardo Nör
Dean, School of Dentistry, Donald A Kerr Collegiate Professor of Dentistry, Department of Cariology, Restorative Science and Endodontics, and Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical School
[email protected]
734-936-9300

Assistant: Erika Roberts : 734-763-3311 | [email protected]

Senior Associate Dean

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Renée E. Duff
Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-763-3313

Associate Dean for Patient Services

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Stephen J Stefanac
Interim Associate Dean for Patient Services and Clinical Professor of Dentistry, School of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-764-7498

Assistant: Rachand Braham : 7347640076 | [email protected]

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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Carlos Gonzaléz
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Richard Christiansen Collegiate Professor of Oral and Craniofacial Global Initiatives, and Professor of Dentistry, Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-763-5651

Assistant: TaWuann Bell : 734-763-5651 | [email protected]

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

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Cristiane Squarize
Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
[email protected]
734-615-5795

Assistant: Bliss Ledford : 734-763-3310 | [email protected]

Associate Dean for Research

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Vesa M. Kaartinen
Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Dentistry, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences and Prosthodontics, School of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-615-1970

Associate Dean for Well-being and People

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Todd Vincent Ester
Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Well-being and People
[email protected]
734-763-6397

Assistant Dean for CBCE

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Sarah A. Tomaka
Clinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Dean for CBCE
[email protected]
734-647-3722

Assistant Dean for Students

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Sunčica Travan
Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-764-2070

Assistant: Kesley Susalla: 734-763-3313 | [email protected]


Department Chairs

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Jan Hu
Samuel D Harris Collegiate Professor of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Chair, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences & Prosthodontics (BMSP)
[email protected]
734-763-6769

Biologic and Materials Sciences & Prosthodontics (BMSP)
Assistant: Cherokee Taylor : 734-936-5032 | [email protected]
 

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Margherita R Fontana
Clifford Nelson Endowed Professor and Professor of Dentistry Director Chair - Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics
[email protected]
734-647-1225

Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics (CRSE) 
Assistant: Margie Gonzales: 734-763-1375 | [email protected]

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Sean Peter Edwards
James Hayward Endowed Clinical Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Clinical Professor of Dentistry, Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery/HD, School of Dentistry and Professor of Oral Surgery
[email protected]
734-936-5950

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Hospital Dentistry (OMS/HD)
Assistant: Devin Fredrickson : 734-615-5488 | [email protected]

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Nan E Hatch
Lysle E Johnston Jr Collegiate Professor of Orthodontics, Professor and Chair of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-647-6567

Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry (OPD)
Assistant: Cassandra White : 734-764-1080 | [email protected]

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Purnima Kumar
William K and Mary Anne Najjar Professor of Dentistry and Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-763-2105

Periodontics and Oral Medicine (POM)


Directors

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Raymond Aldrich
Raymond Aldrich
Director of Marketing & Communications
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734-615-2600
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Cassandra Callaghan
Cassandra L Callaghan
Chief Information Officer
[email protected]
734-647-5350
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Mary Jo Gray
Mary Jo Gray
Compliance Officer
[email protected]
734-764-6986
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Cathy Newton
Cathy Jenkins Newton
Chief of Staff
[email protected]
734-647-9929
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Carrie Towns
Carrie S Towns
Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Development
[email protected]
734-764-685
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Domenica Giovanna Ciaglia Sweier
Domenica Giovanna Ciaglia Sweier
Director of Clinical Excellence and Clinical Professor of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-615-3210
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Karyn Procter-Wicks
Karyn Procter-Wicks
Director of Human Resources
[email protected]
734-764-9415
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Diane Wooden
Diane Wooden
Director of Budget & Financial Planning
[email protected]
734-936-5539

Executive Committee

Duties of the Executive Committee:

  • Advise the Dean in administrative functions
  • Investigate and formulate educational and instructional policies for consideration by the faculty
  • Represent the faculty in matters of budget and other financial affairs
  • Act for the faculty on recommendations for appointment, promotion, and tenure
  • Prepare and circulate to each department an annual assessment of areas needing future, coordinated attention in the School for purposes of long-range planning

David H Kohn, MSE, PhD

Natalie C Roberts Professor of Dentistry, Professor of Dentistry, Department of Biologic and Materials Science, School of Dentistry and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
[email protected]
734-764-2206

Domenica Giovanna Ciaglia Sweier, DDS, PhD

Director of Clinical Excellence and Clinical Professor of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-615-3210

Stephanie Marie Munz, DDS

Dr. Walter H. Swartz Professor of Integrated Special Care Dentistry and Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-936-8289

Suncica Travan, DDS, MS

Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-764-2070

Junichi Iwata, DDS, PhD

Robert W Browne Professor of Orthodontics and Clinical Professor of Dentistry,
Professor of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics/Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-763-8154

Hom-Lay Wang, DDS, MSD, PhD

Collegiate Professor of Periodontics and Professor of Dentistry
[email protected]
734-763-3383

Program and Residency Directors

James Richard Boynton

Pediatric Dentistry Graduate Program
[email protected]

Carlos Gonzaléz

Interim Director of Pathways Program
[email protected]
734-763-5651

Domenica Giovanna Ciaglia Sweier

Director of Predoctoral Clinical Education
[email protected]
734-615-3210

Jennifer Cullen

Director of Dental Hygiene Program
[email protected]
734-647-2770

Theodora Elena Danciu

Director of Engaged Learning and Assessment
[email protected]
734-763-1245

Robert M Eber

Director of Clinical Research
[email protected]
734-647-4023

Karen Ziarnowski Carver

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency
[email protected]
734-936-5963

Iwonka Theresa Eagle

Dental Hygiene Graduate Program
[email protected]

Dennis J Fasbinder

Director of Dental Faculty Associates
[email protected]
734-647-4450

Rogerio Castilho

Director of Global Oral Health Initiatives
[email protected]
734-647-2150

Elizabeth Rae Hatfield

Program Director for Orofacial Pain Residency/Hospital Dentistry
[email protected]

Pattie Katcher

Admissions Director
[email protected]
734-763-3316

Hera Kim-Berman

Orthodontics Graduate Program
[email protected]

Berna Saglik

Prosthodontics Graduate Program
[email protected]

Neville J McDonald

Endodontics Graduate Program
[email protected]

Yuji Mishina

Director of Oral Health Sciences PhD Program
[email protected]
734-763-5579

Stephanie Marie Munz

General Practice Residency
[email protected]

Dennis J Fasbinder

Director of Operations, Digital Dentistry Center
[email protected]
734-647-4450

Brandonn K. Perry

Director of Safety & Infection Prevention
[email protected]
734-764-7742

Vidya Ramaswamy

Director of Curriculum Evaluation and Promotion of Teaching and Learning
[email protected]
734-767-4218

Elizabeth Van Tubergen

Oral Health Sciences Masters Program
[email protected]

Paul Shivers

Oncology Fellowship, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Graduate Program
[email protected]

Gustavo Avila Ortiz

Periodontics Graduate Program
[email protected]

Rodrigo Rocha Maia

Director of Continuing Dental Education and Co-Director of Graduate Restorative Dentistry Program
[email protected]

Gisele De Faria Neiva

Co-Director of Graduate Restorative Dentistry Program

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