Meet Our Faculty

Faculty Alphabetically by Last Name 
A - C
Ameku, Yoshiharu Baker, Nicole M.
Bavitz, J. Bruce
Beatty, Mark W.
Bennett, Gregory
Bilunas, Alexandra
 Bokemper, Richard K.
Broekemeier, Jane
Byarlay, Matthew R.
Byrne, Gerard

 Chen, Po-Jung
Christiansen, Megan
Cline, Robert D.
Crouch, Larry D.		  
D - G

Dolen, Amanda M.
Dowd, Michael J.

Farhangpour, Amir

Giannini, Peter J.
Guha, Upoma

  
H - M

Hansen, Jay D.
Hattervig, Robin
Henderson, Noni J.
Houser, Zachary L.
Hubacz, Jenna C.

 Iribarren, Sofia
Jenkins, James F.
Johnson, Keith R.
Johnson, William W.
Junge, Todd N.

Kaldahl, Wayne B.
Killeen, Amy C.
Koukol, Claire
Krivohlavek, Bradley J.
Kugel, Connie
Kugel, Gerard
Kwok, Benjamin H.
Lamounier, Adriana
Lindquist, Emily M.

McCanlies, Dona J.
Makkawy, Hany M.
 Marshall, Julie A.
McNally, Michael
Moravec, Lisa J.
Mundil, Lindsay K.
Murray, Nicholas
Muttanahally, Kavya Shankar
N - R

Narayana, Nagamani
Nawshad, Ali

Oakley, Gregory G.
O'Brien-Ausman, Kathleen A.

 Payne, Jeffrey B.
Petro, Thomas M.
Phan-Rinne, Myhanh T.

 Reinhardt, Richard A.
Rohlfing, Gail
S - Z

Saksena, Yun
Shropshire, Jaimee D.
Sundine, Makena

 Tussing, Gerald J.
Van Osdel, Corinne M.
Vogt, Merlyn

Wilka, Daisy
Williamson, Anne E.
Williamson, Richard A.
Wobido, Amanda Ribeiro
Yadav, Sumit
Yoachim, Shayla D.
Zalewski, David
Zastrow, Madelyn

Faculty by Department

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Adult Restorative Dentistry

General Dentistry, Biomaterials, Digital Dentistry, Operative Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Temporomandibular Disorders

Gregory Bennett, Interim Department Chair
Yoshiharu Ameku | Prosthodontics
Mark W. Beatty | Dental Materials, Biomaterials
Richard K. Bokemper | Comprehensive Care
Gerard Byrne | Prosthodontics, Implant Dentistry
Michael J. Dowd | Comprehensive Care
Mark Driscoll | Comprehensive Care
Amir Farhangpour | Executive Associate Dean
Upoma Guha |  Operative Dentistry
Robin Hattervig | Comprehensive Care
Jenna C. Hubacz | Prosthodontics
James F. Jenkins | Comprehensive Care
William W. Johnson | Biomaterials, Operative		 Gerard Kugel | Dean
Bradley J. Krivohlavek | Comprehensive Care
Adriana Lamounier | Comprehensive Care
Julie A. Marshall | Prosthodontics
Nicholas Murray | Comprehensive Care
Myhanh T. Phan-Rinne | Comprehensive Care
Yun Saksena | Associate Dean
Makena Sundine | Comprehensive Care
Richard A. Williamson | Implant Dentistry
Amanda Ribeiro Wobido | Operative Dentistry
David Zalewski | Comprehensive Care

Part-Time Faculty

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Dental Hygiene

Julie A. Marshall, Interim Department Chair
Nicole M. Baker | West Division Program, Gering
Jane Broekemeier | Clinical Instructor, Omaha
Amanda M. Dolen | Junior and Senior Clinic
Noni J. Henderson | Clinical Instructor
Todd N. Junge | Junior and Senior Clinic		 Emily M. Lindquist | Clinical Instructor
Lisa J. Moravec | West Division Program, Gering
Lindsay K. Mundil | Junior and Senior Clinic
Jaimee D. Shropshire | Sealant Program Coordinator

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Growth and Development

Orthodontics, Dentofacial Orthopedics, Pediatric Dentistry, General Practice Residency, Advanced Education in General Dentistry, Oral Radiology

Sumit Yadav, Department Chair

Sama Abdulmalik | Biomedical Engineering
Alexandra Bilunas | Pediatric Dentistry
Po-Jung Chen | Orthodontics
Vaibhav Gandhi | Orthodontics
Jay D. Hansen | AEGD Residency Director
Zachary L. Houser | Pediatric Dentistry Residency Director
Sofia Iribarren | Pediatric Dentistry
Claire Koukol | Pediatric Dentistry

Sangamesh Kumbar | Biomedical Engineering
Kavya Shankar Muttanahally | Oral Radiology
Kathleen A. O'Brien-Ausman | GPR Residency Director
Gail Rohlfing | Pediatric Dentistry
Corinne M. Van Osdel | General Dentistry
Daisy Wilka | General Dentistry
Madelyn Zastrow | General Dentistry

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Oral Biology

Biomedical Sciences, Oral Pathology, Biomonitoring

Thomas M. Petro, Interim Department Chair
Larry D. Crouch | Biochemistry, Physiology
Peter J. Giannini | Oral Pathology
Keith R. Johnson | Cellular Signaling
Benjamin H. Kwok | Chemical Biology and Cell Division
Dona J. McCanlies | Physiology		 Nagamani Narayana | Oral Pathology
Ali Nawshad | Cellular Signaling
Gregory G. Oakley | DNA Damage and Repair
Shayla D. Yoachim | Anatomy

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Surgical Specialties

Endodontics, Oral Surgery, Periodontics, Implant Dentistry

J. Bruce Bavitz, Department Chair
Matthew R. Byarlay | Periodontics Residency Director
Megan Christiansen | Periodontics
Robert D. Cline | Periodontics
Wayne B. Kaldahl | Periodontics
Amy C. Killeen | Periodontics
Connie Kugel | Periodontics
Hany M. Makkawy | Endodontics  

Michael McNally | Endodontics
Jeffrey B. Payne | Periodontics
Richard A. Reinhardt | Periodontics
Gerald J. Tussing | Periodontics
Merlyn Vogt | Associate Dean
Anne E. Williamson | Endodontics Residency Director

Part-Time Faculty | Current Residents