The fifth of five finalists vying for the role of UNMC College of Dentistry dean will be on the Omaha and Lincoln campuses this week.
Faculty, staff and students are invited to hear from Gerard Kugel, DMD, PhD, during a campus presentation Thursday, April 13. He is associate dean for research and professor of comprehensive care at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.
The forum will be from noon to 12:45 p.m. CT in the Dixon Auditorium at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln and via Zoom. Attendees can access the Zoom link via this intranet page and ask questions during the forum.
With expertise in clinical research and esthetic dentistry, Dr. Kugel is a reviewer for The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Dental Materials, The Journal of Esthetic and Restorative Dentistry and the Clinicians Report, is on the editorial board of The Journal of Cosmetic Dentistry, Compendium and Inside Dentistry and is a fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry and the Academy of Dental Materials. Dr. Kugel is part of a group practice, the Trinity Dental Center, located in Boston.
In addition to Dr. Kugel, finalists include:
- Name deleted at candidate’s request, dated April 2, 2024.
- Galen Schneider, DDS, PhD, executive associate dean, associate dean of faculty and professor, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, who was on campus March 20-21.
- N. Shaun Matthews, BDS, FDS, MBBS, clinical professor and chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery and hospital dentistry at Indiana University School of Dentistry, as well as associate dean for hospital affairs and director of IUSD’s Temporomandibular Joint Institute, who was on campus April 5-6.
- J. Bruce Bavitz, DMD, chair of the department of surgical specialties at the UNMC College of Dentistry, who was on campus April 10-11.
All finalist forums will be in in the Dixon Auditorium at the UNMC College of Dentistry in Lincoln and via Zoom. The Zoom links will be available via the finalist intranet page; links for each finalist’s campus presentation will be added on the day of their visit.
Provide feedback on Dr. Kugel’s presentation via a confidential survey form. Following the visit, a recording of the candidate’s campus presentation will be posted on the intranet.