Faculty by Department

College of Dentistry Departments

• Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science
• Endodontics
• Oral Biology
• Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Orthodontics
• Pediatric Dentistry
• Periodontology
• Restorative Dental Sciences

Dean

Isabel Garcia DDS, MPH

Dean, UF College Of Dentistry

Full Profile

Department of Community Dentistry & Behavioral Science

P.O. Box 103628
Room 5180
1329 SW 16th Street
Gainesville, Florida 32610

Department Chair & Parker E. Mahan Endowed Professor

Daniel W McNeil PhD

Parker E. Mahan Endowed Professor, University of Florida, Chair, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science

Phone: (352) 273-6801

Email: dmcneil1@ufl.edu

Courtesy Faculty

• Dr. Simon T. Amir  
• Dr. Kristen Anderson  
• Dr. Luis A. Estrada  
• Dr. Toni‑Anne Gordon  
• Dr. Jill Herndon  
• Dr. Vivek Nerikar  
• Dr. Mark Parisian  
• Dr. Taylor Sparkman  
• Dr. Richard Spooner  
• Dr. Venita Sposetti  
• Dr. Rebekah Villar Mondry

Emeritus Faculty

AEGD Residency Programs

Hialeah

Core Faculty

Part-Time Faculty

Courtesy Faculty

• Dr. Faisal Abu-Saleh
• Dr. Andre Agama Cueva
• Dr. Nathalia Andrade Lopes da Silva
• Dr. Luiz Barbosa
• Dr. Leuman Barreras Pestana
• Dr. Valentina Barrucci Miani
• Dr. Paul Benjamin
• Dr. Paul E Berger
• Dr. Eliana Burguera
• Dr. Jose L Carcamo
• Dr. Cesar A Carozzo Herrera
• Dr. Daviarlys David Then
• Dr. Pollyanna de Santana Pereira Lourenco
• Dr. Lilian Diaz Gonzalez
• Dr. Emily Echerri
• Dr. Ericka Fernandes D’Angelo
• Dr. Maria C Gonzalez Gilbert
• Dr. Anat Gozlan
• Dr. Andrea Leon Hostos
• Dr. Hugh J Miller
• Dr. Robert Miller
• Dr. Raul Molina
• Dr. Claudia Monteagudo
• Dr. Yakelin Moustarih Sakkal
• Dr. Esteban Mulkay
• Dr. Wilson Narino Tapias
• Dr. Alexandre Ribeiro
• Dr. Amanda Rodrigues
• Dr. Victor Rodriguez
• Dr. Eddy Sedeno
• Dr. Bruce Shaw
• Dr. Pamella Sobrinho Bezerra de Araujo
• Dr. Graziela Torino Reginato
• Dr. Carolina Vizcarra
• Dr. Yaineris Yera Fernandez

St. Petersburg

Core Faculty

Part-Time Faculty

Courtesy Faculty

• Dr. Lillian Berry
• Dr. Carlos Cardenas Peralta
• Dr. Robert Churney
• Dr. Reinaldo Claudio
• Dr. Nicole Hernandez
• Dr. Ryan Holbrook
• Dr. S. Edward Hopwood
• Dr. Keith Kiskaddon
• Dr. Thuy Nguyen
• Dr. Lori Radford
• Dr. Saimon Ramos
• Dr. Thomas Reinhart
• Dr. Kevin Snyder
• Dr. William Spencer
• Dr. Adam Strimer
• Dr. McKenzi Taylor
• Dr. Bryan Thatcher
• Dr. Gretel L Viera

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Department of Endodontics

P.O. Box 100436
Gainesville, Florida 32610

Department Chair & Program Director

Roberta Pileggi DDS, MS

Senior Executive Associate Dean; Chair, Program Director & Professor of Endodontics; Associate Dean for Advanced & Graduate Education; Director, School of Advanced Dental Sciences

Phone: (352) 273-5437

Email: rpileggi@ufl.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Courtesy Faculty

• William H Aippersbach, D.M.D., P.A.
• Robert Borer, D.M.D., M.S.
• Leandro Britto, C.D., M.S.
• Hal Coe, D.M.D.
• Glenn Dean, D.M.D.
• Michael DeGrood, D.M.D.
• Robert Heydrich, D.M.D., M.S.
• Keith Kanter, D.D.S., P.A.
• Demetrick Lecorn, D.M.D., M.S.
• Ericka Lowe Bennett, D.M.D.
• Elizabeth Nixon, D.D.S.
• J. Tim Russin, D.D.S., P.A.
• Michael Sardzinski, D.M.D.

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Department of Oral Biology

P.O. Box 100424
Gainesville, FL 32610

Department Chair & Louis and Marge Atkins Endowed Professor

Shannon M Wallet PhD

Chair and Professor, Department of Oral Biology | Louis and Marge Atkins Endowed Professor

Phone: (352) 273-8858

Email: smpop@ufl.edu

Faculty

Photo	Name	Title	Business Phone	Email
	Jacqueline Abranches	Associate Professor	(352) 273-6672	jabranches@ufl.edu
	L J Brady	Professor & Director of Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Training and Career Development	(352) 273-8839	lbrady@ufl.edu
	Claudia L Charles Nino	RES AST PROF	(352) 273-8370	c.charlesnino@ufl.edu
	Ana Duran-Pinedo	Research Assistant Professor	––	apinedo@ufl.edu
	Nicole Fiallos	Research Assistant Scientist	(352) 273-8863	ndemellofiallos@ufl.edu
	Jorge Frias-Lopez	Full Professor	––	jorgefriaslopez@ufl.edu
	Frank Gibson	Professor, DMD/PhD Program Coordinator	(352) 273-8856	fgibson@ufl.edu
	Jessica Kajfasz	Research Associate Professor	(352) 273-6675	jkajfasz@dental.ufl.edu
	Nadeem Khan	Associate Professor	(352) 273-8862	nkhan2@dental.ufl.edu
	Kaylie L.N. Lam	Research Assistant Professor	(352) 273-8844	llam1@ufl.edu
	Jose A Lemos	Professor	(352) 273-8843	jlemos@ufl.edu
	Thiago M. Pasin	Research Assistant Scientist	(352) 273-8850	tmachadopasin@ufl.edu
	Luis R Martinez	Professor	(352) 273-8135	luismartinez1@ufl.edu
	Bernadett Papp	Associate Professor	(352) 294-8752	bpapp@ufl.edu
	Ann Progulske-Fox	Distinguished Professor & Program Director	(352) 273-8835	apfox@ufl.edu
	Marta Reguera Gomez	RES AST SCTST	(352) 745-5947	m.regueragomez@ufl.edu
	Robert C Shields	Assistant Professor	(352) 273-7520	robert.shields@ufl.edu
	Zsolt Toth	Associate professor	(352) 294-8461	ztoth@ufl.edu
	Alejandro Walker	Research Assistant Professor	(352) 231-8988	ariverosw@ufl.edu
	Lin Zeng	Associate Professor	(352) 273-8868	linzeng@ufl.edu

Courtesy Faculty and Joint Appointees

Emeritus Faculty

• William McArthur, Ph.D.

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Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences

P.O. Box 100414
Gainesville, FL  32610

Department Chair

Anita Gohel BDS, PhD

Chair & Clinical Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences; Program Director, Advanced Education in Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology

Phone: (352) 273-6775

Email: agohel@ufl.edu

Emeritus Faculty

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Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

P.O. Box 100416
Gainesville, FL 32610

Department Chair

M F Dolwick DMD, PhD

Professor | Chair, Oral Surgery | Director Of Hospital Dentistry

Phone: (352) 273-6731

Email: tmjdoc@ufl.edu

Faculty

Courtesy Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

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Department of Orthodontics

P.O. Box 100444
Gainesville, FL 32610

Department Chair

Calogero Dolce DDS, PhD

Professor & Chair, Orthodontics

Phone: (352) 273-7960

Email: cdolce@ufl.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Courtesy Faculty

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Department of Pediatric Dentistry

Gainesville
P.O. Box 100426
Gainesville, FL 32610

Naples
7505 Grand Lely Drive
Naples, FL 34113

Department Chair

Marcio Guelmann D.D.S.

Professor And Chair, Pediatric Dentistry

Phone: (352) 273-7635

Email: guelmann@ufl.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Courtesy Faculty

• Neal Benham, D.D.S.
• Rosalie Brao, D.D.S., M.S.
• William Cornell, D.D.S.
• Michael Garcia, M.D.
• Alexandra Jensen, D.M.D.
• Romilio Marques, M.D.
• Sean McDonnell, D.D.S.
• Kathy Parsons, D.D.S.
• Susie Perry, D.M.D.
• Ronald J. Rozanski, D.D.S.
• Julie Russo, D.M.D.
• Donald Vanitvelt, D.D.S., M.S.
• Justin Graham D.M.D

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Department of Periodontology

P.O. Box 100434
Gainesville, FL 32610

Interim Department Chair

Wagner Duarte DDS, PhD

Interim Chair, Program Director & Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics

Phone: (352) 273-7881

Email: wduarte@dental.ufl.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Courtesy Faculty

• Jamie Amir B.D.S., D.D.S., M.S.
• Ronald Cain D.D.S.
• Dominick Catania D.M.D., M.S.
• Dennis Davis D.M.D., M.S.
• Stuart Feldman, D.D.S.
• Alan Fetner, D.D.S.
• Alex Fetner, D.M.D., M.S.
• Michael Fetner, D.M.D., M.S.
• Mary Hartigan, D.D.S.
• Timothy M. Johnson, D.M.D.
• Mary Kuhns D.M.D., M.S.
• Ruben Mesia, D.D.S., M.S.
• Craig Misch, D.D.S., M.D.S., P.A.
• Richard Oliver, Jr., D.M.D.
• Alex Podaru D.M.D., M.S.
• Joseph Richardson D.M.D., M.S.
• Leah Strange D.M.D., M.S.
• Michael Tesmer D.M.D., M.S.
• Matthew Waite, D.D.S., M.S.

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Department of Restorative Dental Sciences

P.O. Box 100415
Gainesville, FL 32610

Department Chair

Ana Paula Dias Ribeiro DDS, MS, PhD

Chair and Clinical Professor

Phone: (352) 273-5850

Email: anaribeiro@ufl.edu

Division of Operative Dentistry

Division of Pre-Doctoral General Dentistry

Division of Prosthodontics

Wildlight Dental Center

Adjunct Faculty

Emeritus Faculty

Courtesy Faculty

• Kristine Allen, D.D.S.
• Eric Bauman, D.M.D., M.S.
• Manfred F. Bender, D.D.S.
• Yulien Cruz, D.M.D.
• Edgar C. Davila, D.D.S., M.S., P.A.
• Nidal S. Elias, D.D.S, M.S.
• Robert Evelyn, D.M.D., F.A.G.D.
• John Gammichia D.M.D., F.A.G.D.
• Craig M. Misch, D.D.S., M.D.S.
• James H. Nguyen, D.M.D.
• Ada Y. Parra, D.D.S., M.S.
• Eugene Rhee, D.D.S.
• Noel Rodriguez, D.M.D.
• James L. Schumacher, D.M.D.

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