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Department of Dentistry
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Dentistry - Pharmacy Building
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2N8

Telephone: (780) 492-3117
Chair's Fax: (780) 492-7536
email: jacinthe@ualberta.ca

 

Faculty Administration

Administrative Area

Name

Title

Telephone

School Lead

Paul Major

Chair, Dentistry

(780) 492-3312

Academic Affairs

Steve Patterson

Associate Chair (Academic)

(780) 492-8240

Admissions

Loretta Hursin

Chair, Admissions Committee

(780) 492--7459

Graduate Studies

Carlos Flores-Mir

Graduate Studies

(780) 492-8041

Alumni Affairs

Bill Sharun

Alumni Affairs Representative

(780) 492-4469

Business Financial Affairs

Yvonne Pinchbeck

Assistant Chair, Administration

(780) 492-2850

Continuing Education

James Yacyshyn

Director

(780) 492-4592

Clinical Affairs

Rick Easton

Director, Clinic Programs

(780) 492-8681

Curriculum

Steve Patterson

Chair, Curriculum Committee

(780) 492-8240

Financial Aid

Yvonne Pinchbeck

Assistant Chair, Administration

(780) 492-2850

Hospital Dentistry

Bill Preshing

Director, Hospital Programs

(780) 492-0118

Student Affairs

Tom Stevenson

Associate Chair (Clinical Student Affairs)

(780) 492-5403

Dental Hygiene

Alexandra Sheppard

Acting Director, Dental Hygiene

(780) 492-4453

Research

Doug Dederich

Acting Associate Chair of Research

(780) 492-6256

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Faculty Members

Name, Phone, Fax & Email Address

Department/ Division

Academic/Research Areas of Interest

Administrative
Responsibilities

Amin, Maryam

Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-7354
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: maryam.amin@ualberta.ca

Pediatric Dentistry

Community based interventions for early childhood caries in vulnerable populations;

Community servince learning in dental education;

Education transformation for global citizenship and social responsibilty

Head, Division of Pediatric Dentistry

AuCoin, Trudy

Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-7459
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: taucoin@ualberta.ca

Comprehensive Care Clinic

CCC Leader

Baker, Philip

Professor

Phone: (780) 492-9728
Fax: (780) 492-7303
Email: philip.baker@ualberta.ca

Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Bedard, Dennis

Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-7100
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: dbedard@ualberta.ca

Pediatric Dentistry

Bennett, Blair
Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-3072
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email:

 

 

Project Manager - Edmonton Clinic

Cable, Cheryl
Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-7429
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: cheryly@ualberta.ca

Implant Dentistry

Maxillofacial Prosodontics

Dental Implants

 

Chow, Ava
Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-1326
Fax: (780)
Email: akchow@ualberta.ca

Dental Hygiene

 

 

Cobban, Sandy
Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-1325
Fax: (780) 492-8552
Email: scobban@ualberta.ca

Dental Hygiene

Research Utilization,
Knowledge Transfer,
Critical thinking,
Distance Education,
Evaluation research

 

Compton, Sharon
Professor

Phone: (780) 492-6331
Fax: (780) 492-8552
Email: scompton@ualberta.ca

Dental Hygiene

Tobacco control research and related initiatives;
reserach methods teaching;
systematic reviews;
dental implantology teaching

Director, Dental Hygiene Program (Sabbatical)

Associate Department Chair (DH) (Sabbatical)

Dederich, Doug

Professor

Phone: (780) 492-6256
Fax: (780) 492-7536
Email: dederich@ualberta.ca

Periodontics

 

Acting Associate Chair
(Research)

Easton, Rick
Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492 0445
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: reaston@ualberta.ca

Clinical Dentistry

 

Director of Clinics

Eggert, Michael
Professor

Phone: (780) 492 3078
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: feggert@ualberta.ca

Periodontics

Clinically related metabolism of oral biofilms,
Periodontology,
Halitosis

Director, Oral Malodour Clinic
Head, Division of Periodontics

El-Bialy, Tarek

Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-2751
Fax: (780) 492-7108
Email: telbialy@ualberta.ca

Orthodontics

Healing of teeth root resportion,
Tissue engineering and mandible condyle using stem cells,
Alveolar bone and pulp healing using ultrasound and gene therapy

 

Flores-Mir, Carlos

Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-7409
Fax: (780) 492-7108
Email: carlosflores@ualberta.ca

Orthodontics

Evidence based dentistry,
3D facial soft tissue changes during Orthodontic Treatment

Head, Division of Orthodontics
Human Research Ethics Board

Director of Graduate Studies

Ganatra, Seema
Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-4541
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: Sganatra@ualberta.ca

Oral Medicine/Oral Pathology Radiology

Innovations in teaching diagnostic sciences,
oral cancer,
oral pathology,
biopsy service

Head, Division of Oral Radiology

Gaudet-Amigo, Gisele

Phone: (780) 248-1733
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: ggaudet@ualberta.ca

 

 

Curriculum Coordination

Gitzel, Barbara
Clinical Professor

Phone: (780) 492-1324
Fax: (780) 492-8552
Email: bgitzel@ualberta.ca

Dental Hygiene

Oral Health education,
tobacco cessation,
addication awareess,
behaviour change theory

Heo, Giseon

Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-1332
Fax: (780) 492-7108
Email: gheo@ualberta.ca

Statistician

Statistical Analysis with applications in dentistry studies, shape analysis,
sequential analysis and meta analysis

 

Howell, Marianne
Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-5849
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: mhowell@ualberta.ca

Clinical Dentistry

Geriatrics, Public Health

Head of Comprehensive Care Clinic

Hursin, Loretta

Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-7459
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: hursin@ualberta.ca

Comprehensive Care Clinic

CCC Leader
4th year Clinic Coordinator

Kelner, David
Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-8839
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: dkelner@ualberta.ca

Restorative

 

 

Kline, Loren W.
Professor

Phone: (780) 492-4468
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: lkline@ualberta.ca

Oral Biology

Calcium metabolism;
Smooth muscle, tooth replacement in iguanas

Student Awards Director
Ethics in Research
Head of Oral Biology Division

Kula, Bernard
Clinical Assistant Professor


Phone: (780) 492-7429
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: kula@ualberta.ca

Restorative

 

 

Lagravere, Manuel
Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-7696
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: manuel@ualberta.ca

Orthodontics

 

 

Leakey,Joan
Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492 4150
Fax: (780) 492-8552
Email: joan.leakey@ualberta.ca

Dental Hygiene

 

Clinic Coordinator 1st. year

Linke, Bernie
Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-2014
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: blinke@ualberta.ca

Restorative

 

Head of Restorative Dentistry

Major, Paul
Professor

Phone: (780) 492-3312
Fax: (780) 492-7536
Email: major@ualberta.ca

Orthodontics

Orthodontic Biomechanics

Chair, Department of Dentistry

McGaw, Tim
Professor

Phone: (780) 492-5195
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: wmcgaw@ualberta.ca

Oral Medicine and Pathology

Antiviral chemotherapeutics;
Clinical oncology

Head of Oral Pathology

Milos, Nadine
Professor

Phone: (780) 492-4958
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: nmilos@ualberta.ca

Oral Biology

Craniofacial embryology;
Neural crest cell adhesion

 

Nassar, Usama
Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-4470
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: unassar@ualberta.ca

Restorative

Dental Materials

 

Patterson, Steven K.
Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-8240
Fax: (780) 492-7536
Email: steven.patterson@ualberta.ca

Dental Public Health

Tobacco Cessation;
Ethics
Aboriginal Oral Health,
Access to care,
Interprofessionalism

Associate Chair (Academic)

Dental Public Health Centre

Tobacco Cessation Clinic

Pehowich, Daniel J.
Professor

Phone: (780) 492-2838
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: dpehowic@ualberta.ca

Oral Biology

Influence of estrogen on alveolar bone integrity;
mediators of inflammation;
nutrition

 

Peters, Edmund
Professor

Phone: (780) 492-1338
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: peters@ualberta.ca

Oral Medicine and Pathology

Implants;
Infection Control;
Clinical/Pathologic Studies of Oral Disease

Infection Control Officer;

Preshing, William
Clinical Professor

Phone: (780) 492-0118
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: wdpreshi@ualberta.ca

Oral Diagnosis

Management of medically-compromised patients

GPR Director

Chair, Academic Standing Committee

Senior, Anthea

Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-0464
Fax : (780) 492-1624
Email: anthea.senior@ualberta.ca

Radiology

Third year clinic coordinator

Sheppard, Alexandra

Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-4453
Fax: (780) 492-8552
Email: alexandra.sheppard@ualberta.ca

Dental Hygiene

Clininc Co-ordinator, 2nd year.
Acting Director, Dental Hygiene

Stevenson, Tom

Clinical Professor

Phone: (780) 492-5403
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: tom.stevenson@ualberta.ca

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Associate Chair, Depatment of Dentistry
Head, Division of OMS

Talwar, Reena
Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-6428
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: rtalwar@ualberta.ca

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

 

 

Tan, Han-Kuang
Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-4471
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: htan@ualberta.ca

Removable Prosthodontics

Removable Prosthontics:
Clinical relevance of dental materials

 

Thie, Norman
Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-9906
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: nthie@ualberta.ca

TMD/Orofacial Pain

Temporomandibular disorders/Orofacial pain

Director, Orofacial Pain Clinic

Valentine, John

Clinical Associate Professor

Phone: (780) 492-4897
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: jbv@ualberta.ca

Oral Diagnosis

Oral manifestations of systmeic diseases,

Diagnosis and treatment planning,

Medically compromised Patient Care

Infection Control,

Emergency response medical issues.

Verhaeghe, Tyler

Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-0576
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: tylerv@ualberta.ca

Fixed Prosthodonics,
Comprehensive Care Clinic

Quality Assurance

Yacyshyn, James
Clinical Assistant Professor

Phone: (780) 492-4592
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: jyacyshy@ualberta.ca

 

 

Director of Continuing Dental Education

Yu, Donald
Clinical Professor

Phone: (780) 492-1344
Fax: (780) 492-1624
Email: donaldyu@ualberta.ca

Endodontics (Part-Time)

 

Head, Division of Endodontics

 

Revised November 2010

 

 

 

 

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