The Department of Orthodontics & Oral Facial Genetics boasts a diverse faculty trained in multiple orthodontic techniques.
Many faculty have secondary specialties that have contributed to the uniqueness and success of the program. We are grateful
for their hard work and dedication, and especially to our volunteers for their time.
Chair
*Katherine S. Kula, MS, DMD, MS, Director, MSD Program
Full-Time
Ahmed A. M. Ghoneima, BDS, MSc
Serkis C. Isikbay, DDS, MSD, Director, Pre-doctoral Program
Irina L. Leyvand, DDS, MS, Problem-Based Learning Instructor, Pre-doctoral Program
Sean Shih-Yao Liu, DDS, MS, PhD, Director of the Mineralized Tissue and Histology Research Laboratory
Kelton T. Stewart, DDS, MS
Ariadna A. Torres-Gorena, DDS, MSD
Part-time
*James J. Baldwin, DDS, MSD
*#Jeffrey A. Dean, DDS, MSD, Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Susan M. Dluz, PhD, Problem-Based Learning Instructor, Pre-doctoral Program
*Michael C. Frazier, DDS, MS
Lawrence P. Garetto, MS, PhD, Associate Dean for Dental Education
*James V. Macri, DDS, MSD
*Charles Pritchett, DDS, MSD
*O.H. Rigsbee, DDS, MS
Jennifer A. Russell, DDS, MSD
Volunteers
*Timothy Alford, DDS, MSD
*Jason K. Bunch, DDS, MSD
*Nelson R. Diers, DDS, MSD
*J. Courtney Gorman, DDS
*Ken Hyde, DDS, MS
Joint Appointments with Purdue University School of Engineering & Technology (IUPUI)
Jie Chen, PhD, Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Thomas R. Katona, DMD, PhD, Director of the Biomechanics Laboratory
Adjunct Faculty and Retired Faculty
*Charles Burstone, DDS, Ph.D.
*Francisco E. Eraso, DDS, MS, MS (Cert. OMFR), MSD
*^James K. Hartsfield, DMD, PhD
*William F. Hohlt, DDS, Professor Emeritus of Orthodontics
*W. Eugene Roberts, DDS, PhD, DHC (Med), Professor Emeritus of Orthodontics
James C. Shanks, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Speech Pathology
* Certified by the American Board of Orthodontics
^ Certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics
# Certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry