Department of Periodontology

Sidney H. Stein, DMD, MS, PhD
Interim Chair of the Department of Periodontology, Professor
sstein@uthsc.edu

Vrushali Abhyankar, MDS, MS
Director of Advanced Education in Periodontics
Director of Externship Periodontics
Associate Professor
vabhyank@uthsc.edu

Les H. Binkley Jr., DDS, MS
Director of Pre-doctoral Periodontics
Associate Professor
jbinkle2@uthsc.edu

Cimara Fortes Blunt, DDS, MSc, PhD, MDS
Director of Implant Center
Professor
cblunt@uthsc.edu

Anastasios Karydis, DDS, MS, PhD
Assistant Director of Pre-doctoral Periodontics
Associate Professor
akarydis@uthsc.edu 

Danita Adams, MDH, RDH, BSDH
Assistant Professor
dadams40@uthsc.edu

Pooja AjitSankardas, BDS, MDS, MS
Assistant Professor
pajitsan@uthsc.edu

Paul S. Bland, DDS
Associate Professor
pbland@uthsc.edu

Matthew D. Carlisle, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor
mcarlis1@uthsc.edu

Douglas R. Dixon, DMD, MSD, PhD
Associate Dean for Research,
Chair for the Department of Bioscience Research,
Professor
ddixon27@uthsc.edu

Hiram Fry, DDS
Professor Emeritus

Jessica Hagan, DMD, MDS
Assistant Professor
jhagan5@uthsc.edu

Rachel Hamilton, RDH, BS, MDH, PhD
Associate Professor
rhamilt9@uthsc.edu

Felisa Jackson, RDH, MSAH, BSDH
Assistant Professor
fjackso3@uthsc.edu

James R. Kimmelman, DDS, MS
Professor Emeritus
jkimmelm@uthsc.edu

Paul G. Luepke, DDS, MS, FACD
Professor
pluepke@uthsc.edu

Kay Rose, BSDH, MSAH
Assistant Professor
drose21@uthsc.edu

Mandy Simpson, RDH, BS
Instructor
asimps42@uthsc.edu

Jeffrey L. Wingo, DDS
Assistant Professor
jwingo1@uthsc.edu

David Wong, DDS, MDS
Assistant Professor
dwong6@uthsc.edu