Department of Dental Hygiene
Faculty and Staff
Chair
![Lynn Russell](/dentistry/educational-programs/departments/images/lrusse20-2.jpg)
Lynn Samons Russell, RDH, BS, MEd, EdD
Chair and Graduate Program Coordinator
Associate Professor
lrusse20@uthsc.edu
Chair and Graduate Program Coordinator
Associate Professor
lrusse20@uthsc.edu
Faculty
![Abramovitz](/dentistry/educational-programs/departments/images/mabramov.jpg)
Michelle Abramovitz, RDH, MS, BS
Instructor
mabramov@uthsc.edu
![Pam Albin](/dentistry/educational-programs/departments/images/pamela-albin-1.jpg)
Pam Albin, RDH, BS
Instructor
palbin1@uthsc.edu
![Risa Handman](/dentistry/educational-programs/departments/images/rnettle1.jpg)
Risa B Handman, RDH, MDH, EdD
Associate Professor
rnettle1@uthsc.edu
![Cassandra Ballard Christiansen](/dentistry/educational-programs/departments/images/christiansen-c-1.jpg)
Cassandra Holder Christiansen, RDH, MPA, EdD
Associate Professor
cballard@uthsc.edu
![flagg](/dentistry/educational-programs/departments/images/sflagg.jpg)
Simran Flagg, BSDH, MS
Assistant Professor
sflagg@uthsc.edu
![Michelle Miles](/dentistry/educational-programs/departments/images/mmiles2.jpg)
Michelle Miles, RDH, BS, MS
Associate Professor
Mmiles2@uthsc.edu
![Dayna Myers](/dentistry/educational-programs/departments/images/myers-d-1.jpg)
Dayna D. Myers, RDH, BBA, MDH
Assistant Professor
dmyers19@uthsc.edu
![odaniel](/images/headshots/placeholder-1.jpg)
Teresa Barrett O'Daniel, RDH, BS
Instructor
todaniel@uthsc.edu
Catherine Parker, RDH, BSDH
Instructor
catcbarg@uthsc.edu
David Shane Rasner, DDS
Assistant Professor
drasner@uthsc.edu
![Keisha Werlitz](/images/headshots/kwerlitz.jpg)
Kiesha Werlitz, RDH, MS
Assistant Professor
kwerlitz@uthsc.edu