Department of General Dentistry
Department Chair and Directors
Les H. Binkley Jr., DDS, MS
Director of Laser Dentistry, Assistant Professor
jbinkle2@uthsc.edu
Layne Levy, DDS
Associate Professor and Director of Advanced Education in General Dentistry
llevy1@uthsc.edu
Daranee Versluis-Tantbirojn, DDS, MS, PhD
Director of Biomaterials, Professor
dverslui@uthsc.edu
Department Faculty
Ned Alley, DDS
Assistant Professor
nalley@uthsc.edu
Ashanti Braxton, DDS
Associate Professor
abraxton@uthsc.edu
William R. Callahan, III, DDS
Associate Professor
wcallaha@uthsc.edu
Nechama Citrin, DDS
Associate Professor
ncitrin@uthsc.edu
Giles Damron, DDS
Assistant Professor
gdamron@uthsc.edu
Patricia P. Dingeldein, DDS
Assistant Professor
pdingeld@uthsc.edu
Jackie D. Drake, DDS
Assistant Professor
jdrake3@uthsc.edu
Albert Gruber, DMD, MPH
Assistant Professor
agruber4@uthsc.edu
Robert Hatch, DDS
Assistant Professor
rhatch1@uthsc.edu
Anne Hill, DDS
Associate Professor
ahill73@uthsc.edu
Darryl K. Jones, DDS
Assistant Professor
djones30@uthsc.edu
Jeff Kalmowicz, DDS
Assistant Professor
jkalmowi@uthsc.edu
Mark Lackey, DMD
Associate Professor
mlackey@uthsc.edu
John Lally, DDS
Assistant Professor
jlally@uthsc.edu
Elizabeth H. Lee, DDS
Assistant Professor
elee56@uthsc.edu
Frank Luther, DDS
Assistant Professor
pluther@uthsc.edu
Robert E. McCalla, DDS
Assistant Professor
rmcalla@uthsc.edu
Jerry G. McKinney, DDS
Assistant Professor
jmckin35@uthsc.edu
Ali Mohamed, BDS, DScD
Assistant Professor
amohame6@uthsc.edu
Jeffery S. Nordin, DDS, MS
Associate Professor
jnordin@uthsc.edu
Thomas C. Patterson, DDS
Assistant Professor
Interim Director of CADCAM Dentistry
tpatte25@uthsc.edu
Vernon Pennington, DDS
Assistant Professor
vpenning@uthsc.edu
Willis Edward Reese, DDS
Assistant Professor
wreese2@uthsc.edu
Alan Salomon, DDS, FAGD
Assistant Professor
asalomo3@uthsc.edu
Allen Shan, DMD
Assistant Professor
ashan@uthsc.edu
Leroy A. Selvidge, DDS
Assistant Professor
lselvidg@uthsc.edu
Charlotte Taylor, DDS
Assistant Professor
ctayl116@uthsc.edu
Robert Tremblay, DDS
Assistant Professor
rtrembla@uthsc.edu
Waletha Wasson, DDS, MPA, MS, MAGD
Professor
Program Director: A 21st Century Initiative - Oral-Systemic and Population-Based Health
For All (21st COSP)
wwasson@uthsc.edu
Clarice R. White, DDS
Assistant Professor
cwhite94@uthsc.edu
Joseph W. Wills, DDS
Assistant Professor
drjwhitleywills@hotmail.com
Lee Wilson, DDS
Assistant Professor
lwils117@uthsc.edu
Amit Unnadkat, BDS, MS
Assistant Professor
aunnadka@uthsc.edu
Staff
Delma Cole
Administrative Assistant
dcole@uthsc.edu