Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Jeffrey H. Brooks, DMD
Department Chair, and Professor
Executive Associate Dean
Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
Dental Education: University of Mississippi
OMS Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
jbrook27@uthsc.edu

James W. Pledger, DDS
Associate Professor and Program Director
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
jpledger@uthsc.edu

Jimmy E. Albright, DDS
Professor and Former Chair
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: Bethesda Naval Hospital
jalbrig3@uthsc.edu

James M. Christian, DDS
Professor
Dental Education: Temple University
OMS Education: University of Connecticut
jchris19@uthsc.edu

Andrew Fontenot, CRNA
Instructor
Education: Master of Science in Nursing, Arkansas State University

Nicholas O. Gerard, DMD, MD
Assistant Professor
Dental Education: Temple University
OMS Education: Vanderbilt University
Medical Education: University of Health Sciences Antigua
ngerard@uthsc.edu

Bruce H. McCullar, DDS
Associate Professor
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
bmcculla@uthsc.edu

J. Lawrence McRae, DDS
Associate Professor
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Nicholas Mechas, DMD
Associate Professor
Dental Education: University of Louisville School of Dentistry
OMS Education: Temple University Hospital
Fellowship: Cleft lip, Cleft palate, and Craniofacial Surgery Fellow at Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center

Richard D. Meekins, Jr., DDS
Assistant Professor
Dental Education: Howard University
OMS Education: Martin Luther King Jr./Charles R. Drew Medical Center
rmeekins@uthsc.edu

R. Kuhen Smith, DDS
Assistant Professor
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Ronald C. Staples, DDS
Assistant Professor
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Scott A. Weiskopf, DDS
Assistant Professor
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: University of Illinois - Chicago
weiskop@uthsc.edu

Micheal A. Williams, DDS, MD
Assistant Professor
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Doctorate Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham, MD

Brett Wilson, DDS
Associate Professor
Dental Degree: University of Oklahoma
OMS Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
bwilso85@uthsc.edu

G. Trent Wilson, DDS
Associate Professor
Dental Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
OMS Education: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
gwilson2@uthsc.edu