Pediatric Dentistry Residency

Standing Faculty

Lawrence M. Levin, DMD, MD
Dr. Levin is Associate Professor/Clinician Educator of Oral Surgery/Pharmacology and Chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and chief of the division of dentistry at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He lectures in the anesthesiology, pain control, and emergency course, and in the oral and maxillofacial surgery, pediatric dentistry, pharmacology, and pathology courses. In addition, he lectures for the oral surgery residency program, the Division of Advanced Dental Education, the orthognathic surgery seminar, and the anesthesia course for periodontal residents. He also serves as clinical instructor in the oral and maxillofacial surgery and dentofacial deformity clinics. Dr. Levin's research interests include clinical trials for postoperative analgesics. His clinical interests include pediatric oral and maxillofacial surgery, dental implantology, and surgical correction of dentofacial deformity.

Rochelle G. Lindemeyer, DMD
Dr. Lindemeyer is the director of Pediatric Dentistry Graduate Program and director of the Pediatric Dentistry Externship and Honors Program, Assistant Professor/Clinician-Educator of Pediatric Dentistry in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences. She is a Diplomate of the Board of American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Her areas of special interest include dental trauma and research involving enamel formation. She has published many articles and given presentations at local and national meetings. Currently she is serving as immediate past President of the Philadelphia County Dental Society, and a consultant to the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry.

Howard M. Rosenberg, DDS, MSD, MEd
Dr. Rosenberg is Associate Professor/Clinician Educator of Pediatric Dentistry. His research interests include the guidance of child behaviors in the dental situation and attitudes toward female dental students and female dentists. His work in these areas has resulted in research publications, chapters in textbooks, and speaking invitations from regional, national, and international professional societies. Dr. Rosenberg's teaching interests include general pediatric dentistry, curriculum evaluation and development, and educational testing and measurement. He is the Director of the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic and the Course Director for the required and elective course in pediatric dentistry.

Rose Wadenya, BDS, MS, DMD
Dr. Wadenya is Assistant Professor/Clinician Educator of Pediatric Dentistry in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences and the School's Director of Minority Affairs. Dr. Wadenya also practices in the Penn Dental Medicine satellite offices around the Philadelphia region. Her major interests are reducing disparities in oral disease rates in the pediatric population, with an emphasis on prevention, and increasing diversity in the dental workforce through the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students in dentistry. She has published many articles and delivered many presentations at local and national meetings.

Academic Support Staff/Associated Faculty

Jeff Blum, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric
Stanford Brown, DDS, Clinical Professor, General
Lennie Checchio, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric
Carlos E. Gomez, DMD, Clinical Associate, General
Hamid Hayat, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric
Constance Killian, DMD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Pediatric
Elliott D. Maser, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric
Aaron D. Miller, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Neil Moscow, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric
Burton L. Nussbaum, DMD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Special Care
Sara Rashedi, DMD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric
Douglas Reich, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric
Surendra Singh, DDS, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatric
Patti Werther, DMD, MSEd, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric