Standing Faculty

Joseph P. Fiorellini, DMD, DMSc, Professor and Chair
Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, DMD, Professor
Denis F. Kinane, BDS, PhD, Morton Amsterdam Dean and Professor
Jonathan Korostoff, DMD, PhD, Associate Professor
Alan M. Polson, DDS, LDS, MS, Professor

Directors

Naciye Guzin Uzel, DDS, DMSc
Dr. Uzel is the Clinical Director of postdoctoral periodontics at Penn Dental Medicine, where she is involved with clinical and didactic courses and seminars. Dr. Uzel earned her DDS from Arkana University, Certificate in Microbiology from The Forsyth Institute, DMSc in Oral Biology, and a Certificate in Periodontology from Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Prior to joining Penn Dental Medicine, she was a staff associate at The Forsyth Institute. Her research is focused on the microbiology aspect of periodontal and other oral diseses. Dr. Uzel's laboratory studies species of the complex oral microbiota as well as effects of different treatments by using advanced molecular techniques.

Daniel W.K. Kao, DDS, MS
Dr. Kao is the Director of predoctoral periodontics at Penn Dental Medicine, where he is involved with clinical and didactic courses and seminars. Dr. Kao earned his DDS from Yang Ming University in 1999. Dr. Kao completed his Periodontics postgraduate training at the Department of Periodontology at Penn, where he also received his Masters in Oral Biology. Dr. Kao is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. His research interests include the clinical applications of growth factors (BMP, PDGFs), the relationship of systemic disease and periodontal disease, and dental implant studies.

Roberto Abundo, Adjunct Professor
Morton Amsterdam, DDS, DS, Professor Emeritus
Jean Pierre Arnoux, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Harold S. Baumgarten, DMD, Clinical Professor
Robert M. Benedon, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Herbert Brilliant, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
I. Stephen Brown, DDS, Clinical Professor
Bernard Calem, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Gail G. Childers, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
M. Alexandre Cho, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
D. Walter Cohen, DDS, Professor Emeritus
Giuseppe Corrente, MD, DDS, Adjunct Professor
Harold DeHaven, DDS, Clinical Professor
Ira Eisenstein, DMD, BA, Clinical Associate Professor
Cyril Evian, BDS, HDD, DMD, Clinical Professor
Howard P. Fraiman, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Peter Gaengler, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Joseph Greenberg, DMD, Clinical Professor
Howard B. Gross, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Stephanie Gross, DDS, Clinical Associate
Uri Hangorsky, DDS, MS, Clinical Professor
David Hazzouri, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Daniel W.K. Kao, DDS, MS, Lecturer
Barry Kayne, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Yongkun Kim, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Young Ku, DDS, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor
Daniel Kubikian, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Chern-Hsiung Lai, PhD, DMD, Adjunct Professor
Jay B. Laudenbach, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Kenneth Laudenbach, DDS, Clinical Professor
Ernesto Lee, DMD, Clinical Professor
Barry Paul Levin, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Robert Levine, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Richard Levitt, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Max Listgarten, DDS, Professor Emeritus
Edward Allen Marcus, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Louis Robert Marion, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Oscar Gonzalez Martin, DDS, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Alan Morris, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Jeffrey M. Morton, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Mana Nejadi, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Myron Nevins, DDS, Clinical Professor
Jeffrey Pearlman-Storch, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Karl Rose, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Louis Rose, DDS, MD, Clinical Professor
Leslie M. Salkin, DDS, Clinical Professor
Farshid Sanavi, DMD, PhD, Clinical Professor
Mariano Sanz, DDS, MD, Adjunct Professor
Peter Schupbach, PhD, Adjunct Professor
David R. Silver, BA, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Mark Bennett Snyder, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Neil Starr, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Arthur Steinberg, DMD, Clinical Professor
Haim Tal, DMD, Adjunct Professor
James Torosian, DMD, BA, Clinical Associate Professor
Mehmet Ilhan Uzel, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Naciye Guzin Uzel, DDS, DMSc, Lecturer
Elana Walker, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Arnold Weisgold, DDS, Adjunct Professor