Gustavo Avila-Ortiz, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Periodontics From 2009-2011, Dr. Avila-Ortiz was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. He joined the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 2011 as a professor in the Department of Periodontics. He was appointed Chair of the Department of Periodontics in 2017. More |
Kim A. Brogden, Ph.D.
Director, Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research Dr. Brogden joined the College of Dentistry in 2004. He is director of the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research and a professor in the Department of Periodontics. More |
Steven H. Clark, D.D.S.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Dentistry Dr. Clark was in private practice dentistry from 1983-1989. From 1992-1997, he was in periodontics private practice. In 1998, Dr. Clark joined the Department of Family Dentistry as a visiting assistant professor and he is now clinical assistant professor. More |
Satheesh Elangovan, B.D.S., DSc, DMSc
Professor, Department of Periodontics Dr. Elangovan joined the UI College of Dentistry Department of Periodontics in 2011 after completing his doctor of medical science at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and his postdoctoral research fellow at the Forsyth Institute, both in Boston. |
Georgia K. Johnson, B.S., D.D.S., M.S.
Professor, Department of Periodontics Dr. Johnson joined the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1991 after serving on the faculty at the University of Nebraska Medical Center Dental College. In 1998, she became head of the Department of Periodontics; she stepped down in 2017. Dr. Johnson is also a professor in the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research. More |
Theodoros Katsaros, D.D.S., M.S.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics After completing his M.S. and certificate in periodontics at Louisiana State University in 2016, Dr. Katsaros became a clinical assistant professor in the UI College of Dentistry's Department of Periodontics. He is also the Director of the Periodontics Graduate Program and Visiting Scholar program. More |
Nancy Slach, B.S., R.D.H.
Assistant in Instruction, Department of Periodontics Prior to joining the faculty at the College of Dentistry in the fall of 1985, Ms. Slach had experience in private practice and public health dental hygiene as well as practicing at the University of Iowa in Hospital Dentistry. More |
Paula Weistroffer, B.A., D.D.S., M.S.
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Periodontics Dr. Weistroffer joined the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in July 2007 as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics. While she was obtaining her MS in oral science and a certificate in periodontics, she was also a postdoctoral trainee (NRSA T32 grant) from July 2005-July 2007. More |
Megumi Williamson, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics Dr. Williamson joined the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in July 2018 as an assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics after completing her M.S. and certificate in periodontology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in June 2018. More |
Shaoping Zhang, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Periodontics Dr. Zhang joined the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 2018 as an assistant professor in the Department of Periodontics. He was a research assistant professor from 2016-2017 in the Department of Periodontology at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry before he transitioned to UI. More |
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