Galen B. Schneider, D.D.S., Ph.D, FACP

Dr. Schneider joined the UI College of Dentistry in 1999. He served as Department of Prosthodontics chair from 2006-2011. Dr. Schneider is currently executive association dean, dean for faculty, and a professor in the Department of Prosthodontics with a joint appointment in the UI Institute for Dental Research. In addition, he is a board-certified prosthodontist and is actively involved in patient care and teaching within the Department of Prosthodontics. His research focuses on bone cell biology as it relates to implant osseointegration and bone tissue engineering.

Salahaldeen Abuhammoud, D.D.S., M.S.

Dr. Abuhammoud received his D.D.S. degree from University of Jordan in 2011. He was a clinical and research teaching assistant at the University of Jordan from 2013-2015. In 2018, he received a certificate in prosthodontics from University of Iowa and a Master's Degree in Oral Science. 

Omar Alburawi, B.D.S.

Dr. Alburawi worked as a dentist in Tripoli, Libya from 2006-2009 before becoming a clinical assistant fellow in the comprehensive dentistry program at New York University's College of Dentistry. From 2015-2017, Dr. Alburawi was a teaching assistant in prosthodontics at NYU. He joined the Department of Prosthodontics at the UI College of Dentistry as a clinical assistant professor in 2017.

Isabelle Denry, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Dr. Isabelle Denry received her DDS and her PhD from the University of Paris, France. After 20 years at the Ohio State University College of Dentistry, she recently moved to the University of Iowa, where she is a professor in the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research and Department of Prosthodontics.

Liu Hong, MD, M.S., Ph.D

Dr. Hong joined the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 2009. He is an associate professor in the Iowa Institute for Oral Health Research and also in the Department of Prosthodontics. Prior to coming to Iowa, Dr. Hong was an assistant professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and also director of the Stem Cells and Craniofacial Tissue Engineering Lab.

Terry Lindquist, B.S., D.D.S., M.S.

Dr. Lindquist joined The University of Iowa College of Dentistry in 1994. She is an associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics.

Sally Roushdy, B.D.S., M.S.D.

Dr. Roushdy received her B.D.S. from Cairo University (Egypt). Right after graduation, she joined a group practice. During her career, she completed her endodontics residency at Cairo University, followed by her prosthodontics residency at Indiana University School of Dentistry, and earned her M.S.D. in prosthodontics in 1966 when she limited her private practice to prosthodontics. Her past teaching experience includes teaching at Indiana University School of Dentistry, the University of Detroit Mercy, and the University of Florida. Dr. Roushdy received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Florida in 2017. She joined the UI College of Dentistry in 2017 as a clinical assistant professor.

Richard Williamson, B.S., D.D.S., M.S.

Dr. Williamson was in private practice in College Station, Texas, before completing his MS and certificate in prosthodontics at the University of Nebraska. In 2001, he became an assistant professor at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Department of Prosthodontics. In 2005, Dr. Williamson changed to the Department of Family Dentistry, where he remained until 2015 when he left the college for a year to work at the VA Medical Center. Since returning in 2016, he is now a clinical associate professor in the Department of Prosthodontics.