Faculty and Staff Directory - Departments
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Michael R. Markiewicz, DDS, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair; Feagans Endowed Chair
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Co-Director-Cleft and Craniofacial Team, Craniofacial Center of Western New York
- Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs
- Clinical Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
- Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery
Clinical Associate Professor; Program Director
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112C Squire Hall; 120K Squire Hall, Buffalo NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-6230
Email: rlcronyn@buffalo.edu
- Director of Undergraduate Program / Undergraduate Clinic
- BOCA/RAM trip supervisor
- Chief, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Erie County Medical Center
- Chief, Department of Clinical Dentistry, Kaleida Health
PART-TIME FACULTY
112 Squire Hall, Buffalo NY
Phone: (716) 829-6230
Sanil Nigalye, DDS, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
VOLUNTEER FACULTY
Justin J. Au, DMD, MD
Volunteer Clinical Instructor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Amy Bryan, DDS
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112 Squire Hall, Buffalo NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2722
Mario Dinardo, DMD
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112 Squire Hall Buffalo NY
Phone: (716) 829-2722
Tara Halliwell-Kemp, D.D.S., M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112 Squire Hall, Buffalo NY
Phone: (716) 829-6230
Harvard Medical School
Phone: (617) 355-6259
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oishei Children's Outpatient Center
3rd Floor, Conventus Building, 1001 Main Street, Buffalo NY 14203
Email: reneerey@buffalo.edu
Fred Rodems
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112 Squire Hall, Buffalo NY
Phone: (716) 829-6230
Steven Vukas
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-6230
Gregory D. White, DDS
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112 Squire Hall, Buffalo NY
Phone: (716) 829-6230
Department of Oral Biology
Christian Ahearn, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Suzanne Andrusz
Senior Patient Care Specialist
Department of Oral Biology
Natalie Anselmi
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
B46a Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3479; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: prarany@buffalo.edu
Kiana Bynum
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Shannon Cervi
Dental Hygienist
Department of Oral Biology
Monica Che
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Kar On (Karen) Cheng
Research Support Specialist
Department of Oral Biology
Sreedevi Chinthamani, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Adjunct Professor of Oral Biology
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
147 Biomedical Research Building 3435 Main St. Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3364; Fax: (716) 829-2158
Email: connell@buffalo.edu
621 BRB, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716)829-5825; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: pidiazmo@buffalo.edu
320 Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716)829-3827; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: rdziak@acsu.buffalo.edu
310 Foster Hall Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3067; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: edgerto@buffalo.edu
Karen Falkner, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Omar Glover
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Elaine Haase, PhD
Research Professor
Department of Oral Biology
109B Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2520; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: haase@buffalo.edu
Huanmeng Hao
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Carly Hoffmann
Research Technician II
Department of Oral Biology
Kiyonobu Homma, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Erich Horeth
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
619 BRB, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-6206; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: laertisi@buffalo.edu
Shikha Jain, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Armond June
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Eileen Kasperek
Research Technician II
Department of Oral Biology
Senior Associate Dean for Research, School of Dental Medicine; Centennial Endowed Chair
Department of Oral Biology
645 Biomedical Research Building (BRB)
Phone: (716) 829-6667; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: klkirk@buffalo.edu
Rohitashw Kumar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Dimiter Kunnev, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Kyuhwan Kwack, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Hyuk Jae Edward Kwon, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Jung Mi Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Dayron Leyva Rodriguez
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Lu Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Miaomiao Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Yin Luo
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Cole Matrishin
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Sarah Metcalfe
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Iris Montes
Office Assistant 1
Department of Oral Biology
Talita Moreira dos Santos
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Lubov Neznanova
Research Technician ll
Department of Oral Biology
Chihyean Ong
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Edwin Ovalle
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Jason Osinski
Research Tecnician I
Department of Oral Biology
Michelle Panasiewicz
Research Tecnician ll
Department of Oral Biology
Carol Parker
Research Technician III
Department of Oral Biology
Patrick Punch, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Oral Biology
Nutt Punnanitinont
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Isolde Rojas-Rudolph, DDS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor; Research Associate Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
213A Foster Hall Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-6073; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: shruhl@buffalo.edu
116 & 109 Foster Hall Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2854; Fax: (716) 829-3373
Email: fas1@buffalo.edu
Robert Schifferle, DDS, MMSc , PhD
Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics; Department of Oral Biology
Rajendra Prasad Settem, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
311 Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2759; Fax: (716) 829-3942
Email: sharmaa@buffalo.edu
Kirsten Smalley
Research Technician l
Department of Oral Biology
Matthew Smardz
Research Technician II
Department of Oral Biology
Dam Soh
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Christine Song
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Michele Sveinsson
Research Technician II
Department of Oral Biology
Deborah Szurgyi
Office Assistant 2
Department of Oral Biology
Qinghuang Tang, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Stephen T. Vanyo
Research Technician ll
Department of Oral Biology
223A Foster Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2195; Fax: (716) 837-7623
Email: mmv4@buffalo.edu
320 Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3943
Email: mbvisser@buffalo.edu
Kurt Winter, PhD
Assistant to the Chair
Department of Oral Biology
Theresa Wrynn
PhD Student
Department of Oral Biology
Lixia Zhang, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Oral Biology
Department of Oral Diagnostic Sciences
Full-Time Faculty
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-3553
Email: aguirr@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 829-3557
Email: planders@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 829-2051
Email: ajg1@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 829-3551
Email: ymg@buffalo.edu
Part-Time Faculty
355 Squire Hall, (716) 829-2241
Volunteer
355 Squire Hall, (716) 829-2241
Emeritus
355 Squire Hall, (716) 829-2241
Staff
355 Squire Hall
Department of Orthodontics
Full-Time Faculty
David Covell
Professor & L.B. Badgero Endowed Chair
Department of Orthodontics
Asst. Dean Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Assoc. Professor, Director of the Advanced Education Program in Orthodontics
Department of Orthodontics
Ashish Gurav
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Pramod Philip
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Part-Time Faculty
Stephen Aszkler
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Robert Aszkler
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Volunteer Faculty
Ming-Yu Chen
Visiting Professor
Department of Orthodontics
John Tibbetts
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
John Whiteman
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Brian Willison
Lecturer
Department of Orthodontics
Emeritus
Sawsan Tabbaa
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Paul Ziarnowski
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Staff
Kelly Biber
Administrative Assistant to David A. Covell, Jr., DDS, PhD, Professor & L.B. Badgero Endowed Chair
Department of Orthodontics
Lisa Ceglia
Receptionist
Department of Orthodontics
Devon Gude
Dental Assistant
Department of Orthodontics
Katherine Gugino
Dental Assistant
Department of Orthodontics
Becky Parton
Receptionist
Department of Orthodontics
Jennifer McIntyre
Dental Assistant
Department of Orthodontics
Nancy Merkle
Dental Assistant
Department of Orthodontics
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Rachel Anderson
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Kelly Burke
Clinical Instructor
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Julie Caizza, RDH
University at Buffalo Gateway Coordinator
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Clinical Associate Professor & Interim Chair
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Annette Maggi
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Marlene Ohar
Program Administrator
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
114 Squire Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214
Phone: (716) 829-3717; Fax: (716) 829-3895
Email: marleneo@buffalo.edu
Suketu Patel
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Tammy Thompson
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Carrie Wanamaker
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Juan Yepes
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Periodontics
Full-Time Faculty
Robert Schifferle, DDS, MMSc , PhD
Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics; Department of Oral Biology
Isolde Rojas-Rudolph, DDS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor; Research Associate Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Part-Time Faculty
Christopher Heard
Clinical Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Janae N Garofalo
Clinical Assistant Professor HS
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Alicia E Hulme
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Volunteer Faculty
John Ca Chao
Research Associate Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endontics
Phone: (716) 829-3845
Email: johnchao@buffalo.edu
Amarpreet Sabhavwal
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Phone: (716) 829-3845
Email: amarpree@buffalo.edu
Ayah Mobied
Clinical Assistant Instructor; Research Support Specialist
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Phone: (716) 829-3845
Email: ayahmobi@buffalo.edu
Nicolla A. Valente
Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Phone: (716) 829-3845
Email: nicolaal@buffalo.edu
Teaching Assistants/GA
Paul Herrmann
Teaching Assistant/GA
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Emeritis
Email: sabel2@buffalo.edu
Irwin L. Burstein
Emeritus, Clinical Assistant Professor HS
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: ilburst@buffalo.edu
Robert C. Geckler
Emeritus, Clinical Assistant Professor, HS
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: geckler@buffalo.edu
Staff
Barbara Sutton
Adminstrative Assistant 1
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Lisa M. Solomon
Dental Hygienist
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Sandra Law
Dental Hygienist/Research Project Assistant
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Yahya Sayed Suliman Atassi
Research Support Specialist
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Chika Kobayashi
Dental Assistant
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Endodontics
Full-Time Faculty
Eugene A. Pantera, Jr., DDS, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Interim Director of Advanced Education Endodontics Program
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Phone: (716) 829-6197
Email: lucilapi@buffalo.edu
Part-Time Faculty
Paul G. Calabrese, BS, DDS, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
240 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 667-2030
240 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-3847
240 Squire Hall
Email: gcsiegel@buffalo.edu
240 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-3847
Mariel Webber, DDS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Volunteer Faculty
Joseph Quevedo
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Emeritus
Norman W. Bartz, Jr.
Clinical Asst. Professor, Emeritus
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: nbartz@buffalo.edu
Satish M. Bhambhani
Clinical Associate Professor, Emeritus
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: smb6@buffalo.edu
Hesham M. Eltagouri
Clinical Associate Professor, Emeritus
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: ht@buffalo.edu
Ming S. Levine
Associate Professor, Emeritus, HS
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: mslevine@buffalo.edu
Carole T. Pantera
Clinical Associate Professor, Emeritus, HS
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: pantera@buffalo.edu
Eugene Pantera Jr.
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Staff
Katrina Pruyn
Office Assistant 2
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Gillian Alexander-Hazboun
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Bandar Almaghrabi
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Hema Arany
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
215 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2862
John Balikowski
Dental Technician
Department of Restorative Dentistry
David Ball
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Frank Barnashuk
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Carla Beneduce
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Gerald Benjamin
Volunteer Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
215 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2862
Jordan Blair
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Denitstry
David Brown
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Albert Cantos
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Samuel Carocci
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Todd N. Corbitt
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Debra Costantino
Dental Technician
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Lawrence Cronyn
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Kevin D'Angelo
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Joseph DeLuca
Director Of Pre-Clinical Simulation Facility
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Nicole Doria
Removable Technician
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Annette Duncan
Pre-Clinical Coordinator
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Deb Falter
Implant Treatment Coordinator
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Tyler Ferguson
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative
Donald Freeman
Account Clerk
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Jennifer Froebel
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs; Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Chester Gary
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Catherine Gogan
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Sukhmeet Singh Gujral
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Tawfiq Hazboun
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Dana Hetrick
Dental Assistant
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Renee Janes
Dental Assistant
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Stanley M. Johnson
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Christine Lee
IDP Assistant
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Denise M. Lewis
Administrative Assistant to Department Chair
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Rui Li
Clinical Assistant Professor; Co-Director of International Dentist Program
Department of Restorative Dentistry
John Maggio
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Tyler McCluskey
Removable Technician
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Eric Niles
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Janice Omicioli
Pre-clinic Coordinator
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Jisung Park
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Joel Paull
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2241
Peter Pawlowski
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Chin Chun Peng
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Lindsey Pumm
Office Assistant I/Keyboarding Specialist
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Clinical Associate Professor ; Discipline Monitor - Removable Dentures/Pre-Clinics
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Assistant Dean For Digital Technology; Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Clinical Associate Professor; Director of International Dentist Program
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Alexander Sikora
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative
Nick Sniatecki
Office Assistant
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Peter Starky
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Eugena Stephan
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Norman Stoj
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Alyssa Tzetzo
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
LaKishia Varner
Dental Hygienist
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Stevan Vukas
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Niusha Zohur
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry