Faculty and Staff Directory - Departments
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Clinical Associate Professor; Program Director
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Michael R. Markiewicz, MD, DDS, MPH
Professor and Chair; Feagans Endowed Chair
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Thalita Vieira E Oliveira, DDS, MSc, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
PART-TIME FACULTY
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
121 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2722
VOLUNTEER FACULTY
Edris Asfour, DDS
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Justin J. Au, MD, DMD
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
Phone: (716) 829-2722
Marco Caminiti
Volunteer Clinical Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2722
Tara Halliwell-Kemp, MD, DDS
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
112 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2722
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
112 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2722
Nainesh Tailor, DDS
Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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
Phone: (716) 829-6230
Daniyal Zafar, DDS
Volunteer Clinical Assistant Instructor
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Christian Ahearn, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Ruhl Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Khandoker Ifaz Ahmed
Volunteer Research Assistant
Department of Oral Biology
Email: kahmed2@buffalo.edu
Zahraa Alabbasi
Volunteer Research Assistant
Department of Oral Biology
Natalie Anselmi
Postdoctoral Associate, Visser Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Sheta Biswas
PhD Student, Kramer Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Savallya Boyini
Research Technician I, Cui Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Kiana Bynum
PhD Student, Kay Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Imon Candelaria
Program Coordinator
Department of Oral Biology
Wendy Chen
Research Assistant
Department of Oral Biology
Jatin Chhabria
Research Aide, Kauffman Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Sreedevi Chinthamani, PhD
Research Scientist, Sharma Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Leticia Rojas Cortez
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
Sylvie Cuvelle
Lab Project Coordinator
Department of Oral Biology
Amanda Cabral David
Research Scientist, Arany Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Sunstar Robert J. Genco Endowed Chair; SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Allison Escaldi
Clinical Research Assistant, Kirkwood Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Lara Maria Bataglia Esposito
Research Assistant
Department of Oral Biology
629 BRB
Email: larabata@buffalo.edu
Geburah Fatunmbi, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Edgerton Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Omar Glover, DMD
PhD Student, Kirkwood Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Abhishiktha Godthi
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Oral Biology
BRB
Email: agodthi@buffalo.edu
Rohan Grant
Student Intern
Department of Oral Biology
Esther Han
Research Technician I, Kwon Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Yifan Han
Research Technician I, Kwon Lab
Department of Oral Biology
655 BRB
Email: yifanhan@buffalo.edu
Md Hasanuzzaman
PhD Student, Diaz Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Md Refat Readul Islam, BDS, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Tavares Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Shikha Jain, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Ruhl Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Armond June
PhD Student, Diaz Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Hunmin Jung
Research Technician I, Kwon Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Eileen Kasperek
Research Technician II, Kramer Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Seulah Kim
Research Assistant
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
Sumeeta Kumari
Postdoctoral Associate, Kumar Lab
Department of Oral Biology
651 BRB
Email: fnusumee@buffalo.edu
Boris Kunnev
Research Assistant, Ikonomou Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Jung-Mi Lee, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Kwon Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Lu Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Diaz Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Alyssa Lickfeld
Research Assistant, Arany Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Huey-Jiun Lin
Research Technician II, Sabatini Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Rangana Mali
Research Technician II, Visser Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Cole Matrishin
PhD Student, Kauffman Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Sarah Metcalfe, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Kay and Ruhl Labs
Department of Oral Biology
Ashley Miles
PhD Student, Kauffman Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Saba Mohammadi
Research Scholar, Alvarez Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Iris Montes
Office Assistant 2
Department of Oral Biology
Hasan Mufti
Research Assistant
Department of Oral Biology
Lubov Neznanova
Research Technician ll, Ruhl Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Valentina Olmedo, DMD
Research Scholar, Alvarez Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Edwin Ovalle
PhD Student, Kay Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Jason Osinski
Research Technician I, Romano Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Michelle Panasiewicz
Research Technician ll, Kay Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Sebastian Pardo
Research Assistant
Department of Oral Biology
Carol Parker
Research Technician ll, Sharma Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Bruno Pasqua, DDS, MSc
PhD Student, Kwon Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Dayron Leyva Rodriguez
PhD Student, Visser Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Isolde Rojas-Rudolph, DDS, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor; Research Associate Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, Department of Oral Biology
Michael Rusiniak, PhD
Research Scientist, Tavares Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Associate Professor;
Department of Restorative Dentistry; Department of Oral Biology
Talita Moreira dos Santos, DDS, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Kauffman Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Darpan Saraswat, PhD
Principal Research Scientist, Edgerton Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Tanvir Sarwar, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Diaz Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Robert Schifferle, DDS, MMSc , PhD
Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics; Department of Oral Biology
Rajendra Prasad Settem, PhD
Research Scientist, Sharma Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Kirsten Smalley
Research Technician l, Romano Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Pedro Henrique Felix Silva
Postdoctoral Associate, Diaz Lab
Department of Oral Biology
347 BRB
Email: pfelizsi@buffalo.edu
Dam Soh, DDS
PhD Student, Diaz Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Deborah Szurgyi
Admin. Assistant 1
Department of Oral Biology
Anoosheh Tajsharghi
PhD Student, Ikonomou Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Qinghuang Tang, PhD
Research Scientist, Kwon Lab
Department of Oral Biology
553 BRB
Email: ftavakko@buffalo.edu
Harim Tavares dos Santos, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Oral Biology
Ridham Varsani
Research Project Assistant, Arany Lab
Department of Oral Biology
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, Romano Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Xue Xiong
Research Scholar, Cui Lab
Department of Oral Biology
Hava Zakin
Volunteer Research Professor
Department of Oral Biology
629 BRB
Email: havazaki@buffalo.edu
Full-Time Faculty
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-3553
Email: aguirr@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 829-3557
Email: planders@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 829-3551
Email: ymg@buffalo.edu
Assistant Dean for Clinical Affairs; Director, Oral Maxillofacial Radiology; Clinical Associate Professor
Phone: (716) 829-2054
Email: nhinchy@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 829-2538
Email: jltapia2@buffalo.edu
Part-Time Faculty
355 Squire Hall, (716) 829-2241
Fellow
355 Squire Hall, (716) 829-2241
Volunteer
355 Squire Hall, (716) 829-2241
Emeritus
355 Squire Hall, (716) 829-2241
Staff
355 Squire Hall
Full-Time Faculty
L.B. Badgero Endowed Chair, Assoc. Professor, Director of the Advanced Education Program in Orthodontics
Department of Orthodontics
Part-Time Faculty
Clinical Assistant Professor; Orthodontic Research Director
Department of Orthodontics
Volunteer Faculty
Ming-Yu Chen
Visiting Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Graham Gardner
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
140 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2845
Ney Paredes
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
140 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2845
Brian Willison
Lecturer
Department of Orthodontics
Emeritus
Sawsan Tabbaa
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Paul Ziarnowski
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Orthodontics
Staff
Lisa Ceglia
Receptionist
Department of Orthodontics
Kaitlyn Dudziak
Dental Assistant
Department of Orthodontics
Devon Thomas
Dental Assistant
Department of Orthodontics
Gabrielle Marek
Program Coordinator
Department of Orthodontics
Nancy Merkle
Dental Assistant
Department of Orthodontics
Becky Parton
Receptionist
Department of Orthodontics
Julie Caizza
University at Buffalo Gateway Coordinator
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
114 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-3717
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Andee Wik
Program Coordinator
Department of Pediatric and Community Dentistry
Periodontics
Full-Time Faculty
Nathalia Paiva de Andrade, DDS, MSc, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor;
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Isolde Rojas-Rudolph, DDS, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor; Research Associate Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Robert Schifferle, DDS, MMSc , PhD
Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics; Department of Oral Biology
Part-Time Faculty
Waqar Ahmad, DDS, MSD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Joseph P Breloff, DDS, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Volunteer Faculty
Clinical Assistant Professor; Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
John P. Lazarus
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Amarpreet Sabharwal
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Emeritus
Email: sabel2@buffalo.edu
Irwin L. Burstein
Emeritus, Clinical Assistant Professor HS
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: ilburst@buffalo.edu
Michael J. Levine
Emeritus, Professor, HS
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Staff
Katrina Pruyn
Program Coordinator
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Lisa M. Solomon
Dental Hygienist
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Endodontics
Full-Time Faculty
Phone: (716) 829-6197
Email: lucilapi@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 829-6229
Email: mohinira@buffalo.edu
Director of Endodontics Certificate Program, Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Part-Time Faculty
Paul G. Calabrese, BS, DDS, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
240 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 667-2030
Ian Grayson, DDS, MMSc, Diplomate ABE, FRCD(c)
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
240 Squire Hall
Email: gcsiegel@buffalo.edu
240 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-6229
Volunteer Faculty
Eugene Pantera Jr.
Clinical Associate Professor, Emeritus
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Phone: (716) 829-6229
Email: smstern@buffalo.edu
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
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
Hesham El Tagouri
Clinical Associate Professor, Emeritus
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Email: ht@buffalo.edu
Staff
Lindsey Pumm
Office Assistant 1
Department of Periodontics and Endodontics
Ali Alsharif
Volunteer Clinical Instructor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Clinical Associate Professor; Director of the International Dentist Program
Department of Restorative Dentistry
215 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2862
John Balikowski
Dental Technician
Department of Restorative Dentistry
215 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2862
235 P Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2862
Rachel Ciszewski
Dental Hygienist
Department of Restorative Dentistry
215 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2862
Debra Costantino
Dental Technician
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Susan Cunningham
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Director Of Pre-Clinical Simulation Facility, Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Nicole Doria
Removable Technician
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and EDI; Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Annette Duncan
Pre-Clinical Coordinator
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Dana Hetrick
Dental Assistant
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Renee Janes
Dental Assistant
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Robert T. Jenkins
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
215 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2862
Christine Lee
IDP Assistant
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Steven Makowka
Research Scientist
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Tyler McCluskey
Removable Technician
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Professor; Director of Cariology; Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Janice Omicioli
Pre-clinic Coordinator
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Director of Implant Center; Clinical Associate Professor, FACP
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Yvette Pardee
Administrative Assistant 1
Department of Restorative Dentistry
355 Squire Hall
Phone: (716) 829-2862
Clinical Associate Professor ; Discipline Monitor - Removable Dentures/Pre-Clinics
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Program Director for Biomaterials; Assistant Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Clinical Professor
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Karen Trenz, RDH
Clinical Software Support Specialist
Department of Restorative Dentistry
Renee Woolford
Program Coordinator
Department of Restorative Dentistry
