Standing Faculty

Joseph P. Fiorellini, DMD, DMSc
Dr. Fiorellini is Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontics. Prior to joining Penn Dental Medicine in October 2005 he was at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, where he served as Vice Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity; Head of the Division of Periodontology; and Program Director of Periodontology. Throughout his tenure at Harvard, Dr. Fiorellini also maintained a private practice in periodontics and implant dentistry. His areas of research include the relationship of genetics and periodontal disease and studies related to periodontal regeneration and implantology. Dr. Fiorellini currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Periodontology, the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants and the International Journal of Periodontics and Restorative Dentistry. He has authored more than 50 manuscripts, reviews, and textbook chapters, and his research awards have included National Institutes of Health and International Association of Dental Research travel grants, The American Academy of Periodontology Young Investigators Award, The Academy of Osseointegration Research Award, and The European Association for Osseointegration Research Prize. He was also the recipient of the 2005 E. Bud Tarrson Research Award in Oral Plastic Surgery from the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation. He earned his DMD from Harvard School of Dental Medicine in 1990, and in 1993, was awarded a DMSc degree in Oral Biology and a Certificate in Periodontology from Harvard as well.

Marjorie K. Jeffcoat, DMD
Dr. Jeffcoat is Professor of Periodontics. She also served as the Morton Amsterdam Dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine from July 2003 through June 2008. A member of the National Institutes of Health-NIDCR Advisory Committee for Research on Women's Health, she has also served on the editorial boards of a variety of professional research journals for more than 20 years. Prior to joining the School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Jeffcoat served as Assistant Dean of Research and Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontics at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. While at Alabama, she was also a professor of biomedical engineering, held the James Rosen Endowed Chair of Dental Research and served as interim chair for the Department of Oral Biology. A graduate of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, she also taught periodontology there for 10 years. Dr. Jeffcoat is a member of the Institute of Medicine, the International College of Dentists, and a past president of the Academy of Osseointegration, the American Association for Dental Research and the International Association for Dental Research.

Alan M. Polson, DDS, LDS, MS
Dr. Polson is Professor of Periodontics and D. Walter Cohen Chair, and Director of the Periodontal Clinical Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Before coming to the University of Pennsylvania in December 1994, Dr. Polson was Vice President and Director of Clinical Research at Atrix Laboratories, Inc. in Fort Collins, Colo. Prior to joining Atrix in 1990, Dr. Polson had been Chairman of the Department of Periodontology for 13 years at the Eastman Dental Center, University of Rochester, N.Y. During his tenure at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Polson has been Chairman of the Department of Periodontics, Associate Dean for Graduate Education and had a leadership role in FDA multicenter clinical trials. Degrees received by Dr. Polson include: DDS cum laude from the University of London; DMD from the University of Pennsylvania; LDS from the Royal College of Surgeons, England; MA from the University of Pennsylvania; MS from the University of Rochester (NY); and a Specialty Certificate in Periodontology from Eastman Dental Center, University of Rochester. In 1977, he became a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, and he has been a practicing clinical periodontist for over 30 years. Since 1971, Dr. Polson has conducted extensive research funded by over $14,000,000 obtained from more than twenty major national and international research grants. His research has encompassed etiology, pathogenesis, occlusion, treatment, and regeneration of periodontal tissues. He is author or co-author of over 150 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, together with making over 180 invited presentations worldwide serves on the editorial board of several scientific journals.

Directors

Naciye Guzin Uzel, DDS, DMSc
Dr. Uzel is the Director of the predoctoral periodontics at Penn Dental Medicine. She is involved with clinical and didactic courses and seminars for pre- and postdoctoral periodontics. 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 associated at The Forsyth Institute. Her research is focused on the microbiology aspect of periodontal and other oral diseases. Dr. Uzel's laboratory studies species of the complex oral microbiota as well as effects of different treatments by using advanced molecular techniques.

Roberto Abundo, Adjunct Professor
Ahmed Al-Momani, BDS, Adjunct Assistant 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
Milita G. Borguet, Clinical Assistant Professor
Herbert Brilliant, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Bernard Calem, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Gail G. Childers, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Albert S. Chinappi, Jr., DDS, MS, Clinical Associate Professor
D. Walter Cohen, DDS, Professor Emeritus
Giuseppe Corrente, MD, DDS, Adjunct Professor
Harold DeHaven, DDS, Clinical Professor
Andrew Diamond, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Ira Eisenstein, DMD, BA, Clinical Associate Professor
Donna Lee Endy, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Cyril Evian, BDS, HDD, DMD, Clinical Professor
Howard P. Fraiman, Clinical Assistant Professor
Tomoyasu Fuji, DDS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Peter Gaengler, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Joseph Greenberg, DMD, Clinical Professor
Howard B. Gross, Clinical Assistant Professor
Stuart Gross, DDS, Clinical Associate
Alabbas Hamiduddin, DDS, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Uri Hangorsky, DDS, MS, Clinical Professor
David Hazzouri, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Philip Y. Kang, DDS, MS, Clinical Assistant Professor
Barry Kayne, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Yongkun Kim, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Leo J. Kituskie, Clinical Associate 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
Li-Min Lin, DDS, MS, PhD, Adjunct Professor
Max Listgarten, DDS, Professor Emeritus
Rangsini Mahanonda, PhD, DDS, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Edward Allen Marcus, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Laura Minsk, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Alan Morris, Clinical Assistant Professor
Myron Nevins, Clinical Professor
Jeffery Perlman-Storch, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Louis Rose, DDS, MD, Clinical Professor
Leslie M. Salkin, Clinical Professor
Farshid Sanavi, DMD, PhD, Clinical Professor
Mariano Sanz, DDS, MD, Adjunct Professor
Alfred Seban, DDS, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Bernard Sebbah, DDS, Adjunct Assistant Professor
David R. Silver, BA, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Hyman Smukler, DMD, Clinical Professor
Neil Starr, DDS, Clinical Associate Professor
Arthur Steinberg, DMD, Clinical Professor
Haim Tal, DMD, Adjunct Professor
Robert Tisot, DMD, Associate Professor/Clinician Educator Emeritus
James Torosian, DMD, BA, Clinical Associate Professor
Mehmet Ilhan Uzel, DMD, Clinical Associate Professor
Naciye Guzin Uzel, DDS, DMSc, Lecturer
Mario A. Vilardi, DMD, Clinical Assistant Professor
Anthony Vito, DDS, Professor Emeritus
Arnold Weisgold, DDS, Adjunct Professor