Here are 11 dentists who were appointed a dental school deans, as reported by Becker’s this year:
- Columbia University College of Dental Medicine appointed Dennis Mitchell, DDS, as its next dean.
- The Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of the University of Southern California installed Yang Chai, DDS, DMD, PhD, as its next president.
- Atlanta-based Georgia School of Orthodontics named Dr. Nandakumar Janakiraman its chief academic officer and dean.
- Margaret Hill, DMD, was appointed the permanent dean of the University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Dentistry after serving in the interim since 2022.
- Sorin Teich, DMD, was named as the inaugural dean of Northeast Ohio Medical University’s Bitonte College of Dentistry.
- The UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry appointed Kenneth Hargreaves, DDS, PhD, to serve as its next dean.
- The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry selected Paul Luepke, DDS, as its next dean.
- Jon Ryder, DDS, was appointed as executive associate dean of University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry in Memphis.
- Little Rock, Ark.-based Lyon College School of Dental Medicine appointed Mark Anderson, DDS, as associate dean of academic affairs.
- The Touro College of Dental Medicine in Albuquerque, N.M., appointed Joseph Parkinson, DDS, as executive assistant dean.
- Dale Baur, DDS, was named interim dean of the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.
