The College of Dental Medicine is under the leadership of Dean Steven W. Friedrichsen. Other members of CDM's administrative team and faculty are listed here with their contact information.
Administrative Team
Steven W. Friedrichsen, DDS
Dean, College of Dental Medicine
sfriedrichsen@westernu.edu
Elizabeth Andrews, DDS, MS
Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Dental Medicine
eandrews@westernu.edu
Timothy Martinez, DMD
Associate Dean for Community Partnerships and Access to Care, College of Dental Medicine
tsmartinez@westernu.edu

Assistant Dean for Patient Care and Clinical Education, College of Dental Medicine
dlazarchik@westernu.edu

Assistant Dean for Research and Biomedical Sciences, College of Dental Medicine
bhenson@westernu.edu
Robert Hasel, DDS
Associate Professor/Associate Dean for Simulation,
Immersion & Digital Learning Environments, College of Dental Medicine
rhasel@westernu.edu
Support Staff
Gail McKenzie
Executive Assistant, College of Dental Medicine
gmckenzie@westernu.edu
Sean Rowan, BS, MA
Director of Student Services, College of Dental Medicine
srowan@westernu.edu
Anna Enriquez
Director of Operations, College of Dental Medicine
aenriquez@westernu.edu
Marisa Sayler, MFA
Director of Education, College of Dental Medicine
msayler@westernu.edu
Josih Hostetler, MSW
Director of Community Outreach, College of Dental Medicine
hostetlerj@westernu.edu
Beth Ann Borke, MS Ed.
Director of Assessment, College of Dental Medicine
bborke@westernu.edu
Suzanne Adolphson, MSW, MHA
Director of Patient Care Services, Dental Center
sadolphson@westernu.edu
Craig Christianson
Manager, Dental Equipment and Instrument Program
cchristianson@westernu.edu
Cassie Wright Jr. BS
Director of Information Systems, College of Dental Medicine
cwright@westernu.edu
Linda Arbizo, BA
Administrative Associate II, College of Dental Medicine
larbizo@westernu.edu
Jorge Godinez
Administrative Associate II, College of Dental Medicine
jgodinez@westernu.edu
Vanessa Graham
Administrative Associate I, College of Dental Medicine
grahamv@westernu.edu
Briana Sanders, BA
Administrative Associate I, College of Dental Medicine
bmsanders@westernu.edu
Danielle Baitx, BA
Administrative Assistant III, College of Dental Medicine
dbaitx@westernu.edu
Faculty
Nova Aghbashian, DDS
Clinical Team Leader, Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
naghbashian@westernu.edu
Bertha Alarcon, DDS
Clinical Managing Partner, Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
balarcon@westernu.edu
Bruno Azevedo, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
bazevedo@westernu.edu
Tobias K. Boehm, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
tboehm@westernu.edu
James Borke, MS, PhD
Professor, College of Dental Medicine
jborke@westernu.edu
Dannelle Carpio, DDS
Clinical Team Leader, Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
dcarpio@westernu.edu
Hubert Chan, DDS
Clinical Managing Partner, Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
hchan@westernu.edu
Brian Chui, DDS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
bchui@westernu.edu
Sam Chui, BA, DDS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
schui@westernu.edu
Jeffrey Elo, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
jelo@westernu.edu
Sandra Farah-Franco, DDS
Clinical Managing Partner, Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
sfarah-franco@westernu.edu
Josephine M. Franc, RDH
Clinical Instructor, College of Dental Medicine
jfranc@westernu.edu
Diana Folmsbee, DDS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
dfolmsbee@westernu.edu
Brent Fung, DDS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
bfung@westernu.edu
Patricia Greene, DMD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
pgreene@westernu.edu
David Grove, DMD, MS,MSEd, MSc
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
dgrove@westernu.edu
Effuah Harris, DDS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
eharris@westernu.edu
Debbie Hartman, RDHAP
Project Manager, College of Dental Medicine
dhartman@westernu.edu

Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
skhong@westernu.edu
Shirley Kang, DDS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
sykang@westernu.edu
Clara Kim, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
cskim@westernu.edu
Joori Kim Cho, DMD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
jkcho@westernu.edu
Nooshin Katebzadeh, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
nkateb@westernu.edu
Joel Laudenbach, DMD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
jlaudenbach@westernu.edu
Alexander Lee, DMD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
allee@westernu.edu
Jill Lewis, PhD
Professor, College of Dental Medicine
lewisj@westernu.edu
Krishan Mittal, BDS, MDS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
kmittal@westernu.edu

Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
tbnguyen@westernu.edu
Christopher Nosrat, DDS, PhD
Professor, College of Dental Medicine
cnosrat@westernu.edu
Irina Nosrat, DDS
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
inosrat@westernu.edu
Gary Pape, DDS, MA
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
gpape@westernu.edu
Yawen Peng, DMD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
ypeng@westernu.edu

Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
scsanders@westernu.edu
Paul Simeteys, DDS
Clinical Team Leader, College of Dental Medicine
psimeteys@westernu.edu
Hardev Singh, DMD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
hsingh@westernu.edu
Robert D. Stevenson, DDS
Clinical Managing Partner/Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
rstevenson@westernu.edu
Montry Suprono, DDS, MSD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
msuprono@westernu.edu
Jenny Sun Tjahjono, DMD
Clinical Managing Partner, Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
jtjahjono@westernu.edu
Nithya Venugopal, DMD
Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
nvenugopal@westernu.edu

Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
mwatanabe@westernu.edu
Vicki Wedel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Anatomy, College of Dental Medicine
vwedel@westernu.edu
James Ywom, DDS
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Dental Medicine
jywom@westernu.edu


