Steven W. Friedrichsen, DDS

Dean, Professor
College of Dental Medicine

sfriedrichsen@westernu.edu

Elizabeth Andrews, DDS, MS

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

eandrews@westernu.edu

David Lazarchik, DMD

Associate Dean for Clinical Initiatives and Program Development, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

dlazarchik@westernu.edu

Bradley S. Henson, DDS, PhD

Associate Dean for Research and Biomedical Sciences, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

bhenson@westernu.edu

Hubert Chan, DDS

Associate Dean for Integration of Technology, Curriculum and Learning Environments, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

hchan@westernu.edu

Sandra Farah-Franco, DDS

Associate Dean of Dental Sciences Education, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

sfarah-franco@westernu.edu

Brent Fung, DDS

Associate Dean for Patient Care and Clinical Education, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

bfung@westernu.edu

Sean Rowan, BS, MA

Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
College of Dental Medicine

srowan@westernu.edu

Jenny Sun Tjahjono, DMD

Associate Dean for Community Partnerships and Access to Care, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jtjahjono@westernu.edu

Marisa Watanabe, DDS, MS

Assistant Dean for Community Patient Care, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

mwatanabe@westernu.edu

Suzanne Adolphson, MSW, MHA

Director of Patient Care Services
Dental Center

sadolphson@westernu.edu

Vicky Almazan

Operations Associate
College of Dental Medicine

valmazan@westernu.edu

Danielle Baitx, BA

Student Affairs Coordinator
College of Dental Medicine

dbaitx@westernu.edu

Craig Christianson

Manager, Dental Equipment and Instrument Program
College of Dental Medicine

cchristianson@westernu.edu

Anna Enriquez

Director of Operations
College of Dental Medicine

aenriquez@westernu.edu

Vanessa Graham

Academic Manager
College of Dental Medicine

grahamv@westernu.edu

Donna Guisado, BS, MS

Director of Education
College of Dental Medicine

dguisado@westernu.edu

Josih Hostetler, MSW

Director of Community Outreach
College of Dental Medicine

hostetlerj@westernu.edu

Michelle Luna

Executive Assistant
College of Dental Medicine

lunam@westernu.edu

Kiana Moreland, BA

Administrative Associate II
College of Dental Medicine

kmoreland@westernu.edu

Yesly Mireles

Administrative Associate II
College of Dental Medicine

ymireles@westernu.edu

Andrea Nuno, BA, MS

Academic Manager
College of Dental Medicine

anuno@westernu.edu

Elan Schaefer

Administrative Associate I
College of Dental Medicine

eschaefer@westernu.edu

Briana Young, BA

Projects Coordinator, VirtualU@WesternU
College of Dental Medicine

byoung@westernu.edu

Bertha Alarcon, DDS

College Coordinator for Diversity & Inclusion Activities, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

balarcon@westernu.edu

Tobias K. Boehm, DDS, PhD

Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

tboehm@westernu.edu

James Borke, MS, PhD

Assistant Dean for Biomedical Sciences Curriculum, Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jborke@westernu.edu

Keith Boyer, DDS

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

kboyer@westernu.edu

Brian Chui, DDS

ECD Curriculum Manager, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

bchui@westernu.edu

Sam Chui, BA, DDS

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

schui@westernu.edu

Patricia DeCilla, DDS, MS

Clinical Team Leader, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

pdecilla@westernu.edu

Anne Doan Van, DDS

Clinical Managing Partner, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

adoanvan@westernu.edu

Jeffrey Elo, DDS, MS

Advanced Clinical Services, Oral Surgery, Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jelo@westernu.edu

Josephine M. Franc, RDH, B.S.

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jfranc@westernu.edu

Steven A. Gold, D.D.S.

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

sgold@westernu.edu

Effuah Harris, DDS

Clinical Team Leader, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

eharris@westernu.edu

Simon Hong, DMD, MPH

Clinical Coordinator of Prosthodontics, Managing Partner, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

skhong@westernu.edu

Shirley Kang, DDS

Clinical Team Leader, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

sykang@westernu.edu

Clara Kim, DMD, MS

Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

cskim@westernu.edu

Joori Kim Cho, DMD

Clinical Team Leader, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jkcho@westernu.edu

Setareh Lavasani, DDS, MS

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

slavasani@westernu.edu

Alexander Lee, DMD

Coordinator of Dental Informatics, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

allee@westernu.edu

Jill Lewis, PhD

Professor
College of Dental Medicine

lewisj@westernu.edu

Jeffrey D. Lloyd, DDS

Clinical Team Leader, Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jlloyd@westernu.edu

Karen Matsumura-Lem, DDS, BSDH

Clinical Team Leader, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

kmatsumuralem@westernu.edu

Sahar Mirfarsi, DDS

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

sahar.mirfarsi@westernu.edu

Trang Nguyen, DDS

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

tbnguyen@westernu.edu

Christopher Nosrat, DDS, PhD

Professor
College of Dental Medicine

cnosrat@westernu.edu

Irina Vukmanovic Nosrat, DDS, PhD

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

ivukmanovic@westernu.edu

Gary Pape, DDS, MA

Coordinator of Faculty Development, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

gpape@westernu.edu

Yawen Peng, DMD

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

ypeng@westernu.edu

Steven Sanders, DDS

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

scsanders@westernu.edu

Dalia Seleem DDS, PhD

Assistant professor/ Clinical team leader (TL)
College of Dental Medicine

dalia.seleem@westernu.edu

Margaret Soh, DDS

Assistant Professor, Team Leader
College of Dental Medicine

msoh@westernu.edu

Joseph Sciarra, DDS

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jsciarra@westernu.edu

Paul Simeteys, DDS

Clinical Team Leader, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

psimeteys@westernu.edu

Robert D. Stevenson, DDS

Clinical Managing Partner, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

rstevenson@westernu.edu

Zohra Tumur, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

ztumur@westernu.edu

Jeffrey Turchi, DDS

Coordinator of Continuing Education, Manager of Recruitment & Admissions, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jturchi@westernu.edu

Scott K. Turchi, DDS

Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

sturchi@westernu.edu

Alejandro J. Urdaneta DDS

Prosthodontist, Assistant Professor
College of Dental Medicine

aurdaneta@westernu.edu

James Ywom, DDS, MS

ECD Curriculum Manager, Clinical Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine

jywom@westernu.edu

Robert Hasel, DDS

Associate Dean of Simulation, Immersion & Digital Learning Associate Professor
College of Dental Medicine