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Open to Health Leadership

If you're interested in helping the School of Dentistry become the best dental school possible, please contact one of the Open to Health initiative leaders, or look for someone you know among the regional volunteers:

Open to Health Chair

William R. "Bill" Birdwell
D.D.S.
('73) - Bryan

billsusanb@suddenlink.net

Open to Health Co-Chair

S. Jerry Long
D.D.S
('66) - Houston

sjlong@ddsassociates.com

School of Dentistry Dean

John A. Valenza
D.D.S
('81) - Houston

John.A.Valenza@uth.tmc.edu

Director of Development

John T. Greer

John.T.Greer@uth.tmc.edu
or
713-500-4380

Regional Team Leaders

The Open to Health initiative has strong support from School of Dentistry alumni statewide. Many have already made their gifts in support of the effort, and have committed to helping bring fellow alumni forward to help. Please contact look for someone you know among the regional volunteers:

Greater Houston Area
Ronald C. Auvenshine, D.D.S., Ph.D. (Emory, '71) - Houston
Douglas W. Bogan, D.D.S. ('73) - Houston
Rita M. Cammarata, D.D.S.('96) - Houston
Robert L. Clitheroe, D.D.S. ('85) - Missouri City
Mack E. Coker, D.D.S., M.S. ('66,'72) - Spring
R. Ron Collins, D.D.S. ('71) - Houston
James D. Condrey, D.D.S. ('75) - Missouri City
J. Gregory Condrey, D.D.S., M.S. ('96,'99) - Sugar Land
Joseph J. Dusek, D.D.S., M.S. ('75) - Webster
Allen F. Gaw, D.D.S. ('76) - Houston
Charles R. Hoopingarner, D.D.S. ('73) - Houston
W. Kenneth Horwitz, D.D.S. ('61) - Houston
Elizabeth A. Hunsaker, D.D.S. ('85) - Bellaire
Dean V. Hutto, D.D.S. ('92) - Baytown
Alan Imrek, D.D.S. ('94) - Sugar Land
James W. Kennedy, D.D.S. ('66) - Sugar Land
Gregory K. Oelfke, D.D.S. ('77) - Houston
Ronald L. Rhea, D.D.S. ('72) - Houston
Central Texas
Jeffery R. Brunson, D.D.S. ('00) - Austin
James W. "Jim" Chancellor, D.D.S. ('71) - San Antonio
J. Philip Davis, Jr., D.D.S. ('81) - Temple
Karen E. Frazer, ('85) - Austin
B. Brooks Goldsmith, D.D.S. ('59) - Austin
Jerry P. Katz, D.D.S. ('68) - Austin
James W. Orr, D.D.S. ('68) - Austin
Wayne C. Radwanski, D.D.S. ('82) - Austin
Barry F. Rouch, D.D.S., M.S. ('82, '87) - Austin
Glenn A. Ruthven, D.D.S. ('66) - Mason
T. Brad Willis, D.D.S. ('79) - Waco
Dallas-Fort Worth Area
J. Brad Loeffelholz, D.D.S. ('81) - Fort Worth
Larry W. Spradley, D.D.S., M.S. ('72,'76) - Bedford
South Texas
Dick B. Davenport, D.D.S. ('82) - Laredo
Roberto Diaz, D.D.S. ('82) - Pharr
James R. Foster, D.D.S. ('87) - Weslaco
Noel O. Garza, D.D.S. ('92) - Mission
James A. Person, D.D.S. ('78) - McAllen
East Texas
Don Lutes, D.D.S. ('76) - Mount Pleasant
Russell "Woody" Ingram, D.D.S. ('66) - Diboll
John D. Chandler, D.D. S. ('73) - Huntsville
William "Bill" R. Birdwell, D.D.S. ('73) - Bryan
Herbert L. Wade, D.D.S. ('69) - Bryan
West Texas
Johnny G. Cailleteau, D.D.S., M.S. ('82,'89) - El Paso
Glen D. Hall, D.D.S. ('75) - Abilene
Richard M. Smith, D.D.S. ('72) - Amarillo
David C. Woodburn, D.D.S. ('72) - Amarillo
UTSD Faculty & Staff
Richard Bebermeyer, D.D.S., M.B.A. (Chair, Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials)
Samuel O. Dorn, D.D.S. (Chair, Endodontics)
Mamie L. Ellis (Executive Assistant, Endodontics, Staff Initiative Chair)
Jeryl D. English, D.D.S., M.S. (Chair, Orthodontics)
Sanford J. "Sandy" Fenton, D.D.S., M.S.D., (Chair, Pediatric Dentistry)
Arthur H. Jeske, D.M.D, Ph.D. (Associate Dean, Strategic Planning)
James A. Katancik, D.D.S., Ph.D. (Chair, Periodontics)
Raymond G. Koeppen, D.D.S., M.S. (Chair, Prosthodontics)
John R. Ludington, Jr., D.D.S., M.S.D. (Chair Emeritus, Endodontics)
Jayne McWherter, R.D.H., M.Ed. (Program Director, School of Dental Hygiene)
H. Philip Pierpont, D.D.S. (Associate Dean, Student and Alumni Affairs)
Karen A. Storthz, Ph.D., M.S. (Associate Dean, Research)
Mark E.K. Wong, B.D.S. (Chair, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)