Full Time Faculty 

Hima Bindu Dukka, BDS, MSD

Associate Professor
Director, Graduate Periodontics
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology

Email: himabindu.dukka@louisville.edu
Office:

Dr. Hima Bindu Dukka graduated from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India with her BDS in 2007 and completed a Periodontics residency from Indiana University School of Dentistry in 2015.  Dr. Dukka also received a Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology from Fairbanks School of Public Health, in Indianapolis, IN.  Currently an Assistant Professor in OHR and the Course Director for Periodontics III, Dr. Dukka’s research focuses are in Oral and systemic association, Implantology and Biologics in Periodontal Regeneration.  Her memberships and services include the American Academy of Periodontology, American Association of Women Dentists as well as, a Reviewer for Journal of Periodontology.

Margaret Hill, DMD, MSD

Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Director, Graduate Periodontics
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology

 Email: margaret.hill@louisville.edu
Office: (502) 852-1302

Dr. Margaret Hill received her education at the University of Eastern Kentucky with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. She subsequently attended the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, earning her DMD in 1987 and her certificate in General Practice Residency in 1988.  Dr. Hill completed her Periodontics residency in 1990 at the University of Kentucky.  Dr. Hill's research is in clinical periodontics. She currently serves as the Women’s Liaison to ADEA, Chair of the Assessment and Effectiveness Committee, serves on the DMD Curriculum Committee, Graduate Research Program Oversight Committee, to name a few. Dr. Hill has published numerous publication and journal articles.

Part-time Faculty

Douglas Lowy, DMD, MS

Gretchen Wigand, DMD, MSD

Jodie Lusby, DMD,MSD

Leslie Horn, DMD, MSD                                              

Venkata Gorthi Chandana BDS, MDS