Faculty & Staff

Toru Deguchi, DDS, MSD, PhD

Professor, Orthodontics
Chair, Department of Rehabilitative and Reconstructive Dentistry
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics
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Background:
MSD - Indiana University School of Dentistry, 2001
PhD (Orthodontics) - Okayama University Japan, 1996
DDS - Aichi-Gakuin University, Japan,1992

 

T. Gerard Bradley, BDS, MS, Dr.Med.Dent.

Professor, Orthodontics
Executive Vice President and University Provost, University of Louisville

Background:

Dr.Med.Dent. - University of Bern (Switzerland), 2013
MS and Certificate of Specialty/Orthodontics - The Ohio State University, 1993/1994
BDS - Cork Dental School (Ireland), 1988

 

 

Image of Sudha Gudhimella DDS - University of Louisville School of DentistrySudha Gudhimella, BDS, MS

Associate Professor, Orthodontics
Program Director, Advanced Education in Orthodontics
Director, Predoctoral Clinical Orthodontics
Faculty, University of Louisville Graduate School
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics
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Background:
MS, Certificate (Orthodontics) - University of Kentucky,  Lexington, KY, 2017
Fellowship in Craniofacial Biology - University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2013
BDS - Government Dental College - Hyderabad, India, 2009

 

Shubham Sharma, BDS, MPH, MS

Assistant Professor, Orthodontics
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics
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Background:
MS/Orthodontics Residency – University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL. 2024
MPH – Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2019
BDS – Himachal Pradesh University, India, 2011

Part-Time Faculty

Michael P. Becht, DMD, MS - Clinical Educator

  • MS Orthodontics - University of West Virginia, 2009
  • DMD - University of Louisville, 2006

Eric Bednar, DDS, MS (ABO) - Clinical Educator, Orthodontics; Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics

  • Fellowship: William R. Proffit Teaching Fellow - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2008
  • MS, Certificate (Orthodontics) - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007
  • DDS - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2004
  • BS (Zoology) - Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2000

Carl D. Gioia, DMD, MS - Clinical Educator

  • MS and Certificate (Orthodontics) - University of Louisville, 2013
  • DMD - University of Louisville, 2011
Lauren Kayla Renaud, DMD, MS  - Clinical Educator
  • MS and Certificate (Orthodontics) - University of Louisville, 2020
  • DMD - University of Louisville, 2018

Robert E. Spiller Jr., DMD - Clinical Educator; Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics

  • Certificate (Orthodontics) - US Army Advanced Education Program in Orthodontics, 1990
  • MS Oral Biology - University of Louisville, 1990
  • DMD - University of Louisville, 1980

David L. Wyatt, DMD, MS - Clinical Educator

  • Certificate (Ortho) - University of Louisville 1993
  • Certificate (GPR) - US Army Dental Corps, 1981
  • DMD - University of Kentucky, 1980

Staff


Dental Clinic Supervisor: Lynne McCormick

Dental Assistants: Marya Kirby, Reeshaw Williams, Mindy Berry