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
Director of 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


Department Coordinator II: Tracey Washington

Dental Clinic Supervisor: Lynne McCormick

Dental Assistants: Marya Kirby, Reeshaw Williams, Mindy Berry