Faculty & Staff
Toru Deguchi, DDS, MSD, PhD
Professor, Orthodontics
Chair, Department of Rehabilitative and Reconstructive Dentistry
Interim Program Director, Advanced Education in Orthodontics
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics
Email: toru.deguchi@louisville.edu
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
University of Louisville President
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
Sudha Gudhimella, BDS, MS
Associate Professor, Orthodontics
Director, Predoctoral Clinical Orthodontics
Faculty, University of Louisville Graduate School
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics
Email: sudha.gudhimella@louisville.edu
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
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
Gary L. Jennings, DMD, MS - Clinical Educator
- MS and Certificate (Orthodontics) - University of Louisville, 1999
- DMD - University of Kentucky, 1997
- 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
Tony Wells, DMD, MS - Clinical Educator
- Certificate (Ortho) - University of Louisville 1999
- DMD - University of Louisville, 1996
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