Faculty
Full Time Faculty
Hima Bindu Dukka, BDS, MSD
Associate Professor
Director, Graduate Periodontics
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
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.
Margaret Hill, DMD, MSD
Associate Professor
Interim Dean
Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology
Dr. Margaret Hill 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.
Alessandro Pedercini, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor
Dr. Alessandro Pedercini completed his DDS at University of Verona School of Dentistry in Italy and completed his Periodontics residency at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. Currently a Clinical Assistant Professor, Dr. Pedercini has conducted research in wide-ranging topics in Periodontics, including biomarkers of periodontal disease and management of peri-implant diseases.
Part-time Faculty
E. Ramsey Burton, DMD
Venkata Gorthi Chandana BDS, MDS
Leslie Horn, DMD, MSD
Douglas Lowy, DMD, MS
Jodie Lusby, DMD,MSD
Allison Marlow, DMD, MSD
Gretchen Wigand, DMD, MSD
