Department of General Dentistry
Department Chair and Directors
Mark Lackey, DMD
Interim Chair, General Dentistry
Associate Professor
mlackey@uthsc.edu
Staley Colvert, DDS
Vice-Chair,
Associate Professor,
Director of Group Leaders
scolvert@uthsc.edu
Albert Gruber, DMD
Director of University Dental Practice
Assistant Professor,
agruber4@uthsc.edu
Layne Levy, DDS
Site Director of Advanced Education in General Dentistry,
Associate Professor
llevy1@uthsc.edu
Daranee Versluis-Tantbirojn, DDS, MS, PhD
Director of Biomaterials,
Professor
dverslui@uthsc.edu
Department Faculty
Ned Alley, DDS
Assistant Professor
nalley@uthsc.edu
Nechama Citrin, DDS
Associate Professor
ncitrin@uthsc.edu
Clint Conner, DDS
Interim Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs,
Associate Professor
cconner6@uthsc.edu
Giles Damron, DDS
Assistant Professor
gdamron@uthsc.edu
Jackie D. Drake, DDS
Assistant Professor
jdrake3@uthsc.edu
Robert Hatch, DDS
Assistant Professor
rhatch1@uthsc.edu
Darryl K. Jones, DDS
Assistant Professor
djones30@uthsc.edu
Frank Luther, DDS
Assistant Professor
pluther@uthsc.edu
Vernon Pennington, DDS
Assistant Professor
vpenning@uthsc.edu
Waletha Wasson, DDS, MPA, MS, MAGD
Professor
Program Director: A 21st Century Initiative - Oral-Systemic and Population-Based Health
For All (21st COSP)
wwasson@uthsc.edu
Staff
Delma Cole
Administrative Assistant
dcole@uthsc.edu