USCSD Administration

DEAN:

Dr. Harold Slavkin, D.D.S.
G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery
Professor of Dentistry

slavkin@usc.edu

ASSOCIATE DEANS:

Academic Affairs and Student Life
Mahvash Navazesh, D.M.D.
Associate Dean

navazesh@usc.edu 

Administration
Lois Pereira, M.B.A.
Associate Dean

lpereira@usc.edu 

Clinical Affairs
Michael Mulvehill III, D.D.S., M.B.A.
Associate Dean

mulvehil@usc.edu

Community Health Programs
Roseann Mulligan D.D.S., M.S.
Associate Dean

mulligan@usc.edu 

Continuing Oral Health Professional Education
Ilan Rotstein, D.D.S.
Associate Dean

ilan@usc.edu

Faculty Practices
Sigmund Abelson, D.D.S.
Associate Dean

abelson@usc.edu

Innovation & Discovery 
Dennis Mangan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean

dmangan@usc.edu

International, Professional & Legislative Affairs
Eugene Sekiguchi, M.S.E.E., D.D.S.
Associate Dean

sekiguch@usc.edu 

Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
James Gordon, Ed.D., PT, FAPTA
Associate Dean

jamesgor@usc.edu

Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Florence Clark, Ph.D, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Dean

fclark@usc.edu

ASSISTANT DEANS:

Admissions, Minority and Student Life
Sandra Bolivar, J.D.
Assistant Dean

bolivar@usc.edu 

Community Health Programs
Niel Nathason, M.P.H., M.A.
Assistant Dean

nathason@usc.edu

Outcomes Assessment and Curriculum Management
Eileen Suffet, R.D.H., M.A.
Assistant Dean

suffet@usc.edu

Program Accountability and Educational Research
Robert Keim, D.D.S., E.D.D
Assistant Dean

rkeim@usc.edu

 
DIVISIONS - All faculty have their academic homes in one of the following divisions:

Division of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention & Epidemiology
Jane Forrest, M.S., Ed.D.
Chair

jforrest@usc.edu 

Division of Diagnostic Sciences
Mahvash Navazesh, D.M.D.
Chair

navazesh@usc.edu 

Division of Surgical, Therapeutic & Bioengineering
Ilan Rotstein, D.D.S.
Chair

ilan@usc.edu 

Division of Primary Oral Health Care
Casey Chen, B.D.S., Ph.D., D.D.S.
Co-Chair
Richard Kahn, D.D.S.
Co-Chair

ccchen@usc.edu 

rkahn@usc.edu

Division of Craniofacial Sciences and Therapeutics
Yang Chai, D.M.D., Ph.D., D.D.S.
Chair

ychai@usc.edu

Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
James Gordon, Ed.D., PT, FAPTA
Chair

jamesgor@usc.edu

Division VII - Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Florence Clark, Ph.D, OTR/L, FAOTA
Chair

fclark@usc.edu

 
PROGRAM DIRECTORS:

Advanced Standing Program for International Dentists (ASPID)
Eugene Sekiguchi, M.S.E.E., D.D.S.
Interim Director

sekiguch@usc.edu 

Dental Hygiene
Diane Melrose, B.S.
Director

mmelrose@usc.edu 

Endodontics
James Simon, D.D.S.
Program Director

jhsimon@usc.edu 

General Practice Residency
Richard Green, D.D.S.
Program Director

greenr@usc.edu 

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Dennis-Duke Yamashita, D.D.S.
Program Director

dyamashi@usc.edu 

Orthodontics
Glenn Sameshima, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Program Director

sameshim@usc.edu

Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine
Glenn Clark, D.D.S., M.S.
Program Director

gtc@usc.edu

Pediatric Dentistry
Richard Udin, D.D.S.
Program Director

rdudin@usc.edu 

Periodontics
Hessam Nowzari, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Program Director

nowzari@usc.edu 

Prosthodontics
Winston Chee, D.D.S.
Interim Co-Director
George Cho, D.D.S.
Interim Co-Director

wchee@usc.edu

gccho@usc.edu