Leadership

HSDM Dean

William V. Giannobile

Dean and A. Lee Loomis, Jr. Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
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Leadership team

Lisa Simon

Assistant Professor of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology
Director of the Initiative to Integrate Oral Health and Medicine
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HSDM leadership boards

Board members serve as ambassadors and advisors to the School.

Board of Fellows

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Chair

Robert Faiella, MMSc85, PD85 
Chair Advisor 
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Nick Alexos
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Univar Solutions, Inc.

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Grant Bester
President, North America
Straumann Group

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Sabiha Bunek
Chief Executive Officer and President
Dental Advisor

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Gene Dorff
Chief Executive Officer
Solmetex

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Diego Gabathuler
Chief Executive Officer
Geistlich Pharma AG

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Bill Harrison, MBA13
Vice President, Strategic Accounts
Henry Schein

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Frederick Lowery
Chief Executive Officer
Henry Schein, Inc.

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Gerard Moufflet
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Acceleration International

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Stefan Nilsson
President, Premium & Challenger Implant Business Units
Envista

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Dave Sproat
Board Chair
Carestream Dental

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George Tysowsky
Senior Vice President, Technology and Professional Relations
Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.

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Patrick Assioun, MMSc01
Owner and Chief Executive Officer
Passion Dental

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Zerita Buchanan, MPH23
Owner
Imagine Medical & Dental Group

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Gus Dehni, DMD97, MMSc00
Periodontist
Center for Advanced Periodontics and Implant Dentistry

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Dai Feng, AB97
Managing Director, CareCapital Advisors Limited
Executive Chairman, Angelalign Technology, Inc.

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Alfred Griffin, MMSc17
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
LightForce Orthodontics

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Mayumi Kaneda
Member of the Board, Sunstar SA
Director, Sunstar Foundation

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Melissa Marlin
Director, Institutional Accounts, North America
Bien-Air

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Linda Niessen, DMD77, MPH77, MPP82, PD82
Vice Provost for Oral Health Affairs and Founding Dean
Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine

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Cindy Roark, SM15
Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
Sage Dental Management

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Tony Susino
Chief Executive Officer
Keystone Dental

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Robert Zou
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Arrail Dental Group

Clinical Innovation Advisory Board

The Clinical Innovation Advisory Board includes leaders in oral medicine, dental education, clinical research, and industry. They provide expertise, strategic guidance, and advocacy to help shape HSDM’s clinical vision—advancing innovation in care delivery, dental education, workforce development, and research.


 

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Co-chair

Chris Bonebreak Jackson, DMD14
Director of Clinical Affairs
LightForce Orthodontics

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Co-chair

David Wu
Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

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Natalia Chalmers
Chief Dental Officer
Center for Medicare and Medicaid

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Mostafa Khairzada
Vice President of Emerging Technologies
Pacific Dental Services

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Amir Mansouri
Co-Founder and CEO
SprintRay

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Allen Ali Nasseh, DDS, MMSc97, PD97
Lecturer, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
President and Founder, MicroSurgical Endodontics

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Michael Newman, PD74
Professor Emeritus, UCLA School of Dentistry
Founding Board Member, McGuire Institute

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Marta Revilla-León
Director of Research and Digital Dentistry
KOIS Center

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Victoria Sampson
Founder
THS Labs

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Miguel Stanley
Founder and Clinical Director
White Clinic

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Hom-Lay Wang
Collegiate Professor of Periodontics and Director of Graduate Periodontics
University of Michigan

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Edward Zuckerberg
Chief Dental Advisor, Viome
Chief Dental Advisor, Keystone Bio