Previous Directors
American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology was established in 1979. The board consists of five diplomates of the ABOMR who are elected by the diplomates for a five-year term.
President, 2016
Mel Mupparapu, DMD
Dr. Mupparapu is currently a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his dental deg…Read More
President, 2017
Anita Gohel, BDS, PhD
Anita Gohel is currently a Clinical Professor & Program Director of the Oral & Maxillofacia…Read More
President, 2018
André Mol, DDS, PhD
Dr. André Mol is Associate Professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences of the University of …Read More
President, 2019
Hassem Geha, DDS, MDS
Hassem Geha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at the University…Read More
President
1979 - 1981
Don Weissman, DDS
Dr. Weissman was a founding member of ABOMR. In 1979, Dr. Donald D. Weissman along with Benjamin Cio…Read More
PRESIDENT
1981-1982
Benjamin Ciola, DDS, MSD
Benjamin Ciola was a founding member of ABOMR. In 1979, Dr. Ciola along with Donald D. Weissman, Rob…Read More
PRESIDENT
1982-1983
Stephen R. Matteson, DDS, MS
Dr. Stephen R. Matteson, Professor, Dept. of Developmental Dentistry, received his D.D.S. degree fro…Read More
PRESIDENT
1984,1985
Stuart C. White, DDS, PhD
Stuart C. White, DDS, PhD, Professor Emeritus at UCLA, received his dental education as a member of …Read More
PRESIDENT
1986
Coleman Reed Tuckson, Jr. DDS, MSc, FACD
Coleman Reed Tuckson’s life exemplified the highest ideals of dental professionalism translated in…Read More
PRESIDENT
1987
Ramesh Kuba, BDS, MS
Dr. Kuba was a full-time faculty member in dental educational institutions for 41 years. He spent 37…Read More
PRESIDENT
1988
Julian Gibbs, DDS, PhD
Longtime Vanderbilt faculty member, Julian Gibbs, Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, …Read More
PRESIDENT
1989
P. Thomas McDavid, DDS, MS
Dr. McDavid was the President of the ABOMR in 1989. He was the Director of Office of the Civilian He…Read More
PRESIDENT
1991
Kevin O Carroll, BDS, MSD
Dr. Kevin O Carroll earned his BDS at the National University of Ireland, in January 1968 (actually …Read More
PRESIDENT
1992
Axel Ruprecht, DDS, MScD, FRCD(C)
Axel Ruprecht is Gilbert E. Lilly Professor of Diagnostic Sciences, and is Professor of OM Radiology…Read More
PRESIDENT
1993
Angelo Delbalso, MD, DDS, FACR
Dr. DelBalso is the chair of the Department of Radiology At University at Buffalo School of Medicine…Read More
PRESIDENT
1994
Alan G. Lurie, DDS, PhD
Dr. Lurie is professor and chair of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences and c…Read More
PRESIDENT
1995
Lars Hollender, DDS, PhD
Dr. Lars Hollender received his dental degree in 1958 from the Royal Dental School in Malmo, Sweden.…Read More
PRESIDENT
1997
Margot L. Van Dis, DDS, MS
Margot L. Van Dis, DDS, MS, is a professor of Dental Diagnostics Sciences in the Department of Oral …Read More
PRESIDENT
1998
R. Curtis Lundeen, DDS, MS
R. Curtis Lundeen, DDS, MS received his BS (1969) and DDS (1973) degrees from the University of Mich…Read More
PRESIDENT
1999
Donald Tyndall, DDS, MSPH, PhD
Dr. Tyndall graduated from UNC-CH in 1973 (biology/History double major) and with a DDS in 1980. He …Read More
PRESIDENT
2000
James C. Pettigrew, DMD
Dr. Pettigrew currently serves as an Associate Professor In the division of Oral and Maxillofacial r…Read More
PRESIDENT
2001
Neil L. Frederiksen, DDS, PhD
Neil L. Frederiksen earned both a B.S. and D.D.S. degree from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D…Read More
PRESIDENT
2002
James R. Geist, DDS, MS
James R. Geist, Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences at the University …Read More
PRESIDENT
2003
John Ludlow, DDS, MS
Dr. Ludlow is a Professor of Radiology in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at the University of…Read More
PRESIDENT
2005
Mel L. Kantor, DDS, PhD
Mel L. Kantor is a professor in the Department of Oral Health Practice in the College of Dentistry w…Read More
PRESIDENT
2006
Byron W. (Pete) Benson, DDS, MS
Dr. Byron W. (Pete) Benson is Professor, Department Vice Chair, and Director of Radiology/Imaging Ce…Read More
PRESIDENT
2007
Ernest Lam, DMD, MSc, PhD, FRCD(C)
Professor Lam is the Dr. Lloyd & Mrs. Kay Chapman Chair in Clinical Sciences in the Faculty of D…Read More
PRESIDENT
2008
Sharon Brooks, DDS, MS
Dr. Sharon Brooks earned her DDS from the University of Michigan in 1973, along with MS degrees in O…Read More
PRESIDENT
2009
Lisa Koenig, BChD, DDS, MS
Dr. Koenig currently serves as Professor and Program Director of Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology at…Read More
PRESIDENT
2010
Debra Gander, DDS, MS
Debra Gander maintains a practice limited to oral and maxillofacial radiology at the Fauchard Center…Read More
PRESIDENT
2011
Thomas Razmus, DDS, MS
Dr. Razmus received the DDS degree from the University of Michigan (1975) and a certificate and MS d…Read More
PRESIDENT
2012
Brad J. Potter, DDS, MS
Dr. Potter graduated from Northwestern University School of Dentistry in 1979. After private practic…Read More
PRESIDENT
2014
Kenneth Abramovitch, DDS, MS
Dr. Abramovitch is Professor at Loma Linda University. He received his D.D.S. from McGill University…Read More
PRESIDENT
2015
Kristine Mosier, DDS, PhD
Dr. Mosier is Associate Professor of Radiology with tenure and Chief of Head and Neck Imaging, Secti…Read More
President 2021
Shaza Mardini, DDS, MS
Dr. Mardini received her D.D.S. degree from the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of…Read More
Secretary/Treasurer
Madhu K. Nair, BDS, DMD, MS, Lic.Odont., PhD.
Dr. Nair is a tenured Professor and Head of the Division of Radiology at the Texas A&M Universit…Read More
President 2022
Edwin Ted Parks, DMD, MS
Edwin T. Parks received his DMD from the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry and his M…Read More
President
2020
Erika Benavides DDS, PhD
Dr. Benavides is a Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. She is a Di…Read More