Periodontology
Department of Periodontology
Interim Chair: Melissa S. Lang, BS, MS, DDS
The goals for the Department of Periodontology are to provide dental students with a high quality education, cultivate their abilities to provide evidence based periodontal treatment to their patients in a friendly and professional atmosphere; and to conduct a productive research to shape the future of periodontics.
![Patricia Cherney](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/patricia-cherney.jpg)
Patricia Ann Cherney, RDH, BA
- Adjunct Instructor
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![Michelle Doughty](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/Doughty.jpg)
Michelle Doughty, RDH, BS
- Adjunct Instructor
- 402.280.3403
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![Najmeh Esmaeilnejadganji](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/najmeh.jpg)
Najmeh Sadat Esmaeilnejadganji, DMD
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.5113
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![Laura Harris-Vieyra](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/Harris-Vieyra_Laura-web.jpg)
Laura E. Harris-Vieyra, BS, DDS
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.5053
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![Christine Knudson](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/Knudson_Christine-web_0.jpg)
Christine S. Knudson, RDH, BS
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.5085
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![Melissa Lang](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/Lang_Melissa-1-web.jpg)
Melissa S. Lang, BS, MS, DDS
- Associate Professor
- 402.280.5085
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![Kelly Leonard](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/Kelly-Leonard.jpg)
Kelly M. Leonard, AAS, RDH
- Adjunct Instructor
- 402.280.4573
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![Mary Schroeder](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/mary-schroeder.jpg)
Mary S. Schroeder, BSN, BSDH, RDH
- Adjunct Instructor
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![Erin Wetzel](https://dms.creighton.edu/sites/default/files/faculty-images/erin-wetzel.jpg)
Erin C. Wetzel, DDS
- Assistant Professor
- 402.280.5262
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Special Faculty and Contributed Services Faculty
Mary Beth Branscombe, RDH, B.S.
Whitney Crist, RDH
Kendra Fox, RDH
Shakeel Khan, DDS, MS
Matthew R. Kelsey, B.S., DDS, M.S.
William Kelsey V, DDS, M.S.
Nancy S.M. Mellott, B.S., RDH
Takanari Miyamoto, DDS, PhD, CAGS, MSD, MBA