CARYN BAKER (DDS ’02) joins the Dept. of Restorative Clinical Sciences as an assistant clinical professor.
Dr. Baker’s previous employment includes owning a general dentistry private practice in Kansas City, Kan., for nine years; operating Miles of Smiles portable dental care for children in North Kansas City, Mo., for three years; and serving as an associate dentist in a general dentistry practice for two years. “In the fall semester of 2015″ says Baker, “I began working one day a week in the Team 2 clinic and found my calling in the teaching profession.”
JANG-CHING CHOU, DDS, joins the Dept. of Restorative Clinical Sciences as an assistant clinical professor. Dr. Chou completed a fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Florida School of Dentistry in 2014 and a certificate in prosthodontics at Marquette University School of Dentistry in 2013. He earned an MS degree at Marquette University School of Dentistry in 2013 and his DDS degree at Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan in 2007. He has served as an assistant professor at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry (2014 – 2016), a surgical fellow at the University of Florida School of Dentistry (2013 – 2014), and a resident in prosthodontics at Marquette University (2010 – 2013).
JARED GERHARDT (DDS ’08), joins the Dept. of Restorative Clinical Sciences as an assistant clinical professor. Before joining the faculty, Dr. Gerhardt served as a dentist with Gerhardt Dental in Parkville, Mo.
JACOB MCGUIRE (DDS ’98, PhD ’14) joins the faculty as an assistant clinical professor in the Dept. Oral Pathology, Medicine and Radiology and a research assistant professor in the Dept. of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences. He completed an advanced education program in endodontics at the University of California-Los Angeles in 2000. “After practicing endodontics in the Kansas City area,” says Dr. McGuire, “I returned to an academic dental career, earning a PhD at UMKC in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences and Pharmacology, where my research focused on characterizing the organic composition of the dentin-enamel