LiD-SIG's Officers 

Chair

Janina Golob Deed, DDS, MS

Virginia Commonwealth University SDM

jgolobdeeb@vcu.edu

Chair-Elect

Gregory Schuster, DDS, Med 

Midwestern University CDM-

Arizona

gschus@midwestern.edu

Secretary

Natasha Elson, DDS 

NYU College of Dentisty

ne354@nyu.edu


 Past-Chairs and Councilors

Immediate Past-Chair

Nancy Fitzgerald, DMD 

Midwestern University CDM-Arizona

nfitzg@midwestern.edu

Chair 2023-2024 



Preetha P. Kanjirath, BDS, MDS, MS

Midwestern University CDM-Illinois

pkanji@midwestern.edu

Chair 2021-2022

 Scott D. Benjamin, DDS

Eastman Institute for Oral Health

Midwestern University CDM-Arizona 

SBenjamin@DentalAIM.com

Chair 2019-2021





Juliana A. Barros, DDS, MS 
U. of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
School of Dental Medicine

William P. Leavitt, DDS, MPA

University of Nevada 

Las Vegas

School of Dental Medicine

William.Leavitt@unlv.edu

Chair 2017-2018

Kimberly Patterson, DDS MS
Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
Chair 2016-2017
P. Bradford Smith, DDS
Midwestern University, CDM-Arizona
Chair 2015-2016


Praveen R Arany BDS, MDS, MMSc, PhD
University at Buffalo, 
School of Dental Medicine
prarany@buffalo.edu
Chair 2014-2015
Peter Rechmann, DMD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
School of Dentistry
Chair 2013-2014


Donald E. Patthoff, DDS 
West Virginia University, Berkeley Medical Center
D. Stanley Sharples II, DDS, MS
Ohio State University 
College of Dentistry
Initial LiD-SIG Councilor