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Organizational and Faculty Leadership Structure

Elham Emami
Dean of the Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences

In her role as Dean, Dr. Emami strives to provide visionary leadership, promote the highest quality, status and student-centeredness of undergraduate and graduate programs, support patient-centered care and community services while fostering excellence in Faculty research activities via a healthy and satisfactory working environment in accordance with the policies and procedures of McGill University.

Dr. Emami’s door is open and she is available to discuss the Faculty including the following: Management, Strategic planning, budgeting and Faculty development, Undergraduate and postgraduate education, programs and research, Community services, External and Public relations, Continuing education and learning opportunities, Fundraising and alumni relations, Faculty work environment.

Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences organizational chart

Associate Deans
Samer Abi Nader, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Dental Education	Nathalie Morin, Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs	Nicholas Maroun Makhoul, Associate Dean, Postgraduate Dental Education	Bettina Willie Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Education
Assistant Deans
Peter Chauvin Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Dental Education	Firoozeh Samim, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Associate Deans

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Samer Abi Nader,
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Dental Education

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Nathalie Morin,
Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs

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Nicholas Maroun Makhoul,
Associate Dean, Postgraduate Dental Education

Bettina Willie
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Education

Assistant Deans

Peter Chauvin
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Dental Education

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Firoozeh Samim,
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Directors
Research and Graduate Dental Education	Postgraduate Dental Education
Simon Tran Graduate Studies Director Monzur Murshed Arkady Khoutorsky Program Directors, MSc Dental Sciences (Thesis Track) Alissa Levine Program Director, MSc Dental Sciences (Non-Thesis Track) Mari Kaartinen, Program Director, PhD in Oral Health Sciences	Jordan Gigliotti Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Director Mel Schwartz GPR Director, Jewish General Hospital Nour Karra GPR Director, Montreal General Hospital Annie Marleau GPR Director, Montreal Children's Hospital
Thomas Nguyen Continuing Dental Education Program

Directors

Research and Graduate Dental Education

Postgraduate Dental Education

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Simon Tran
Graduate Studies Director

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Monzur Murshed

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Arkady Khoutorsky

Program Directors, MSc Dental Sciences (Thesis Track)

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Alissa Levine
Program Director, MSc Dental Sciences (Non-Thesis Track)

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Mari Kaartinen,
Program Director, PhD in Oral Health Sciences

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Jordan Gigliotti
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Director

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Mel Schwartz
GPR Director, Jewish General Hospital

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Nour Karra
GPR Director, Montreal General Hospital

Annie Marleau
GPR Director, Montreal Children's Hospital

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Thomas Nguyen
Continuing Dental Education Program

Division Directors: Undergraduate Dental Education
François Seng, Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry	Veronique Benhamou, Periodontics	Irwin Fried, Pediatric Dentistry
Deborah Iera, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Bassel Kano, Endodontics	Madelaine Shildkraut Orthodontics
Peter Chauvin Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Oral Radiology	Hermina Harnagea Community-based Dental Services and Public Health

Division Directors: Undergraduate Dental Education

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François Seng,
Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry

Veronique Benhamou,
Periodontics

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Irwin Fried,
Pediatric Dentistry

Deborah Iera,

Deborah Iera,
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

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Bassel Kano,
Endodontics

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Madelaine Shildkraut
Orthodontics

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Peter Chauvin
Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine, and Oral Radiology

Hermina Harnagea
Community-based Dental Services and Public Health

Associate Division Directors
Thomas Nguyen Periodontics	Julia Cohen-Levy Orthodontics	David Koppel Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	Sina Hashemi Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Firoozeh Samim Oral medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology	Pascaline Kengne Talla Community-Based Dental Services and Public Health

Associate Division Directors

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