Faculty Providers
To make an appointment with one of these dental care providers, please call
(310) 794-5750 or email fgdp@dentistry.ucla.edu.
General Dentistry
Valentina Babuchyan, D.D.S.
Lecturer
Shahed Al Khalifah, B.D.S., M.S.
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Co-Director, Innovative Digital Dentistry Systems, Alumni and Friends Presidential Endowed Chair
Marc Hayashi, D.M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.D, F.I.C.D.
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Chair of the Section of Restorative Dentistry, Lee Family Endowed Chair
Mijoo Kim, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Director of AEGD and Restorative Dentistry Preceptorship Program
Reuben Kim, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Chair of the Division of Preventative and Restorative Sciences, Naomi and Jim Ellison Endowed Chair
Harold Perlaza, D.D.S.
Educator
Endodontics
Insoon Chang, M.S., D.D.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Nadia Chugal, D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.
Health Sciences Clinical Professor | Chair, Section of Endodontics | Residency Program Director, Endodontics | Jack A. Weichman Chair in Endodontics
Oral Surgery
Tara Aghaloo, D.D.S., M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Postgraduate Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Orthodontics
Sunil Kapila, B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Dr. Thomas R. Bales Endowed Chair in Orthodontics, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Operations
Yi Lin, B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Health Science Assistant Clinical Professor
Pediatric Dentistry
Ghassem Ansari, D.D.S., M.Sc., Ph.D., A.P.P.D.
Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program Director
Francisco Ramos-Gomez, D.D.S., M.S., M.P.H.
Professor | Chair of the Section of Pediatric Dentistry | Director of UCLA Pediatric Dentistry Advanced Clinical Training Program (ACT) | Director of UCLA Center for Children’s Oral Health (UCCOH)
Periodontics
Jia Chang, D.D.S., Ph.D., F.A.C.D.
Associate Professor
Flavia Queiroz Pirih, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Tarrson Family Endowed Chair in Periodontics, Chair of Division of Regenerative and Reconstructive Sciences
Beatriz Bezerra, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor, Director of the Pre-doctoral Program and Interim Director of the Postgraduate Residency Program in Periodontics
Prosthodontics
Edmond R. Hewlett, D.D.S.
Professor Emeritus, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Recall)
Kumar C. Shah, B.D.S., M.S., M.B.A., F.A.C.P., F.A.P.
Professor of Clinical Dentistry