Member Directory

Rahma Mungia, BDS, MSc, DDPHRCS, is an associate professor in the Department of Periodontics at UT Health San Antonio. She is the director of STOHN and assistant director of the Southwest Region of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.

Melanie V. Taverna, MSDH, MAADH, is an assistant professor and clinical faculty member in the Division of Dental Hygiene at the University of Texas Health San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio). She is also director of the university’s Master of Science in dental hygiene program and serves as assistant director for the South Texas Oral Health Network (STOHN). Taverna can be reached at taverna@uthscsa.edu.

Emily R. Holt, MHA, RDH, CDA, EFDA, is a clinical professor of dental hygiene at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville. In 2020, she became a certified Positive Approach to Care independent trainer and educates dental professionals about dementia and behavioral approaches. Holt, who practices dental hygiene part time in Evansville, is also a consultant member of the examination team for the Commission on Dental Competency Assessments, the Western Regional Examining Board and Council of Interstate Testing Agencies. She can be reached at erholt@usi.edu.

Katie Brydon, LCSW, LAC, MAC, EMDR-c, is a licensed clinical social worker and a licensed addiction counselor in Colorado. Her practice focuses on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing-based treatment of complex psychological trauma and advanced treatment of addictions. Brydon is a founder of Road to Me Recovery, co-founder of Genesis Behavioral Health, and clinical director of Lighthouse Recovery.

Susanna Kayserman, DDS, practiced cosmetic and restorative dentistry from 1995 to 2022. She is an active member of the American Dental Association and the Academy of Osseointegration. She has taught residents at Staten Island University Hospital and is actively involved in her local dental society.

Edward Ruvins, DDS, MS, MBA, MSF, MSAC, is a founder of Spectrum Dental Group, Lighthouse Recovery, and Optimum Consulting Group and the co-founder of Genesis Behavioral Health. He is a certified valuation analyst and certified fraud examiner. Ruvins can be reached at eruvins@yahoo.com.

Mark Stein, DDS MD, is an assistant professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery at New York University and an attending physician at Columbia University Medical Center, Staten Island University Hospital where he is actively involved in resident training and education in the dentistry and surgery departments.

William M. Dorfman, DDS, FACD, practices esthetic and general dentistry in Los Angeles. An international author, lecturer, inventor and entrepreneur, he wrote the best-selling cosmetic dentistry books The Smile Guide and Billion Dollar Smile. He can be reached at drbilld@hotmail.com.

Bradford J. Lockhart, DDS, practices general and esthetic dentistry in Tustin, California, with a focus on temporomandibular disorders and airway health. A member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association, Orange County Dental Society, and International Association for Orthodontics, he can be reached at DrBrad@CreateSmiles.com.