Member Directory

Jessica Owens, DMD, is an assistant professor and predoctoral director in the Department of Periodontics at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans School of Dentistry.

Amy Coplen, RDH, EPDH, MS, is an associate professor in the Pacific University School of Dental Hygiene Studies in Hillsboro, Oregon. She also serves as the director for the dental hygiene program.

Brandy Cowen, RDH, MS, is an assistant professor in the Pacific University School of Dental Hygiene Studies in Hillsboro, Oregon. She is the dental hygiene junior clinic lead and serves on the Interprofessional Education and Practice Committee for the College of Health Professions.

Kathryn Bell, RDH, EPDH, MS, is an associate professor in the Pacific University School of Dental Hygiene Studies in Hillsboro, Oregon. She also serves as associate dean for interprofessional education.

Clarence Lee, DDS, is a graduate resident in the Department of Periodontology at Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry.

Maki Narita, DDS, MS, is a board-certified periodontist practicing in Torrance and Costa Mesa, California. A diplomate of International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI), she serves on faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry Section of Periodontics and Showa University School of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics in Tokyo. Narita, who also directs the Study Club Showa, can be reached at makinarita@ucla.edu.

Sarina Gefers is a second-year dental hygiene student at New York University College of Dentistry.

Terri Tilliss, RDH, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine in Aurora. She can be reached at terri.tilliss@cuanschutz.edu.

Gerald Minick, DDS, MS, MSD, is an associate professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine in Aurora. He can be reached at gerald.minick@ucdenver.edu.