Member Directory
Crystal Kanderis Lane, RDH, MS, is an assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Idaho State University and a practicing oral health professional of 15 years.
Kandis V. Garland, RDH, MS, is the dental hygiene program manager at College of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls. Her career spans 22 years as a dental hygienist and educator where she has served as clinic coordinator and health and safety coordinator. Her research, which she presents nationally, focuses on infection control. Garland is an active member of the Association for Dental Safety and Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Peer Review Panel. She is also a Dimensions Brand Ambassador.
Geraldine Weinstein, DDS, is an associate professor at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. She teaches both in the undergraduate Doctor of Dental Medicine curriculum and the Advanced Education General Dentistry Residency. Her interest is in computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing dentistry. Weinstein is also the editor in chief of Springer’s Clinical Dentistry Reviewed Journal.
Sergio Sanchez, DDS, is director of the University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Dental Medicine's Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program. He also provides care in the faculty practice.
Marc AL Khoury, DMD, completed an Advanced
Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) Program at the University of
Connecticut (UConn) School of Dental Medicine in Farmington. His
interests include esthetic, implant and restorative dentistry
Christine Macarelli, RDH, MS, is an assistant adjunct professor in the Health Sciences Department at New York City College of Technology, where she teaches safety for health professions. Her areas of interest include treating medically compromised patients, vaccines and immunizations, and teaching methodology for dental hygiene education. Macarelli can be reached at christine.macarelli25@citytech.cuny.edu.
J. Tim Wright, DDS, MS, s the Distinguished Bawden Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has served as Pediatric Dentistry Department chair and Department of Endodontics interim chair. He also served as the School of Dentistry’s director of strategic initiatives. A diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Wright has published more than 200 papers, edited two texts and authored 24 text chapters. A former chair of the Council for Scientific Affairs for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and American Dental Association, he is president-elect of the American Association for Dental Research. He can be reached at Tim_Wright@unc.edu.
Fadi AL Farawati, DDS, MS, MClinDent ,practices in Lewisville, Texas. An author and lecturer with dual training in prosthodontics and periodontics, he can be reached at fadi_farawati@hotmail.com.
