Member Directory
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.
Flavia Q. Pirih, DDS, PhD, is an
associate professor and director of the predoctoral program in the
Section of Periodontics at the UCLA School of Dentistry. She also
practices in the UCLA Faculty Group Dental Practice.
Paulo M. Camargo, DDS, MS, MBA, is a Tarrson Family Endowed Chair in Periodontics and associate dean of
clinical dental sciences at the UCLA School of Dentistry. He also practices in
the UCLA Faculty Group Dental Practice.
Maísa Casarin, DDS, MS, is a PhD student at the Federal University of Santa Maria in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She practices periodontology at the
Federal University of Santa Maria.
Ryan L. Wong, DDS, is a periodontics resident at the UCLA
School of Dentistry. He conducts research under the mentorship of
Flavia Q. Pirih, DDS, PhD, and Paulo M. Camargo, DDS, MS, MBA.
João Carnio, DDS, MS, is a visiting researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry. Techniques that Carnio has created for the treatment of mucogingival deformities include the modified apically repositioned flap, palatal augmentation and papilla regeneration. He also maintains a private practice in Londrina, Brazil. He can be reached at jcarnio@onda.com.br.
