Member Directory
Daniel Castagna, DDS, is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry. He holds fellowships in the Pierre Fauchard Academy, American College of Dentists and International College of Dentists. Castagna is president of the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry Alumni Association.
Eugene A. Pantera Jr., DDS, MS, is a clinical associate professor emeritus at the University at Buffalo, where he served as director of the Division of Endodontics and the advanced program in endodontics. A national and international lecturer and member of Decisions in Dentistry’s editorial advisory board, he is a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, American College of Dentists, and the International College of Dentists. He can be reached at epantera@buffalo.edu.
Jim Downs, DMD, and his wife, Nickie Lê, DDS, operate an integrated,
comprehensively focused, patient relationship-centered practice in Denver. Clinic head of the renowned Dr. Dick Barnes Group, Downs lectures nationally and internationally. He is a member of the American
Dental Association, Colorado Dental Association and the Metro Denver Dental Society.
Michael C. Meinzer, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar in the
Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Benjamin Greenstein, DMD, practices surgical implantology and periodontics in Freehold, New Jersey.
Mia L. Geisinger, DDS, MS, is a professor and director of the advanced education program in periodontology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry and the current vice president of the American Academy of Periodontology. She can be reached at miagdds@uab.edu.
Vandana Singh, BDS, MMSc, is a second-year resident in the Oral Medicine Graduate Program at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. She worked as faculty for the University of Alberta, Edmonton, School of Dentistry before joining the residency program.
Reid Friesen, DDS, is a second-year resident in the Oral Medicine Graduate Program at the University of Alberta, Edmonton in Canada. His research interests include the management of oral premalignant lesions.
Jana M. Pierce, RDH, MS, is a dental hygienist and an oral surgery assistant, and serves as an adjunct allied health instructor for Rogue Community College in Grants Pass, Oregon. She is also public health clinic director for Children’s Dental Clinic of Jackson County, a nonprofit that treats underserved patients in Medford. Pierce can be reached at: janapierce22@hotmail.com.
