Member Directory
Lynne Melchior, MSN, ACNP-BC, CDE, is an instructor in the undergraduate and graduate nursing programs at USI. She is a nurse, certified diabetes educator, and certified acute care nurse practitioner. Melchior is also a nurse practitioner at the St. Vincent’s Post Discharge Clinic in Evansville, Indiana.
Angela Wooton, PhD, RN, FNP-C, is an assistant professor in the graduate nursing program at USI, where she teaches pharmacology and advanced pathophysiology. A board certified family nurse practitioner, Wooton’s clinical experience includes family practice, ambulatory and emergency care, geriatrics, pediatrics and cardiovascular nursing.
is an assistant professor in the dental hygiene program at the University of Southern Indiana (USI) in Evansville, where she coordinates and supervises student rotations in interprofessional educational opportunities at local hospitals and a lowincome health care center. She can be reached at: llcoan@usi.edu.
Brooke M.O. Fukuoka, DMD, practices in South Central Idaho, where she owns Your Special Smiles, a special care/geriatrics practice. She also is an employee dentist at Family Health Services, a federally qualified health center in Twin Falls. Fukuoka has presented continuing education courses on silver diamine fluoride and special care throughout Idaho, and at A.T. Still University in Phoenix, the Special Care Dental Association Annual Session 2017, and the American Dental Association Annual Session 2017. She can be reached at yourspecialsmiles@gmail.com.
is president of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD). He also chairs the Minnesota Dental Association political action committee board and sits on the AAPD political action committee board. A fellow of the American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists and the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Nickman maintains a pediatric practice in St. Paul, Minnesota, and teaches part-time at the University of Minnesota.
Eric Y.K. Fung, PhD, is a professor emeritus in the Department of Oral Biology at UNMC College of Dentistry. His research interests include determining the role of mercury in neurodegenerative disorders, the neurochemical effects of nicotine on the brain, and the pharmacokinetics of bisphenol A released from dental sealants.
Peter J. Giannini, DDS, MS, is an associate professor in the department of oral biology and director of clinical and translational research at UNMC College of Dentistry. He also directs the tobacco cessation clinic. A diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology. Giannini participates in the UNMC oral and maxillofacial pathology biopsy service, and sees patients in the University Dental Associates Faculty Practice.
Kimberly K. McFarland, DDS, MHSA, chairs the Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry at Creighton University School of Dentistry in Omaha, Nebraska. McFarland also serves as a Health Resources and Services Administration consultant to the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Pediatric Dental Residency Program at Children’s Hospital. She can be reached at KimMcFarland@creighton.edu.
Jason R. Flores, DDS, RN, DADBA, DNDBA, FADSA, a board-certified dentist anesthesiologist and the clinical director of dental anesthesiology for the University of New Mexico Medical Group’s Ambulatory Surgical Center. He is also an associate professor for the Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency. Flores was awarded diplomate status with the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology and National Dental Board of Anesthesiology, and is a fellow with the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology.
