Member Directory
Carlos Garaicoa-Pazmino, DDS, is a graduate resident in the Periodontics and Oral Medicine Department at the University of Michigan (UM) in Ann Arbor. A member of the American Academy of Periodontology, Garaicoa-Pazmino has coauthored numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Teresa A. Marshall, PhD, RDN/LDN, is a professor in the Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in Iowa City. A registered, licensed dietitian, she teaches nutrition curriculum to dental students and studies the dietary relationships between caries, erosion and systemic health. Marshall serves as a research editor for the Association of Nutrition and Dietetics, and is a member of the International Association of Dental Research and American Dental Education Association. She can be reached at teresa-marshall@uiowa.edu.
Amy S. Kim, DDS, is a clinical associate professor at UW’s School of Dentistry and assistant director of clinical research at UW’s Center for Pediatric Dentistry. She has worked in private practice and in the SMILE Program, which provides in-school dental care. Experienced in dental academia with a focus on admissions and interprofessional education, Kim’s research interests include project/program management, regulatory affairs and human subjects protection.
Elise Sarvas, DDS, MSD, MPH, is a board-certified pediatric dentist and clinical assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Dentistry at the UMN School of Dentistry.
Kathy J. Eklund, RDH, MHP, is the director of occupational health and safety at the Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the Dental Hygiene Program at Regis College, School of Health Sciences in Weston, Massachusetts. Eklund is a member of the
Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) and served as the 2018–2019 chair of the OSAP board of directors. She can be reached at keklund@forsyth.org.
Suzanne Newkirk, RDH, has published articles and coauthored dental textbook chapters on minimally invasive nonsurgical periodontal therapy using the periodontal endoscope. A speaker and Perioscopy instructor, she moderates the Perioscopy Users Forum on LinkedIn. She may be reached at rnrwkirk@yahoo.com. The authors disclose an affiliation with Periscopy, a division of Zest Anchors, LLC.
John Y. Kwan, DDS, is an associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry. A diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, he maintains a periodontal practice in California’s Oakland/Berkeley area, and also serves as clinical director for Perioscopy, a division of Zest Anchors, LLC.
