Faculty and Staff

Dewey Award for Tadlock
Dr. Larry Tadlock, 1984 alumnus and program director in orthodontics, received the Martin Dewey Memorial Award in September during the Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists and Southwestern Society of Orthodontists joint annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Dewey ... Read More

Voice of dental hygiene
Colleagues describe her as the matriarch of the department, a constant ally for Caruth students and team members alike. After more than 30 years on the college faculty, this director is now a retiree. Read More

From start to finish, Al-Hashimi’s career rooted to the study of saliva
For a quarter century, Dr. Ibtisam Al-Hashimi has relished her role as the self-described “Spit Doctor” of Texas A&M University College of Dentistry. Not long after joining the faculty, Al-Hashimi formed the dental school’s Salivary Dysfunction Clinic in 1991 — ... Read More

Our people
Somewhere along the drive from Nebraska to Texas, the phone started ringing. Just a couple years prior, Linda Brock and her husband, Walter, had moved to Fullerton, Nebraska, to be closer to family following her mother’s death. Now it was ... Read More

Big shoes to fill
The music swells inside the Meyerson Symphony Center, and the graduates file in, filling the back entryways. They’re poised for their procession down the aisle, but for the moment, they remain rooted to their posts. At the front of this ... Read More

Progress notes
In the crimson-and-black regalia of Harvard School of Dental Medicine, his alma mater, Dr. Reginald Taylor can be seen situated behind the podium with the graduation stage party. In his 16 years as a faculty member in orthodontics at Texas ... Read More

AAOM Fellow status for periodontics faculty member
Dr. Nancy Burkhart, adjunct associate professor in periodontics, was recently awarded status as an affiliate fellow of the American Academy of Oral Medicine. Burkhart, the founder and co-host of the International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group, along with Dr. Terry ... Read More

Teachers of the Year 2016
The 2016 recipients of the Dental and Dental Hygiene Teacher of the Year awards include a three-time honoree and a biochemist passionate about taking the “pain” out of a subject matter often considered a challenging rite of passage in the ... Read More

Giving — and receiving — recognition when it is due
National honors for Campbell Dr. Phillip Campbell has spent decades as a cheerleader for orthodontics at Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, championing the work of countless residents, faculty and alumni and ensuring that recognition is given when recognition ... Read More

Our people
Ty Jefferson and the Dream Team Talk with Ty Jefferson, and it’s quite possible you’ll hear at least one sentence trail off into song. It’s subtle, but there’s the hint of a melody, and it’s sure to lift your spirits. ... Read More