Dental Faculty Practice
Faculty and Staff
Director

Dr. Ali Mohamed, BDS, DScD
UDP Director
General Dentistry
amohame6@uthsc.edu
Faculty

Dr. Vrushali Abhyankar, MDS, MS
Periodontology
vabhyank@uthsc.edu

Dr. Sarah Aguirre, MS, DDS
Diagnostic Sciences and Oral Medicine
saguirr1@uthsc.edu

Dr. Nechama Citrin, DMD
General Dentistry
ncitrin@uthsc.edu

Dr. Cimara Fortes Blunt, DDS, MS, PhD
Director of Implant Dentistry
cblunt@uthsc.edu

Dr. Ruhanijut Cheema, BDS, MDS, MS
General Dentistry
rcheema1uthsc.edu

Dr. Albert Gruber, DMD
General Dentistry
agruber4@uthsc.edu

Dr. Sidney Stein, MS, DMD, PhD
Periodontics
sstein@uthsc.edu
Staff
Theary Ryder
Clinic Administrative Manager
lryder2@uthsc.edu
Ivy Elizabeth Bystrzycki
Patient Accounts Specialist
ibystrzy@uthsc.edu
Trinette Edmondson
Dental Hygienist
tedmond9@uthsc.edu
