Faculty and staff

College Dean

Anastasia Kelekis-Cholakis
Dean, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry
204-480-1355
anastasia.cholakis@umanitoba.ca

Associate Deans

John Perry
Associate dean (academic)
204-789-3556
john.perry@umanitoba.ca

Trenna Reeve
Associate dean (clinical)
204-272-3194
trenna.reeve@umanitoba.ca

Raj Bhullar
Associate dean (research)
204-789-3703
rajinder.bhullar@umanitoba.ca

Directors

Dieter Schönwetter
Director of student affairs and academic services
204-480-1302
dieter.schonwetter@umanitoba.ca

Cheryl de Moissac
Office assistant
204-789-3787
cheryl.demoissac@umanitoba.ca

Michael Halgren
Budget analyst
204-975-7758
michael.halgren@umanitoba.ca

Cindy Isaak-Ploegman
Infection prevention and control, and regulatory compliance
204-789-3793
cindy.isaak-ploegman@umanitoba.ca

Kristjana Oliver
College administrator
204-789-3249
kristjana.oliver@umanitoba.ca

Dawn Silva
Assistant to the dean and associate dean research
204-480-1355
dawn.silva@umanitoba.ca

Sam Vagianos
Senior financial officer
204-789-3490
sam.vagianos@umanitoba.ca

Adnan Shah
Department head
204-789-3338
adnan.shah@umanitoba.ca

Administrative office
204-789-3633

Administration

James Gilchrist
Department head
204-789-3252
james.gilchrist@umanitoba.ca

Bernadette Franco
Office assistant
204-789-3683
bernadette.franco@umanitoba.ca

Devi Atukorallaya
Assistant professor
204-789-3256
devi.atukorallaya@umanitoba.ca

Raj Bhullar
Professor
204-789-3703
rajinder.bhullar@umanitoba.ca

Catalena Birek
Senior scholar
204-789-3705
catalena.birek@umanitoba.ca

Prashen Chelikani
Professor
204-789-3539
prashen.chelikani@umanitoba.ca

Colin Dawes
Professor emeritus
204-789-3512
colin_dawes@umanitoba.ca

Kangmin Duan
Associate professor
204-272-3185
kangmin.duan@umanitoba.ca

Norm Fleming
Senior scholar
norm.fleming@umanitoba.ca

James Gilchrist
Professor
204-789-3252
james.gilchrist@umanitoba.ca

Algernon Karim
Senior scholar
204-789-3705
algernon.karim@umanitoba.ca

Gilbert Kirouac
Professor
204-977-5696
gilbert.kirouac@umanitoba.ca

Robert Schroth
Professor
204-789-3447
robert.schroth@umanitoba.ca

J. Elliot Scott
Senior scholar
204-789-3590
jameselliott.scott@umanitoba.ca

Sa Li
Research associate
204-977-5696
sa.li@umanitoba.ca

Nisha Singh
Research associate
204-789-3517
nisha.singh@umanitoba.ca

Administration

William Wiltshire
Department head
204-789-3856
william.wiltshire@umanitoba.ca

Maureen Stefishen
Office assistant
204-789-3307
maureen.stefishen@umanitoba.ca

Cathy Watt
Department administrator
204-789-3628
cathy.watt@umanitoba.ca

Faculty

Robert Schroth
Professor
204-975-7764
robert.schroth@umanitoba.ca

Olva Odlum
Senior scholar
olva.odlum@umanitoba.ca

Research staff

Daniella DeMaré
Research coordinator
204-789-3500
ddemare@chrim.ca

Silvana Fux
Research coordinator
204-480-1351
silvana.fux@umanitoba.ca

Grace Kyoon Achan
Research associate
204-789-3346

Betty-Anne Mittermuller
Research coordinator
204-480-1351
bmittermuller@chrim.ca

Melina Sturym
Research technician/Oral health promoter
204-789-3500
msturym@chrim.ca

Vanessa Swain
Department head, restorative dentistry
204-789-3734
vanessa.swain@umanitoba.ca

Charlene Solomon
Associate department head and
division head, prosthodontics
204-789-3594
charlene.solomon@umanitoba.ca

Debbie Tissot
Office assistant
204-789-3664
debbie.tissot@umanitoba.ca

Noriko Boorberg
Division head, operative dentistry
204-789-3752
noriko.boorberg@umanitoba.ca

Rodrigo Franca
Division head, dental materials
204-789-3227
rodrigo.franca@umanitoba.ca

Igor Pesun
Director, graduate prosthodontics program
204-789-3516
igor.pesun@umanitoba.ca

Trenna Reeve
Division head, general practice dentistry
204-272-3194
trenna.reeve@umanitoba.ca

Reynaldo Todescan
Division head, temporomandibular disorder and orofacial pain
204-789-3782
reynaldo.todescan@umanitoba.ca

Chelsea Wotton
Patient care coordinator, graduate prosthodontics
204-789-3608
chelsea.wotton@umanitoba.ca

Professor

Dieter Schönwetter
Director of student affairs and academic services
204-480-1302
dieter.schonwetter@umanitoba.ca

Associate professors

Noriko Boorberg
Associate professor
204-789-3752
noriko.boorberg@umanitoba.ca

Rodrigo Franca
Associate professor
204-789-3227
rodrigo.franca@umanitoba.ca

Aaron Kim
Associate professor
204-789-3581
aaron.kim@umanitoba.ca

Igor Pesun
Associate professor
204-789-3516
Igor.Pesun@umanitoba.ca
 

Vanessa Swain
Associate professor
204-789-3734
vanessa.swain@umanitoba.ca

Reynaldo Todescan
Associate professor
204-789-3782
reynaldo.todescan@umanitoba.ca

Assistant professors

Michael Barczak
Assistant professor
204-272-3103
michael.barczak@umanitoba.ca

Rene Chu
Assistant professor
204-789-3741
rene.chu@umanitoba.ca

Asmaa Haimeur
Assistant professor
204-789-3298
asmaa.haimeur@umanitoba.ca

Vanessa Hunzinger
Assistant professor
204-789-3230
vanessa.hunzinger@umanitoba.ca

Anthony Nowakowski
Assistant professor
204-789-3324
anthony.nowakowski@umanitoba.ca

Julie Pfeffer
Assistant professor
204-789-3285
juliana.pfeffer@umanitoba.ca

Trenna Reeve
Assistant professor
204-272-3194
Trenna.Reeve@umanitoba.ca

Charlene Solomon
Assistant professor
204-789-3594
charlene.solomon@umanitoba.ca

Instructors

Amarjit Rihal
Instructor (part-time)
204-789-3664
rdinstructors@umanitoba.ca

Cristina Fiuza
Instructor II
204-789-3695
cristina.fiuza@umanitoba.ca

Darryll Iwaszkiw
Instructor (part-time)
204-789-3704
darryll.iwaszkiw@umanitoba.ca

Marcel Van Woensel
Instructor (part-time)
204-789-3664
rdinstructors@umanitoba.ca

Technicians and assistants

Corrine Beyak
Dental assistant, prosthodontics
204-789-3608
corinne.beyak@umanitoba.ca

Jose Coreas
Dental technician
204-789-3544
jose.coreas@umanitoba.ca

Mary Bertone
Director, School of Dental Hygiene
204-789-3574
mary.bertone@umanitoba.ca

Bernadette Franco 
Office assistant
204-789-3683
bernadette.franco@umanitoba.ca

Terri Archibald
terri.archibald@umanitoba.ca

Mary Bertone
Associate professor
204-789-3574
mary.bertone@umanitoba.ca

Agnes Dumlao
Instructor (part-time)
agnes.azcuetadumlao@umanitoba.ca

Danielle Duprat
Didactic instructor (part-time)
danielle.duprat@umanitoba.ca

Diane Girardin
Clinical instructor (part-time) and didactic instructor
204-789-3315
diane.girardin@umanitoba.ca

Lorraine Glassford
Instructor II
204-789-3844
lorraine.glassford@umanitoba.ca

Johanna Grant
Clinical instructor (part-time)
johanna.nemiroffgrant@umanitoba.ca

Connie Hack
Clinical instructor (part-time)
connie.hack@umanitoba.ca

Cindy Isaak-Ploegman
Clinical instructor (part-time) and didactic instructor
cindy.isaak-ploegman@umanitoba.ca

Lila Jorheim-MacInnes
Clinical instructor (part-time)
lila.jorheimmacinnes@umanitoba.ca

Natasha Kravtsov
Didactic instructor (part-time) and clinical instructor
natalya.kravtsov@umanitoba.ca

Salme Lavigne
Senior scholar
salme.lavigne@umanitoba.ca

Laura MacDonald
Associate professor
204-789-3540
laura.macdonald@umanitoba.ca

Kim Mahé
Clinical instructor (part-time)
kimberly.mahe@umanitoba.ca

Shauna McGregor
Clinical instructor (part-time)
shauna.mcgregor@umanitoba.ca

Valerie Olivier
Clinical instructor (part-time)
valerie.olivier@umanitoba.ca

Angela Rosales
Clinical instructor (part-time)
angela.rosales@umanitoba.ca

Kaleigh Warden
Instructor I
204-272-3100
kaleigh.warden@umanitoba.ca

Kathy Yerex
Assistant professor
204-789-3488
katherine.yerex@umanitoba.ca

Mary Bertone
Director, Centre for Community Oral Health
204-789-3574
mary.bertone@umanitoba.ca

Cindy Isaak-Ploegman
Quality assurance
204-789-3793
cindy.isaak-ploegman@umanitoba.ca

Laura Friesen
Finance and quality assurance assistant
204-975-7777
laura.friesen@umanitoba.ca

Marianne Leskiw
Administrator
204-789-3332
marianne.leskiw@umanitoba.ca

Bernadette Franco
Office assistant
204-789-3683
bernadette.franco@umanitoba.ca

ACCESS Downtown

Rena Babynchuk
Dental assistant
204-940-3816
rena.babynchuk@umanitoba.ca

Patricia Bond
Dental assistant
204-940-3816
tricia.bond@umanitoba.ca

Andre Vos
Dentist
204-940-3816
andre.vos@umanitoba.ca

Sandy Zabalotnuk
Dental assistant
204-940-3816
sandy.zabalotnuk@umanitoba.ca

Churchill, Manitoba

Kathy Wintoniw
Dental assistant (part-time)
204-675-8302
katherine.wintoniw@umanitoba.ca

Deer Lodge Centre / Home Dental Program

KC Campbell
Dental assistant
204-831-3455
k.campbell@ad.umanitoba.ca

Lorenia Luhowy
Dental assistant
204-831-3455
lorenia.luhowy@umanitoba.ca

Estefania Lysy
Dentist
204-831-3455
estefania.lysy@umanitoba.ca

Lyba Starobinets
Dental assistant
204-831-3455
lyba.starobinets@umanitoba.ca

Nancy Auyeung
Director, CPD Dentistry/Dental hygiene progam
nancy.auyeung@umanitoba.ca
204-510-9834

Sarah Harvey
Program coordinator
sarah.harvey@umanitoba.ca
204-480-1368

Undergraduate Programs

Susan Petras
Student advisor and student services coordinator
204-789-3484
susan.petras@umanitoba.ca

Undergraduate Programs and International Dentist Degree Program

Jean Lyon
Dentistry and Dental Hygiene;
International Dentist Degree Program (IDDP);
Admissions and recruitment coordinator
204-977-5611
jean.lyon@umanitoba.ca

Graduate programs

Sandra Iwankow
Graduate program assistant
204-789-3684
sandra.iwankow@umanitoba.ca

Karen Soares
Graduate program assistant
204-789-3571
karen.soares@umanitoba.ca