Dr. Timothy C. Kirkpatrick Announced as Next Chair of University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry Department of Endodontics

Per an announcement from Dr. John A. Valenza, Dean of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry, effective Dec. 1, 2022, Dr. Timothy C. Kirkpatrick will officially be the next chair of the Department of Endodontics. Dr. Kirkpatrick has served as interim chair since January 2022.

He succeeds Professor Dr. Renato M. Silva, who served as the endodontics department chair from 2016-2021 (and interim chair in 2015).

Dr. Kirkpatrick, who directs the Advanced Education in Endodontics Program, joined the School of Dentistry faculty in 2018 and holds the Frank B. Trice, D.D.S., Professorship in Endodontics.

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University in 1985; a D.D.S. from UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry in 1989; a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry from the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1990; and a certificate in Endodontics from Wilford Hall Medical Center in 2000.

Dr. Kirkpatrick retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2017 after 25 years, having served as program director of the Wilford Hall Medical Center Endodontics Residency (2006-13) and the Keesler Medical Center Endodontics Residency (2013-17). He was also the endodontics consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General from 2010-17.

After the Air Force, Dr. Kirkpatrick was a professor and chair for the Department of Endodontics (2017-18) at The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry before coming to UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry.

Dr. Kirkpatrick became a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics in 2004. He served six years as a director of the ABE, serving as president from 2020-21.

Congratulations to Dr. Kirkpatrick on this appointment!