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Chair, Program Director
University of Texas at Houston
Dr. Timothy C. Kirkpatrick is a professor in the Department of Endodontics at UTHealth School of Dentistry at Houston and holds the John R. Ludington, D.D.S., M.S.D., Distinguished Professorship in Endodontics and the Frank B. Trice, DDS Professorship in Endodontics. He is the Endodontics Department Chair and Program Director for the Advanced Education in Endodontics Residency.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University (1985); DDS from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School (1989); a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry from the University of Florida in Gainesville (1990); and a certificate in endodontics from Wilford Hall Medical Center (2000). He became a diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics in 2004.
After 25 years of service, he retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2017, where he had served as program director of the Wilford Hall Medical Center Endodontics Residency and the Keesler Medical Center Endodontics Residency. He was the endodontics consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General from 2010-2017.
Dr. Kirkpatrick is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and served six years as a Director of the ABE, serving as President of the ABE from 2020-21.