Mr Sudarat Kiat-amnuay

Education: DDS (Honors) | Khon Kaen University, Faculty of Dentistry, Thailand MS, Oral Biology | University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY Certificate, Prosthodontics | University of Louisville, School of Dentistry Certificate, Maxillofacial Prosthetics and Oncologic Dentistry | UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Certificate, Advanced Education in General Dentistry | UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry, Houston, TX Title: Director | Strategic Training and Academic Affairs | Office of the Senior Vice President of Academic and Faculty Affairs Co-Program Director | Dental Informatics Program | School of Dentistry and McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics Section Head | John M. Powers, PhD’s Center for Biomaterials and Biomimetics | School of Dentistry Dr. Sudarat (preferred to be called) holds academic appointments as a tenured professor. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and the American Board of Clinical Anaplastology. She is currently a fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, the American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, the International College of Dentists, the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research, and the American Dental Education Association Leadership Institute. She served as a dental residency program director for over a decade. Dr. Sudarat joined Contemporary Dental in 2020 as an extension of her UTDentists’ extramural practice. She brings her 30+ years of clinical and residency evidence-based teaching experiences. She recently completed one of the world’s largest, 21-implant full-mouth rehabilitation cases. Her expertise is in treatment of complex prosthodontics and implant dentistry, full-mouth rehabilitation, cosmetic and restorative dentistry, smile design and extreme makeover, veneers, digital dentures, and obturators (dentures for resected jaws), dental oncology, prosthetic rehabilitation of gunshot wounds, rehabilitation of genetic disorders of children and adults (such as amelogenesis imperfecta, ectodermal dysplasia, multiple missing teeth), etc. Dr. Sudarat’s philosophy came from the legacy of her beloved uncle, formerly Thailand’s Surgeon General and Thailand’s Interim Minister of Public Health, chosen by our beloved King Rama IX, one of the world’s longest-reigning heads of state for 70+ years: “Once you become a doctor , underline and bold that word and remind yourself to be kind, put patients’ needs ahead of yours as if they were your own family members, strive for excellence to bring about the best treatment outcomes, and never give up at the first try but always plan to do things right the first time.” The recipient of more than 50 teaching and research awards, Dr. Kiat-amnuay has published more than 80 abstracts and 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and contributed to multiple book chapters. She has presented/co-presented over 200 presentations locally, nationally, and internationally. She is a principal and co-principal investigator of more than 20 funded projects, many of which are from prestigious federal funding agencies such as NIH, HRSA, etc. She is a reviewer/editorial board member for several journals, including the Nature Publishing Group and prestigious prosthodontics and dental journals. She also served as a board director member of the board certification in clinical anaplastology organization, and has served as a committee member of several national and international dental organizations. Outside of her practice and teaching, she enjoys being a foodie, cooking new recipes, hiking, white water rafting, canyoning/rappelling, zip lining, walking, exercising (Pilates reformer), and traveling with her family.