Our Instructors
Baldwin W. Marchack, D.D.S., M.B.A.
Dr. Baldwin Marchack is a 1971 graduate of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. In 1989 he received his MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. Dr. Marchack is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, and a Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He is a member of the Academy of Prosthodontics, the International College of Prosthodontists, the Academy of Osseointegration and the Newport Harbor Academy of Dentistry. He is past-president of the American Prosthodontic Society, past-president of the Pacific Coast Society for Prosthodontics, past-president of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and past president of the Osseointegration Study Club of Southern California. Dr. Marchack was inducted as an Honorary Member of the American College of Prosthodontists at its annual meeting in 2012. He serves on the Board of Councilors at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgia Regents University, School of Dentistry. Dr. Marchack is currently the Chair of the Editorial Council for the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, and he maintains a private practice in Pasadena, California.
Christopher B. Marchack, D.D.S.
Dr. Christopher B. Marchack is a 1987 graduate of the University of the Pacific, School of Dentistry. He has received his prosthodontic certificate, in 1992, from the University of Southern California. Dr. Marchack belongs to numerous professional organizations including the Pacific Coast Society of Prosthodontists, the Academy of Prosthodontics, the American College of Prosthodontists, the Academy of Osseointegration, the San Gabriel Valley Dental Implant Study Club, and the Southern California Osseointegration Study Club. He has written numerous articles, in peer reviewed journals, relating to the restorative aspects of implant dentistry. Dr. Marchack is on editorial review board of the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants. He has lectured nationally and internationally. Dr. Marchack has been interviewed on local and national television news programs pertaining to dental procedures. In 2008, Dr. Marchack was the recipient of the The Judson C. Hickey Scientific Writing Award, given by the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, for the best dental technique article for 2007. Currently, he has a full time practice, in Pasadena, California; is the founder and current director of the San Gabriel Valley Dental Implant Study Club; the past co-director of the University of Southern California’s Odontic Seminar; Associate Clinical Professor, at the University of Southern California, in the department of Continuing Education, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental Medicine, department of Preventive and Restorative Sciences.
Alexandre-Amir Aalam, D.D.S
Dr. Aalam graduated with a DDS degree from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice (France). He subsequently specialized in Advanced Periodontics at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Dr. Aalam is a Diplomate of the American Board of Perio-dontology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology. The French Society and the California Society of Periodontology awarded Dr. Aalam for his contribution to clinical research in the field of implant dentistry. Dr. Aalam is a Clinical Assistant Professor of dentistry at USC. He maintains a private practice in Brentwood CA, limited to Periodontics and Reconstructive Implant Dentistry.
Eugenia Chan, DDS, MMSc
Dr. Eugenia Chan is a graduate of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California. Dr. Chan went on to earn her certificate in prosthodontics from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM). While pursuing her Doctor of Dental Surgery and Master of Medical Science in Oral Biology degrees from USC and HSDM respectively, Dr. Chan’s proficiency in restorations and tooth replacement, as well as her excellent communication skills, was on display as an instructor and teacher’s assistant, and attending to pre-clinical students at Harvard’s “school within a school”: the Harvard Dental Center. Dr. Chan was also recognized by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services for her work on online bilingual dental education. The curriculum was designed in conjunction with Kentucky’s new health and well-being program for low-income youth, adults, and seniors. She is also proficient in conversational Cantonese. Dr. Chan has a private practice, in Pasadena, California.
Bach Le, D.D.S, MD, FICD, FACD
Dr. Le is a Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Assistant Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and USC Medical Center. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American Dental Society of Anesthesiologists, and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. Dr. Le holds Fellowship in the International College of Dentists and the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dr. Le maintains a private practice in Whittier, California.
Tota Shimizu, DDS
Dr. Shimizu is a Clinical Instructor at UCLA School of Dentistry, a Visiting Professor at Nihon University, Matsudo School of Dentistry, a former Clinical Assistant Professor at Ostrow School of Dentistry of Univ. of Southern California, and was a recipient of Distinguished Faculty Award at USC in 2011. After receiving his DDS degree in 1993 at Kagoshima Univ. in Japan, and fixed prosthodontics postdoctoral training in 1995, he obtained his specialty certificate in Advanced Endodontics from USC School of Dentistry in 2000. He maintains a private practice limited to endodontics in Glendale, and as a Registered Continuing Education Provider by the Dental Board of California, lectures nationally and internationally in the USA, Japan, Germany, Philippine, and El Salvador, on endodontics and microscopic dentistry.
Stephen Wagner, DDS, FACP
Dr. Stephen Wagner, a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow of the Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics, the American College of Prosthodontists and the Academy of Prosthodontics is currently in his 41st year of private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received his dental degree from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry and his prosthodontic training from MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Dr. Wagner serves on the Review Board of the International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants, is Editor of the ACP Board Preparation Study Guide, and was presented with the American College of Prosthodontists’ Private Practitioner of the Year Award. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for both the ACP and AAMP. Dental images taken by Dr. Wagner have been used by the New York Times, ABC News, The Discovery Channel, Newsweek, and The American Dental Association in the Journal of the American Dental Association, ADA educational pamphlets, and on the ADA web site.
Dr. Wagner’s chief clinical research interests focus on work simplification protocols for removable and maxillofacial prosthetics.