Professor
Texas A&M College of Dentistry, Dallas Texas
Summerville, South Carolina, United States
Dr. Burkhart is an adjunct professor at Texas A&M College of Dentistry, Dallas TX, and has been a faculty member since 1997. She has a Doctor of Education degree in Adult Education/Interdisciplinary, and an M.Ed. in Occupational Health Education from North Carolina State University, with a BS from Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Dentistry. She had a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in the section of Oral Pathology at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. Dr. Burkhart is the co-founder and faculty co-host of the International Oral Lichen Planus Support Group, established in 1997 through Texas A&M College of Dentistry and is currently serving on the World Workshop 2022/ Oral Medicine Vlll as a consultant. She is Co-Author of "General and Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist", now in its 3rd edition and has written 30 chapters for the three editions.
As a columnist for RDH, she has written a bi-monthly column on various oral pathology/oral medicine topics from 2007-2021 and has written more than 170 columns for this publication. She has been a reviewer for Dimensions and a past representative on the Joint commission on National Dental Examinations for Dental Hygiene (2014-2018). Currently, Dr. Burkhart is a member of both the South Carolina State Task Force on Human Trafficking Healthcare and the Tri-County Human Trafficking Task Force-Dental Outreach for the Tri-County’s Healthcare Subcommittee, Charleston, South Carolina since 2020.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.