World-Class Faculty
Spear’s World-Class Faculty
Learn from dentistry’s top educators and mentors
Spear’s Resident Faculty members are clinical experts, engaging educators, and vested partners in helping dentists of all experience levels grow and succeed.
Our faculty have created some of the dental industry’s most widely followed protocols and been recognized by and served in top dental associations.

Spear Resident Faculty
Dr. Lou Berman
DDS, FACDDr. Rebecca Bockow
DDS, MSDr. Matthew Chesler
DDS, MSAimee Fletcher
MAEdDr. Michael Gunson
DDS, MDDr. Effie Habsha
BSc, DDS, Dip. Prostho., MSc, FRCDCDr. Jim Janakievski
DDS, MSDDr. Greggory Kinzer
DDS, MSDDr. Mark Ludlow
DMD, MSDr. Ricardo Mitrani
DDS, MSDAmy Morgan
VP of Practice Growth StrategiesDr. Kimberly Schlam
DMD, MSDr. Jason Smithson
BDS (Lond), DipRestDentRCS (Eng)Dr. Frank Spear
DDS, MSDDr. Jamison Spencer
DMD, MS
Hear From Your Peers
“I was blown away by the quality of instruction. These courses have 100% made me a better dentist.”
— Dr. Jaclyn Schuler, Dakota Dental, South Dakota
Hear From Your Peers
“I owe Dr. Rouse and the other Spear Faculty a great deal of thanks for showing me a better way to do and view dentistry. It’s revived my interest in the field.”
— Dr. Don Anderson, Donald S. Anderson Family Dentistry, California
Hear From Your Peers
“Spear made me feel something for dentistry I haven’t felt in years. Listening to you all made me realize that I can do the great things I know I’m capable of achieving, but also enjoying it at the same time. In three days, you changed my life in dentistry.”
— Dr. Benjamin Pietsch, Maple Ridge Dentistry, Wisconsin
Get to know our expert faculty

Dr. Frank Spear
Spear Education co-founder and namesake Dr. Frank Spear has been winning awards for more than 30 years — most recently, the American Equilibration Society’s President’s Award for Excellence in Prosthodontic Education. (Click here to learn more about Dr. Spear’s journey in practice ownership and dental education.)

Greggory Kinzer
Spear Faculty Chairman Dr. Greggory Kinzer taught with Dr. Spear at the Seattle Institute for Advanced Dental Education before joining Spear Education. Dr. Kinzer is president of the American Academy of Esthetic Dentistry and a recipient of the Seattle Study Club’s Saul Schluger Award for clinical excellence in diagnosis and treatment planning.

Jeff Rouse
Dr. Jeff Rouse and Dr. Kinzer are the co-developers of the Seattle Protocol, a six-step systematic approach for determining the best way to resolve airway issues. Dr. Rouse is also council vice-chair and a former president of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry and a member of the American College of Prosthodontists.

Dr. Effie Habsha
Dr. Effie Habsha is a fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the founder of Women in Dentistry. She also instructs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in Prosthodontics at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Ricardo Mitrani
Dr. Ricardo Mitrani has given more than 500 lectures in 30 countries and serves on the editorial boards of multiple dental journals.

Dr. Kimberly Schlam
Dr. Kimberly Schlam is a prosthodontist in private practice, as well as a researcher on patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes of implant prosthetics. She travels internationally to lead and lecture at dental education events.

Dr. Jason Smithson
Dr. Jason Smithson is on the resident faculty of Cosmedent’s Center for Esthetic Excellence in Chicago, an accredited international trainer for Carl Zeiss Dental Academy, and has provided hands-on programs for nearly a dozen dental manufacturers.





























