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.

Learn From Our Faculty Members
World-Class Faculty

Spear Resident Faculty

  • 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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.

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