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Robert Alan Kaminski, D.D.S, M.S., Ed.D.
Dental School
Comprehensive Dentistry
210-567-4754
kaminskir@uthscsa.edu
Dr. Kaminski is currently a full-time faculty member in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry in the School of Dentistry at UT Health San Antonio. He is currently assistant group leader for Group 5. His responsibilities include supervising the activities of the DS3 students and discipline representatives from the areas of prosthodontics and restorative dentistry and assume primary responsibilities for the areas of diagnosis, periodontics and similar activities. Assist the students in patient acquisition and management. He is also invloved in teaching dental students in preclinical courses. His area of interests include institutional and healthcare management, curriculum management and evaluation, instructional design, health care trends and higher education issues.
Education
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| Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
| 1987 | EdD | Curriculum, Instruction & Supervision | University of Georgia Athens , GA |
| 1980 | MS | Educational Administration | Syracuse University Syracuse , NY |
| 1976 | DDS | Dentistry | Medical College of Virginia / Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond , VA |
| 1972 | BA | Biology | Adelphi University Garden City , NY |
Appointments
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| 9/2013 - Present | Associate Professor with Tenure | UTHSCSA, Comprehensive Dentistry, San Antonio, TX |
Expertise
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Dentist - Dr. Kaminski has been a dental practitioner since 1976 and a clinical faculty member since 1980 at three different dental schools. He currently holds an appointment in the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School. Dr. Kaminski's primary clinical emphasis is in diagnosis and treatment planning though he has expertise and experience in all aspects of general dentistry. He has lectured extensively in the area of infection control. In addition he has an extensive background in Quality Assurance issues and was Director of Quality Assurance at the University of Texas Dental School at Houston. |
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Education and Administration - Dr. Kaminski has been a faculty member at three different institutions since 1980. During this time frame he has held various positons as a Director of Quality Assurance, Department Chair, Associate Dean, and Faculty Senate President. He also held the position of Assistant Vice President for Academic Administration at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio from 2006 - 2011. Dr. Kaminski area of interests include curriculum development, instructional design and curriculum evaluation. |
Teaching
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| Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
| 7/2013 - Present | Complete Prosthodontics | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 100 students |
| Introduction to the diagnostic, treatment and maintenance phases in the complete denture treatment of the edentulous patient. Course is taught to sophomore dental students and meets once a week for four hours. | |||
| 7/2013 - Present | Preclin Complete Prosthodontics | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 100 students |
| Introduction to the diagnostic, treatment, and maintenance phases in the complete denture treatment of an edentulous patient. Course is taught tosophomore dental students and meets once per week for four hours per session. | |||
| 6/2012 - Present | Assistant Group Leader | UTHSCSA School of Dentistry | 15 students |
| Assist the Group leader and help supervise DS3 and DS 4 students in their clinical performance of general dentistry procedures. As the assistant group leader, primarily supervise the activities of the DS3 students and discipline representatives from the areas of prosthodontics and restorative dentistry and assume primary responsibilities for the areas of diagnosis, periodontics and similar activities. Assist the students in patient acquisition and management. Promote clinical teaching by use of evidence based materials and methods. Have students pursue other scholarly activities such as literature review to support their clinical procedures and techniques. Track student progress to help insure their timely progress through the Junior year. If needed recommend corrective actions to assist the students in completion of their expectations. Provide documented input at the completion of the year to support the faculty decisions about student success or failure | |||
| 9/2011 - Present | Junior General Dentistry | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 15 students |
| Supervise 3rd and 4th year students in GPG I. Primary responsibility for treatment planning and periodontics. Additional responsibilities include assisting in clinical competency evaluations and supervise any other patient treatment as necessary. | |||