Faculty Dental Practice

Rana Almudamgha, BDS, is an Assistant Professor Clinical in the division of the Comprehensive Dentistry Department at LSU School of Dentistry. She serves as an Interim Program Director of the new Advanced Education Program in Orofacial Pain and a Director of the Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain Clinic. At LSU School of Dentistry, she provides Orofacial Pain patient counselling and teaches the pre-doctoral and post-doctoral dental students in the field of Orofacial Pain. Prior to assuming the position, Dr. Almudamgha served as Gratis faculty at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans. As a military spouse, she brings broad and international experience to the Dental School.

Dr. Almudamgha holds a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from University of Baghdad, College of Dentistry. Leveraging her lifelong passion for dentistry and holistic patient care, she completed her Advanced Education Program in Orofacial Pain at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the University of Rochester in 2019. Before arriving in the United States, Dr. Almudamgha completed her general practice residency in Iraq and then worked as a general practitioner in private practice in Amman, Jordan.

Dr. Almudamgha is board-certified by the American Board of Orofacial Pain, a fellow of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain, a member of the American Dental Association, American Dental Education Association and the Louisiana Dental Association.

In Faculty Dental Practice, she works one day a week to diagnose and manage patients of complex chronic Orofacial Pain disorders of the jaw, mouth, head, and neck and facial pain.

Education

University of Baghdad, Baghdad College of Dentistry – Dental Degree 2003

Additional Training or Experience

Ministry of Health, Baghdad, Iraq -- General Practice Residency 2005

University of Rochester, Rochester, NY -- Certificate of Advanced Education in Orofacial Pain 2019