Chair & Program Director
University of Texas at Houston
Timothy C. Kirkpatrick is the Chair of the Endodontics Department and also directs the Advanced Education in Endodontics Program at the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston. Dr. Kirkpatrick received his bachelor of science degree from Baylor University (1985), DDS from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School (1989), a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry from the University of Florida in Gainesville (1990), and a certificate in endodontics from Wilford Hall Medical Center (2000). After 25 years of service, Dr. Kirkpatrick retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2017, where he had served as program director of the Wilford Hall Medical Center Endodontics Residency (2006-2013) and the Keesler Medical Center Endodontics Residency (2013-2017). He was also the endodontics consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General from 2010-2017. Dr. Kirkpatrick became a diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics in 2004. He served six years as a director of the American Board of Endodontics, serving as president of the ABE from 2020-21.