Dr. Christopher S. Wenckus is the Head of the Department of Endodontics. Dr. Wenckus graduated from Ripon College with a B. A. in 1967 and received his D.D.S. in 1971 from the University of Illinois. After completing a General Dental Internship at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Dr. Wenckus received his certificate of Endodontic Postgraduate training from the University of Illinois in 1974. Dr. Wenckus has been a member of the endodontic faculty for over 30 years and currently holds the rank of Associate Professor. He was named department head in 1999 succeeding retiring department head, Dr. Nijole A. Remeikis. In 1984 he was elected as a faculty member into Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Dental Society and was elected vice-president and president of OKU from 1988-90. He has maintained a private practice limited to the specialty of endodontics since 1974. Dr. Wenckus is a member of the American Dental Association, the American Association of Endodontists, the Association of Endodontists, the Illinois State Dental Society, and the Chicago Dental Society. Dr. Wenckus is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and is a Fellow and Charter Member of the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics and currently serves as one of the nine Directors of the American Board of Endodontics. He was the treasurer of the ABE in his final year on the Board. He has served as an elected Director, District IV of the American Association of Endodontists in 1994 and was on the Board of Directors of the AAE from 1994 until 1997. A founding member of the Illinois Association of Endodontists, Dr. Wenckus has served as treasurer, secretary, vice-president and president. Dr. Wenckus is a member of the Edgar D. Coolidge Endodontic Study Club and has served as Scholastic Chairman, Assistant Program Director, Program Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, Vice-President and President from 1976 to 1986. He was elected as a Fellow of the International College of Dentists in 1997 and is a Fellow of the Odontographic Society of Chicago. He is a member of the American Association of Dental Schools. He also belongs to the Motorcycling Doctors Association. Dr. Wenckus has been involved in all areas of both undergraduate and postgraduate dental education his entire professional career and has served as a research advisor to over nine postgraduate doctors. He has been author or co-author in numerous dental publications and has lectured extensively both at the University of Illinois, locally, nationally and internationally.