Academia

“I am passionate about educating and mentoring dental students to provide quality, ethical, and compassionate evidence-based dentistry.”

Teaching Experience

University of Maryland, School of Dentistry (2024)

Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), College of Dentistry (2023)

Curriculum Consultant: Wrote competency exam rubrics for all preclinical and clinical courses

California Northstate University, School of Dental Medicine (2019 – 2022)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF), School of Dentistry (2019 - 2022)

Assistant Clinical Professor/Assistant Group Practice Leader overseeing 8 D3/D4 students in the predoctoral clinic
Calibrated grader for skills assessments/competencies
Assistant faculty for the Nitrous Oxide Sedation/Local Anesthesia course for international D3 students
Obtained a UCSF Clinical Teaching Certificate (2021)

Sponsoring Dentist for a RDAEF student

Behavioral Dentistry year-long course lectures addressing patient communication and management.
Halloween Haunted Cases (i.e., Cautionary Tales) for SPEA (Student Professionalism and Ethics Association in Dentistry)
10 Common Mistakes in the Predoctoral Clinic (for D3 Clinic Orientation)
30 Clinical Pearls to Help You Succeed as a Dentist for ASDA (American Student Dental Association) District 3 Conference
Dental Assisting 101
Intersecting Identities in Dentistry: Treating the Patient, Not the Tooth
Soft Tissue Laser and handout
Community Health Centers as a Career: Benefits, Challenges, & Advise

Better Behavior (Adult Patient Management)

Community Health Centers as a Career Option: Challenges, Benefits, & Advice

Patient Autonomy vs. Patient-Pleasing as a New Dentist

Safer Pain Relief