Education:
Creighton University of Dentistry, D.D.S., May 1994
University of California, Riverside, B.S. Biology, June 1990
Licenses and Certificates:
California Dental License (Oct 1994 - present)
Arizona Dental License (Oct 1997 - present)
Professional Organizations:
American Dental Association/California Dental Association (1994 - present)
Flying Doctors (AKA Los Medicos Voladores LMV) - Volunteer dentist primarily focused on remote Baja and Sonora, Mexico (1997 to present), Monterey Chapter Volunteer Dentist (1997 - 2000), Monterey Chapter President (1997 - 2000), Bay Area Chapter Volunteer Dentist (2002 - present), Bay Area Chapter Board Member (2003 - present), Bay Area Chapter President (2008 - present)
Annual CDA speaker host since (1997- present)
Santa Clara County Dental Society (2001 - present)
Advanced dental implant group with Dr. Lee Walker (2003 - present)
Forensic Dental Identification Team of the Santa Clara County Dental Society (2006 - present), Chairman (2010 - present)
Emergency Medical Services, Santa Clara County, medical volunteer (2011 - present)
ADA Convention Local Arrangements Committee: San Francisco and Anaheim, CA (1996 - 2011), Hawaii (Oct 1999), San Antonio, TX (2008)
Attended 15th Biennial Congress of the European Society of Endodontology - Roma, Italy (2011)
IADR/AADR - International and American Association for Dental Research, National Chapter (1991 - 2010)
Peer Editorial Review of the Journal of the American Dental Association (1997 - 2010)
Canvasback Missions, volunteer dentist to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Ebeye (2010)
Attended 14th Biennial Congress of the European Society of Endodontology - Edinburgh, Scotland (2009)
Creighton University School of Dentistry, Alumni Advisory Board (2000 - 2006)
Monterey Bay Dental Society (1994 - 2001)
Participant in Rotary Club sponsored Humanitarian effort in Todos Santos, Baja Mexico (1995)
IDA Annual Session, Des Moines, IA (1992 - 1993)
Midwest Research Conference, University of Nebraska at Lincoln (1992 - 1993)
SCADA - Student Clinicians of the ADA (1991)
Awards and Honors:
2003 Pierre Fouchard Academy Award
Associate Professor: Restorative Dentistry, University of the Pacific (UOP), School of Dentistry (July 1996 - Sept 2001)
Dean's Community Service Award
Counselor Nominee for 1993 National Office of AADR Student Research Group
1992 Honorary Table Clinician Award: 1992 Iowa Dental Association Annual Session, "Laser vs. Chemical Obturation of Dentinal Tubules"
1990 ADA/Caulk Dentsply Student Clinician Award for "Laser vs. Chemical Obturation of Dentinal Tubules"
Creighton University Student Representative of Dental Admissions Committee
Quintessence Research Achievement Award
JADA (Journal of American Dentistry Association) Reviewer
Selected as the Student Representative for Creighton University at the 29th Annual Dental Students' Conference on Research, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, MD
Experience:
2001 - present Independent dental practice, San Jose, CA
2004 - 2005 Associate dentist with Dr. Poole, Pacific Grove, CA
2001 - 2004 Associate dentist with Dr. Banner, Salinas, CA
1994 - 2001 Dental partnership with Dr. Robert Cuva, Monterey, CA
Summers 1991, 1992 Research assistant, DenMat Corporation, Santa Maria, CA
Lectures:
1999 Guest Speaker "Effects of Diabetes on the Oral Cavity", Community Hospital of the Monterey Penisula, CA
1999 Flying Doctors Lecture, Delta Sigma Delta, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA
1999 Guest Speaker "Useful Dental Materials", Watsonville Study Group, Watsonville, CA
1999 Guest Speaker "Current Dental Materials and Laser Technology", Delta Sigma Delta, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA
1999 Guest Speaker "Update on Current Materials and Techniques", Watsonville Study Group, Watsonville, CA
1997 "Bond Strength of Composite to Fluoride Releasing Bases", Journal of Dental Research, Abstract 2917, Vol. 76, pg. 378, presented at IADR 1997 Session in Orlando, FL
1995 Guest Speaker "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Current Bonding Concepts and Materials", Monterey Bay Dental Society Study Group, Watsonville, CA
1995 "Bonding Efficiency of a Computer Using Different Conditioning Procedures", Journal of Dental Research, Abstract 761, presented at 1995 IADR/AADR Session in San Antonio, TX
1995 Guest Speaker "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Current Concepts in Dental Techniques and Whitening Systems", Monterey Center for Continuing Education, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
1994 "Shear Bond Strengths of Adhesive Resins Cured in a Nitrogen Environment", Journal of Dental Research, Abstract 991, presented at IADR/AADR Session in Seattle, WA and 1994 NDA Annual Session in Omaha, NE
1994 "Laboratory Evaluation of an Experimental Adhesive System", Journal of Dental Research, Abstract 779, presented at IADR/AADR Session in Seattle, WA
1994 Alternate for IADR/AADR Student Research Group Caulk/Dentsply Competition, "Shear Bond Strengths of Adhesive Resins Cured in a Nitrogen Environment", presented at General Session in Seattle, WA
1993 "Effects of Dentin Surface Treatments on Adhesive Bond Strengths", Journal of Dental Research, Abstract 238, presented at 1993 IADR/AADR Session in Chicago, IL
1993 "Effect of Dentin Air Abrasion with Aluminum Oxide and Hydroxyapatite on Adhesive Bond Strength", Journal of Restorative Dentistry, presented at IDA Annual Session in Des Moines, IA
1993 "Effect of Dentin Air Abrasion with Aluminum Oxide and Hydroxyapatite on Adhesive Bond Strength", Journal of Restorative Dentistry, presented at IADR/AADR Session in Seattle, WA
1993 "Effect of Dentin Air Abrasion with Aluminum Oxide and Hydroxyapatite on Adhesive Bond Strength", Journal of Restorative Dentistry, presented at Midwest Research Conference, University of Missouri at Kansas City
1993 Alternate for IADR/AADR Student Research Group Caulk/Dentsply Competition, "Effects of Dentin Surface Treatments on Adhesive Bond Strengths", presented at General Session in Chicago, IL
1993 Clinician Participant at Midwest Dental Student Research Conference, "Effects of Dentin Surface Treatments on Adhesive Bond Strengths", presented at University of Missouri at Kansas City
1993 Honorary Clinician at Iowa Dental Association Annual Session in Des Moines, IA, "Effects of Dentin Surface Treatments on Adhesive Bond Strength"
1992 "An Enamel-Dentin Adhesive Evaluated for Intraoral Multisurfaces", Journal of Dental Research, Abstract 252, Vol. 71, presented at 1992 IADR/AADR Session in Boston, MA
1992 Clinician Participant "Laser vs. Chemical Obturation of Dentinal Tubules", 1992 Nebraska Dental Association Annual Session in Lincoln, NE
1992 Clinician Participant "Laser vs. Chemical Obturation of Dentinal Tubules", Midwest Dental Student Research Conference, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
1992 Honorary Table Clinician Award - 1992 Iowa Dental Association Annual Session, "Laser vs. Chemical Obturation of Dentinal Tubules"
1991 Presented laser research at the Caulk Dentsply Student Research Competition, Public Forum 1991 ADA Annual Session in Seattle, WA