CLINICAL ACTIVITIES:
I have an active oral and maxillofacial surgery practice in our AAHC-accredited Oral and Facial Surgery Center. My clinical practice focuses primarily on dentoalveolar surgery, including third molar extractions, dental implant surgery, and bone grafting.
EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS:
I am the Executive Director of Clinical Education for the School of Dentistry predoctoral program. Additionally, as the course chairperson for five of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery's predoctoral courses, I lead my department's efforts to provide comprehensive didactic education and clinical training to every third and fourth year dental student. I also chair the course in Hospital Dentistry for our third year students, and am section leader for the clinical local anesthesia training of our second year dental students, as well as for the oral surgery and implant curriculum for our third and fourth year didactic courses. Additionally, I run several educational programs centered on simulation and standardized patient evaluation for students in the first, second, and third years of dental school at the Kanbar Center. In these roles, I provide formal lectures, small group teaching, and hands-on clinical instruction in oral surgery to dental students and OMFS residents.
I am a member of the Predoctoral Curriculum Committee for the School of Dentistry and have an interest in curriculum development. As a scholar in the 2015-16 Teaching Scholars Program, I am pursuing advanced training to augment my teaching skills and utilize educational theory and scholarship as a basis for curricular change. Finally, I have a personal interest in the mentorship of women, underrepresented minority, and first-generation dental students.
Awards and Honors
American Dental Education Association|2017||ADEA Council of Students, Residents and Fellows/Colgate-Palmolive Junior Faculty Award|ADEA Council of Students, Residents and Fellows/Colgate-Palmolive Junior Faculty Award, American Dental Education Association, 2017
UCSF|2017||Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award -- Junior Faculty|Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award -- Junior Faculty, UCSF, 2017
Education and Training
University of California||Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training|2017
University of California, San Francisco|OMFS Residency|Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery|2013
University of California, San Francisco|General Surgery Internship|Department of Surgery|2012
University of California, Davis|M.D.|School of Medicine|2011
University of California, Los Angeles|D.D.S.|School of Dentistry|2007
University of California, San Diego|B.S.|Biochemistry and Cell Biology|2002
