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EDUCATION

2009-2010
General Practice Residency (PGY-1), VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA

2005-2009
D.D.S., University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

2001-2004
B.A., Neuroscience, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

California License (Active)
DEA License (Active)
Level I Laser Certification Course, World Clinical Laser Institute

WORK EXPERIENCE

Aug 2010- 2014

Associate Dentist, Mission Valley Dental Center: Provided care in a family practice setting to patients ranging in age from 2 to over 90 years old. Clinical skills include rotary endo with warm vertical condensation, surgical extractions, restorative, composite veneers, invisalign, multi unit implant retained restorations, hygiene.

2010-2014

Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Dentistry: Coached 3rd year dental students in the predoctoral clinic. 1st year operative, 2nd year crown and bridge, and 3rd year Implant seminar instructor.

2009-2010

General Practice Resident, VA Long Beach Healthcare System:  Provided comprehensive care to medically compromised patients in hospital-based dental clinic. Clinical experience included: full mouth rehabilitation cases with single and multi-unit fixed implant retained restorations, complete and partial prosthesis, locator retained overdentures, surgical extractions, alveoloplasty, implant placement, rotary endo with warm vertical obturation.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2011
Second Place at ICOI Summer Implant Prosthetic Symposium Table Top and Poster Presentation

2009
Comprehensive Patient Care Award, UCLA School of Dentistry, given to four graduating seniors for excellence in patient care.

2006
Dean’s List, UCLA School of Dentistry for performing in the top 5-10% of the class in various courses and clinic sessions

2002
First-Year Distinction, Wellesley College

2001
National Merit Finalist

RESEARCH

2007

UCLA Straumann Dental Implant Center
Principal Investigator: Dr. Long Tee Yong
Research Assistant
Assisted in data collection and analysis for a study on the reliability of resonance frequency analysis on prediction of dental implant success.  Findings presented at Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Association of Oral and Maxilofacial Surgeons and awarded 1st place at Nobel Biocare World Tour 2008.

2002

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yan He Lue
Research Assistant
Bred and karyotyped mice to develop an XXY mouse model for Klinefelter’s syndrome. Co- authored abstract named “Over-expression of survivin and activation of caspase 3 contribute to exogenous testosterone-induced germ cell apoptosis in rats.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Society of Andrology on March 29-April 1, 2003.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Dental Association
California Dental Association

LANGUAGES

Conversational Mandarin, Dental Spanish