Like many trained in health care professions my education taught me to do thorough examinations of my patients, carefully review findings, come to a conclusion about what treatment would be best to resolve a problem, and provide the treatment. My training at Indiana University School of Dentistry, graduating in 1976, provided a solid foundation for establishing my private practice in Bellevue, Washington but I knew I wanted more. More than merely discovering what treatment was needed I wanted to know why the problem arose in the first place.
By nature a continual student and life-long learner, in 1980 I began extensive post-graduate training at the renowned Pankey Institute. This rich post-graduate experience taught me why dental problems occur and what to do about them, rather than just simply treating the consequences. The extensive learning offered allows me to maintain leading-edge knowledge in dental treatment techniques. In 1992 I was appointed to the Pankey Institute’s Visiting Faculty, and now as Lead Faculty I have the opportunity to teach Advanced Dental Treatment Techniques with some of the very best dentists in the world. I participate in on-site teaching at the Pankey Institute as well as world-wide conferencing via the Internet, and I am active in on-going education through local and regional dental study groups.
I am a member in good standing in the following professional organizations:
· American Dental Association
· Washington State Dental Association
· Seattle-King County Dental Society
· L.D. Pankey Alumni Association
· Eastside Pankey Study Club
· Northern Lights Pankey Learning Group
“If I have seen further than other men it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants.”
- Sir Isaac Newton
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