Our Team

Karlynn Sievers, MD

Smiles for Life Editor

Associate Program Director, Department of Family Medicine, St Mary's Family Medicine Residency, Grand Junction, CO

Melinda Clark, MD

Smiles for Life Associate Editor

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

Alan B. Douglass, MD

SFL Co-Founder and Editor Emeritus

Professor of Family Medicine University of Colorado, Aurora, CO

Russell Maier, MD

Smiles for Life Co-Founder

Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Professor of Family Medicine, Pacific Northwest University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Yakima, WA

Denise Rizzolo, PhD, MPH, PA-C

Director of Research and Publication, Managing Editor of JPAE, PA Education Association

Rocio B Quinonez, DMD, MS, MPH

Associate Professor, Depts. of Pediatric Dentistry and Schools of Dentistry and Medicine, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Jennifer L Brame, EdD, MS, RDH

Clinical Professor and Director of the Graduate Dental Hygiene Education Program, Division of Comprehensive Oral Health, Adams School of Dentistry, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Thomas A. Chiodo, DDS

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon Aesthetic Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Somerville, NJ

Erinne Kennedy, DMD, MPH, MMSc

Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Integrated Learning Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine Joplin, MO

Lisa Emily Simon, MD, DMD

Member of the Faculty, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine

A. Stevens Wrightson, MD

Chief Executive Officer, Bluegrass Community Health Center, Lexington, KY

Maria C Dolce, PhD, RN, CNE

Professor & Director, Interprofessional Education and Practice, Department of Comprehensive Care, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA

Rebecca Bernstein, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine & Office of Community Engagement Faculty, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Jeremy Horst Keeper, DDS, PhD

Founder, Dentist Dr. Keeper's Dental Wellness, Affiliate faculty, Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Washington, San Fransisco, CA

Salimah Dhanani MD, MBBS, FAAP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Division of General and Adolescent Pediatrics Albany Medical College

Inyang Isong, MD, ScD, MPH

Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital Primary Care, Boston Children’s Hospital Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Ryan T Palmer, EdD

Assistant Dean, Educational Evaluation and Development, American University of the Caribbean

Emily Cooper, MD, RDH

Family Medicine Physician Spokane, WA

Hugh Silk, MD, MPH

Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine and Community Health, Univ of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Fulbright Picture Conor McCabe Photography.

John Ahern, MB, BCh, BAO, BDentSc, MSc, PhD

Director of Medical-Dental Integration Cambridge Health Alliance; Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Lyrad Riley, MD, MPH

Faculty, St. Mary's Family Medicine Residency Program, Grand Junction, CO

Mirela Bruza, MS, PA-C

Research Scientist at NCCPA, Clinical Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University PA Program, Family Medicine PA at Hunderton Family Medicine - YDC

Past Contributors

Joanna M Douglass, BDS, DDS

Associate Professor Division of Pediatric Dentistry Univ of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine Farmington, CT

James Tysinger, PhD

Professor Dept. of Family and Community Medicine Univ of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio San Antonio, TX

Jonathan Bowser, MS, PA-C

Assistant Professor Dept. of Pediatrics Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, CO

Nancy B. Hart, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Professor University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science Nashville Campus Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

Stephanie Gill, MD, MPH

Associate Progam Director, Regional Family Medicine Program, The Wright Center for Community Health & The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Michelle Dalal, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Pediatrician, Reliant Medical Group, Milford, MA

Mark Deutchman, MD

Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, Univ of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO

Wanda Gonsalves, MD

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY