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
Editor Emeritus
Family Medicine Residency Program,
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT,
Professor,
Univ. of Connecticut School of Medicine

Russell Maier, MD
STFM Group Co-Chair, Director, Central Washington Family
Medicine Residency Program,
Yakima, WA,
Clinical Professor, Univ of Washington
School of Medicine

Denise Rizzolo, PhD, PA-C
Completion Program,
Assistant Clinical Professor,
Pace University - NYC Campus-PA Program,
Assessment Specialist,
Physician Assistant 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, RDH, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Director,
Graduate Dental Hygiene Education
Program,
Dept. of Dental Ecology, School of
Dentistry,
Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

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

Michelle Dalal, MD, FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
University of Massachusetts Medical
School,
Pediatrician, Reliant Medical Group,
Milford, MA

Lisa Emily Simon, DMD
Fellow in Oral Health and Medicine Integration,
Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
Medical Student, Class of 2020,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

A. Stevens Wrightson, MD
Chief Executive Officer,
Bluegrass Community Health Center,
Lexington, KY,
Eastern Kentucky University,
Richmond, 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

Ryan T Palmer, EdD
Assistant Dean,
Educational Evaluation and
Development,
American University of the Caribbean
Past Contributors

Joanna M Douglass, BDS, DDS
Associate Professor
Division of Pediatric Dentistry
Univ of Connecticut
School of Dental Medicine
Farmington, CT

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

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
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine,
Penn State Health, Hershey Medical Center,
Penn State College of Medicine
Hershey, PA

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

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

Jonathan Bowser, MS, PA-C
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics
Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver, CO