Clinical Professor of Pediatrics; Clinical Professor of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine and School of Dentistry
Susan Fisher-Owens, MD, MPH, FAAP is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the UCSF School of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences at the UCSF School of Dentistry, in San Francisco California. Clinically, she works as a primary care pediatrician and faculty preceptor. She spends the remainder of her time serving as a children's oral health advocate and researcher, working with medical providers to increase their knowledge and interventions in oral health and with dental professionals to increase their understanding and application of contextual factors to care, and working with children. Her paper on "Influences on Children's Oral Health: A Conceptual Model” has led to other work being conducted to investigate and reduce oral health disparities and improve care, and "Primary Teeth," the clinical program she started to introduce oral health care into the pediatric practice setting, was recognized with the Academic Pediatric Association's Health Care Delivery Award in 2011. She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics National Section on Oral Health, and is lead author of an upcoming AAP clinical review on this Adolescent Oral Health.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Friday, May 24, 2024
1:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST