Wendy Mouradian, M.D., M.S.
Wendy Mouradian, M.D., M.S.
Wendy Mouradian, M.D., M.S., is Associate Dean for Regional Affairs and Curriculum at the University of Washington (UW) School of Dentistry, where she is also appointed in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health. She also serves as Director of the UW Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE) program, a distributed model of dental education in rural and underserved areas of the state.
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Wendy Mouradian, M.D., M.S., is Associate Dean for Regional Affairs and Curriculum at the University of Washington (UW) School of Dentistry, where she is also appointed in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health. She also serves as Director of the UW Regional Initiatives in Dental Education (RIDE) program, a distributed model of dental education in rural and underserved areas of the state. Dr Mouradian has played a national role in calling attention to the importance of children’s oral health among medical and other health professionals, and has served as an oral health advisor to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). She organized and chaired The Face of a Child: Surgeon General’s Conference on Children and Oral Health in 2000, and led a number of conferences on children’s oral health since then including the AAP’s National Summit on Children’s Oral Health in 2008. Dr. Mouradian has published on a variety of issues related to children’s oral health, including ethical issues in oral health care, education of medical professionals in oral health, and quality of life in youth with craniofacial conditions. Dr Mouradian has also served as Director of the Craniofacial Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital and practiced general and developmental pediatrics. Dr. Mouradian is a graduate of Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and completed her internship, residency, and fellowship in developmental pediatrics at the University of Washington. She has a certificate in Health Care Ethics from the University of Washington and was a fellow in the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program in 2006-7. Dr Mouradian acknowledges her debt to Santa Fe Group founding member, the late Dr Larry Meskin, for his invaluable contribution to the development of the RIDE program.
