EDUCATION

2001-2004

Vanderbilt University Orthodontic Center, Nashville, TN Degree: Certificate in Orthodontics


1997-2001

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Degree: Doctor of Medical Dentistry

1991-1995
The Citadel, Charleston, SC Degree: B.S., Biology cum laude

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

2006-2007
Leadership Pinellas, accepted out of 100 appliancants for 32 spots for this county-wide leadership training

2005-Present
Skip Cline Young Leadership Society, Morton Plant Hospital Foundation Clearwater, FL

2004- Present
Board Member, Directions for Mental Health Clearwater, FL

2004- Present
Member, Rotary Club of Downtown Clearwater Clearwater, FL -Chairman of Rotary Student of the month club for Northward and King’s Highway Elementary schools recognizing students monthly at meetings for outstanding achievements

2004
Chief Resident, Vanderbilt Orthodontic Center

2001
Vice President, Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity

1997-2001
President, Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine 1995-Present Class Chairman, Citadel Class of 1995

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Board of Orthodontics
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
American Association of Orthodontists
American Dental Association
Southern Association of Orthodontists
Florida Dental Association
Florida Association of Orthodontists
Pinellas County Dental Association
Delta Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity

AWARDS

• Congressional Medal of Honor Society Award
• Dean’s List, MUSC Dental School
• Army Achievement Medal
• Army Commendation Medal
• Beta Beta Beta biological Honor Society
• Veterans of Foreign Wars leadership award
• MUSC College of Dental Medicine Student Leadership Award - voted upon by peers at MUSC Dental School
• American Association of Orthodontists Student Excellence Award • American Academy of Oral Pathologists Student Excellence Award

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

2004-present
Private Practice Straighten Up Orthodontics-Full Time Orthodontics and Sleep Apnea Clearwater, FL

2001-2003
Private Practice General Dentistry- Part time during residency Smyrna, TN

2000
University of Florida, Summer Externship Saint Petersburg, FL

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2000-2001
Kaplan Instructor, GMAT and LSAT Kaplan Education Center, Charleston, SC

1998-2001
Supplemental Instructor, immunology, biochemistry, anatomy Center for Academic Excellence Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

1995
Batallion Academic Officer, The Citadel, Charleston, SC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Publications:

“Clinical Comparison of Light Emitting Diode and Halogen Curing Light.” Layman, WD Published in the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, July 2004

Presentations:

2007- The importance of Good Oral Hygiene, First United Methodist Church, Kinship group Clearwater, FL

2006 - Introduction the Dental Management of Sleep Apnea, Morton Plant Sleep Center Physician Group, Clearwater, FL

2006 - Alternate Treatments To CPAP Therapy, A.W.A.K.E. Gp., Dunedin, FL 2006 Speaker, Great American Teach-In, Clearwater Academy, Clearwater, FL

2004-2005
Speaker, Great American Teach-In, Northward Elementary School, Clearwater, FL

1998 - The effects of good oral hygiene for children, Dunsten Elementary School, North Charleston, SC 1999 Health gums and teeth for infants, Charleston Public Young Mothers’ Clinic, Charleston, SC

MEETINGS ATTENDED

2007 - American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, June

2005 - West Coast Dental Association, Naples, FL July

2004 - American Association of Orthodontists, Orlando, FL April

2004 - Invisalign Certification, San Francisco, CA March

2003 - American Dental Association, San Francisco, CA October

2002 - Southern Association of Orthodontists, Savannah, GA, October

2002 - American Association of Orthodontists, Philadelphia, PA April

2002-present
Florida Assocation of Orthdontists, Tampa, FL March