Speaker Biography
Sampada Deshpande DDS, FACD practices in Bay Area, CA. Due to her specialized training, she is consistently approached for care by patients with Special Health Care Needs (SHCNs) and/or medical complexities. Author of the book, Persevering, Sampada earned a DDS from the University of Washington and completed a GPR at Alameda Health System.
Sampada lectures nationally on treating patients with SHCN’s in a private practice setting and using portable dentistry. With assistance from the ADA and SAID, she is publishing a new book on this material, due 2024. Her writing on this topic and others has been featured throughout the dental industry, including the American Dental Association, Academy of General Dentistry and Dental Economics.
Invitations to present
- Treating patients with SHCNs and medical complexities in private practice; lecture and hands on session, Washington Academy of General Dentistry, April 2025
- New trends and materials in treating patients with SHCNs and medical complexities; webinar, Enable Dental, Sep 2024
- Treating patients with SHCNs and medical complexities in private practice; webinar, Academy of General Dentistry, Aug 2024
- Dentistry for our Seniors & those on Palliative Care; lecture, University of California, San Francisco, Jan 2024
- Finding and Negotiating the ‘Perfect’ Associateship; lecture, University of California, San Francisco, Nov 2023
- Upcoming book on Special Care Dentistry; lecture, American Dental Association Institute for Diversity in Leadership, Nov 2023
- Dental Insurance and doing it Right; lecture, New Dentist Business Club, Aug 2023
- What you need to know about Dental Insurance, lecture, New Dentist Business Club, Nov 2022
- Opportunities for Foreign Trained Dentists post Graduation; panel interview, University of Washington, May 2021
- Beginning a Practice Series; panel interview, University of Washington, Jan 2022
- Practice Evaluation Series- a 4-part webinar; lecture, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry University of the Pacific, Jan 2022
- How to find the best associateship; lecture, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Nov 2021
- Get Inspired by the Inspired webinar; panel interview, Oct 2021, Connecticut State Dental Association
Awards & Honors
- 10 under 10, American Dental Association
- 10 to watch, Academy of General Dentistry
- William Howard Memorial Award, Washington Academy of General Dentistry
- Denobi Award, National Mobile & Teledentistry Conference
- Fellow, American College of Dentistry