Dr. Sean Kelly

Lead Faculty

Dr. Sean R. Kelly served as a Commissioned Corps Officer within the Indian Health Service of the United States Public Health Service from 2003 to 2017. Starting as a Staff Dentist for the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority Dental Clinic, Sean became the Dental Director in 2008. Sean graduated from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry with Cum Laude honors in 1990. In 1991 he completed the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at the University Of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill. Prior to the USPHS, Sean served over 11 years in the United States Navy Dental Corps.

Sean has worked with numerous other tribes throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with the “Baby Teeth Matter Collaborative” directed by the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center and the Arcora Foundation. The group has actively pursued and successfully found ways to improve access to dental care and reduce general anesthesia treatment referrals for children 0-5 years of age through implementing minimally invasive dentistry and case management models of care. In 2020 Dr. Kelly joined the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center as Clinical Consultant.

Dr. Miranda Davis

Faculty

Dr. Miranda Davis, DDS, MPH, has worked at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) since 2019 where she serves as the Prevention Consultant for the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center. She also directs the Northwest Dental Health Aide Program at NPAIHB, which includes the Native Dental Therapy Initiative, assisting Tribes in implementing innovative workforce models to address social determinants of health and expand access to high quality oral health care. Miranda has over twenty years of experience in the dental field.  She earned a DDS from the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco, and a MPH from the University of Washington School of Public Health.

Dr. Martin Lieberman

Faculty

Martin Lieberman DDS, MA, is the Vice President of Graduate Dental Education at NYU Langone Hospital — Brooklyn, Division of Dental Medicine, where he provides leadership to five postdoctoral dental residency training programs with over 400 residents enrolled across the United States. Previously, he worked with Neighborcare Health in Seattle, Washington as the Chief Dental Officer. Prior to that, he was in private practice in Chicago for 18 years. Martin earned his DDS at the University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry, where he also completed an Advanced General Dentistry Residency. He is currently enrolled in the MA in Dental Education Program at the University of the Pacific. He served as faculty member for the HRSA Oral Health Pilot Collaborative, and has also been a faculty member for IHI, HRSA, NNOHA, Washington Dental Service Foundation, and DentaQuest quality improvement projects. Martin served on the Board of Directors for NNOHA and chaired the Practice Management Committee.