Taylor Wilkens, DDS | Sean R. Kelly, DDS, MSHS | Martin Lieberman, DDS, MA | Miranda Davis, DDS, MPH

Dr. Taylor Wilkens, DDS, Dental Director at the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s Marimn Dental Clinic, has a long history in north Idaho and eastern Washington. He first moved to Spokane from Florida in 1985 after his father completed his residency in family medicine. Dr. Wilkens attended Walla Walla University where he earned his undergraduate degree in biology. He moved to California to attend dental school at Loma Linda University. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery in 2012. His primary focus at Marimn Health is improving the overall oral health of the community by emphasizing prevention practices as well as treating disease by providing the highest quality dental care possible. Dr. Wilkens met his wife while they were both in school at Loma Linda University. They were married during his first year of dental school and have two boys who are 13 months apart. Dr. Wilkens loves nearly any activity that involves the lake. He enjoys hiking, mountain biking, camping, visiting new places, and spending time with his family.

Dr. Sean R. Kelly, DDS, MSHS, 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. 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.

Dr. Miranda Davis, DDS, MPH, has worked at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) since 2019 where she serves as the Site Visit Prevention Consultant for the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center. She also directs the Native Dental Therapy Initiative at NPAIHB, which assists 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.