Gurrinder Atwal, BDS, DDS, MS
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Title(s) | Professor, Preventive & Restor Dent Sci |
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School | School of Dentistry |
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Address | 3333 California Street, #3214 San Francisco CA 94118
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Biography
KLE's Dental College, Belgaum, India | BDS | 07/1993 | Dentistry |
King's College, University of London, London, UK | MSc | 07/1995 | Dentistry |
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA | DDS | 12/1998 | Dentistry |
Loma Linda University | 1998 | | Excellence in Clinical Achievements |
UCSF, School of Dentistry | 2010 | | Admiral Paul Riebe Award for Excellence in Teaching |
UCSF, School of Dentistry | 2011 | | Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching |
Academy of General Dentistry | 2012 | | Fellowship Academy of General Dentistry (FAGD) |
UCSF, School of Dentistry | 2016 | | Admiral Paul Reibe Award for Excellence in Teaching |
UCSF, School of Dentistry | 2017 | | Admiral Paul Reibe Award for Excellence in Teaching |
American College of Dentists | 2018 | | Fellowship American College of Dentists (FACD) |
International College of Dentists | 2019 | | Fellowship International College of Dentists |
OKU Chapter, UCSF | 2020 | | Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) |
Academy of General Dentistry | 2020 | | Master Academy of General Dentistry (MAGD) |
Overview
Dr Atwal enjoys clinical practice and mentoring students to be excellent clinicians at the UCSF school of dentistry. He is the director of Community Based Clinical Education & Partnership (CBCE) program. CBCE enable students to work in the most underserved communities for multiple weeks as part of their externship journey. Learners get to enhance their clinical skills, get mentorship and most importantly bridge the gaps in access to oral health care in the marginalized communities. Hope is that some students will get inspired and seek employment in public health field at some point in their professional journey. Key to success is conservative, ethical practice with great communication skills and compassion towards patients. He strongly believes in continuing education and team building. Apart from being faculty at the UCSF school of dentistry, Dr. Atwal is a private practitioner in high private office since June, 2000. In his spare time Dr Atwal is a pilot who enjoys flying, traveling, hiking, humanitarian work, and Yoga.