Moshtagh R Farokhi, B.S., DDS, MPH

• Professional Background

  Education

  • Certificate - Dental Public Health - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Master of Public Health - Dentistry - University of Glasgow, School of Medicine
  • General Practice Residency - Dentistry - University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry
  • Doctor of Dental Surgery - Dentistry - University of Minnesota School of Dentistry
  • Bachelor of Science - Chemistry, Life Sciences and Public Health - University of Minnesota

  Training

  • Fellowship - Pierre Fauchard Academy
  • Fellowship - International College of Dentists
  • Lifelong Learning and Service Recognition - Academy of General Dentistry
  • Shine Academy Member - Kenneth Shine Academy - University of Texas
  • Mastership - Academy of General Dentistry
  • Fellowship of Academy of Dentistry International
  • Fellowship - American College of Dentists

  Appointments

  • 09/2022 - Professor/Clinical - University Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Comprehensive Dentistry, San Antonio
  • 09/2016-08/2022 - Associate Professor/Clinical - University Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Comprehensive Dentistry, San Antonio

• Research & Grants

  University-Wide Funding Cycles: 2022-2023 and 2023-2024

  Funding Agency: CTSA Small Community Engagement Grants

  Grants

  • Exploring Dental Practitioners and the South Texas Community Members' Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Smokeless Tobacco Use and
  • A Practitioner and Refugee and Immigrant Community Collaborative Develops a Patient-centered, Culturally Appropriate, Smokeless

• Service

  Department

  2017- Present, Student National Dental Association (SNDA), Mentor and Faculty Advisor at the UTHSA-SOD

  2018- Present, Global Health Student Association Faculty Advisor, the International College of Dentists- USA Chapter at the UTHSA-SOD

  School

  2019- Present, LINC Faculty Council member representing the School of Dentistry

  2018-2019, UTHSA Quality Enhancement Plan, The QEP, Steering Committee, and the School of Dentistry Liaison at the institutional level

  Institutional

  2021- Present, University of Texas Shine Academy, Co-Chair of the Awards Committee, Member of the Communication Committee

  2020- Present, UHTSA Campus Internalization Committee member and current Chair

  Service to the Profession

  2019-2024, The San Antonio District Dental Society Board member representing the School of Dentistry and current Dental Student Liaison to the Board

  2019- Present, Academy of Dentistry International, Humanitarian and Missions Committee Member, Convocation Committee Member

  National

  2016- Present, Academic Advisor and Mentor, ADEA Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program (ADCFP)

  2024- Present, Journal of Dental Education Editorial Board Member

  Community

  2011- Present, The San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic- Dental Director, A UTHSA Student-Faculty Collaborative, serving thousands of patients from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cameroon, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, The Democratic Republic of Congo, The Republic of Burundi, Thailand, Ukraine, Venezuela and additional countries and training hundreds of dental, medical and nursing students since the clinic's inception in 2011.

  Global

  2022- Present, I2C2- International Interprofessional Case Competition, planning committee member, I2C2 faculty advisor, UTHSA faculty advisor

  2019- Present, Academy of Dentistry International Vice-Regent, Local Arrangement Chair, and the Chair of Student Servant Leadership Awards

• Publications

  • M Farokhi Google Scholar

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