Thakur, Yogita Butani

University of California San Francisco

CURRICULUM VITAE

Prepared: 07/15/2012

Name: Yogita Butani Thakur DDS, MS

Position: Dental Director

Ravenswood Family Dentistry

East Palo Alto, CA 94303

Address: 1807 Bay Road East Palo Alto, CA 94303

Voice: (650) 289-7710

FAX: (650)- 853-1018

Email:

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EDUCATION:

1991-96 VYWS Dental College and Hospital, Amravati, India BDS

2000-02 College of Dentistry University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA MS

(Advisor: Steven M. Levy DDS, MS)

2006-07 University of California, San Francisco Fellow

(Advisor: Jane A. Weintraub)

2007-2010 University of California, San Francisco, CA

Pediatric Dentistry Certificate

2008-2010 University of California, San Francisco, CA

School of Global Health Clinical Scholar

LICENSES:

1996 Dental licensure, New Delhi India

2006 Restorative Technique Exam Dental Board of California

2008 California State Dental License

2010: Oral Sedation Permit

PRINCIPAL POSITIONS HELD:

POSITIONS HELD:

2000-01 University of Iowa, Graduate Research Assistant Family Medicine

2001-02 University of Iowa, Graduate Research Assistant College of Dentistry

2004-05 University of California San Francisco, Volunteer CANDO Center

2005 University of California San Francisco, Clinical Instructor

2007 University of California San Francisco, Post-doc fellow CAN DO

2009-10 University of California San Francisco, Pediatric Dentistry Chief Resident

4/11-Pres Adjunct faculty UOP Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry

OTHER POSITIONS HELD CONCURRENTLY:

1996-00 The Clinic, New Delhi, India Associate

2005 Dental Health Foundation, Consultant

7/10-Pres Ravenswood Family Dentistry East Palo Alto, CA, Dental Director

HONORS AND AWARDS: [All inclusive, most recent last]

1994 Gold medal in General Surgery

1998 Academic excellence in dental school

2003 AAPHD Leverett Award

2006 Recipient NIH funded COHORT Training grant (PI Grayson Marshall)

KEYWORDS/AREAS OF INTEREST:

Children’s oral health, access to care, oral health disparities, children with special needs, early childhood caries

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

MEMBERSHIPS

2010 to present: American Dental Association

2010 to present: California Dental Association

2002 to present: American Association of Public Health Dentistry

2007 to present: California Society of Pediatric Dentistry

2007 to present American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

2007 to present: Reviewer, Special Care in Dentistry

2009 to present: Reviewer, CDA Journal

2010 to present: Reviewer, European Dental Journal

2010 to present: Reviewer, Journal of Minority Health

2005 to present: Independent grant reviewer, MCHB HRSA Washington, DC

CONTINUING DENTAL EDUCATION

2004: Dental Public Health seminar series, UCSF

2005: Dental Public Health seminar series, UCSF

2006: Dental Public Health seminar series, UCSF

2007: Radiation safety, UOP

2007: Practice and Oral Care for People with Developmental Disabilities, NIDCR

2007: CPR

2008: PALS

2009: CPR

2010: NNOHA CONFERENCE

2010: PALS

2011: Management of dental emergencies

2011: BLS renewal

2011: Craniofacial conference

GRANTS

December 2010: ADA and Samuel Harris Grant to develop oral health education materials for pregnant and new moms.

2009-2010: MT Zion Global Health Scholars Fund: “A pilot investigation into the oral health related cultural beliefs and practices among Filipino immigrant families in San Francisco, CA Mentor Judith C. Barker PhD CAN DO Center UCSF

2010: Mt Zion Global Health Scholars Fund: “The Children's Oral Health Project at City of Joy. Cancun, Mexico: Adding Fluoride Varnish Applications Healthcare Programs to Reduce Tooth Decay” Mentor Jane Weintraub DDS, MPH CAN DO Center UCSF

2012 First 5 San Mateo County: Pilot implementation of Virtual Dental Home at Head Start sites

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2002: Illinois Regional Oral Health Conference, Bloomington, IL “Illinois WIC Providers: Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Oral HealthCounseling”

2005: Dental Public Health Seminar Series UCSF “Illinois WIC Providers: Knowledge and Attitudes Concerning Oral HealthCounseling”

2007: Dental Public Health Seminar Series UCSF “Oral Health Disparities in Dental Utilization between Children in Special and Mainstream Education Classes”

2010: Oral health training for pediatric residents at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital “Pediatric Dentistry for a Pediatric Resident”

TEACHING

2005University of California, San Francisco, Instructor Scientific Methods 117; Discussion Group Leader; 6 one hour sessions, 12 students

2008-2009 University of California, San Francisco, Predoctoral Pediatric Dentistry Clinical Teaching one 4-hour session per week, 10 students

2010-2011: Ravenswood Family Health Center, Dental Hygiene students. Clinical teaching one day a week, 2 students

MENTORING

2009-10: Mentoring MPH student from A.T. Still University, School of Health Management in Missouri

RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Hartz AJ, Bentler S, Noyes R, Hoehns J, Logemann C, Sinift S, Butani Y, Wang W, Brake K, Ernst M, Kautzman H. 2004.”Randomized controlled trial of Siberian ginseng for chronic fatigue”. Psychol Med. Jan;34(1):51-61.
  2. Butani Y, Levy SM, Nowak AJ, Kanellis MJ, Heller K, Hartz AJ, Dawson DV,Watkins CA. 2005 “Overview of the evidence for clinical interventions in pediatric dentistry”. Pediatr Dent. Jan-Feb;27(1):6-11.
  3. Hartz A, Bentler S, Charlton M, Lanska D, Butani Y,Soomro GM, Benson K. 2005.“Assessing observational studies of medical treatments”. Emerg Themes Epidemiol. Sep 1;2:8.
  4. Butani Y,Hartz A, Levy S, Watkins C, Kanellis M, Nowak A. 2006. “Assessment of the quality of reporting observational studies in the pediatric dental literature” Pediatr Dent. Jan-Feb;28(1):66-71.
  5. Butani, Y., R. A. Kuthy, et al. (2006). "Predictors of oral health counseling by WIC providers." J Dent Child (Chic)73(3): 146-51.
  6. Butani Y, Weintraub JA, Barker JC: Systematic Review of Oral Health-Related Cultural Beliefs in Four Racial/Ethnic Groups. BMC Oral Health. 2008 Sep 15;8:26.
  7. Butani Y, Gansky, SA, Weintraub JA: Oral Health Disparities in Oral Health Status and Dental ServiceAccess and Utilization among Special and Mainstream Education Enrollees. . Spec Care Dentist. 2009 Jul-Aug;29(4):156-62.

NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER CREATIVE ACTIVITIES:

  1. Butani Y and Perry DM. Caries Vaccine: A Position Paper, Dental Health Foundation, Oakland CA

Abstracts

  1. Gabel D, Malone D, Rosenbaum M, Butani Y, Hartz A. “Reasons for improvement in Chronic Fatigue”: STFM 34th Annual Spring Conference Denver, CO, 2001
  2. Butani Y, Levy, SM, Xie XJ. “Role of Dentists in Tobacco Cessation Activities in Mumbai, India”: IADR Chicago, Illinois March 2001
  3. Butani Y, KuthyRA, Lampiris LN, Qian F. “Illinois WIC Providers: Use of an Attitudinal Survey in the Development of an Oral Health Educational Tool for Clients”: AAPHD Milwaukee, April, 2002
  4. Butani Y, Gansky SA, Weintraub JA. Child Dental Status and Services in Special and Mainstream Education Accepted for presentation at the AADR, New Orleans, 2007.
  5. Butani Y, Horton S, Weintraub JA. Parental Perception of Access and Utilization of Dental Services in Special and Mainstream Education: a Qualitative Analysis. AAPHD, Denver 2007.

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