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Jisha T. Panicker, B.D.S., M.P.H.
Student, Dental Postgraduate Program—Prosthodontics
University of MichiganSchool of Dentistry
Jisha Panicker, B.D.S., M.P.H., was born in India and completed her schooling in the Sultanate of Oman. She graduated in the top 10 of her class with a Bachelor’s of Dental Surgery from Mar Baselios Dental College in India in 2010. Upon graduation, she was selected to serve as faculty in the Department of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics at her alma mater. In 2012, she moved to Kansas where she volunteered as a dental assistant in a federally qualified health clinic. She later graduated with a Master’s in Public Health while on a scholarship from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Michigan in 2016. Dr. Panicker has worked with nonprofit organizations, such as the Henry Ford Health System and the University of Michigan Health System, where she oversaw the process of researching, adapting, implementing and evaluating evidence-based health interventions for use in low-resource settings alongside vulnerable and marginalized populations. Her research has been presented at state, national and international forums. In her career as a clinician and public health professional, she continues to advocate for oral health and its integration with other disciplines of care. Dr. Panicker is currently enrolled in the Dental Postgraduate Program in Prosthodontics at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry to learn more about complex oral rehabilitative and implant cases.