- Member, American Association of Hospital Dentists, Special Care Dentistry
- Member, International Association of Student Clinicians-American Dental Association
Ernest Valdez, DDS is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Dental School .
In 1988, Dr. Valdez obtained his Bachelor of Science in Biology from St. Mary's University in San Antonio , Texas . He attended dental school at the UTHSCSA. Upon completion of dental school, Dr. Valdez entered community health care by working as a staff dentist in rural North Central New Mexico (Las Clinical Del Norte) and later as the dental director of a community health center in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas (Su Clinica Familiar). In 1999, Dr. Valdez returned to the UTHSCSA where he entered a two-year General Practice Residency with a strong hospital component. He, then, entered private practice before returning to the UTHSCSA at his current appointment. Concurrently, Dr. Valdez pursues a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation at the UTHSCSA Graduate School along with his current responsibilities.
Dr. Valdez is currently the course director for the "Nitrous Oxide Sedation" course and course lecturer for the "Medical Emergency Prevention and Management in the Dental Office" course given to second and third year dental students. Dr. Valdez also offers a continuing dental education course on nitrous oxide sedation.
Dr. Valdez continues to provide dentoalveolar surgical care in the Faculty Practice clinic at the Health Science Center
Dr. Valdez is currently a member of the Special Care Dentistry Organization - American Association of Hospital Dentists, The International Association of Student Clinicians - American Dental Association and National Hispanic Dental Association and the Greater San Antonio Hispanic Dental Associations.
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