Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Duke University
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Dr. Martha Ann Keels received her dental degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1984. In 1990, she received a certificate of pediatric dentistry from the University of North Carolina, where she also completed her Ph.D. in Epidemiology. In 1991, she established the Pediatric Dental program at Duke University Medical Center. She served as division chief of Pediatric Dentistry at Duke Children's Hospital from 1991 until 2015. She is also board certified by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry (ABPD) and has served on the Examining Committee for the ABPD. Dr. Keels holds fellowships in the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. In 1984 she was elected to membership in OKU (dental honor society). She has served as president of the North Carolina Academy of Pediatric Dentistry; on the editorial board of Pediatric Dentistry; and on the Councils for Clinical Affairs and Scientific Affairs for the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. She served as the chair of the Section of Pediatric Dentistry and Oral Health within the American Academy of Pediatrics from 2004-2010. She was the recipient of the NIH Dentist-Scientist Award, which funded her post doctoral trainng. Dr. Keels has received several awards for her teaching and research efforts. She was the recipient of the Pfeiffer Foundation Research Fellowship, the Quintessence Award for Research Achievement, the Derek Turner Postdoctoral Research Award and more recently the Mentor of the Year Award from the ABPD College of Diplomates Foundation. She has received NIH funding for an epidemiological study of water fluoridation from 1997-2001; currently, she continues her research in dental caries risk factor analysis and dental erosion in pediatric patients.
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