CDM Alum Assumes Leadership Role at 9th District Dental Association

Renuka Bijoor ’03, Peds ‘05 was installed as president, Ninth District Dental Association on November 20. The association serves a membership of over 1600 dentists in New York's Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange, and Putnam counties.

In addition to the pre- and postdoctoral training she received at CDM, she also holds an MPH from the Mailman School of Public Health. She has a pediatric dental practice in Briarcliff Manor, NY and is an assistant clinical professor of pediatric dentistry at CDM. Dr. Bijoor was trained as an oral surgeon in India and the United Kingdom before completing her training at Columbia. She also volunteers as an attending for Columbia University's Community Dentcare, working with school-based clinics and CDM's mobile oral health vans.

The Ninth District Dental Association dates back to 1909. Its main goals include advocacy, support and education for member dentists.