A. Hakan Tuncer, DDS, DMD, MPH, FSCD, FICD

Dr. Tuncer is currently Clinical Associate Professor and director of SHCN program at Department of Pediatric Dentistry at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO), coming from Boston University where he served as the Clinical Director of Pediatric Dentistry at Franciscan Children’s. He is a fellow of Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Special Care Dentistry, Health Quality leadership and International College of Dentists. Dr. Tuncer has over 15 years of experience providing clinical supervision and leadership in dentistry, special care dentistry at different institutions such as University of Rochester, Boston Children's Hospital-Harvard University, University of Detroit Mercy, Boston University and University of Colorado-Children's Hospital Colorado. His clinical and academic interests include interdisciplinary care coordination, medical dental integration of children with SHCN; dental transitions of youth with special health care needs. Dr. Tuncer currently serves as an education committee member at the International Association for Disability and Oral Health, board member and President at the Academy of Dentistry for Persons with Disabilities, affiliated with Special Care Dentistry Association, board member at Special Care Dentistry Association and consultant member at Special Healthcare needs committee at American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Tuncer is LEND dental faculty for the first dental fellow at the LEND Fellowship program at CHCO. He is one of the authors at NICHE project at American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry.