Dr. Kirk Pasquinelli received his doctorate in dental surgery from the University of California at San Francisco School of Dentistry in 1982. He completed a one year general practice hospital based residency at Mount Zion Medical Center in 1983 and remained on the hospital dental and training staff an additional two years while also practicing restorative dentistry in San Francisco. He received his periodontal training at the University of Washington in Seattle graduating in 1987. He was an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California at San Francisco School of Dentistry from 1988 to 2002 and taught continuing dental education at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry from 1988 to 2000. Since 2004 he has been on the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy in Foster City, California. Dr Pasquinelli continues to teach select groups nationally and internationally and has authored numerous articles in the periodontal and restorative dentistry literature. Since 1988 Dr. Pasquinelli has maintained a private practice in downtown San Francisco dedicated to periodontics, esthetic and pre-prosthetic oral surgery, as well as dental implants. Dr. Pasquinelli is the recipient of the 2024 Master Clinician Award from the American Academy of Periodontics.