Dr. Sean Kelly
Lead Faculty
“I love working with Indian Country ECHO because there’s an emphasis on new ideas and innovation to bring about change, improvement and healthy outcomes, especially for the underserved.”
Dr. Sean R. Kelly served as a Commissioned Corps Officer within the Indian Health Service of the United States Public Health Service from 2003 to 2017. Starting as a Staff Dentist for the Puyallup Tribal Health Authority Dental Clinic, Sean became the Dental Director in 2008. Sean graduated from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry with Cum Laude honors in 1990. In 1991 he completed the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at the University Of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill. Prior to the USPHS, Sean served over 11 years in the United States Navy Dental Corps.
Sean has worked with numerous other tribes throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho with the “Baby Teeth Matter Collaborative” directed by the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center and the Arcora Foundation. The group has actively pursued and successfully found ways to improve access to dental care and reduce general anesthesia treatment referrals for children 0-5 years of age through implementing minimally invasive dentistry and case management models of care. In 2020 Dr. Kelly joined the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center as Clinical Consultant.
Oral Health ECHO Program
Sean is the Lead Faculty for the Oral Health ECHO Program, which is designed to provide comprehensive information for oral health professionals to effectively optimize minimally invasive dentistry, and treat patients locally with holistic, culturally appropriate care
Interested in receiving free treatment recommendations or technical assistance from one of our experts? Contact us at echo@npaihb.org.
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