Feature Friday Member Spotlight

Capital Region Complete Dental Care & Implants
Private Practice
Cohoes, NY
Component: Third District Dental Society
Nominated By: Dr. Wayne Harrison

Nomination

I'm nominating Dr. Marra for his dedication to the dentistry profession. He has served as CE Committee Chair for the the Third District Dental Society. Fred has also started a Seattle Study Club and served as a SSC Director. He is one of the few GPs to ever take that role on. As a SSC Director, he include​s recent dental school graduates who are GPR residents in local hospitals in his club's programs. Fred has personally mentored many dentists and in striving to better himself, betters the dentists around him. I am a better dentist as a result of my engagement and interaction with Dr. Marra.

Frederick Marra, DMD -- Dr. Frederick Marra attended college at the University of Rochester, graduating in 1976. Following graduation, he attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned his D.M.D. degree in 1980, and stayed on to complete a residency training program in General Dentistry, completing this in 1981. 

Since entering into private practice in 1981, Dr. Marra has followed a path of advancing his education. In 1989, he received his fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry, successfully completing over 500 hours of education, followed by the successful completion of the written fellowship examination. He then went on in 2000 to earn his Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Marra earned an additional 600 hours of continuing education credits, with 400 of those hours in participation programs. He completed an American Academy of Implant Dentistry-sanctioned maxi course at Brookdale Hospital in New York, and successfully completed the written associate fellowship examination. He became a Fellow in the International Congress of Oral Implantology. From 1982 through 1984, he completed a two-year orthodontic training program at the Institute for Graduate Dentists in New York City and has since completed numerous hours in orthodontic training. He also has fellowship in the American College of Dentists. 

Dr. Marra is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, the International Congress of Oral Implantology, and the International Association of Orthodontics. Dr. Marra is director for a local chapter of a Seattle Dental Study Club, The Capital District Continuum for Advanced Dental Education. 

Westchester Pediatric Dentistry
Private Practice
White Plains, NY
Component: Ninth District Dental Association
Nominated By: Dr. ​Amrita Patel

Nomination

I'm nominating Dr. Minerva Patel for all of her hard work and dedication to the ​oral health of the public. Dr. Patel is immediate past president of the Ninth District Dental Association, was on the ADA Council on Communications, and is a pediatric dentist in private practice in White Plains, New York. She is a tireless advocate and voice for students, residents, and new dentists, and was the founder of several membership and mentorship programs with the Touro College of Dental Medicine. She is a rock star mama and human!

Minerva Patel, DDS -- A Board Certified Pediatric Dentist in New York. Born and raised in Harrison, New York, Dr. Patel has a degree in dentistry from New York University and went on to complete a Pediatric Dental Program at Lutheran Medical Center, where she was chief-resident. She is an active member of the American Dental Association, American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

With an experience of 20 years, Dr. Patel has extensive training in pediatric facial growth and development, as well as interceptive orthodontics. Besides being a winner of several research awards, Dr. Patel also organizes and presents continuing education classes for dentists.

Dr. Patel has served as a Delegate for the American Dental Association and for the New York State Dental Association.  She is the Immediate- Past President of her local component, the 9^th District.  Dr. Patel was appointed to the Communications Council at the ADA from 2011-2015.  Her passion is membership and promoting women’s leadership roles, therefore has served in many positions with membership and new dentist initiatives over the last 20 years.

When she’s not working or volunteering her time to organized dentistry,  Dr. Patel enjoys traveling the world with her husband, Jason and her son Jaxon. She is also an avid reader, and enjoys cooking as a hobby.

Dr. Patel has been nominated for the last 16 years by her peers as one of Westchester’s Top Dentists.