New Mexico Endodontic Center

David M. Baker, DMD

Dr. Baker graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He received his DMD degree from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 2008. Immediately following graduation from dental school, Dr. Baker began his specialty training in the Department of Endodontics at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston. He received his Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Endodontics in June 2010.

While a student at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Baker was honored with the Student Leader Award by the American College of Dentists "for outstanding leadership, scholastic performance, and potential for impact on the profession of dentistry." He was also inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon dental honor fraternity. During commencement ceremonies at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Dr. Baker was presented with the Norman B. Nesbett Award "for excellence in the field of clinical dentistry," and the Dr. Joel L. Dunsky Award, "for exceptional interest, aptitude and achievement in predoctoral endodontics."

In July 2010, Dr. Baker, his wife Patricia and their two sons moved to Santa Fe to join the New Mexico Endodontic Center. As Patricia spent her teenage years in Los Alamos, where her parents still reside, they were delighted to be close to family and back in New Mexico.

Dr. Baker has been active in local and national dental organizations including the American Association of Endodontists, American Dental Association, and Santa Fe District Dental Society for which he currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer. He was proud to participate as a volunteer endodontist in the 2010 New Mexico Mission of Mercy in Albuquerque. He is actively pursuing board certification, having successfully completed part I in spring 2010 thereby attaining the status of Board Eligible Endodontist, American Board of Endodontics. In November 2011, Dr. Baker completed the second of three steps toward Board Certification.

Curriculum Vitae

Born:	1978	Los Gatos, California
Married	2004	Patricia Dziewinska Baker
Education:	2001	B.S. University of California, Berkeley, with honors
	2008	D.M.D. Harvard School of Dental Medicine, magna cum laude
	2010	C.A.G.S. Endodontics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Board Certification:		Board Eligible Endodontist, American Board of Endodontics
Awards & Honors	2008	Norman B Nesbett Award, HSDM Alumni Association
	2008	Dr. Joel L. Dunsky Award, Harvard School of Dental Medicine
	2008	Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Fraternity
	2008	Student Leader Award, American College of Dentists
	2001	Commencement Speaker, College of Natural Resources, UCB
	2001	Honors in Genetics and Plant Biology, UCB
	2001	Honors in the College of Natural Resources, UCB
Private Practice	2009-2010	General Dentistry, limited to endodontics, Boston, MA
	2010-present	New Mexico Endodonitc Center, Santa Fe, NM; Los Alamos, NM
Professional Memberships		American Association of Endodontists
		American Dental Association
		New Mexico Dental Association
		Santa Fe District Dental Society