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Fred Quarnstrom:

I am semi retired. I practice 2 days a week for the lady dentist who worked for me for 12 years and purchased my practice. I have now worked for her 8 years. This gives me a chance to stay in touch with my long time patients, their children and grandchildren. My practice was in a modest to low income, multiracial part of Seattle. It was successful beyond my fondest dreams. 

I graduated from dental school 51 years ago. I spend 2 years attached to the Marine Corps and Seabees as a dentist including the first across the beach amphibious assault in Vietnam at Chu Lai. I did dentistry on our troop, on Vietnam villagers and medical air evacuations of the wounded. In all, I had 8 years in the Naval Reserves and 2 years in the Army ROTC.  I next did a one year MD residency in an anesthesiology residency at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC. 

I have taught fear and pain control courses for 6 dental schools, in 35 states and 15 countries; in all 252 nitrous oxide oxygen sedation and 116 oral conscious sedation, 125 medical emergency and130 electronic dental anesthesia programs: 738 total CE presentations. I have had 56 papers published and wrote chapters in 3 books. I am a flight instructor and have 1000 hours of pilot in command and am a Docent at the Seattle Museum of Flight. I am active in Boy Scouts as and Eagle Scout Board member and am a Silver Beaver.

in addition to sedation and pain control courses I have taught Age Relevant Dentistry programs, I spend 20 years doing quality reviews for union welfare dental programs. I served on our Dental Board for 4 years and have served as an expert witness in 45 legal cases. One had a $34,000,000 award. I have worked for dentists and for patients. I will not take a case I do not 100% believe in. 

You can reach Dr. Quarnstrom at [email protected]

www.faculty.washington.edu/quarn