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Sacramento, CA
Dr. Shakalpi Pendurkar, of Los Gatos, has been appointed State Dental Director at the California Department of Public Health. Dr. Pendurkar has been the Lead Supervising Dentist at Gardner Health Services since 2003. She was Dental Health Administrator in the Office of Dental Health at the Alameda County Public Health Department from 2021 to 2023.
Dr. Pendurkar was Dental Director of Health Plan of San Mateo in 2021 and Director of Oral Public Health Programs at the San Mateo County Public Health Department from 2018 to 2021. She was an Epidemiology Consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1997 to 1999.
Dr. Pendurkar is a member of the American Dental Association, American Public Health Association, National Network for Oral Health Access and the American Association of Community Dental Programs.
She earned a Master of Public Health degree from Emory University and a Master of Dental Surgery degree in Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree in Dentistry from Nair Hospital Dental College. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $190,908. Dr. Pendurkar is a Democrat.
