


Dr. Glassman has had many years of dental practice experience treating patients with complex conditions and has published and lectured extensively in the areas of Hospital Dentistry, Dentistry for Patients with Special Needs, Dentistry for Individuals with Medical Disabilities, Dentistry for Patients with Dental Fear, Geriatric Dentistry, and Oral Health Systems reform. He has a long career working with special populations in a variety of practice and community settings. Dr. Glassman has been PI or Co-PI on over $30 million in grants and contracts over the last 30 years devoted to community-service demonstration and research programs designed to improve oral health for people with disabilities and other underserved populations.
Finally Dr. Glassman has been prominent in advocacy efforts on a state and national level for health system reform to improve oral health systems for a wide variety of underserved groups.

Having a keen interest in biomedical research, Dr. Wu spent many years as a Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in Journals such as, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A, J. Biomed. Sci, and Methods in Enzymology .
She obtained her Masters in Oral Biology, Certificate in Periodontology and Oral Implantology and Certificate in Intravenous Sedation at the University of California San Francisco, where she is now teaching as an Assistant Clinical Professor.
In addition to teaching future Periodontists, Dr. Wu is also a Conscious Sedation Evaluator and Subject Matter Expert for the California Dental Board. She has enjoyed participating with Physicians, Dentists and Students delivering dental care in Honduras and in the underserved local community.