Richard M. Williams, DDS
Advanced oral and maxillofacial surgical skill is founded on a quality education
“Dentistry is a long-standing tradition in my family, but oral surgery was always a draw to me because of the potential to make a big difference for people with serious, complex needs. From the beginning, I knew that in order to offer the very best care to my patients, I’d have to work hard at getting a quality education. I feel that in addition to my DDS degree, the extensive advanced training I’ve received has given me an excellent foundation of skills and knowledge. Today, I believe that the results I achieve for patients speak to the value of this additional training. It’s definitely been worth the extra time and effort.”
Diplomate: American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Fellow: American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
DDS: Georgetown University School of Dentistry, magna cum laude
Residency: Georgetown University Medical Center
Internship: Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, DC
Assistant Clinical Professor: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology
Hospital Affiliations: Washington Hospital Center, Shavy Grove Adventist Hospital, and Frederick Memorial Hospital
Committed to professional growth and improvement
“My membership in these and numerous other professional organizations allows me to meet with fellow professionals and learn about the latest innovations and share my own experiences. This is another important way I’m able to provide only the best in today’s advances in oral and maxillofacial surgery.”
Member: American Dental Association, Middle Atlantic Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Maryland State Dental Association, Maryland Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, District of Columbia Dental Society, District of Columbia Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Honors Memberships: International College of Dentists, American College of Dentists
Dr. Williams lives in suburban Maryland with his wife, Melanie. He is also actively involved in the community, having served on the board of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society and numerous philanthropic organizations, including Rotary International and the Jaycees.
“I believe that spending time with my patients before they undergo their treatment is a vital part of quality care. First, I want you to become comfortable with my staff and me, and to then fully understand what kind of treatment you need and why. I also need to make sure I understand your concerns. I want to know if you’re anxious and why, what your pain threshold is and how you’ve responded in the past to dental work. Together, we’ll figure out exactly how to make your experience here as comfortable and pain-free as possible. Only then can I give you the completely positive experience I believe you deserve.”
Kalpakam A. Shastri, DDS
Dr. Shastri is a board certified Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon and is well versed with a wide range of surgical procedures. After graduating from Northwestern University Dental School, Dr. Shastri completed her surgical residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Prior to relocating to the greater DC area, she was a staff Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon at Tufts Medical Center and an Assistant Professor at the University. Her expertise includes wisdom teeth removal, bone graft procedures and dental implants, traumatic injuries, orthognathic surgery as well as pathology and reconstruction. Dr. Shastri only works in our DC location. She is trained in pediatric and adult anesthesia and sedation. She is currently part of the faculty at Washington Hospital Center and also an attending Oral Surgeon at National Institutes of Health.
Hospital Affiliations: Washington Hospital Center
Ronald S. Brown, DDS, MS
Dr. Brown is currently a professor in the department of Comprehensive Dentistry, Division of Oral Diagnosis, at Howard University College of Dentistry and also the Director of Continuing Dental Education. He is currently a clinical associate professor within the department of otolaryngology at Georgetown University Medical Center, and a volunteer research associate at NHLBI/NIH Hematology Branch. Ron Brown is a Washington DC native and attended the University of Maryland and graduated from Georgetown University School of Dentistry in 1971. He served in the US Army Dental Corps at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, and returned to the Washington, DC Metro area in private practice in Northern Virginia and DC. He completed postdoctoral education in pharmacology and oral medicine at Georgetown University with an MS in 1988. He has had previous faculty positions at Georgetown University School of Dentistry, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Hospital Affiliations: Washington Hospital Center
His areas of research concern oral medicine, clinical pharmaocology trials, oral inflammatory diseases (Chronic Oral graft versus host disease), and drug-induced gingival overgrowth. He is a reviewer for JADA, General Dentistry, Oral Diseases, Journal of Dental Education, Postgraduate Medicine, and Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology, the Journal of Dental Education, and on the editorial board of Dentistry Today, Case Reports in Dentistry, and Clinical, Cosmetic, & Investigational Dentistry among others. Dr. Brown only works in our DC location. He has over 100 published journal articles, over a dozen combined published books and book chapters and has lectured and presented widely, both nationally and internationally.
For the last several years, he has been listed as one of the top 100 CDE providers by Dentistry Today. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Medicine (ABOM), presently secretary of the ABOM, and a past-president of the American Academy of Oral Medicine.
For state-of-the-art surgical care for your total oral health, trust our dental surgeon. Call us at 202-364-9400 (Chevy Chase office) or 301-540-8844 (Germantown) or use our online form to schedule your appointment. We welcome patients from in and around Montgomery County, including Gaithersburg, Bethesda, Chevy Chase Village and Washington, DC.
