We are excited to announce that Dr. Deepti Karhade will be joining The Medford Center for Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. DeFeo and Dr. Gheewalla hand-picked Dr. Karhade to be part of our family and your child’s care. Dr. Karhade shares similar treatment philosophies with Dr. DeFeo and has excellent dental technical skills.

Dr. Karhade received her DMD from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and completed her residency in pediatric dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Karhade has been recognized nationally and internationally for her clinical excellence, contributions to the field of pediatric dentistry and service to the community.

During residency, Dr. Karhade developed an algorithm for Early Childhood Caries (ECC), which has since been featured by Google as a cloud computing case study. Additionally, her work has been recognized by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) on several occasions. As a first-year resident, Dr. Karhade was the recipient of the Ralph E McDonald award, presented to the most outstanding research by a resident or recent graduate of Pediatric Dentistry. In her final year of training, Dr. Karhade served as the chief resident in pediatric dentistry. Most recently, Dr. Karhade was invited to share her work at the Google Cloud Government and Education Summit and was featured in the ‘YIAPD – We are the Future’ session by the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry.

Dr. Karhade has been the recipient of the resident recognition award from the AAPD and scholarships from the American Dental Education Association, GlaxoSmithKline, Tylenol, and the Dental Trade Alliance (DTA) foundation. In addition, she serves as the director of strategy for 2 Minute Medicine, a physician led medical media company.

Since her childhood, Dr. Karhade has been a classically trained vocalist with multiple invited performances internationally. In their free time, Dr. Karhade and her husband love spending time outdoors with their golden retriever, Simba.

Dr. Karhade is incredibly passionate about providing her patients with the highest level of care and strives to make your child’s experience unique and every visit a fun, positive and educational experience for the entire family!

Please reach out to us with any questions. We cannot wait for you to meet Dr. Karhade this fall.