2025 Dental Conference Speakers

  • Dr. Gordon C. Fraser Jr. DMD

    Dr. Fraser has been trained as a Periodontist in the placement of dental implants and surgical procedures limited to the oral cavity. He is a graduate of Temple University and served his country as a periodontist in the United States Air Force. Dr. Fraser is an internationally acclaimed lecturer and has traveled internationally to teach dentists about periodontics and implant dentistry.

  • Dr. Karen E. Johnson DDS, MHS

    Dr. Johnson ia a Periodontist who has taught full time as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Periodontics and part-time in the Dental Hygiene Department at Trident Technical College in Charleston. She taught part-time and was until May 2021, the Dental Assisting Program Director at Fortis College, Columbia, SC. She continues private practices in Columbia, SC and is the CEO and owner of KEB Dental LLC, a practice Limited to Periodontics, and of Better Sleep By Design LLC, a DME provider soley for Sleep Apnea patients.

  • Debra Engelhardt-Nash

    Debra Engelhardt-Nash has been in dentistry over 30 years. She is a trainer, author, presenter and consultant. Debra has presented workshops nationally and internationally for numerous study groups and organizations. As a result of her work, she has had the honor of meeting amazing people and speaking in beautiful countries such as Peru, Sweden, Romania, England, Croatia, France, and Turkey. She is a repeat presenter for the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and the Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting.

  • Dr. Ross W. Nash DDS

    Ross W. Nash, DDS maintains a private practice in Huntersville, North Carolina where his focus is on esthetic and cosmetic dentistry. He graduated from North Carolina State University as a textile engineer and 4 years later went on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his dental degree graduating in 1978 at the age of 31. He is the co-founder and President of the Nash Institute for Dental Learning located in Huntersville, North Carolina, an AGD approved post graduate training facility for dentists and their teams.

  • Dr. Antoine G. Johnson DDS

    Dr. Johnson has over 10 years experience in private practice with strong interests in the fields of Dental Implants, Bone Grafting and Pre Prosthetic Surgery as well as Head and Neck Pathology/Reconstruction. He finds great joy and fulfillment in transforming lives by correcting oral and maxillofacial abnormalities. He is a board certified Oral Surgeon, a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He is also a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society and the American Dental Association. He currently serves on staff at Howard County General Hospital, a Johns Hopkins Affiliate Hospital in Columbia, Maryland.

  • Dr. Edward Kirsh DDS

    Edward Kirsh was raised in South Florida and attended Miami Beach Sr. High school. After attending Florida State University, he entered Dental School at the Loyola University of Chicago and graduated in 1992. He returned to South Florida to attend a two-year Hospital Dentistry Residency at the Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Miami VA Medical Center. After leaving residency, he practiced General Dentistry for the next three years. Dr. Kirsh went on to pursue a specialty in Endodontics and accepted a residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Upon his graduation in 1999 with a specialty in Endodontics, he returned to South Florida where he has been practicing his specialty full time.

  • Dr. Kristen Darville

    With over 18 years of experience in pediatric dentistry, Dr. Kristen Darville was the Chairman/Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at her alma mater Meharry Medical College before moving home to Nassau and founding “My First Dentist,” a pediatric dentistry practice. She also partnered with her long-time mentor, Dr. Barry Russell, to open “Premier Dental Group,” a multi-specialty group catering to the entire family. Dr. Darville is a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. She is married to International Gospel Artist, Minister Sherwin Gardner.

  • Dr. Sy Coolidge Pierre

    Dr. Pierre is a Consultant Anaesthetist in private practice and at Doctors Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas where he previously worked as a Medical Doctor and Chief of Medical Staff. He also served as Consultant Anaesthetist for the Department of Anaesthesia & Critical Care Medicine at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Bahamas. Dr. Pierre is currently the president of the Bahamas Alumni Association of MeHarry Medical College and has previously been president of the Medical Association of the Bahamas (MAB) and the United Healthcare Reform Alliance (UHRA) as well as board members of Bahamas Medical Council and the National Health Insurance Board.

  • Dr Amit Paryag

    Dr Amit Paryag completed the requirements for the double masters degree and the title Master of Clinical Dentistry – Fixed and Removable Prosthodontics with Distinction from King’s College London in 2010. He lectured at The University of The West Indies School Of Dentistry, and published in Dentistry on various topics for fourteen (14) years. He resides and practices in the Bahamas.