Dr. Sheila Rao

Dr. Sheila was born in Devon, England and moved to Florida when she was 6 years old. She then moved to California a couple years after and grew up there. She attended University of California Riverside, earning a BA in Liberal Studies with a major in Psychology and a minor in Philosophy. She received her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine in 1996 and completed her Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Pediatric Dentistry in 1998 at the same school. She has practiced pediatric dentistry since. She was an adjunct clinical faculty at University of Louisville in KY while her husband was in residency.

She moved to sunny Arizona in 2007, and Arizona has been her home since. Dr. Sheila loves being a Pediatric Dentist and since 2014, she has been training new residents as an attending for the NYU Langone–Phoenix/Casa Grande Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Sheila is a member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Arizona Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, a Special Smiles Clinical Director for Special Olympics, and serves as an evaluator for oral conscious sedation permits with the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners.

Dr. Sheila and her husband, Dr. Siu, are blessed with a wonderful daughter. As a family they love traveling, cooking, trying new restaurants and enjoying different cultures.