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Moshtagh R Farokhi
Dental School
Comprehensive Dentistry
210-567-4589
farokhi@uthscsa.edu
Education
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| Year | Degree | Discipline | Institution |
| 2012 | Postdoctoral Training | Education/Teaching | UTHSCSA, The Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching San Antonio , TX |
| 2008 | Clinical Fellowship | Public Health Dentistry | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
| 2007 | Residency | Dental Public Health (American Academy of Public Health Demists, Leveret Merit Award, For Outstanding Achievement in Dental Public Health) | University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio , TX |
| 2002 | MPH | Dentistry | University of Glasgow, School of Medicine Glasgow , Scotland, UK |
| 1992 | Residency | Dentistry | University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry Minneapolis , MN |
| 1991 | DDS | Dentistry, Doctor of Dental Surgery | University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry Minneapolis , MN |
| 1986 | BS | Chemistry, Life Sciences & Public Health | University of Minnesota Minneapolis , MN |
Appointments
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| 9/2016 - Present | Associate Professor/Clinical | University Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Comprehensive Dentistry, San Antonio, TX |
Expertise
| Community Service Learning - An early adopter of a Community Service Learning practice approach, a joint effort and collaboration with the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics (CMHE) at the UTHSA School of Medicine and by way of interprofessional education setting since 2009. |
| Interprofessional Education - An early adopter for interprofessional education, IPE for the UTHSA with the implementation of dental collaborative component of the San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic or SARHC (with SOM, SON),the School Based Prevention and TeamSTEPPS training module (with SON) as well as IPE curricular activities with SHP, SOM and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. |
| Teaching with Cases: Web-based Teaching Activity - Adopting Teaching with Cases approach, designed as interactive web-based modules utilizing patient case scenarios for pre-clinical teaching expressed as a SoftChalk format since 2011. |
Publications
Electronic/Web Publication |
| Hrynyshyn LA, Farokhi MR. Lower Levels of Caregiver Literacy and Education Increase the Child?s Risk of Developing Childhood Caries 2017 Apr. Available from: https://cats.uthscsa.edu/found_cats_view.php?id=3150 . |
| Smalls D, Farokhi MR. Patients With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Have Lower Salivary Flow and a Higher Incidence of Dental Erosion 2016 Apr. Available from: https://cats.uthscsa.edu/found_cats_view.php?id=3039&vSearch= This CAT was considered for the International Journal of Evidence-based Practice for the Dental Hygienist Journal publication. |
| Ng C, Farokhi MR. Surgical Treatment in Conjunction With Air Polishing Powder Reduces Inflammation Associated With Peri-Implantitis 2016 Apr. Available from: https://cats.uthscsa.edu/found_cats_view.php?id=2999 . |
| Chapa CH, Farokhi MR. The Use of Casein Phosphopeptide Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Fluoride (CPP-ACPF) Products Can Improve The Salivary Rate And Buffer Capacity in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy Treatment 2016 Mar. Available from: https://cats.uthscsa.edu/found_cats_view.php?id=3013 . |
| Mowery B, Farokhi MR. Electrolyzed Ion-Reduced Water Could Reduce Oral Counts of Periodontal Pathogens 2016 Feb. Available from: https://cats.uthscsa.edu/found_cats_view3.php?id=2987&vAuthor=mowery . |
Journal Article |
| Murad Alrashd, BDS,MS,MAS1; Ahmed Hameed; Maria Jose Cervantes Mendez, DDS,MS and Moshtagh Farokhi,DDS,MPH. Education intervention with respect to the oral health knowledge, attitude, and behaviors of refugee families: A randomized clinical trial of effectiveness J Public Health Dent 2020 Oct;. |
| Moshtagh R Farokhi, Belal Heddaya, Andrew Jeffery and Browning Wayman. WHEN ORAL AND SYSTEMIC HEALTH CONNECT Southeast Case Research Journal 2020 Aug;17:65-68. |
| Worabo HL, Parke KA, Muck A, Farokhi M. Refugee Healthcare Needs: Perceptions of Health and Social Service Professionals in South Texas Texas Public Health Journal 2019 Oct;71(4):13-18. |
| Adel JW, Berstein E, Tcheyan M, Ali S, Worabo H, Farokhi M, Muck AE. San Antonio Refugees: Their Demographics, Healthcare Profiles, and How to Better Serve Them PLOS One 2019 Feb;14(2):1-16. |
| Moshtagh R. Farokhi, Andrew Muck, Juanita Lozano-Pineda, Stephanie L. Boone, Heidi Worabo. Using Interprofessional Education to Promote Oral Health Literacy in a Faculty-Student Collaborative Practice Journal of Dental Education 2018 Oct;82(10):1091-1097. |
| Farokhi MR. An Interactive Geriatric Denture Case Study Approach Engaging Dental Students Designed to Link Oral Health, Nutrition and Patient Counseling in an Interprofessional Setting MedEdPORTAL 2015 Jun;. |
| Farokhi MR, Vivanco RK, Muck A. An Interprofessional Collaborative Student-Run Clinic by Dental, Nursing and Medical Faculty and Students at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio for Refugees MedEdPORTAL 2013 2013 Aug;9(9497). |
Review Article |
| Shah M, Farokhi MR. The Use of Xylitol Products in Patients With Xerostomia May Relieve Symptoms of Oral Dryness and Discomfort J Evid Based Pract Dent Hygienis 2016 Mar;2(2). |
| Mathews N, Farokhi MR. The Use of Waterpipe Smoking Can Produce Short-Term and Long-Term Effects on Cardiovascular Function J Evid Based Pract Dent Hygienis 2016 Feb;2(2). |
Teaching
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| Date | Description | Institution | # Students |
| 9/2019 - Present | General Dentistry Seminar | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 100 students |
| Supervise and evaluate DS4 students in their Leaders in Oral Health Module. | |||
| 1/2019 - Present | IPE communication and team ready TeamSTEPPS Training | 104 students | |
| Develop and raise awareness of DS2 and NS4 student within the constraints of the environment and as the IPEC competency of communication as a master trainer for TeamSTEPPS | |||
| 9/2018 - Present | DIPC-6002- Introduction to Patient Care | 104 students | |
| Course Director - Co-directing the DIPC-6002 including but not limited to attending meetings; assessments; OSCE development and implementations. | |||
| 9/2018 - Present | DIPC-6002- IPE as School-Based Prevention Program | 154 students | |
| Synchronous and asynchronous hybrid flipped classroom didactic and hands on training for DS2 and NS4 students (SOD-SON) in a community setting. | |||
| 7/2017 - Present | DIPC-5001 Clinical Prevention and Hard tissue Exam | 103 students | |
| Teaching via an interactive case-based flipped classroom didactic approach setting; demonstrate and teach clinical patient management and treatment planning in real time. | |||
| 7/2017 - Present | DIPC-5001-Motivational Interviewing Workshop | 104 students | |
| Teaching with interactive cases workshop; a prelude for tobacco cessation patient interviewing sessions. | |||
| 7/2017 - Present | DIPC-5001-Tobacco Cessation Workshop | 104 students | |
| A hands-on synchronous and asynchronous flipped classroom interactive teaching approach towards tobacco cessation. | |||
| 2/2016 - Present | Pre-Doctoral Student Supervision | UT Health San Antonio | |
| 8/2014 - Present | Pre-Doctoral Student Supervision | UTHSCSA Schools of Medicine and Nursing | |
| 6/2014 - Present | Learning Enhancement for Achievement in Dentistry | 4 students | |
| A summer research mentorship towards mini introduction to IRB; obtaining expedited IRB approval; mini literature reviews; designing clinical research; evaluation and data collection; data entry; how to write an abstract for presentation submissions to conferences centered towards service-learning and research. | |||
| 5/2013 - Present | Heroes for the Homeless | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 40 students |
| A selective addressing complex homeless patient training for DS4 students. | |||
| 8/2012 - Present | SELC 7114, Interporfessional Community Service Learning | 100 students | |
| Course Director - Working with MS and other professional students the DS3, DS4 and DH4 students learn the hybrid hands on approach to community service learning. | |||
| 8/2012 - Present | ELEC 5044-INTD 4007 Inter-professional Community Service | 45 students | |
| Leadership training in interprofessional Education: Created a hybrid course thought with UTHSA, schools of Medicine and Health profession for dental, medical, SHP students as well as the UTSA, pre-medical FAME students. | |||
| 8/2012 - Present | SELC 7115, Leadership In Interprofessional Service Learning | 100 students | |
| Course Director - Teaching and evaluating leadership training of DS3, DS4, MS2 and NS4 students as a community based setting. | |||
| 8/2005 - Present | Nutrition | The University of Texas Health Science Center | 99 students |
| Clinical Nutrition: Instruct DS3 students regarding edentulous and dentate patient dietary assessment; provision of tobacco, dietary and oral health counseling to DS3s; schedule and evaluate in-person clinical nutrition counseling sessions in junior clinic by way of supportive interprofessional collaboration with staff registered dietitian. Currently the activities regarding this module are centered at SoftChalk creation and facilitation. |
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