A lifelong Husky, he received his BS, DDS, and MSD at Washington. During his oral medicine training he completed his master’s thesis and a clinical fellowship at SCCA. As a student researcher, Dr. Dean was involved in several projects under the direction of Dr. Edmond Truelove which focused on the utility of adjunctive diagnostic techniques in the assessment of oral mucosal lesions. Their study on narrow-band fluorescent imaging of the oral mucosa in routine dental patients was published in General Dentistry in 2011. Dr. Dean’s current research focuses on the relationship of oral health to post-treatment outcomes in hematopoietic cell transplantation. Dr. Dean previously practiced as a general dentist in Tukwila, WA and is an active member in the AGD.