Dr Edward Ko, DDS’85

Edward Ko, DDS’85, associate professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, was awarded the Pierre Fauchard Academy Teacher of the Year award by the Southern California Section of the Academy in April during the California Dental Association’s Annual Recognition and Awards Luncheon in Anaheim. Candidates for the Pierre Fauchard Academy award are solicited from senior dental students. Dr. Ko’s route to dentistry began in Hong Kong. He graduated from Sam Yuk Secondary School in 1968, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics in chemistry in 1973 from Walla Walla University, and a Bachelor of Science in medical technology in 1975 from Walla Walla University before earning his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from LLUSD in 1985. After a year’s hospital dentistry residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Dr. Ko practiced dentistry privately in Bakersfield, California, for fifteen years before serving from 2000 to 2004 as director of the dental department at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital. He has been on the LLUSD faculty since September 2004.