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Prabha Krishnan Honored for Distinguished Service
Prabha Krishnan Honored for Distinguished Service
New York State Dental Association PresidentElect Prabha Krishnan was honored by her component society, Queens County, in January, when she was presented with the society’s highest honor, the Emil Lentchner Distinguished Service Award. The presentation was made at QCDS’s Installation of Officers, DinnerDance Gala, held at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck.
Among the 240 guests present at the gala were: ADA President Linda Edgar; QCDS Executive Director and past ADA and NYSDA President Chad Gehani; Congressman Adriano Espaillat; Congresswoman Grace Meng; NYSDA President Anthony Cuomo, Executive Director Greg Hill and Vice President Maurice Edwards; several NYSDA Trustees, local component presidents and executive directors.
In presenting the award, Dr. Gehani said Dr. Krishnan was being recognized for “her many years of distinguished service to the dental profession locally, on the state level and nationally, and to our organization and community in particular.”
In accepting the award, Dr. Krishnan spoke about the importance of the tripartite and the core values of the organization. She encouraged everyone to get involved, work together and help make the dental profession strong.
The Forest Hills periodontist has been involved with organized dentistry since she opened her practice more than 30 years ago. As a member of QCDS, she served on many committees before being elected president of the society in 2009. While president, she spearheaded the movement to create a Women in Dentistry Conference, the first meeting of its kind and winner of an ADA Golden Apple Award.
At the conclusion of her presidential term, Dr. Krishnan became more involved in NYSDA leadership and served on the State Association Board of Trustees from 2015-2019. She was elected vice president in 2022 and is slated to be installed as president later this year. Among the other roles she has held, Dr. Krishnan was a member of the NYSDA Council on Membership and Communications, Council on Dental Benefits and chaired the Council on Governmental Affairs. She is immediate past chair of the ADA Council on Communications, was a member of the ADA Diversity and Inclusion Committee and an ADA delegate.
In addition to her practice, Dr. Krishnan has been an attending and chief of periodontics at the Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Department of Dentistry, since 1995 and has served as an associate clinical professor at New York University College of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics. She also volunteers with several community organizations.
