Meet Dr. Rebecca Lee

Leadership and Advocacy

• President of the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry (CSPD) , 2013-2014. Dr. Lee served on the CSPD Board of Directors for 9 years as either a Director or member of the Executive Committee. Her committee assignments included chairing the Child Advocacy Committee, the Leadership Development Committee, the Governance and Administration Committee, and the Annual Meeting Committee.
• Current President of the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting pediatric dental education.
• Board of Trustees for the Western Society of Pediatric Dentistry, 2011-2015
• Fellow of the American College of Dentists since 2013.
• Member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy since 2017.
• Previous Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the USC School of Dentistry
• Past President of the USC Pediatric Dentistry Alumni Association (2015-2016) and member of their Board of Directors from 2008-2014.

Education

• Graduate of UC Berkeley (1995)
• Graduate of UCLA School of Dentistry (1999)
• Graduate of the Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency from UCSF (2000)
• USC Pediatric Dentistry Residency (2003)

Professional Affiliations

• Board certified Pediatric Dentist and member of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry College of Diplomates since 2012. 
• Member (by invitation only) of the California Pedodontic Research Conference 
• Member of the California and American Dental Associations, the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry, and the San Fernando Valley Dental Society
• Member of the Southern California Society of Dentistry for Children

Dr. Rebecca Lee was raised in the South Bay of Los Angeles. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her  children (Belén and Donovan) and family (which includes her 2 dogs, 3 cats, and 3 chickens!) Her passions  include a spiritual Buddhist practice, reading, cooking, traveling, and surfing.  She has traveled outside of the US to at least 28 countries and surfed in seven of them. The active practice of compassion and gratitude play a central role in Dr. Rebecca's life, and she has worked as a volunteer dentist in Mexico, the West Indies, Israel, Guatemala, Peru, and Cambodia (with India and Ecuador planned for 2024!) 

 Professionally, Dr. Lee attended UC Berkeley for her undergraduate education before receiving a dental degree at UCLA. She then completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry at UC San Francisco and then went on to specialize in pediatric dentistry at USC. In addition to receiving awards for her research while at both UCLA and USC, she was given the American Society of Dentistry for Children Award in 1999.  In 2000, in acknowledgement of her participation and commitment to volunteer dentistry, she was awarded Fellowship in the Academy of Dentistry International (FADI). 

Dr. Lee opened her private practice in 2003. In addition to private practice, she also volunteered as a part-time clinic instructor at USC for several years. In 2007, she began her journey into organized dentistry and leadership, becoming the youngest president of the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry in 2013. Through her work as a member of the CSPD Board for over 9 years, she has served as an advocate both for her profession and for children's oral health in the state of California. In addition, she has been nominated and accepted as a member of multiple prestigious, invitation-only dental organizations, including the American College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and the California Pediatric Dental Research Conference. Currently, she serves as the president of the CSPD Foundation,  a non-profit organization whose mission is to support pediatric dental education.