HIV Dental Alliance's President, Dr. David Reznik, has been elected as President of the Georgia Board of Dentistry
HIV Dental Alliance| June 10, 2025

For Immediate Release

 

Atlanta, GA – It is with great honor that we announce that HIV Dental Alliance's Founder and President, Dr. David Reznik, had been elected to the Georgia Board of Dentistry. Dr. Reznik was appointed to the board of the Georgia Board of Dentistry in 2021 and has made an impact on dentistry throughout Georgia and the world. Dr. Reznik has a dedication to professional excellence, and his reach has been extensive.

 

Dr. David Reznik is a graduate of Emory College and Emory University’s School of Dentistry and is the Director of the Oral Health Center of Grady’s Infectious Disease Program, which he founded 26 years ago. Dr. Reznik serves as Chief of the Dental Medicine Service for the Grady Health System. Dr. Reznik is president and founder of the HIV Dental Alliance (HIVdent.org), a not-for-profit organization of concerned healthcare providers committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for people living with HIV disease.

 

Dr. Reznik set up oral health programs throughout the United States for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (HAB). He has also lectured and published extensively on HIV, oral health and access to care. Dr. Reznik served as chair of the Treatment and Care and Domestic sub-committees as an appointee of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (2002 – 2007).

Dr. Reznik’s research includes Epidemiology of candidiasis in HIV+ patients, treatment and typing of human papilloma virus-related oral diseases, metagenomics of HIV-related periodontal disease, and HIV/AIDS Screening in the Dental Setting. Dr. Reznik has put together CE courses in conjunction with Henry Schein and also published numerous articles on HIV/AIDS in the dental setting.

 

We look forward to the contributions Dr. Reznik will make in the years to come.

  Specialty  
  Infection Control  
     

  Education  

Medical School

Emory University School of Post-Graduate Dentistry

Internship

Emory University School of Post-Graduate Dentistry

Residency

Emory University School of Post-Graduate Dentistry

 

 

 


  Boards and Memberships  

Georgia Board of Dentistry

President

June 2025 to Present

Georgia, United States

Georgia Board of Dentistry

Board Member

Oct 2021 - Present

Georgia, United States

Grady Health System

Chief Dental Service

May 2000 to Present

Georgia, United States

     

HIV Dental Alliance

President

Jun 1997 - Present

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Grady Health System

Director, Oral Health Center, Infectious Disease Program

Jul 1993 - Present

Georgia, United States

Georgia Oral Health Coalition

Georgia, United States

     

The AIDS Institute Board of Directors

President

Dec 2019 - Feb 2023

Urban Health Initiative

Fellow

Feb 2018 to 2018

Atlanta, Georgia

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Clinical Scholar Alumnus

Sep 2016 - Sep 2019

The AIDS Institute Board of Directors

Vice President of the Board

Apr 2013 - Dec 2019

Emory University

Advisory Board Member | Urban Health Initiative

Aug 2013 - Oct 2021

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

Heath and Human Services

Aug 2002 to Jun 2007

Chair, Domestic sub-committee and Treatment and Care sub-committee

 

Clinical Journal of HIV & AIDS

Editorial board member

 
 

 

 

 

Awards

 

Grady Service Award 2024

Distinguished Achievement Award

Emory University School of Dentistry Alumni Association 2023

Dr. James J. Crawford Lifetime Achievement Award 2021
     
International College of Dentists - Inductee 2021 Atlanta Business Chronicle Healthcare Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 HRSA - HIV/AIDS Bureau - Associate Administrator's Award 2008
     
Metropolitan Atlanta HIV Health Services Planning Council Award And more...