Dr. Preeti Jois

Dental Health

Many don’t think that dental health can directly affect heart health. How is that the case? What should people be doing? What damage can bad dental health do to the rest of your body? Our expert discusses.

Preeti Jois, MD FACEP, is Medical Director of the Chest Pain Evaluation Center and assistant professor of emergency medicine at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. Dr. Jois completed her undergraduate work at the University of Florida and is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Medicine. After a residency in emergency medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Dr. Jois completed a fellowship focusing specifically on cardiovascular emergencies at the Cleveland Clinic emergency medicine department. A diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Jois joined the University of Florida College of Medicine faculty in 2008. She has led the UF Code Blue Committee since 2009 and has authored several papers and studies related to cardiovascular emergencies. In 2010, she received the College of Medicine’s Exemplary Teacher Award. Dr. Jois is also a Captain in the US Air Force Reserves, 920th ASTS.

Dr. Leigh Vinocur

2 / 3 / 2012