
Dr. Rishabh Acharya received his dental training in India and was the recipient of the DY Patil University Gold Medal and the Pierre Fauchard Academy International Senior Student Award in 2014 for his outstanding academic achievements.
He successfully completed a postgraduate certificate in Prosthodontics and a Master of Dental Science (M.D.S) from the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, New Jersey. His thesis entitled Retentive strength and marginal gaps of a bioactive luting agent: An in vitro pilot study was published in the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry.
Dr. Acharya completed a fellowship in Oral Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics from The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas followed by an advanced education program in implant dentistry at the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, California.
Dr. Acharya joined the Division of Prosthodontics, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry, as a full-time faculty. Dr. Acharya is the director of the UCSF School of Dentistry's pre-doctoral implant program. He teaches clinical removable and fixed prosthodontics in the pre-doctoral clinic and treats patients in the UCSF Dental Center prosthodontic faculty practice.
Education and Training
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry | Fellowship | Implant Dentistry | 07/2019 |
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Fellowship | Oral Oncology and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics | 07/2018 |
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey | M.D.S. | Prosthodontics | 06/2017 |
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey | Postgraduate Certificate | Prosthodontics (Honors) | 06/2017 |
DY Patil University School of Dentistry | Internship (Group Practice Residency) | Dentistry | 10/2013 |
DY Patil University School of Dentistry | B.D.S. | Dentistry (Gold Medal) | 07/2012 |
DG Ruparel College of Arts, Science, and Commerce | Higher Secondary Certificate Examination | Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Distinction) | 06/2008 |
Bombay Scottish School | Indian Certificate of Secondary Examination | Distinction | 05/2006 |
Awards and Honors
American Academy of Implant Dentistry | 2020 | Associate Fellowship | |
American Academy of Maxillofacial Prosthetics | 2018 | Associate Fellowship | |
American Academy of Oral Medicine | 2018 | Case Report Award | |
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey | 2017 | National Honors Society | |
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas | 2017 | Chief Fellow | |
DY Patil University School of Dentistry, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 2014 | The Shri Prithviraj Soni University Gold Medal (Secured First Rank in Fourth Year Dental School) | |
Famdent, India | 2014 | Nominee, Undergraduate Student of the Year | |
Pierre Fauchard Academy, India Section | 2014 | Pierre Fauchard Academy (PFA) International Senior Student Award | |
Bite-in, India | 2013 | First Runner Up, Undergraduate Student of the Year | |
DY Patil University School of Dentistry, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 2013 | Scientific Committee Chair | |
Indian Periodontics Society and Johnson and Johnson | 2013 | Merit Award, Periodontology and Oral Implantology (Secured First Rank in Periodontology) | |
Indian Dental Association | 2012 | Indian Dental Association Students Profile of the Month | |
Indian Dental Association | 2012 | Indian Dental Association Students Profile of the Year | |
Indian Dental Association and Colgate | 2012 | Indian Dental Association and Colgate Joint Scholarship (Fourth Year Dental School) | |
Indian Dental Association and Colgate | 2011 | Indian Dental Association and Colgate Joint Scholarship (Third Year Dental School) | |
DY Patil University School of Dentistry, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 2010 | Merit Award, Dental Materials (Secured First Rank in Dental Materials in Second Year Dental School) | |
DY Patil University School of Dentistry, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 2010 | Merit Award, General and Dental Pharmacology (Secured First rank in General and Dental Pharmacology | |
Indian Dental Association and Colgate | 2010 | Indian Dental Association and Colgate Joint Scholarship (Second Year Dental School) | |
Indian Dental Association and Colgate | 2009 | Indian Dental Association and Colgate Joint Scholarship (First Year Dental School) |