Lynn K. Fujimoto-Ertel, DMD

Lynn Fujimoto, D.M.D., attended Washington University School of Dental Medicine and received her D.M.D. in 1979. She completed a postdoctoral residency in pediatric dentistry at University of California, Los Angeles in 1981. She has current dental licenses in Hawaii and California. She was in private practice for over 31 years at Pediatric Dentistry Associates in Pearl City, Hawaii. As a partner at Pediatric Dentistry Associates, she performed primary dental care as well as managed the dental service and facility. In 2009, she became the associate director of the NYU Langone Medical Center Pediatric Dentistry Program, Hawaii Site, and in 2012, she transitioned to this position full time.

Dr. Fujimoto has been a supervising faculty member and employee of the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. She has been involved in organized dentistry over the past 30 years, showing the ability to handle multiple tasks of private practice along with serving in volunteer organizations.

In 2014, she was president of the Hawaii Dental Association and has served as secretary, treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees. She is the president of the Hawaii Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and past president of the Western Society of Pediatric Dentistry and received the Lewis A. Kay Award from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry in May 2015 for outstanding leadership and education. Dr. Fujimoto has been awarded fellowship in the American College of Dentists, International College of Dentists and the Academy of Dentistry International. She has been committed to serving with Aloha Medical Mission in Ecuador, Guatemala and the Philippines as well as Global Dental Ambassadors to Nepal, Zambia and Sicily.