September 2026 Meeting

Wednesday September 16th, 2026
5:30pm Legacy Country Club in Cherry Hill

Get to Know Dr. Kulkarni

Dr. Roopali Kulkarni is a board-certified oral medicine specialist and an Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine at Penn Dental Medicine. She also serves as the Director of the postgraduate oral medicine residency program. She obtained both her Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) and Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her postgraduate residency training in Oral Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Kulkarni currently teaches predoctoral and postdoctoral students clinically in the Oral Medicine clinic and lectures didactically on topics within oral medicine, sleep medicine, and interdisciplinary care. Her scholarly work focuses on both oral medicine and public health. In addition to her faculty responsibilities, Dr. Kulkarni serves as an Attending at the University of Pennsylvania Health System and treats patients at Penn Medicine Radnoar and the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.

Course Objectives:

Understand evidence-based screening practices for sleep-related

breathing disorders (SRBDs) in the dental office

Learn to implement comprehensive head and neck examination

Techniques for general assessment of SRBDs

Develop skills in interdisciplinary methods of management of SRBDs

Please note: This year’s regular meetings will be held at the Legacy Country Club in Cherry Hill

DINNER CHOICES

• Chicken Saltimbocca
• Atlantic Salmon with White Wine Chive Butter
•  Wild Mushroom Ravioli

Meeting is free to members. Member Hygienists are $65. Non-Members and Non-Member Hygienists are $75.