Dr. Stephens has spent most of his career working to improve the lives of children. He cares deeply about oral health care equity, particularly for vulnerable children. To this end, he established the pediatric dental specialty practice at Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Florida’s oldest federally qualified community health center. His practice is located in one of Miami’s most neglected neighborhoods, Liberty City.
Dr. Stephens received a B.A. from Williams College in 2000. He graduated from Columbia University in 2010 after completing a dual degree program with the College of Dental Medicine and the Graduate School of Business. His specialty training in pediatric dentistry was done at Miami Children’s Hospital (now Nicklaus Children’s). In 2016, he was selected to the Miami Fellows program, South Florida’s premier civic leadership development program for young professionals. In 2017, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry chose him for their Samuel D. Harris Fellowship in Oral Health Care Policy.