After attending dental school at the Ivy League institution, University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Lindsay Pfeffer continued her research as the president of Penn SDM’s research committee and winning the American Dental Associations (ADA) most prestigious student research award. In addition she was awarded the opportunity to work at the ADA with the American Student Dental Associations Executive Director and to serve on several boards, as the sole student member for the entire nation. She also served as the vice-president of her class and a trustee on the board for the American Student Dental Association. At this same time she was one of few chosen to work in PENN’s medically compromised clinic providing care to those patients who are at most risk of infection or severe complications. While getting her doctorate, she managed to earn a Masters from PENN in Biomedical Ethics. From there she attended the University of Southern California for advanced training in a hospital residency. Here she worked as a dentist in the Los Angeles Veterans Hospital and USC County Hospital, doing complex dentistry and working with patients with severe trauma, cancer or a compromised medical history. After this she attended an orthodontic residency at UNLV, obtaining her Masters in Oral Biology and Certificate in Orthodontics. “As much as I loved Dentistry, I wanted to work more with kids at a motivational age. Orthodontics was my avenue to specialize in something where those two would merge.”