Dr. Cheryle Baptiste Hill

Dr. Baptiste started working in her father’s dental practice when she was 12-years-old on the weekends and summer vacations. She is a 1984 graduate of Howard University College of Dentistry where she received the Outstanding Student in Oral Diagnosis Award. Upon graduation she completed an Oral Surgery Fellowship and started her own dental practice in 1994.

She is a member of and has served as an officer, committee chair and committee member of numerous professional organizations such as the American Dental Association (ADA), DC Dental Society (DCDS), National Dental Association (NDA), NDA Eddie G Smith Leadership Institute and Mentoring Programs, Robert T Freeman Dental Society (RTFDS), Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), International College of Dentists (ICD), Founding Member Women Dentist’s of Metropolitan DC (WDMDC), Greater Washington Academy of Women Dentists (GWAWD), International Association of Dentists (IAD), American Institute of Implant Dentistry (AIID), International Academy of Mini Dental Implantology (IAMDI) , NDA/RTFDS Independent Provider Association (IPA) and National Medical Association (NMA).

Dr. Baptiste currently serves as the Secretary to the National Dental Association Board of Trustees, Immediate Past President of RTFDS, member of the ADA Task Force to Eliminate Barriers for Underrepresented Minorities into the Dental Profession, and is the President-Elect of the DC Dental Society.

Dr. Baptiste is in private practice in Washington, DC, enjoys traveling and spends weekends on the Eastern Shore of Maryland with her partner, Darryl Hill.