Shirin Bankie DDS

Dr. Bankie’s career in the dental health profession started in 1993 when she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Dental Hygiene from the University of Southern California. She advanced her education and attained a DDS from USC. She then continued on to Loma Linda University School of Dentistry and completed her postdoctoral credentials in dental anesthesiology. Dr. Bankie’s medical training was completed at Loma Linda University Medical Center, a trauma facility with sixteen operating rooms, Riverside County Medical Center, and Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital where she treated patients with complex medical histories for various medical procedures and rotated through cardiology, internal medicine, acute and chronic pain management. She received further specialized training at the Special Care Dentistry Clinic at the Loma Linda School of Dentistry, which sees nearly five thousand patients annually, primarily comprised of pediatric and adult special needs patients.