About Elsa Echeverri, DDS
Dr. Elsa Echeverri is a board certified pediatric dentist. After receiving her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree in Venezuela, she completed a post-doctoral program and residency in Pediatric Dentistry at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans, Louisiana. She has been a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston for 18 years, where she mentors a new generation of pediatric dentists.Dr. Elsa has an international reputation as an educator, clinical researcher, writer, and guest lecturer. She loves the time she spends meeting families and helping children with their dental needs. She has extensive experience in treating infants, children, adolescents, and those with special needs. She provides dental outpatient surgery under general anesthesia as a staff member of Texas Children’s Hospital. When it comes to treating children, she keeps her emphasis on the prevention of dental disease, and provides compassionate, gentle care to every child she meets.Dr. Elsa and her husband, Dr. Juan Echeverri, participate in medical mission trips with Faith in Practice one a year to provide medical-dental treatment for impoverishes patients. They have 3 daughters, 1 son, and 2 Labrador retrievers with whom they love to spend time.
