Evelyn Salgado-Parrilla, DMD, is our director of dental services for the Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS). In this role, Dr. Salgado is responsible for assisting the Dental Residency Program director in administration and precepting and will also provide direct patient care at the Dental Health Center.
Since January 2011, Dr. Salgado has held the position of chief dental officer/director for CommWell Health in Dunn, North Carolina. Prior to that, she served as president/dentist of a general dentistry private practice in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and a dentist, member at large and vice president of the Wilkes Public Health Dental Clinic/Wilkes Dental Consortium in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
Dr. Salgado is a member of the American Dental Association, the American Orthodontic Society, the Academy of General Dentistry, the North Carolina Dental Society and the National Network for Oral Access. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Dr. Salgado studied interdisciplinary sciences, pre-dental at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, and earned her Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of Puerto Rico, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She completed a general practice residency at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare.