Tara Mathia, DMD, MD
Assistant Professor
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
School of Dentistry

Dr. Mathia is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at UCSF. She received her DMD degree and certificate in public health from A.T. Still University in Phoenix, Arizona. She then completed her six-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at UCSF.

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While at UCSF she received her medical degree from the School of Medicine and completed a one-year General Surgery internship. After finishing residency she completed a one-year fellowship in Advanced Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Surgery with the Head and Neck Surgical Associates in Portland, Oregon. She then decided to return to UCSF as a full-time faculty member. Her academic interests include maxillofacial trauma and reconstruction, pathology, and resident education. In her free time she enjoys hiking, cooking, and exploring the beautiful Bay Area with her husband, Ben.

Education & Training

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  • Head and Neck Surgical Associates Advanced Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Surgery fellowship 2024
  • OMFS certificate University of California, San Francisco Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency 2023
  • University of California, San Francisco General Surgery internship 2022
  • MD Doctor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2021
  • DMD Doctor of Dental Medicine & Public Health certificate Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health 2017
  • BA Integrative Physiology University of Colorado, Boulder 2011

Interests

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  • facial trauma and reconstruction
  • benign pathology
  • resident education
  • Oral and maxillofacial surgery

Publications (1)

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