Allen L. Finkelstein BS, DDS

Allen L. Finkelstein, DDS, the Chief Executive Officer of Bedford HealthCare Solutions is the former Chief Dental Officer of AmeriChoice/United Health Group insuring over 3.5 million lives in dental government coverage. Dr. Finkelstein is a 1965 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1969, he graduated with honors from Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was awarded a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. In 2009, Dr Finkelstein was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the A.T. Still University (Hon) and in 2011 was awarded the Dr. Harry Strusser Memorial Award from New York University, College of Dentistry.

Dr. Finkelstein is a member of the American Dental Association, the Essex County Dental Association and the dental associations of the States of New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. He serves on the New Jersey Dental Medicaid Advisory Committee, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island Coalitions of Oral Health, the Center for Health Care Strategies.

American Friends of the Hebrew University New York Board Advisory, the Board of the Alliance for Oral Health Across Borders, the Vice Chairman of the Shils Entrepreneurial Educational Fund, a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Academy of Oral-Systemic Health, a member of advisory board for Healthy Smiles-Healthy Families Oral Health for Children in California's Healthy Families Program and a member of the Advisory Board for the Children's Dental Health Project, Washington D.C.