Amanda's Story
After graduating from Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, Dr. Amanda Okundaye attended an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) program sponsored by Lutheran Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona as well as a Hospital Dentistry (GPR) program at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She continued her education in a dental anesthesiology residency at the prestigious University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) practicing both in-hospital and in-office mobile anesthesia. Dr. Okundaye is a board certified Dentist Anesthesiologist.
Dr. Okundaye has had a full time private practice solely dedicated to anesthesia for dentistry in Nevada since 2008. She has a faculty appointment at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Dentistry. She is an attending for the Pediatric and General Practice Residency programs at UNLV, as well as an attending in Anesthesiology for the NYU Langone Health Dental Anesthesiology program. She is a current Faculty member for the ADSA High Fidelity Human Simulation course.
Dr. Okundaye is an examiner for the Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners (NSBDE), on the Anesthesia subcommittee for the NSBDE and conducts site inspections as well as anesthesia exams. She is the Co-Director for the Oregon Academy of General Dentistry moderate parenteral sedation course. Dr. Okundaye is passionate about anesthesia, providing a high level of care to all of her patients always with the utmost in safety in anesthesia in mind. She gives lectures nationally to dentists interested in sedation as well as other topics such as Medical Emergencies in the Dental office.
Dr. Okundaye is a mentor and member of Diversity in Dentistry and Meharry Medical College mentoring programs. She is an active member of both the American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists and the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, a Diplomate of the American Dental Board of Anesthesiology and Fellow in General Anesthesia through the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology. She is also a member of American Dental Association and Southern Nevada Dental Association.
Dr. Okundaye’s recent publications include an article in The Pulse: Why Capnography? Okundaye, AJ, Reed, KL, Fonner, AM. 2014, as well as textbook chapters “Working with a Dentist Anesthesiologist” and “Management of Emergencies Associated with Sedation.” Reed, KL Okundaye, AJ. In Behavior Management in Dentistry for Children. Editors: Wright, GZ., Kupietzky, A. Wiley. April 2014 and the latest updated version in July 2021.
In her free time Dr. Okundaye spends as much time as possible with her husband, family and two children.