Every Child Deserves Timely, Safe Anesthesia Care.
SmileMD was founded by anesthesiologists in 2014 to make that care possible, bringing accredited pediatric anesthesia into the community dental offices families already know and trust.
Founded by Anesthesiologists. Accelerating Access to Care.
For many children on Medicaid, hospital wait times can stretch 6 to 18 months, turning manageable conditions into prolonged pain and delayed development. SmileMD was founded in 2014 by three anesthesiologists who saw this inequity and set out to change it by changing the site of care.
We partner with community dental practices to bring pediatric anesthesia into their offices, shortening Medicaid wait times from months to weeks while holding the clinical standards families expect for a surgical procedure.
Inside Our Clinical Model
The working unit of our model is the Smile Day: a full day of scheduled cases at a partner dental office, run by a three-person clinical team. A centralized operations team handles everything around it, from pre-admission testing to post-procedure follow-up. More than a change of setting, this model changes the experience for everyone involved.
- ✓ Dental practices expand care capabilities and improve outcomes for their patients.
- ✓ Patients gain faster access to essential care in the office they already know and trust.
- ✓ Anesthesiologists stay in the work they love without giving up the life around it.
Improving Access to Care – One Smile at a Time
SmileMD partners with dental practices across Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. As we grow toward national coverage, every new partnership puts timely care within reach of more children.
Patient Safety Is Our No. 1 Priority
A child’s safety on a Smile Day does not rest on one person or one piece of equipment. It’s supported by a proven, AAAHC-accredited clinical system that runs the same way in every office.
An Experienced Medical Team on Every Case
Every case is led by an anesthesiologist, with a pediatric-focused recovery nurse and a paramedic beside them. Before the first child is brought back, the anesthesiologist and treating dentist align on the schedule, patients, and care
plan.
Certified Equipment
& Medication Tracking
Our anesthesia machines are biomed-certified and maintained by a dedicated logistics team. Every medication is tracked by lot number across our network, so a recall can be traced to every case it touched. Nothing arrives on a Smile Day unchecked, and nothing arrives without a backup.
3-Stage Patient
Clearing Process
Our patient care coordination team collects and screens each patient’s health history, requesting a physical when indicated. Anything that flags goes to a nurse for review. Final say rests with the treating anesthesiologist running the case.
AAAHC-Accredited Standards
SmileMD holds accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, an independent evaluation of the organization’s clinical and operational standards. Accreditation is voluntary, reviewed on an ongoing basis, and verified by an outside body.
Follow-Up After Every Case
A nurse remains with each child through recovery and reviews discharge instructions with the family before departure. The following day, a nurse calls to assess recovery and answer questions, giving families a direct line to a clinician and routing anything that needs attention back to the dental office.
Continuous Improvement
Clinical education at SmileMD is ongoing. Our providers train on current anesthesia practice throughout the year, protocols are reviewed and updated as standards of care evolve, and lessons from cases across the network feed back into how every team operates.
Meet Our Leadership Team
Dr. Brian Schloss
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Vinod Miryala
Chief Dental Officer
Keren Avnery, RN
VP Clinical Operations
Gary Schafer
Chief Executive Officer
Alex Ramos
Chief Operations Officer
John Hardy
Chief Financial Officer
Chosen by Providers. Trusted by Parents.
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Contact
510 E Wilson Bridge Rd
Worthington, OH 43085
877-789-8583