Born and raised in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, Dr. Eileen Welch is a midwestern girl at heart. After high school, she traded her frost bitten toes for freckles and a tan, attending the University of Miami, FL graduating Magna cum Laude with a BS in Health Sciences.

 

Upon graduating, she was a recipient of the prestigious health professional scholarship, which allowed her to commission to the US Air Force and pursue her dental degree at University of California, San Francisco. Upon graduating, she completed her advanced training in general dentistry at Travis Air Force Base and subsequently spent the next 4 years working as a Captain and general dentist at Los Angeles Air Force Base.

 

It was through community and international outreach that she developed a passion to treat children, which ultimately led her to return to school at University of California, Los Angeles to complete her residency in pediatric dentistry.