Meet Our Director
Jennifer Farrell, DDS, DABSCD, is the clinic’s founding director bringing more than 30 years of experience providing care for patients with disabilities. Before joining UT Dentistry, Dr. Farrell was director of the Special Patient Care Dental Program at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago for 13 years and had the privilege of treating patients with special needs through that program for over 28 years.
After dental school, Dr. Farrell completed a preceptorship in special patient care dentistry and a residency program in dental anesthesiology at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago. She received additional training in the provision of care for those with developmental disabilities through the Dental Education in Care of Persons with Disabilities (DECOD) program at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Dr. Farrell became a fellow of the Special Care Dentistry Association in 2005 and a diplomate in 2007. In 2021, she was honored to have received the Lawrence J. Chasko Distinguished Service Award from the Special Care Dentistry Association.