Dr. Rosalyn Sulyanto grew up in Anaheim, California. She graduated Cum Laude with a double major in Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley, and received her D.M.D. degree with honors from Harvard School of Dental Medicine. While at Harvard, Dr. Rosalyn conducted research on bone development as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow.
After dental school, she completed her residency in pediatric dentistry at Nationwide Children’s Hospital/The Ohio State University. During residency, Dr. Rosalyn conducted research on the infant oral microbiome and was a recipient of the 3M ESPE Preventive Pediatric Dentistry Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, the Ralph E MacDonald Award, and was awarded a Masters Degree in Dentistry.
Dr. Rosalyn is a board-certified pediatric dentist and is the Director of Resident Research at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard School of Dental Medicine, where she teaches pre-doctoral students and residents and treats patients with special healthcare needs. She is actively involved in the AAPD and has helped to develop their guidelines and policies. She has also published numerous book chapters and papers on pediatric oral health.