Ryan S. Lee, DDS, MPH, MHA

Chief Dental Officer | Lt. Colonel (USAR) | SME/KOL: Oral Oncology & Implantology, Health Informatics, Health Plans

Greater Boston

About

Health executive with leadership across government, military, private sector, and academia. KOL/SME in dental-medical integration, payer innovation, health AI, interoperability. Clinically trained as oral oncologist & implantologist, MSKCC and NYU. Army officer since 2009, currently Lieutenant Colonel, USAR 63B. Formerly MAARNG MEDCOM, NYARNG ASMC. Active-duty COVID-19 deployment + MEDCAP missions to SOUTHCOM, INDOPACOM. Founder, Morning Calm Dental Mgmnt, a 4-practice private group in MA, RI, CT, NY with an education arm (Linkstone Implant Academy) offering low-cost/free implants for veterans, cancer survivors, and patients with urgent medical/social needs. Recent Roles: Dental Director with CVS Aetna; Dental SME, Boston Consulting Group; Chief Dental Officer, Caring Health Center (Springfield, MA); Dept Chief, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard School of Dental Medicine (Cambridge, MA). Began career as Co-Director, Special Patient Care, NYU College of Dentistry.

Experience

  • Lieutenant Colonel (LTC), 63B Dental Officer at United States Army Reserve
    Dec 2009 - Present · 16 yrs 7 mos

    455th Dental Co., Devens, MA; Formerly with MEDCOM, MAARNG (Hanscom, MA); 466 ASMC (Queensbury, NY), NYARNG MEDCOM (Watervliet, NY), C Co 427 BSB (Buffalo, NY); Active duty Title 32 COVID-19 deployment (2020); Short-term deployments to San Pedro Dept., Paraguay and Solvang, CA; 2012 Nat'l Junior Dental Officer Award

  • Dental SME - Data Standards at Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    DHMSM WF3.0 project supporting Defense Health Agency, DOD/VA medical-dental data standards, interoperability, and use case development

  • Consultant, Dental Interoperability SME at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Strategic Advisor, Oral-Systemic Health Initiatives at Conduit Dental
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    HeyDonto AI dental-medical integration, EHR interoperability

  • Chief Dental Officer at Morning Calm Dental Management
    Jul 2015 - Present · 11 yrs

    NY Ctr. for Dental Oncology (New York, NY); Adv. Dentistry of RI (Riverside, RI); Inspire Dental Implant Assoc. (Plainville, MA); Linkstone Implant Acad. (Plainville, MA); Redding Smile Dentistry (Redding, CT)