Affiliate Assistant Professor, Orthodontics
Dr. Xu (Sue) Qian is a Diplomate of American Board of Orthodontics (Board-Certified orthodontist). She earned her DDS and completed her orthodontic residency with a MS at West China School of Dentistry, Sichuan University. She completed her second 3-year orthodontic residency with a specialty certificate in Orthodontics at UCLA School of Dentistry. She completed her PhD in Oral Health Sciences at School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Dr. Qian has been specialized in Orthodontics since 2005. She was a full-time faculty teaching orthodontic residents and treating patients at Tufts University, Boston before relocating to Seattle with her husband who is a software engineer and their two young kids. She has been invited as a peer-reviewer for over 10 academic journals and has been recognized as a top reviewer for continuous years by American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJODO). She lectured nationally/internationally and published her studies in journals such as Journal of Dental Research, Biomaterials and Stem Cells. Dr. Qian teaches part-time in the UW Graduate Orthodontics Clinic and seminars. She practices in north Seattle metro area.