Dr. Chio grew up in San Francisco. After graduating from Temple University School of Dentistry (Philadelphia) in 2008, he completed his residency in the Bronx. Dr. Chio further trained in hospital dentistry and worked in private practice until 2014, when he left New York and switched to public health dentistry at West County Health Centers. West County serves low-income communities in Guerneville, Occidental, and Sebastopol, and Dr. Chio has witnessed the costly downstream impact that obesity and poor diet can have on his patients’ dental health. He was an advisor to the Sonoma County Oral Health Strategic Plan, and has participated in the Dental Transformation Initiative Steering Committee to improve the dental health of Medi-Cal eligible children in the county. He has also provided free visits for Sonoma County families who have not seen a dentist in the past year. Dr. Chio is thrilled to join the trend of medical-dental integration among FQHCs.