Gov. Newsom Reappoints Vaderhobli, Sridevi Ponnala To CA Dental Boards

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India-West News Desk

SACRAMENTO, CA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has reappointed Belmont resident Ram Vaderhobli to the Dental Board of California and Fremont resident Sridevi Ponnala to the Dental Hygiene Board of California, according to an announcement from the Governor’s office on October 14.

Vaderhobli has served on the Dental Board of California since 2025. He has been a Clinical Professor of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry since 2020 and has directed its Advanced Education in General Dentistry program since 2010.

His previous roles at UCSF include Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor and Clinical Director for Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing. From 2011 to 2015, he served as California Regional Assistant Director for the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program at Lutheran Medical Center. He was a resident in the Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at the University of Rochester’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health from 2005 to 2006.

Vaderhobli also worked as a Research Specialist and Guest Scientist at the American Dental Association Paffenbarger Research Center and as a Research Assistant at Alfred University. He earned a Master of Science degree in Biomaterials Engineering from Alfred University and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from R.V. Dental College in India. He is registered without party preference.

Ponnala has served on the Dental Hygiene Board of California since 2023. She has been Chief Integration Officer at Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center since 2021, having previously held positions there including Chief Dental Officer and Dental Director.

She was adjunct faculty in the Chabot Hygiene Program at the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District from 2016 to 2019 and Clinical Director at the Native American Health Center from 2007 to 2010.

Ponnala earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the UCSF School of Dentistry, an MBA from California State University, East Bay, and a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from M.R. Ambedkar Dental College in India.