Francis G. Forwood, D.M.D.
Dr. Forwood received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in 1969. He was employed for four years as a mechanical engineer before entering dental school.
Dr. Forwood received his dental degree and completed a residency in orthodontics at the University of Pennsylvania. He practiced orthodontics in Massachusetts before returning to the University of Pennsylvania to serve as a clinical director of orthodontics from 1980 to 1984. He has served on the faculty as an assistant clinical professor of orthodontics since 1980.
He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Orthodontists, the Pennsylvania and American Dental Associations. In addition, Dr. Forwood sponsors three local baseball teams, The American Cancer Society Relay For Life and The Sunshine Foundation Sunshine Run, numerous school theatrical productions and volunteers with his church. He is married and has three children.
Kimberly F. Christie, D.M.D.
Dr. Christie received a B.S. in Biology with a minor in psychology from Lehigh University. After graduating from Lehigh, she taught special needs children at the Ivymount School in Rockville MD.
She went on to receive her dental degree and complete a residency in Orthodontics at the University of Pennsylvania. At the completion of her residency, she was awarded the Department of Orthodontics Outstanding Research award. Her research on palatal expansion was published in the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics in April 2010. Dr. Christie is currently a Clinical Associate faculty member of Orthodontics at the University of Pennsylvania.
She is a member of the American Association of Orthodontics, the Pennsylvania and American Dental Association and the Delaware/Chester County Dental Society. Dr. Christie is Board Eligible in Orthodontics.
She is married and has two daughters.