Elsa Echeverri, DDS

Pediatric Dentist

Dr. Elsa Echeverri is a board-certified pediatric dentist. After receiving her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree in Venezuela, she completed a post-doctoral program and residency in pediatric dentistry at the Louisiana State University School of Dentistry in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dr. Elsa has been a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston for 18 years, where she mentors new generations of pediatric dentists. She has also been teaching at the University of Texas School of Dentistry Pediatric Dentistry Department for over 30 years. 

With an international reputation as an educator, clinical researcher, writer, and guest lecturer, Dr. Elsa loves the time she spends meeting families and helping children with their dental needs. She has extensive experience in treating infants, children, adolescents, and those with special needs. She provides dental outpatient surgery under general anesthesia as a staff member of Texas Children’s Hospital. When it comes to treating children, she emphasizes the prevention of dental disease and provides compassionate, gentle care to every child she meets.

Dr. Elsa and her husband, Dr. Juan Echeverri, participate in medical mission trips with Faith in Practice annually to provide medical-dental treatment for impoverished patients. They love spending time with their three daughters, one son, and their grandkids.