Dr. Andrew Soderstrom, CDA Past President, Dies

Andrew Soderstrom, DDS, California Dental Association (CDA) past president and a cofounder of CDA Cares, the CDA Foundation’s volunteer dental clinic, has died. He held leadership positions in dentistry and several teaching positions over his 37-year career, including as assistant clinical professor of pediatric dentistry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry from 1986 to 1993.

Soderstrom died following complications after a fall at his home in Modesto, California. He was 65.

Soderstrom was born in Enid, Oklahoma, and raised in Modesto. He graduated from the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in 1983 and received his certificate in pediatric dentistry from the UCSF School of Dentistry two years later. 

In 1986, he returned to Modesto, opened his pediatric dental practice and began a lifetime of service with the Modesto Rotary Club.

At the time of his death, he owned and operated a private pediatric dental practice in Modesto and was in his eighth year as a provider at La Clinica Dental Clinic at Children’s Hospital in Oakland. He previously served as executive director of the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry and was a member of the CDA Political Action Committee. Soderstrom also held memberships in nine professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, Pierre Fauchard Academy, International College of Dentists and Stanislaus Dental Society, where he also served as president in 1998.

Read the CDA’s full tribute to Soderstrom at: cda.org