Pallavi Parashar, BDS, DDS, FRCD(C), is a board certified oral pathologist. She served as an assistant professor at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine in Aurora, Colorado, for more than seven years. Parashar specializes in clinical and microscopic diagnosis of oral lesions, and her research interests include oral cancer and identifying the role of human papillomavirus in oral lesions. She can be reached at: drpallavi@hotmail.com.