• Diplomate of American Board of Periodontology

• LANAP Certified Clinician

Dr. Jessica Hsu was born and raised in Sugar Land, TX (a stone’s throw away from Imperial Sugar Mill). As a child she learned how to horseback ride before she learned how to ride a bike. Her parents, Robert and Jennie Hsu, first generation immigrants from Taiwan, were the first of the family to leave their home country for the United States in order to pursue further education in post-graduate studies. Her father is a now-retired chemical engineer; her mother was a homemaker who ran multiple small home businesses, including a real estate and rental agency. Both parents grew up with very little dental education and have struggled with periodontal disease throughout their lives. 

Her father has multiple dental implants and absolutely loves them. This joy led to him introducing his dentist to his daughter, Dr. Hsu, while she was still in college and in search of her career path at the University of California, San Diego. There, she achieved her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Cell Biology with fields of focus in economics and Chinese while graduating Magna Cum Laude with Provost Honors. Dr. Hsu furthered her education, earning a degree in Dental Surgery from Columbia University in NYC. After completion of dental school, Dr. Hsu attended University of Washington where she obtained her specialty certificate in Periodontology and Dental Implantology whereas she defended her thesis in mucosal immunity to achieve a Master of Science in Dentistry. Dr. Hsu is an elected member of the Academy of Osseointegration, American Academy of Periodontology, and is recognized as The Top Periodontist in Bellevue Washington by Women in Medicine, July 2020. 

On a personal note, Dr. Hsu is fluent in conversational Chinese and she enjoys various hobbies that include hiking with her husky pup, gardening indoor and outdoor, journalistic and food photography, cooking, and most importantly eating. 

Dr. Hsu was drawn to periodontology and surgery instinctively due to her detail-oriented and esthetically driven nature. This manifests in her penchant for delicate procedures such as gingival augmentation, aesthetic crown lengthening, and sinus augmentations where the minute surgical finesse differentiates itself in accelerated patient healing and positive treatment outcomes.