Director of Dental Services- Dr. Sean Boynes named Employee of the Year

CareSouth Carolina Director of Dental Services, Dr. Sean Boynes, has been named CareSouth Carolina’s Employee of the Year by members of CareSouth Carolina’s Employee of the Year committee.  Boynes received the honor after being recognized as an Employee of the Month in May.

Dr. Boynes is the Director of Dental Services and has been with Miles of Smiles, CareSouth Carolina’s mobile dental unit, from day one.  Miles of Smiles offers dental services to children in need in schools across the Pee Dee region.  He has developed a program that is exemplary for its quality, extraordinary for its commitment, and exceptional for its dedication.

“Through Dr. Boynes efforts,” says Ann Lewis, CEO at CareSouth Carolina, “CareSouth Carolina has received heartfelt praise and accolades from school administrators, teachers, parents and other community members.  Miles of Smiles is definitely helping to fill a real community need, and Dr. Boynes is at the center of that effort.  These children are receiving services that otherwise would not have been accessible to them.”

Dr. Boynes is actively involved in pharmacolgoic, anesthesia, and public health related research, having served as principle investigator for several federal and industry funded research projects.  Dr. Boynes serves on the South Carolina Medicaid Advisory Council and the South Carolina Dental Association’s Anesthesia Task Force.  He has authored or co-authored approximately sixty publications relating to denistry, public health, pharmacology, or anesthesiology and his book, Dental Anesthesiology:  A Guide to the Rules and Regulations of the United Stated of America, is currently being used as a reference guide by many dental organizations and oversight boards.

CareSouth Carolina’s Miles of Smiles, a portable dental program, provides basic dental services for children as their schools in Darlington, Dillon, Chesterfield, Lee and Marlboro counties.  Miles of Smiles program targets children with no dental home.