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at Allegheny General Hospital.  He is actively involved in the Rice Foundation, a medical mission foundation based out of Copan Honduras. 

Dentistry (2008), Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (2017), Fellow of the American College of Dentists (2018), and Fellow of the International College of Dentists (2019).

Josh is currently an active staff member of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where he is regarded as a go-to specialist for children with serious medical conditions, including complex cardiac disease, bleeding disorders, and rare congenital diseases. He is also on staff at Einstein Medical Center and Suburban Community Hospital where he treats adults with similar medical issues.

Josh serves as Medical Director of the Red Lion Surgicenter, the nation’s first ambulatory surgical center dedicated exclusively to providing dental care. He is an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry and an Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He lectures on pediatric pharmacology, sedation, oral surgery, hospital dentistry, and behavior management.

Dynamically involved in continuing education and the dental community, Dr. Josh serves various boards, academic clubs, and associations.

Josh received recognition as one of Philadelphia’s top young business leaders in 40 under 40, Philadelphia Business Journal (2016), and one of the country’s most promising young dentists in 40 under 40, Incisal Edge magazine (2017). He received the Temple University Humanitarian Award and Dental Alumnus of the Year Award for his humanitarian efforts in Haiti.

Born and raised in the Lafayette Hill and Fort Washington areas, Dr. Josh resides in Ambler with his wife, Tracey (also a pediatric dentist), and their three children: Noah, Kayla and Dani. He enjoys spending spare time with his family, as well as boating, deep-sea fishing, and traveling.

Professor of Endodontology at Columbia University, Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Lecturer in the Division of Endodontology at Albert Einstein Medical Center (Philadelphia). His professional training included a graduate program in Microbiology at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology (Rutgers University), from which he received an MS in Microbiology, a Dental (DDS) Degree from Columbia University, a General Practice Residency Program at Beth Israel Medical Center (New York), a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, and an advanced dental training program in Endodontology, for which he received specialty certification, also at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Stevens’ interest in virus research was originally kindled during his graduate work in the virus research laboratory of Bob Simpson, at Rutgers’s Waksman Institute of Microbiology. Here, his graduate research focused upon the biology of a then little-known group of viruses, the Coronaviruses, which are actively being studied today, since three members of this group (SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2) cause the highly lethal human diseases of SARS and MERS and Covid-19. His study of the Coronavirus prototype, Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) culminated in the first description of some of the fundamental properties of this virus family, including the size and polarity of the single stranded RNA that composed the viral genome. Since then, Dr. Stevens’ research has primarily been concerned with oral microbiology, particularly focusing on viruses infecting oral bacteria. In this regard, he was the first to isolate a bacterial virus (phage phiAa) that infects strains of a periodontal pathogen (Actinobacillus/Aggregattibacter actinomycetemcomitans), and was also the first to isolate a bacterial virus (bacteriophage phiEf11) induced from bacteria (Enterococcus faecalis) recovered from infected root canals. Dr. Stevens has been the recipient of both NIH and industrial grants to study these oral bacterial viruses that he discovered. His research has resulted in the publication of numerous articles in such journals as: Infection and Immunity, Microbiology, The European Journal of Oral Science, Oral Microbiology and Immunology, The Journal of Oral Microbiology, The Federation of European Microbiology Societies Microbiology Letters, Microbial Pathogenesis, and others. His current research interests include virulence-related bacteriophage-mediated modifications of oral bacteria, and therapeutic potentials of bacterial viruses and their products.

Dental Implantology. He has been affiliated with dental teaching at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Temple University Maurice Kornberg School of Dentistry, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Hahnemann University Hospital/ Drexel University School of Medicine Dr. Braid is affiliated with Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Albert Einstein Medical Center and had been afiliated with the former Suburban General Hospital ( Mercy Suburban Hospital), The Graduate Hospital, Metroplolitan Hospital, and Hahnemann University Hospital,. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, Fellow of the American College of Dentists, Fellow of the International College of Dentists, Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Society He has been involved in Local, State OMFS organiztons as Delegate, Treasurer, Program Chairperson and President and National Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Organiztions and Local, State and National General Dentitry Orgaizations as Alternate Delegate, Delegate, He has an active interest in dental implants, bone grafting, tissue engineering, and reconstruction. Dr Braid has co-authored and has published numerous research and review papers, systematic reviews in peer-reviewed journals such as, Journal of Oral Implantology, Implant Dentistry, Journal of Periodontal Research.