Dr. Jeannette Zaykeeah Robertson
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Dr. Jeannette Zaykeeah Robertson affectionately known as “Dr. Z” has over 25 years of experience in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. She is Board Certified by the National Board of Dental Anesthesiology. Dr. Robertson hails from Montclair, New Jersey and graduated from Grambling State University in Louisiana. She then was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the UA Air Force with a 4-year completion as a Major. She then enrolled into the U.S. Air Force Reserve Corp during which she attained her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from Meharry Medical College of Dentistry in Nashville, TN, and completed a one-year General Practice Residency at Meharry/Hubbard Hospital in Tennessee.
Dr. Robertson then entered the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Program at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC, and subsequently transferred branches into the US Navy Reserve. Upon graduation of the OMS program, she was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander, and succeeded in being the 1st African American active duty female Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in the U.S. Navy.
Dr. Robertson then went on to serve at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the Great Lakes Naval Hospital in Illinois, on the U.S.S. Nimitz aircraft carrier stationed out of San Diego, California, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California and was then honorably discharged as a Lieutenant Colonel. During her service to the country, she has also received the “Air Force Commendation” for achievement and service, the “Air Force Achievement Medal” for outstanding merit, the “Defense Service Medal” for honorable military service, an “Expert Marksmanship Medal” for her marksmanship with small arms, the “Air Force Training Ribbon” for completion of accession training and an “Officer of the Quarter” for excellence in leadership.
Dr. Robertson is a member of the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, National Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, National Dental Association, Georgia Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Eweil Neil Dental Society, Tennessee Air National Guard Association, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.