With over 2 decades of experience as a dental coach and a clinician working with a wide variety of local, national and international audiences, Karima is highly motivated to empower dental practices and teams to create clinical and operational efficiencies with a patient-centered care model while managing change processes.         

Exemplifying the traits of a true global citizen and driven by her passion to improve global oral health outcomes, Karima conducted tactical and strategic programs in Africa and Asia with the ultimate goal of helping humanity achieve optimal health outcomes. One of her many noteworthy achievements is spearheading a brand-new profession of dental hygiene in South East Asia by developing the first-ever Diploma dental hygiene program in this part of the world; of which she is the founding program director.

Karima brings her wide variety of expertise and innate ability to achieve measurable outcomes as the President of KBM Consulting Services.   

Karima is a graduate of two faculties at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry for her dental hygiene program and School of Business for her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA).

Karima’s educational efforts have been acknowledged by being the recipient of the prestigious 2014 University of Alberta Alumni Honor Award as well as the 2013 Gibb Clinical Teaching Award at U of A. She was awarded the Alberta Education scholarship for her high performance at the MBA program..

Her volunteer ethic has been manifested by her contribution to various boards such as the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID) 2021-2022 Annual Education Committee, Professional Advisory Committee- CDI college. She is an active member with good standing with the College of Registered Dental Hygienist of Alberta (CRDHA).

Karima is an active member in good standing with the College of Registered Dental Hygienist of Alberta (CRDHA). She is a trained instructor for the Association of Dental Implant Auxiliaries and Practice Management Certification programs (ADIA&PM), a division of International Congress of Oral Implantology (ICOI)