Julie Connolly, DDS, MPH, FACD, attended Columbia College at Columbia University, graduating with a degree in Political Science. She then attended the Columbia School of Dental and Oral Surgery and the Mailman School of Public Health, earning a dual DDS-MPH degree. She completed a General Practice Residency at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan before returning to Columbia for specialty training in Periodontics, earning an MS in Periodontics. Dr. Connolly is a Board-Certified Periodontist practicing in NYC with her father, Dr. Thomas Connolly.

Dr. Connolly is currently an Assistant Professor in Periodontics at Columbia College of Dental Medicine, where she also serves as Director of the Ethics Coursework, teaching Ethics to dental students and residents in lecture and small-group formats. She is also the Faculty Advisor for the Student Professionalism and Ethics Association (SPEA) at Columbia. Dr. Connolly is a former President of the Columbia Dental Alumni Association. She lectures on Dental Ethics and Periodontics regionally and locally.

Dr. Connolly is a Past-President of the New York Academy of Dentistry and a Past Chair of the NY Section of the American College of Dentists. She represented the ACD in the Kellogg Leadership Program at Northwestern University.

Dr. Connolly is the current Chair of the Council on Ethics for the New York State Dental Association (NYSDA) and a former Chair of the Ethics Committee at the New York County Dental Society (NYCDS).