Meet The Doctors

Dr. Delva received her DDS degree at NYU College of Dentistry in New York City and then completed a general practice residency at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. She recently moved from her hometown in New York City to Virginia. Dr. Delva also spent most of her childhood living in Haiti, where her family is from.

CERTIFICATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Dr. Delva maintains certifications in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

ABOUT DR. DELVA
Dr. Delva has always been very passionate about helping people achieve good oral health and has dedicated herself to the dental field since she was in high school. She worked as a dental assistant throughout high school and college and then continued on after college to become a dentist. Dr. Delva practices general dentistry including restorative, cosmetics, endodontics, and pediatrics. She is also Invisalign certified. Dr. Delva believes in providing comprehensive dental care tailored for each individual patient in order to help them achieve their goal and the smile they love. She believes that every patient should be treated with kindness, patience, and understanding, and being able to make a positive impact in each patient’s life is what motivates her in her work.

She has participated in various dental mission trips providing care to those in need in underserved areas in countries that include Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. She is a member of the American Dental Society. She loves spending time with her family, cooking, and salsa dancing.

Dr. Len Futerman is the original owner and founder of Advanced Sedation Dentistry (ASD). He received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the State University of New York at Stonybrook where he was awarded a United States Naval Health Professions Scholarship. Dr. Futerman describes the highlights of his naval career as serving on the aircraft carrier CVN 69 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower during 9/11/2001 and working as an oral surgeon at the Naval Medical Center at Portsmouth. 

Realizing the invaluable contribution of anesthesia to the success of dentistry, Dr. Futerman continued his education by completing a residency in Anesthesiology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. His fondest memory of his time in New York is meeting his future wife in the operating room, who was simultaneously completing her Obstetrics and Gynecology training at Mount Sinai.

CERTIFICATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Dr. Futerman is a diplomate of both the American and the National Dental Boards of Anesthesiology (ADBA, NDBA). He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA), American Society of Dentist Anesthesiologists (ASDA) and American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA). Dr. Futerman maintains certifications in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

COMMUNITY WORK
For more than 15 years, Dr. Futerman has volunteered at the Chesapeake Care Clinic as a dental surgeon in the Hampton Roads Dental Center. He has provided countless hours of diagnostic and therapeutic dental-surgical services as well as serving as a clinical instructor for dental students rotating from the VCU School of Dentistry.

For the last two years, Dr. Futerman and ASD have partnered with Dr. Biery and MountainView Dental to spread free smiles across the state of Virginia through the Dentistry from the Heart organization. Heading into its third year, the team hopes to provide 200 free smiles in one intense day of donating dentistry to those in need with limited access to care. Dr. Futerman continues to support Operation Smile, a worldwide charity for children with correctable facial deformities such as cleft palate.

As an Old Dominion University Alumnus, Dr. Futerman supports his alma mater by sponsoring the collegiate athletic program and attending events. Dr. Futerman remains grateful to the community of Hampton Roads for helping ASD grow from a one-provider location to a multiple-office, multi-specialty practice offering pain-free, worry-free dentistry from the Oceanfront to the Shenandoah Valley.

Shelbi graduated from UNC Chapel Hill (Go, Heels!) with a BS in Biology, then went on to dental school at Boston University, where she received her DMD. In addition, Shelbi did a one-year advanced education residency in general dentistry through East Carolina University.

ABOUT DR. YOUNG

To Shelbi, dentistry isn’t just drilling and filling but the perfect blend of art and science. Although she loves many facets of dentistry, Shelbi most enjoys getting to know her patients. To her, the heart of patient care is taking a personalized approach; she believes each patient’s smile is special. Whether a patient’s concern is cosmetic, restorative, or a dental emergency, Shelbi creates a genuine connection with each of her patients and provides them with excellent and individualized care. It’s easy to see that she takes her passion for dental care and her patients’ smiles to heart.

Outside of the office, Shelbi spends her time with her husband, their cat (Sawyer), and two dogs (Chief and Mack), enjoying the oceanfront and all that the area has to offer. In addition to exploring Virginia Beach, Shelbi loves gardening, cooking, and perfecting her craft of floral arranging.