– Resident – LAC-USC Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Los Angeles, California
– Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree – Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Los Angeles, California
– PGY2 GPR Resident, OMFS emphasis; Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
– PGY1 GPR Resident; Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, California
– Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree – University of California San Francisco, School of Dentistry; San Francisco, California
– Montclair State University; Montclair, New Jersey – Major: Molecular Biology

– Adjunct Faculty, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department; University of the Pacific, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry – current
– Owner; VB OMS PC – current
– Associate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon; San Francisco Implant Institute – current
– Associate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon; Richard Robert OMS, South San Francisco – 2017-2019
– Associate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon; Sacramento Surgical Arts – 2015-2016

– Induction into OKU Rho Rho Chapter of the National Dental Honor Society 2007; Induction offered to top 10 out of 80 members of the graduating dental class
– Pierre Fauchard Academy Foundation Annual Scholarship Award 2006; For outstanding academic achievements in dentistry
– Charles Craig Memorial Scholarship recipient 2006 UCSF School of Dentistry; Awarded by OKU Rho Rho Chapter of the National Dental Honor Society in recognition of outstanding scholarship and ethical character
– National Board Scholar 2006 UCSF School of Dentistry
– Academic Excellence Mabel and Mary Martin Scholarship 2004 – 2005 academic year UCSF School of Dentistry
– Dean’s List 2003-2004 academic year UCSF School of Dentistry
– Academic Commendation Letter UCSF School of Dentistry Summer 2003, Fall 2003, Winter 2004
– Summa Cum Laude, MSU 2003
– Outstanding Baccalaureate Award, Molecular Biology, MSU 2003
– Golden Key International Honor Society Member 2001 – present
– Sigma XI recognition Award 2002
– Dean’s List MSU 2000 – 2003
– National Society of Collegiate Scholars Membership 2000 – present
– BYU Scholar Award Recipient 1999

– UCSF School of Dentistry; UCSF Summer Fellowship Program, Oral Cancer Laboratory
– Montclair State University; Research Assistant, Molecular Genetics Laboratory

– Analysis of Cytoskeletal Organization and Deposition of the Extracellular Matrix by K1735 Melanoma Cells 2004 Vinela Bakllamaja Mentor: Daniel M. Ramos, Presented in : UCSF Summer Fellowship Program Research Day

– ILR1 and sILR1 IAA amidohydrolase homologs differ in expression pattern and substrate specificity. 2003. James J. Campanella, Jutta Ludwig-Mueller, Vinela Bakllamaja, Vipul Sharma and Ania Cartier. Plant Growth Regulation. 41(3): 215-223.

– Expression analysis of Amidohydrolase Homologs from Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis suecica. 2003. James Campanella and Vinela Bakllamaja. The Journal of Young Investigators. 8:1

– Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Knowledge Update V – Implants Section Bach Le, Vinela Bakllamaja, Brady Nielsen. OMSKU June 2015