About Doc Skoly

Stephen Skoly received his dental license in Rhode Island in 1988 and has practiced full scope oral and maxillofacial surgery and provided hospital care in the state since then. His practice includes some of Rhode Island's most-vulnerable patients at Eleanor Slater Hospital, Zambarano Hospital, and the Rhode Island Training School for minors. In addition, he provides care for the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and the Federal Wyatt Detention facility.

Dr. Skoly has also provided services to the Rhode Island Rite Smiles Program for children and consulted for the State Medical Examiner's office, including assistance with its efforts after The Station night club fire. During his time in Rhode Island, he has worked for USAID/SIDIM on international projects, was a contributor for Fox News, and was on the faculty of the University of Rhode Island and the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in Moscow.

As a member of the board of the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity, Doc Skoly contributed his professional stature and personal experience to advance debates over medical freedom, affordability, and constitutional governance on behalf of Rhode Islanders. The Center is a nonprofit public-policy think tank that promotes pro-family, pro-business, and individual liberty reforms as a way to improve quality of life and economic opportunity for all Rhode Islanders. Skoly joined its board in 2020, became chairman in 2021, and relinquished his role in order to run for Congress.

Stephen was born in Rockville, Connecticut, into a middle-class family. He graduated from Assumption University, where he is currently a member of the Board of Trustees, and earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Connecticut.  Doctor Skoly completed a general practice residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago and a Post-Doctoral Certificate in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery at the University of Illinois. Cook County Hospital is recognized as the first level-one trauma center established in the United States.

Skoly has produced multiple documentaries and feature films as the Executive Producer of Jawdoc Productions, including Fixing America. He has contributed multiple editorials to the Providence Journal and even commented with a rebuttal to Rhode Island's disastrous "Cooler/Warmer" campaign.