Mommy Dentists In Business

Dr. Heidi K. Gardner is a sought-after advisor, keynote speaker, and facilitator for organizations across a wide range of industries globally. Named by Thinkers50 as a Next Generation Business Guru, she is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and former professor at Harvard Business School. She is currently the faculty chair and instructor in multiple executive education programs at both institutions. D...

Sonia Chopra, DDS, is a board-certified endodontist, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, author, endodontic instructor, and founder of Ballantyne Endodontics in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sonia became passionate about endodontics after a dental patient experience, where her pain was misdiagnosed, and the wrong tooth was extracted. It wasn't until she was referred to a caring, thorough endodontist that she was correctly d...

Dr. Dana Van Elslande, DDS, MSc (D. Ortho), FRCD(C) Dr. Van Elslande is a Certified Specialist in Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics as well as a member of the Alberta Dental Association & College.

Currently in private practice in Calgary and Okotoks, Dr. Van Elslande manages a dental study group in Calgary and has several publications in peer-reviewed literature.

Dr. Dana Van Elslande has been in the private practice of orthod...

A perpetual student of higher education and advanced learning, Dr Wendy Gulden comes with 20 years of experience practicing endodontics in Minnesota and California. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with her DDS and MS degree where she practiced in a group practice and opened her own office. She followed her desire to move to a warmer climate and moved to San Francisco where she practiced for 7 years. The desire for hi...

Dr. Lorri Tomko is a general dentist who has been in the practice of dentistry for 34 years. Dr. Tomko attended Temple University School of Dentistry, and went on to receive her MBA from DeSales University in 2012. She is the owner of Tomko Dental Associates where she, and her team, practice all aspects general dentistry, as well as, Invisalign and Implant placement and restoration. She is a member of the American Dental Associatio...

"Lead with Integrity," is Susan Gunn's mantra. Susan is going to do just that this next hour, so, hang on, put your cell phones away and listen intently. 

Susan has a background in corporate America, previously working for a Fortune 500 corporation prior to beginning her own business 26 years ago.

She has written 48 books geared for professional practices, primarily focused on financial organization using dual accounting software....

Dolly Klock, MD is a Board Certified Family Medicine physician, founder of Adolessons, speaker, consultant and mom of two teens. Dr. Klock holds a BS from UCLA, an MD from Albany Medical College, and completed her Family Medicine residency at Brown University-Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. Through Adolessons, Dr. Klock provides individual and group consultations for parents, teens and tweens, around a variety of topics germane ...

Mark Johnson is a thirty-year veteran of the investment and financial planning industry and a pioneer in helping emerging dental professionals with student loan repayment strategies. Since founding StudentLoansRx in 2014, Mark has educated thousands of emerging dental professionals on smart repayment strategies and has helped hundreds create plans to tackle their student loan debt within the context of an overall financial plan. Up...

Meggan Wehmeyer grew up in Colorado and attended the University of North Carolina where she earned degrees in Biology and Chemistry. She then attended the University of Iowa for her DDS and went back to the University of North Carolina to earn her Master's in periodontology as well as a certificate in clinical and translational research. Meggan started Farmer's Body in 2018 and completed her diploma in Organic Skincare Formulation ...

Shital Palan is a Doctor in Physical Therapy , trained Indian Classical dancer and regular Yoga Practitioner. Born and raised in India , she has been practicing Physical Therapy for 15 years now and currently resides in Chicago where she practices in Orthopedic Clinical Setting and specializes in Women's Pelvic Health . Shital is  passionate about treating women who suffer in all kinds of pelvic issues to help them return back to t...

Joy Kong, M.D. is a UCLA-trained, triple board-certified physician (by American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, American Board of Addiction Medicine, American Board of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine). She is the president of Uplyft Longevity Center in Los Angeles, California, where she specializes in Antiaging medicine, esp. stem cell therapy and peptide therapy. Dr. Kong founded American Academy of Integrative Cell Therapy (A...

Marko Vujicic currently serves as Chief Economist and Vice President of the Health Policy Institute at the American Dental Association. In this role he oversees a comprehensive research program focusing on the U.S. dental care system. Previously, he was Senior Economist with The World Bank in Washington D.C. where he focused on health systems reform in developing countries and directed the global health workforce policy program. He...

Dr. Linda J. Edgar, a general dentist, is the 160th American Dental Association President and 5th woman to be elected to this honor. 

Dr. Edgar has been a member of the ADA since 1992 and was a member of the House of Delegates from 2005 to 2018. She served as the Eleventh District Trustee (2018-2022) of the ADA and is a former member of the ADA Council on Dental Practice. She went to dental school at the age of 37 after teaching ju...

Dr. Baxter is the founder and owner of the Alabama Tongue-Tie Center. He is an internationally-recognized speaker on tongue-ties, instructor of the acclaimed course Tongue-Tied Academy, and author of the best-selling book Tongue-Tied: How a Tiny String Under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding, and More.

He is a board-certified pediatric dentist, a Diplomate of the American Board of Laser Surgery, and a Fellow of the Americ...

Dr. Najia Usman graduated from SUNY Buffalo in 1995 with her DDS. After completing a one-year general practice residency at the Cleveland Clinic she furthered her interest in endodontics by completing a two-year endodontic residency at Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon in 2002. She was awarded her Diplomate Status by the American Board of Endodontics in 2009.

Dr. Usman has been in private practice since 2002....

Dr. Lauren Yasuda Rainey is a graduate of the University of the Pacific, Arthur A Dugoni School of Dentistry and completed a General Practice Residency at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Over the last decade, she has worked in clinical practice as both an owner and an associate, and Dr. Rainey has been on the faculty at her alma mater in the Department of Reconstructive Dental Sciences and the Department of...

Kristine Grazioso is a Board Certified Pediatric Dentist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. She started her practice in 1999 just months after her first son was born, and finished the build out of her new office space just two weeks before son number two was born and has never looked back! She is a partner in a second practice that also opened from scratch in 2015. All these years later, she still enjoys ...

Dr. Rhinelle Hirose's journey from humble beginnings in Oahu, Hawaii, is nothing short of inspiring. Raised in a single parent household with limited resources, she navigated public schools and community college, earning a scholarship to Hawaii Pacific University where she completed her bachelor's degree. She then graduated from the OHSU School of Dentistry in Portland, Oregon, in 2010. 

Returning to her roots in Hawaii, Dr. Hirose...