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Education: Midwestern University CDMI
Grad Year: 2021
Experience: 3 Years
Specialty: General
Opportunity:
- Sale of Practice
- Associateship
- New Practice Start-Up
- Temporary Placement
- Dental Office for Lease
Desired Locations:
- IL - Hoffman Estates
IL - Schaumburg
IL - Palatine
IL - Bartlett
IL - Hanover Park
IL - Bloomingdale
IL - Carol Stream
IL - Roselle
IL - Glendale Heights
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I've been very fortunate that my first associate position in 2021 offered me the resources, technology, and supporting staff to push the boundaries on the procedural mix I am able to offer. I am looking to acquire or build out a well-equipped dental practice with ample opportunity for growth and/or to find an associate position in a similar practice while I continue moving forward on my path to ownership. I intend to utilize my extensive training in virtually all dental specialties, especially oral surgery/implantology, to lead a successful practice while connecting with and impacting my patients’ lives on a daily basis. I feel my unique background and experience has a huge impact on my ability to connect with my team and my patients, keeping humility as my anchor. I have only scratched the surface of what my potential is in dentistry, and I'm looking forward to breaking through.
Dentistry is my second career, and it by no means was a direct path from my first. While math & the sciences were always my strong suit growing up, I fell in love with Italian as an undergraduate, earning my BA in 2004. While applying to graduate schools I started working at Trader Joe's part time, fell in love with their work culture/philosophy, and ended up in management with them for over a decade. When life lead me to considering a massive career shift, I ultimately embarked on my dental journey back in 2015 - taking all the prerequisites at College of Dupage. I enrolled at Midwestern University CDMI in 2017, graduated in 2021 in the top quarter of my class while raising two sons with my wife, and was off and running.
During the last 8 months of dental school, my close friend and colleague and I got very close to acquiring a practice to jump right into upon graduation. That deal fell through just before graduation, and I found an associate position at a private practice. Fortunately for me, this specific practice was a well-oiled machine that was set up to support my growth as a practitioner in all facets of dentistry. After 2.5 years at this practice, there is very little that I refer out - I regularly provide a mix of services on any given day, including anterior/premolar/molar endo, simple and surgical extractions, bone grafting/PRF use, CEREC same day crown/bridge, both conventional and mini dental implant placement & restoration, and full-arch implant supported Stabiliteeth restorations & denture stabilizations.
- American Dental Association
- Chicago Dental Society
- Illinois State Dental Society
- Academy of General Dentistry
- International Dental Implant Association
- International Association of Mini Dental Implants
- Implant Seminars Continuum Fellowship
- Implant Seminars Live Patient Program Phoenix, AZ
- IL Licensed General Dentist
- Certified Stabiliteeth Provider
Education
Midwestern University CDMI
Undergraduate Degree
Washington University in St. Louis 2004
Experience: 3 Years