Mommy Dentists in Business Dr. Grace Yum

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 to child and adolescent health: childhood sexual development, puberty, teen sexuality in the digital age, body image, mental health, vaping/substance use, and more. She has over twenty years experience helping families connect over tricky topics, and believes that the best preventive medicine is delivered via effective health education. For more information, visit www.adolessonsLA.com.
 

Dr. Sonia Chopra is on a mission to save teeth. Before she became a Board Certified Endodontist, she was a patient. Born without 8 teeth, she frequently visited the dentist office, but it wasn’t until a tooth was mistakenly extracted that she discovered the importance of root canals. 
Today, she is the creator of E-School, an online education forum for general dentists worldwide, sharing knowledge on how to perfect endodontic skills, improve diagnosis, and deliver compassionate solutions by considering whole patient care.
She is also founder of Ballantyne Endodontics in Charlotte, NC, where she is a leader, teacher, and mentor in the local dental community. Through all aspects of her work, she emphasizes the importance of helping patients understand the “why” and “how” of their procedure. 
Dr. Chopra is a Director for the College of Diplomates of the American Board of Endodontics, and on the CE Committee of the American Association of Endodontists.  And if that weren’t keeping her busy enough, she is a wife and mom of 3! 
Join her email list at https://soniachopradds.com/ to be the first to hear about regularly-published case studies and endo tips, plus you’ll receive free post-op instructions to use within your practice to help your patients know what to expect. You can also find her on Facebook at "Sonia Chopra, DDS - Endo for All" and Instagram @SoniaChopraDDS.  

Lea A. Ellermeier is the President of SheepMedical USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of SheepMedical Ltd, the #1 Japanese orthodontic aligner manufacturer. She is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded and served as CEO of three dental technology companies 2C MedTech, REPLICATE Dental Technologies and Lingualcare, Inc. Lingualcare was purchased by 3M Company in November, 2007.  Post-acquisition, she was president of 3M’s Lingualcare subsidiary and a member of the management operating committee of 3M Unitek.
Lea has spent her career building disruptive technologies with executive roles at OraMetrix, acquired by Dentsply (NYSE:XRAY) AutoTester, partially acquired by Compuware, now BMC Compuware and marketing and international sales roles at  XTRA On-Line, Micrografx and GeoWorks. 
Lea earned a B.A. in Political Science (Cum Laude) from the University of Texas El Paso and an M.B.A. from Thunderbird, School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ.
Lea is a mentor at Tech Wildcatters and Health Wildcatters and has served on the board of TeXchange. She frequently speaks at start-up technology and healthcare forums and is a guest lecturer at SMU’s Cox School of Business, University of Texas Dallas and Dallas public schools. Lea is also a painter and a writer. Her first book, Finding the Exit; It’s Not Where You Start, It’s Where You Finish, was published in 2018. Lea’s art can be viewed on Instagram @leaellermeier.

Ashley Heenan founded DentalAssistEd, a continuing education program and practicum for the dental community, after spending over a decade as a hygienist and office manager. And despite its steady growth, she remains happily committed to her first job - MOM to Adelaide (5) and Charlotte (2). She currently resides in Park Ridge, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.

Jennifer Pearce has been involved in dentistry since 1995. Acting as a practice administrator for 18 years, Jennifer thought she understood all of the pain points that come with working in a dental office. However, after co-owning several successful dental practices over the course of 4 years, she can now confidently say she has seen it all.
With over 26 years of dental experience, Jennifer has led successful teams as an accomplished practice manager. She has led solo practices to produce up to $3 million, as well as being co-owner of 2 thriving dental practices. Known as “the connector” due to her uniquely engaging personality, she will show your team how to successfully lead your team and close dentistry through building relationships.
Jennifer Pearce takes on a different level of practice consulting by identifying with each and every dentist she works with. Most coaches only look at improving a practice from one perspective, while Jennifer takes a holistic outlook because she has worked in every area. Her coaching is taken from the practice administrator’s, team’s, and doctor’s point of view, because she believes running successful dental practices require a multi-pronged approach—or as she puts it, “Nothing changes without training and integrative coaching.”

Nathaniel Lawson DMD PhD is the Director of the Division of Biomaterials at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry and the program director of the Biomaterials residency program. He graduated from UAB School of Dentistry in 2011 and obtained his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2012. He has served as an investigator on over 50 clinical and laboratory research grants, and published over 150 peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and research abstracts. His research interests are the mechanical, optical, and biologic properties of dental materials and clinical evaluation of new dental materials. He was the 2016 recipient of the Stanford New Investigator Award and the 2017 3M Innovative Research Fellowship both from the American Dental Association.  He has served on the American Dental Association Council of Scientific Affairs and is on the editorial board of The Journal of Adhesive Dentistry and Compendium. He has lectured nationally and internationally on the subject of dental materials. He also works as a general dentist in the UAB Faculty Practice.