Mommy Dentists in Business

Dr. Grace Yum
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Mommy Dentists in Business

Dr. Grace Yum has quietly become one of the highest profile pediatric dentists in Chicago and beyond. She is in a small pool of less than 5% of all dentists who become certified in pediatrics. She also founded and built Yummy Dental and Orthodontics for Kids into a leader in its category. In this Podcast, Dr. Yum shares pearls of wisdom based on her experience that are designed to help moms be successful in their medical careers and in their lives more broadly. She interviews a rotating cast of experts who give invaluable advice from a variety of perspectives: fashion stylists, lawyers, CEOs, nutritionists, skincare experts, parenting experts and more. Along the way, Dr. Yum shares the secrets to her success in balancing motherhood and her growing business interests in dental, real estate and beyond.

  1. 11/11/2022

    208: Interview with UNC Nutrition Research Institute dentist and plant based mom, Dr. Candy Cole Jones

    Candy Coles Jones, DDS, is a University of Tennessee Health Science Center graduate. Currently, she is the dentist for an oral health study done at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute in Kannapolis. She is also a plant-based mom to a nine-year-old and gut health enthusiast.

    30 min

  2. 11/18/2022

    209: Interview with Co-Founder & President of Operation Smile, Kathy Magee

    Kathy Magee founded Operation Smile in 1982 with her husband, Dr. Bill Magee, and currently serves as its president on a full-time, volunteer basis. Kathy is also a lifetime member of the Board of Directors, overseeing funding and long-held organizational relationships. Kathy shapes future strategy and leads project design within medical mission programming and the education, training and student departments. Kathy travels overseas extensively to expand in-country boards while cultivating key corporate, diplomatic, government and medical partnerships that enable Operation Smile to carry out its mission. She fosters university partnerships and research with academic institutions, such as the University of Southern California through the International Family Study, which contributes to understanding the causes of cleft. Kathy is deeply involved in Operation Smile Student Programs, which provides opportunities for students to volunteer, engage and support Operation Smile’s work by raising funds and awareness. She leads the International Student Leadership Conference that annually brings together more than 600 selected leaders from 35 countries. Kathy, Bill and Operation Smile received the first $1 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize in 1996 and the Servitor Pacis Award from the Path to Peace Foundation in 1997. In 1999, the Magees received the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement. In 2004, the Magees were awarded The Humanitarian Rose Award from The People’s Princess Charitable Foundation, Inc., in London. In 2007, USAID presented the Magees with the President’s Call to Service Award from President George W. Bush. In 2009, U.S. News and World Report named Kathy and Bill among “America’s Best Leaders.” Kathy is the recipient of honorary degrees from Fordham University, Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland, Loyola University in Maryland, Old Dominion University, Misericordia University and Denison University and was inducted into the Alumni Association Hall of Fame of the University of Maryland in 2000. In 2014, she received a prestigious honorary doctorate from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. She has also remained active in the World of Children organization and serves as a member of the Hilton Prize Coalition Executive Committee. Kathy helped secure Operation Smile’s future by establishing the Operation Smile Global Headquarters in Virginia Beach, Virginia, dedicated in 2013, as a permanent facility built in tribute to the humanitarian spirit and ongoing mission of cleft care and safe surgery around the world. As a New Jersey native, Kathy received her B.S.N. from Misericordia University in Pennsylvania, her M.Ed. from the University of Maryland and her M.S.W. from Norfolk State University in Virginia. She also completed graduate work at the University of Virginia and the Jung Institute in Switzerland. She is a mother of five and grandmother to 14, all of whom participate in Operation Smile to promote service for the next generation.

    32 min

  3. 11/25/2022

    210: Interview with director and staff dentist at 3M, Dr. Lois Duerst & scientific affairs and education sr. manager at 3M, Jean Madden 

    Dr. Lois Duerst, DDS is currently Staff Dentist for 3M Oral Care Solutions Division. She earned her undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her DDS from the University of Minnesota –Minneapolis. She joined 3M after more than 30 years of general dentistry experience. She has been active, both locally andnationally, in the American Dental Association, Minnesota Dental Association and the Academy of General Dentistry and has earned a Fellowship and Mastership Award in the Academy of General Dentistry. She has also earned Fellowship in the American College of Dentists. She remains active in her local Spear Study Club. Jean Madden, Global Scientific Affairs Manager, has earned both Technical and Marketing Excellence awards during her career with 3M. She has also led new product introduction teams, founded and edited a global key opinion leader newsletter, and has lectured extensively in her travels around the world.  She has been the lead Scientific Affairs Manager on a number of new products including 3M™ Filtek™ Universal Restorative and the 3M™ Filtek™ Matrix.  Jean’s hobbies include environmental activism, tennis, and spending time with her husband and two outrageously tall sons.

    29 min

  4. 12/02/2022

    211: Interview with returning guest, serial entrepreneur and President of SheepMedical USA, Lea Ellermeier

    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.

    41 min

  5. 12/09/2022

    212: Interview with dentist and owner of a dental practice with emphasis on geriatric dentistry, Dr. Melissa Scaggs

    After graduating from University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio Dental School in the year 2000, Dr. Scaggs continued her education by completing a 12 month Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at Texas A&M (Baylor) College of Dentistry. She then entered private dental practice, purchasing her first office in Carrollton, Texas, in 2003. She diligently took many hours of Continuing Education and by 2008, had been awarded the prestigious Master status in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Scaggs began specifically marketing to Senior patients in 2014 and has focused on treating this special population ever since. She has been married for 25 years and has a 10 year old son, named Wilson.

    33 min

  6. 12/16/2022

    213: Interview with business mentor, Sarah Walton

    Sarah Walton is a business mentor who’s been featured on The Today Show, speaks at women’s conferences all over the world, and has helped hundreds of women start and grow businesses they LOVE. She honed her business-building skills working with startups and large corporations where she managed a P &L worth hundreds of millions of dollars.  She’s the host of the Game On Girlfriend Podcast, and she's known for her weekly "Coffee With Coach"; streaming video conversations on Monday mornings. Sarah speaks across the nation has become the go-to source of inspiration, no-nonsense teaching, and practical integration for women in business, ultimately putting more money in the hands of more women.

    32 min

  7. 12/23/2022

    214: Interview with dentist & former pageant winner, Dr. Truvella Reese and current Miss USA, R'Bonney Gabriel

    A wife of 20+ years, mother to 3 incredible children, a healthcare professional, small business owner, community volunteer, and lecturer, Dr. Truvella “Trudy” Reese wears many…many hats. She is a general dentist in a Las Vegas-based, private practice.  Opening Generations Dental in 2012, she quickly outgrew her location and purchased Crowne Dental in 2016.  In the decade that she’s been in private practice, she has become one of the highest-rated and most sought general dentists in Las Vegas. Dr. Reese is an Infection Control Officer for the Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners & a peer-review advisor for several insurance companies.  She is a national speaker with Physicians Against Trafficking Humans; a prevention, education, and advocacy organization.  Her passion project is restoring the smiles of human trafficking survivors.  Her most recent accomplishment was being named Nevada Mother of the Year 2021.   All-American bombshell and true Texas girl, R’Bonney Gabriel is proudly born and raised in Houston to a Mom from Beaumont, small-town Texas, and a Dad who immigrated to America at age 19 on a college scholarship. As the first Filipina-American to proudly wear the Miss USA crown, she brings her southern charm married with her value for hard work as the foundation blocks of her career in pageantry. R’Bonney not only commands the room with her stately poise and stunning beauty but also enchants any audience with her talent as she frequently flaunts her own hand-crafted garment designs. This force for good in the world of fashion is ready to bring her visionary aesthetic along with her passion for making a sustainable difference in the lives of women to the Miss USA platform and beyond.   While growing up, R’Bonney was always called to creative forms of expression. She recalls being a part of everything in middle school - from the yearbook to volleyball, even playing the oboe and clarinet in the school band - she left no extra-curricular stone unturned as she honed in on her passions. When considering her pageant journey, R’Bonney encourages young women to use failure to their advantage. After placing runner-up on her first try in Miss Texas, she was devastated as she thought that it was her last year of eligibility. Upon further investigation, she realized that she had one more year to compete. She didn’t want to have any regrets and as such in 2022, she went for it again - and WON!  Citing self-doubt as her biggest hurdle, R’Bonney’s greatest lesson which she wants to leave with young women everywhere is - “never let someone else’s opinions of you become your reality - I learned the beauty of reframing my mindset and that’s been the starting point of all my successes”.

    33 min

  8. 01/27/2023

    215: Interview with estate planning attorney & founder of Lancier Legal, PC., Eddie Johnson

    Eddie Johnson is the founder of Lancier Legal, PC.  His firm helps professionals protect their families and secure their legacies through estate planning.  Eddie has tailored his practice to focus on providing his clients with peace of mind, rather than just documents and deliverables. When he’s not helping families and business owners, you can find Eddie spending time with his wife, Anna, and his sons, Jake and Luke.

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    Dr. Grace Yum has quietly become one of the highest profile pediatric dentists in Chicago and beyond. She is in a small pool of less than 5% of all dentists who become certified in pediatrics. She also founded and built Yummy Dental and Orthodontics for Kids into a leader in its category. In this Podcast, Dr. Yum shares pearls of wisdom based on her experience that are designed to help moms be successful in their medical careers and in their lives more broadly. She interviews a rotating cast of experts who give invaluable advice from a variety of perspectives: fashion stylists, lawyers, CEOs, nutritionists, skincare experts, parenting experts and more. Along the way, Dr. Yum shares the secrets to her success in balancing motherhood and her growing business interests in dental, real estate and beyond.

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    • Creator
      Dr. Grace Yum
    • Years Active
      2017 - 2022
    • Episodes
      100
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