Blogger Stephanie R. Ganter, D.D.S., is a board-certified periodontal and dental implant surgeon in Garland, Texas. She completed a two-year fellowship in integrative medicine out of the University of Arizona School of Medicine and is currently enrolled in a one-year surgical leadership program at Harvard University. Dr. Ganter has also taken executive leadership courses through Cornell University. She currently serves as the New Dentist Committee liaison to the Council on Members Insurance and Retirement Programs at the American Dental Association. I’m a periodontal and dental implant ..read more

Blogger Margaret Gingrich, D.D.S., a general solo practitioner in Big Rapids, Michigan, has been involved in organized dentistry her entire career. She is the former president of the Michigan Dental Association and West Michigan District Dental Society. Dr. Gingrich is currently the 9th District representative on the ADA Council on Dental Practice and a member of the ADA House of Delegates. She is a 2004 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and the co-chair of the Michigan Mission of Mercy, where she volunt ..read more

Blogger Giancarlo Ghisalberti, D.M.D., is a 2010 graduate of Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. He is in private practice in North Bergen, New Jersey, with his father and brother. Dr. Ghisalberti serves as the District 4 representative on the ADA New Dentist Committee and the committee’s liaison to the ADA Council on Membership. Dr. Ghisalberti is the president of the Hudson County Dental Society and serves on numerous New Jersey Dental Association councils and committees. I began working with Dental Lifeline Network about four years ago. I was introduced into the program by my father who ha ..read more

Dr. Deshpande Blogger Sampada Deshpande, D.D.S., author of the book “Persevering,” earned her dental degree in 2018 from the University of Washington. She is a recipient of a fellowship in the American College of Dentists, American Dental Association 10 Under 10 Award and Academy of General Dentistry 10 to Watch honor. Dr. Deshpande founded and hosts meetings of the New Dentist Business Club, a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit. She is also the product manager for SamsoSmile, a cloud-based website that automates dental insurance verifications and benefits for patients. You can reach her direct ..read more

Blogger Cathy Hung, D.D.S., is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in New Jersey. She is an alumna of the ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership and a wellness ambassador with the ADA Wellness Ambassador Program, which is supported by the ADA Dental Team Wellness Advisory Committee of the ADA Council on Dental Practice. Dr. Hung currently serves as the vice president of the Mercer Dental Society and a New Jersey Dental Association alternate trustee. She is a speaker, writer and life coach on diversity, equity and inclusion and female leadership. When supermarket aisles were first ..read more

Blogger Amrita Patel, D.D.S. (left), is a general dentist in private practice in Westchester County, New York, and an adjunct faculty member in the dental hygiene program at the University of South Dakota. She graduated from the New York University College of Dentistry in 2011 and completed a general practice residency immediately afterwards. From 2018-20, she chaired the New Dentist Committee of the New York State Dental Association. She was the recipient of a 2021 American Dental Association 10 Under 10 Award, which recognizes 10 new dentists from around the country for excelling in their w ..read more

Blogger Alayna Schoblaske, D.M.D., is a general dentist practicing in a federally qualified health center in Oregon. She is the current District 11 representative on the ADA New Dentist Committee and serves as the new dentist liaison to the ADA Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She is also on the ADA’s Presidential Medicaid Task Force. Closer to home, she serves as the Oregon Dental Association’s editor and the Southern Oregon Dental Society’s treasurer. Dr. Schoblaske is a 2017 graduate of the Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry and a 2018 graduate of the Washington ..read more

Dr. Kutsyk Michael Kutsyk, D.D.S., is a graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. He is currently in private practice in Bradenton, Florida. He is also a part-time clinical professor at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Dental Medicine in Bradenton, Florida. You’ve graduated from dental school, spent some time practicing clinical dentistry, and are now thinking about buying or starting a dental practice. Ownership was the right option for me, and it remains a desirable pathway for many. On average, private practice owners can take home an addition ..read more

Blogger Cathy Hung, D.D.S., is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in New Jersey. She is an alumna of the ADA Institute for Diversity in Leadership and a wellness ambassador with the ADA Wellness Ambassador Program, which is supported by the ADA Dental Team Wellness Advisory Committee of the ADA Council on Dental Practice. Dr. Hung currently serves as the vice president of the Mercer Dental Society and a New Jersey Dental Association alternate trustee. She is a speaker, writer and life coach on diversity, equity and inclusion and female leadership. In this post, Cathy Hung, D.D.S ..read more

Alexandra Otto, D.D.S. (left), is a pediatric dentist and the co-founder of Kids Tooth Team Pediatric Dentistry, a family-owned small group pediatric specialty practice with three locations in Buda, Kyle and Austin, Texas. She and her husband are also the co-founders of Kids Tooth Team Outreach, a nonprofit mobile dental home that uses a two-operatory dental RV to provide free dental care to underserved children in central Texas. Dr. Otto is the new dentist representative on the ADA Council on Advocacy for Access and Prevention and an ADA Success Program speaker, and she recently was honored ..read more