The Raving Patients Podcast

Although born in India, I spent most of my childhood living on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. While attending Rutgers University in New Jersey, I discovered a passion for dentistry and had the pleasure of shadowing a practice that supported me as I pursued my interests within the field. With degrees in Communication and Biology, I quickly realized that my favorite projects involved working...

Levi Barlavi a dental attorney and founder of the Pacific Health Law Group, P.C., a law practice focused on the legal and business needs of healthcare professionals.  Levi assists dentists with legal issues related to practice formation, partnerships, practice sales and transitions, office leases and lease reviews, employment law issues, and regulation and compliance matters. With a family of doct...

Xaña Winans is the owner of Golden Proportions Marketing, a full service marketing agency dedicated to growing dental offices, and Smart Market Dental, the first complete marketing metrics software solution combining call tracking, call screening, team performance metrics and automated ROI tables for all marketing.  As one of the industry's most sought-after dental marketing consultants, Xaña coll...

Dr. Nathan Ho graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in 2009. He currently own two dental practices with his business partner. He is also a co-founder of EnvisionStars.com , founder of dentaljobs247.com (a job site serving practice owners and job seekers ), Founder of the Dental WinWin facebook group, and the founder/host of the Coffee Break Interview Video Podcast.

Vivek Kinra is a Computer Engineer by degree but his career moved into business management at a young age. He has had multiple leadership roles leading big engineering departments at large corporations.  He got into dentistry by marrying a dentist. His wife Dr. Lyuda started a scratch practice in late 2015 in a very saturated area of Chicago. The practice, VIP Dental Lounge, is a small 3 operatory...

Dr. Jessica Emery is: A wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a Chicago cosmetic dentist, an entrepreneur, a creative, a visionary, a philanthropist, a smile stylist, a girl boss, a LOVER OF LIFE!! Dr. Emery grew up just outside of Boston, in Worcester, Massachusetts. She followed in her mother's footsteps and attended Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. She opened Sugar Fix Denta...

Dr. Sunny Pahouja was raised in Columbus, Ohio.  After graduating from Dublin Scioto High School, he received his bachelor's degree in Finance from The Ohio State University.  He earned his D.D.S. from The Ohio State University in 2011, and spent a year practicing in Chicago learning many advanced techniques and procedures with particular focus on pediatrics. After spending a few years in Dayton,...

Founder of the nation's largest student and new dentist community, igniteDDS, Dr. David Rice travels  the world speaking, writing and connecting today's top young dentists with tomorrow's most successful dental practices.  In addition to igniteDDS, Dr. Rice maintains a team-centered, restorative and implant practice in East Amherst, NY.  With 23 years of practice in the books, he has completed cur...

Dr. Glenn Leon Vo is a practicing Dentist, performance coach, podcaster, and an expert at Trivial Pursuit.  As the creator of The Nifty Thrifty Dentists, Dr. Vo is always negotiating discounts and helping his fellow Dentists save money.  Dr. Vo also co-hosts  The Nifty Thrifty Dentists, with Dr. Vinh Nguyen.  He is a coach with Delivering Wow and the co-founder of DentalHub360, a social media site...

Janice Hurley is Dentistry's Image Expert on personal presence and professional success. Attendees to her courses have described her as profoundly articulate, gracefully charismatic and powerfully entertaining. She has been honored for more than ten years as one of the top speakers in dentistry by Dentistry Today. A noted authority on treatment presentation and effective in office systems, Janice...

Paul Goodman, DMD's courses offer chairside and behind the scenes, easy to implement techniques and strategies that decrease stress and increase practice revenue. From cutting edge implant technology to practice management skills and techniques, participants gain a roadmap for improving patient health and satisfaction, practice profits, and their personal joy. While chief dental resident during hi...

Tuan Pham maintains a general private practice in Austin, TX. He practices 4 days a week seeing an average of 4 doctor patients a day and has an office production of 1.2 million a year. He is the creator Dental Maverick, a training series focused on mastering communication, leadership and management skills. He is also the creator of Dental Maverick Summit which is a live CE event focused on the bu...

Justin Morgan is the founder of dentalmarketingguy.com , a website dedicated to demystfying and simplifying dental marketing. Justin's website is ranked #1 for "dental SEO expert," so it seemed only natural that we'd invite him on the Raving Patients Podcast to discuss the topic of SEO. Justin has a long history of ranking dental websites, and he has a raving following on the Dental Town forums. L...

Dr. Emily Letran is an international speaker, author of several books, and radio show host. She is a Trainer in High Performance, dedicated in helping business professionals and entrepreneurs maximize their potential in personal and business life, streamline business and increase profits, winning back time from work so they can enjoy that time with their family, children and pursue their passion....

Korey's 20 year career in strategic brand development and relationship marketing has gained him national recognition and industry awards. A serial entrepreneur, Korey dropped out of college after less than a year to begin his career. After working for several creative companies, Korey set out to build his first creative company at just 26 years of age. Korey is an accomplished speaker and writer o...

Dr. Anissa Holmes, a Dentist, Business Acceleration Coach, Social Media Strategist, and Best Selling Author is a leader in the dental industry. Dr. Holmes has coached and advised coaches, million dollar practice owners, and startup practices. Based on her massive success, Dr. Holmes has been featured in top dental publications, such as Dental Economics, Dentistry IQ, and Dental Products Report, an...

Dr. Chris Bowman is a full-time practicing dentist, speaker, author, and dental coach from Charlotte, North Carolina.  He started Advanced Dentistry of Charlotte in 1996, where he currently collects among the top 5-10% of dentists nationally. Focal points in his private practice include elective cosmetic dentistry, esthetic restorative dentistry, Six Month Smiles adult orthodontics, Invisalign and...

Rita Zamora is the author of the new book, Get Found, Get Liked, Get Patients - Making the Most of Social Media, and owner and founder of Rita Zamora Connections (https://RitaZamora.com) a social media marketing agency. She is known as "Dentistry's Social Media Expert" and is one of the most highly sought after social media speakers and has been invited to return as a speaker to the best meetings...

Dr. Joshua Austin is a native San Antonian. After attending Health Careers High School and the University of Texas as an undergrad student, Dr. Austin graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Dental School. UTHSCSA Dental School has been one of the top ranked dental schools in the nation since 1993. Dr. Austin excelled in dental school and was voted president of his...

BONNIE HIXSON As the Founder of The Progressive Dentist Magazine and the ProPractice online resource library, Bonnie's mission is to connect dentists and teams with the resources they need to build and maintain thriving practices. For the past 25 years, Bonnie has worked closely with dentists and highly respected business experts throughout the US and Canada. She's dedicated to helping members of...

Dr. Grace Yum is a pediatric dentist that has been in the dental field for over 20 years. Her passion for dentistry began at the age of 18 where she worked as a dental assistant and climbed up the ladder to become a certified specialist and practice owner. She is a mother and a certified pediatric dentist, a certification achieved by only 5% of all dentists in the U.S. She was described as one of...

Cory Pinegar is the CEO of CallForce, a dental solutions company that is dedicated to helping dentists succeed in their practices by helping them improve their overdue hygiene recall. In his spare time Cory loves to play golf and tennis. In this episode I discussed with Cory how freeing up you front desk from making calls or having a dedicated person at the front who handles patients who come in m...

Susan grew up in a dental family, where she watched her father practice for 50 years near their home in Connecticut. He shared his passion for dentistry along with his belief that a healthy mouth and confident smile could enhance one's quality of life. Susan earned her Associates in dental hygiene as well as a Bachelor's degree in Business Finance from Boston University. She practiced hygiene for...

Dr. Joanne Block Rief is a third generation dentist practicing general and cosmetic dentistry in Owings Mills, Md. She began her career in dentistry when she was 13 years old, helping out in her dad's dental practice. After graduating with her bachelor's degree in dental hygiene, she decided to go to dental school and graduated from U of Md dental school in 1986. She worked for her father for 18 y...

Joy Hawkins is a Local SEO expert who is a Google My Business Top Contributor. She regularly contributes to many online communities in the Local SEO world, including the Google My Business forum (Top Contributor), the Local Search Forum (Top Contributor), and the Local University Forum (Moderator). She is also a contributor to the Moz Local Search Ranking Factors survey. Joy is the owner of  Sterl...