The Raving Patients Podcast

From dental assistant to practice owner, Genevieve brings a unique perspective and real-world experience in all aspects of dentistry.  Prior to speaking and consulting, Genevieve co-founded an affiliate group where she architected and facilitated numerous practice acquisitions and transitions.  From practice startup to transition, Genevieve has the skills and knowledge to implement systems for bus...

Matt Donzella is the Local Business Outreach for  Yelp Inc. My goal is to build a thriving network of Bay Area business owners, connecting with you and connecting you with each other. I host a series of events to provide business owners with resources that help them succeed and grow. I'm also your local Yelp For Business Owners educator in the Bay Area. I provide training for local business organi...

Tom Brown, Vice President of Sales Tom Brown brings over 20 years of sales leadership experience to his position of Vice President of Sales at LocalMed. He is experienced in leading start-ups and turn-a-rounds, his specialty is bringing a relationship style, value-added, process oriented approach to Sales. He has earned a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, rolled out  Salesforce.com  to three different...

Jennifer has spent over 20 years working in and with dental practices as a hygienist, trainer and consultant.  Jennifer has always been passionate about efficiency and productivity, and founded Virtual Dental Office to help practices save time on insurance training and tasks.  Jennifer then developed The Achievement Blueprint, an online communication and productivity system that helps individuals...

Graig Presti is a best-selling author, famous keynote speaker, founder and CEO of four-time Inc. 500/5000-recognized full service dental marketing company Local Search For Dentists (LSFD). Based on his massive success, Graig has been featured in top dental publications, such as Dental Economics Magazine, The Profitable Dentist, Dentistry IQ, and Dental Products Report, and has been recognized as o...

Dr. Steve Schluentz is a dentist and owner of Mountain Sky Dental, CEO/Founder of Mountain Sky Coaching, and host of the Dental Practice Freedom Radio.  He is also a partner at Dentistry's Optimal Model of Health, an online curriculum built at helping dentists use technical skills to develop a life of freedom.  He is a certified consultant for Bob Proctor, one of the world's foremost thought leade...

Dr Lance Timmerman DMD, Tukwila Dentist was born and raised in Kirkland and is first and foremost a family man. He has a beautiful wife and three active daughters that keep him very busy. While dedicated to dentistry, he also has a variety of activities to keep active. He has been a snow skier since a young age, but now avoids the crazy black diamond runs that he blasted down in his youth while ba...

Dr. Janice graduated from USC Dental School in 2009. She is currently practicing general dentistry in beautiful sunny San Diego. She is also an author. She co-author her book with her sister called "Keys to a Healthy Smile After 40: 7 Secrets to Feeling 7 Years Younger" and is currently available on Amazon. Together, Dr. Justene Doan and Dr. Janice Doan run A+ Family Dentistry in San Diego. Recogn...

Ryan Vet is an innovative leader, entrepreneur and author. He has presented to audiences around the globe on four different continents on leadership, marketing and reaching your maximum potential. Ryan's experiences range from start-ups to well-established multi-national, Fortune 500s. From launching his first business at age 14 to launching and successfully exiting start-ups, Ryan is a serial ent...

Jack Hadley developed the Social Media Marketing curriculum for the MBA program at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management in Provo, Utah. He has also taught classes there for many years. He is the founding partner at My Social Practice, an agency providing social media marketing support to dental and dental specialty practices worldwide. My Social Practice is the only dental-spec...

Andre is an inspirational and motivational speaker, executive coach and certified trainer. He is the Creator of The CREW Process. Which is a better way to define practice philosophy, bring consistency to treatment and gets the entire office and staff into alignment. For almost 3 decades, practices working with Andre have found great personal success while getting to know his genuine, frank and dev...

Joshua Scott is a marketing speaker and consultant who has spent the last 16 years in the dental industry.  He works with practices around the country to create confident marketing strategies.     Josh got into dentistry while transitioning out of a ministry career. He landed at a national practice management company where he learned the fundamentals of running a dental practice while viewing ever...

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...