“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Plato As I watch the New Year’s Eve ball dropped, I embraced the memories of 2019 and waited for the year to end in hopes that 2020 will be even better. But no one could have predicted what the past six months have been like from… Read More »
I remember the transition I went through after I purchased my dental practice. That was a time of uncertainty for patients of the practice because, well, they just didn’t know what they were getting. Who was this new guy taking over the office? Through the first few weeks of my transition, my team updated me on the many… Read More »
When I first started on my path to becoming a dentist, I never thought I would be finishing my first year of pediatric dentistry residency nearly four years after graduation. I often think about how life would be different if I had applied to residency straight after dental school – and almost immediately, I reflect on each triumph… Read More »
I can remember my return to new dentist status like it was yesterday. Eighteen months ago, I was sitting on the steps of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. I turned to one of my best friends, my mentor, and someone that I very much look up to, and asked for help. I asked him, “Why have I… Read More »
One month ago, I was doing my weekend readings at Barnes and Noble, writing, and sipping on my favorite mango dragon fruit lemonade. Little did I know that two weeks later, I would be sitting at home, on the phone with my bank to negotiate for a deferred loan payment because of an emergency shut down. My patients… Read More »
So you just finished dental school or a residency and you are ready to move in to a new world. You are done with academia for now or maybe forever. You decide to enter the private practice system as you have always imagined. Right before your first day you are a mix of excitement and anxiety. You must… Read More »