I am living the dream! I have the best job in the world and live in the beautiful southwest outskirts of Escondido near Lake Hodges with the best weather in the country! We have a terrific group of patients, an amazing office team and I look forward to coming to work and making a difference every day!
My two greatest gifts are my ability to get along well with people and my practical common-sense approach to orthodontic problem solving. I have practiced orthodontics for more than 33 years and have thoroughly enjoyed every year.
I grew up in Springfield, Missouri and enjoyed being my high school’s student body president and co-captain of our state champion football team. After attending Vanderbilt University and Missouri State University where I was my fraternity president, I went south to Dallas and graduated with honors from Baylor College of Dentistry where I was student body president. I then moved west to Los Angeles to attend the world renown University of Southern California’s orthodontic program and earned my certificate in orthodontics and a Master’s degree in Craniofacial Biology.
After graduating from USC, I practiced in an exclusive all-child orthodontic practice in Santa Monica. I got married and quickly realized that living in San Diego was a much better place to live and raise a family. I had practices in Carlsbad and Carmel Valley before joining Dr. Mike Stenstrom in our current Inland North County practice in 1996. I am proud that I am one of the very few Lifetime Diplomates of the American Board of Orthodontics in the area. I love to go to as many continuing education courses as I can and participate in several online study clubs daily so I can stay on top of this rapidly changing field and provide our patients with the very best possible treatment.
My wife Cynthia and I have two sons. William is a graduate of Arizona State University and has an MBA from the University of Oregon. Andrew is a graduate of the University of San Diego and is a banker in La Jolla. We mourn the recent loss of our two West Highland White Terriers Dolly and Callie. My outside interests include USC football, management of the legendary “Hardie Boyz” fantasy football franchise, Padres Baseball, local high school sports, cooking, entertaining friends, traveling, and riding my BMW touring motorcycle.
I met my wife in pre-school and I played Pop Warner football with Brad Pitt (I was the second cutest kid on the team). My sister is an attorney back in Missouri and is married, to of all people, another orthodontist! Our dogs’ grandmother was the dog on the Cesar dog food label.
I am proud of our fun-loving, talented, experienced, and well-trained doctors and staff. Our superior office reputation is demonstrated by the numerous local dentists, oral surgeons, periodontists, and endodontists who have chosen our office for their own family’s orthodontic treatment.
