Here are 9 dentists who serve as leaders of dental groups:
Hamid Abedi, DDS. Founder and CEO of Cornerstone Group (Irvine, Calif.). Dr. Abedi has been practicing dentistry for 17 years and is an assistant professor at Loma Linda (Calif.) University. He opened his first practice in 1997 before launching Cornerstone in 2008.
Alan Acierno, DDS. CEO of DecisionOne Dental Partners (Schaumburg, Ill.). Dr. Acierno has served as CEO DecisionOne since 2012. He previously worked as a dentist for Effingham, Ill.-based DSO Heartland Dental from 2001-03 before opening Acierno Dental in Schaumburg in 2003.
Manu Chaudhry, DDS. President of Capitol Dental Care (Salem, Ore.). Dr. Chaudhry has been president of Capitol Dental Care since 2020. He has more than a decade of experience serving in leadership positions at various healthcare companies, including as a managing doctor at Orange, Calif.-based Western Dental from 2011 until 2016.
Daryl Dudum, DDS. Founding Partner and Co-CEO of Endo1 Partners and Specialty1 Partners (Houston). Dr. Dudum has served in his position since 2019. He, along with Matthew Haddad, DMD, helped form Specialty1 Partners as the parent company of Endo1 Partners and other dental companies in December. He practices endodontics at Marin Endodontics, which has four locations in California.
Matthew Haddad, DMD. Founding Partner and Co-CEO of Endo1 Partners and Specialty1 Partners (Houston). Dr. Haddad has served in his position since 2019. He helped establish Specialty1 Partners as the parent company of Endo1 Partners and other dental companies in December. He is an endodontist at Gulf Coast Endodontics, which has four locations across Texas.
Kelly Jastremski, DDS. CEO of P1 Dental Partners (Indianapolis). Dr. Jastremski oversees the DSO's 40 practices across Indiana and Illinois. He has also practiced at Liberty Family Dentistry in Bloomington, Ind., since 1994 and is a past owner of the practice.
Nicholas Papapetros, DMD. New England Dental Partners (Bourne, Mass.). Dr. Papapetros joined the DSO as CEO in 2019. He earned his dental degree from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston. He oversees the DSO's 15 partners across Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Craig Saltzman, DMD. CEO of Affinity Dental Management (Holyoke, Mass.). Dr. Saltzman has led Affinity Dental since 2017. He has a special expertise in endodontics and root canal therapy. He leads a dental group with partner practices in Connecticut, New York, Vermont and Massachusetts.
Frank Schiano, DMD. Co-founder and chief clinical officer at Beacon Dental Health (Boston). In addition to overseeing clinical operations at the 14-location DSO, Dr. Schiano is also an orthodontist and dentofacial orthopedist at Trinity Dental in Boston. He has received several awards for his work, including the Massachusetts Dental Society's "10 Under Ten" award in 2011 and an international service award from the American Dental Association in 2011.