General Dentist & Oral Surgeon 
Southside Family Dental Center

I graduated in 1995 from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Dental school and I was fortunate to open my family practice next to Southside Children’s Dental Center. I have served the people of San Antonio for 25 years, and I am grateful to continue to practice in the same location with such distinguished professionals, not to mention the state-of-the-art, advanced equipment.

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I was born in Ohio and graduated from a local high school, then continued my education at St. Mary’s University. I’m fluent in Spanish and have practiced dentistry in Mexico and Guatemala through missionary work. I am married to a San Antonio native and have two wonderful children. When I’m not at the office, I have mountain biked in Colorado, road biked from San Antonio to Corpus Christi and enjoy riding the Texas hill country.

I was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, where I achieved my Dental Degree with honors at the Central University of Venezuela in 1996. I then accomplished a two-year internship at the Santa Rosa Maxillofacial Surgery Center in Caracas.

 

In 1999, I moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, to complete my Post-doctoral Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. After graduation, I went back to Venezuela in 2003 and actively worked in private practice at the Santa Rosa Maxillofacial Surgery Center for eight years. Also, I was a Consultant Professor in the OMS Department at the Central University of Venezuela since 2004 and a Board Member of the Venezuelan Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons for four years.

 

In 2011, I relocated to San Antonio, Texas- and became a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio until December 2014. I am dedicated to the private practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, maintaining an academic affiliation as an Adjunct Professor at the Dental School, UTHSCSA one day a week. My major areas of interest include dento-alveolar surgery, osseointegrated implants, alveolar reconstruction, maxillofacial trauma and pathology among others.