PedoGators
PedoGators, Inc. is a support group of the University of Florida’s Department of Pediatric Dentistry. Its goals are to:
- Sponsor an annual continuing education program
- Support the department’s residency program activities
- Develop social opportunities to meet in the future
The group held its first meeting on October 23, 2004, and agreed to donate funds to the department’s Clinic Renovation Fund following appropriate legal counsel to assure it is within the proper tax-exempt status of its incorporation.
20th Annual PedoGators CE: Esthetics for the Pediatric Patient
- Friday, February 21, 2025, from 8am to 4pm
- Hilton Hotel & Conference Center in Gainesville, Florida
- For more information and to register: Click here
History
In 2004, a group of former residents met to discuss re-activating the alumni association. The organizing committee included:
- Dr. Ron Rozanski (’87)
- Dr. George MacMaster (’88)
- Dr. Dan Barnes (’89)
- Dr. Barry Marcum (’94)
- Dr. Tim Glomb (’95)
- Dr. Caryn Alvarado (’00)
- Dr. Carly Thomas (’01)
The organizing committee elected the new association’s officers:
- Dr. Tim Glomb (President)
- Dr. Caryn Alvardo (Vice-President)
- Dr. Dan Barnes (Secretary / Treasurer).
Dr. Robert Primosch was appointed Executive Director of the association. The association was incorporated as “PedoGators, Inc.” and it has its own Constitution and Bylaws. A high percentage of graduates have joined the association, along with many “friends” including non-alumni practitioners, faculty and current residents and fellows.
Alumni List
| Name | Year graduated | Where practicing |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ronnie Grundset | 1984 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Dr. Si McAninch | 1985 | Sarasota, Florida |
| Dr. Bruce Riggs | 1986 | Marietta, Georgia |
| Dr. Ronald Rozanski | 1987 | Ocala, Florida |
| Dr. Mary Ann Butler | 1987 | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Dr. George MacMaster | 1988 | Alpharetta, Georgia |
| Dr. Margherita Maestrello De Moya | 1988 | Ft. Walton Beach, Florida |
| Dr. Dan Barnes | 1989 | Port Orange, Florida |
| Dr. Tom Wilson | 1989 | Des Moines, Iowa |
| Dr. Susan Antony | 1990 | Beaverton, Oregon |
| Dr. Ernie Prieto | 1990 | Miami, Florida |
| Dr. Tim Verwest | 1991 | Ft. Myers, Florida |
| Dr. John Embry | 1991 | Ocean Springs, Mississippi |
| Dr. Greg Borganelli | 1992 | Lake City, Florida |
| Dr. Bobby “Don” Cheatham | 1992 | Edmund, Oklahoma |
| Dr. Philip Hartgraves | 1993 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Dr. Donna Nichols | 1993 | Palm Harbor, Florida |
| Dr. Barry Marcum | 1994 | Peach Tree City, Georgia |
| Dr. Frank Sierra | 1994 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Timothy Glomb | 1995 | Debary, Florida |
| Dr. Lindsey Robinson | 1995 | Grass Valley, California |
| Dr. Maria Chatani | 1996 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Dr. Matt McLellan | 1996 | St. Augustine, Florida |
| Dr. Michael Marfori | 1997 | Orlando, Florida |
| Dr. Leigh Ann McIlwain | 1997 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Irene Buzzi | 1998 | No longer practicing |
| Dr. Janna McIntosh | 1998 | McAlester, Oklahoma |
| Dr. Robert Mixon | 1998 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Dr. Maria Fraser | 1999 | Orange Park, Florida |
| Dr. Louis LaTulippe | 1999 | Ormond Beach, Florida |
| Dr. Caryn Alvarado | 2000 | Valdosta, Georgia |
| Dr. Jeffrey Brownstein | 2000 | Litchfield Park, Arizona |
| Dr. Richard Brooks | 2000 | Cary, North Carolina |
| Dr. Lauren Governale | 2000 | Naples, Florida |
| Dr. Gabriela Rolland-Asensi | 2000 | Naples, Florida |
| Dr. James Johnson | 2001 | Gilbert, Arizona |
| Dr. Fara Bender | 2001 | Lake Worth, Florida |
| Dr. Emmanuel Skordalakis | 2001 | Sterling, Virginia |
| Dr. Stuart Bonnin | 2001 | Pensacola, Florida |
| Dr. Carly Thomas | 2001 | Valdosta, Georgia |
| Dr. Robyn Lesser | 2002 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Daren Gehring | 2002 | Logan, Utah |
| Dr. Brian Molloy | 2002 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Dr. Ryan Brackett | 2003 | Yukon, Oklahoma |
| Dr. Catherine Vega-Marcantonio | 2003 | Freeport, Florida |
| Dr. Frank Maye | 2003 | Boca Raton, Florida |
| Dr. Monique McEachern | 2003 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Dr. Nathan Beavers | 2004 | Canton, Mississippi |
| Dr. Sean McDonnell | 2004 | Port Orange, Florida |
| Dr. Michael McIlwain | 2004 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Anissa Ahmadi | 2005 | Ft. Myers, Florida |
| Dr. Bahareh JafarnIowa | 2005 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Julie Mical Russo | 2005 | Clermont, Florida |
| Dr. Nick White | 2005 | Lake Mary, Florida |
| Dr. Whitney Wignall | 2005 | South Portland, Maine |
| Dr. Miguel Argimosa | 2006 | Suffolk, Virginia |
| Dr. Tiffany Green | 2006 | Flowood, Mississippi |
| Dr. Christopher Loveland | 2006 | Nampa, Idaho |
| Dr. Kera King Young | 2006 | Gibsonton, Florida |
| Dr. Marlin Johnson | 2006 | Pavo, Georgia |
| Dr. Lisa Ameer Royal | 2007 | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Dr. Eric Berry | 2007 | Panama City, Florida |
| Dr. Mindy Hall | 2007 | Vero Beach, Florida |
| Dr. Jordan Tarver | 2007 | Lakeland, Florida |
| Dr. Amanda Velazquez | 2007 | Land O Lakes, Florida |
| Dr. Kristin Cavanah Mirda | 2008 | Melbourne, Florida |
| Dr. David Donald | 2008 | Oviedo, Florida |
| Dr. Suzanne Fournier | 2008 | Palatka, Florida |
| Dr. Lesley Rudolph | 2008 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Jason Sotto | 2008 | Lake Mary, Florida |
| Dr. Maigrely Abreu Hernandez | 2009 | Coral Gables, Florida |
| Dr. Alissa Dragstedt | 2009 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Dr. Karly Francis | 2009 | Trinidad |
| Dr. Meaghan Kindregan | 2009 | Alpharetta, Georgia |
| Dr. Maggie Novy | 2009 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Elizabeth Check | 2010 | Chicago, Illinois |
| Dr. Kelly Connaughton Mansour | 2010 | Orlando, Florida |
| Dr. Camille Horton | 2010 | South Carolina |
| Dr. Daniel Smith | 2010 | Temecula, California |
| Dr. Trevor Smith | 2010 | Rocklin, California |
| Dr. Michael Holt | 2010 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Dr. Melissa Kindell | 2010 | Okeechobee, Florida |
| Dr. Kelly Magher | 2010 | Naples, Florida |
| Dr. Lisa Lapointe | 2011 | Florida |
| Dr. David Rosen | 2011 | Riverview, Florida |
| Dr. Michael Tarver | 2011 | |
| Dr. Robert Weaver | 2011 | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Dr. Vincent Yeung | 2011 | Winter Park, Florida |
| Dr. Paola Correa | 2011 | Miami, Florida |
| Dr. Bren Dixon | 2011 | Medford, Oregon |
| Dr. Christopher Chuong | 2012 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Bryce Cushing | 2012 | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Dr. Joshua Jenkins | 2012 | Greenwood Village, Colorado |
| Dr. Erin Smith Berling | 2012 | Lakeland, Florida |
| Dr. Laura Sullivan | 2012 | St. Johns, Florida |
| Dr. Jenny Edwards | 2012 | Clearwater, Florida |
| Dr. Scott Folkman | 2012 | Layton, Utah |
| Dr. Shea Sammons | 2012 | Lakeland, Florida |
| Dr. Christopher Ingalls | 2012 | Lake Mary, Florida |
| Dr. Katherine Donovan Lambert | 2013 | Winston Salem, North Carolina |
| Dr. Michael Gooch | 2013 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Dr. Michele Lau | 2013 | River Edge, New Jersey |
| Dr. Kathy Parsons | 2013 | Ormond Beach, Florida |
| Dr. Patrick Weaver | 2013 | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Dr. Lafe Chafee | 2013 | Mesa, Arizona |
| Dr. Meggan Krause | 2013 | Grand Haven, Michigan |
| Dr. Jennifer Senge | 2013 | Wesley Chapel, Florida |
| Dr. Ryan Donley | 2014 | Vail, Arizona |
| Dr. Amanda Newcity | 2014 | Longwood, Florida |
| Dr. Ronda Moore | 2014 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Susana Perry | 2014 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Dr. Andrew Gooch | 2014 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Dr. Jeffrey Arrowwood | 2014 | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Dr. Erin Arroyo | 2014 | Miami, Florida |
| Dr. Nicole Eastham | 2014 | Estero, Florida |
| Dr. Rebecca Lenard | 2014 | Miami, Florida |
| Dr. Chance Powell | 2014 | Hickory, North Carolina |
| Dr. Shanan Brown | 2015 | Corpus Christi, Texas |
| Dr. Erina Hung | 2015 | Eugene, Oregon |
| Dr. Alexandra Jensen | 2015 | Clermont, Florida |
| Dr. Maegen McCabe | 2015 | Gulfport, Mississippi |
| Dr. Courtney Uselton | 2015 | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Dr. Lorielle Alter | 2015 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Olamide Atanda | 2015 | Houston, Texas |
| Dr. Tanner Bennion | 2015 | Billings, Montana |
| Dr. Larry Tyler Jackson | 2015 | Peoria, Arizona |
| Dr. Amy Luce | 2015 | Seminole, Florida |
| Dr. Chelsea (Brinkman) Garcia | 2016 | Vero Beach, Florida |
| Dr. Meghan Carter | 2016 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Jeffrey Jackson | 2016 | Summerville, South Carolina |
| Dr. Jimmy Lapnawan | 2016 | Eugene, Oregon |
| Dr. Shawn Hanway | 2016 | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Dr. Brandon Boike | 2016 | Traverse City, Michigan |
| Dr. Sara Lee | 2016 | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Dr. Emilee Milling | 2016 | Clinton, Mississippi |
| Dr. Juan Ojeda | 2016 | Miramar, Florida |
| Dr. Lindsay Statile | 2016 | New Bern, North Carolina |
| Dr. Halima Abukabbos | 2017 | Saudi Arabia |
| Dr. Rico Bussey | 2017 | |
| Dr. Mark Coons, Jr. | 2017 | Waco, Texas |
| Dr. Awad Kamil | 2017 | South Riding, Virginia |
| Dr. Karina Miller | 2017 | Roanoke, Virginia |
| Dr. Aaron Scheps | 2017 | Lakeland, Florida |
| Dr. Rosa Barnes | 2017 | Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina |
| Dr. Casey Lynn | 2017 | Valrico, Florida |
| Dr. John McAninch | 2017 | Houston, Texas |
| Dr. Chelsea Monteleone | 2017 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Ashley Tate | 2017 | Palm Harbor, Florida |
| Suha Aljuneidi | 2018 | Detroit, Michigan |
| Elizabeth Clay | 2018 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Joshua Cline | 2018 | Orlando, Florida |
| Andreea Cosma | 2018 | Richmond, Texas |
| Sukhi Guram | 2018 | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Latoya Jones | 2018 | Orlando, Florida |
| Alisha Li | 2018 | Oxford, Mississippi |
| Gayathri Raju | 2018 | Ocala, Florida |
| Amy Sakowitz | 2018 | Orlando, Florida |
| Rachel Witcher | 2018 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Karen Wolf | 2018 | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Dr. Walmir Da Costa | 2019 | Winter Garden, Florida |
| Dr. Nikki Darbani | 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Dr. Hannah Frebel | 2019 | Glenwood Springs, Colorado |
| Dr. Annikka Frostad-Thomas | 2019 | Santa Monica, California |
| Dr. Alicia Moore | 2019 | Silver Springs, Maryland |
| Dr. Khusbu Patel | 2019 | Tampa, Florida |
| Dr. Max Rudie | 2019 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Dr. Alex Thanh | 2019 | Lake Mary, Florida |
| Dr. Michelle Thomas | 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Dr. Jonathan Wyble | 2019 | Asheville, North Carolina |
| Dr. Andy Alvarez | 2020 | Lake Mary, Florida |
| Dr. Irene Apata | 2020 | Glen Burie, Maryland |
| Dr. Deeva Bhatt | 2020 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Dr. Kristen Dreyer | 2020 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Dr. Andy Kang | 2020 | Los Angeles, California |
| Dr. Mi Sook Lee | 2020 | Seoul, Korea |
| Dr. Lauren Melendez | 2020 | San Antonio, Texas |
| Dr. Danielle Miller | 2020 | Richmond, Virginia |
| Dr. HongAn “Mimi” Nguyen | 2020 | Oviedo, Florida |
| Dr. Kiersten Pannell | 2020 | Brooks, Florida |
| Dr. John Tawadrous | 2020 | Winter Park, Florida |
| Dr. SK Adabi | 2021 | Bradenton, Florida |
| Dr. Aneesha Amarnath | 2021 | Cupertino, California |
| Dr. Karen Ben-Elazar | 2021 | Davie, Florida |
| Dr. Catherine Graham | 2021 | Cullman, Alabama |
| Dr. Ashley Daniels | 2021 | Urbandale, Iowa |
| Dr. Samantha Graffeo-Gardner | 2021 | Boulder, Colorado |
| Dr. Nicolet Smith | 2021 | Sherwood, Arkansas |
| Dr. Emily Ross | 2021 | Naples, Florida |
| Dr. Richard Williams | 2021 | Wellington, Florida |
| Dr. Zara Zahid | 2021 | Leesburg, Virginia |
| Dr. Catherine Graham | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Snigdha Adabi | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Nicolet Smith | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Richard Williams | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Zara Zahid | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Aneesha Amarnath | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Karen Ben-Elazar | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Samantha Gardner | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Emily Ross | 2021 | |||
| Dr. Ashley Spooner | 2021 |