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CEO Roundtable Cohort C 2025 – Huntington Beach, CA
Event Details
January 30th & 31st, 2025
Location:
Kimpton Shorebreak Resort
500 Pacific Coast Highway
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
500 Pacific Coast Highway
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
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CEO Roundtable: Women & Wealth Conference
We are so excited to bring this event to you in California!
The theme of the conference will be geared towards Women & Wealth!
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Last day of ticket transfers and ticket sales is December 27, 2024.
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Thursday, January 18th
Breakfast/Check-In
Welcome
Dr. Sameena Rahman
Break
Kellylee Whiteside
Meet with Sponsors!
Lunch
Dr. Dolly Klock
Allison Tompkins
Break for the Day
Friday, January 19th
Breakfast
Dr. Natanya Brown
Meet with Sponsors!
Lunch
Breakout
Dr. Josie Dovidio
Angie Svitak
Dr. Gary DeWood
Raffle & Closing Messages
Course Title:
BRINGING SEXY BACK: NAVIGATING MIDLIFE CHANGES IN FEMALE SEXUAL HEALTH
Course Description:
In this lecture, Dr. Rahman will review some midlife hormonal changes in pre, peri and menopause that can lead to changes in your sexual function. She will outline ways to combat issues around sexual pain, arousal and desire as well as combatting changes in urinary system and how to improve your overall quality of life.
Course Objectives:
- By the end of the lecture, you should understand the hormonal changes that occur in midlife people assigned female at birth.
- Understand the steps you can take to improve your sexual health and the variety of treatment options available for those struggling in the midlife.
- Understand how to navigate and advocate for your own health and finding the right help when you need it.
About The Speaker
SAMEENA RAHMAN, M.D., F.A.C.O.G, NCMP, IF
A board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Rahman has tailored her practice to meet the needs of women for gynecologic and cosmetic services. After years of practicing obstetrics and gynecology in a variety of large academic settings and locations, she started her own practice – Center for Gynecology and Cosmetics – to focus on her special areas of interest to ensure patients have their best quality of life and to empower them to be better versions of themselves.
As for her academic appointment, she serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine in downtown Chicago.
Originally from North Carolina, Dr. Rahman attended Duke University for her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology where she also specialized in Women’s Studies. She then continued in her home state at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for her medical degree. As women’s health care and women’s issues have always been on the forefront of concerns for her, she moved up north for her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Massachusetts. She has traveled internationally with the World Health Organization as well.
Distinguished as a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG), the doctor is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Through her research and dedication, Dr. Rahman is one of the few physicians nationally to receive the designation of ISSWSH (International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health ) Fellow (IF) and is actively involved with cutting edge approaches to sexual pain and sexual dysfunction. She is on the Board of Directors for ISSWSH as well as the educational committees for both ISSWSH and ISSM (International Society for Sexual Medicine)
Moreover, she is an active member of the American College of Aesthetic and Cosmetic Physicians, the International Pelvic Pain Society, and specializes in a multidisciplinary approach to chronic pelvic pain. For midlife women, she is also a specialist in menopause management with the designation of Certified Menopause Physician through the North American Menopause Society (NCMP).
Education:
- Bachelor of Science degree: Duke University
- Medical degree: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Residency: University of Massachusetts
Fellow:
- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- The International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health
Memberships:
- International Society for the Study of Vulvo-vaginal Diseases
- The International Pelvic Pain Society
- International Society of Sexual Medicine
- Sexual Medicine Society of North America
- North American Menopause Society
Course Title:
Selfcare is Healthcare!
Course Description:
Selfcare is Healthcare! You cannot pour from an empty bottle. Learn how Acupuncture is instrumental in taking care of yourself which impacts how you take care of everyone else.
Course Objectives:
- Explore the varying personal needs and goals one might have around self-care and wellness
- Identify common barriers to achieving these goals at work and at home
- Discuss ways to increase physical and emotional health through self-care, healthy emotional processing, boundary setting, and other useful skills
About The Speaker
Kellylee Whiteside
Kellylee Whiteside is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Board Certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) with additional board-certification as a Fellow to The American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine (FABORM). She graduated summa cum laude from Midwest College of Oriental Medicine in Acupuncture and Herbology. Kellylee has served as Chair for ASRM (American Society of Reproductive Medicine representing Complementary and Integrative Medicine special interest group. She frequently presents at ASRM Scientific Congress and remains an active board member.
For 20 years, Kellylee has specialized in internal medicine with a special focus on Women’s health including Reproductive medicine, Fertility, Pregnancy, Perimenopause and Menopause. She is an advocate for patient education, listening to one’s body, and being proactive in managing your healthcare for optimal wellness. She has a dedicated commitment and sincerity to her patient’s health with an infectious Enthusiasm and Passion for Acupuncture medicine. Kellylee also had an earlier career as an Industry Strategist within the Professional Services arena.
Kellyleeharmonyhealth@gmail.com
Course Title:
Pursuing health, wellness, and the ever-elusive self-care for the MDIB CEO
Course Description:
What does it mean to be healthy? How do we define self-care? And when life gets busy, how do we make time for any of it? We’re playing the role of business owner, medical professional, mother, friend, partner, neighbor–you name it. The busier and more complicated our lives get, the harder it can be to implement appropriate and successful ways to care for ourselves, and stay mentally and physically healthy. Participants in this course will explore what it means to care for themselves holistically and examine what gets in the way, from the workplace to home and everywhere in between.
Course Objectives:
- Explore the varying personal needs and goals one might have around self-care and wellness
- Identify common barriers to achieving these goals at work and at home
- Discuss ways to increase physical and emotional health through self-care, healthy emotional processing, boundary setting, and other useful skills
About The Speaker
Allison Tompkins
Ally Tompkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with experience treating a range of clinical issues across a diverse adult population. Ally earned her BA in journalism from Columbia College Chicago and her Master’s degree in clinical social work from Loyola University Chicago.
Ally works with individuals seeking therapy as a means of improving their lives. Whether it’s managing stress, finding work/life balance, coping with role changes (marriage, divorce, parenthood, job loss) or working to feel “un-stuck,” Ally creates a warm and inviting environment for her clients to explore the barriers in their lives. Ally also specializes in the treatment of disordered eating, anxiety, OCD, depression, PTSD, grief, and body image disturbance. Her work is informed by a “Health At Every Size” (HAES) framework, allowing her clients to feel accepted and safe in their bodies and in the therapeutic space right from the start.
Ally uses a range of evidenced-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (ERP), and Written Exposure Therapy (WET). Ally cares deeply about the populations she has served, and over the years she has presented on eating disorder treatment to professionals, consumers, and students. Ally loves to learn and teach and is always seeking out new training and workshops to further her expertise in the areas most important to her clients.
Course Title:
Financial Decisions to Set Up Success: Your Personal and Practice Roadmap
Course Description:
As women, we often feel we must ‘do it all.’ Female dentists especially face unique demands, juggling a practice and business while providing physically and financially for their families.
They know that earning a high income doesn’t always equate to eased financial anxiety. This lecture will walk attendees through building a plan for keeping and allocating that high-income and building wealth for years to come. CPA Angie Svitak will empower females with financial self-care they can implement today to reach their personal and business goals.
Course Objectives:
- Set a realistic business and personal financial self-care plan to meet the long-term goals of you and your family—even through times of adversity.
- Identify tax strategies to improve cash flow and support market volatility.
- Learn how to diversify your portfolio.
About The Speaker
Angie Svitak, CPA
Angie’s passion for her work has helped her pave a path for success. An alumna of Sonoma State University, she holds a Bachelor of Science in business administration and accounting.
Her career began at Deloitte in San Francisco, where she was a senior auditor. She then spent four years with Burr, Pilger and Mayer as an audit manager, before relocating to Texas in 2009. There, she was a senior manager at Whitley Penn. With her long history in auditing, Angie was able to easily transition to Cain Watters and Associates as a financial planner.
Angie grew up near Santa Cruz, California. She spends her time outside of work baking, cooking and enjoying time with her husband and two sons. She’s a Certified Public Accountant, an Investment Advisor Representative, and a former member of the Leadership Frisco Advisory Council and the Texas Society of CPAs.
Sponsored by:
Course Title:
TAKING CARE OF YOU is the WHY in taking care of OTHERS
Course Description:
Every philosophy of a life well lived that has developed throughout human history has a lesson teaching us that the ability to really love or really care for another is based on an understanding of loving and caring for oneself. In other words, I must be willing to be selfish before I can be truly selfless. A wonderful oxymoron that for many of us requires continuous application of intention.
Course Objectives:
- At the conclusion of this presentation attendees will be able to: Apply action and principles in life, in dentistry, and in business that can help mommies*, dentists, and business owners experience what they do as an expression of love and caring. * Also works for daddies
About The Speaker
Dr. Gary M DeWood, MS
Dr. DeWood has been practicing restorative dentistry since 1980 and actively involved in teaching dentists since 1992. For over 15 years, as one of the two founding clinical dentists of Spear Education, the other being Dr. Frank Spear, he served as executive vice president for curriculum and clinical education. Spear Education became an internationally recognized dental continuing education company and has become a leader in exceptional dental continuing education. He has also held positions as president of the Seattle Institute; clinical director, director of business systems, and director of marketing and publications at the Pankey Institute; assistant professor at the Arizona School of Oral and Dental Health; associate professor at the University of Tennessee School of Dentistry; and assistant professor at the University of Toledo College of Medicine. He continues to see patients in private practice with his practice partner Dr. Lee Ann Brady at Desert Sun Smiles in Glendale, Arizona.
Sponsored by:
Course Title:
How to Mindfully Unwind From a Day of Dentistry
Course Description:
You know those days that leave you feeling like you could use a glass of wine or grab something yummy. You survived the day! You deserve it right? This lecture is specifically geared towards understanding and processing stress throughout the day. We will discuss simple tools for processing stress, the value of our mindset throughout the day, creating joy and pleasure outside of food and/or alcohol, and how to create healthy routines to take care of ourselves, optimizing our health and wellbeing without relying on willpower.
Course Objectives:
- To understand what buffering is and how it may show up in our lives
- To recognize the three ways we can handle negative feelings and stress
- To determine what it is that we truly want/need at the end of the day and follow through with creating new habits
About The Speaker
Dr. Natanya Brown
Dr. Natanya Brown is a board certified endodontist (with training from Tufts, Harvard, and the Univ of Illinois at Chicago) as well as a certified life and weight loss coach (with training from The Life Coach School). She created Weight Loss for Dentists to help dentists end their struggle with food, without relying on deprivation or intense exercise. Tapping into the power of mindfulness and coaching, she helps dentists create freedom and peace around food as well as balance and clarity in all areas of life. Her process has helped countless individuals decrease overwhelm and burnout by learning to process stress productively and feel confident making choices so they live with intention. Dr. Natanya regularly presents on the topics of health, wellness and burnout to various dental organizations and is the host of the Weight Loss for Dentists podcast.
Course Title:
Ask Dr. Dolly: Q & A Session
Course Description:
Dr. Dolly Klock will dive into handling working mom guilt, perfectionistic parenting, parenting kids with different temperaments, and how sleep, exercise, and technology can impact you and your kids.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the difference between mental health and human emotions
- Learn what topics to discuss with your kids as they grow
- How to manage your emotions when your child is struggling
About The Speaker
Dr. Dolly Klock
Dolly Klock, MD is a board-certified family medicine physician, founder of Adolessons, speaker, consultant and mom of two teens. Dr. Klock holds a BS from UCLA, an MD from Albany Medical College, and completed her Family Medicine residency at Brown University- Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. Following residency, she joined the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, where she practiced clinical family medicine until starting Adolessons. She also served as a medical advisor for the hit television sitcom Scrubs.
Dr. Klock has over twenty years of experience helping families connect over tricky topics, and believes that the best preventive medicine is delivered via effective health education. Through Adolessons, she provides individual and group consultations for parents, teens and tweens, around a variety of topics germane to child and adolescent health: childhood sexual development, puberty, body image, mental health, teen party culture, parenting in the digital age, and more. For additional information about Dr. Klock and Adolessons, please visit adolessonsLA.com
Course Title:
The Golden Mean: Cultivating Resilience and Balanced Living in Dentistry and Beyond
Course Description:
In our demanding field of dentistry, success and well-being require resilience. Explore resilience and how the management of your personal energy plays a role in overall thriving. Learn the secrets from both science and Ancient Greek wisdom for practical strategies to recharge, achieve balance, and live a fulfilling life.
Course Objectives:
- Learn how to build and maintain your own resilience
- Understand how to replenish your energy by addressing the various dimensions of wellness
- Learn practical strategies to recharge, achieve balance, and live a fulfilling life within and outside of dentistry
About The Speaker
Dr. Josie Dovidio
Dr. Josie Dovidio graduated in 1997 from Northwestern University Dental School with honors from the Academy of General Dentistry. She completed advanced training at the VA Medical Center in North Hills, California where she served as Chief Dental Resident. She built her private practice from scratch and enjoyed dentistry so much she would read dental journals for fun while on vacation.
Despite healthy living and a commitment to exercise and yoga, prolonged stress coupled with the musculoskeletal imbalances inherent in dentistry began to impact her quality of everyday life. After 22 years in private practice, she made the difficult decision to sell her
practice in order to prioritize health and longevity.
Since then, Dr. Dovidio has fulfilled a bucket list item of becoming a registered yoga teacher. She now helps dental professionals “undo” what dentistry does to the body, mind, and soul through her Yoga for Dentists community on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Channel, and Podcast. She’s also a certified wellness consultant to dentists, taking clients from burnout to breakthrough via her Crown of Wellness Program.
A mom of two sons in college, Dr. Dovidio lives in Southern California with her husband, and puppy, Lui. She is also a gluten-free foodie who loves yoga, traveling, and reading. You can reach her at josie@yogafordentists.net
Thank You To Our Sponsors
Event Speakers
Course Title:
TBD
Course Description:
What does it mean to provide yourself with self-care? It starts with your sense of self. The science of attachment theory offers a beautiful lens to understand what it means to have a healthy sense of self and how to care well for your sense of self. It’s no secret that many Mommy Dentists are great at caring for others but struggle to care for themselves. Mommy Dentists will have the chance to explore their sense of self and how they can use practical therapy exercises in their own life to provide self-care guilt-free. Psychological Self-care is as vital as brushing and flossing your teeth twice a day
Course Objectives:
- Mommy dentists will be introduced to the science of attachment theory
- Mommy dentists will explore their own sense of self and its impact on self-care
- Mommy dentists will practice a self-care exercise to increase their comfort with their self-care
About The Speaker
dr. Laila Hishaw
Dr. Laila Hishaw is an authority in children’s oral health, a thought leader and champion for change in diversity in dentistry, and a compassionate pediatric dentist who loves the children she serves. Although she experiences great success in her dental practices for over 20 years, Dr. Hishaw finds true joy in serving as a role model and mentor to unlock the potential and create pathways to success for the next generation of leaders in the field of dentistry.
Event Speakers
Course Title:
Learning To Care Well For Yourself: The Psychology of Secure Attachment
Course Description:
What does it mean to provide yourself with self-care? It starts with your sense of self. The science of attachment theory offers a beautiful lens to understand what it means to have a healthy sense of self and how to care well for your sense of self. It’s no secret that many Mommy Dentists are great at caring for others but struggle to care for themselves. Mommy Dentists will have the chance to explore their sense of self and how they can use practical therapy exercises in their own life to provide self-care guilt-free. Psychological Self-care is as vital as brushing and flossing your teeth twice a day
Course Objectives:
- Mommy dentists will be introduced to the science of attachment theory
- Mommy dentists will explore their own sense of self and its impact on self-care
- Mommy dentists will practice a self-care exercise to increase their comfort with their self-care
About The Speaker
Ed Coambs
Ed Coambs MBA, MA, MS, CFP®, CFT-I™, is an internationally recognized thought leader and award-winning author in financial therapy. He leads couples through financial planning from financial frustration into financial intimacy and connection using the latest in love and brain science. His ideas appear in the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, Time, and CNBC. He earned master’s degrees in business, counseling, and financial planning. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Financial Therapist™.
Ed is the founder of HealthyLoveandMoney.com, an organization on a mission to help couples transform their relationship with each other and money through planning, learning, healing, and growing. He offers financial planning, social content, book, courses, blogs, and podcasts through this website, all aimed at helping couples and the professionals that serve them understand where their relationship and money challenges come from and how to create financial intimacy in their lives.
Event Co-Hosts
Course Title:
Geriatric Dentistry: The Fastest Growing Demographic in Dentistry
Course Objectives:
- Prevention is for all ages and doesn’t stop here!
- Why this patient population loves our in-office: PREVENTION PLAN
- Customizing your approaches for plaque, xerostomia and so much more
- Reparative dentistry, when, where and why and what materials are best to utilize
- Customized periodontal protocols that go beyond brushing and flossing
- Advanced restoratives technique for: post and cores, deep class 2’s, “elevating the margin” technique, perio-splinting, choosing the right cement
About The Speaker
Dr. Lou Graham
Dr. Graham is an internationally recognized lecturer extensively involved in continuing education for dental professionals. His lectures focus on incorporating current clinical advancements through “conservative dentistry.” He emphasizes the same concepts he practices: dental health diagnosis, treatment plans for medically compromised patients, conservative treatment, cosmetic dentistry, and customized approaches to periodontal care, implants and laser dentistry.
Dr. Graham is the founder of Catapult Education, a continuing education company whose philosophy and programs use contemporary, interactive formats to integrate time-proven conservative dentistry with 21st century materials and techniques.
Dr. Graham is a published author in many leading national and international dental journals. He is a member of the American Dental Association, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Academy of General Dentistry, Chicago Dental Society and Illinois Dental Association.
Dr. Graham is a graduate of Emory Dental School. He is the former Dental Director of the University of Chicago’s Department of Dentistry. He enjoys providing dental care at his multi-specialty private practice group, University Dental Professionals, in Chicago, IL – Hyde Park. Dr. Graham offers half-day, full-day and multi-day lectures, including custom courses and hands-on workshops.
Course Title:
Elevate Your Practice: The Journey From Single Tooth Dentistry to Comprehensive Dentistry
Course Objectives:
- The role of occlusion in treatment planning and smile design
- The relationship of joints, muscles and teeth in comprehensive care
- Lab records required for proper complex patient evaluation
- Case review of a functional aesthetic case from treatment planning to final cementation
- The impact of comprehensive dentistry on your practice – change your life, your teams, your patients
- Getting patients to say yes without selling: the art of case presentation that you can apply to ANY part of your practice
About The Speaker
Dr. Nada Albatish
Dr. Nada Albatish owns and operates a multidisciplinary practice, All Smiles Dental Centre, just north of Toronto. As a passionate learner, she first completed a GPR, followed by hundreds of hours of CE each year. She is a fact finder – always researching, looking for evidence, and understanding the whys of what we do in practice as dentists.
Nada started her current practice from scratch as a solo practitioner and quickly realized she needed a strong support team as well as a team of skilled doctors in multiple specialties to help her achieve her goals as a comprehensive dentist. Today, Nada’s niche is complex and rehabilitative dentistry, supported by a team of 30, including general practitioners and specialists.
Nada is honored to serve as Faculty for Clinical Mastery Series, curator for Restorative Nation, co-author a book, write articles, and speak at various dental events. Nada is inspired by helping dentists to achieve excellence, predictability, and confidence in their craft. She is committed to the success of her patients, colleagues, and the advancement of the dental profession at large.
As a mother to two beautiful girls, Nada is blessed every day to be able to see the world through the eyes of her little people. In her free time, which she has learned to intentionally create on a weekly basis, she loves to exercise, eat good food, and spend time with her girls doing absolutely nothing except living in the moments. During the 20% of the year that Toronto has good weather, she finds peace in water sports, especially paddle boarding on the lake under the sun. The rest of the year she creates the same feeling by traveling!
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