| Joyce is our Patient/Financial Coordinator and is a Registered Dental Assistant (R.D.A). She has been with Drs. Landucci and Garabedian for over 20 years, since they straightened her teeth. Her children were orthodontic patients in this office and now her five grandchildren come to Dr. Landucci for their orthodontic care. Joyce is a graduate of College of San Mateo and San Francisco State University with degrees in both business and education and has taught in local elementary schools. She loves helping our wonderful patients and their families and gets great satisfaction from the positive influence an attractive smile has in patients' lives. Joyce has had braces as an adult and wears an invisible retainer and a biteplate.
Elia is our Treatment Coordinator. She assists our new patients at their initial visit and explains treatment options. Elia loves working with children and adults helping them to achieve healthy, attractive smiles. She enjoys dancing, shopping and spending time with her husband, daughter, friends, family and her dog, Rudy. Elia has had her teeth straightened with Invisalign and wears retainers part time to hold her orthodontic correction.
Kathy For over 20 years she has been handling insurance and other clerical duties in our office. Kathy is responsible for the new faster processing of your insurance benefits via electronic claims. She is the wife of Dr. Garabedian whom she met in San Francisco when he was attending Dental School there. Kathy shares Dr. Garabedian's enthusiasm for travel and architecture. She also enjoys sewing and gardening.
Beth has worked in our office since she was a patient with braces while attending Hillsdale High School. She became a Registered Dental Assistant in 1988. After living in San Diego for a few years and working in other orthodontic offices, she has returned to the Bay Area and to our office. She enjoys being part of a team that allows her to be available for her three children. Beth loves spending time with her husband, children, pets, family and friends. Beth had headgear and partial braces in grade school, and full braces in high school. She has undergone two phases of care and wears her retainers occasionally. Beth's children are also patients at Landucci Orthodontics; two have completed care and wear retainers and one currently has full braces on her teeth.
Elba is a lady with a beautiful heart who loves children and people --- especially Dr. Landucci, the orthodontic team and all the great patients. Elba first came to our office as an intern from ROP. Previously she worked in a dental laboratory fabricating crowns and bridges and partial and full dentures. Now she is in charge of our in-office lab. Elba is from El Salvador so she speaks Spanish as well as English. She likes to read, go to the gym and shop. She has two children and two delightful granddaughters who love to receive the special clothes she makes for them.
Misty is dedicated to orthodontics and dentistry. She is native to San Mateo and attended local schools (Sunnybrae Elementary, Borel Middle School & Aragon High School.) As a Registered Dental Assistant with eleven years experience in orthodontics, Misty is ever so happy working with kids and adults at Dr. Landucci’s orthodontics and plans to help provide orthodontic care forever!!! She is a great team player and says she loves the whole orthodontic team and being with them. She is a single mother of three children and a dog. Her youngest girl now attends Abbott Middle School.
Lillian interned in our office while attending College of San Mateo and then earned her Registered Dental Assistant certificate. Lillian is a very conscientious assistant and enjoys helping our patients achieve Happy Healthy Smiles. She enjoys working with Dr. Landucci, Dr. Garabedian and the entire team. She enjoys watching movies, reading, listening to music and loves to spend time with her husband, daughter and son. Lillian is from El Salvador and speaks fluent English and Spanish.
Sharon is our Patient Account Coordinator. She graduated from the College of San Mateo as a Registered Dental Assistant and then worked with Dr. Roger Tennyson for ten years where she thoroughly enjoyed working with children. She then took time off to raise a family. Sharon has been a patient of Dr. Landucci’s, as have her three children. The youngest is having his teeth straightened with Invisalign at this time. Her favorite thing is spending time with her family and friends. She is delighted to be back at work as part of our orthodontic team.
Sheila is our Scheduling Coordinator. She greets and seats patients, schedules appointments, makes phone contact with patients and does customer service relations. She trained for Receptionist and Chairside Dental Assisting at ROP. She is very caring, hard working, friendly and a real people person. That’s why she is fun to be around. Sheila has two children and a husband with whom she likes to spend time. She hails from the Philippines and is fluent in Tagalog and English. Sheila enjoys singing and has a beautiful voice.
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