| 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 scheduling coordinator. She answers phones, helps patients and their families, schedules appointments, and greets patients. As many patients know, Elia is a newlywed! She loves working with children and adults helping them to achieve healthy, attractive smiles. She enjoys dancing, shopping and spending time with her husband, friends, family and her dog, Rudy. Elia has had her teeth straightened with Invisalign and is currently wearing retainers.
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. Beth has recently graduated from California State University, Hayward, and is completing her teaching credentials. She has undergone two phases of care and wears her retainers occasionally.
Brendan
is attending Cal State Chico and works with us on his breaks from college. His responsibilities include sterilization of instruments, stocking supplies, lab work and assisting in the general cleaning and maintenance of the office facilities. Brendan is the son of a former Dr. Landucci patient and currently has three siblings receiving orthodontic treatment here. His interests include sports, especially the San Francisco Giants. Brendan had Dr. Landucci straighten his teeth with Invisalign and now wears retainers.
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.
Eileen
came to our office as a Registered Dental Assistant with 11 wonderful years in orthodontics. She trained in Redwood City at Bay Area Dental Careers and says she
continues to learn daily, a benefit of a career in orthodontics. As the mother of four children, ranging in age from 12 to 27, she has developed a great sense of humor that we all enjoy. Eileen hails from Fiji; specifically the Federal State of Melanesia, and in addition to English is fluent in Fijian and some Hindustani.
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 Assistant Front Office Receptionist/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. She’s a wife and mom to a four-year old boy. She hails from the Philippines and is fluent in Tagalog and English. Sheila enjoys singing and has a beautiful voice.
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