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Christine Broadhead
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- Office Manager and Clinical Coordinator
- Radiology Certified
- Registered Dental Assistant
- Certified Orthodontic Assistant
- Certified Dental Assistant
- Expanded Duty Dental Assistant
Christine graduated from Ferris State College with an Associates Degree in Applied Science in Dental Assisting in 1974 and has since acquired more than 36 years of experience in the dental field. She continued her education at the University of Louisville where she obtained a Certificate in Expanded Duty Dental Assisting. She has since completed the requirements to be qualified as a Certified Dental Assistant, Certified Orthodontic Assistant, and a Registered Dental Assistant in the State of Michigan. She has been a member of the American Dental Assistant Association for 36 years and is Treasurer of the Resort District Dental Assistant Society. Christine has worked with Dr. Brazones for twenty years.
Christine and her husband Thornton live in Harbor Springs where they ski, cross-country and downhill, boat and hike. They share a love for traveling with their two sons, Mathew, 26, who is working toward a PhD in psychology at Utah State University and Andrew, 22, a senior at Northern Michigan University where he is studying outdoor-recreation managment. Their journeys have taken them to Thailand, Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. Christine is a voracious reader and especially loves works by Mary Higgins Clark, J.D. Rob and Nora Roberts.
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Shelly Holbrook
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- New Patient and Treatment Coordinator
- Radiology Certified
Shelly had eighteen years of dentistry experience as a dental assistant prior to accepting her position with Dr. Brazones in March of 2007. She graduated from Grand Rapids Educational College with a Dental Assisting Degree. She is the mother of two sons, Michael, who is attending North Central Michigan College and Nicholas, who is in his final year attending Michigan Technological University and majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Shelly, husband Lee and sons live in Petoskey. Shelly enjoys hiking, skiing, golfing and walking her beagle, Sparty. When she isn’t enjoying the fresh air, she loves to read, knit, and cook up new recipes. She enjoys working with people and spending time with friends.
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Carla Deloria
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Welcoming each and every patient and visitor to our office is Carla’s first priority in our practice. Not a true local, she began her journey northward early in life, born in the coal mining mountains of eastern Kentucky (yes, she is a coal miner’s daughter!), growing up in Detroit and acquiring her education at Wayne State University, then Northern Michigan University in Marquette before settling in Petoskey more than twenty-five years ago. Her background includes the study of Fine Arts with a major in Ceramics, teaching pottery classes at the Crooked Tree Arts Center, and working for many years at the Grain Train Natural Foods Cooperative where she enjoyed baking, cooking and serving natural foods to the local community. Carla has two adult children, Woody and Molly, both currently residing in California.
She enjoys long walks in the woods and about town with her beloved Jack Russell Terrier, Bear, reading, gardening and the stars.
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Donna M. Marsh
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Donna has been with Dr. Brazones as her Financial Coordinator for eleven years. For 27 years prior to her employment with Dr. Brazones, she worked for companies across the business spectrum in retail, credit relations, customer service, and accounting. She attended Northern Michigan University and worked diligently toward a degree in Business Education. Then her life took a different direction affording her valuable accounting experience in the manufacturing industry. During her time with Dr. Brazones, she has attended numerous continuing education courses to stay current with methods and procedures in her field of expertise.
She and her husband, Terry, moved to Petoskey in 1996 from Marquette, Michigan. They enjoy spending time with their three children, their spouses, and six grandchildren. When not sharing time with family, she’d rather be golfing! She also enjoys traveling, woodworking, landscaping, gardening, biking, boating, and reading.
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Missy Lake
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Missy graduated from Grand Rapids Educational College in 1995 as a dental assistant and worked in Kalamazoo for 3 years as an orthodontic assistant. She and her husband Tim moved to Petoskey in 1998. She worked with our team as an orthodontic assistant until 2002 when her son Timothy was born. She then decided to become a stay at home mom! Her daughter Jordyn was born in 2005. With the children now at the ages of 8 and 4, she decided it was time to return to her career. We welcomed her back as an orthodontic assistant in February 2010. She loves spendintg time with her family, scrap booking, reading and baking.
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Cora Martin
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Cora came to our practice in December of 2005 with nineteen years of experience in Endodontics, Periodontics, Implant Dentistry, and Oral Surgery. She is certified as a Nursing Assistant, is Dental Radiology Certified in Florida, Virginia and Michigan, and has Expanded Duties qualifications through the University of Florida Dental School. Cora was born and raised in Michigan, moved to Florida in 1981, and returned to Michigan in December of 2005. She and her husband, Ron, now live in Gaylord where they snowmobile, camp and spend time with their adult children, grandchildren, including twin girls, extended family and friends. Cora walks, bikes, reads and enjoys scrap booking. She retains a southern accent acquired during her years in the south that we enjoy.
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Elisha Fiel
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- Radiology Certified Records Lab Technician
Elisha joined our orthodontic team in March of 2008 as our Records Technician and has added a jolt of youthful energy to our practice. She lives in Elmira with her beloved buddy, Baby Bear, a little Yorkshire terrier who can be “a real stinker”. Elisha loves to be outdoors—fishing, camping, swimming, four wheeling, snowmobiling and exercising. She has enjoyed traveling to Chicago, Florida and Hawaii and would someday love to go to France. Her favorite book is Rachel’s Tears. She loves her family most of all and her mom’s tuna noodle casserole!
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