TEAM
MEET THE DENTAL TEAM OF OUR SIMCOE CLINIC
Dr. Macdonald and the team provide all aspects of family dental care including comprehensive restorative and cosmetic treatment.
Dr. Macdonald has also developed a keen interest in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, which deals with modifying tooth position and remodeling facial bones to optimize dental function and facial profiles.
Our dental team is committed to regular professional development. Keeping current with the newest trends and treatments in dentistry ensures that you will receive the excellent care you need.
If you have any questions or concerns about your dental health, please feel free to discuss them with a member of our team. We are here to listen and to help you improve your oral health and enhance the beauty of your smile.
DR. ALAN MACDONALD
Dr. Alan Macdonald is the founder of the Parkside Dental in Simcoe. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Dentistry and is a Senior Clinical Lecturer for an International Association. Dr. Macdonald is a graduate of the University of Toronto and of the Pankey Institute of Advanced Dentistry. He has attended many courses himself on the subject of cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, and occlusion (your bite). He is a co-founder of a graduate cosmetic and orthodontic teaching program and has been teaching other dentists in Canada, the United States, and Mexico to learn cosmetic and orthodontic techniques.
Dr. Macdonald has two children who are both professionals. His daughter is an attorney and his son is a secondary school teacher. He also has three grandchildren whom he loves dearly.
Outside his professional life, he is an avid sportsman. He has competed in bicycle races and is an avid racquet, tennis, and squash player. Dr. Macdonald has scuba-dived for many years and was a PADI scuba diver instructor. He is also an avid fisherman. Both in high school and in university he played football, basketball, hockey, and was a Canadian track and field champion.
Dr. Macdonald hopes that his patients attain health and happiness, somewhat, through the practice of excellent preventative dental techniques. To the best of his ability, he will help patients achieve these goals through his talented dentists, hygienists, assistants, and receptionists at his offices. He is dedicated to providing exceptional dental care to his patients.
STAFF
JODIE HOAGE
Jodie graduated in 1996 as a level II dental assistant. She has been employed by Dr. Macdonald for many years and manages both of his practices as well as coordinates his orthodontic seminar, Comprehensive Straight Wire. She received her dental hygiene diploma with honors in 2014 and has been practicing dental hygiene at both offices.
She is a wife and mother of 2 amazing children and in her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and running.
MICHELLE LARIVIERE
Michelle moved from British Columbia to Caledonia in 2009 with her son and loves the family life Caledonia has to offer.
She has a full-time position as Controller for Baiocco Construction Corp. and has worked for Dr. Macdonald as his bookkeeper since 2013.
Michelle enjoys her time traveling from arena to arena to watch her son play hockey in the winter and lacsrosse in the summer.
JULIANA ROMAN
Juliana Roman is a recent graduate from York University with her Masters in Dance Therapy; she has also obtained her BFA from York in Dance and minor in Kinesiology. Juliana has been working with Dr. Alan MacDonald since 2015. Juliana handles both practices internal social media, advertising and Health and Lifestyle blogs on oral health for our email list.
LUCÍA GAYÓN
Lucía Gayón has a Masters Degree in Business Coaching – she started her career in the largest advertising agency in Mexico City; worked in another ad agency in London, UK; worked in the Air Transport Bureau of ICAO, Montreal as statistics assistant.
She opened her marketing company in 2001 when she moved to Ixtapa, Mexico. She manages the internet marketing plan for Dr. MacDonald: She created this website, she develops and implements the search engine optimization, email marketing, and social media strategies.
MARLENE EARL
ZOHREH NOUBARI
Zohreh graduated from medical school with specialty training in Ophthalmology. She moved from Toronto to Port Dover in 2018 with her husband who is a Post-harvest physiologist and involves with research at Simcoe Research station.
She has become a member of Parkside’s dental team since 2020 by assisting with their contemporary sterilization system.
Zohreh has a son who recently graduated from the Medical Sciences program with honors and got accepted to the DDS program at the University of Western Ontario.
She enjoys spending time with family, cooking, dancing and visiting historical places.