Dr. Summer Kassmel is CEO and owner of Castle Peak Dental, Avon Dental, Vail Valley Dental Assisting School, and DA Schools Delivered in the Vail, Colorado area where she has built a life she loves in the mountains with her family.
Dr. Summer Kassmel is CEO and owner of Castle Peak Dental, Avon Dental, Vail Valley Dental Assisting School, and DA Schools Delivered in the Vail, Colorado area where she has built a life she loves in the mountains with her family.
Always the entrepreneur, Summer runs 2, large multi-doctor practices and works 2 clinical days as a Diamond level provider for Invisalign and 2 days of CEO time working on the businesses. In addition to her offices, she operates Vail Valley Dental Assisting School out of her flagship practice. She now sells this program, DA Schools Delivered, to other doctors across the country giving others the opportunity to train dental assistants out of their own practices. Summer is passionate about helping doctors build successful practices and lives of their dreams but is especially enthusiastic about supporting women doctors to grow thriving practices they love.
Summer is currently a Black Belt Coach for the Dental Success Institute, where she coaches other doctors to implement elite systemization and control their overhead.
She loves utilizing numbers and metrics to help doctors make intelligent decisions and work with intention rather than at a frenetic pace. She is also faculty for Dental Success Network where she facilitates the Lady Leader Group to encourage and help other women.
In her free time, she enjoys traveling, innovating, and spending time with her kids.
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Jason Lipscomb, DDS, has had an interesting career in dentistry, and probably like no other. He started out as most dentists do, leaving dental school and heading into private practice.
Vu Le, DDS is a graduate of Loma Linda University School of Dentistry. He holds two patents for the VPR, a groundbreaking lighting system for smartphone cameras. He is a longtime member of the online printing community. The Vubase and several other techniques used by dentists around the world.
Dr. Summer Kassmel is CEO and owner of Castle Peak Dental, Avon Dental, Vail Valley Dental Assisting School, and DA Schools Delivered in the Vail, Colorado area where she has built a life she loves in the mountains with her family.
Aaron Nicholas DDS is a practicing dentist and international speaker with over 30 years of experience. He graduated from University of Maryland Dental School. He is the Founder and CEO of Monday Morning Dentistry, Smile Protection Dental Plan, The Dental Assistant School of Maryland and Nicholas Dental Care. He is a frequent guest on dental podcasts including The Dentalprenuer, The Relentless Dentist, Dentists, Implants and Worms , The Better Dentistry Podcast, Life and Dentistry Podcast, Craig Cody & Company and Dental Practice Heroes. He has authored numerous video courses including.
Teresa’s classes focus on insurance & management issues. She is the author of Moving Your Patients to Yes: Easy Insurance Conversations and has contributed to several ADA publications. Her memberships include National Speakers Association and National Association of Dental Plans. Her podcasts ‘Nobody Told Me That!’ and ‘Chew On This’ are resources for dental leaders.