Orthotown Welcomes New Advisory Board Member by Michelle Beaver, Editor



Welcome to the newest member of the Orthotown advisory board, Dr. Donna Galante, who joined the board in late December 2014. Galante owns four orthodontic practices in Northern California and over the years she has bought practices and started practices from scratch.

Galante is passionate about orthodontics-both from a clinical and business perspective-and has particular interest in leadership, team building, practice development, and marketing.

Galante is married to a fellow orthodontist and has two children, ages 16 and 18. She enjoys writing and reading, especially on the topics of business, leadership, personal development, travel and food. She's a marathon runner and also likes Crossfit. It's hard to imagine that she has any free time, but when Galante does have leisure time, she likes to fill it with cooking and having friends over to enjoy dinner and try new wines.

She's a native of Pennsylvania and graduated magna cum laude in 1980 from Albright College, in Reading, Pennsylvania, with a BS in psychobiology.

She then pursued her dental degree at the University of Pennsylvania Dental School and received her DMD in 1984 from the same institution. She was awarded at graduation with the Henry Goldman Award for Clinical Excellence in all areas of dentistry.

In 1986, Galante received her orthodontic specialty certification at the University of Pennsylvania and opened her first private practice in King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

From 1986 through 1993, she was a clinical instructor at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Orthodontics where she worked directly with graduate students. She was twice voted "instructor of the year" by the orthodontics residents. In 1992, Galante became a diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics.

Galante said she looks forward to being part of the "amazing group of professionals associated with Orthotown," and that she welcomes the opportunity to represent the growing number of women in the field of orthodontics.

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