Meet the Staff

Pam Lyons - Practice Administrator

As Practice Administrator, Pam Lyons uses her twenty-two years of experience with our office when making decisions regarding the practice. She is dedicated to overseeing a very efficient practice whose purpose is to provide the ultimate care for every patient.

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Professional Relations
Theresa Street - Director
Karen DePaula - Assistant

Theresa and Karen are our liaisons between our oral surgery practice and referring dental offices. They are responsible for the marketing and public relations aspect of the practice, including continuing education seminars, social events, and other educational activities.

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LeeAnn Bristol - Implant Coordinator

Dental implants continue to be more accepted as the standard of care when a patient loses a natural tooth. LeeAnn Bristol works as implant coordinator for our office to assure that each implant patient understands the implant process. She works closely with the oral surgeon, general dentist, and patient to provide every implant patient with optimal results following implant surgery.

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Kristina Howard - Hospital/Surgery Coordinator

As Hospital/Surgery Coordinator, Kristina Howard is a patient advocate in getting approval on needed hospital surgical cases. She works closely with our oral surgeons to provide the insurance companies with essential clinical information to obtain maximum insurance benefits for our patients.

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Debbie Cook - Financial Administrator

Debbie, as Financial Administrator of 14 years, supervises the billing of insurance and collections of monies for services provided by the Practice. She directs and assists the department insurance coordinators and is always available to discuss patient financial concerns.

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Insurance Coordinators

In an effort to provide our patients with the most thorough and personal service while in our care, each of the doctors at Oral Surgery Associates has an insurance coordinator who handles their patient accounts exclusively. This provides you, the patient, with a business office contact who is familiar with your case and available to assist with the financial aspects of your treatment plan.

Please contact one of the following insurance coordinators with any questions that you may have:

Jennifer Harp: email
Dr. Burchfield & McLeod

Debbie Cook: email
Dr. Richardson

Debby Worrell: email
Dr. Shea

Jaime Peña: email
Dr. West