Presenters

Dr. Corey Gold (D.D.S.) received his Bachelor degree in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from California State University Fullerton in 1984. He received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from University of California, San Francisco in 1988. Dr. Gold practiced general dentistry in the San Fernando Valley area of California for over 18 years.

Dr. Corey Gold has spoken internationally on the subjects of dental health, general health and business. Dr. Gold is a frequent guest on radio programs about dental health matters and has been published in dental journals. His online blog about the latest news in dental advances and dental research is one of the most popular blogs on the subject matter.

Over his professional career, Dr. Gold has presented more than 500 continuing education seminars on a variety of dental topics. He founded ACES in 2006 and is the company president.

Joanne Conaway (BSN, RN) received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1976. She is currently a retired Air Force Nurse with experience in Trauma Nursing, Operating Room and Critical Care as well as over 6 years of specialized Nutritional Support Nursing and Education. Joanne spent 20 years in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves, primarily as an Aeromedical Evacuation Nurse in both Training and Standardization and Evaluation, while serving as in-flight Medical Crew Director. During that time she deployed in support of Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Storm.

Joanne is an internationally acclaimed speaker and author of You Are What You Digest and Inches of Deception. Joanne has taught and coordinated nutrition education courses for professional organizations and corporations worldwide and her primary focus is the function of the Gastrointestinal System and its role in overall health and immunity.

Joanne is also the co-founder and Director of Nutritional Support Alliance, Inc., a non-profit company dedicated to providing nutritional support to eligible, at-risk people who cannot otherwise afford it. She is currently in school to become a Naturopathic Physician.

Dr. Stanley Kuren attended Wilkes University from 1974 to 1976, successfully completing the Hanuman Program. He then continued his studies at the University of Pittsburgh from 1976 to 1978 where he was involved in cancer research. He was named University Scholar and graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Dr. Kuren then attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine from 1978 to 1982 and was the Odontological Society of Western Pennsylvania Award recipient.

He then graduated and went on to practice general dentistry in a group practice for a year.

He attended Case Western Reserve University from 1983 to 1985 to receive his post doctorate mastership degree in periodontology and did his training within the Cleveland Clinic Hospital System.

Dr. Kuren was also a clinical instructor at Case Western and throughout the subsequent years went on to present seminars throughout the United States.

He practiced both privately and in groups for over twenty and is now currently semi-retired and living in Pennsylvania.

Dr. Erwin Gold (D.D.S.) received his Bachelors degree in Biology with a minor in Psychology from the University of Illinois in 1959. He received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Illinois School of Dentistry in 1963. Dr. Erwin Gold served as a dentist in the United States Air Force from 1963 – 1965.

Dr. Gold has practiced general dentistry in Canoga Park, California for over 40 years and was named Dentist of the Year – People's Choice Award in 1999 by the LA Daily News. Dr. Erwin Gold is a published author of fiction and satire.

Dr. Henry Ferrarin (D.D.S.) graduated Cum Laude from CCNY and then received his DMD degree from the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine in 1972. Dr, Ferrarin passed Part I of the National Medical Boards in 1970.

Dr. Ferrarin completed a one year internship in dentistry at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. Dr. Ferrarin practiced dentistry for over 30 years. He has been married for over years and is an avid tennis player.

Dr. Vera Brown, DMD has been treating headaches and TMJ for over 10 years. She graduated from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry in 1998 and went on to Portland, Oregon to complete a General Practice Residency at Portland’s Veteran’s Hospital. Her undergraduate degree is in Clinic Laboratory Sciences from Morehead State University.

Dr. Brown, is a neuromuscluarly trained dentist and has studied and worked with chiropractors for 13 years. From the beginning of her practice Dr. Brown has been fascinated with how the body relates as a whole and took many advanced courses on how to treat headaches. She has studied at the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies, Straightwire Orthodontics with Dr. Jay Gerber, Chirodontics, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Occlusion, and mentored by Dr. Arthur Parker, DMD.

She is a member of the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Brown has trained and is certified in Active Release Techniques, a type of physical therapy.

Dr. Brown’s current practice is limited to the diagnosis and treatment of headaches and dental sleep medicine. She is an instructor at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, teaching junior and senior students how to evaluate, diagnose and treat TMJ. She also is assistant professor of Anatomy working with first year students in the gross anatomy lab.

Dr. Alberta Quaidoo (D.D.S.) is a graduate of the University of Washington (1989), School of Dentistry and operates the Tender Touch Dental Center in Bellevue, Washington.

Dr. Quaidoo is the host of the radio program ‘Smile Talk’ that can be heard in the Seattle, Washington area. She is an accomplished public speaker and was the 2007 National Spokesman for Trident Sugarless Gum ‘Pass Along a Smile’ Summer Campaign. She is the author of ‘Exquisite Smile – Your Radiance from Within’.

Dr. Quaidoo is the founder of The Tender Touch Dental Foundation and The HEAL Foundations, sponsors of the ‘Smile for Life’ Campaigns which benefit Children’s Hospital, Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, Hopelink, and Helping Hands for the Disabled.

Dr. Quaidoo was Mrs. Ghana – United Nations 2000. She is a Master Neurolinguistic practitioner and is certified in hypnotherapy and Reike therapy.  She is married and is the proud mother of two children.