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Dr. Shah Rassoulian attended the University of Massachusetts Boston and majored in Biology. He later earned his Doctor of Medicine in…

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Juani Fernandez was born in Miami Beach, Florida and is of Cuban and Italian descent. She grew up in Dacula, Georgia but moved back to Miami to attend middle school. In 2000, she graduated from Miami Beach Senior High. She and her husband have five children: Yaneilys, Brandon and Bryan (who are twins), Luis, and Anthony. She became a certified CNA in 2012 from Florida Vocational Institute. She Joined South Gables Dental in 2016 at the front desk. She is the first person patients speak to when they schedule an appointment, have billing questions, or need to discuss treatment plans. Her caring and friendly attitude towards patients makes them feel at ease. She is bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish. Her favorite hobbies include spending time with her family and going to the beach.

Joan Thomas was born in Managua, Nicaragua. She attended both Miami Killian Senior High and Miami Sunset Senior High School. She acquired her associate of Science degree in 1995 from Miami-Dade College. Joan became a member of the South Gables Dental team in 2014. She provides periodontal maintenance therapy, scaling and root planing procedures, and implant care. Joan has a combined 26 years of experience as a hygienist and has worked in both general dentistry and periodontal offices. She makes certain each patient is treated with care and ensures that their needs are addressed to help them maintain a healthy smile that will last a lifetime.

Joan is fluent in English, Spanish, and is certified in the administration of local anesthesia and nitrous oxide sedation. Joan continues to further her knowledge through yearly CE courses to provide her patients with the highest quality of care. When she is not in the office, she enjoys spending time with her husband of 31 years and her two sons Jacob and Matthew.

Tara Auclair, MBA, is the Director of Marketing for South Gables Dental. A seasoned marketing, public relations and communications professional, she loves to create a sense of community and to make her companies and their incredible people more famous.

In her most recent role as Senior Marketing Communications Manager at Modernizing Medicine, she was responsible for increasing brand equity by overseeing and participating in multiple aspects of marketing and communications including public relations, media and community relations, crisis communications, corporate social responsibility, social media, blog, website, customer reference program and more. Tara has a passion for the healthcare industry as evidenced by her over 20 years of experience in various roles held at the Palm Beach County Medical Society, Boca Raton Regional Hospital, the Maine Health Management Coalition (now the Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine) and others.

Tara earned her BA from Tulane University and her MBA from Boston University. Dedicated to the community, she donates her time to the Alzheimer’s Association of Southeast Florida, currently serving as the organization’s Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Advocacy Chair for the 2019 Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Miami and Chair of The Longest Day. Tara recently joined the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Business & Government Affairs Committee. She’s a long-time member of the Junior League where she has held numerous leadership roles and received the Outstanding Service Award in 2019, and she’s active in the Tulane Alumni Association. Before relocating to Coral Gables, Tara served on the boards of the Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton and the Boca Chamber’s Golden Bell Education Foundation, where she received the Chair’s Award from the Boca Chamber in 2018.