Dr. Otto Slater loves spending time with his wife Kim, and his daughters, Nikki and Sam and his dog, Goose. You will find them often at the beach together. He enjoys golf, boating, fishing, cycling and auto racing. He was an undergrad at Purdue University and still follows Purdue athletics. He attended Dental School at the University of Tennessee and trained in residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and has staff privileges at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville.
Dr. Kelsey LaPorte was an undergrad at University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She attended Dental School at the Creighton University Dental School. After dental school, Dr. LaPorte went into the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She attended medical school while at the Nebraska Medical Center where she received her Doctor of Medicine.
After medical school, Dr. LaPorte was then appointed as Chief Resident in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Division at the Nebraska Medical Center. She is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons.
In addition to her academic accomplishments, Dr. LaPorte enjoys spending time with her husband Kevin and their three dogs, Daisy, Seor, and Lenny. She loves music, cooking, hiking, and being in nature.
Dr. Daniel Read has been practicing in the Knoxville area since 1997. He attended University of Milwaukee, Emory University and the University of Florida College of Dentistry. After dental school, he entered the Air Force where he toured in Korea, Germany and back to the states at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma. Upon leaving the air force, he completed his oral & maxillofacial surgery training at the University of Florida Health & Science Center in Jacksonville, FL.
He and his wife, Chris Testerman, have triplets, John, Rick, and Madison along with a rescue dog named Tally. His hobbies include fishing, hunting, tennis, skiing, hiking, boating, biking and most importantly spending time with his family.
Jules Talbott is our welcoming Director of Operations. She has 31 years of experience in the Accounting, Budgeting and Management fields. Jules feels each patient to walk through our door is an extension of our own family and should be treated as such. You will always be welcomed with a smile and treated with the utmost compassion and understanding while you are under our care.
Jules loves her front porch swing, bird watching, the mountains, baking, helping the community through her Women's Missions group at church, honoring our Veterans, spending time with her family, her little dog Daisy and most recently being Gran to her new grandbaby! He is the apple of her eye and she won't hesitate to share pictures and stories at any given moment!