Bridgeport native, Joseph Zerella, has been practicing endodontics in his boutique, state of the art office in downtown Fairfield since 2003. He specializes in pulpal and periapical diagnosis, root canal therapy, trauma management, and surgical/non-surgical root canal retreatment. Dr. Zerella uses the latest advancements and techniques in his field, including digital radiography, cone beam computed tomography, operating microscopes and ultrasonics. His extensive training with the operating microscope allows for an ultra-conservative technique and an optimal success rate.
Dr. Zerella graduated magna cum laude and New England Scholar from The University of Connecticut in 1995. He was admitted to the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and received his doctorate degree in 1999. Dr. Zerella graduated at the top of his class and while in dental school, he was inducted into the prestigious Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society, reserved for the top graduating students. Dr. Zerella was also inducted into Sigma Xi, a scientific honor society. He also received the ADA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Award, American Academy of Oral Medicine Award, and The Quintessence Award for Research Achievement.
In 2000, Dr. Zerella completed a General Practice Residency at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. He then finished his post-doctoral residency in endodontics at The University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and received a Clinical Certificate in Endodontics and a Masters Degree in Dental Science.
Dr. Bill MacDonnell lives in West Hartford, CT with his wife, Margie. They have four grown children, Colleen, Andrew, Eileen and Patrick. When not practicing or teaching at UCONN School of Dental Medicine Bill is very active in civic activities and was chair of the West
Hartford Substance Abuse Commission and is on the boards of Bushnell Park Foundation, the Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation, and the Connecticut State Dental Association Foundation. Bill has been involved in the restoration of the Dr. Horace Wells monuments in Hartford.
Dr. William MacDonnell is a dentist-anesthesiologist who maintains a sedation practice caring for patients across the state. His expertise is in conscious sedation, local anesthesia and medical emergencies. Dr. MacDonnells services benefits all types of peopleespecially those who are medically compromised and dental phobic.
A past president of the both the Connecticut State Dental Association (CSDA) and the American Society of Dentists Anesthesiologists, he is dedicated to the welfare of not only patients but also his fellow dentists. For several years, he chaired the CSDAs annual state convention and also served as a member of the House of Delegates of the CSDA and the American Dental Association.