Sedation Consult Instructors
Allan Schwartz, DDS, CRNA, Founder of Sedation Consult, LLC
A 1980 graduate of Baylor College of Dentistry (Now Texas A&M University College of Dentistry) and 1994 graduate of Washington University School of Nurse Anesthesia, Dr. Schwartz has been teaching anesthesia to Dentists, Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Physicians, and Nurses for over 10 years. He is currently employed with Anesthesia Associates of Southern Illinois as a CRNA. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the department of Periodontics at the Center for Advanced Dental Education at Saint Louis University. |
Gina L. Salatino, DMD, FAGD is a 2010 graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine, and is general dentist who has been training students in Intravenous Moderate Sedation since 2011. She is certified and permitted for both I.V. Moderate Sedation, and Oral Moderate Sedation in the State of California; she is a licensed general dentist in California, Utah, and Colorado. In 2016, she published a reference guide for dentists practicing conscious sedation called Medications for Intravenous Sedation in the Dental Office. (For Sale: Click Here). In her free time, Dr. Salatino is a professional musician in the rock band Some Fear None.
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Peter Strube, DNP, CRNA
Lieutenant Colonel Peter D. Strube graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. Mary’s University school of anesthesia in 2006. He has since earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from Rosalind Franklin University. Lieutenant Colonel Strube is in the Army Nurse Corps. He has deployed four times with service in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Peter is an Assistant Professor of Nurse Anesthesia at Rosalind Franklin University. He has authored several professional articles and training programs. He has served on his state association board and AANA committees. |
Michelle Hurly, RN
Michelle is a registered nurse with over twenty years of nursing experience. Her nursing experience includes cardiac, internal medicine, surgical, research, quality and performance improvement, education, and ambulatory clinical care. She currently works in collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer, Safety Director, & Division V.P. for Tulane University Medical Center’s quality initiatives. She earned two nursing degrees and holds degrees in public relations and marketing from Tulane University with an emphasis in health care promotion. She completed an MBA from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business with a concentration in "Strategic Leadership and Management." |
Sharon Heironimus, RDH
Sharon has been a Registered Dental Hygienist in Texas for more than 40 years. She has been with our company for 4 years. She is our Test Proctor extraordinaire for our sister company: Assess Live. She enjoys working with our students who require online testing for our various courses, and for courses through DOC Education. |
Tricia Hovick, LDA
Tricia received her degree in Dental Assisting from Herzing University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She dental assisted in a general dental practice for 6 years before becoming an Oral and Maxillofacial Dental Assistant, assisting in Orthognathic Surgery. She is trained in ACLS, BLS, Certified in both DAANCE and Minnesota Monitoring Sedation/ General Anesthesia and Intravenous Catheter Insertion. 
Ellie Otte, RN, BSN Ellie is a 2000 graduate of the University Of Iowa School Of Nursing. Ellie practices now as an assistant and Implant Coordinator at Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Consultants in Minnesota. Previously she worked in plastic and reconstructive surgery, the NICU, a wound care clinic and was also a clinical nurse instructor. Ellie brings her passion for teaching to assist our students with the clinical portion of the Minnesota I.V. Catheter Certification Course.
Kevin Medlin, DDS
A 1988 graduate of The University of Missouri at Kansas City (UMKC) Dental School, followed by a USAF Dental General Practice Residency; Dr. Medlin is a certified ACLS Instructor and a member of the Missouri Dental Board Intravenous Moderate Sedation Committee; Dr. Medlin practices Family Dentistry along with Intravenous Moderate Sedation in Republic, Missouri since 1991. |
Michelle Manelli Schneider, LDA
Ms. Manelli Schneider graduated from the Dental Assisting program in 1976 at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. She has been involved in all aspects and function of the dental office for over forty years. She is currently employed with Metro DentalCare (American Dental Partners) as an Licensed Dental Assistant in their Maple Grove Specialty Practice. 
KENNETH POLKE, DDS is a native of the Cleveland area. As a youth, he had to choose between joining a life of organized crime or finding his way out of a Mafia-ridden neighborhood through sports. He chose football as his vehicle for conquering his adversities, and that led him to being recruited by the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns. After leaving football, he enjoyed a successful dentistry career. Today, he has returned home to the Cleveland area to give back to his community. He has joined Sedation Consult to teach our students comprehensive anesthesia/sedation concepts and clinical techniques.
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Tammy Hexum, LDA
Tammy graduated from the Minnesota School of Business. She worked in General Dentistry for four years. She has worked in a private oral surgery practice for over nineteen years. She is certified in Monitoring Sedation and General Anesthesia and Insertion of Intravenous Catheters as well as Nitrous Oxide. Tammy enjoys working with patients and loves the patient care portion of her job.
Katie Post, DDS
A 2003 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry who also completed a General Practice Residency at the University of Iowa, Dr. Post has been practicing dentistry in a six-doctor family dental practice in Rochester, MN. She is a member of the Minnesota Dental Associations Foundations, the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Minnesota Dental Association, and the Women of Southeast Minnesota Study Club. She also delivers Intravenous Moderate Sedation for the care of her patients. |
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