Doctors and Staff

Meet our friendly and caring staff.

Virginia Kawa – Dr. Kawa’s Boss

I think this office has the greatest people to work with. They are always happy and have a great energy. Our doctors and staff take pride in what they do. I am happy to be part of such a great team.

Nancy Cardone – Administrative Practice Manager

I have worked for Dr. Kawa since 1996. Since this time the practice has grown into an innovative office for both patients and employees. I love working in a practice that is like no other. My co-workers are my extended family. I look forward to coming into work and seeing the difference we make in a patient’s life with their beautiful smiles. I am proud to be working with the doctors here, they are amazing!

Michael LoMenzo – Operations Manager

Thank you to all the patients who come to us for a beautiful smile & enjoying our beautiful office, great staff and caring doctors.

Alexandra Parisi – Office Manager

It’s with great pride that I can say that I have been with Dr. Kawa for the last 15 years. As the office manager I’m very proud of the staff for their excellent work. I’ve had the great pleasure to see thousands of patients leave with beautiful smiles that our doctors & staff have made possible.

Linda Adorno – Orthodontic Clinical Manager

I’ve been employed by Dr. Kawa for 13 years. I am Treatment Specialist / Clinical Manager. I love my job because I enjoy working with people, all ages. My co-workers are like family to me which is important. We have lots of fun.

Maria Cacares – Oral Surgery Manager

I really enjoy the great atmosphere Dr. Kawa has created in the office. It’s so much fun. Come see our oral surgery department and you will have a great experience!

Anthony Contreras – EMT / Oral Surgery Assistant

I have worked in the office for the past 7 years and have watched it grow into the ultimate office for Orthodontic and Oral surgery care. I enjoy helping our patients and working with the great staff here.

Debbie Cullen

Dr. Kawa’s office is a great place to work. We have the greatest staff, it’s like my second family.

Alisa Burke-Manderson – Oral Surgery Assistant

Our office is like a family and we always work as a team. The atmosphere is always up lifting, never dull. Our patients are always pleased with everything we do with our patient care.

Angela Tesluck

The entire staff is friendly & the atmosphere of all the tanks is awesome!! It is defiantly a fun place to work.

Annie Bouboulis

I am happy to be a part of such a positive and supportive team. Our ultimate goal is to put beautiful smiles on our patient’s faces.

Barbara Lawton – Front Desk

I really enjoy working here everybody is like family!

Christina Mionis

It’s a pleasure working here. The doctors and staff make Dr. Kawa’s office a very friendly and fun work environment.

Claudia Mata – Treatment Specialist

I’ve been working in Dr. Kawa’s office for 2 years. I enjoy working here because I fell like it is a family, I love the patients and I like to work with the best doctors in Florida.

Colleen Morris – Sterilization Department

My job here at Dr. Kawa’s office is to make sure your visit here is pleasant. By having clean instruments I take pride in my job.

Diena Ineson – Oral Surgery Finance Department

Working for Dr. Kawa and his office for the past 2 years has been both fulfilling and satisfying. It’s a great feeling to help people and help put smiles on their faces.

Donna Townsend – Treatment Coordinator

I love my job… When I get to work, my extended family greets me, we are all part of the magnificent team that makes Kawa Orthodontics what it is today, and that creates that “welcome home” feeling to our patients. It’s like the old neighborhood… Your neighborhood Orthodontists. One visit and you’ll keep coming back to say hi… maybe for a lifetime.

Eddie Migliaccio – Lab Technician

Dr. Kawa’s office is a great place to work. We have great doctors & staff which make the job fun. I’ve been a lab tech for 10 years and enjoying appliance and retainers for our patients.

Fabio Parra

Everyone is always friendly and the doctors are great at giving perfect smiles.

Gena Bivins – Treatment Specialist

I’ve been honored to be employed with Dr. Kawa’s office now for about 7 years. The office has exciting aquarium features. The patients as well as the staff are like family. Our office brings forth rewarding smiles that are unforgettable and life changing.

Jahari Johnson

Kawa Orthodontics isn’t just a group of qualified professionals. It’s a family who’s goal is to give everyone the best smile possible.

James Lawton

I like working for Dr. Kawa because it gives me the opportunity to learn different types of tasks.

Jamie Warino

I like working for Dr. Kawa because it gives me the opportunity to learn different types of tasks.

Jessica Stevens – Front Desk

As an employee of Dr. Kawa’s office for 12 years, I have watched the practice grow into a huge success. Successful in many ways, it is a pleasure to be part of it. I’m sure your experience at our practice will be as pleasant as mine.

Katie Stowe – Treatment Coordinator

I have been with the practice for 11 years and I love working here because it feels like one big family. I love meeting the new patients and helping the parents start the process in making a beautiful smile for their child.

Kelly Loeza – Treatment Specialist

I enjoy working at Dr. Kawa’s office. We have wonderful doctors & a great staff. I love working with all our great patients making them comfortable & helping them achieve a beautiful smile.

Kelly Marceleno

I am happy to be part of a wonderful team. Where the commitment is feeling as a family member everybody, patients and Kawa’s members, will have a goal: “To get a nice and perfect smile”.

Linda Pasquale – Front Desk

It has been a great pleasure working here for the past 10 years – along with a very caring, loving & fun group of people.

Lorraine Verkerk – Financial Coordinator

I’ve been working for Kawa Orthodontics for almost 5 years and I can honestly say, “I love going to work”. Dr. Kawa, all my co-workers and our patients make this a very special office.

Lucy Garcia – Treatment Specialist

I love the positive and wonderful atmosphere that is here in this incredible office. Enjoy working with my co-workers. We are a big team and treat each other like a family. Its great knowing our patients are in excellent hands with our doctors.

Marcela Rodriguez – Front Desk

This is a practice where we make a great effort to make patients feel at home.

Patricia Stevens – Treatment Coordinator

I was first attracted to Dr. Kawa’s office 13 years ago because of his involvement with the community. I have seen the practice grow from a smaller office to a larger underwater themed office. The office is a beautiful and unique, not just for it’s amazing décor, but because of the caring and wonderful staff who have become a sort of a second family to me. One of the greatest advantages of being a Treatment Coordinator for the practice is that I get to meet new people every day. It’s the people that make it special for me!

Patrick Brochu

I love working in Dr. Kawa’s financial department, helping patients with their billing questions and concerns.

Paula Goodnow – Treatment Coordinator

As one of the Treatment Coordinators (since June 2005), I thoroughly enjoy interacting the kids, teens and parents I spend time with in consultations. I’ve met some very interesting people from all walks of life and learn new things from them every day. It’s also very rewarding to me when I can talk to a child, one-on-one, about a thumb-sucking habit which is causing damage to his or her teeth and as a results they are able to break the habit 0 I feel like I’m making a difference. The best thing about or office is the wonderful staff. I’ve never worked with a finer group of caring, loving people who are like family to me.

Rachel Adorno – Oral Surgery Assistant

I like to work here because of my lovely co-workers and the peaceful and beautiful atmosphere.

Rainy Harringan – Oral Surgery Department Manager

I love to come to work here every day not only because I get to work in a beautiful environment, with an awesome team of doctors and staff, but I also get to work with both of my daughters! I don’t know where else I would ever have that opportunity. So when we say we’re a “family” Dr. Kawa’s, look closely, because many of us truly are!

Robin Echelberger – Treatment Specialist

I think that the office I work for is beautiful. The people I work with are like family. They make me happy and put a smile on my face. Our doctors are the best and smartest people I know. I love it here! It’s not a job, it’s an adventure!

Susan Giglio – Front Desk

I am blessed to have been part of this family / team for 10 years. When I think about it I probably spend more time with my “work family” than with my relatives. How grateful I am to be surrounded by such a caring group of people.

Susan Santiago – Treatment Specialist

At Dr. Kawa’s, we’re all like one big happy family. I always do my best to ensure that each patient’s visit to our office is a pleasant and wonderful experience.

Tricia Romero – Treatment Specialist

I have been working at Dr. Kawa’s for 3 years. I enjoy working at Dr. Kawa’s. Everyone is like a big family. It’s nice to have great friends at work.

Sahyli Leon

I love to work at Dr. Kawa’s office because everybody here is so cool. The staff are very friendly and every single morning when I come they have the most important thing that I look in people a big smile.