Meet the Team

Cathy is our Office Manager.  She is precise and organized, perfectly suited for her job.  Cathy is skilled and experienced at handling your financial arrangements, including insurance billing and payment options.  She also works very hard to make sure all aspects of the practice are efficient.  Cathy is an original member of Dr. Tanabe's team and knows many of the referring doctors and their staff personally.

Lannette is dual-trained as our new Patient Relations Coordinator and a certified Surgery Assistant.  She completed her training right here in Whittier at the Tri-Cities ROP and has proven to be very skilled in all aspects of patient care. Lannette is very warm and caring and brings a special level of care for all of our patients and referrals.

Jeanette is a wonderful Surgery Assistant who takes pride in connecting with out patients.  She completed her training locally at Cerritos College and her outgoing and sweet personality has a way of calming and reassuring the most anxious of patients.  Jeanette is also our lead in the back office, managing supplies and inventory.  Jeanette is honing her language skills and aspires to be multi-lingual to help with patient care.  

Nikki is a highly-skilled Surgery Assistant who joined our team in 2018.  She has extensive experience in oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, and orthodontics.  Nikki is friendly, takes excellent care of our patients, and takes an active role in front office duties as well.

Bradley is new to our surgery team.  He trained at Cerritos College and has quickly adapted to the office flow.  Bradley is conscientious and friendly, and he is eager to help integrating our new computer systems and digital x-ray equipment.