patients from expensive and useless products and surgeries.”
he said.
“My father was an engineer, but medicine always came
easy to me. I’d rather dissect a frog than do an algebra equation
any day.”
5 DOCTORS OF INTEREST
Full-mouth Reconstruction • Dental Implants
Teeth in a Day™ • Teeth in an Hour™
Implant-secured Dentures • Crowns and Bridges
Veneers • Partial and Complete Dentures
Dr. Squier is new to Port St. Lucie, arriving
to the Treasure Coast from Connecticut,
where she practiced dentistry and served
as an assistant professor at the prestigious
University of Connecticut School
of Dental Medicine from 2002-2007. As a
prosthodontist in practice with Dr. Gerald
G. Goebel, she focuses on providing the
highest quality dental recontructions and
creating healthy, beautiful smiles for a lifetime.
A prosthodontist, such as Drs. Goebel and Squier, is a specialist with
three years of further training in handling complex dental cases. Dr. Squier
is the only nationally Board-Certied woman prosthodontist practicing in
the state of Florida. Dr. Squier received her bachelor of arts degree from
Harvard University and her dental degree, master of dental science degree
and certicate of prosthodontics from the University of Connecticut
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School of Dental Medicine.
Dr. Gerald G. Goebel was the rst prosthodontist to
practice on the Treasure Coast and has been serving
patients with the greatest expertise and care
for over 18 years. Dr. Goebel received his dental
degree from the University of Florida College of
Dentistry and his certicate in prosthodontics
from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He
also served as an associate professor at both dental
schools before opening his practice in 1989.
Name: Dr. Luis Villar
Age: 60
Specialty: Plastic surgeon
Education: Bachelor of science from
Fairleigh Dickinson University; medical
degree from University of Puerto
Rico Medical School.
Family: Married to Arleen Villar. Son,
Andrew, 19, and daughter Jillian, 27.
How I became a doctor: “When I was 14, my uncle used to
take me into surgery and I would hand him the instruments
while he did cataract surgery. By the time I was 16, I knew I
wanted to be a surgeon.”
What most people don’t know about me: “My adventures
and that I’m an airplane mechanic. I spent a year on a sailboat,
I’ve been through the mountains of Costa Rica and to
Galapagos. And I’m into scuba and sky diving.”
What inspires me: “I admire and respect master craftsmanship
regardless of the profession.”
Proudest Achievement: “My children.”