Mark has an extensive background in the medical field as an oral surgeon.

Mark was born in South Korea and migrated to the US with his parents as a young boy. After 13 years of medical school and residency, he became a doctor in 1999.

Now he needed to put all the book learning to practice. He realized quickly that his education from books was only the beginning and embraces the need to continue learning so he can give the best care to his patients. His philosophy is, " I have always enjoyed learning and teaching what I have learned to others.  I believe that we are students in life until the end, and anyone can teach us a valuable lesson at anytime. " Mark plays a key role in Andesite Blue and Andesite Blue's vision.

With his experience in making some of the most successful medical and dental clinics around the world, ( creating successful clinics in New York city and going across to the west in LA, taking a failing clinic and making it the number one clinic in the city, if not all of California ).

He has traveled the world, volunteering and working in many cities, including several years as an oral surgeon in the UK.

Mark will be responsible for managing and developing dental and medical clinics in Ukraine, representing Andesite Blue LTD.

• Brite Dental, Los Angeles CA, USA

  Lead Dentist

  05/2013-01/2019

  • Owner dentist
  • Lead surgeon for a very heavy dental implant driven practice
  • 300+ dental implants placed and restored per month
  • Lead a group of dentist as many as 3-5 at a time
  • Coordinate and delegate responsibility in a very fast paced fee for service office
  • Consult patients on treatment costing into tens of thousands
  • Took office from producing $35k a month to consistently doing $300k +
  • Expand into a second location in one year
  • Responsible for meeting with sales representatives for all aspects of dentistry, including medical device sales reps, as well as pharmaceutical reps
  • Intimate knowledge of processes of choosing and purchasing all equipment for the practice as well as the expansion into new locations

• Rockland Smile Studio, New York, NY, USA

  Lead Dentist

  2003-2013

  • Owner dentist
  • Lead surgeon for a very heavy dental implant practice as well as heavy cosmetic office
  • 200+ dental implants placed and restored per month
  • Lead a group of dentist as many as 3-5 at a time
  • Coordinate and delegate responsibility in a very fast paced fee for service office
  • Consult patients on treatment costing into tens of thousands
  • Start up practice with a $50,000 budget, that grossed over $2,000,000 the first year in practice
  • Proven track record of production and growth

• Brookdale Hospital, New York NY, USA

  Oral Surgery Resident

  1999-2003

  • Oral surgery resident for two years. Left due to conflict after the main director of the program died during the residency program
  • Heavy implant driven residency program with full OR privileges
  • Learn to perform oral surgery in an ambulatory clinic setting as well as OR settings
  • Operating room sessions at least 4 times a week
  • Responsible for interacting with hospital administration for purchase orders and personnel needs for the OR as well as the clinic
  • Rotation through general surgery, ER, OB GYN, as well as other fields in medicine to be a more rounded clinician
  • Familiarization of many medical devices such as the CT scan, MRI as well as all of the radiograph systems both digital and analog