Best of WNC 2016: Help Keep Us in the Top Spot!

Best of WNC 2016: Help Keep Us in the Top Spot!

With your help, we reached Hall of Fame status in the category of Best Dentist in Mountain Xpress' Best of WNC Competition last year! Help us win again this year! Please take a minute and go to http://mountainx.com/bestofwnc/ to cast your ballot! Mtn. Xpress asks that you vote for at least 30 categories for the ballot to count, so be thinking about your... read more »

A New Year, A Fresh Perspective!

A New Year, A Fresh Perspective!

A New Year, A Fresh Perspective! This January, our staff visited the Biltmore Estate to attend a “Cultivating Change” workshop at the Biltmore Center for Professional Development. During this eye-opening session, Biltmore shared with us many changes within the history of their organization. They explained that while these changes were challenging, embracing them allowed Biltmore to stay ahead of the... read more »

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  We hope 2016 is all you wish it to be! Timothy E. Gillespie, DMD & Staff

Season’s Greetings!

Season’s Greetings!

To you and yours, we wish a very, merry holiday season.  Thanks for being a part of our patient family! Timothy E. Gillespie, DMD & Staff

Congratulations, Dr. Peterson!

Congratulations, Dr. Peterson!

We are pleased to announce the birth of our newest family member, Lily Kate Peterson. Lily was born to Dr. Jaime Peterson and her husband, Joe, this past Thursday, November 12th. While everyone said their son, EJ, was born looking just like Joe, Lily Kate is a spitting image of her mama! We are so excited for you guys and... read more »

Best of WNC 2015: Help Us Maintain the Top Spot!

Best of WNC 2015: Help Us Maintain the Top Spot!

With your help, our practice was honored last year as Best Dentist in Mountain Xpress' Best of WNC Competition! Help us do it again this year! Take a minute and go to http://mountainx.com/bestofwnc/ to cast your ballot! Mtn. Xpress asks that you vote for at least 30 categories for the ballot to count, so be thinking about your favorite restaurant, physician, real... read more »

She’s Leaving Home: Brittany Moves On

She’s Leaving Home: Brittany Moves On

As I have gotten older, I’ve realized that you never quite get everything dialed in just the way you want it and keep it there.  For long, anyway.  There’s just too many moving pieces to life.  So, in response, I have become more and more comfortable accustomed to change, such that I now view my working relationships not only as... read more »

The Simple Math of Building Teams…and Pyramids

The Simple Math of Building Teams…and Pyramids

I’m often asked how I am able to keep my staff turnover so low.  While most of it is just dumb luck, some of it is that I am fortunate—blessed—to have found the right people to work in my office, and some of it is just simple math:  I take care of my employees, and they take care of me... read more »

Move Over Starbucks: A Dentist/MBA Student Does a Survey of His Own

Move Over Starbucks: A Dentist/MBA Student Does a Survey of His Own

In past blog posts, I have written about the fact that I am pursuing an MBA.  This endeavor is partly a self-enrichment project (you can only watch so much American Idol!), but mostly because I am a continuous student, always interested in learning how to better the clinical and business aspects of my practice. The first case study in my... read more »

Still Waters Run Deep: Michelle Retires

Still Waters Run Deep: Michelle Retires

During this time of Thanksgiving, it is only appropriate for me to give thanks to someone who has meant so much to my dental practice, Michelle Baber.  For, you see, she is retiring.  Yes, as seen in the photo (thanks for taking a little off the top, Valerie!), she looks too young to retire, but retire she must in order... read more »