About Us

Kim

Kim recently joined Dr. Wadkins and his staff as the office manager, after working at IBM for 25 years. She received her BA degree in Business Administration at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and held a number of positions at IBM - most recently in the patents and inventor coordination area. Her husband works at IBM, as a senior purchasing agent. They have two adult children, both of whom are now in college. Brad is in the Packaging Engineering Program at UW-Stout and Katie is in the Health and Science Program at UW- La Crosse. Kim enjoys the outdoors (including farming), spending time with her family, skiing, and traveling.

Brooke

Brooke received her BSDH (Bachelor of Science Dental Hygiene) degree from Mankato State in 2009. She finished with honors and also obtained credentials for the advanced (restorative) functions. She is now among the fraternity of new homeowners, and can not wait to work the mower and snow blower. Prior to the new home, she used to play softball, run, and even find time for water skiing.

Lisa

Lisa has spent 2 decades in the medical profession, receiving her ASDH (Associate Dental Hygiene) degree from Rochester Community and Technical College in 2000. She was the recipient of the Oral B patient care excellence award during her last year of hygiene education. She previously worked as a pharmacy technician, but really enjoys the direct patient contact of dental hygiene. While she loves seeing her patients, sometimes her real job seems to be as the mother of 8 year old Madi. She is also an avid reader in her spare time. A few years ago, Lisa spent time in Texas learning permanent cosmetics. She is able to combine her medical and cosmetic training, keeping clients comfortable (using anesthesia) while providing eyeliner, eyebrows or lips treatments - don’t hesitate to ask her about these procedures.

Marcia

Marcia has over 30 years of experience in the dental field, having recently completed her 20th year as a dental assistant in our office. Along with her duties as the lead assistant to Dr. Wadkins, she is responsible for managing the office supplies and equipment maintenance. She has advanced training in managing sedated patients, and has significant implant and grafting surgery experience. She has fellowship credentials with the American Dental Assistants Association. She has two grown sons in Rochester. Of late, she fills her time planning annual travel to exotic places around the world.

Dr. Wadkins

Dr. Wadkins completed undergraduate training as an engineer (BSEE) at the University of Idaho. He has extensive hardware and computer architecture design experience with IBM, along with a couple of years of programming (C++). He also spent 4 years as an IBM Development Manager, working on large hardware and software projects. He then completed his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree at the University of Minnesota. His post doctoral training includes many small detail courses, along with the specialty areas of patient sedation (Mn License CS0124) and graduation from the Misch Implant Institute. Dr. Wadkins is one of very few doctors in the world who can both surgically place implants, restore them, and provide advanced surgical skills such as bone grafting. More and more, it is obvious that the extensive engineering experience is invaluable in dental implant and restorative procedures.

Outside of dentistry, Dr. Wadkins has extensive interests, including amateur radio (WB7NRX), property management (rental properties), scuba diving, skiing, and flying (commercial and instrument ratings) with 1000’s of hours in high performance Mooney’s. He also referees more than 125 soccer games per year, with a few professional level games to his credit (PDL division of the USL - not MLS).

Dr. Wadkins has been married 30 years to Pat (BSChE) who has spent her career working on disk drives with IBM and Hitachi. She also holds an active Minnesota real estate brokers license and enjoys cooking classes and gardening (flowers!). They have two sons, Thomas who graduated from the University of Cincinnati (BSArch), and is now in graduate school working on masters degrees in Architecture and structural engineering. David, is in his final year of high school, and claims interests in medicine and occasionally, sports.