About the Doctors
About Dr. Barrett (Barry) Parker
Dr. Parker was born and raised in Alameda. He attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco, and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. where he received a Masters of Science in Orthodontics. He returned to Alameda where he associated with his father, Dr. John Parker. He is a member of the American Association of Orthodontists, American Dental Association and the Alameda City Dental Society. He has taught in the orthodontic department at UOP and published in the Journal of the California Dental Association.
Dr. Parker continues his involvement in community activities. He volunteers his time with the Alameda Boys and Girls Club, The Alameda Boy Scouts and the Dental Health programs of the Alameda Unified School District.
Dr. Parker and his wife, Lolly, have two married children, Alden and Carrie, and five wonderful grandchildren. When not creating beautiful smiles he enjoys hiking, traveling, photography and Masters swimming. You can find him at the pool at 5:30 AM most mornings.
About Dr. Chad Sears
Dr. Chad Sears was raised on a farm in rural Illinois and lived there with his parents and younger sister until he left for college at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. It was the hours of work alone in a molecular biology lab at U of I that made Dr. Sears realize he wanted to pursue a more "social" career.
Dentistry was a natural fit, and it was actually a summer research internship at the National Institute of Dental Research in Bethesda, Maryland studying facial development that made Dr. Sears first consider orthodontics as a possible specialization. After leaving the Midwest for dental school at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Sears decided that orthodontics was his passion. He was thrilled to be accepted to the graduate orthodontic program at the University of California, San Francisco.
During his residency at UCSF, Dr. Sears served as Chief Resident of the program, won a national research award from the American Association of Orthodontists, and has now earned the title of Diplomate from the American Board of Orthodontics. He looks forward to helping the people of Alameda create beautiful smiles and well-balanced bites!