Dr. Tanimura brings a warm, personal approach to patient care. She is a graduate of the University Of Southern California School Of Dentistry and the Indiana University pediatric dentistry residency program. Dr. Tanimura also completed a cerebral palsy fellowship and received her master's degree while attending Indiana University. During her years as a faculty member at the University of Kentucky, she attained certification by the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. She currently serves as an examiner for the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Tanimura is an avid reader and also enjoys baking and knitting.

Dr. Peng is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dentistry and the UCLA pediatric dentistry residency program. He has been a faculty member at the University of Pacific School of Dentistry since 1999. Dr. Peng truly enjoys working with children and can often be found singing or entertaining patients during their treatments. Dr. Peng is married and has two young boys. He enjoys activities such as skiing, biking, traveling, and playing tennis.

Dr. Patrick So is a graduate of New York University College of Dentistry and NYU pediatric residency program. During his time in New York, Dr So was awarded multiple honors and also served for two years as the hospital’s chief pediatric dental resident. Dr. So continues to be involved with his alma mater’s pediatric dental outreach program and has provided care for children in the US as well as Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Tanzania. His areas of professional interest lie in hospital dentistry, patients with special needs and early childhood caries. Dr. So enjoys traveling, cooking, reading and playing with his English bulldog, Kylie.

Dr. Richard Sobel has practiced and taught pediatric dentistry since 1970. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and received his specialty training at Harvard University and the Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, where he also completed a birth defects fellowship. Dr. Sobel is a former director of the pediatric dentistry residency program at Children's Hospital Oakland and is currently active with the hospital's craniofacial team. Dr Sobel regularly treats special needs patients at Children’s Hospital Oakland. Additionally, he is on the faculty of the University of Pacific School of Dentistry and the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry. Dr. Sobel is a past president of the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry and was a trustee of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. He loves to run, travel, dine and cook with his wife.