Meet the Team

Dr. Derek Park attended the University of California, Berkeley and completed his honors thesis at the University of California, San Francisco. He then attended Columbia University in New York City to receive his Dental Degree (D.D.S.) and Master’s Degree (M.A.) in Biotechnology. His love for the Bay Area brought him back to the University of California, San Francisco where he received his Medical Degree (M.D.) and completed an internship in General Surgery and residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Dr. Park is a Board-Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who focuses his practice on outpatient sedation, dental extractions, bone grafting, and implant surgery. The most common compliment he gets is his calming demeanor and compassion for his patients. He makes every effort to ensure that his patients and family have a pleasant experience during their visit. He is passionate about his field and strives everyday to providing quality, safe, and evidence-based care.

Dr. Park enjoys traveling with his family and learning about different cultures. He loves cooking, especially Korean food. During his free time, he enjoys hiking, golfing, and playing tennis.

Dr. Sutter was born in Arizona but grew up in the foothills of California. His undergraduate studies were completed at The University of the Pacific where he received a B.S. in Biology. His dental degree was completed at the Arthur A. Dugoni, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco. While there he founded the Endodontic Study Club and participated in numerous leadership and educational roles, and received awards for his research in HeLa cancer cells using liposomes for drug delivery. His dental education continued following graduation when he attended the University of Minnesota and completed a one-year general practice residency, which primarily focused on high acuity patients and dental treatment in a hospital and operating room setting. He then elected to specialize in endodontics, traveling south to Saint Louis University where he spent two more years in his residency program. It was there that he received a master’s degree for his work in radiology and perception in 2014. He is the author of a chapter on the role of endodontics in dental trauma in the textbook, Modern Sports Dentistry, and recently became a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics.

Dr. Jakub Pietrowski received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his dental degree from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry in 2003. Since then, he completed a one year Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at Barksdale Air Force Base, in Shreveport, LA., before heading off to his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield. After completing his residency, Dr. Pietrowski took on a teaching position at Air Force Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency programs while also treating active duty Air Force members, their family, and wounded warriors coming back to the United States.

Dr. Pietrowski’s goal is to provide the highest quality care possible to his patients and the community in general. He enjoys working in a team environment, and puts the welfare of his patients as his number one priority. Dr. Pietrowski practices full scope care including, but not limited to: surgical extractions, deep sedation, dental implants, ridge preservation/augmentation, sinus augmentation, biopsies, and orthognathic surgery.

Dr. Pietrowski is a Board Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as well as a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. In addition, he is a member of the American Dental Association and is certified in ACLS, PALS, and BLS. When not working, Dr. Pietrowski, along with his wife and two children enjoy hiking, skiing, playing tennis, wine tasting, and many other outdoor activities in the local area.

Dr. Ehssan Ghassemi was born and raised in Sacramento, California. He received both his undergraduate degree in Psychology and Master’s Degree (M.S.) in Comparative Pathology from the University of California, Davis. Continuing his education in Southern California, he then earned a D.M.D with honors at Western University of Health Sciences. Following his interest in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, he then returned to Northern California where he competed a four-year residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of the Pacific and Highland Hospital Level One Trauma Center in the Bay Area. During this time, he and his colleagues were responsible for all adult and pediatric facial trauma surgery. He gained further surgical training at Kaiser Oakland, one of the top orthognathic (corrective jaw surgery) centers in California as well as Children’s Hospital of Oakland.
With extensive training in all facets of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and clinical practice focused on outpatient sedation, pathology, dentoalveolar and implant surgery, Dr. Ghassemi is committed to providing the highest quality of care, ethics and compassion to his patient’s and community. Dr. Ghassemi is an American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons candidate. He is also a member of the American Dental Association, California Dental Association and Sacramento District Dental Society. He is certified in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
Dr. Ghassemi is happy to return to his hometown of Sacramento. In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors with his wife, tennis, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and spending time with his family.

Dr. Sealey grew up in the Caribbean on the beautiful twin island of Trinidad and Tobago. He moved to the United States to attend college and completed his undergraduate degree in South Carolina, where he earned a B.S. in Biology. During his time at college, he was awarded the Presidential Scholarship Award for outstanding academic achievement and was also inducted into the Golden Key International Honor Society. In college Dr Sealey participated in numerous research projects involving nanoparticles and osteoblast differentiation. His research project was published In the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.

Dr. Sealey attended dental school at the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine where he earned his D.M.D. Afterwards, he completed a one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry program at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

After completing his training, Dr. Sealey practiced dentistry in Upstate NY for 2 years. During that time, he completed additional continuing education that furthered his love for the specialty of Endodontics. This passion led him to pursue an advanced degree in Endodontics at Virginia Commonwealth University where he earned his certificate in Endodontics, in addition to, a Master of Science in Dentistry. Dr. Sealey is a member of the American Dental Association and the American Association of Endodontists.

In his free time, Dr. Sealey loves traveling with his family. He is an avid sports fan and enjoys the outdoors.

Dr Shahzad grew up in Long Island, New York. He attended the State University of New York (SUNY) and graduated with honors and a major in Biology. He then attended New York University (NYU) for dental school and graduated in the top of his class. After that Dr. Shahzad completed his Oral and Maxillofacial surgery training at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in long Island, NY. During this time, he also received his Medical degree (MD) from Stony Brook university and completed a General Surgery Internship at North Shore Medical Center in New York. After Finishing his residency training, Dr. Shahzad went on to serve in the US Air force and worked in Japan for three years at the US base. Next he was stationed in England for four years at the US base there. Following England, he came back to the United States and was stationed at Travis Air Force Base in California where his duty was primarily to teach and train future Air Force Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Currently he is involved in that endeavor on a part-time basis while also treating the local community through private practice,

Dr. Shahzad is board certified in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is a member of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. When not seeing patients, Dr. Shahzad enjoys traveling, music (especially classic rock and Northern Indian classical music), sports, and spending time with family and friends. His philosophy on life is simple: follow the golden rule. “Treat others as you would like to be treated”.

Dr. Jay Fedorowicz is an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon who received his dental degree from the University of Detroit Mercy then completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington D.C. He served one tour as a United States Air Force general dental officer before completing his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from David Grant Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield.

Dr. Fedorowicz practiced eight years as a military surgeon focusing on sedation, dental extractions, dental implants, and facial deformities treating active duty military personnel, their family members, and retirees.

He was then selected to a two-year fellowship program in Head and Neck Oncologic and Microvascular Reconstruction Surgery at the University of California San Francisco Fresno. He further broadened his scope of practice to include head & neck cancer treatment and reconstruction surgery. During the fellowship, he maintained his oral surgery skills as a faculty at the University of San Francisco Fresno School of Medicine teaching future oral surgeons.

Dr. Fedorowicz is a Board-Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, as well as a Fellow of the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons. Furthermore, he is certified in Elective Facial Cosmetic Surgery in California, BLS, ACLS, PALS, and ATLS.

His professional motto is to be a good listener and an empathetic surgeon who provides the best personal care possible for his patients.

During his free time, Dr. Fedorowicz loves to go bike riding with his daughter and baseball training with his son. He and his wife enjoy cooking and exploring various ethnic cuisines. Most of all, he loves to relax at home with his family and dog, Mukku.