Larry Kawa

Larry Kawa is an American orthodontist. He is the President of Kawa Orthodontics, am orthodontics practice he founded in 1993[1] which employs two other orthodontists and three oral surgeons and almost 70 employees. He was the official orthodontist for the Florida Panthers,[2] a professional NHL ice hockey team.

Larry Kawa
Alma materBrooklyn College New York University College of Dentistry
OccupationFounder & President
EmployerKawa Orthodontics[1]
Home townBrooklyn, NY
Websitewww.braces1.com

Early life and education

Kawa is the son of Abraham and Joan Kawa. Abraham was a local orthodontist in Canarsie, a working- and middle-class residential and commercial neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. Larry Kawa holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Brooklyn College, graduating in 1987. He received his dental degrees at New York University School of Dentistry in 1991 (DDS) and in 1993 (Specialty Certificate Orthodontics and Dento-facial Orthopedics). Prior to graduating and moving to Boca Raton, Florida to start his own practice, he learned about orthodontics by working at his father's practice.

Orthodontics career

Immediately after graduating from NYU in 1993, Kawa moved to Florida to start his own practice, which he still owns and operates.[1] His office is one of the largest single office orthodontics practices in the United States with almost 70 employees.[3] He has also been a continuing education provider for the Florida Board of Dentistry since 1994 and is a member of the American Dental Association, Florida Dental Association, South Palm Beach County Dental Association (where he has served on the board of trustees), Broward County Dental Association and Southern Association of Orthodontists.

See also

References
  1. Bandell, Brian; Shaun Bevan (February 15, 2013). "Companies making tough decisions on health reform". South Florida Business Journal. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. Talalay, Sarah (9 January 2009). "Panthers celebrate kids". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. Man, Anthony (1 June 2013). "Orthodontist spends funds to strengthen Republican Party". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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