The Dental Practice Leadership Workshop
A free, full-day workshop with breakfast and lunch, featuring keynotes from Thomas Passalacqua and Dr. Rehan Shahid.
Thomas Passalacqua,
ICF-Certified Executive Coach
Founder, Ascend Professional Pathways LLC
Thomas Passalacqua specializes in customized leadership development for dental professionals. With a master's in education and a career spanning founding-staff roles at NYC startup schools, award-winning dental manufacturing sales, and Director of Business Development at a 100+ location DSO, Thomas has lived the operational and human side of building practices.
Through Ascend Professional Pathways LLC, he helps dental leaders gain clarity, strengthen leadership skills, and align decisions to long-term goals.
Session: Leading With Purpose
Dr. Rehan Shahid,
DDS, MBA, MSHM
Founder & CEO, Practice Success Academy | Shahid Dental Group
Dr. Rehan Shahid is a practicing dentist, entrepreneur, and Founder & CEO of Shahid Dental Group, a multi-location dental organization in Texas that has scaled to multi-million-dollar revenue under his leadership. He is also the founder of Practice Success Academy, a coaching and leadership platform that helps dentists systemize their operations, strengthen leadership teams, and build practices that no longer depend on the owner's daily presence.
Dr. Shahid is known for translating high-level business strategy into practical, implementable frameworks that dental teams can execute immediately.
Session: From Chaos to CEO
A working session, not a lecture. Both speakers lead participants through reflective exercises, group discussion, and practical frameworks they can apply the next morning. Breakfast and lunch are provided.
Attendees leave with leadership tools, a tactical systemization playbook, and a clearer sense of how to lead themselves and their teams toward the practice they want to build.
What You'll Learn
From Thomas Passalacqua's session ("Leading With Purpose"):
- Establish the mission, vision, and core values that anchor your practice
- Build a leadership mindset and break free of the doubts and fears that cloud decisions
- Reframe perspectives to lead more objectively and model behaviors that build trust and accountability
From Dr. Rehan Shahid's session ("From Chaos to CEO"):
- Recognize that chaos in a dental practice stems from a lack of systems, not a lack of effort
- Shift your mindset from clinician to CEO, working on the practice, not just in it
- Apply the 5 pillars (Vision & Leadership, Operations, Financial, Marketing, Team & Culture) to identify gaps and opportunities
- Use KPIs to make data-driven decisions instead of relying on guesswork
- Leave with actionable steps to implement immediately
- What: The Dental Practice Leadership Workshop, featuring Thomas Passalacqua and Dr. Rehan Shahid
- When: June 5, 2026, 8:30am to 3pm
- Where: Yeah Dental Equipment, 545 S Nolen Dr Suite 250, Southlake, TX 76092
- Who it's for: Practice Owners, Office Managers, Operations Leaders, Treatment Coordinators
- Cost: Free (registration required). Breakfast and lunch included.
- Presented by: Archy and Ascend Professional Pathways
