Dentists and Staff

Michael L. Mandell, D.D.S.

Dr. Michael Mandell grew up in the San Fernando Valley and graduated from Reseda High School. He received his Bachelor's degree in Zoology from UCLA and returned there to join the first class to graduate from the School of Dentistry. Married to his college sweetheart, Louise, an adjunct professor of Art History at Los Angeles Mission College. Read More

Frederic C. Mandell, D.D.S.

Dr. Fred Mandell is an active managing partner of Studio City Dental Group where he assists and manages the Laboratory, Dental Assistants, and the Administrative Staff. Dr. Fred's work at SCDG does not stop there. He also actively manages a full patient schedule. He practices general dentistry with an emphasis on crowns, implants, bridges, fillings, and bonding. Read More

Nita Dixit, D.D.S.

Dr. Nita Dixit's role at SCDG pertains to all aspects of general dentistry, including tooth-colored inlays, onlays, veneers, implant supported crowns and bridges, root canal treatment, minor tooth movement, non-metallic partial dentures and suction-lined full dentures. She believes in minimal intervention dentistry and treating caries (decay) as a disease. Read More

Irving S. Newmark, D.D.S., MS

The founder of Studio City Dental Group, Dr. Irving Newmark received his D.D.S. from Indiana University as well as an MA in Psychology from California State University, Northridge. Dr. Newmark is a special combination of dentist, psychologist and management consultant. Read More

Jonathan Gidan, D.D.S.

Dr. Jonathan Gidan is the primary pediatric dentist on staff and performs all phases of pediatric dentistry. This includes operative dentistry, sedation, and minor tooth movement. Dr. Gidan received his undergraduate degree in genetics from UC Davis and his D.D.S. from New York University. Read More

Thomas G. Auyong, D.D.S.

Dr. Thomas Auyong received his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from UCLA and USC respectively. Dr. Auyong then continued his dental education at the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco. Dr. Auyong returned to southern California to complete his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery residency at the USC Medical Center. Read More

Michael Whang, D.D.S.

Dr. Michael Whang is a specialist in Periodontics whose duties include esthetic gum procedures, management and treatment of gum disease, and surgical placement of dental implants.

Dr. Michael graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and continued his academic career in Psychobiology at UCLA. Read More

Nathan Shapiro, DMD

Dr. Nathan Shapiro was born in LA , CA in 1959. He graduated from USC in 1980 with a BS in Biological Sciences. Dr. Shapiro graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1985 with a DMD. He completed his post graduate training in Periodontology at Tufts in 1987... Read More

Stephen Horowitz, D.D.S.

Dr. Horowitz received his D.D.S. degree from UCLA in 1999, where he graduated Cum Laude. After graduation Dr. Horowitz attended a general practice residency at the Sepulveda VA Medical Center in Northridge. He spent 2 years with the Veteran's Hospital... Read More

Marvin Rosenberg, D.D.S.

Dr. Marvin Rosenberg proudly practices orthodontics at Studio City Dental Group. Receiving his D.D.S. at Howard University in 1977, Dr. Rosenberg was elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the honorary scholastic dental society. He earned his specialty certificate in Pediatric Dentistry from the UCLA School of Dentistry. Read More