Meet the Team

DONNA

Financial Coordinator

Donna has been with our practice for five wonderful years! She has been in orthodontics for 18 years and worked in general dentistry before that. She loves spending time with her husband of 38 years and their three wonderful daughters and six beautiful grandchildren. They enjoy going to the mountains, watching movies, and game nights together.

SUSAN

Scheduling Coordinator

Susan has been with Oxmoor Valley Orthodontics for almost two years and has 17 years of office experience. She’s married to a data scientist and has one daughter who is in graduate school studying speech-language pathology. She enjoys just about anything outdoors, growing vegetables, theatre, and a tasty taco Thursday with friends. She, also, has been known to wear mouse ears while visiting Disney World. One of her dreams is to camp in Dry Tortugas National Park.

HEATHER

Clinical Coordinator

Heather has been helping us make beautiful smiles at OVO for over four years. She loves making us laugh and scaring us way more than she should. Heather enjoys fishing, creating art with wood, going to the beach, and having fun with her family and friends.

TAWANNA

Records/Lab Technician

Tawanna (you can call her T) has been with us at OVO for nearly six years. She enjoys sports, crossword puzzles, being outdoors and hanging with family and friends. T has a soft spot for our youth and believes in helping them to better our future. T also is active in other community service, especially Pathways and Jessie’s Place.

KAREN

Lab Technician/Clinical Assistant

Karen and Dr. Sema have worked together for over 22 years! Karen has been in orthodontics for nearly 34 years! Karen is the best lab tech in the world and it’s no secret in Birmingham. She has her own orthodontic lab business and helps a lot of orthodontists in the Birmingham metro area. As busy as she is, Karen still makes time to help us take care of our patients in the office. Karen loves the beach, hunting, and spending time with her husband, children, and grandchildren.

TABATHA

Clinical Assistant

Tabatha (you can call her Tab) has been with OVO for almost one year and in ortho for nearly 15 years. Tab is newly married and loves doing anything with her husband and their two beautiful dogs. She also loves the beach, photography and any kind of crafts. Tab has a special place in her heart for all of our patients but really enjoys our patients who need a little extra love and care

HEATHER

Clinical Assistant

Heather ( we call her Fox) has been in orthodontics for nearly 25 years, sans a break to finish her Bachelors degree in Art at the University of Montevallo. She has a passion for her patients to have a beautiful smile, since she went through extensive orthodontic treatment as a child. She enjoys kayaking, creating art from metal and wood, and almost any activity outdoors! She is acitve in her Church along with her husband and three children.

KAYLINN

Clinical Assistant

Kaylinn has been an orthodontic assistant for 3 years. She enjoys spending her free time with her family and friends. Kaylinn's hobbies include riding motorcycles and going to Smith lake with her husband and also rooting for the Auburn Tigers. Although Kaylinn doesn't have any children yet, she has plenty of fur babies to love on.