WINSTON SALEMSTRONG

205-L S Stratford Rd
Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Center Hours:

Monday- By Appointment
Tuesday- By Appointment
Wednesday- By Appointment
Sunday- By Appointment

TONY & DEBBIE ZOMBEK

Tony and Debbie Zombek met in East Point Georgia while in High School back in the ’70s and quickly became High School sweethearts. They married and have been married for nearly 40 years. Debbie started her career as a Certified Dental Assistant and has bounced around in the Dental Industry for the last 30 years. She has been in the business of comforting patients during difficult situations explaining procedures to put their minds at ease for the procedures needed. Debra also was a stay at home mom for their 2 children.

Meanwhile, her husband Tony started out his career as a United Parcel Service employee where he was promoted to supervisor. When President Reagan fired all the Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) in the 80’s Tony applied for a position with ATC. He was hired and they moved to Oklahoma for 5 months of training. He worked for 25 years with assignments in Lexington, Kentucky and Charlotte, North Carolina and finally retiring in Raleigh, North Carolina when Debbie went back to school and she became a Dental Hygienist, then becoming a Dentist.

Dr. Debra Zombek became a dentist at age 43 after raising their children. Tony retired from ATC and began helping Dr. Zombek build her offices and took charge of the accounting and handling the management of properties. Tony has his Brokers Real Estate license in North Carolina. His hobbies include playing the guitar and he has been known to write poetry and music. He is a very supportive father of their 2 successful daughters and 3 grandchildren that reside in the beautiful town of Winston-Salem.

As far as becoming health conscious, Dr. Zombek being a Dental Surgeon was very aware of growing bone in the oral cavity after surgical extractions and implant placement in a person’s mouth. That when people would come to her and they had been diagnosed with osteopenia or worse osteoporosis and they had surgical needs orally her hands were tied because of the over prescribed use of Bisphosphonates in her patient base. “Patients can end up with terrible infections after something as simple as an extraction where they develop something called osteoradionecrosis after use of these medications. People can lose part of their jaw if they develop these nasty infections.” A patient approached Dr. Z one day and asked what she should do about her newly diagnosed Osteoporosis condition. The patient’s doctor wanted to place her on a Bisphosphonate and she wanted Dr. Z’s opinion. Dr. Z told her explicitly that she was not an MD but as far as dentistry goes, she would not want her mother on medications that alter cell function and that she wouldn’t take it herself but would look for any natural method to try to reverse or keep this condition at bay. Fast forward 5 years, the same patient came to Dr. Z and mentioned a new opportunity her doctor told her about called OsteoStrong. She provided an invitation to an open house to the Grand opening in Raleigh, NC. There she met Dr. John Jaquish where he introduced a room full of MD’s, Physical Therapist, Chiropractors, and the lone Dentist; Dr. Z was totally energized by his speaking about growing bone. It all made sense! Why don’t more professionals talk about this amazing concept? This should be revolutionizing the way health care providers think about helping our patients become healthier. Imagine reducing or better yet eliminating back pain, reducing the number of medications a person has to take…

She went home and was ready to change the world. She told Tony about this amazing new business opportunity they set up an appointment with Alex. They went to experience OsteoStrong and even her realist husband seemed excited. Dr. Z’s the dreamer and Tony is the business-minded financial person. They prayed about it and concluded that this was an investment in the future of health, and they wanted to be a part of it. Tony has been working on getting their facility built, while Debbie sets out to announce that OsteoStrong has arrived in Winston-Salem with their first, hopefully of many, OsteoStrongs, OsteoStrong Winston-Salem West.

RUTH KALAMAN

I have been living in North Carolina for the past 10 years with my daughter. During this time I went back to school and received a certificate for medical billing. Over the past 6 years, I have done ambulance billing. Five years ago I met my fiancée through a mutual friend of ours. During my free time, I enjoy reading mystery/thriller books, finding and doing DIY projects, trying out new recipes and going for walks with my daughter, fiancée, and our 2 dogs.