Dr. J. Michael Adame

Dentist

Dr. Adame graduated from Donna High School in 1978 then attended the University of Texas in Austin Pharmacy School where he graduated in 1983. He immediately began Dental School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and received his DDS in 1987. He was accepted into the Indian Health Service’s two-year tour on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana and upon completing this in 1989, he returned to his hometown in Donna where he opened his first dental office. This office continues to see patients full time and is staffed by his associate dentists. Dr. Adame also opened up a practice in Edinburg which is where he usually sees patients along with his associate dentists, hygienists and a wonderful staff.  He also sees patients for dental sleep medicine on Fridays at the Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the Valley in McAllen.

Dr. Adame joins an elite group of only a few dentists in the State of Texas as a Diplomat of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM).  He is also the dental director of an accredited American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) facility-Adame Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Adame has been chosen to be on faculty for the AADSM to teach such courses as the Essentials Course, the Practical Demonstration Course, the Mastery Series which prepared dentists to become diplomates and the AADSM’s annual meeting.  He has also lectured on the topic of dental sleep medicine to many societies and organizations (see list below).  He has also been elected to serve on the AADSM’s board of directors.  He is also a clinical associate for the Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the RGV.  He has been awarded the Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) and has served on the board and several officer positions in the Texas AGD (TAGD) including President in 2000.  His local chapter has also nominated him for Texas Dentist of the Year. He has been interviewed along with a primary care physician on the topic of “An Example of Collaboration between a DDS and a PCP on dental sleep medicine” and an article was published in the Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine, January 2020 (publications listed below).  He has also conducted a clinical trial and the results are being reviewed for publication in a peer-reviewed dental sleep medicine journal.

He has been married over 33 years to his lovely wife Cordy and they have two children.  His son is an internal medicine resident and is married to another physician who is a pediatrics resident and they are both in UTMB in Galveston. His daughter is in her 3^rd year of dental school in San Antonio.  He enjoys training for and occasionally competing in triathlons.  He and his wife enjoy traveling together and with family and friends.

Read Dr. Adame's Lectures and Publications

LECTURES        PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Norma Alonzo

Dentist (In Loving Memory)

On behalf of Dr. Adame, Associates and our staff we wish to express our deepest condolences to the Alonzo and De La Garza families.

Dr. Norma Alonzo was employed with our office for 30 years and we were so blessed by her dedication, commitment and the great care that she had for her patients. She will be dearly missed and will live forever in our hearts. May the Lord grant eternal rest unto her. 

Dr. Farha Mohamed

Dentist

Dr. Farha Mohamed grew up in the Rio Grande Valley. She graduated from McAllen Memorial High School in 2003 and completed her undergraduate education at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX in 2007.  Dr. Mohamed received her DDS Degree in 2011 from The University Of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. She worked in San Antonio for a year before returning home to the Rio Grande Valley to provide dental care to her community.

Dr. Mohamed has worked alongside Dr. J. Michael Adame since 2012 where she is fortunate to provide state of the art dental care. Dr. Mohamed is dedicated to staying current and learning more and is an avid participant in continuing dental education. She loves educating and interacting with her patients, relieving them of pain, but most importantly helping them feel confident and comfortable expressing their smile.

Dr. Mohamed enjoys traveling, exploring new cuisines, and staying active. She especially enjoys spending her free time with her husband and their two children.

Dr. Rohit Ummer

Dentist

Dr. Rohit Ummer, or Dr. Ro for short, graduated from Coronado High School in El Paso, TX. He then attended the University of Notre Dame where he obtained degrees in Chemistry and Classics and met his wonderful wife, Emily, who is currently a pediatrician. Following his Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston, he completed a hospital-based General Practice Residency at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook, NY. After residency, Dr. Ro and his wife lived in Oklahoma for a number of years as his wife completed her medical training. While there, he worked as a general dentist and served as a board member for Eastern Oklahoma Donated Dental Services. 

Following a relocation to Edinburg to be closer to family, Dr. Ro joined Dr. Adame’s practice in 2020. He is currently a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry and the Texas Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Ro and his wife, Emily, have been together for 10 years and have a rambunctious one-and-a-half year-old daughter and a slightly less rambunctious 12-year-old dog. They are expecting another daughter in May of 2021. When they aren’t chasing after their children, Dr. Ro and his wife enjoy watching college football, cooking and gardening. 

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Selected Awards:

April, 2015- Ninth District Dental Society Professional Collegiality Award. Houston, TX

April, 2016- Dr. Rena D’Souza Memorial Award for Excellence in Research. Houston, TX

August, 2019- Spring Dental Clinical Excellence Award. Tulsa, OK

Selected Presentations and Publications:

March, 2013- 91st General Session of International Association for Dental Research, Oral Presentation for Research Conducted on Cleft Lip/Palate Genetics. Seattle, WA

December 2017- The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. Association of WNT Pathway Genes With Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip With or Without Cleft Palate. Volume 55, issue 3

November 2019- Birth Defects Research Journal. PBX-WNT-P63-IRF6 pathway in nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate. Published PBX Association pathway in November 2019 issue of Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal.

Dr. Anthony Salinas

Dentist

McAllen native Dr. Anthony Salinas became interested in dentistry because several leaders in his church community happened to be in the dental field. He spent time shadowing them and developed a passion for the profession.

Dr. Salinas attended McAllen High School and graduated in the top 25 from Lamar IB. He then attended the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley where he made the dean’s student list from 2012 to 2015 and graduated magna cum laude. He was accepted into Texas A&M College of Dentistry where he received his DDS degree. After earning his dental degree in 2019 he returned to the Rio Grande Valley to serve the community he was raised in and began practicing dentistry.

Dr. Salinas is a member of the Academy of General Dentistry and the Rio Grande Valley Dental Society.

On his time off Dr. Salinas enjoys spending time with his family, keeping up with the latest technology, and traveling to new places.